A39690:8
A token for mourners, or, The advice of Christ to a distressed mother bewailing…
A token for mourners, or, The advice of Christ to a distressed mother bewailing the death of her dear and only son wherein the boundaries of sorrow are duly fixed, excesses restrained, the common pleas answered, and divers rules for the support of Gods afflicted ones prescribed / by J.F.
London: printed for Robert Boulter, 1674
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
To his dearly beloved Brother and Sister, Mr J. C. and Mrs. E. C. the Author wisheth Grace, Mercy, and Peace.
Dear Friends,
THE double tie of Nature and Grace, beside the many endearing passages that for so many years have linked and glued our affections so intimately, cannot but beget a tender sympathy in me under all your troubles; and make me say of every affliction which befalls ⟨image 3⟩you, half mine. I find it is with our affections, as with the strings of Musical instruments exactly set at the same height, if one be touched the other trembles, though it be at some distance.
THE double tye of Nature and Grace, beside the many endearing passages that for so many years have linked and glewed our affections so intimately, cannot but beget a tender sympathy in me under all your troubles; and make me say of every affliction which befalls ⟨image 3⟩you, half mine. I find it is with our affections, as with the strings of Musical instruments exactly set at the same height, if one be touched the other trembles, though it be at some distance.