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with
as
fifth
Lord Deputy of
was
the
the clock in the
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of
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and give my
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Amen.
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to see,
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of every true Christian to take
notice of Almighty God our
gracious dealings with them from the
a true
furnish my heart with the
of his
even from the first
him the
the most holy name
true faith by
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shall begin with the first mention of
my deliverances
ledge
of a
shall
b
up to an
praise to all
in
the care
gracious
going to
bring me into a very great
on some ill
me into a
brought me so low that
Tomlinson
of my
But it pleased the Lord in great
mercy
requests of
I was
recovered my health perfectly again
Oh
given me for a blessing
live to the
growing in
our Lord Jesus Christ
to
youth
God shall
alone
to
order to be with them
my brother
sent into
much beloved
And by the blessing of God
very
that time in
Lord our God for my
deliverance that did not suffer that
to rage not but
the Lord
for
begin to come into my
his
the
months
147th
He
.
them all by
whence there came a
eration of the
God
vens
was
knew I was but a
not able to
any good thing
with awe of his
time by sin
love to him
made me to serve him,
rticuler
to reward
them that serves him truly
that should never have end.
Lane in London
of our house
burned our house
through the
we were preserved in my
me as if the day of
was
come
but we
had great
my God
but
at that time.
us from all
safe passage with
and sent for us over.
great
ty of the best education
could afford in the
company of
learning those
speaking the same
-lighmets
me up in all those
all these things
admonitions,
which I
sober
this world. For all which things
more
heartily acknowledge my
duty of
God of heaven
placeevery
good the
.
finisher of our faith
I humbly acknowledge
of
of God to give me grace to live in
holy obedience to all
of God
my
godly honesty
a fire in
a
much
I
. And then I
was reading of the great
our
was disputing with the
power that he put them to silence.
which place
thought of the
who was able to confound the
at that
my
his
with
22
the passengers
great
away before we
same great God that
to
though in great fright
my out of the
his holy name
out of the ship at that time
cable had like to have
the sea but for
me as I was
the
Amen.
by
in Ireland
which broke out
bitter malice
in
fire
was known to be prevented in
for 14
get over with all her family to
which
mercy
of
death with them
of
time
got
eating a
had taken
have proved my last
upon
praise of all his
. Amen.
and all that is within thee
his holy name
1645
th of
February
side, the th of November
th of
1648
th of
of a
for him.
was
to
of March 1651
to
th of August 1651
married
th of September
married to
th of December
I came from
about the th of August 1652
daughterth of the same
being
ing
an
was rd of
th
nooneth
was th of
was th of February
my
burne
then.
bloodth
the th of
the th
buried at th
1655
died in
country
1656
th of June
about
th of June
d
died theth of September 1656
betwixt the hours of
morning
by an
buried the same day at
fifth
the th
of September
which cast me into an ill
of a
about
likely to have
it pleased God to restore me
of
the most high God
th day of
1657
of
morning
in danger of my
that time in the morning on
his
him to be
in the birth.
was buried in
by the fall I had in
birth of
I was lame
my left knee
but this was nothing to that which I
have deserved from the hand of God if
he
life
his
this above all his mighty
out
praise the Lord with all my
let God of my
life he gives me to his
heavens.
not all his
Wandesford
upon th
th
tormenting her
her breast
these stitches
almost any
use of
the stitches removed,
abated as to the
dangerous
contracted in her
her heart
up to her throat
breath when she either
thing or laid to
Which
be contracted of
in the
throat
deprived of the
to a little drop of
for
a
at first was
white, so that
mother
-ing
blood came
and in the end grew with a white
was
quite
or
which time, as in all her
she expressed
patience, still
sent it to her
from her
her
gates of hell
and
patience in her greatest torment
still with
rebukes for
ing of
condition,
not
in such acceptable a manner as
by that which was dictated by his
When that any did pray for her
she desired they would not pray for
her life
the heads on which they should
God for her
grant her true
for her sins
through Jesus Christ her
and grant the same
She had always a great
love for all
desired their
in her
great
tasting dry bread
Her desire was to
preach her
out of the 14th of Revel
to the end
This blessed
as to
perfect
great
And all the
she
the prayer which
-nesse
for her
a comfort, she praying for us, our
blessings for us
It pleased God she
she spoke to
comended
with much good prayers for him
then
up her hands to God. And
spirit in her as with a taste of the
did
heaven
in the Lord6
7
th of
follth of December
being
the
of quality.
her
ers r her
into the grave
were
could not come
of her
to
th
th
delivered of a strong
about
being
day
called
to whom my good God had given
the blessing of the breast as well as
the
having had
face was full of
like the
what else the Lord knows
morning
life to the great discomfort of his
to that place of rest in heaven where
little children
to
by the
blood of my
and that my
by these
many the Lord hath
but not
chastened
given me over to destructionhis
.
