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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02414	Pieties pillar: or, A sermon preached at the funerall of mistresse Elizabeth Gouge, late wife of Mr. William Gouge, of Black-friers, London With a true narration of her life and death. By Nicholas Guy, pastor of the church at Edge-ware in Middlesex.	Guy, Nicholas, b. 1587 or 8.	1626 (1626)	STC 12543; ESTC S103587	19,555	63

she her selfe with her owne hands of her owne motion relieued So as herein also shee was like to that good woman whom the wiseman thus commendeth She stretcheth out her hands to the poore 4. Her Piety as it was the best of her graces whereby all the rest were seasoned so was it not lesse eminent then the rest For she was a conscionable obseruer of the Lords Day and a constant frequenter of the weeke day Lectures where she inhabited Shee did both her selfe diligently and reuerendly attend to the dayly exercises of piety in her house and also caused her children and seruants to do the like She had also her set houres euery day which secretly betwixt God and her selfe shee spent in holy Deuotions With her owne hand shee penned sundry deuout Prayers whereof some being for helps to humble her soule the more before God were very large She hath also left written by her selfe many diuine directions for Deuotions She further tyed her selfe by a set dayly taske to reade the holy Scriptures whereby she was able readily to answer any question propounded about the History and Doctrin of the Scriptures Shee did also spend much time in reading English books of diuinity whereof shee had a pretty Library She carefully put in practise this precept of the Apostle to wiues Let them aske their Husbands at home Her piety left her not till her breath left her For to come to the time of her sicknesse and departure being long weake before her departure and great with Childe shee was disabled from doing so much worke as in her health she vsed to do yet was shee not idle but spent the more time in reading conferring with her Husband and that especially about euidences of true grace and assurances of saluation It pleased the Diuine prouidence about a yeere and a quarter before when shee was great with Childe to visit her with a Dropsie though shee was very temperate in her diet no Wine bibber Of her Liuer she complained from her youth so as questionlesse her ill-disposed Liuer was the cause of her disease After her deliuery of that Childe thorow Gods blessing on the meanes which her good Neighbour Master Doctor Argent an ancient experienced and skilfull Physician prescribed she was recouered and continued very well from September 1624 till Febr following when conceiuing againe with Child the Dropsie returned againe Notwithstanding the returne of that Disease she was on the sixt of October 1625 deliuered of her thirteenth and last Childe which was a sonne and retained such strength as ordinarily shee was wont to doe in the time of her Childbed so as on the baptizing day she sate vp as women in that time vse to doe But before shee gathered such strength as might enable her to take Physicke for her Disease death began to seaze vpon her For on the very day wherein the foresaid Doctor Argent had prescribed such Physicke as was fit for one in her case which was the fourteenth day after her deliuery the violence of her Disease was such as accustomed rest and vse of vnderstanding was taken from her This made her talke much but in all her talke not an impious word came from her Her tongue was neuer accustomed thereto But that it might appeare how fast fixed and deeply rooted piety was in her in her greatest weaknesse and extremity if any Broth Drinke or other sustenance were offered her she would lift vp her eyes to Heauen and craue a blessing of him whom she knew to be aboue In that her restlesse time she was much perswaded by her Husband to doe what he aduised To short questions especially about her Christian faith hope she would giue short but very pithy and comfortable answers After she had thus remained two whole dayes it pleased the Lord to giue some rest whereby for two dayes she recouered good vse of her vnderstanding and made good vse thereof by giuing many good euidences of her sted faith in Iesus Christ Which after she had done the former violence of her Disease returned vpon her and soone depriued her of her sweet breath Thus would God take her away euen in her calling in the time of her Child-bed wherein for a woman to dye is as for a Souldier to dye in battell yea as for a Preacher to dye in the Pulpet They that in Scripture are recorded to dye in that time are recorded to dye as Saints as the Wiues of Iaakob and Phinehas and so vndoubtedly did this pious Matron whose soule euer in that moment wherein by Prayer it was commended to God ascended to God with whom she now as we haue great and iust cause to hope raigneth in euerlasting glory whether God bring vs also in our time thorow Iesus Christ our Lord to whom with the Father and the holy Ghost bee all honour and glory now and for euer Amen The memory of the iust is blessed FINIS Luke 11. Psal 27.10 2 Cor. 8.12 * Mistresse GOVGE brought forth her last Childe into this world and went her selfe out of this world in the Country house of Master Simon and Mistresse Anne Geering who inhabiting the greatest part of the yeere in Black friers Londo were desirous to shew to their Pastor there such respect as the Sunemite and her husband did to Elisha Onesiphorus to Paul Ioh 13.23 Ioh. 3.16 〈◊〉 1 17. 2 Cor 8.12 Mat. 4. 1 Tim. 2.4 Ezek. 33.11 Reu. 1.18 Mat. 28.18 2 King 5.7 Joh. 1.1 4. Psal 36.9 Gen. 2.7 Act. 17.28 Gal. 2.20 1 Ioh. 5.12 Iam. 1.17 1 Sam. 15 29 Prov. ●2 ● Acts 10.34 Isa 24.16 Rom. 11.29 Article 7. Hos 13.9 Mat. 28.19 Mar. 16.15 Rom. 1.16 Rom. 10.11 12. Psal 76.1 Psal 147.20 Psal 119.105 Heb. 11.6 〈◊〉 115. Phil. 3.12 Rom. 12.1 Eph 3 17. Gal. 2.20 Rom 6.4 Col. 3.1 1 Joh. 5 5. Gal. 5.24 1 Tim. 5.6 Mat. 8.22 Reu. 3.1 Iohn 17.3 Math. 22 32. 1. Kin 2.10 11.43 1. Cor. 11.30 15.18 Iob. 11.11 1. Thes 4.13 14. 1. Cor. 15.55 Ioh. 16.20 Ioh. 14.24 Phil. 1.21 Pro. 31. ●0 ● Tit. 2.5 1. Tim. 5.13 2 Tim. 1.5 3.15 Eph. 6.4 Prou 31.1 Prou. 31. 20. 1 Cor. 14 35.