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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heart_n	according_a	lord_n	speak_v	2,217	5	4.5472	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A76311	A True relation, of the life & death of Sarah Beckwith, daughter of Marmaduke and Elizabeth Beckwith, of Audbrough near Massham in York-shire; who in about the twentieth year of her age departed this life, the 24th. day of the 9th. month, 1691.	Beckwith, Hannah.; Beckwith, Marmaduke.; Beckwith, Elizabeth.	1692 (1692)	Wing B1655A; ESTC R170490	17,903	40

with her heart both night and day and perticularized divers times and places wherein the Lord had very comfortably broken in upon her and filled her heart with his love that deeply ingaged her to praise his Name and I being sent for the night hefore she dyed she said Lord give me breath to praise thy Name withall And severall Friends being about her she said Lord comfort us together this Night and blessed be his Name he graciously answered the desires of her soul and made us partakers of his unspeakable kindness together to the overcoming of us the remembrance of which visitation hath been often refreshing to me even as marrow to my bones For the Lord broke in upon her and a stream from the living fountain Issued forth unto her and comfortably we were made partakers with her of the water of Life and the liveing food which nourisheth the soul up in God to eternal life And many were the wholsome expressions of advice which she gave to us all And then turned her a side to me and said you give me no councel whereunto I answered dear Sarah thou wants not a Counceller we are willing to hear and receive councel from thee She answered and said it is written your eyes shall see you Teacher and your eares shall hear a voice saying this is the way walke in it And she further added it is a pleasant way and after divers other comfortable expressions which came from her she signifying to us that she had full assurance of the salvation of her soul Her three Sisters being before her she advised them to seek the Lord while he was to be found and said he was found of them that sought him and I am well satisfyed she spake what she knew and bare testimony what she witnessed Blessed be the Lord for ever who gave her the knowledge of himself in the face of Jesus Christ and out of the mouth of a Babe did she shew his praise even him whom the World knows not nor can they praise his Name and such was the sweet and heavenly frame that she was that night exercised in That I was made to say in my soul better is the day of Death to those who dye in the Lord and layeth down their heads in peace with him then the day of their birth and very near her departure out of this World she said I am going to dear Robert Lodge and you must follow and rest with us that loves the Lord and his heavenly appearance and she growing very weak in body yet strong in the Lord being filled with love and spirituall blessings yet her Voice low and some few of her last words could not be understood quietly like a Lamb without spot she departed this Life the day and year above written And the 29th of the same Month as I was sitting in our own house at my employment an unspeakable weight fell upon my spirit and remained with me a considerable time which occasioned a cry to run through me Lord what is the matter and immediatly these words run through my life Although Sarah Beckwith be dead yet her Memoriall shall live and be serviceable to this generation and to generations that are yet to come And so to the God of all our mercies who filled the soule of this Innocent tender stripling Abrahams Daughter with his heavenly appearances and devine blessings be everlasting praise and glory for ever Grace Bins COncerning my dear Companion Sarah Beckwith this testimony I have to bear I having had the knowledge of her for many years and being much with her in the time of her sickness and also present when she departed this life and being an eye and eare witness of the love and great goodness of the Lord liveingly testified of to us from her own mouth upon her dying bed according to the dispensation of the grace of god given me I am bold to say that she dye not as fool dyeth that fear not the Lord for her heart was set to serve and fear him and it was her earnest desire and advice to those that were Young in years to prise their time and to seek the way of the Lord for she gave testimony of it to be a pleasant way And said she was come to witness it so to be and my desire is that we that are yet in this Tabernacle may from a grounded experience be brought to testify the same and this is my beleife concerning her that she is entered into everlasting rest Oh the heavenly expressions Which came from her in the time of her sickness and the weakness she was under which I hope never will be forgotten by us but remaine within us in our rememberance She begged of the Lord that he would add to her time in this World untill she had a full assurance of her salvation which he did graciously answer for she signified to us that she did not doubt of it and she desired the Lord with much fervency of Spirit that he would give her breath to praise his Name And the Lord heard and answered from his Holy place for he did not only give her breath but a Mouth also to praise him Oh! the Heavenly power that she was filled with and carried on in that devine and sweet refreshing frame of spirit that it was of unspeakable comfort and refreshment to the standers by and great satisfaction to those she was outwardly related to and near and dear unto them every way she was from a Child Zealously affected with the truth and the society of Gods faithfull people and her heart was Inclined after ●he best things and she with Mary Chose the better part which shall never be taken from her and the Lord filled her with his power and opened her mouth in Wisdome to speak of the M●stry of the knowledge of the devine and best things to the tendering of our hearts and to our refreshment ●he being my Intimate companion haveing had much society wit● her I have known her often bowed down with many more for the loss of dear Robert Lodge being a nea● Neighbour to her and often in Company with him I have seen her broken into tears in Remembrance of him And when she lay upon her dying bed she much desired the Company of friends but more especially those that were come to witness in a larger measure the dealings of the Lord with them both in judgment and mercy it wa● great satisfaction and comfort to her to have those with her she breathed to the Lord for our sakes that were young in years that we might be preserved in the righteous path of holyness I was truely glad that it was my lot to be with her and I do prise it as a mercy to me Which I desire while I live I may not forget but answer the kindness of God to me therein as that which may do me good I am fully satisfied that she hath laid down her head in peace with God and is gone