Selected quad for the lemma: glory_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
glory_n	father_n	holy_a	praise_v	2,824	5	9.0295	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29490	The living words of a dying child Being a true relation of some part of the words that came forth, and were spoken by Joseph Briggins on his death-bed. Being on the 26th day of the 4th moneth called June, 1675. Aged 11 years, five moneths, and 15 dayes.	Briggins, Joseph, 1663 or 4-1675.	1675 (1675)	Wing B4660; ESTC R217685	3,727	15

THE LIVING WORDS OF A DYING CHILD BEING A TRUE RELATION of some part of the Words that came forth and were spoken by JOSEPH BRIGGINS on his Death-bed Being on the 26th day of the 4th Month called June 1675. Aged 11 Years Five Months and 15 Dayes Out of the Mouth of Babes and Sucklings hast thou ordained strength Psal 8. 2. Printed in the year 1675. TO THE READERS WHETHER Children or others THis Youth was a very dutiful Child to his Parents and patient and ready to receive Instruction never was known to resist his Father or Mothers Advice and Councel but always ready to obey their Commands and minded good things being very bashful and ready to put himself forwards to do any business to please his Parents or Relations never sullen nor dogged and what he did it was with all his might faithfully in obedience to a meek and quiet Spirit to the last Minute In the time of his Health for Three Years last past he used to go to hear at the Meetings of the People called Quakers and no where else and was by rude Boys scoff'd at and called a Quaker He was a very manly meek and sober Child not given to quarrel with any What we have here related that he spoke of the great Love of the Lord both to his own Soul and to his People is far short of what he declared His departure hence was on the Third day of the Fifth Month 1675 at 7 in the Morning the 13 day of his Sickness in great stillness and patience he entred into Everlasting Life And we who were Eye and Ear Witnesses of this following Relation do testifie that his words were so in Verse and in such a great power they were expressed indeed greater than we can declare We whose names are subscribed are Witnesses for the Lord in this matter besides several others then present William Briggins Hesther Briggins his Father and Mother living in Bartholomew-Close in London John Goodson Chirurgeon at the Chirurgeons-Arms in Bartholomew-Close next neighbour Margaret Adams the Nurse Elizabeth Harford the Maid Mary and Elizabeth Moux Lodgers in the House The Wonderful Sayings spoken by Joseph Briggins worthy to be minded ON the 26. day of the Fourth Month about the Seventh hour in the Evening being as we thought very near death after he had layen silent for about an hour he began to appear full of exceeding great joy and pleasantness and his mouth was opened and he said I shall praise the Lord for he is only to be praised So he went on in Heavenly words in Prayer to the admiration of the Nurse and Maid that heard him of all which they only could remember that he said in admiration Oh! I have never heard of any other God but thee O my Holy One. And the Nurse offering him some Cordial to drink Nay said he I shall not eat nor drink until I have seen my Heavenly Fathers Face in Glory And more and more he was changed and filled with exceeding great joy and pleasantness and said I have heard of thee but now I see thee in Glory And many Heavenly sayings and expressions came from him the Maid and Nurse did think he had been neer going away He hearing them speak so He earnestly said Pray call up my Father and Mother for I have something to say to them concerning what I have seen of my Heavenly Fathers Glory So he went on uttering many Heavenly Sayings and Exhortations in sound judgement his Mother was called up and seeing him so greatly changed in so short a time she wept and ran down stairs and called his Father and several people that was there at that time and when he hears them come up he joyfully called out Father Father Oh Father and held out his hand and shook his Father by the hand and said Oh! pure and glorious is my Saviour which hath appeared to me and hath taken me into his Kingdom Oh! mine eye hath seen his glory His words were expressed in so great wisdom and power that we were all amazed at them being also in Meetre for the space of about one hour and a half praising God and admiring him and his glorious power and Holy Order of glorified Saints and Holy Angels and of the Glorious day of God revealed said he Some of which many words he gave forth to us are as followeth viz. O most Glorious God great and wonderful things are brought to pass by thy own pure holy power by which thou hast revealed thy Son unto us thy Ministers O my King O let all people fear and stand in awe of thy power by which thou hast gathered many out of their sinful waies into pure obedience to thee Oh thou hast given us a living knowledge of thee O pure glorious holy God