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Show No.XXV!. ~ As A p p E. N 'D I X ta VbL. I. . ~ h E d a Relation taking Leave of her, the About Three Houtj be ore e~ 0 b' Lo d . .M DenT Love to 11U. Fr:end} · fald :1gain, I have iajl m1 CaH up;n 1 ~ E;e~) p'?ajd rbe Lord to prrfcrv; a!fd (lifting up her dy•ng an 5 a fter 4 c:lUfin all ro withdJ,lw, We were them and bleft rl;em. Abo~t ant-o~r ~e t~ok our giaft Leave, faying a11 that h:~lf an Hour together, Q w 6•c She continued fenfible, and did eat lOme· Vo(as fit upon thatHfolembn ~ cc~ 10":Dep:mure. at which Time our Children, thing about an our. e ore er efent she quietly expired in my Arms, and moft of the FaBl~, wer7 ~r a fen.fible and devout Refignation of her her Head up~m my 0 ~m, wa I rna f3 (he was a Publick as Well as' SO_ul to Alm.•ghty ri:~~as 10~~~~ly any Ex~;Uenr Wife, and. Mother, but an Pny:ue Lofs, for F/ J fa more thln common Capaclty, and gre:J..te.t enure and conftan\- "e" ' o oft equ:~.L and undaunted in DJnger. Rebgt· Modefiy and Hum1 uy; Y:t m t Affeilarion An eafie Miltrefs, and good DIH :~.swell as l!tge'!lrOHt, wttho~ or Neithe~ tavifh nor penurious, hut an .Neighbour,fefpedClll:J.lly to th;ll ~s .of or her Tfirrues; Therefore out grea( £x:~.mple o In u ry, as w , Lofs, though her owd Ettrnal Gam. Sorrow and Joy, in the Lofs and End of Springett Penn. 'An .Am>mu My very Dear C~ild and. Elde~ Son, Springett Penn, ved~/H: eh~~. •f '"' ;uffii Childhood mamfell a Difpojillon to Goodnrjs, and.ga b th Re!ip Els )!ndofSprin- a more than ordinary Ctlpaciry; ~nd Time fa~iwed r~rlnb 0 . al l:ow~ r;c:t Penn. For befides a good Share of Learmng and efpeC!3 '! c.. It[ ~mtJ!rc h bove· bEe,. 144· /. J he fhCwed a Judgment in the Ufeand Apphc~t_!On? n, .mu~ a e. ge. H had tbe Seeds of m1ny good !(_ualf/les nfing m h1m, that his lfi:~ bel~ved and confequently lamented; but efpecial!J his Humility, m;t. e d T. 1 tb, With 3 Tendernefs. and So/tne.fs oJ. Na~u_re, that, 1at'ne{s'raayn it ~=re ;n Imp"roveinent upon his other Good ~ahttts. Hut ~hou~h ~hefe ~ere no Security againfi ~ick,~fs and De~bd. ~e~ t~erh:·e;!~ d Way to facilitate a due Preparauon 10r them. n. In ee . Ill ~0 d that w:~s in Him fhew'd it felf very plaJnly fometlme before.~ls . ~ r;;un F more than half a year before it plea fed the Lord to VI tt h1m 11~ ~: w~:knefs he grew more retired, and much difengaged from youthful ~~~. hi!. (heV:ing a remarkable Tendernefs in Meetings, ~\'en when theY' t 1g fit 'r. But when he f:J.w himfelf doubtful as to h1s Reco\'ery, he !:~~~d ~\;Mind and Meditations more appHendy towards the ~ord; fec~et· ly (as :1lfo when they were in the Room that arte~ded upon htm)tl,ra~Jfft often with great Fervency to the Lord, and utterdn~ v~b) Many an One Expreffiont aqd Prai(es to Him in a very deep an en t e . anner., b .n Da he faid to us [am r(jigned; what God pleafc~b; He knows what s tJ'• Jw~uld Jive if it 'pteaftd him that I migbtferve Hua: B11t, 0 Lord, not my TIT,// bur thy WiD be done. I d h · ht One fpeaking to him of the Things of this Ward, an w at mig pleafe him when recovered; he anfwered, .My Eye looks anotbtr Way wberl the trutjl P!eafure H. When he told me he had refied wel1,. and t~at faid it WlS a Mercy to him, he quickly replied up?n f!'e, with a feuous, yet [weer look, All is .i11erq, Dear Fatb~r, every !hmg n Mercy. Another Time when I went to Meeting, at parung, he fatd, ~emember me, my Dear ]'ather, before tht Lord: ThoJJgb I cannot go to f"l1;tetmgt, yet I have man~ goad .Meetings; the Lord comes in upon my Spmf; I have Heavenly .A-1eet in$.' witb Him by tny Jelf. • H' H 1 And not many Days before he died, the Lord appelrm~ by IS ~ Y Power upon his Spirit, when alone, at my Return, afking hJm h~w he d1d, be told me, 0 I have bad a Jwut Time, a b!effed Time_! G:eat E:Joyments: The Power of the Lmf overcame my Soul: lifweet T1111e znde~d. . And telling .him how fame of the Gentry that had been to \•I fit h1m, w~re gone to their Games, and Sports :~nd Pleafur~s, and ho.w little Confiderauo~ the Children of Men had of God and thcu latter End; and how muc haPpier he was in this Weaknefs to have been otherwife educated, and ~ VoL. I. The A t1 THoR's LIFE, be prcferved from thofe Tem~tations to Vanity, f!lc. he anfwered, It ir No.XXVI. aU So4f. my Dear Father: It j$ fad Stuff. 