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A79898	A Looking-glass for good women to dress themselves by: held forth in the life & death of Mrs. Katherine Clarke, who dyed, Anno Christi, 1675. Late wife of Mr. Samuel Clarke, minister.	Clarke, Samuel, 1599-1682.	1677 (1677)	Wing C4540A; ESTC R223051	22,206	99

alwayes a Gainer by her Afflictions Afflictions sanctified God making good that Promise to her Rom. 8.28 All things shall work together for good to them that love God To them who are Called according to his purpose For after those fits she walked more humbly holily fruitfully and faithfully both in her General and particular Calling as one that waited daily for the appearing of her Lord and Master The Winter before her Death she enjoyed better Health then she had done for some Winters before May the 25th Anno Christi 1675. Some Friends came from London to dine with her and that morning according to her usual custom in such Cases She was careful and busy in providing for their kind intertainment Her last Sickness But it pleased God whilst they were at Dinner to strike her with a kind of Shivering which made her look paler then ordinary and after Dinner her Distemper continued so that she was soon confined to her Chamber and not long after for the most part to her Bed But herein God shewed her great mercy and had respect to her weakness in that during all the time of her languishing she was free from Sickness and pain only sometimes she was troubled with some Stitches Gods Mercy which yet were tollerable not violent She was also troubled with some Vapours which made her Breath very short Yet had she a pretty good Stomach and she relished her Food well till about two Days before her Death But then though she did eat yet she sound little tast in her Meat Her sleep was pretty good and alwayes very quiet She was never ill either after Food or Sleep Only two Dayes before her Departure she slept little by reason of the continual rutling of Flegm in her Throat when she wanted strength to expectorate As for the State of her Soul during all the time of her sickness she enjoyed constant Peace and Serenity and had through Gods Mercy much Joy and Peace by believing Satan that Roaring Lion who uses to be most strong when we are most weak being so chained up by God that he had no power to molest her She often cryed out Hold out Faith and Patience She told her nearest Relation when she saw him mourning over her that she was going to be joyned to a Better Husband Her youngest Son taking his leave of her the Day before her Death she gave him much Heavenly counsel for the good of his Soul and Blessed him and all his as she did the rest of her Children and Grand-Children She earnestly desired to be Dissolved and breathed after a fuller enjoyment of Jesus Christ which she accounted best of all She would somtimes say that it was a hard thing to Dye And This is a hard work Her Understanding Memory and Speech continued till within two Minutes of Death And a little before her Daughter speaking to her of Jesus Christ She replyed My God and my Lord And so June the 21 about five a Clock in the morning She fell asleep exchanging this Life for a better without any alteration in her Countenance but only that her colour was gone She closed up her Eyes her self as who should say Death It is but winking and I shall be in Heaven She changed her Place but not her Company She sickned May the 25th Anno Christi 1675. She concluded her Dayes June the Twenty First being Munday about five a Clock in the Morning when having ended her last Sabbath upon Earth she began to celebrate an Everlasting Sabbath in Heaven She was Aged Seventy three years and about four Months and had been married almost Fifty years Thus did this Holy Woman wear out not rust out Burn out was not blown out Yea she flamed not smothered out she served God in her Generation and then retired into that Place where is Health without Sickness Day without Night Plenty without Famine Riches without Poverty Mirth without mourning Singing without sighing Life without Death And these with infinite more to all Eternity There is unspotted Chastity Unstained Honor Unparalled Beauty There is the Tree of life in the midst of this Paradise There is the River that waters the Garden There is the Vine flourishing and the Pomgranate budding There is the Banqueting-House where are all those Delicacies and Rarities wherewith God himself is delighted There shall the Saints be adorned as a Bride with rare Pearls and sparkling Diamonds of Glory A Glory fitter to be Believed then possible to be Discoursed An Exceeding Excessive Eternal weight of Glory 2 Cor. 4.17 Even such a weight as if the Body were not upheld by the Power of God it were impossible but that it should faint under it as an eminent Divine speaketh After Mrs. Clarkes Decease their was found in her Cabinet a Paper which by frequent using was almost worn out Promises to strengthen her Faith It contained a Collection of these several Texts of Scripture which she had