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A76311	A True relation, of the life & death of Sarah Beckwith, daughter of Marmaduke and Elizabeth Beckwith, of Audbrough near Massham in York-shire; who in about the twentieth year of her age departed this life, the 24th. day of the 9th. month, 1691.	Beckwith, Hannah.; Beckwith, Marmaduke.; Beckwith, Elizabeth.	1692 (1692)	Wing B1655A; ESTC R170490	17,903	40

with her heart both night and day and perticularized divers times and places wherein the Lord had very comfortably broken in upon her and filled her heart with his love that deeply ingaged her to praise his Name and I being sent for the night hefore she dyed she said Lord give me breath to praise thy Name withall And severall Friends being about her she said Lord comfort us together this Night and blessed be his Name he graciously answered the desires of her soul and made us partakers of his unspeakable kindness together to the overcoming of us the remembrance of which visitation hath been often refreshing to me even as marrow to my bones For the Lord broke in upon her and a stream from the living fountain Issued forth unto her and comfortably we were made partakers with her of the water of Life and the liveing food which nourisheth the soul up in God to eternal life And many were the wholsome expressions of advice which she gave to us all And then turned her a side to me and said you give me no councel whereunto I answered dear Sarah thou wants not a Counceller we are willing to hear and receive councel from thee She answered and said it is written your eyes shall see you Teacher and your eares shall hear a voice saying this is the way walke in it And she further added it is a pleasant way and after divers other comfortable expressions which came from her she signifying to us that she had full assurance of the salvation of her soul Her three Sisters being before her she advised them to seek the Lord while he was to be found and said he was found of them that sought him and I am well satisfyed she spake what she knew and bare testimony what she witnessed Blessed be the Lord for ever who gave her the knowledge of himself in the face of Jesus Christ and out of the mouth of a Babe did she shew his praise even him whom the World knows not nor can they praise his Name and such was the sweet and heavenly frame that she was that night exercised in That I was made to say in my soul better is the day of Death to those who dye in the Lord and layeth down their heads in peace with him then the day of their birth and very near her departure out of this World she said I am going to dear Robert Lodge and you must follow and rest with us that loves the Lord and his heavenly appearance and she growing very weak in body yet strong in the Lord being filled with love and spirituall blessings yet her Voice low and some few of her last words could not be understood quietly like a Lamb without spot she departed this Life the day and year above written And the 29th of the same Month as I was sitting in our own house at my employment an unspeakable weight fell upon my spirit and remained with me a considerable time which occasioned a cry to run through me Lord what is the matter and immediatly these words run through my life Although Sarah Beckwith be dead yet her Memoriall shall live and be serviceable to this generation and to generations that are yet to come And so to the God of all our mercies who filled the soule of this Innocent tender stripling Abrahams Daughter with his heavenly appearances and devine blessings be everlasting praise and glory for ever Grace Bins COncerning my dear Companion Sarah Beckwith this testimony I have to bear I having had the knowledge of her for many years and being much with her in the time of her sickness and also present when she departed this life and being an eye and eare witness of the love and great goodness of the Lord liveingly testified of to us from her own mouth upon her dying bed according to the dispensation of the grace of god given me I am bold to say that she dye not as fool dyeth that fear not the Lord for her heart was set to serve and fear him and it was her earnest desire and advice to those that were Young in years to prise their time and to seek the way of the Lord for she gave testimony of it to be a pleasant way And said she was come to witness it so to be and my desire is that we that are yet in this Tabernacle may from a grounded experience be brought to testify the same and this is my beleife concerning her that she is entered into everlasting rest Oh the heavenly expressions Which came from her in the time of her sickness and the weakness she was under which I hope never will be forgotten by us but remaine within us in our rememberance She begged of the Lord that he would add to her time in this World untill she had a full assurance of her salvation which he did graciously answer for she signified to us that she did not doubt of it and she desired the Lord with much fervency of Spirit that he would give her breath to praise his Name And the Lord heard and answered from his Holy place for he did not only give her breath but a Mouth also to praise him Oh! the Heavenly power that she was filled with and carried on in that devine and sweet refreshing