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.

  • Willison, John, 1680-1750.
Date:
1796
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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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    ful ftorm that we muft all meet with^ nameh . ftorm of death and judgment; let us ftand habitually prepared for that itorm, and then other ftonns will not lb much affect us. If it be allied, What we ft)all do to be fafe in the time of that trying ftoirm ? the anfwer is, Let us fee that we be among the broken in heart, or fmcere penitents, who heartily griev- ed for all known fins i that we be true believers in Chrift, who truft in nothing but his righteoufnefs and merits for juftification and falvation: that we be bom again, and made new creatures by a faving change bGth in heart and life : that it be our great bulinefs to clear up our evidences of peace with God through Chrift, and our title to the manlions which he hath purchafed by his blood. O that God's judg- ments, when they are in the earth, were means to awaken us to flee from the wrath to come, to Chrift our refuge! When'the floods of great waters ard fwelling up to the brim, our only fafety is to fecurea hiding-place in Chrift's wounds. Let us follow the example of Noah, who when he faw the flood coming, took warning, and prepared an ark forfaving himfelf and his houiehold, Heb. xi. 7. Let us even imitate the Egyptians that feared the Lord; they; when warned of the dreadful ftorm of hail that was coming on the land, made their fer- vants and cattle to flee into the houfes, Exod .ix. 20. God hath in mercy provided chambers for his peo- ple to hide themfelvesin when ftorms are coming, even the chambers of his atributes and proinifes, and the chambers of Chrift's wounds and intercef- iioii ; in thefe only we can find fafety: let us then enter into them by faith, when he invites us, Ifa. xxvi. 20, 21. Seeing, in thefe evil days, we have fo many har- bingers and forerunners of death before our eyes, it will be highly our wifdom to keep ourfelves ftill in a waiting posture, always ready and willing to die.— What is there in this weary land to tempt us to de- fireto abidein it? Isit not a land overwhelmed with B