{"product_id":"1850-john-willison-the-afflicted-mans-companion-first-pub-1727","title":"1850 John Willison, The Afflicted Man's Companion, first pub. 1727","description":"\u003cp\u003eWillison, John; Grosvenor, Benjamin. \u003cstrong\u003eThe Afflicted Man's Companion; or, A Directory for Persons and Families Afflicted with Sickness or any other Distress\u003c\/strong\u003e bound with \u003cstrong\u003eThe Mourner; or, The Afflicted Relieved.\u003c\/strong\u003e New York: American Tract Society, c. 1850. Revised Edition. [12508]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGreen 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first title by Willison is 263 pp.; the second, by Grosvener, is 80 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 2nd Treatise deals primarily with submission to the Will of God in times of trouble.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRev. John Willison (1680-1750), evangelical minister of the Church of Scotland (Presbyterian), supported revivals \u0026amp; sympathetic to the Seceders. The first edition of the \u003cem\u003eCompanion\u003c\/em\u003e was published in 1727.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRev. Benjamin Grosvenor, D.D. (1676-1758), Presbyterian pastor in London; his contemporaries considered him a moderate Calvinist. \u003cem\u003eThe Mourner\u003c\/em\u003e was first published in 1731.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Haaswurth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45356545638466,"sku":"ABE12508","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0191\/6066\/2082\/files\/DSC09035BackgroundRemoved.png?v=1791225581","url":"https:\/\/www.haaswurth.com\/products\/1850-john-willison-the-afflicted-mans-companion-first-pub-1727","provider":"Haaswurth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}