recourse unto in times of Temptation or Desertion Who is among you that feareth the Lord That obeyeth the Voice of his Servant That walketh in darkness and hath no Light Let him trust in the Name of the Lord and stay upon his God Isa 50.10 For the Name of the Lord is a strong Tower The Righteous run unto it and are safe Prov. 18.10 Thou wilt keep him in perfect Peace whose Mind is staied on thee because he trusteth in thee Isa 26.3 Blessed is the Man that maketh the Lord his trust Psa 40.4 Blessed is the Man to whom the Lord imputeth not Sin Psal 32.2 Though our Hearts may fail us and our Flesh may fail us yet God will never fail us Psa 73.26 For he hath said I will never leave thee nor forsake thee Heb. 13.5 And again I will be a Father unto you and ye shall be my Sons and Daughters saith the Lord Almighty 2 Cor. 6.18 I even I am he that blotteth out thy Transgressions for mine own sake and will not remember thy Sins Isa 44.25 My Grace is sufficient for thee For my strength is made perfect in weakness 2. Cor. 12.9 By Grace you are saved through Faith and that not of your selves Ephe. 2.8 I give unto them Eternal Life and they shall not perish neither shall any man pluck them out of my Hand Joh. 10.28 Who are kept by the Power of God through Faith unto Salvation 1. Pet. 1.5 The Foundation of God standeth sure having this Seal The Lord knoweth who are his 2. Tim. 2.19 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus who walk not after the Flesh but after the Spirit Rom. 8.1 Christ is the end of the Law for Righteousness to every one that believeth Rom. 4 10. It is God that justifieth who is he that condemneth Rom. 8.33.34 The promise is to you and to your Children and to all that are afar off Even as many as the Lord our God shall call Act. 2.39 The Gifts and Calling of

God bestowed upon him whereby he could experimentially say That a Prudent Wife is the Gift of God And that in the enjoyment of her he enjoyed more Mercies then he could well enumerate But to descend to particulars and to take notice of some of those virtues and Graces wherewith God had beautified and adorned her Soul First her Piety was signal and exemplary from her first Conversion to the Hour of her Death Her Piety Her life was not stained with any scandalous Sin which might be a blemish either to her Person Profession or Relations She was a constant and diligent attender upon the Publick Ministry of Gods Holy Word And when she lived where she had the opportunity of hearing Lectures in the Week Day she made choice to attend upon those who were most plain practical and powerful Preachers from whose Sermons and Gods Blessing upon them she always sucked some spiritual nourishment and came home refreshed from them And when Days of Humiliation or Thanksgiving came she never failed to make one among Gods People in the Celebration of them Sabbaths Sanctified The Lords Days she carefully Sanctified both in Publick and in Private rising earlier upon them then upon other's especially when she had many young Children about her that so she might have opportunity as well for secret as for Family Duties before she was called away to the Publick She was like unto Davids Door keeper One of the first in and last out of Gods House Her constant Gesture at Prayer was Kneeling thinking that she could not be too humble before God Her usual manner was to write Sermons to prevent drowsiness and distractions and to help Memory whereof she hath left many Volumes and her Practice was to make good use of them by frequent reading and meditating upon them And if at any time she was cast into such Places and Company as were a hinderance unto her in the strict Sanctification of this Holy Day it was a grief and burden to her Scriptures read There was no Day that passed over her head except Sickness or some other unavoydable necessity hindred wherein she did not read some portions of the Sacred Scriptures both in the Old and New Testament and of the Psalms and in Reading she took special notice of such passages as most concerned her self She was frequent and constant in Secret Prayer and Meditation She also read much in other good Books especially in the works of those Eminent and excellent Divines Mr. Ambrose and Mr. Reyner and in reading of them she used to transcribe such passages as most warmed her Heart She never neglected any opportunity of receiving the Sacrament of the Lords Supper Sacrament preparation and before her coming to it was very strict and serious in the Duty of Self-Examination and for her furtherance therein at those times she read some of those Books that treated upon that subject And the Fruits of her holiness manifested themselves in the exercise of those Graces which God required of her She was not a Wordy but a Real Christian A true Israelite in whom was no guile Her endeavour was to yield universal constant cheerful and syncere Obedience to all Gods Commandments and wherein she failed and came short it was her grief and Burden Her Meditations upon what she heard and read