glorious name be
EverAnd I
, that so I may be prepared for
these fatherly
profitable to my
bring me nearer in communion with
his glory
next
the same grave with
by s
did urge
tormenting
to while
death,
got in
and violent
th
I was not able to
of sustenance
-ting
for
gave many
my
with me
of cold water
my thirsty
could give
the th of
be my last in this life
into exceeding great
in a lost condition, by reason of
my
me
into my heart,
not belong to God because he
me with such great
rather
to lay upon those that were his children
from time to time given me from my
youth up
admonition of
sacraments
the
all these had not wrought a
to
by his spirit
too late to hope
so long that my life was at an end
was able to have mercy upon me
I had so
-fullnesse
have mercy upon me at the last
against my old
serpent
mercy
arguments against
him as
In this most sad
was,
open my thoughts to nor
comfort for my heavy spirit: God
ly
to forsake me
my
at the
whom I had offended
kill me
for
And it pleased him
manner
stay
hope
scripture which our
in St Matthew
comfort
heavy
I laboured under
under
under the
other of shame
-ding
the
put to flight this
which
that is
Jesus
thoughts with healing under his wings
-es
was that give me this scripture to stay
my drooping heart
faint for want of
I was weary
I was faint
. Lord
you rest
to call all that are weary
why should not I come
promised to give me rest
I want it, I cry unto thee
the
O
.
the father of
upon me
,
of the world
O
have
,
thy
power is
save from the
seeking to devour
of my
O
for of thy free
grace
suffered the wrath of thy father
upon the
to vanquish my grand
the
I
that thou art as
as others who yet
art thou
of calls
sad God of compassion
. I come
powers
desire
clemency
will not be in
word came into my heart.
from thy
that the
unto thee. Thou most
calling me at that present when
my heart was in doubt.
I comeand take up thy
for thy yoke is
.
easy,
thy
.
direction, so shall I find rest to
my
is that word to my
have spent so many of my years
in sin,
thee, love thee, delight in thee
the remainder of my
more a shame to my profession as
a Christian by my unprofitable
nor give Satan any more ad
life
vantage
to
humbly
which my gracious God did give me
in the
doubts
my
body strengthened by degrees
by the use of good
I had recovered in part my health
yet my strength was much
-ared
not fully recover.
At which time I found
quick child
hope
the
be the
God
which rebuked the
me
my nature,
of all
-er
directions that
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21, 1661
for a perfect recovery.
strength
manner
there
-markable
other nature, but of as grand a
consequence to my
as my
my
the
that
me before her death which was
for my
intended for
I made it my desire to
that he would pay those
which was agreed upon by
Denton
ing
he promised me to make a
his
es
p
but it so
the
as he first intended.
I
his
which he was pleased to
offended
not
incident
should
against me for that
to shame him
for such end
difference betwixt us upon so
cause
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a very sad condition for this accident
for the
he did to
-selfe
him to take the goods
should be offended.
sake to put away that
become of his
in me, who would be
his death
there
of God to hinder
that might hurt him
gracious
was pleased to
passionate hand against
us,
so
upon his
but my
me at that very time from
for all his
the earth
poured upon meheard my
at this time also
from his
against his
my folly had
-red
was at hand to deliver in sec
-ore
render
that heard
to his holy name
.
thee in thy
this nor any of his great
forgotten by thee whilst thou lives
should not be forgotten.
-leive
at that time
sprinkles of blood, pure
distinct round spots
white perfectly
In this
a
-erall
This changed into the shape of a perfect
heart
into one
degrees,
was
grew
went quite
thereof left of it.
This
leave such a
but gently to put us in mind of
our folly
wrath. I humbly offer my unfe
igned thanks
name, which heard my humble
by removing this unkindly
caused
not in the least measure prove
bury them in
unworthy walking before him all
but set this
the
up as a
Praise the Lord
,
which hath not turned a
.
way his face from thy
at
perfectly restored unto me, so that
I was able to
of our first settlement into the house
about
to
up an
for a
Thornton
to enter into
ter he had
debts
I must
in the least in it
which we knew was
neither to his
of great trouble
my
was undoubtedly safe
time a lease of
in
English
of
to
-leton
take security out of
was forced to procure
over
was at
one morning sent
to be
as much worth. This accident was
indeed very afflicting to me in that cond
caused me with
what for the
disgrace that
there was
time in the house
gave me
at that present, or else it might have
proved
present
gave for my
rude
if not
sad case was I then in
pleased God to give me
had not
this
of it before.
to
, who
he pleases to suffer men to afflict
me all
liction he
does not permit more to be laid upon me
these he gives me strength,
.
