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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93051	Mistris Shawe's tomb-stone or, the saints remains. Being a brief narrative, of some few (amongst many) remarkable passages in the holy life and happy death of that precious servant of the Lord Mrs. Dorothy Shaw, (late the dearly beloved wife of Mr. John Shaw preacher of the Gospell at Kingstone upon Hull,) who sweetly slept in the Lord, Decemb. 10th. and was interred at Trinity Church, in Hull, Decemb. 12. 1657. Collected by her dearest friend: with many usefull instructions, especially for his own and his six daughters consolation and imitation.	Shawe, John, 1608-1672.	1658 (1658)	Wing S3029; Thomason E1926_1; ESTC R209982	62,732	192

lyes interred at Pattrington in the Eastriding of of Yorkshire where my eldest daughter and husband Mr. Mathew Woodell then Pastor there didolive And now my dear and pretious (d) December 1657. wife I interred in Hull and where we shall be sown in the Earth the onely wise God knowes but erre long all the Eagles shall flock to the carcase Luke 17.37 Sixt Cordiall Consider though the streame be gone yet the fountain is as full as ever we that live in Hull oft times see the cocks that convey water to private houses cut off yet still men may freely go to the spring so we have a God a Christ a promise still as fresh as full as ever Open our mouths wide suck hony out of this rock God careth for us 1 Pet. 5.7 Nimis avarus cui Deus non sufficit he is too covetous whom a God cannot suffice Luther said Lord do with me what thou wilt since thou hast pardoned my sin 10. Learn we to price Gods Ordinances as this deceased Saint did above her necessary food When Christ was hungry Mark 11.12 and went to a fig-tree and found no fruit to eat v. 13. yet when he came to the City Ierusalem v. 15. he went not that we read of to any victualling house but to the Temple and taught shewing it was his meat and drink to be doing his fathers will In former times want of bread was Englands misery we read in Queen Elizabeths days that such a man was one of the 4. or 5. Preachers in such or such a County in her dayes Mr. Tavern●ur Sheriff of Oxfordshire did in Charity not ostentation saith Mr. Fuller give the Schollers a Sermon at St. Maries in Oxford with his Gold chaine and sword And before that in King Henry the 8. and Queen Maries dayes how would some have given whole cart-loads of hay or corn for a few Chapters in the New Testament But alas our fault is surfetting contempt and loathing of the Manna as it s said of us in regard of ears of corn That if there be much scarcity of corn the poor pine if great plenty and cheapnesse the rich repine so it s for soul-food When great store of it many slight it Heretofore was sad perfecution when Ioan Clerke said to be a godly woman was forced by the bloody Papists to set fire to burn her dear Father William Tylsworth who was burnt for the Gospel at Amersham in Buckinghamshire and many suffered much for private meetings wherein they did pray for themselves the Church and State but now we are in more danger of sleighting or of hypocrisie to professe the Gospell and the service of God only for reward which Antigonus so condemned yea for reward and advantage amongst men nay many in these dayes that in times of persecution seemed forward are now Apostatized and gone back Diogenes once in a great assembly went backward at which all the people laughed him to scorn whereupon he told them that They might rather be ashamed who had so long gone backward and declined from good manners and conversation oh how many hath Satan cheated and seduced of late from the ordinances and holy practises 11. Learn from her to be very tender and watchfull against the least sinne how afraid was she of the very appearance of evil how did she mourn for originall sinne which both is in its nature a sinne crosse to Gods pure law 1 John 3.4 defiling our whole natures and the sruit and effect of sin Dr. Prideaux as Adams sin which as a learned man saith was peccatum originans ours peccatum originale the cause of sin the spring of our actual sins How did that poor woman cry to King Solomon of a dead childe found in her bosome so may we though not quite dead yet of that deadnesse in our hearts to what is good as Paul Rom. 7.24 that while we carry a dying body without we are pestered with a body of death within nay alas often we are guilty of much sin in our inside when it appears not yet in our practise Christ said to Iudas Iohn 13.27 What thou doest c. He was then doing viz. betraying murthering of Christ whilest he was at supper There are not onely strong bony sins so 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 notes Amos 5.12 But sins of omission which Bishop Usher so Complained of he was murthering of Christ inwardly what sin we would do but cannot dare not or are prevented that we do in Gods account Josh 24 9. Balak is said to warre against Israel because he gladly would but durst not so speculative adultery Math. 5.28 and heart-murder 1 John 3.15 is loathsome to God Mr. Howel tells it as a strange thing that a Serpent was found in the heart of an English man when he was dead but alas this old Serpent is by sad experience found to have too much power in many of our hearts whilst alive labour to withstand the first beginnings of sin else you will find though you are no great Logicians that if you yeild the Premises you cannot deny the Conclusion Austin saith that his good Mother Monica by sipping and supping when she filled the cup to others came at last to take a cup of nimis sometimes 12. Learn from her to love godlinesse above all empty vanities and fading joyes I do not discommend decency in your garbe our Chronicles tells us that starching is but an invention brought out of Flanders hither by Mrs. Dinghen in the year 1564. not a 100d years since nor the use of lawfull things in a right way but look upon piety and godlinesse as your life 1 Pet. 3.7 And your choicest Ornament 1 Pet. 3.3 4 5. as you know that was the very joy of the heart of your dear Mother Diogenes could say of a fair woman without virtue ôh quàm bona domus sed malus hospes but make you Moses choice Heb. 11.25 and Davids choice Psal 4.6 7. account not gain to be godlinesse but godlinesse to be your gain 1 Tim. 6.5 6. Learn from her not to content your selves with glittering yet dead morall virtues which very Heathens had though Austin and Prosper deny that but look to living saving and distinguishing graces you know how carefull she was this way though she was well furnished with morall virtues Scipio that gallant Roman and Conqueror of Affrica had a Son that had nothing of the worth of the Father but onely his name he was cowardly and dissolute who coming into the Senate-house with a ring on his finger having his Fathers picture livelily engraven the Councell made an Act of State forbidding him to weare that ring who would not imitate his Fathers virtues and Alexander seeing a Cowardly Souldier of his own name bad him be valiant or forsake his name I have not hitherto had any discomfort in you nor any visible grounds of fears yet I beseech you let her that is dead but yet speaketh prevaile with you not to sit