were frequent And her Heart having indited a good matter her Tongue was as the Pen of a ready Writer taking Opportunities to speak to the Edification of those with whom she conversed She filled every Relation with the Exercise of such Graces and Duties as were suitable thereunto knowing that where Relative Duties are neglected and not made conscience of there also our pretended Religion is in Vain A good Wife First As a Wife She was singular and very Exemplary in that reverence and obedience which she yeilded to her Husband both in Words and Deeds She never rose from the Table even when they were alone but she made courtesie She never drank to him without bowing His word was a Law unto her She often denyed her self to gratify him And when in her sickness and weakness he mentioned her Case in particular unto God in his Prayers the Duty being ended she would make him courtesie and thank him In case of his absence she would pray with her Famliy Morning and Evening The like she would do in his presence in case of his Sickness and inability to perform the Duty himself Her Modesty and Chastity were rare and remarkable But fitter to be conceived by those which know what belong to them then to be expressed in Words For there is a conjugal as well as a Virginal and Vidual Chastity In Case of her Husbands Sickness she was a tender diligent and painful Nurse about him Skilful and careful in making him Broths and what else was needful for him If at any time she saw him in Passion with sweet and gentle words she would mollify and moderate it She was often a Spur but never a Bridle to him in those things which were good She was alwayes well pleased with such Habitations as in their many removes he provided for her And with such Apparrel and Diet as his means which was sometimes short would allow She never grutched nor grumbled at any of those Dispensations which Gods Al-wise Providence carved out unto them As a Mother Secondly As a Mother to her Children whereof God gave her nine four Sons and five Daughters she nourished them all with her own Breasts was very handy and handsome about them in their minority Kept them sweet and cleanly In neat and modest Habits Knew how to order them both in Health and Sickness She loved them dearly without fondness Was careful to give them Nurture as well as Nourishment not sparing the Rod when there was just occasion And as soon as they were capable she was vigilant and diligent to season their tender years with Grace and Virtue by instilling into them the first grounds and Principles of Religion And as they grew up she did more freely discover her tender Affections to them by Instruction advice and good Counsel as there was occasion And when they were disposed of ●broad by her gracious letters and hearty Instructions at their meetings she laboured to build them up in grace and godliness And God was pleased to let her see to her great Joy and Comfort the fruit of her Prayers and pains in keeping them from scandalous Courses in these corruptions and in working Grace in most of their Hearts When they were married and had Children she was frequently making one thing or other for them As a Mistress Thirdly As a Mistress to her Maids She was careful so far as she could to bring such as were Religious at least seemingly into her Family And having occasion to be much in their Company she would take all occasions and opportunities to manifest her love and care of their Souls by frequent dropping in good

A Looking-Glass FOR GOOD WOMEN TO Dress themselves by Held forth in the LIFE DEATH OF M rs Katherine Clarke WHO Dyed Anno Christi 1675. Late Wife of Mr. Samuel Clarke Minister LONDON Printed for William Miller at the Gilded Acorn in St. Paul's Church-yard over against the little North Door 1677. THE LIFE and DEATH OF M rs Katherine Clarke WHO Died Anno Christi 1675. KAtherine Overton for so was her Virgin Name was born at Bedworth in the County of Warwick Her Parentage and Birth four miles from Coventry February the Twenty fifth Anno Christi 1602. of Godly and Religious Parents Her Father was Mr. Valentine Overton Rector of Bedworth where he lived a constant and painful Preacher of Gods Holy Word till he was almost Eighty two years old Her Mother was Mrs. Isaverton a gracious Woman and an excellent Huswife who took off the whole burden of Family affairs both within and without Doors from her Husband that he might with the more freedom attend his Holy Calling Her Education Our Katherine was by these her Parents brought up Religiously and it pleased God betimes to plant the Seeds of Grace in her Heart which first discovered themselves Early working of Grace when she was about fifteen years Old At which time God was pleased to discover unto her the corruption of her nature and some common miscarriages which are incident unto youth And these made such a deep impression upon her tender years that whereas she was naturally of a cheerful Sanguine Constitution she now became serious and somewhat Melancholy Her Temptations And support