0 that I might live to teO tbtm ~ Jo! Well my Dear Child, I~eplicd, Let this be the Time of thy entring iQto fecret Covenant with God, that if he raife thee, thou wilt dedicate thy Youtn, Strength and Life, to Him, and His People, and Service: He returned, Farber, rhat is not now to do; it i, not now to do; with grelt Tendernefs upon his Spirit. , Being e\'Cr almoft near him, and doing any Thing for him he wanted or delired, he broke out with much Senfe and Love, My Dtar Farber, if I live 1 wiO moRt thee amendt. And fpeaking to him ·of Divine Enjoyments, that the Eye of Man fJw not, but the Soul made alive by the Spirit of ChrHt,. plainly felt; he, in a lively Remernbnnce, erie<! our, 0 I had afweer Time Tejlerdoy by my fe/f! 0 tbe Lord bath preferoed me_;q 111is Da,Y! 0 bi•Jfed be liis J\'tJmt; my Soul praifes H1m for Hit D1ercy! 0 Falher tt u of the Good' Ttrjsof the Lord tbnl'! am fo weU M I am! Fixing his Ey• upon his Siller, he took her by-the H:~nd, faying, Poor Tifhe, Lt*k to good Thing1, poor Child, there is no Comfort without it. One Drop of The Lvvt of God i$ wortft more than all the World. I !mow it; I have rafled it: I bav.e /tit as mucb tfrmore of the Love of God in this Weaknrfi than in ali my Life before. At another Time as I ftood by him he looked up upon me, and faid, Dear Fn1her, fir by me, I love thy Company, 11nd I know thou /ovefl mine; and if it be the Lord's Will that we m11jl port, be not troubledtfor tEar will trouble me. Taking fomething one Night in Bed, juft before his going to Reft, he flt up, and fervently prayed thus: 0 Lord God, thou whoJc Son Jaid to hi$ Difciples, Whatever ye tJ.f~ in my ]fame, ye foa/1 receive; I pr11y thee in His :Nome, b/ef$ this to me this Night, and give me Rejl, if it be rby hk.JfedWiU, 0 Lord! And accordingly he had a very comfortable Night, of which he took a thankful Notice before us, next Day. And when he, at one Time, more than ordinarily, expreff'ed a Defire to live, ::1nd entreated meta pray for him; he added, And, Dear Father, if the Lordjhould raife me and enable me to ftrvt him, and his Pt()ple, then I might travel u:irb thee fometimes, and U"e might ea(t one another (meaning in the Minillry) He fpoke it with great Modelly: Upon which Ifaid to him: My Dear Child, if it pleafe the Lord to raife thee, I am fatisfied · it will be fo; lnd if not, then inafmuch as it is thy fervent Defire in the Lord, He will look upon thee juft as if thou didft live to ferve Him, and thy Com~ fort will be the fame: So either Way it wm be well. For if tliou fhouldft not live, I do verily believe thou will have the Recompence of thy Good Defires, without the Temptations and Troubles that would attend, if long Life were granted to thee. Saying one Day thus, I am refolved I will have fuch a Thing done; he immediately catch'd himfelf, and fell inca this Re.fl.e8:ion, with much Con .. trition, Did I fay, I wit/? 0 Lord, forgive me that irreverent and ba/ly Expreffi( l'n! I ani a poor wed Creature and live by thee, and therefore 1/hould b~ve Jaid, if it pleafetb Tbet that I live I intend to dofo, or fo; Lord for .. grve my rajh Expreffion. Seeing my ptefent Wife ready to be helpful and do any Thing for him; he turned to her and faid, Don't thee do fo, let them, don't troublt thy ftif fo_mucb far fuch a poor Creature m I 11m. And taking Leave of him a few' Ntghrs before his End, he faid to her, Pray for me, Dear Jtlqther, thoM art Good and Innocent, it may be the Lord may bear thy Prayersf()rme,Jor I dejire my Strength again, th11t I migbr Live, and employ it more in rhe1Lord'sService. Two or Three Days before his Departure, he called his Brother to him~ and looking awfully upon him faid, Be a good Boy, and Rnow, tbtrt is a Go~, a Grertt a.nd Mighty God, who is a Rewardtr of tbe Rigbteow, tmd fo ~e 11 of the Wuktd, but tbeir Rewnrdr 11re not. the fame. Have a Care of zdle People •. and idle Company, and love good Company. and goot/ Frien~t, and ~h~ Lord wrU b!ifs rhet: I bave feen good Things }or rbte fince my S!Ckne~, if thou do.ft bur fetJr the Lord: .And if Ijhould nor live (though the Lord u AO-jllfficient) Remember ~bat !Jay to thee, wbm I am dtad and gont: Po()r ~ H h Cbild, |