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A91558	A present for youth, and example for the aged, or, The remains of Damaris Pearse containing her speech after she kept her bed, and a copy of a written paper, of her own composing, which she left as her last legacy to her brothers and sisters, and was the last thing that ever she wrote : and also several pious expressions, occasionally uttered in her last sickness, worth minding : together with her funeral-sermon, preached by a reverend minister of the Gospel.	Pearse, Damaris, 1659-1679.	1683 (1683)	Wing P969C; ESTC R43889	49,302	145

through Christ to clear up your evidences to get down your rebellious corruptions or in your place family common-wealth is there any service to be done foreflow it not but finish dispatch it while our work is not done we are not ready 4. Be often thinking of your future blessedness this will set an edg upon your affections what 's the reason that people are so much in love with the world It is because their minds do run out upon it and they promise themselves great matters from it they have inlarging fancies and therefore they have inlarged desires answerable therewith The same would also be with us as to heavenly matters if our mind were more upon them it would then make us impatient till we were in the full fruition of them Touching the present occasion tho I know that Funeral-Panegyricks and the promiscuous commendation of the dead does abundance of mischief for hereby the godly are justly grieved and offended and the wicked hardned and heartned in their evil courses the ministry disgraced Yet as the death of Gods people is precious in his sight so it should be glorious in the eyes of men I could wish therefore that the just praises and true sincerity of every child of God were published even by some Seraphical tongue that both the glory of his grace might shine bright to posterity and that such a fire of Zeal for imitation might be inkindled to the heaters that they passing thorow the same course of holiness might at length be made partakers of the same happiness with the Saints of God let this be an apology for what I shall say touching this gracious person whose Funeral we now solemnize as one said of an honest man that he was decalogus explicatus so I may say of this our Friend deceased This Sermon was exemplified in and by her she longed after God she desired after God in ordinances when she had health diligently attending on them fruitfully partook of them God had blessed her with a good memory as appeared by the many hymns and various texts of Scripture which she repeated in her sickness Her custom was that tho she penned nothing of the Sermons in the hearing of them yet the next day she would write them out in a very methodical way not only the general heads but the particulars with the inlargements the which I have seen She desired God in ordinances and communion with him in the same and she was very careful to improve sabbaths which is an evidence that she hath now immediate communion with God in heaven and is entred into everlasting rest It pleased God to visit her with pains for a long time together and for some dayes before her departure she was as upon a rack her flesh and bones and bowels under much torture yet exceeding patient under the hand of God and would still say Yet God is good and tho God break me in pieces yet will I trust in God As she longed for God in Ordinances so likewise for the immediate fruition of God which proceeded from a full assurance of her interest in him which God was pleased to give in unto her she would say I did heretofore cry out with the Psalmist O spare me a little before I go hence and shall be no more Oh but now with the Apostle I desire to be dissolved and to be with Christ and often would she breathe out these words of the Text Oh when shall I appear before God! She was observed to smile under her pains and being askt the reason of it O said she Satan shall be trod under foot shortly and I cannot but rejoice at the thoughts of it She gave good counsel to her brothers and sisters and to those that did watch with her to take heed of sin and of evil company and that they should redeem their time and provide for a blessed eternity All understanding serious Christians that were acquainted with her could not but observe the graces of Gods spirit sparkling forth in her and I remember one said I could give all that I have that it were thus with my children Many other things might be added but I shall say no more she is at rest as to her soul and as she would say her flesh doth rest in hope and now that she is at rest let none disquiet her Relations by any false reports it is a most disingenious thing The Poet could say Pascitur in vivos liber post fata quiescit When men are living they are maligned and reproacht but this ceases when they are dead If any should be so wicked let them know that God may reckon with them here for the same but assuredly hereafter Jude 15. God will convince of hard sayings he that will not pass by an idle word will surely call to an account for bitter sarcasms venomous taunts and devil-like reproaches I have but two words more 1. One to the Parents of this servant of God that they grieve not immoderately for the death of their dear relation Oh remember the evidences that she gave of her interest in the special favour of God of her effectual calling out of the world into the kingdom and fellowship of the blessed God! Graceless relations dying with the marks of their unregeneracy upon them do even scorch the hearts of their gracious surviving Relations with the sence of those flames which they suffer This is supposed by some the reason of that lamentable ingemination of David 2 Sam. 18. and last verse O my Son Absalom my son my son Absalom would God I had died for thee O Absalom my son my son as if he had said Absalom died in rebellion I fear he is fallen into a worser hand than Joab's Oh that my death