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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B22887	Living testimonies concerning the death of the righteous. Or The blessed end of Joseph Featherstone and Sarah his daughter; written by Sarah his wife, and Thomas Browne her second husband; not unworthy the knowledge of friends and their posterity; that all may be incouraged to live well, that their latter end may be blessed. Also something concerning Charles Wray, Grace Browne, and Katharine Browne her daughter, writ by Thomas Browne the elder, in Partney in the county of Lincoln. All of them being a sweet favour of life, laid down their heads in peace	Featherstone, Sarah, of Partney-Mills, Lincolnshire.; Browne, Thomas, of Partney. aut; Wray, Charles, member of the Society of Friends. aut	1689 (1689)	Wing F576B	16,265	47

how he brought him through the Wilderness and from off the barren Mountains and bore up his head above many Temptations and Trials within and without and set his Feet upon a Rock and established his goings so that he could call to his Neighbours and Acquaintance to come and taste how good the Lord is to them that wait upon him and many a time could speak a Word in season to such as were seeking the Living amongst the Dead and his circumspect Walking reached the Hearts of many for he loved Truth in the inward parts and to do the Will of the Lord was his great delight He was Convinced of Gods Everlasting Truth the Twenty ninth Year of his Age whom the Lord made Instrumental in his Hand towards my Convincement he was a true Yoke-fellow indeed his Company to me was very dear and my Soul hath often been refreshed in his savoury Life which hath caused my loss of so dear a Husband and so true a help-meet to be the greater but knowing it to be of the Lord I desire to be submitted to his blessed Will that he alone may have the Glory of his own Works for he is worthy who is God blessed for ever In the time of his Sickness the Lord was pleased to bear him up in much Patience and he was freely given up to the Will of the Lord the day aster he fell Sick I sitting by him he perceiving I was much troubled he said Dear heart give me up to the Will of the Lord for said he I can freely give up all and when some Friends came to visit him he Exhorted them to Faithfulness And then the Lord would make a Dying-Bed Comfortable to them and said though he felt much Sickness and Pain upon his Body yet the Refreshments that he felt from the Lord made all his Troubles easie then he spoke many comfortable Words to me saying How good the Lord had been to us in many Exercises and Tryals and through his great Love bore up our heads above them all and his Prayers was to the Lord that we might be preserved in his holy Fear and undefiled Way to bear a Testimony to the blessed Truth to the end of our days And then he desired me that his dear Child should be brought up in the Nurture and Fear of the Lord and Educated in the plain and decent Parts that belongeth to a Woman but upon a needless Seam nor any thing superfluous no not to lift her hand to do for that said he Will bring dishonour to the blessed Truth and be a Burthen to the simple-Hearted and draw out the minds of the young ones after Vanity which thing said he my Soul hateth The day before he was taken away he seemed to be something restless I said dear Heart thou art Restless then he with a chearful Countenance said Do'st thou not know where the Weary go to Rest and said my Rest and Fellowship is with the Lord Some Friends came to Visit him who asked how it was with him he said I am well I feel no Sickness and told them he was glad to see them and was much Refreshed in his Spirit and many sweet Refreshments from the Lord ran through him to the great Comfort and Refreshment of the honest-Hearted then he desired to be alone saying I would see if I could get a little Sleep and so rested a pretty time and then I asked him how he felt himself he said I am well blessed be the Lord and desired me to be satisfied for he was satisfied and lifting up his Hands said O Lord thou art the Eternal God and so fell asleep in the Lord where he is gone far above the reach of his Persecutors to praise the Lord that sits upon the Throne and the Lamb for evermore in the undoubted sence thereof my Soul doth praise and Magnifie the Lord on his behalf who counted him worthy to suffer for his Name sake by bearing a faithful Testimony against the Hireling Priests who like devouring Wolves seek to lay Waste Gods Heritage And now having somewhat eased my Spirit I humbly desire of the Lord that he would be pleased to bear me up through all my Exercises and Tryals that he may be pleased to suffer me to be tryed withal and to endue me with Wisdom and Understanding to govern my dear Child and Family in his most holy Fear and undefiled Way to the Praise of his most holy Name Amen That when time shall be here no more I may have a Resting-place with the Lord for evermore He departed this Life the 26th day of the 9th Month 1682. in Postland in the Parish of Crowland and was Buried the 27th day in Friends-Burying-place in Crowland being Accompanied with a pretty many Friends Relations and Neighbours Postland in the Parish of Crowland being the place of my Abode the 12th of the 3d Month 1683. Sarah Featherstone A brief Relation of the Life and Death of my dear and only Child Sarah Featherstone a Maid of the Age of fifteen years wanting one Month who Departed this Life at Partney-Mills in Lincoln-Shire the 17th day of the 7th Month 1688. THere hath a weight lain upon my Spirit for some time to Write this Testimony concerning my dear and only Child For the Righteous shall be had in Everlasting Remembrance and truly it was the Lords great Love to me in giving me this dear Child which I acknowledge as a great Blessing but that which is chiefly in my Eye was the Lords great Love to her who had inclined her Heart to hear Wisdoms Voice which often calleth to the young Ones To remember their Creator in the days of their Youth and Blessed are they that hear and obey in their measure and with meek Moses chose rather to suffer Afflictions with the Children of God then to enjoy the Pleasures of Sin for a season And blessed be the Lord for ever who had inclined her Heart to Love Serve and Fear him from her tender years for from a Child she was tender and harmless in true Submission and Obedience to her Parents so that I know not that in her young time that we ever had any just cause to use the Rod for she was very tender-Hearted and of a comely Behaviour kind and courteous to all people of a meek and quiet Spirit therefore beloved of most that did know her Her dear Father Departed this Life when she was about nine years of Age who desired upon his dying-Bed That his dear Child should be brought up in the Nurture and Fear of the Lord and be Educated in the plain and decent parts that belong to a Woman but upon a needless Seam nor upon any thing Superfluous no not to lift her Hand to do for that saith he will bring Dishonour to the blessed Truth and be a burthen to the simple-Hearted and draw out the minds of the young Ones after Vanity which thing saith he my Soul hateth and his Breathings was to the Lord that