frame of spirit that it was of unspeakable comfort and refreshment to the standers by and great satisfaction to those she was outwardly related to and near and dear unto them every way she was from a Child Zealously affected with the truth and the society of Gods faithfull people and her heart was Inclined after ●he best things and she with Mary Chose the better part which shall never be taken from her and the Lord filled her with his power and opened her mouth in Wisdome to speak of the M●stry of the knowledge of the devine and best things to the tendering of our hearts and to our refreshment ●he being my Intimate companion haveing had much society wit● her I have known her often bowed down with many more for the loss of dear Robert Lodge being a nea● Neighbour to her and often in Company with him I have seen her broken into tears in Remembrance of him And when she lay upon her dying bed she much desired the Company of friends but more especially those that were come to witness in a larger measure the dealings of the Lord with them both in judgment and mercy it wa● great satisfaction and comfort to her to have those with her she breathed to the Lord for our sakes that were young in years that we might be preserved in the righteous path of holyness I was truely glad that it was my lot to be with her and I do prise it as a mercy to me Which I desire while I live I may not forget but answer the kindness of God to me therein as that which may do me good I am fully satisfied that she hath laid down her head in peace with God and is gone

A TRUE RELATION OF THE LIFE DEATH OF Sarah Beckwith Daughter of Marmaduke and Elizabeth Beckwith of Audbrough near Massham in York-shire Who in about the Twentieth Year of her Age departed this Life the 24th day of the 9th Month 1691. Witnessing the fulfilling of God 's ancient promise that in the latter Days he would power forth his Spirit upon his Servants and Hand-maids ●nd out of the Mouth of Babes and Sucklings he would shew forth his praise ●lessed are the Dead that dyes in the Lord yea saith the Spirit for they rest from their labours and their works follow them Rev. 14.13 Printed in the Year 1692. The Relation of HANNAH BECKWITH Touching the exercise of her dear S●●●● before and in the time of her sickness And th●●ord delivered by her a little before her Death 〈◊〉 as could be well remembred With a Te●●●●ony concerning her I Being very often with my ever dear and wellbeloved Sist●● i● th●●●me of her sickness and being truly sensiable of the wonderfull dealings of the Lord with her and of his unspeakable Love to her in her great exercise to her great comfort I called to mind yea it came fresh into my remembrance what a tender frame of spirit she had been off even from her Child-hood which I saw the Lord had not forgot but had that regard unto it as to reward the same into her bosom manyfold and I cannot forbear in the first place in short to make mention thereof in order to what I have to say ●oncerning her exercise in the time of her sickness before the Tabernacle was laid down She was endued with an understanding from her child-hood and in the years of her Youth beyond the most of her equals of her age Sober and Grave in her deportment nor adicted ●o light and needless words nor such communication as corrupts good manners but most appeared amongst us her Sisters and the rest of the Family as one who had set a watch before her Spirit that she might not offend the Lord nor be of evill example amongst Us s●● was pittifull and therein courtious and kind to all that stood in need she was tenderly obedient to her Parents and affectionate kind to us her Sisters and in the latter years of her Age she was given much to a retiredness and though carefull in the things of this World yet as one that used the world as not using it And as o●● sincerely devoted to serve the Lord and the Kingdom which hath no end and the righteousness thereof Not doubting but as the Lor● saw meet other thin●● would be added she w●● observed often in the evening when her wor● was much over to walk into the Fields and a● her return often appeared to have had a tende● exercise upon her spirit in brokenness and whe● her sickness and weakness of body begun to gro● upon her and her exercise before the Lord as to another world did inlarge in her she got little rest or sleep for many nights together yet he● understanding was kept cleer and her memory sound which she often said was a great mercy to her and praised God for it And on the 19th day of the 9th Month 1691 She being sorly troubled with shortness of breat● we did not expect according to outward appearance she should have lived over that nigh● and she also told us she questioned whether 〈◊〉 might live till morning or no But in pleas● the Lord to give her some ease and she being in Bed desired us to raise her up and so we having done so she began to speak of the dealings of the Lord with her and of the many temptations that the wicked one laboured to ensnare withall of which she said she had been sensible She desired us that were young in yeares to prize our time not knowing how few days we had to live for said she I did not think my time had been so near an end Said again many were the temptations of the enemy and more especially ●o