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cause_n	love_n	love_v	son_n	2,651	5	6.0327	4	true

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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

would think that now there had not been much adoe but to have had a quick end of her troubles and sufferings But the Lord wonderfull in working and excellent infinitely in counsell and wisdome had otherwise so appointed the same that shee should yet a few years longer be storm beaten and sick and wander as it were in a wildernesse ere shee arrived at her heavenly Canaan And therefore out of her habituall impotencie seeing shee was so stiffe and slow to work out her own salvation or take paines for it Shee had at length her desire though hee made it cost her deare ere hee at length revealed himself unto her And therefore heareat shee stuck still even to the last expecting what extraodinary work God would work in her to enable her to take paines for her salvation A strange temptation which all her life time could hardly ever bee quite removed Untill God in a strange and unusuall manner for matter of feeling revealed himselfe unto her in such a measure as mortality was incapable of to the over-comming of her spirits who lived not long after to be in its place related About this time that famous worthy man of God Mr Robert Bruce some time Minister of Edenborrow then in prison amongst the wilde Irish for not preaching or assenting unto the truth of the Earle of Gowries Treason hearing by the Relator the trouble and true state of this Gentlewomans Case with the progresse thereof and how shee had been brought to reveale the Devils counsell wrote a letter unto the Relator touching his censure of her Case and hopefull issue thereof who being for afflicted consciences one of ten thousand he himselfe having beene for twenty yeares in terrors of conscience ere he was forced to settle unto the Ministry gave a judicious propheticall censure of the event of her case as in some sort it fell out too long here to insert but in conclusion with this upshot That now shee had bewrayed so freely the Devils counsell hee knew that all would shortly bee well are long and that her trouble would have to admiration a strange event and that for her finall estate he thanked God he made no more doubt thereof then of his own which he assured himselfe of because God had given him so large a heart to continue instant for her in prayer with a great deale of comfort concluding his letter with a patheticall speech turned in behalfe of the Gentlewoman towards Satan worthy to be written in letters of gold which being so rare and unusuall in the Presse speeches of this nature I have therefore adventured here to ensert A Speech to Satan O Enemy Satan although thy enmity for the present be troublesome unto this patient yet I thank my God through Jesus Christ that thou art an enemy unto her and that he hath put her in his Camp to fight against thee When I consider how in Paradice the Lord proclaimed irreconciliable enmity betwixt thee and the blessed seed I account her happy in that thou art her enemy and that strength is given her to fight against thee for hereby I perceive that shee is none of thine but stands on that side whereof Christ is the Captaine and all the Saints are Souldiers where the victory undoubtedly must bee both sure and certaine on her side O deceitfull Serpent If we finde such terrors and ensignes of thy fury for these smaller sinnes of frailty which we foolishly by thy enticement commit what should we have found if wee had followed thee in the rest of thy deadly assiduall and unmeasurable fiery injected temptations from the which the Lords preventing and restraining mercy hath kept us I have often by experience heard that thou art a faithlesse traytor because thou temptest a man to sinne and for the selfe-same sinne which by thy instigation we commit thou art the first accuser and the last tormenter The Lord encrease our faith and confirme his good purpose in our hearts that we never hearken any more to thy lying words nor suffer our soules to be circumvented by thee and thy deceitfull snares And as for the work of her salvation since it is a work which our God will work in spite of thee wherefore should shee or wee any more regard thy lying testimony Thou didst most malitiously put the question unto our Saviour whether or no he were the Son of God And then what marvell is it that thou darest say unto his children that they are none of his Is there any such undoubted truth that thou darest not deny or any falshood which thou darest not make good and justifie Why therefore should we enter in disputing with thee for her salvation consists not either in thy questioning or in her disputing against it but upon the Lords unchangeable Decree of Election If thou shouldest speak for her and plead her cause she were so much the worse and nothing the better and now that thou pleadst against her she is nothing the worse I love no testimony which proceeds from thee When thou confessedst that Jesus was the Son of God he rebuked thee and would none of thy testimony and when thou cryedst out that Paul and Sylas were the servants of the most High God although thou spakest the truth yet they would not accept of thy testimonie So although thou wouldest affirme that she were the child of God were she any thing the better no but so much the worse thou canst vent no truth but with an intent to deceive Therefore keep thy testimomie to thy selfe speak what thou wilt thou art ever like thy selfe a liar cursed art thou and cursed shalt thou be with all thy Confederates and cursed are they that are in friendship with thee So in conclusion thy pursuite of her and her safety hitherto from thy power shewes mee that shee is none of thine The Lord powre in his comfort and grace in her weak heart that shee may finde and feele the sweetnesse of the things we write of and from her feeling to give God the prayse of his glory and of her victory which I am sure to be most certaine in Gods good time and that her salvation is as sure as mine own I prayse God By this time three whole years having past since Mr Dod began with her having endured so many hot skirmishes with Satan made so many long journeys being toyld out in body and spirit and desirous now to rest awhile having facilitated his tough task and fitted it for some other to finish and build her up further hee having in all things convicted her judgement that God who does all things well and makes all things Rom. 8.28 work together for good unto his children who when Moses was old appointed the young man Ioshua in his place and who when Manna failed brought the people into Canaan flowing with milke and honey did now also out of his good Providence appoint a fit man to succeed as a helper in Mr Dods place meet for that

