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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A56573	The testimony of that dear and faithful man, John Matern who had lived six years and faithfully served the Lord in his vocation in the family of C. T. now dwelling at Edmonton in Middlesex. Also, other blessed testimonies concerning him, and the truth itself; with something concerning his blessed condition in the time of his sickness, and when he was near his departure. With several testimonies of sensible children who had been under his tuition. Published that God may have his glory in preserving his faithful ones faithful to the end. A. P.	Matern, John, 1639 or 40-1680.; Paterson, A., Quaker.; Taylor, Christopher, ca. 1615-1686. aut	1680 (1680)	Wing P683; ESTC R217118	17,546	37

faithful in a few things ● will make thee ruler over many things enter thou int● the joy of the Lord Oh it is a blessed sentence to al●● them that receive it as he hath Oh how sorry h● used to be if he saw any of us do amiss I can say i● would very much grieve him but when he saw an● of us do well Oh he would be glad and incourag● us to go on in the way of the Lord so I cannot bu● give him the Glory the Honour and the Praise both now for ever and evermore Ezekiel Wooley Jun. 11 years old This I have to Speak to the Praise of the Lord God and his Truth as concerning our dear Teacher John Matern HE was a man that feared the Lord and walked in his path and I can truly say the Lord was with him and the last day that he lived he lived to the praise of his name and it was his endeavour and intent as long as he lived to fear the Lord his maker and the name of the Lord was praised by him as long as he breathed in this World O that all People would arise for the name of the Lord that none may stick in the deep pit of Darkness but that they may come and fear the Lord that none may stay behind but come on with the Lord's people and walk on hand in hand with them and so press forward to the mark Christ Jesus as this man did who is gone to his rest in peace O Lord it hath pleased thee to take away one of thy Servants who served thee in uprightness of heart O Lord I humbly of thy Children thy presence ●s with us at this time and Oh pluck up the root of iniquity and throw down the great Tree of Wickedness that is growing in the hearts of Peo●●● that thy work may prosper and the light of thy countenance may shine through the Nations Oh raise up yet more Witnesses for thy self tha● all may fall down before thee and magnifie thy name who art God over all blessed for evermore William Loosvelt 12 years old O Lord thy love is unspeakable when th●● scatterest the Clouds and makest the Ram 〈◊〉 descend as upon the tender grass and visitest us with the day Spring from on high then are we constrained to praise thy name Oh thou refreshest u● from time to time for we have none in Heaven bu● thee nor in the Earth in comparison of thee O● we have fresh encouragement to follow hard after thee O thou hast often broken our hearts befor● thee the living God and haste caused abundance o● melting tears and Soul-ravishing gladness among us and a remnant can say that one day in thy Court is better then a thousand elsewhere and it is better to be a door-keeper in thy house then to dwell i● the Tents of Wickedness Oh Lord what shall w● say unto thee or what shall we render unto thee fo● thy mercyes for thy Arm of power hath been about us to this very day Thy Hand is not slackened nor thy Ear dull t● bear the Sighing of the needy thou lookest dow● upon them with an Eye of pity and compassion an● thy love is the same that ever it was unto thy Children and thy all-seeing Eye is every where and in every place to watch over them who art the watchman of Israel who never slumbers nor sleepest but feedest thy sheep and makest them to lye down in the green pastures of Life O that when we depart out of this world we may lay down our head in peace with thee as the blessed man John Matern hath done who is deceased Oh he is gone to his resting place who was faithful to the end of his dayes and when he had finished his course in this world the Lord took him into himself Oh how pleasantly ●e lay upon his Bed praising the Lord whom he served in his lfie time he made his Calling and Election sure and is at rest with the Lord his maker who aboured for our good every way and is gone to a very pleasant habitation where he will have joy for ever Mary Taylor 10 years old This is my Testimony concerning my Dear Teacher John Matern THat he was a man that feared God with the uprightness of his heart and his greatest Travel was to do the will of God making it manifest amongst us and telling us what the Lord would have us to do and exhorting us to leave off the evil of our doings to follow the Lord to fear him and it was his greatest joy if he saw any of us bring forth a Testimony for the Lord O how would it refresh him yea that he could nor forbear but must praise the Lord before he went out of the Meeting and if there were any that did grieve the Lord Spirits and Rebel against him then he would be so grieved and troubled that he could scarce take his rest upon his Bed I can truly say that he was a man that sought the well-fare of our Souls and Bodies too and he taught us with all the might he had and that faithfully and if he found out a nearer way he told it us and if there be any that have not improved their time I can truly say that the fault is theirs and nor