give
of his praise in the
that hath not yet given me over to deat
h
-dence
make a way for me to
will
-ndnese
of the flesh, double
of
against
whose
the Lord will be forever.
they came
Danby
of my delivery
my
with me
very
God had given me to
more strong
in regard it was
feelingly
as at all times
more
at these strange
especially as they have
to examine my
of my
in the whole course of my life,
of
I found
troubles had fallen upon me of this
world had diverted my stricter
of walking with my God as he had
required at my hand
many times broken those
-all
negligence, worldly
impulses upon my heart
renew this grand
hope
of this
my blessed
dearest pledge of his lovewho laid
, that
notthat became
.
through his grace be made rich
I had not the
this communion but once since
much longed for it
ministers on this side had not given
the
man
the sacrament
I desired his company to
who accordingly did come
we
I hope
by which I was much comforted
helped,
that black
that did
the hope of my
This most
mercy was not the least
I
surpassing all
as
renewing mercywherein God was please
.
to
my
the
And that my
sing unto him
in heaven, with
Angels
I
shush such
hopes, such
of making my
And he will for his
-fill
with him in heaven
Trinity
perfectly therewhich I cannot
of my many
world
that I might be freed from this
to dishonour the name of my God.
of
me
Amen.
mercy
Supper
asure I could
to be in
should call for me out of this mi
duty
settle those things which
-ns
in respect of what was given to
me by
to such children as I knew best
deserving at my death
as
that he would make a
of his
and by the
before my
was not perfectly
case of my death
breed scruples
happen, might be altogether dispo
sed from my
to the
trouble me
one that would
this
parties
first settlement
into a worse
made.
I found that the
of the failing of the things of this
life had brought our
an
our
was laid out for
use
my daughters
so
disbursed for
my
settled by
marriage upon
all to
which I was
him into.
I was like to leave indeed all my
either for
or
a
birth
by
I was very unwilling to disclose any of
these
I
before the great God of
power it was alone to give us
pay off his
a
upon my
for
I humbly cast
who had ever
my guide
when I made my earnest addresses
to him; so my
to the Almighty was that he would
direct me in this greatest
that he would please to put
heart what course to take
direct me to such
be for this very end
to my grave in
the
world. And
thoughts
a very able
to us.
of God
comfortable settlement,
to me
endure for the satisfaction of all just
of so well as the
did please to give me one).
-fully
fruit of my
my
to have
given it to
debts
-vered
for the
I had
borne the name of a mother which
had left them in an
ition for all that fortune which God
given me. So that
be said I have
yet it is sufficient that I have
what I can
of my
be God who gave me space
Almighty God
of all good things both of heaven
did
of the comforts of this
fit for us to
at last give me such a mercy
comfort
I had passed
for or expect
mother of a
I
Thorntonth of Sept
wher being
the first child that ever I bore at his
house.
of
But
not
unbridled passion of
prove the more cautious to me
set my
below
me
a little after
by
after his birth
me into a most desperate condition
without hopes of life
me
plorable condition
utter one word.
could
but did not
It
to bring into my remembrance a
which I had formerly by his blessing
good to many in the like kind.
out the name of it to
with much
nesse
given me some of it
effect of it
of my who healed all that
came to him.
what
by degrees
but brought
lasted
But
miraculous
to so
-ghty
death
O
prostrate lie at thy
of mercy
dominion,
be
given to thy most
King of Kings
giver
the other from
this death
have
but
of remembrance upon my
body.
thy praise that cannot
to utter forth thy
loving
and that
to come
the Lord hath done for thee times without
number
name day
argument of thy favour to mefor
Jesus
my
a
to be able to give
which by his blessing I did
was about
-uing
so that my
sing a new song
of
giving
had compassion upon the
creatures.
. Let this stand as a
ever
his
to day
gratitude
both in the living
in heaven
he shall praise thee
th
of September
by
Thornton
The God of
preserve his life
-tunitys
that he may be the instrument of
to praise
his
finding what the
me in
of a gracious father
at length bestowed on me
handmaid
of my son
of my
him from
the
.
Let him be ever in thy sight for
good
with him made to Abraham
As
so
grace
before thee
saviour
he had a great deliverance from
a flood of waters in his coming home
us
therefore
with my
out his praise
who brought us safely to
with
the
.
Oh
of these
not the hopes of his
.
Amen.
give me a new
I was
strength all
with
before
of
but it was the good pleasure of
God to give me a safe
daughter
bed
away
I had a
the
And I had a better recovery of
blessed be
Lord God of
me the blessing of the
O my Lord Godaccept
the humble
body
to
.
thou
raise me up.
thy
is above thy
therefore
. Amen.
