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.
Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
![$tkly, Be 11 \ ercife of faith and repentance : rem fts thereof iV - . , hj proportion to your id guiltin Cleave clofe to glorious Chrift, igh i'rieit and Surety, and be ever wafhing in his Mood. As long as yon are in the world, you'll need to waih yoi r feet, John xiii. 10. •' it will, li , .'.'ways loo' making ufe of Jeius Chrift. You have great need of Chrift every day of your life, more especially in iicknefs;but inoft of all at a dying hour. O what recti will you have of Chrift, then, as an Advocate with God, when the queftion is to be determined, Where your manfion is to be ailigned, through all ti rnity, whether in heaven or hell ? O then, be looking always toChriJ^, with th# eye of faith. Live hi the conftant thoughts of this blefled Mediator. Let him be tirft in your thoughts, in the morning, and laft in your thoughts, at night. bthly, Be ftriving to mortify every lin and luff, both outward and inward. Be dying to lin daily, that To you may not die for lin eternally. O that fin may be daily lofing its ftrength, and dying in you ! io that it may be certainly dead before you. Pray earncftly, that your fins may die, before you die : For, if they die noc befoxeyou, but out-liv e the will l!ve eternally to fting and , -dying foul. ; • usfcr recovery toheallh;bui ■<fj, to t]:c wit J. |_J EMEMBER, O man, thou art the clay, and JIV God is the Porter: abfolute Lord thy life and times, therefore learn to ..dore his fove- over thee, and all thy enjoyments. D id d, Lord, my times are in thy i. 15. And indeed they are only rid, forhebeft knows how to difpofe of](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21164538_0044.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