let thy life reach unto all my dear Friends and keep them that know thee firm and stedfast upon thy Holy Foundation Christ Jesus my King whose appearance is very glorious at this day and of his Government no end is to be but thousands of thousands millions of thousands shall come to see and be made with me partakers of his glorious bright-shining-day Of which many words more he spake which cannot be remembred Again he said O Glory Glory Everlasting praises be given to thee by me and all we that know thee O I have much to say for thee He was asked if he knew what he had said his answer was I have Preached the Gospel to You. His Father desired at present to hearken and mind what he said and spake some of his words to them but he was grieved and said O be silent all flesh and stand by for we that have seen thy pure mighty Glory can preach this Gospel which is thy power and the day comes on apace that all that undertakes to speak of thee and obeyes not thy power by this power they shall be brought to silence there are many waies and Baptisms in the World but oh thou Pure Holy Holy one we thy Ministers have known thy Spiritual baptism into Christ Jesus my Lord by which the living water have we known and felt Oh it is indeed exceeding pure by which we have been washed from all our sins Oh my King thou wast slain and by the Virtue of thy pure Blood we have this gain Oh that all may wait continually upon thee that they may be kept from all the deceivable waies of this world Oh mind and serve the Lord in your day for his Holy Truth revealed in You is the way in which You must Wait and Obey Oh! Glorious are the beams of his Sun that hath shined into my Heart in which I have seen the glory of his day although in the Grave shortly this Body is to lie But oh Glory Glory and Hallelujah's my Soul doth sing to thee Oh my King for the Redemption of my Soul that shall never dye but in praises pure for ever shall endure a living taste thou hast given to me most sure O my Father and Mother all my Friends which to me are dear Yet a Glory I have seen most bright in which I shortly must appear He is my King and Leader which is my Saviour most dear O exceeding glorious is this Holy place where Saints and Angels in bright-shining Glory behold his pure face Oh all obey his pure truth in Your Day That You may feel the virtue of his Grace For mortal man is but to run his Race And woe to them that shall not Obey his Grace for such do not seel his Virtue nor ever shall see his Face Some were whispering together towards the further end of the room at which he seemed to be grieved and said these words pointing with his finger Here is a spirit speaks in this Room that is not of God He was so much spent he could hardly Speak and bid the people that stood by stand further that he might have a little aire he was offered something to drink he said he would not receive it a little after he was pressed again to receive it No said he if I should I should tell a lie and gave a signe to put it away and said Oh the Sons of God have better refreshment then a cup of cold water And so lay silent a while but again spake as followeth The Lord hath taken me into his Kingdom he hath discovered the fresh Springs of his Love to my Soul All that know the Lord be obedient to his power and he will discover himself more to you and you shall know more thousands thousands millions will the Lord call O that my kindred after the flesh might come to know the Lord. Again after some time of silence he said Oh that my Fellows my Companions might know the Lord they shall know the Lord they shall follow me Here be some stand by me that do not know the Lord. Which he repeated again and again and then said What wait you to hear what do you all stand here to hear His Father answered him they stand to hear what the Lord will speak by thee He said no all that are here do not wait to hear the Lord speak you do not all know the Lord you think you know him but you know him but in the notion but when you come to die you shall know that you did not know the Lord. When some spake of his being light-headed and as though he should speak he knew not what he seemed grieved and earnestly said I had rather be torn alive by Doggs than that an impure or unholy Word should come out of my mouth Some that knew him very well wondered to hear him speak as he did and said they had never heard such words come from him before he said The Lord hath fully made that known to my Soul which I had some feeling of before On the next Day about the Seventh Hour in the morning he was very earnest in Prayer softly to himself but some words were heard viz. O let all that know not thy pure truth come and receive it saith my Soul And sung of the Olive-tree and the Fruit thereof which he had fed on and of his refreshment he had thereby He was asked what he meant by the Olive-Tree he said the Tree of Life And many more Heavenly Sayings he uttered before he Departed to his Everlasting Rest THE END