Ever
my Eith
th
Her
by
to give me much comfort in the nursing
of
strength to
she growing strong
through the blessing of God upon my
of my
alsofor all good comes from him
.
much lifted up by this mercy.
very sad affliction upon
about the th
of
when he could not come home because
of the violency of cold
For three
of the
was so
all
that he was not capable to assist
or indeed
him
that
life.
did so
g
I had ever
-nesses
so that I did in his
in his sufferings
my
to
sparing of either of our lives as to outward
who
.
man to destruction
from the grave the children of men
assist me in my
what I had
whom my gracious God had
under this most sad afflicti
that time to be a
fainting
me
he me to be brought very low
justly for my transgressions
yet hath he not given me over to death
or
the
restore both our lives and let me ever return
him the glory of his power.
-eadiatly
our calling upon his name
each day
to all beholders. Oh
to set forth the loving kindness
our God
of the Lord
in the
remembers
upon his
.
O Lord God, thou
just are thy
or
very
soreall thy
head
of duties or some other way
thou correct me
in this manner
But yet
use of this affliction upon our bodies
grant that this may may be for the good
it is
.
good for me to be afflicted
that thy
may make me humble
loving correction
lift up my
to adore,
.
thou art just, wise,
and
thy
not move, thy rod must correct
.
us not forget
to us both.
never slip out of my mind but write this
that the Lord has
upon the table of my heart
added added this new
at my humble request
fresh and eminent cause of gratitude to
his
to be a
. Let me not fall
into any sins to offend or displease so loving
a fatherdid not cast me
in
by
mercy
While I am in this
I find by sad experience
increase
these corruptions. I have tasted of the great
Lord most
both as to spirit
But
are apt to be more
I
endeavour to inquire what is it that God
I find my heart
low condition I was brought into by
deliverances that he hath
or sure for some other punishment of
my negligent
out still, and which by a late
and still be
good at the hand of God
hand
forbid
with me
It was his
this
blessed
is the mercy the
to deprive me of its
or by the prevention of
pleased thus it should be
his
obedient child to so good
a
I dare not
most gracious
a little
the hand of God is in it for my
but good is the will of the Lord.
repent, who is the
profitable
still the lives
As to
I praise the Lord our God
But for
my head that I am not able to
.
nor tell them
-presse
Butto the glory of thy holy name
the honour of my creation, the inestimable mercy
of giving
blessed
the
Holy
his
the hopes of salvation from me.
And great Lord
teach me by
that I may spend
more this
which thou
to make it my
name by a true and
such as may
favour
that thou
.
not the death of a sinner, but rather that we
should be converted
th of
cold
over her face
did much cry
young a
this miserable world.
She continued with some
after
and about betwixt one
at of
on th of
it pleased God to free her from all
by
day by
The Lord
face to
face
sorrow.
his hand by these corrections
Amen.
when she lay in bed with me
(
before
this eased her after vomiting.
the most gracious mercy of my God
Ever
death very
of her teeth:th
at
waters
with a ret
by
of
tenance
without my consent or knowledge
I fell into a very sad
of
upon th of August
with
a long time after
so that it put him to his
preservation
he gave
of recovery
a q
when it was
which I found to be true
with
and then returned
I had to prevent it.
I found good in was
in fine
time
wine burned with
taken as often as
it was expected I should have fallen into
a
exceeding feeble
uary
he was pleased to free me
to the handmaid of the Lord
shall ever adore
Father of
which raised me up again
Blessed be his
from the
name
nd of September
the great fire in
time consumed 13
th day of
my
a violent
back
that she was deprived of
eating any food
all over,
in
Portington
it pleased God she was in hopes of life
but was
sight.
face
God she was past danger of death
began to
all over the
great in
to be removed
into the scarlet chamber for want of rest.
his
but lost her
head.
to his
of
which about the nd day of December
him of his life
he had laid under the most sad
hand of God by reason of the want of the
use of his
yet having
time he was very
constant in
his
penitency for
although he never did any creature will
more strict in his
not live long
day
bed
commended his
me
he died at
by
sermon for the instruction of
d
at
th of
a
great danger of death
well out
lost his sight by them
very much th
About the th
the better so that a change was
th
fast.
and
liverance of this
sing to quen
in this
the Lordforget not this
.
his favour to thee
th
uell
Pox
longer
come off at all
his head
in
which
was almost choked with
her
but
two she did recover although it did
much weaken her.
th of Jan
fell to be ill
th
danger of death. th
before
there was little hopes because they had not
not come well out
that time that hindered them from
but on th
hopes
a warmer temper was not so
by mercy we hoped for her recovery.
