Willison, John; Grosvenor, Benjamin. The Afflicted Man's Companion; or, A Directory for Persons and Families Afflicted with Sickness or any other Distress bound with The Mourner; or, The Afflicted Relieved. New York: American Tract Society, c. 1850. Revised Edition. [12508]
Green publisher's cloth, blind stamping to the boards, gilt to the spine, scuffed and edge-worn (particularly along the top edge), 7 1/2 x 5 inches. Steel-engraved portrait of the author with tissue guard, engraved by A. H. Ritchie. 343 total pp. with 1 page ATS catalogue. The pages are generally clean with infrequent light foxing. Fair. Hardcover.
The first title by Willison is 263 pp.; the second, by Grosvener, is 80 pp.
The chapter headings for the 1st treatise are: General Directions to All Families and Persons Visited with Sickness; Particular Directions to those who are Sharply Afflicted with Sickness or Long Trouble; Special Directions to the Children of God when under Sickness or any other Affliction; Special Directions to Unregenerate Persons, when Afflicted by Sickness or Otherwise; Directions to the People of God when the Lord is Pleased to Recover them from Sickness and Distress; Directions to the Unregenerate when Recovered from Sickness and Restored to Health; Directions to the Sick who are Apparently in a Dying Condition, and Drawing Near to Another World; and Directions to the Friends and Neighbors of the Sick Who Are Themselves in Health for the Time.
The 2nd Treatise deals primarily with submission to the Will of God in times of trouble.
Rev. John Willison (1680-1750), evangelical minister of the Church of Scotland (Presbyterian), supported revivals & sympathetic to the Seceders. The first edition of the Companion was published in 1727.
Rev. Benjamin Grosvenor, D.D. (1676-1758), Presbyterian pastor in London; his contemporaries considered him a moderate Calvinist. The Mourner was first published in 1731.