Hereupon Satan that Old Serpent and Enemy to our Souls assaulted her with many and various Temptations whereby he sought to quench these Heavenly Sparks to stifle this New Creature in its first Conception But by frequent reading the sacred Scriptures diligent attending to the Word Preached and secret Prayer it pleased the All-Wise God to support and strengthen her against him and all his Devices Yet did these conflicts continue the longer because she had none to whom she durst unbosome herself and make her Case known When she was about seventeen years old More Troubles she was by her Parents sent to Siwel in Northampton-shire to wait upon a young Lady that was somewhat Related to her Yet this kind of life was so tedious and irksom to her that at the end of Six Months she prevailed with her Parents to send for her home again Her return home Hear the Narrative of it in her own Word as they were found Written in her Cabinet after her Decease Her own acco●●● of her Conversion When saith she I was but young my Father being at Prayers in his Family I many times found such sweetness and was so affected therewith that I could not but wish that my Heart might oftner be in such a frame But Childhood and the Vanities thereof soon cooled these Heavenly Sparks But my Father caused me to write Sermons and to repeat the same As also to learn Mr. Perkins his Catechism which I oft repeated to my self when I was alone And therein especially I took notice of those places wherein he had set down the Signs and Marks of a strong and weak Faith being convinced in my Conscience that without Faith I could not be saved And that every Faith would not serve turn to bring me to Heaven Hereupon I fell to Examination of my self and though I could not find the Marks of a Strong yet through Gods Mercy I found the Marks of a true though but weak Faith which was some Comfort and support to me And that God which began this good work in me was pleased to quicken and stir me up to a diligent use of such means as himself had ordained and appointed for the encrease thereof As Hearing the Word Preached Receiving the Sacrament of the Lords Supper and use of other private Duties But when I was about seventeen years old my Parents sent me to wait upon a young Gentlewoman in Northamptonshire the only Daughter of Sr. W.W. At which time being sent so far from my neer and dear Relations and meeting with some other discouragements in the Family through want of the means of Grace which I formerly enjoyed I grew very Melancholy I began also to have great workings of Conscience in me and Satan that deadly Enemy to the health and welfare of our Souls who like a Roaring Lyon walks about continually seeking whom he may devour took his advantage through my Ignorance of his devices to raise up fears doubts and terrors of Conscience in me by reason of my manifold Sins and for walking so unworthy Gods Mercies whilst I did enjoy them and for being so unfruitful under the means of Grace and so unable to obey God and to keep his Commadments And by reason hereof I had no Peace nor rest in my Soul Night nor Day but was perswaded that all the threatnings contained in the Book of God against Wicked and Ungodly men did belong unto me and were my Portion as being one of them against whom they were denounced Insomuch as when I took up the Bible to read therein it was accompanied with much fear and trembling Yet being convinced that it was my Duty frequently to read Gods Word I durst not omit or neglect it Thus I continued a great while bearing the burden of grievous Temptations and inward Afflctions of Conscience yet durst I not open the wound nor reveal my condition to any as thinking and judging my condition and case to be like no Bodies else But God who is rich and infinite in Mercy and Jesus Christ who bought his Elect at so dear a rate would not suffer any of his to be lost and therefore he was graciously pleased to preserve strengthen and uphold me by his own power from sinking into Hell through Despair and from running out of my Wits Thus by reason of my continual grief and anguish of Heart Night and Day I was so weakned and changed within the compass of these six Months that when I came home my Dear Parents they scarce knew me Her growth i● Grace Some years after her return she for the most part continued in her Fathers Family where by a diligent and consciencious use of the means both publick and private she did thrive and grow in Grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ as she increased and grew in Dayes and Years and therewith also learned and exercised all parts of Huswifry which might fit her for the Government of a Family wen God should call her thereunto Her Marriage February 2 Anno Christi 1625. Which was the same Day on which K. Charles the first was Crowned she was with the consent of Parents on both sides married to Mr. Sa. Clarke who at that time was Minister at Shotwick four miles beyond West-Chester who looked upon this Match as the greatest outward temporal Blessing that ever