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This book is full of Scripture, counsel, warning, and wisdom gained from prayerful reflection on the personal experience of affliction in loss and grief.<\/p>\n<p>A best-seller for more than 150 years in both Britain and America, this little book gave much comfort to generations of Christian parents who suffered the heart-breaking experience of the loss of children.<\/p>\n<p>Now republished as <em>Facing Grief: Counsel for Mourners<\/em>, this attractive new edition makes Flavel&#8217;s <em>Token<\/em> accessible once again in the form in which it knew such popularity &#8211; a small book, just the right size for carrying, and reading slowly, with meditation, reflection and prayer.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"toctoggle\">Table of Contents <a class=\"button\" href=\"#toc\">Expand \u2193<\/a><\/h3>\n<div id=\"toc\" class=\"table-of-contents\">\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Foreword by Dr Mark Dever<\/td>\n<td>vii<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Epistle Dedicatory<\/td>\n<td>xi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>The Text Explained<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Moderate and Immoderate Sorrow<\/td>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Sorrow Permitted to Christian Mourners<\/td>\n<td>15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>When Sorrow Becomes Sinful<\/td>\n<td>21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Counsel to Ungodly Mourners<\/td>\n<td>35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Godly Mourners Comforted<\/td>\n<td>41<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>Pleas for Immoderate Grief Answered<\/td>\n<td>95<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Rules to Restrain Excessive Sorrow<\/td>\n<td>115<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Review<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/reformedreader.wordpress.com\/2010\/09\/11\/the-loss-of-a-loved-one\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Review by Shane Lems<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A meditation on Luke 7:13, based upon advice Flavel gave to a woman who had lost her only son. 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