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An edifieing wonder, of two children dyeing 100 yeares old or A short account of the last houres of Susanna Bickes (in the 14 yeare of her age) before her death. Septemb. 1. 1664. Also of Jacob Bickes her brother of 7. yeares old. Aug. 6. 1664.
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been a present of another nature from some greater personage Being wearied and weakened with speaking she sought some rest and haveing turned her to the wall she slumbered about a quarter of an houre and being awake her Father asked how she did and exprest somewhat of the great satisfaction and contentment he had in her reading and wryting and her religious profiting Yea Father said she in that ye hav been so carefull for me to get me to read and learne hath been better to me then if ye had provyded ten thousand gilders of portion for me for therby have I learned to comfort myselfe out of the word of God Her Father perceiving her groweing weake said to her my dear child I think thou becomes very weake Yea said she I feel it so more and more as also your grief for me I see doth increase which is a piece of my affliction be content I pray you it is the Lord who doth all this And let us with David 2 Sam. 24. 14. fall in the Lords hand for his mercies are great David while his childe was sick he fasted and ate not but when the childe was dead and God had declared his purpose in it then he did eat Yea why should I now fast said he can I bring him back from death I shall goe to him but he shall not returne to me 2. Sam. 12. 23. so ought ye to comfort yourself also after my death and say our childe is wel for we know that they who trusted in God are well My dear Mother who hath done so much for me ye must promise to me that after my death ye shall not sorrow so much for I am afraid for you when I consider your grief for me and for my other sister and brother who are gone through death before me And consider your neighbor who hath lost her two sonnes hath no more children Ye shall both of you promis me that yee will comfort one another Comfort yourselves with Job who haveing lost all his children said the Lord hath given and the Lord hath taken away blessed be the name of the Lord. Doe ye not think but it went very sadd with him Ye know well that Christ said to the Apostles Joh. 16. 33. In the world ye shall have tribulation But be of good comfort in me ye shall have peace I have overcome the world And must the Apostles suffer so great tribulations and shall not we endure some what Yea hath not Iesus Christ my only life and favior in the garden of Bethsemane swatt blood for my sake was he not mocked and spitted upon in Ierusalem and therafter nailed unto the cross and a speare thrust through his blessed side and all this for my sake for my stinking sinnes sake Yea there he cried with a loud voice my God my God wherefore hast thou forsaken me Now thus hath he purchased his church with his own blood Act. 20. 28. From the cross is that precious blood to be gotten which alone can cleanse us from all sinne 1. Joh. 4. 7. There did Iesus hang naked who hath purchased to me the garment of salvation and clothed me with the rob of righteousnes Isai 6. 10. And salvation is in none other besides him Yea there is no other name in heaven or earth among men by which to be saved Act. 4. 12. Oh deare F. and M. I waxe more and more feeble and weake oh that I may quyetly fall asleep in his bosome and till then he may strengthen me and take me in his armes as he did the litle children and said Mark 10. 14. suffer little children to come unto me for of such is the kingdome of God And it is said vers 16. he took them in his armes and laid his hands upon them and blessed them I lye heer as a childe o Lord I am a childe receiv me into thy gratious armes o Lord grace grace and not justice for if thou enter in judgement with me I can not stand Yea no living shall in thy sight be justified Psal 143. 2. for there is none who sinneth not 1. k. 8. 4. 6. Thus with continued speaking she became very faint and all her strength seemed quite gone yet she forced a cry more ah my dear mother ah how faint and feeble This did so pierce the heart of her mother that she could say nothing but ah my dear child Then began she again to comfort her mother so long as my life is in this body there is hope said she If it should pleas the Lord to recover me to life and health how carefull and earnest would I be to pleas you in my work and learning and what ye would require and lay upon me And here upon again being a litle more revived the Lord renued her strength wonderfully to speak as before and to comfort herselfe and her parents out of the scriptures sayeing with the Apostle Rom. 8. 28. we know that all things work together for good to those who love God even to these who are the called of God according to his purpose O God establish me with thy free spirit that I never fall from thy love Yea its said there who shall separat us from the love of Christ I am perswaded that neither life nor death nor Angels nor principalities nor powers nor things present nor things to come nor height nor deepth nor any other creature shall separat us from the love of God which is toward us in Jesus Christ our Lord. Also Joh. 10. 27 28 29. My sheep hear my voice and I know them and they follow me and I give unto them eternall life and they shall never perish and no man shall plucke them out of my hand my Father who gave them me is greater then all and none shall pull them out of my Fathers hand But now let me rest a litle After some slumbering she spake to her Father again with much gladnes and joy of heart It is said sayth she 1. Cor 15. 54 55 56 57. death is swallowed up of victorie o death where is thy sting o Hell where is thy victorie the sting of death is sinne and the strength of sinn is the law but God be thanked who giveth us victory through our Lord Jesus Christ There ey see that my dear savior hath overcome death and the sting of death who then would not be earnestly content to dye For we must all once dye We are from the earth and to the earth we must returne the dust is mother of us all Eccl. 12. 7. the dust shall turne to dust from whence it is and the spirit to God who gave it So that my spirit shall turne to God who is the giver of all things But oh what is mans life upon earth The dayes of man upon earth are as the grass as the flowre of the field so he floorisheth The wind passeth over it and it is no more And his place knoweth him no more Psal 103. 15 16. And