The afflicted man's companion, or A directory for persons and families, afflicted with sickness or any other distress : with directions to the sick, both under and after affliction ; also, directions to the friends of the sick, and others who visit them ; and likewise to all, how to prepare both for sickness and death ; and how to be exercised at the time of dying ; to which is added, a collection of comfortable texts of Scripture, very suitable for dying believers ; the choice sayings of eminent dying saints ; the author's last advice to his wife and children : and his dying words, written by himself, and found among his papers after his death / by the Reverend Mr. John Willison, late Minister of the Gospel at Dundee ; very necessary for all families.
- John Willison
- Date:
- 1796
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The afflicted man's companion, or A directory for persons and families, afflicted with sickness or any other distress : with directions to the sick, both under and after affliction ; also, directions to the friends of the sick, and others who visit them ; and likewise to all, how to prepare both for sickness and death ; and how to be exercised at the time of dying ; to which is added, a collection of comfortable texts of Scripture, very suitable for dying believers ; the choice sayings of eminent dying saints ; the author's last advice to his wife and children : and his dying words, written by himself, and found among his papers after his death / by the Reverend Mr. John Willison, late Minister of the Gospel at Dundee ; very necessary for all families. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![• kmd pro\ j of .1 s c> il, when you do not i value the mercy, but let it pais as a turn of com- mon ] you let the impreiijon of the mercy wear iron of* your hearts; when you make bad i.fe of it, or do not rightly improve it to God's , and your own ♦foul's good; when you d put on new resolutions to walk mori , live more fruitfully, and ferve God more holy and humbly; then are you guilty of forgetting Ins ben- efits. This is an evil mod grievous and provoking, to a good and gracious God, as is evident from the many heavy complaints he makes of his people for it, as in ; ill. 34. Plain, lxxviii. n. Plal. evi. 13. Wherefore watch and pray againft it. Dt^ct. IV. Inquire after thefe fruits of righteouf- nefsA which are the genuine ejjzrfs of affliction in the children of Cod, who arc duly excrcijid therely, 'II TIE apokie 1 peaks of thefe fruit!. ii. u. Jj^ as following upon fanctmed aftlic- • tio::s, and a kindly exerciie of fpirit under them, therefore it is your duty to inquire if they i 1 prdduced in you. ) //, The increafe of true repentance is one of thefc the prodncr. of fan&hied trials. Job found k in himfelf on tic back of his affliction, xiii. (u l- Now I abhor myfelf, and repent in duft andaib.es. Ic would be happy, If we could find more (ofi and melting upon the view of have been in the furnace of afflicti iidtyi Another fruit is the improvement of faith. The afflicted believer is taught to look to, and de- nore upon God for help in tin c of need, and ,'ou the creature. He now fees that vain is the *i in the day of calamity, and that God in ChrM is the only proper object of the foul's truft. This was the fruit of the apoftk's afihetion 2, Cor, i.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21164538_0130.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)