they with some Friends went one Evening to visit him and we had a heavenly Meeting together for the Power and Presence of the Lord was plentifully manifested amongst us and our Weak Brother whom I am speaking of was at that time made Strong to declare of the Goodness of the Lord and to praise his most holy Name to the great comfort and refreshment of the Faithful he often desired of the Lord that he would be pleased to endue him with a good Understanding to the end of his days and lay no more upon him then he would give him Patience to bear all which the Lord in his great Love and Mercy was pleased to answer Praises to his most holy and powerful Name for evermore Amen saith my Soul for he did speak sensible Words a little before he departed and was born up with much Patience all the time of his Weakness he said to a Friend a little before his Death That the Candle did burn dim and presently departed without either Sob or Groan that was heard he remembred his Creator in his young time and made his peace with God whil'st here and now is gone to receive the Fruits of his Labours and to rest with the Lord for evermore so hoping I have done my Duty which I did owe and eased my Spirit I desire to rest in peace with the Lord in whom is my chief delight Written in Partney the Tenth day of the Eleventh Month 1682. By Thomas Brown the Elder I felt a weight laid upon me to Write this Testimony concerning my dear and truely loving Wife Grace Brown whom the Lord hath been pleased to take to himself THis I can say she had an honest desire after the Lord in the Summer of her days as I may say early when I had little in my mind that was good she did often breath unto the Lord for me and my dear Child Eliabeth likewise who was a Loving Tender and Obedient Child to us both whom the Lord hath been pleased to take to himself likewise about a eleven days before her dear Mother and he was pleased to hear their Cries and Tears and change my mind to that which was good and acceptable to himself Praises to his Powerful Name for evermore Amen saith my Soul. We were both Convinced of Gods precious Truth about the year 1669. Our dear Friends John Whitehead and Charles Wray were very tender over us being chief Instruments in the hand of the Lord towards our Convincement c. she was a true faithful and loving Wife to me a true yoke-Fellow a help-Meet indeed Zealous for God and his Truth which was very precious to her which she delighted in more then any thing in this World she was freely given up to the Will of the Lord and bore things with great Patience to the admiration of some in the time of my Confinement in Lincoln-Castle where I was thrown in by a Hireling-Priest for bearing my Testimony against Tythes whom she bore a faithful Testimony against when he sent his Wife to demand Tythes when I was in Prison for not paying the same and said She did believe that Tythe was not due according to the Law of God now in this Gospel day she was made willing to part with me at that time though I was very dear unto her as a Husband could be to a Wife but it was that recompence of Reward which she had an eye unto and was made willing to suffer for that now through Mercy she hath obtained by Faith she took great delight in going to Meetings and entertaining honest Friends in the latter end of our time I speak it to the Praise of our God who was so good unto us several times as we lay in Bed together with broken and contrite Hearts we did earnestly desire of the Lord that he would be pleased to give us of his Power and Spirit that we might spend that little time that was yet behind in his most holy Fear and undefiled Way to the Glory and Praise of his Powerful Name we lived in true Love together her Company was very pleasant to me and I took more delight in it then in any thing in this World she said mine was so to her about three or four Weeks before her Death she did Write these following Words viz. It is the real desire of my Heart to walk humbly before the Lord for his Love hath engaged my Heart unto himself she was one of few Words ready to hear slow to speak in her Health and in her Sickness and so Departed this life like a harmeless innocent Lamb as though she had been a sleep so good was the Lord unto her at that time Praised be his powerful Name for ever and for evermore Amen saith my Soul much more I might say concerning her faithful Walking and tender Care over her Children to bring them up in the Fear of the Lord c. She Departed this Life the Thirty first day of the Tenth Month at Partney-Mills in Lincoln-Shire in the year 1682. about the Forty eight year of her Age she lived with me about Thirty years we had eight Children together five of them dyed before her I Buried her decently and according to good Order practised amongst us the second day of the eleventh Month and in the year aforesaid being accompanied with a pretty many Friends and Relations at Tumby-Wood-side in the Parish of Kirkby on the Baine in Friends Burying-Place and so having somewhat eased my Spirit I himbly desire of the Lord that he would be pleased to endue me with his Power and Wisdom to Govern my Children and Family in his most holy Fear and undefiled Way to the Glory of his most holy Name Amen so that when time here in this World will be no more I may lay down my Head in Peace as my dear Wife hath done Praises to the Lord over all for ever and for evermore Amen saith my Soul. Written in great tenderness of Spirit by a lover of Peace and Truth the Twenty fourth day of the Eleventh Month 1682. at Partney-Mills being the place of my outward Habitation Thomas Brown The Elder The Name of the Righteous shall be had in Everlasting remembrance This Testimony I have to bear concerning Katharine Brown my dear Child it hath remained as a weight upon my mind for several days to Write to this effect c. IT was the care of some in days past to keep in remembrance the Words and Works which sprang from the blessed Power of God and one said The Righteous shall be had in everlasting remembrance and said The Name of the Righteous was pretious c. This Child that I am speaking of was from her Childhood very desirous to go to Friends Meetings insomuch as one time it was with me to examine her what she went for she very tenderly gave me this answer To wait upon the Lord it was not distance of Way nor difficultness of Weather that did hinder this Child