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A02733	The Christian life and death of Mistris Katherin Brettergh, late wife of Master VVilliam Brettergh, of Bretterghoult in the countie of Lancaster, Gentleman, who departed this world the last of May with the manner of a bitter conflict she had with Satan and blessed conquest by Christ before her death, [to the great?] glorie of God, and comfort of all beholders.		1612 (1612)	STC 12864; ESTC S2715	18,381	24

thy blessed pleasure and good will vpon me And after this she fell into a short slumber and awaking said as the spouse said vnto Christ in the Canticles Oh come kisse me with the kisse of thy mouth Cant. 1.1 for thy loue is better then wine Oh how sweete the kisses of my Sauiour bee Then one said vnto her William Fox alluding to that place of S. Iohn Reuel 3.8 and praying that the Lord would anoint her with the eye-salue of his grace that shee might see and behold his glorie To whom she answered Mine eyes are opened mine eyes are opened though for a while they were closed vp and shut yet now I thanke my God mine eyes are opened and I doe feele and see the euerliuing mercies of my Christ saying then further as it is in the 27. Psalme Thou saidst seeke my face my heart answered to thee O Lord I will seek thy face Psal 27.8.9 O hide not therfore thy face from me nor cast thy seruant away in displeasure thou hast been my succour leaue me not nor forsake me O God of my saluation And being willed to commit her soule into the hands of Christ she said O Lord Iesus thou hast redeemed me William Brettergh Psal 31.5 William Woodward Matth. 11.25 pleade thou my cause for into thy hands alone doe I commit my spirit O thou God of truth And then feeling more ioy to abound one praising God with her for his mercies shewed toward her shee further said I giue thee thanks O father Lord of heauen earth because thou hast hid these things from the wise and men of vnderstanding and hast opened them vnto me thy poore handmaid which am but dust and ashes O how merciful and maruellous gratious art thou vnto me yea Lord I feele thy mercy William Fox I am assured of thy loue so certaine am I therof as thou art the God of truth euen so sure do I know my selfe to be thine O Lord my God Psal 139.10 and this my soule knoweth right wel and this my soule knoweth right wel which spéech of her assurance she oftē repeated Presently after this William Brettergh Iob 19.25.26.27 sitting vp in her chaire she sung the fourth Psalme and then being laid downe againe in her bed shee confidently spake these words I am sure that my redeemer liueth and that I shall see him at the last day whom I shall see and mine eye shal behold and though after my skin wormes destroy this bodie yet shall I see God in my flesh with these eyes and none other Master William Harrison William Brettergh William Fox Iohn Brettergh William Woodward Then came in to see her toward euening Master William Harrison the Preacher praising God for her continuance in that her ioyfull and most happie course and perswading her to an helie perseuerance in the same she thanked him and desired him to reioyce in Christ with her and to praise God for his mercies to her and said Oh Master Harrison my soule hath been compassed about with terrors of death feare within feare without the sorrowes of hell were vpon me knots and knorres were vpon my soule which twice or thrice she repeated and a roring wildernes of woe was within me but blessed blessed blessed be the Lord my God who hath not left me comfortlesse but like a good shepheard Psal 23.2.3 hath hee brought mee into a place of rest euen no the sweete running waters of life that flow out of the sanctuarie of God and hee hath led me into the greene pastures where I am fed and exceedingly comforted yea he hath restored my soule and lead me into the plaine and easie paths of righteousnes The way that now I goe in is a sweet and easie way strowed with flowers and as a fine sandie way Psal 147.14 yea it is more easie and soft then the sand for I goe and tread vpon wheate euen vpon the finest flower of wheat Oh blessed be the Lord Oh blessed be the Lord that hath thus comforted mee and hath brought mee now to a place more sweete vnto me then the Garden of Eden Oh the ioy the ioy the delightsome ioy that I feele Oh how wonderfull how wonderfull how wonderfull is this ioy O praise the Lord for his mercies and for this ioy which my soule feeleth full well praise his name for euermore And these praises of God she sounded foorth William Brettergh William Woodward like Dauids harmonie being indued with Dauids spirit to the praise of the eternall and mercifull God continuing al night in such like prayers and praises to God except some smal time that shée was silent and quiet Master Harrison prayed twice with her that euening as also in the morning being Whitsunday After he had prayed once with her going then toward his publike charge she sent for him to pray once more with her before hee went which hee did to the ioy and gladnesse of heart both of her and al that were present and so he tooke leaue of her and departed Another faithfull man or two came