might have prevented so dreadful a miscarriage O Absalom would God I had died for thee But now when your Relation gave you such testimonies and evidences of her gracious estate I may say as Christ to Mary Why weep ye While you are mourning on earth she is rejoicing in Heaven while you are clothed with black she is clothed in white even the long robes of Christs righteousness therefore do not prophane your Scripture-hope with an unscriptural mourning but let your moderation be seen 2. The other word is to young persons here is an instance besides thousands of others of the frailty and mortality of youth a young Woman in the flower of her age she is gone down to the grave O you that are young then remember your Creator in the days of your youth as this young womans counsel was provide for an happy death and a blessed eternity Oh consecrate your first time to God it may be for any one knows your only time you may die and never come to old age It is storied of a youth that came to a Jewish Rabbi to learn him the law of God the Rabbi asked him what age he was he told his age Why says he thou art too young yet thou

the small company in comparison of them that shall be saved Mat. 7.13 14. I am a poor weak Creature and it hath pleased the great God to cause distempers and weakness and sickness to light on my body These two years and † This was written at least a year and half before she died and she sickly two years and a quarter before she wrote it quarter I never having a days health in this time but very much distemper and infirmity on my body Many times I have thought that the Lord had sent the Messenger of Death to take me at that time out of this present life but by his good hand my life is lengthened unto this present hour Beside all this I have had great trouble and perplexity in Spirit and mind which none but God doth know of which I could never have stood under had not the Lord wonderfully supported me and born me up under it by his mighty hand Now I desire not so much the restoring of my body for I do think I shall never have the enjoyment of health more in this world tho it is not impossible with God But if it were the Lords Will that I should have health again I do hope by his help and assistance to improve it to his praise and glory Tho I have a sinful and corrupt heart within me yet the Lord is mighty to save and help and succor those that trust that put their trust in him Now the Will of the Lord must be done and I desire that the Lord would lay no more on me than he would enable me to bear with patience and that he would comfort me under his afflicting hand and that all sin and guilt cleaving to me may be fully expiated and discharged through the blood of Christ and that the Lord would give me assurance of his love through Jesus Christ tho I am a sinful creature That I may have true and saving faith to lay hold on the Lord Jesus Christ for Salvation that I may never fall away from him If the Lord should leave me to my self then I shall perish eternally but I trust in the Lord and hope that he will pour down his rich and precious mercies on me for Jesus Christs sake that my soul may be truly and perfectly sanctified by his holy Spirit and that I may never be lead aside by the devices of Satan and the corruption of my heart and the deceitfulness of this world but that my soul may be stablished in righteousness and confirmed in the end that I may be blameless in the day of the Lord Jesus Christ that I may have a sure interest in the Lord Jesus then I shall be happy to all eternity O my desire is that however the Lord be pleased to deal with my body that it may go well with my Soul to eternity and that I may have the enjoyment of God through Christ for there is nothing else can give real comfort to any Soul I hope that the Lord hath begun a good work in me and that he will make it perfect in the end and that he will sanctifie his dealings towards me that it may be for his glory and my eternal comfort and I desire that my will may be throughly resigned up into the will of God either for life or death and that I may have much of Gods presence with me and may always have good thoughts of him and of his dealings towards me in all that he doth or shall lay upon me and that I may improve all his mercies for his glory and my eternal comfort and that when he is pleased to put an end to this temporal life that my Soul may be fitted for Spiritual and eternal life in Jesus Christ O now that people would seriously think what shall become of their Souls considering how great the multitude is that go in the broad way that leadeth to destruction and how few there be that enter in at the strait gate that leadeth unto life as Mat. 7.13 14. We have but a little time to live here in this world and that is of very great concernment that we should make a good improvement of it eternity doth depend upon it as we live here so it will be with us to eternity we are now brought upon the Stage of this world here to act our parts for a whole eternity if we make not a wise choice now we are undone for ever What our present choice is such must our everlasting condition be Luk. 10.42 Luk. 16.25 Now is your time to repent of your sins and to make peace with God it cannot be done after death now is the time that Christ is offered unto you and if you will not receive him now you shall never have any part in him hereafter now is the day of Salvation 2 Cor. 6.2 Now is the time you may be accepted of by God and therefore do not stop the mouth of Conscience for if you do it will be the greatest Witness against you hereafter then it will tare and lash you and be a continual torment For their worm shall not die neither shall their fire be quenched Isa 66.24 If you now refuse the calls of God your conscience will continually accuse you hereafter therefore have a care do not refuse to hearken to Gods call for it you refuse now you shall never have any calls nor invitations from God hereafter