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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A87178	Trodden dovvn strength, by the God of strength, or, Mrs Drake revived. Shewing her strange and rare case, great and many uncouth afflictions, for tenne yeares together : together, with the strange and wonderfull manner how the Lord revealed himselfe unto her, a few dayes before her death. / Related by her somtime unworthy friend, Hart On-Hi.	Hart, John, D.D.	1647 (1647)	Wing H960; Thomason E1156_1; ESTC R204874	52,707	199

verse 30. corrects the same thus For this cause many are weak and sickly among you and many sleep c. Which shewes the meaning onely is that such endure sometimes temporall punishments who yet may bee saved and goe to Heaven So that still the generall holds in equity as in and under the Law that Gods Ordinance in the Sacrament is not to bee neglected of us for our unsufficiency and unfitnesse for the same no more then under the Law during the Passeover because it may be a meanes to fit Let the scrupulous note this well heale cure strengthen revive quicken and enable us to be worthy Receivers For we come not to bring vertue unto the Sacrament but to receive vertue life strength and quickning from thence And that howsoever in this case we be qualified it were best to be obedient and use the meanes all which with much more the Relator remembers not was set on with more excellent illustrations exhortations and pithy remonstrances which discourse being finished she became in this also convinced in judgement that shee promised him thus farre to submit herselfe yet further unto the meanes that shee would now also goe unto the Sacrament Onely in this Case she begg'd exemption not to be urged because shee could not neither was able by her selfe to performe any private duties of prayer or reading of the Word constantly whereunto because they would not over drive her put her beyond her strength or molest her spirit they spared to urge her contented with what they could with gentlenesse and entreaty perswade her unto A very strange experience and wonderfull Yet it is most strange to heare how the Lord dealt with her in one thing wherein she delighted and was hardly broken off viz. Shee had a custome in tumbling over of the Bible to put her finger suddenly upon some one verse as it hit saying now whatsoever my finger is upon is just my Case whatsoever it bee and my doome But so the Lord directed all her fingers so put that looking upon the verse still it was found encouraging and comfortable not discouraging whereupon being much prayed and entreated seeing hitherto shee had found all places to speak for her that shee would desist and not any more thus tempt God who prayd that shee might doe but once more so it being in the presence of many promising faithfully that after that one time she would never do so any more to attempt any such tryall Whereupon at length all adventured to suffer her once more to see what Gods providence would prove in so strange a Case But withall if some crosse place came they prayed her not to bee discouraged whereupon shee suddenly opened the Book about the middle thereof in the Prophesie of Isaiah and without looking or reading a word or knowing what shee did she put her finger upon that excellent vers Isa 40.27 Why sayest thou O Jacob and speakest O Israel my way is hid from the Lord hast thou not known hast thou not heard that the everlasting God the Creator of the ends of the Earth fainteth not neither is weary there is no searching of his understanding hee giveth power to the faint and to them that have no might he encreaseth strength even the youths shall faint and be weary and the young men shall utterly fall But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength they shall mount up with wings as Eagles and they shall walk and not faint Which place being considered of and read so crossing her hopes and expectation made her being much abashed to blush For therein shee was reproved for her crosse conceits of God touching her as neglected of the Almighty and for all her weaknesse and imperfections was shewed that God could help all who with a word made heaven and earth enabling her to doe all duties at his good pleasure being therewith encouraged to wait and depend upon God in the use of meanes by such an excellent promise And so was therewith shewed how good God was unto her every way shewing love notwithstanding her untowardnesse and tempting of him by such signes At which not knowing what to say shee flung off poorely saying Object this was promised to Iacob and Israel It was nothing unto her and her Case Answ Whereunto answer was made out of that place Rom. 15. Whatsoever was written before hand was written for our learning that wee through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope and so was thereby vanquished in judgement that she promised now to be satisfied and never any more to make any such tryall but to offer her selfe unto the use of meanes and to wait the Lords leisure what hee pleased to doe with her Yet still alleadging the impotency in her that she was able to doe nothing herein towards this great work but that God must doe all when being enabled shee would doe that whereunto she should be strengthned Shee is perswaded to joyne in singing of some sort of Psalms Yet wanted there one thing more to gether to joyn in singing of Psalmes which with much adoe shee was brought unto alleadging that her Case admitted of no such melody neither had shee cause to sing but to mourn all her life time Yet being told that it was a duty to sing prayses unto God for all his mervellous mercies power and goodnesse as well as to joyn in hearing of the Word and that thanksgiving being the everlasting work of Heaven in continuall praysing of God was a work could not be too soone begun upon earth and that the Psalmes being of divers compositions and postures of thanksgiving petition gratulation complaint and deprecation shee might joyne in some many of which might fit her Case shee was contented to joyn in Psalmes of complaint petition mourning and deprecation but in no other of any acknowledgement of any mercy received For said she If I be onely reserved as a stalled Oxe unto the slaughter what cause have I to give thanks and if I be not to goe to Heaven what have I to doe with the work of Heaven before the time or having some work wrought in me whereby I may be assured of my interest therein Why shee would have lived under a powerful Ministry About this time willingly shee would have live under some powerful Ministry hoping that thereby some such work might be wrought upon her as might enable her to performe duties and for this cause secretly made the Relator goe into Essex to try whether or not that worthy powerfull late thundering Preacher Mr Rogers of Dedham would have entertained her at his house who willingly granted the same But when the businesse was moved unto her Father and Mother neither they nor her Husband would consent unto the same though Mr Dod and Mr Culvervell both affected to have gone with her so too indulgent were they over her which refusall much unhookt her spirit and had almost put her in her former Case