presentlie in that morning and diuers others well affected M. Edward Aspinwall William Fox William Brettergh Iohn Brettergh William Woodward Mistris Maud Brettergh Mistris Scholastica Fox Elizabeth Challoner and diuers moe Psal 30.10.11.12 who were with her at the time of her death and often prayed with her that forenoone shée still abounding in spiritual comforts and consolations somtimes as one awaking out of sleepe shée would say the Lord was her keeper and deliuerer Againe one saying vnto her the Lord blesse you Yea saith shée and the Lord Iesus blesse vs all And so seeming to sleepe a little while and awaking againe she said Lord I trust in thee haue mercy vpon me giue me strēgth to praise thee defend and preserue me in the houre of tentation and lay no more vpon me then thou wilt inable me to beare Afterwards being asked if she would haue thē ioyne in praier together again with her O yes said she for Christs sake I desire it saying thus to her selfe Heare O Lord and haue mercie vpon me Lord bee thou my helper Thou hast loosed my sacke and girded me with gladnesse therfore will I praise thee O Lord my God I will giue thankes to thee for euermore With that all that were present did ioyne in prayer with her and in conclusion vsing the Lords prayer which she said with them to thine is the kingdome her strength then being gone her tongue failed her and so shee lay silent for a while euery one iudging her then to bee neere death her strength and speech failing her yet after a while lifting vp her eyes with a sweete countenance and still voyce said Esa 40.2 Psal 73.25.26 My warrefare is accomplished and my iniquities are pardoned Lord whom haue I in heauen but thee and I haue none in earth but thee my flesh faileth and my heart also but God is the strength of my heart and my portion for euer He that preserueth Iacob and defendeth his Israel hee is my God and will guide me vnto death guide me O Lord my God and suffer me not to faint but keepe my soule in safetie And with that she presently fell asleepe in the Lord passing away in peace without any motion of bodie at all and so yeelded vp the Ghost a sweete Sabbaths sacrifice about foure of the clocke in the afternoone of Whitsunday being the last of May 1601. This was the death of that vertuous Gentlewoman happilie dying in the Lord and reaping the benefit of a holie profession Wherein wee cannot but acknowledge and reuerence the mercie of God who in our greatest infirmity makes his grace to shine most cléerely A sure testimonie of the truth of our profession seruing to incourage vs therein and to moue vs to a godlie life It must néedes bee a diuine Religion and a true comming from God that thus can fill the heart and mouth of a weake woman at the time of death with such admirable comfort And a wretched conceite and meere Antichristian is that religion which so hateth and persecuteth this faith which is thus able to leade the true-hearted professors thereof with such vnspeakeable peace vnto their graues Her Funerall was accomplished at Childwall Church on Wednesday following being the third of Iune And now for conclusion seeing this blessed Gentlewoman is taken from among vs and receiued into the holy habitations of the heauenly Ierusalem there to remaine in ioy glorie and blessednes for euermore let vs lament for our lesse but reioice for her gaine and let vs pray that in heart we could as willingly wish to be with her as she is now vnwilling to be with vs. Solomon saith The memorie of the iust shall be blessed but the name of the wicked shall rot Prou. 10.7 FINIS

was this First M. William Brettergh M. William Fox M. Edward Aspinwall M. Iohn Brettergh Mistris Maud Brettergh Mistris Scholastica Fox William Woodward Elizabeth Challoner the seueritie of Gods iustice and the greatnes of her sins began to come into her mind which much afflicted her and shée would often speake of it Then she accused her selfe of pride that shée had delighted too much in her selfe and her beautie Afterwards she thought shee had no faith but was full of hypocrisie and had not imbraced Religion so earnestlie nor glorified God so worthilie especially with her tongue which oft shée repeated nor loued him so sincerely as shée ought to haue done Sometime she would cast her Bible from her and say It was indeed the booke of life but she had read the same vnprofitablie and therefore feared it was become to her the booke of death Sometimes she would say her sinnes had made her a pray to Satan a spectacle to the world a disgrace to religion and a shame to her husband kinred and all true Christians and here shee would weepe bitterly Sometime the originall corruption wherein she was borne troubled her and the sinnes of her parents and the common parents of all the eaters of the forbidden fruit as if that had made her vnworthie of God and were then laid to her charge Many times shee accused her selfe of impatience be wailing the want of feeling Gods spirit and making doubt of her election and such like infirmities She wished that she had neuer béen borne or that she had been made any other creature rather then a woman She cried out oftentimes Woe