Have you any business any concern of greater importance to you than the concern of your souls and eternity If you are to appear before some earthly Judg especially if it be about a matter that concerns your life O how thoughtful are you to have all things ready and in order in reference thereunto and should not you be as thoughtful and as careful to make all ready and to set all right in order to your appearing before the Judg of all the earth and that about a matter which concerns the life of your souls about a matter of eternal life or death Well what shall I say Will you set about this great business this great concern Or is it all one with you whether you live or die are saved or damned to all eternity Oh that people would consider how near they are to eternity How near we are to our everlasting habitation You are all going down amain the stream of time into the great ocean and you will shortly come thither There is not a step you step nor a breath you draw nor a word you speak nor a moment of time you live but hath an influence upon eternity Oh now that unconverted sinners would set about this great work to prepare for their souls and eternity before they go hence and be no more in this world Sinners will you set about this great business Your work is wholly yet to do tho it may be your day far spent your glass is almost run your sun near setting and all your work to do Oh 't is high time for

you to awake out of your sleep unless you mean to sleep the sleep of eternal death These golden sands running will quickly be gone a short race will soon be run O what a nothing is our life as one may say a span a dream a wind a shadow a vapour a post swifter than a post Job 7.6 You are all going to your long and last home to the house of eternity Every man goeth to his long home Eccles 12.5 How doth he go He goeth swiftly always in motion night and day sleeping and waking labouring or loitering this post hastens time and tide stays not Man doth not discern or perceive how his precious time doth fly from him And we know not how soon all our precious time will be gone from us we know not how soon our souls shall be separated from our bodies We know not how soon we shall pass into eternity And Oh that people would consider which of the two eternities they are going towards Oh that they would deeply and seriously consider that there is one place for the sheep and another for the goats one place for the righteous and another for the ungodly one place for believers and another for unbelievers An eternal night or eternal day eternal pains or eternal pleasure eternal happiness or eternal misery eternal life or eternal death eternal Heaven or eternal Hell Oh that my dear Brethren and Sisters would truly and sincerely seek after the welfare of their precious and immortal Souls now while it is time My dear Brethren and Sisters I have many times had great fears and cares about your precious Souls as you are nearest related to me so you are nearest to my heart I could desire that all men would turn from their sins and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and close with him that so they may have life and salvation by him but my greatest desire is for you my hearts desire and prayer to God for you is that you might be saved My dear Brothers and Sisters great is the misery of an unregenerate estate without regeneration repentance conversion and holiness none can be saved and see God as in John 3.3 5. and Luk. 13.3 5. Except ye repent ye shall all likewise perish And Heb. 12.14 Without holiness there is none shall see the Lord and a carnale state is an estate of death Rom. 8.6 And if ye live after the flesh ye shall die ver 13. And the Apostle saith love not the world neither the things that are in the world for if any man love the world the love of the Father is not in him 1 John 2.15 Know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God Whoseever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God Jam. 4.4 Now if any man be in Christ he is a new creature old things are past away behold all things are become new 2 Cor. 15.17 and as many as are led by the Spirit of God they are the Sons of God Rom. 8.14 Oh that you would consider and meditate upon these and such like Texts of Scripture and try your selves thereby how it is with you Mr. Joseph Alleins book of conversion might prove a great help with the Lords assistance and blessing and there are many other good books that might prove a help to you herein which the Lord direct you unto and that you may read and consider and lay it to heart and that you would search narrowly into your own hearts and the Lord of Heaven grant that his heavenly and spiritual blessing may rest upon you all I have many times desired the Lord for you that he would cause you to see the great evil of sin and to close savingly with Christ and receive him upon his own terms and that you may be regenerated and born again that you may be truly converted unto God that you may receive forgiveness of sins and that your souls may be truly sanctified that you may all be redeemed by the Blood of Christ and may be justified by faith in him and that the Lord would sanctifie his dealings towards you that it may be for his glory and your good and that you may live to the praise and glory of God and be comforted in him to all eternity Oh now that you would give up your selves to God resign up your selves in Covenant to him through Jesus Christ for ever to be his to walk in his wayes to be guided by his laws to be ruled and directed by him at all times that you might never depart from him Oh that you would truly prepare for death and eternity Make a true preparation for death and then you will be in a well set way to live for till people are prepared for death they are not well fit to live Oh now you should give up your selves to God by prayer pray heartily to God that he would come in with converting and sanctifying Grace into your souls Draw