The th
th of
rous in her throat
well th of
rd of
thth
did see perfectly
die ripe
her
pretty well th
of her bed and
strong by degrees.
all off.
may
which has given me my
them from many deaths.
to his
fallen into great
on th
which did not
the th
understanding about
about
about
to be
-ing
th of
on her
was
about the th of April 1667
mim mine
from
in the
for which I humbly praise God in this her
preservation from
was
a
high
flinging her that she fell
force
a with
not taking breath a long time
me into a
it pleased God in much mercy to restore
her life
she began to
come to
to bed
not know
ill in her head with
at length
I most humbly praise and
my gracious God
who in
-ren
everall manner of his deliverances
to me
nephew
cumstances
to
a
This was
the
in
God to give me a
of breeding th
th
of
selfe
with
I was as strong
of my
without very little
gracious
this
never
at
of
grew so
le-mas
he
to his
wittie sent for
through
restored to me
cefullGod of our
Amen
th of
tineued
into
death
by
did
for a long time
upon me in my
the great Lord God Almighty
who did not give me over to this death
but has miraculously
preserved my life from destruction,
when I was
this
times turned my sorrow
that
thy life
I called on him in my
he de
.
livered me out of all my
guide of my
he gave me
the blessing of
of the
.
11th of
in my
but
that th
th
was
the 11th of
the
th
godfathers
my brother
recovered something
well
action on any creature on
seemed good to the most
God to take him from me
see a change in him
full resignation to his
with
begging that his will
.
might be my will
pretty
gum
accident
into a great
all the
on him for
patient
at
mine to deliver him
Decemb
nd of
on the
preach his
into a great
in the left breast which
of a bu
gether with other
did bring me into that
blessed
which gates of
times
without number
taken me out of this life
me see the follies of this life
changes we are incident to, that I might
prepare more
those
have end
please to bring me to
Jesus
I was very much in affliction about
relapses into his former
all the many
used by
ye
August
night from a relapse or the degrees of
it
fortof
prived of my
which
of the time in
or shorter in
th of July 1668
a very great
fell upon me
in my
did impudently accuseme
to
faceof my
Ableson
Breakes
very great
much unbecome any to
to have ou
first
-hansomly
in her bit
accusing the
of my family
that I fell presently into a most great
sad
sorrow that it had like to have lost me
my life
abused for my
those that came under my
whom I had
ments to my clearing
ment
spread her lies
persons
that
knew my
why can I not with patience take the bitter
his lovelay
that
suffered many
O my
to give thee in such steps as
out the
he path of
in.
in
to thy share
in
these wickednesses thy heart
was very much desirous to advance
his
blemish those that he has
thy hope is in God
from all sin
stay
of those who would,
vour thy
laid.
of my
kept my bed 14
in his
to be wronged
against my
full of
-pon
him for marriage
did
an inveterate malice
him
it was
made use on to assist us in the
was had
good cause to see
Thornton
condition
from hence
to
the world,
family
a daily decay
to to get this
to God
trouble
and in the
trouble
was
man
ofering of
of those wicked untruths forged against
us by this
to me as
from I might turned them on the
perish
to
when I wanted
me such favour in her
was
vindication of all my innocent actions
I hope
need not
me.
adoration
would not suffer me to depart this life with
any
occasion of blemish to that most noble
from whence I was
the
sent me
advices
I was in
great to serve the Lord with
which
all my
that thou
heavy
scourge of wicked
who
occasion to slay me
.
embrance from the though they
curse
of my out of the
have I
calledbut still
.
put my trust in theestrengthen
in thy faith that neither life
. And
nor death shall
of God
preserved
us
world was too full of in all places
where
serve night
chaste bond of wedlock
this above this
16
s
to
we might
Oh
to the
mercy
works
most humbly
perseverance
and sufferings that
nowPraise the Lord
.
all his
th
my
in his preservation
day.
Dentonwas and
in the
and
high from the
the
to a great stone
it with head it
to be had in remembrance with gratitude
which sent his
save a
name of God be praised for his life
-ties
affable nature
gifts tending to the better accomplish
ment
of
name of the Lord our God be adored in
that he has
dawning hopes of his
which appears in his
his good instructions when given him
with many Christian
sions in the
motives of great
mother
mercy of my God that hath not despised the
prayers of his
a gracious answer to my humble supplic
as
to his service even all his
craving the
with all Christian virtues
knowledge
guide
follow him be
his
as he shall see it
sorrow
blessing to his family, comfort to his
serve him in his generation
in
enesse
-maide
saviour
son
given me of
trouble to
-ttion
of
th
of
raise both the
sides
I had undoubtedly perished with that heavy
load of
-rous
should be the
which was unspotted in my life
mercies
give me strength to
yet he was pleased to find
.