Youth by presenting length of days and perswading them that it s soon enough for them to trouble themselves with such a concerne ●or said she so would he have perswaded me and many wayes was I so tempted by him which caused my exercise to be such as I was nearly brought to dispaire And then said she I sought the Lord night and day when no Eye saw no Eares heard but the Lord alone who heard my call and caused a cry to run through me that he had good will for me and the Lord after gave me some comfortable assurance of my salvation But the enemy hath been very busie saith she and hath surely huried me since I begun with this illness She said it was hard to live in this World and not sin against the Lord and said also if it might be well with her it were better for her to dye then to live And with great ●erveney of Spirit she besought the Lord to spare her saying Lord add one other day to me that I may seek thee and that I ma● feel thee and O Lord give me full assurance of my salvation before I depart hence Many times saying O Lord let not my distempou● overcome my sence till I come to a full Injoyment of thee and O Lord I pray thee let not my desires cease till thou answer the desires o● my heart and let nothing quench my thirst but thy love And so she continued in suplication to the Lord for a considerable time And the Lord was pleased to answer her desires to the glading of her heart and causeing her Cup to overflow So that living praises and Heavenly melodious sounds run through her to the God of her salvation and so she continued in a swee● and heavenly frame many times saying O tha● I had breath to praise the Lord O that I ha● breath to praise his Name and at many time● she gave good and tender advice to Us her Sisters desireing us to love and fear the Lord above all and to keep in the Truth saying O press after it to feel the working of it in your own hearts And when you are in it keep in it and under the government of it and heed not to deck your selves but be meet and low saying None ought to pride themselves in any Induements neither in Beauty not in any o●her thing because it was not their● but the Lords who gave it them and can tak● it away when he pleaseth saying what is all now to me tenderly advising us not to let any thing in this World steal away our mindes She also spake of the state of many and said there are many that were grown careless and was gotten into liberty and such were ill examples to those that were coming up and said there are many that comes to Meetings and professes the Truth that knows but little what Truth is and said also it did not consist only in comeing to Meetings and wearing plain apparell and

the like unless they came to feel the workings of truth in their own hearts for said she all such outward appearances will stand in no stead without the love of God be inwardly felt and enjoyed for said she it is an easie thing to come to Meetings and some are ready to think that doing so and behaveing themselves soberly before this or the other person is sufficient But said she the Lord sees at all times and he will have no such mockery but said she I bless God I have not been guilty of seeming what I was not But O how did her love run forth to those who were faithfull saying they were near and dear to her and much desired the company of such as feared the Lord and loved the Truth and walked therein She wonderfully praised the love and mercies of the Lord to her saying it is not for my deserts for I had nothing to ingage the Lord with but it is his free love to me She often desired the Lord to give her a little ease that she might have a more full enjoyment of him and indeed she was so much born up over her weakness that at many times she felt little or no pain that we could diserne but with a mi●d●● and cheareful countinance would say I am well every way but for want of breath and the Lord can raise me up if he see it good forme and if not I am content I do believe which way so ever it be it will be for my good And she speaking of the way of truth said it was a straight and narrow way and not to be kept in without a daily watch and said it is this days bread and not that which was fed of yesterday that will satisfie for there are many by paths but as Job saith said she There is a path which no fool knoweth which the ●olterous eye hath not seen the Lyons whelp hath not troden it nor the fierce Lyon passed by it But said she although a strait way yet it is a pleasant path and delightsome Oh said the here is peace in abundance it is so sweet I could delight always to enjoy it and to live therein the Gold of Opher is not worthy to be compared to it And thus continued she in a sweet frame of Spirit her mind being wholy taken up with heavenly thoughts saying Lord give me fully to drink of the well of water that is within the Gate for thou hast ravish'd my heart and I am overcome with thy love Oh I long I long O Lord open thou the windows of heaven and power in of thy blessings into my soul untill there be not room enough to receive that I may bless and praise thy name and that I may ever swim in the Ocion and streams of thy love and living praise to the Lord with mellodious sounds aboundantly sprung from her She did also often advise those that were with her to keep out