woe woe c. a weake a wofull a wretched a forsaken woman and such like pitifull complaints against her selfe with teares continually trickling from her eies Shée complained of grieuous thirst such as all the water in the sea could not quench and yet when drinke was giuen her sometimes refused it sometimes tooke a very little of it sweate burst out vpon her excéedingly and sometimes her body borned extreamely So it seemed the sorrowes of death hemmed her in and the griefes of hell laid hold vpon her Sometimes 〈◊〉 very 〈…〉 prayer and once when she should haue said Deade vs not into tentation she made a stop saying I may not pray I may not pray being interrupted as she said by Satan and so shewed much discomfort howbeit she was not left till she could both pray ane make confession of her faith with speciall application to her selfe Besides these fierie darts of Satan shee was once or twice troubled with vaine speeches as of her child the killing of her husbands cattell that she thought she saw a fire by her c. But euery one saw that these things proceeded of weakenesse emptinesse of her head and want of sleepe which her disease would not affoord her These fits though they were for the time grieuous to her selfe and discomfortable to her friends yet were they neither long nor continual but in the very middest of them would she oftentimes giue testimonie of her faith striuing and fighting against her tentations Many times when the standers by iudged her afflictions at the sharpest would she call vpon God lifting vp her eies and hands to heauen and desire him to giue her strength against her tentations Many times with a chearefull countenance she would defire those that were by not to faint nor giue her ouer but constantly to pray and helpe her against the tempter Once in the middest of her tentation being demanded by Master William Foxe William Fox whether she did beleeue the promises of God or no and whether she could pray she answered O that I could I would willingly Marke 9.24 but he will not let me Lord I beleeue helpe my vnbeliefe which she pronounced with a still low voice And when he replied that if she had a desire to pray and beleeue shée did pray and beleeue and that so effectuallie that hell gates should not ouercome her according to that of the Apostle God accepteth it according to that a man hath 2. Cor. 8.12 not according to that a man hath not she was much comforted thereby Once after a great conflict with Satan she said Satan reaso not with me William Brettergh I am but a weake woman if thou haue any thing to say say it to my Christ he is my aduocate my strength and my redeemer and he shall pleade for me Sometimes when she was afflicted with the accusation of her sins and want of féeling Gods mercy shee would with many a pitifull sob and much wéeping pray to the Lord Iesus Christ to help and comfort her Iohn Brettergh a poore wofull distressed woman Edward Aspinwall and request others to pray for h●● And when she was moued to make confession of her faith she would do it oftentimes saying the Apostles Creed and concluding the same with words of application to her selfe I beléeue the remission of my sins the resurrection of my body and eternall life to me Amen And hauing done she would pray God to confirme her in that faith euer concluding with the Lords Prayer as deuoutly and reuerontly as any that were present A Christian friend who by his daily attendance on her discharged the duty of a faithfull Christian William Woodward standing by told her that no tentation had befallen her but that which appertained to the child of God and that God is faithfull and true and had promised to giue an issue with the tentation whereat she expressed great comfort Master Edward Aspinwal a faithful professor of the truth and a true Israelite was much with her in the time of her sicknes and ministred much heauenly instruction vnto her and comforted her at all times with apt places of Scripture méeting with her tentations and so put the sword of the spirit into her hand He propounded to her the most plentifull comforts of God vnto his Church in the 40.41.42 and 43. Chapters of Isaiah vttered in such spéeches and phrases Esa 40.1.2.28.29.30.31 as might most fitlie answere her discomforts Also he directed her to consider the Passion and Práyer of our Sauiour Christ for all his Esa 41.8.9.10.13.14.17.18 Isa 42.1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.13.14 15.16 Esa 43.1.2.5.25 Matth. 11.28 Iohn 17. Matth. 26. Luk. 22.23 But specially did he often inculcate that swéete inuitation of our Sauiour Come vnto me all you that trauell and be heauie laden I will ease you But the difficultie she had sometimes to apply these generals vnto her own soule in particular made the case more ful of anguish to her self and feareful and lamentable to the standers by Albeit she acknowledged Gods Maiesty mercy faithfulnesse and truth yet still complained she of her owne weaknes and vnworthines and could hardly appropriate each thing to her selfe To help her some what herein for properly otherwise it is the peculiar work of the holy spirit of God to perswade the hart and soule of her