out a way for me to escape at that time
love to me
the least ill thoughts of my
to have raised
as he said
both lament my
detractors
of the house
O my eminent
but had in
mercy be forgotten by thee
remembrance before him
amity all our
band of holy
And to this
comfort to
my dearest
my
my sorrows
this
me from the pressures that then laid upon my
to the death
to my
any other in the world. will I praise
-nifiejudged my
cause
will
they made for my
liberty
me so
out against me
a due
humbly
to my
of all
married estate
to expect
state nor place under heaven
is better were it
Therefore
for me to enter never so maimed into the
in pleasures
-isfactionbehold the
-maid
to thy word
I may for who
so doth not deny
his
-ht
shadow of death
preserve me
.
from sinking
Lord of
wise disposition, for he knows how to pro
pose
to his servants s
as shall
which are but of yesterday
all things in his
power
departure home
I kept my bed
to
nesse
bed
brought to me by a letter to
my
ingly with great
me for his safety
I sent for
only
much afflicted that I went presently to
bed
was in danger of overflow
my excessive sorrow
.
-esday
Comber
all the day to
without
I would have
but my
an
should have
to me as ever I had him in my life.
I did
out my
night for the life
with me
pleasure of our God
though with
mall
prepared me
things with patience
should fall on me according to my
but
if he see it
was very
very ill
it
delight in this world next under my good
God.
So
about
woman
perfectly
that any creature could have.
my
upon this change that I was
changed into nothing
to
had
are the
but this is a the
that is
left
or
the
can
broken in upon me like a mighty water
.
are my my
,
complaints
with me in all
sadnesses.
I was afflicted.
who was my
me to lament his
as
that my
Lord would
still thy
hell
thy
make me. I am thine
oh
understanding
me not
livingserve the Lord
with a perfect heart
.
there any
not Is there not an
time for man once to die
die daily
loving him with all my
I must be still
that
his name
did draw my
fitted him for this dissolution.
-bred
God was found of him.
I now
prayers of him for me
say
brings in a fresh flood of I water
my
him say
yourselves
tormented with
sicknesses
now I am in the
Father
desire to
ye not
violent
if
of his presence
not
rehensable
all his
all sorrows is departed from him
is
for some comfort that what he now
is his
bring
we shall
clothed with
yet with my
behold him
this
this
. Oh
shall put on
Lord would now
give me faith to
,
for them that love
though great are the troubles
of the yet he will
.
them out of all
him
he will
thy life
against him by impatience
flesh
cannot part willingly
must live by faith
if ever thou expect
was prepared for death
may be a
know that this affliction is to this very end
we the
And
few
in
up in the
that I may
the
the where there is
shall be wiped from our sh
shall be love
sorrow
is turned to
to
for
in the second person of the
not
the
ernacle
not made with hands
builder is God.
now
-maide
this thy
in a multitude of
youth
make me to understand thy word
thy
a slavish service
dience
sin
O Lord
-twixt
to thy
thou thy
bestowed so much
whom so many
Lord
to
pleasure
that
me be freed from this
I may serve thee with perfect freedom
of
mind
in spirit
devred
oh
strength to the
.
Adam
thee.
be a
that I may be an
-ant
en
a
thy
Although my
heavy
in thee is my strength
Lord
my
as thou who served thee with
a perfect Thou art the
.
giver
spirit dwell in me
my
of
lead us in thy
.
steps
life
Sake
that I may
And I humbly
in
that the mouths of all my unjust adversaries
may be
they may be
. And all these humble
Jesus the
for us at the
for me
To whom
Amen
on th of September 1668
was much as he used to be of late
well of his infirmity
on
given him by
he had
but now the Lord was pleased to make
-selfe
father in Christ.
with him
his
troubled
him
like expressions as these was to the great
who
to be worse
according to the
by
was dispatch for
to him on
very
perfect in his understanding.
sent
his leave of him
him to his
to his will
latest
could
of our God to take him to
yet to
with the
of much
were in a
growing colder at his
upwards
all the
one little sigh
his
He departed this life on Thursday the
th of September 1668
of the
the 2
loving couple in holy marriage together
almost 17
th of Sept
of all his
that could be
his
by
of a further distance could be had.
Those that helped to
My Brother , Thomas Thornton . My Brother Denton. My Brother Portington. My Cosen , Will m .William Ascough . My Cosen , Ralphe Crathorne. My Cozen , John Crathorne . My Cosen Bullock. My Cozen , Ed. Edward Lassells
There was a very great congregati
as could be at that time
generally beloved of his whole
on
submit
then
to be united in praising God
in the
children
th of
September
of
who
th
the st
Creator in the
the
draw nigh; when thou shalt say,
I have no pleasure in them.
loves
loves not for thee
(St
doth serve
to die
may preserve,
cannot
it
native might
in
be
to see
cannot find.
death.
breath.
Amen.
The
Nisi Christus Nemo.
Tout pour le' Eg'lize.