of passion saying Oh have a care of passion it hinders the prosperity of the work of God and there is no extream in the Truth ah it is of a meek and an heavenly quality That afternoon before she dyed she desired the Lord to spare her another half day if it was his will that she might enjoy him and that she might praise him and said I have known Christ to be my leader and my teacher shall be no more removed into a corner for mine eyes have seen my teacher and mine eares hath heard a voice saving this is the way walk in it she after desired the Lord to give her an easie passage and that night she desired that none but Friends might sit up with her her love being abundantly large to them And some of us going to bed haveing wanted our rest she tenderly took her leave of us and said if she were worse some should call and takeing me by the hand said dear Sister thou hast been near and dear to me and carefull of me the Lord requite thee and be near to thee when thou comes to lye on thy dying bed and so near the Morning her distemper growing upon her she said I am as sensiable as any of you and I am well content to dye saying I have no doubt of my Salvation forever I am going to dear Robert Lodge with many more sweet expressions which could not well be remembred nor perfectly heard her voice being very low she was very sensiable to the last so far as we could observe and spoke to within a very little time wherein she drew her last breath saying Lord take me away Lord take me away and presently after she quietly and comfortably passed away out of this world to live for ever in the World which hath no end She was a dear Sister to me a faithfull comfortable companion and help in the Lord and hard it was to me freely to part with her if it had been the Lords will that we might a little longer have enjoy'd each other in the body to have been each others help and cause of joy but being so fully satisfied that the love and blessings of the Lord was upon her I was more willing to give her up to him who gives and takes away and can do no less but bless and praised 〈◊〉 his holy name and return all glory and honour to him who is everlastingly worthy blessed for ever and for evermore And it is the servent desire of my heart that we who are left behind may so live to God and walk in the ever blessed Truth which she testified to to her latter end that we may be made partakers of that rest peace and joy Which undoubtedly she is already entered into Hannah Beckwith Written the 11. of the 10th Month 169● A Few words in Testimony concerning the Life and Death of Sarah Beckwith Daughter of Marmaduke and Elizabeth Beckwith c. Who Departed this Life the 24th 9th Month 1691. SHe was of my familiar acquaintance from a Child for I lived divers years during her Child-hood in her fathers house she was born of beliveing parents and under their eye and care educated in the way and profession of truth which God Almighty in blessing doth regard and I am well satisfied that in her own soul she was a real lover of truth from a Child for she was diligent in comeing to Meetings and when there very retir'd in her mind not making a shew above what she realy was but even as Mary did hid up things in her heart on the Eight day of the above said Month she wa● visited with the Sickness she dyed of in the time whereof she severall times sent for me and the first t●me I went she said to me Grace I am glad to see thee thou hast been often near to me in remembrance and love being in a sweet and tender frame of spirit began to devulge her secrets to me signifying that for about three quarters of a year last she had sought the Lord

the day ●nd in the young and tender years of a rem●ant for a little season to give us the bread of adversity and the water of affliction and exercise us in the strait and narrow way wherein he ●●eads us even through many tryals and great ●ribulations yet did he in his due time give us ●he songs of deliverance and put high pra●ses ●n our mouthes and we could often say in secret ●his wayes was wayes of pleasantness and his paths paths of peace yea he gave us mirth for mourning beauty for ashes and the Oyle of joy and gladness for the spirit of heaviness But I would not be tedious nor too long vary from my testimony touching this young woman of whom I was speaking for I can truely say she was dear to me all along and in her exercise I Sympothysed with her and also in ●her care and travell for the sake of others she saw the narrowness of truths way and often said it was a strait and narrow way and that too few walked therein but said she there are many paths that leads to distruction and too many treads therein she desired us that were to remai● in the body after she was gone to her rest to advise Friends to keep to the innocent truth to grow up therein And I not knowing how soon I may be dissolved I have a little inlarge● beyond what I at the first did think upon and have as my duty to God made some little mention of my own travells and something of wha● by true experience I have learned both of the difficulties and pleasures in truth's way if happly it might be an Incouragment to the honest hearted and a caution to the outminded Much I could write which is before meat this time but I shall forbear to add much more at