The Afflicted Man's Companion (Glasgow: Khull, Blackie, and Co., 1821), ch. VII, Direction VII, "An addition of some further meditations proper for any sick person in the view of death," p. 220

I read of many in the gospel, that by sicknesses and diseases were driven unto Christ, who, if they had enjoyed health and prosperity, would have neglected, like many others, to come to him. O blessed is that cross, that…