Nor;Lyon that mySoule wouldteare
O Lord God of our
, who for
our
die to
our
that ever diedfree amongst the dead
to
thine
with victory
omnipotent Lord God
, regard
mercy upon thy whom thou
by thy power
thine indignation
me with all thy thy hand
me soreMy
reason of my
nigh
unto the
; my body in
my
by the
not thou thy
more
favour
into a
give mea
to be my
thy
guide in this my thy
that
word
light unto my I tread not
the steps of deathlet me not
into the
where all things are forgotten
thou afflict me
sore
of
which thou in a
given
me power
virtues
our youthsto take up thy
being
in
dispensations
perverse will never so much
patience throughout, in all the course of
my faith, hope
. Let me not
thing
sight
give me grace to
unto the Lord
pure
thy precious blood
good pleasure to continue me yet a while
longer to
my life for a prey
to have
this but
yet remaining.
offence to thy
a more prepared
let me the
amongst the
the Lord
land of the living
: for the
he shall praise thee
hide not thy face from me
any more
but give me sufficient
fatherly
chastisements
thy
I pray thee,
of
duty thou
thee with
Restore
my words
with
that service that we are capable of in this
past
thy
that when thou shalt demand my
Lord,
suffer thy terrors
, but may feel an
the
with the
gracious hand
to
even for the Lord, Christ Jesus
sake, the righteous.
Father,
-sgive
by all things in
of men
all
Amen.
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-
The Index of this
- The Age of Alice
Wandesforde - The
dedication - Observables
- Prayer
- Preface
her weakenes in theMeassells her haveing theSmale Pox in Kentmeditations onPsalme 147:4th.- Deliverance from
fire . 32 1632 . - Her
passage into Ireland. 1632. - Deliverance from
fire indublin - A
second medita . about 12. y. Years old - Deliverance in a
Storme atSea . 39 1639 - The
death of the Lord DeputyW. Wandesford - The
deliverance from the Irish Rebellion - Her
haveing theSmale Pox at Chester - A
deliv from aerance sickenesse at Richmond - The Lady Danby
died . 1645 -
- Mr Edmund
norton died . 1648 - King Charles the Blessed
. 1648 Sr EdwardSir osborne died
- Mr Edmund
- George
Wandesforde , Esq uire , d. Died , 1651 -
- Mrs Mary Norton
married . 1651. Sr Sir . Christopher Wandesford mar. Married , 1651- Alice Thornton
married . 1651
- Mrs Mary Norton
- She
began her first Sickness -
- Alice Thornton
, thedau ghter , birth . 53 1653 - Elizabeth
Thorntons birth . 54 1654
- Alice Thornton
-
- Mrs
Eliz. GatesElizabeth died . 55 1655 . - Mr
Geffery Gatesdied . 55 1655
- Mrs
-
- Mr Rich
ard Thorntondied . 56 1656 . - Katherine Thornton
birth . 56 1656 . Eliz. ThorntonElizabeth died . 56 1656 .
- Mr Rich
my deliverance from afall . 57 1657 . - The
birth ofmy first Son. 57 1657 . - The Death of the Lady
Wand. Wandesford , 59 1659 . - William
Thorntons birth . 60 1660 . - His Death
meditations -
my dangerous Sickeness . 1661.
when I waspreserved from the
Temptation of Satan todispaire -
My prayers & meditations
There upon , on StMatth. 27, 28, &. et cetera - The
recovery ofmy healts -
Mr Thorntons preservation
And mine . - Considerations
there upon -
A deliverance fromgreife
onNettleton Balifes comeing -
A deepe apprehension ofmy
Change, being withchilde ofmy
Seaventh -
The Sattisfaction ofmy Soule
after thereceaving theH. SacramHoly ent
first at Newton by DrSammw aies -
A satisfaction by theSettlem en t
of Mr Covill forLaistrop -
My Sonne RobertThorntons
Birth. Sept. 19September , 1662. -
A most dangerous flux on
me afterhis birth - Prayers
, & meditations there on -
- My
Sonne Roberts baptisme - A Prayer
& thanksgiveing
for thisblessing
- My
-
A thankesgiveing for Mr
Thorntons deliverance from
aflood ofwaters inhis
returne from London -
The birth of Joyce Thornton
And her Baptisme -
A prayer & thanksgiveing
for thisdeliverance -
Mr Thorntons dangerous
Sickeness atSteersby &
his Preservation from
death -
With my owne desperate , weake
condittion uppon greife forhim -
Praires , & confessions , with
areturne ofthanks affter
our recoverys -
Meditations uppon my Joyce,
her sickenesse - Joyce
Thorntons Thornton , her death -
A deliverance ofmy daughter ,
Alice Thornton, from aSurfet
ofeating Turbud -
A greate deliverance from a
miscariadge - The
great fire in London -
Kate Thornton fell ill of
The smale pox -
The death of Mr John
wandesforde -
The
death of MrWill. Nortonm William -
- The
falling ill of Robin Thornton
in to thesmale Pox - A
meditation there on
- The
-
My daughter , Alice, her
falling into thesmale Pox -
With a preservation from