him whom shee dealt with and schooled having him all alone for above an houre together Shee chooles and takes leave of her father whom when shee had said her minde unto and taken her leave of shee dismissed him At his descending from her the Relator did what hee could in a a faire way to have fished from him what she had said unto him Of whom nothing could bee obtained save in the generall That shee had given him very good counsell both touching his wife and himselfe and concerning the ordering of his estate and family and to keep a Preacher in his house with many other all good things as hee said Presently after this shee called to speak with the Relator Her farewell speech to the Relator whom having made to sit down by her shee first gave him many solemne thanks in a sull gaile of loving expressions for his care and paines taken with her and then she said she had a suit unto him Who replyed that any suit of hers if in his power was granted ere known which yet served not the turne but shee would have his hand to forgive her which being done she prayed him to forgive her who wondering at the strangenesse of this needlesse suit told her that hee had rather cause to ask forgivenesse of her having much failed both in duty and love unto her A rare confession O no said shee you must forgive me that you for so many yeares together having shewed mee so much love and beene a meanes of my everlasting comfort and happinesse that yet I have been so unkind unto you for I have not loved you by the hundred part in that measure I ought to have done according to that love you have shewed mee But will you know the cause I could love no body as I should so long as I was not assured of Gods love to me for that onely sets our love a fire to runne strongly the right way I could untill then neither love you nor any body else during so much distraction and diversion as I should have done And now that my love is thus kindled this is my sorrow my time being short that now I can no otherwise expresse my selfe then by this poore acknowledgement in a time I am so unfit and disabled to performe my desires But I well hope that what I cannot doe that God who set you a work for my good and my other friends will performe when I am gone And so for that time with abundance of love and thanks dismissed the Relator Thus having in some ample manner disposed of all the businesse shee seemed to have in this world The remainder of this afternoone shee lay in her former joyfull posture rejoycing to speak of the best things unto every one neare unto her yet without any rest or sleep or inclination that way When Mr Dod and Dr Preston came to visite her shee still entreating to give thanks no other discourse shee had as wanting nothing So continuing all this day untill the evening late that there was a great change as in part shall be shewed for least shee should bee lifted up through her former revelation joyes and rapture so short which endured not surpassing her strength shee had a weakning cooler to keep her down low For lo lo Shee is surprised with a weakness the Scene now changes againe the curtaine waves and tosses a little with an uncouth winde party coloured no firme impressions appeared She who lately was in a glorious triumph flying away forcibly from us all as it were with Eagles wings mounting upwards is now suddenly surprized with an extreame fainting and weaknesse of spirits being for ten dayes and nights over-wearied watched and toyled out so as now shee bewrayed some weaknesse in her expressions not being as formerly so lively and substantiall which continued the Thursday and Friday after never having any rest or sleep all the time which distemper made them send post to London for two Physitians hoping by their advice to have made her rest But all in vaine No physick could cure her but heavenly physick Therefore on the Saturday Mr Dod Dr Preston and Mr Hooker A Fast kept for her kept a private fast for her the issue whereof was in that forenoone she fell asleep rested soundly some five or six houres together and then waked in a very midle gentle temper Then shee cal'd unto her Cousin Herreis a good Gentlewoman alwayes exceeding carefull of her Sarah tell me did not I lately in some speeches forget my selfe Whereunto her Answer was Truly Cousin so you did but we imputed the same to your many dayes and night-watching and over-wearying of your spirits unable so long to hold out So it was said she My spirits were spent and gone which caused that weaknesse Then shee remembring all that had passed Her death her strange Raptures but nothing which then shee had said in them retaining her former grounds comfort and cheerefulnesse as in so much weaknesse could bee expressed cald for Mr Dod Dr Preston with the rest of her friends causing them to give thanks with her and for her venting her selfe unto them thus That her time was now at hand prayd them not to leave her and being very weak spake then her minde unto her Father Mother and Husband in a sort taking leave of them sent for her Children and blessed them now imagining to have done all her work And so from thence fell into a silent Rapture of joyfull singing of Hymnes and verses of Psalms not greatly caring to speak unto any body save now and then unto Mr Dod when hee moved an occasion And so shee lay this Saturday night and the next Sunday only when Mr Dod came desiring still to give thanks all which time shee grew weaker and weaker having by this time no audible but a hollow low voyce scarce to be understood The Munday after in the morning when shee fell asleep being come Mr Dod with the rest comming unto her shee when shee saw them all about her rejoyced and smiled taking them all by the hand with a cheerefull countenance beckned unto Master Dod to give thanks and bent her selfe what shee could with lifted up hands to joyne speaking softly unto her selfe in her Hymning way And so whilst they were at Prayer suddenly her hands falling and her lips going she sunck down in the bed and departed leaving all her friends mourning about her Thus have we seene the strange Story and scarce credible the like never heard of before I believe of this good Gentlewoman whom now wee will suffer to rest in peace freed from all the stormes and tempests wherein shee left her survivers Her buriall Who two dayes after was buried according to her desire at Ammersum in that Attire shee before her death had dressed her selfe Dr Preston Preaching her funerall Sermon with the infinite teares of all her friends and poore of the Parish Shee was of an extraordinary