nigh to God and he will draw nigh to you Jam. 4.8 The Lord is very near to them that call upon him intruth and will never leave nor forsake such as put their trust in him He that neglects prayer is an unsanctified sinner they that neglect prayer cannot expect the blessing of God on either soul or body All they that are the adopted children of God they have the spirit of prayer in them whosoever is born of God can in some measure express himself to God and cry unto him for pardon of sin for grace for peace of conscience with earnestness and confidence in God Rom. 8.15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear but ye have received the spirit of adoption whereby we cry Abba Father Now this spirit of bondage and fear it is the Spirit of God there is a spirit of bondage once in all they that are the true people of God working fear in them and afterwards it doth become a spirit of adoption unto them First the Spirit of God doth convince people of their sins it shews them the evil of sin and so brings them in fear and bondage about their sins and afterwards the Spirit of God doth comfort their Souls people must be convinced before they be converted they must be sensible of their sins and pricked to the heart before they will ask what they must do to be saved Act. 2.37 And then afterwards the Spirit of God doth come in with comfort to their souls then the Spirit of God causeth them to cry Abba Father that is to make their request to God as to a Father Prayer is a duty that doth lie upon all people and God doth accept weak prayers from his children if they be sincere There are many Hypocrites that can make better prayers that can express themselves in prayer better than many of Gods chosen ones but God doth reject them because they are not sincere Prov. 15.8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the

hear but not write and tho three miles distant from where she lived and she still walkt it when very young which made her weary at night yet next day she did in a very legible hand write most part of both Sermons that she had heard the day before both matter and method as delivered of which there are great multitudes left From this store house of her Memory as strength permitted and occasion was offered she spake many choice sentences of Scripture and now and then a verse or two of Psalms or Hymns in which while in health she much delighted and did even abound in but after on her bed not able to speak passing one or two at a time She would often breathe forth this ' Farewel vain world as thou hast been to me ' Dust and a Shadow those I leave with thee She likewise spake these following at several times ' Muse oft upon thy latter end ' The thoughts of death will make thee mend ' Account'st thou death a dreadful thing ' Which hath by Christ now lost its sting ' Glad are the Saints dissolv'd to be 'To live with Christ his face to see ' Vanquished death I wish were nigh ' It ends a Christians misery ' Exceeding welcome death 's to me ' Death will I meet I will not flee ' Quiet thy self thy day of death ' Excels that hour thou first tookst breath ' That deadly foe last foe of all ' At last shall have a deadly fall Presently after she spake this verse she smiled and said It shortly shall be so with reference to me Another time thus ' Each morning brings a fresh record ' Great is thy faithfulness O Lord. ' Rouze up thy sluggish Soul O man ' When first awake thou art ' O then let God and his concerns ' Be next unto thy heart Great noise was a great disturbance to her which yet was her lot many times to hear and suffer and O that it might not be laid to the charge of those that wilfully caused it Once upon such an occasion she ceased from what she was speaking I shall omit the circumstances which made that which she forthwith said the more suitable it was thus ' He well may quake and fear to die ' That in his filthy sins doth lie Once speaking of the misery of mankind by nature and of the blessedness of those whose sin is pardoned she said thus ' I do confess that I receiv'd ' My very shape in sin ' In it my mother me conceiv'd ' And brought me forth therein ' O blessed is the man to whom ' Are freely pardoned ' All the transgressions he hath done ' Whose Sin is covered To some that stood by she said ' Think upon God and thy poor soul ' And Christs appearance when ' The Graves must open dead must rise ' And whose shalt thou be then Yea to every word she heard or action she saw she would have either a verse or sentence of Scripture suitable Once being troubled at the idle talk of one present that after many requests would not desist she thus said He that being often reproved hardneth his heart shall suddenly be destroyed and that without remedy Another time when a person of quality visited her her head-clothes not having been righted for some time because of her weakness some of her hair was come out whereupon as she was able with her hand she said it aside but said she God hath not respect to the outward dress and adorning but to that which is on the hidden man of the heart She had great Zeal for God Of her hatred of sin and hatred against sin as appeared by several expressions One time hearing a little sister cry out O Lord she was exceedingly grieved that Gods name was taken in vain Another time the binder of her Issue being loosed on a Lords day evening assoon as it was known one that was with her righted and new bound it but was longer about it than she was willing whereupon she was much troubled that being so near eterniey any part of the † * Not that she was against the works of mercy on the Lords day but she then apprehended her self at the very point of her departure and did so wholly fix her thoughts on God and Christ that she wouldnvt therein be interrupteed yet she a little revived again and lived a few weehs afterward Lords day tho it was then almost gone should be spent about her flesh and said she I repent it heartily and do you pray that God