choaking in herSleepe -
John denton fell ill of
The smale Pox -
- My
daughter , Kate, was
preserved fromchoaking
with apin And from adesperate fall
- My
-
The murder ofmy Nephew,
Mr Thomas Danby -
My great deliverance of
my ninth childe , 1668. -
- Christopher Thornton
baptized - His
death meditations theron
- Christopher Thornton
-
My weakeness uppon thedeath
ofmy childe Uppon MrThorntons illness -
My sad condition on the
occassion of a Slander -
observations theron . withpraiers
& meditations -
A deliverance ofmy Sonne ,
Robert Thornton - Prayers for
him -
My second relapse bygreife
whenmy Aunt Norton was at
Newton about themalice of
my Ennimes , unjustly -
My prayers & meditations
fordeliverance from these -
A description of MrThorntons
falling ill at Malton, & in
howweake acondition I
was whenhe left me . -
My hopes ofhis recovery
from Drwitties incouragement -
Of the contineuance ofmy
deare Husbands weaknesse
notwithstandingall helps -
The death ofmy deare &
hon. Husbandred Honoured -
My exceeding Sorrow&
weake estate ofBodie &
Spiritt uppon his death -
My sad & bitter complaints ,
meditations -
Prayers ; & Pettions uppon
This most sad dispensation -
A discourse of MrThorntons
comfortable expressions to Mr
Sinkler beforehis last Illness -
A description of MrThorntons
last Sickenesse andseverall
passages in thesame - Of
his Buriall -
' Uppon thefeares of Death',
inverse . A.T. -
' An Inducement to Love
Heaven', inverse . A.T. -
' Afaire well to the Pleasures
of theworld ', inverse ' MySoules wish for God' -
A Widdowes Prayer and
Pettitions to God
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in her
that my
the
gracious
my life short in this moment
betwixt me
praise the Lord most high
th of
of his
of the day of
in
of
She did see in the north window
of
with
English
as if
came before with loud
of Ireland
sad
selfe
head
After my Lord
head
in a dread fright
him him from the multitude
great
his
company
it
the while of this
horror with
while this appeared
the
at
an
up into the
he heard her with
asked him what he thought of this great
sight
but said
but bid her w
very sad. And
would live to see.
did s Eyes
but most Christian
prevent and hinder those
fall on the
heartily for
fullness of
with
still begging to God to
to see
which
did
have found of his
both
I did see her laid on the
looked
to be dead at which I cried out
of th
mother
her
my
treamty
all the way
that
in her
all for 12 nights.
a little while
that
to the
The man that brought the mournings
when such things
laid since should
to her that dreams was but fables not to
to die
sorrows
the
when he was in it
could make
drowned in it. This
I prayed it might never come to
sleepe
which
a great sorrow
And then I was in trouble when my
George
me
he
was
begged of him
a flood should destroy him
At which he gave a
he would not venture
of
to
day of his death
was
It was on
mercy
must not be forgotten. That there had
the menservants
But it pleased God to give me that blessing
use all my
by all Christian
for I did at that time
each to
on
him not at home,
Darcy
to be a fine gentleman
not
At which
said
of a
my duty to God
my troubles
madness of my
not
more
me with lifeyou shall see me become a new
man by his grace
glory to God
me what is
which words
was not pleased to grant him a long life but to
him away in these good
in
came to
found me in a most sad
most
my
nor to hold my
much contracted in the
was tormented for an
which time
kneeling
could
thought it to be cold
in great
to
write.
not leave me but
for him
mond
what God
a
for
I had
in
Husban
of the Irish
the
he might have had more power to
have all
did not demand it for her.
did
by the
to
did involve his
them which did prove
offer
give her for
for her
might have all her
the
make a
me for my sake
it
for a
ship
by my
of
of
but
come to
pay
his bond
of it.
it was best to
might
demanded it
pay it. I said I had a
lend him
it to quit him.
new come to our
to live
and left me big with t
went away before we were settled
goods to furnish the house
into it.
to
was very kind to me
one day in the morning
goods for that
great fright
my
asked who had
for she
At last
me not to be frighted for they was
I said
would not
much
I had not had the
I
from death
I had in the house
which by
Thus
deliver me by giving me
of
warning by a
my greater
who watched
. And I will praise the Lord
over me in my
that
for
who did
wound
saved.
more
Smithson
by his
my
from to
pray me not to
house
to lay wait to have
some
Lord have mercy on me
me out of the
I will glorify the
Amen