this time and rest your Friend with my love to you all my dear Friend where this may come with fervent desires for you that you may all have an eye to the right door where enterance into life is and keep in the foot-steps of the flocks his companions to the Word of whose grace I doe recommend you that in your hearts to which you will do well if you take heed for if obeyed it will teach you and lead you into all truth and will be unto you as a cloud by day and as a pillar of fire by night and if you move in the motion of it it will be your safe conduct through your pilgrimage and the time of your sojorning here and will rightly order your 〈…〉 steps in the truth and gird you up in your graduall groath therein from strength to strength and from one degree of grace unto another as dear Children of your heavenly father delighting in all things that ma●y honour him and serveing him in true fear you will die in his favour as this Innocent damsell did who was a faithfull witness for truth in her day and for righteousness and bore a liveing testimony for the Lord on her dying bed And it is the earnest desire of my heart that the Lord may preserve me and all that truely loves and fear him both young and old to the end of our days in a sensible feeling of the continuance of his love and life unto us and in a true Injoyment of his living presence amongst us and that in his true love we may be dayly concern'd for the prosperity of his truth and the good of our own souls as this Innocent Lamb and handmaid of the Lord our welbeloved was for whom we cannot sorrow as those without hope being well satisfied of her salvation and do believe she is now entered into everlasting rest And peace where no temptation can reach her nor disturbance of the enemy can disquiet her but in the presence of her beloved to sing praises for ever for very often was it her desire and she often said Oh that I had breath to praise the Lord and he is praise worthy saith my soul O that his own work● may praise him in Young and Old to whom all praises doth belong and freely is ascribed now henceforth and for ever Katherine Winn. THe foregoing Relation and the Testimonys born concerning our Daughter Sarah Beckwith to the truth thereof or can testifie haveing been an eye and eare witness of the exercises she passed through and of the Dealings of the Lord with her in his great mercy and kindness upon her dying bed and how the Lord raised her up by his Mighty power to declare thereof To the great refreshment and satisfaction of all abo●● her at that time The understanding she was endued with and the Mouth and Wisdome God gave her therewith to testifie for him and h●● blessed truth was admired of us and gave us cause often to s●y Who would not but fear the Lord who gives wisdome to the simple and a good understanding to those that fear his powerfull name Who casts down the mighty from of their seats and exaltes those that are of a low degree Blessed be his holy name for evermore And touching her death we are well satisfied that she dyed well in peace with God and is at rest with him And though our loss be great in parting with her yet Greater is her gain in the world which hath ●o end And although it is not our desire to have our Child any way set forth but as it may stand with the praise of God and that the honour of that Truth she testifyed to and had her Conversation in Nor to have our Names made mention off therein further then to witness to the Testimonies borne concerning her and that the Lord may be glorifyed thereby Yet in the fervent desiers that the good Councell and advice given by her both to Young and Old made mention of herein May be cordially closed with we are concerned in this wise in the name of the Lord to advise all to give all diligence to make their Calling and Election sure That they may be prepared and ready to meet the Lord when ever he shall call as undoubtedly this Innocent Lamb was who had run well in the time of her pilgramage here and fought the good fight of faith to the finishing of her course to her joy and to the obtaining the Crown and the Inheritance which hath no end We could not be wholly silent but in our Duty to God and in honour to truth she received and lived in make Mention of and bear Record to Gods wounderfull appearance in his love and tender mercy to his people In this our age and day witnessed by this his Servant and Handmaide Who hath so marvellously appeared in her and shewed himselfe in so Large a measure to her and given her the knowledge of the riches of the world to come and in such zeal and fervency of spirit to declare thereof to others That all may be encouraged to seek the Lord right early while he may be found and call upon him while he is near and not neglect the day of their visitation Nor spend their pre●ious time about things which are below ●hile the one thing needfull is not ●ade Choice of But in the Way that God hath cast up for his people we may ●ll walk in And in the race set before ●s we may so run as that we may obtain ●nd enjoy that heavenly inheritance which is laid up for all those that love ●he Lord Jesus Christ and his heavenly ●ppearance that God alone may have ●raise who is everlastingly worthy blessed ●or ever and for evermore Marmaduke Beckwith Elizabeth Beckwith