would pardon it She would often beg of her sisters and mostly of her that most attended her to take heed of sin and of evil company and would have her promise no more to keep company with such an one naming one for said she she hath been and I fear yet is exceedingly wicked therefore beware of her company And likewise take heed of some others that you know for as Paul said Grievous wolves shall enter in among you not sparing the stock so now of and from among your selves that is of those that are near you shall some arise speaking perverse things to draw away others after them therefore watch Another time hearing of some great disorder of others and indeed it was so bad as is not fit to be mentioned among Christians O said she I am grieved and troubled for them at my very heart because of their sin and wickedness and provocation of the holy God Mine eyes are ready to run down rivers of tears because men keep not thy law but I can do them no good At another time thus O it grieveth it exceedingly grieveth me to think how many souls will be damned how many will be turned on the left hand among the goats that now will not be reclaimed but I must quiet my self for I am not in a capacity to help them Before she was sick she had a great detestation of sin and would much grieve for such as she saw and heard of but much more afterwards Concerning her knowledg in Scripture and in the things of God it was much for one of her sex so young and yet her self-denial humility and self-abasement was even wonderful As for her knowledg Of her Knowledg it is evident by what may be collected from the whole of what she spake and wrote that it was great both in Scripture and by experience not only in the letter and text of Scripture but also in the sense thereof When she had any ease she would run over continuing the space of two or three hours together either the History of some whole book in the Bible or some eminent story or transaction contained therein and hint at some notable observations by the way Once she talked long concerning the Israelites bondage in Egypt and miraculous deliverance from thence and their passage thorow the Red-Sea and preservation and supportment in the wilderness and safe conduct into Canaan As she proceeded besides other hints

must stay eight years longer O Sir says the youth I have gone thorow the burying-place and have seen little graves as well as long and I may be dead before I am so old therefore pray teach me the Law of God O Young People think of it begin now to be religious because your youthful time may be all your time Let me hint a few things more by way of argument 1. Consider your youthful time is Gods time the first fruits of your time is the Lords he required the first fruits as his due you rob God if you do not give up your selves to him betimes 2. Consider your youthful time is the best time now you are most active vigorous quick as you are now more capable to understand any trade of life so to take in the principles of Religion if you would give your minds to it Religion will be more facile and easy to you you are not possest with such evil notions and corrupt principles as you may be if you come to age you will then be more indisposed you will be habituated in sin and the devil will have a stronger claim and interest in you who will not be so easily put off O then mind Religion while you are young it will be a great deal more delightful and easy and comfortable if you begin betimes 3. Consider this timely beginning will prevent a great deal of guilt and trouble in your souls when a man in a journey sets forth early he goes on with comfort but if he neglects the morning and sets out late he must run and ride and that in the dark O they that set forth for Religion in the morning of their time prevent a great deal of trouble and sin 4. Consider by this means you will be very desirable grateful delightful acceptable to God and good men O! to see an holy humble gracious spirit in young people to hear them speak of the things of Christ and find them pliable to the ways of God O what a pleasant sight is this What delight do such to the Lord Such have a principal share of Christs love who seek him betimes Prov. 8.17 I love them that love me and they that seek me early shall find me 'T is spoken by way of Emphasis and addition those that seek me early shall be sure to find me the Lord takes special notice of the love of his people in their youthful time Jer. 2.2 I remember the kindness of thy youth O what a lovely fight it delights God and Saints to see young souls humble holy serious savoury heavenly full of knowledg full of zeal O what a beauty is a young Samuel a young Abijah a young Jeremiah a young Timothy What honourable mention is made of these in Scripture And it was the honour of Andronicus and Junia that they were in Christ betimes Rom. 16.7 Oh if you give up your selves to Religion betimes you will be exceeding acceptable to God and good men 5. Begin betimes to be religious for hereby you will attain to a greater growth in Christianity and settlement in the truth and wayes of Godliness you shall bring more glory to God be more serviceable to your generation and lay up a greater and more sure foundation for glory yea the more eminent and abundant you have been in grace the greater Crown of Glory will be set on your head in Heaven O now you young people bestir your selves labour after knowledg set apart time to read the Scripture and other good books and be earnest with God to give you an heart to know and an eye to see the excellency of Jesus Christ fly the lusts of youth endeavour what you can to be under a faithful Ministry and get into acquaintance and communion with good people and cast off all vain company O there is a great deal of advantage by being in good company they will instruct counsel comfort and encourage you in your course of godliness Consider what I have said and the Lord bless these good counsels unto you FINIS