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A54094
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An account of the blessed end of Gulielma Maria Penn, and of Springet Penn, the beloved wife and eldest son of William Penn
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Penn, William, 1644-1718.
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1699
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Wing P1243; ESTC R220386
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quickly Replied upon me with a serious yet sweet Look All is Mercy dear Father every thing is Mercy Another time when I went to Meeting at Parting he said Remember me my dear Father before the Lord Though I cannot go to Meetings yet I have many good Meetings the Lord comes in upon my Spirit I have Heavenly Meetings with him by my self And not many days before he died the Lord appearing by his Holy Power upon his Spirit when alone at my Return asking him how he did he told me O I have had a Sweet Time a Blessed Time great Enjoyments the Power of the Lord overcame my Soul a sweet Time indeed And telling him how some of the Gentry that had been to visit him were gone to their Games and Sports and Pleasures and how little Consideration the Children of Men had of God and their latter End and how much Happier he was in this Weakness to have been otherwise Educated and to be preserved from those Temptations to Vanity c. he Answered It is all stuff my dear Father It is sad stuff O that I might live to tell them so Well my dear Child I Replied Let this be the time of thy entering into secret Covenant with God that if he Raise thee thou wilt dedicate thy Youth Strength and Life to him and his People and Service He returned Father that is not now to do it is not now to do with great Tenderness upon his Spirit Being ever almost near him and doing any thing for him he wanted or desired he broke out with much Sence and Love My dear Father if I live I will make Thee amends And speaking to him of Divine Enjoyments that the Eye of Man saw not but the Soul made alive by the Spirit of Christ plainly felt he in a lively Remembrance cried out O I had a sweet Time yesterday by my self O the Lord hath preserved me to this day O Blessed be his Name my Soul Praises him for his Mercy O Father it is of the Goodness of the Lord that I am so well as I am Fixing his Eyes upon his Sister he took her by the Hand saying Poor Tishe Look to good things Poor Child there is no Comfort without it One drop of the Love of God is worth more than all the World I KNOW IT I HAVE TASTED IT I have felt as much or more of the Love of God in this Weakness than in all my Life before At another time as I stood by him he looked up upon me and said Dear Father sit by me I love thy Company and I know thou lovest mine and if it be the Lord's Will that we must Part be not troubled for that will trouble me Taking something one Night in Bed just before his going to Rest he sat up and fervently Prayed thus O Lord God Thou whose Son said to his Disciples Whatever ye ask in my Name ye shall receive I Pray thee in his Name Bless this to me this Night and give me Rest if it be thy Blessed Will O Lord And accordingly he had a very Comfortable Night of which he took a Thankful Notice before us next day And when he at one time more than ordinary Expressed a desire to Live and entreated me to pray for him he added And dear Father if the Lord should Raise me and Enable me to serve him and his People then I might Travel with thee sometimes and we might Ease one another meaning in the Ministry He spoke it with great Modesty Upon which I said to him My dear Child if it please the Lord to Raise thee I am satisfied it will be so and if not then in as much as it is thy Fervent Desires in the Lord he will look upon thee just as if thou didst Live to serve him and thy Comfort will be the same So either way it will be well For if thou should'st not Live I do verily believe thou wilt have the Recompence of thy good Desires without the Temptations and Troubles that would attend if long Life were granted to thee Saying one day thus I am a resolved I will have such a thing done he immedately catch'd himfelf and fell into this Reflection with much Contrition Did I say I will O Lord forgive me that irreverent and hasty Expression I am poor weak Creature and live by thee and therefore I should have said If it pleaseth thee that I Live I intend to do so or so Lord forgive my Rash Expression Seeing my present Wife ready to be helpful and do any thing for him he turned to her and said Don't thee do so let them don't trouble thy self so much for such a poor Creature at I am And taking leave of him a few Nights before his end he said to her Pray for me dear Mother thou art good and innocent may be the Lord may hear thy Prayers for me for I desire my strength again that I might live and employ it more in the Lord's Service Two or three days before his departure he called his Brother to him and looking Awefully upon him said Be a good Boy and know there is a God a Great and Mighty God who is a Rewarder of the Righteous and so he is of the Wicked but their Rewards are not the same Have a care of Idle People and idle Company and love good Company and good Friends and the Lord will Bless thee I have seen good things for thee since my Sickness if thou dost but fear the Lord And if I should not live though the Lord is All-sufficient Remember what I say to thee when I am dead and gone Poor Child the Lord Bless thee come and Kiss me Which melted us all into great Tenderness but his Brother more particularly Many good Exhortations he gave to some of the Servants and others that came to see him that were not of our Communion as well as those that were which drew Tears from their Eyes The day but one before he died he went to take the Air in a Coach but said at his return Really Father I am exceeding weak thou canst not think how weak I am My dear Child I replied thou art weak but God is strong who is the Strength of thy Life Ay that is it said he which upholds me And the day before he departed being alone with him he desired me to fasten the Door and looking earnestly upon him said Dear Father thou art a dear Father and I know thy Father come let us two have a little Meeting a private Ejaculation together now no Body else is here O my Soul is sensible of the Love of God! And indeed a sweet time we had like to Precious Ointment for his Burial He desired to go home if not to Live to Die there and we made Preparation for it being Twenty Miles from my House and so much stronger was his Spirit than his Body that he spoke of going next Day which was the Morning he departed and a Symptom it was of his greater Journey to his longer Home That Morning he left us growing more and more Sensible of his extreme Weakness he asked me as doubtful of himself How shall I get Home I told him in a Coach he answered I am best in a Coach But observing his decay I said Why Child Thou art at home every where Ay said he so I am in the Lord. I took that Opportunity to ask him If I should remember his Love to his Friends at Bristol London c. Yes Yes said he my Love in the Lord my Love to all Friends in the Lord And Relations too He said Ay to be sure Being asked if he would have his Ass's Milk or eat any thing He answered No more outward Food but Heavenly Food is provided for me His Time drawing on a-pace he said to me My dear Father Kiss me thou art a dear Father I desire to prize it how can I make thee amends He also called his Sister and said to her Poor Child come and Kiss me between whom seemed a tender and long Farewell I sent for his Brother that he might Kiss him too which he did all were in Tears about him Turning his Head to me he said softly Dear Father hast no hope for me I answered My dear Child I am afraid to hope and I dare not despair but am and have been Resigned though one of the hardest Lessons I ever Learned He Paused a while and with a Composed Frame of Mind he said Come Life come Death I am Resigned O the Love of God overcomes my Soul Feeling himself decline a-pace and seeing him not able to bring up the Matter that was in his Throat some Body fetch'd the Doctor but so soon as he came in he said Let my Father speak to the Doctor and I 'll go sleep which he did and waked no more Breathing his last on my Breast the 10th Day of the 2d Month between the Hours of Nine and Ten in the Morning 1696. in his One and Twentieth Year So ended the Life of my Dear Child and Eldest Son much of my Comfort and Hope and one of the most Tender and Dutiful as well as Ingenuous and Vertuous Youths I knew if I may say so of my own Dear Child In whom I lost all that any Father can lose in a Child since he was capable of any thing that became a Sober Young Man My Friend and Companion as well as most Affectionate and Dutiful Child May this Loss and End have its due Weight and Impression upon all his dear Relations and Friends and those to whose hands this Account may come for their Remembrance and Preparation for their great and last Change and I have my End in making my Dear Child 's thus far Publick William Penn. FINIS