his for he did as much as he could for us and when he was upon his Death bed he exhorted us to fear God and he Praised and Glorified the God of Heaven unto the last breath that he fetcht in this world so that the Lord hath taken this good man out of this world and he is gone to his rest in peace with the Lord Jesus Christ where is joy for ever and evermore Thomas Green 16 years old This day the Spirit of the Lord giveth me utterance that I can bear a Testimony for my deceased Teacher John Matern THis I can say of a truth he was an upright man in his generation serving God with his whole heart he had a very great care that he might teach faithfully that so he might not bring any guilt upon his conscience and moreover he had a great Travel in the Lord for us who were under his tuition that we who felt the Power of God in us and had in some measure regenerated and changed us that we might walk uprightly and according to the truth he also had a Travel for them that had not felt the Power of God to change them but were yet in rebellion against God's Spirit that they might come to feel themselves in some measure changed and his Travel was great for the prosperity of truth every where and we whom he taught find a great want of him but the Lord supplyeth it and this can I say for him that the very same day about four hours before he Dyed we had a meeting with him where he being raised up by the Power of God though very weak in body but of Perfect understanding ●e exhorted us even with

a mighty Power that most I belive I may say all were broken and tendered before the Lord and all the while I was with him he did Sing Heavenly Praises unto the Lord in the inward man and dyed in the Faith of Christ Jesus the Son of God and then his Soul ascended up to the God of Heaven and now he enjoys pleasures without end and at this time considering the manner of his Death my Soul cannot but render to the God of Heaven Glory and Dominion for ever Amen The 13th of the 7th Month 1680. Philip Dymond 14 years old A Testimony concerning my late Decensed Master John Matern HE was a man that feared the Lord and wa● very serviceable in his place and I can trul● say he was a fit Instrument in the hand of th● Lord and taught us his Scholars with all the diligence as could well be expected In his life time h● laboured through hardships that we might be educated in the truth as well as in other things and believe he dyed in the Lord and his reward follows him for assuredly the Lord did bless him an● will bless all others that lived as he did Oh that we may all walk as he did in the wa● of Christ and follow his steps for ever I can sa● with many more of my School-fellows that we ne● desir●d a better Tutor then he was When I hea● he lay upon his sick bed many times I have cried the Lord in my heart to raise him up again but hath been the will of the Lord to take him awa● and now he is at peace to all eternity John Woolley 10 years ol● This is my Testimony concerning our Dear Teacher John Matern who is lately departed out of this Earthly Tabernacle THat he was a righteous Man walking uprightly with the Lord his Maker and Creator he was a man with whom the Lord was both in his goings out and commings in this can I truly say in living experience He was an adversary to all manner of evil but he cherished the good as the apple of his Eye wherefore I am sensible that he is departed in peace and though I was not here at the day of his death yet my Soul was sensible of the goodness of the Lord towards him on his Death-Bed as praising and magnifying the name of the Lord and now I am sensible he is at rest and peace with the Lord his Maker and Creator in that desired Heaven wherein never any unclean can ever enter This was the Lord pleased to put in my heart to Write concerning our dear and well beloved Teacher who is departed and entered into the blessed rest with the God of our Fathers Abraham Isaac and Jacob world without end John Butcher 14 years old I have this to say for my Dear Teacher John Matern HE was one that lived in the fear of the Lord and when he lay upon his Death-Bed he Glorified the Lord and made a sweet melody in his Soul and at the present time we had a blessed Meeting and the presence of the Lord was amongst us and he also pleased the Lord and made a happy end for surely he made a Covenant with the Lord and I am sure he was filled with the presence of the Lord Oh he was a blessed man indeed he had made it manifest for in his life-time it was his greatst joy to see any of his Scholars grow up in the fear of the Lord and if at any time he saw the enemy to prevail over any he would with grief of heart admonish them to return and repent that they might find mercy with the Lord and beseech them to have a care least the Enemy should prevail again he also was greatly exercised if any of his Scholars did not mind their business and Learning as to the outward and would encourage them that minded the same assuredly he Preached Righteousness in his life and conversation assuredly he hath made his calling election sure now he is at rest with the Lord for he hath left a good Savour behind him and the rememberance of him is blessed he is gone to the Lord and is at peace with him for ever and evermore Margaret Rouse 12 years old This I have to say for my dear Teacher John Matern THat he was an upright true honest man one that feared God and eschewed Evil one that laboured for the good of the Souls of them that he taught he taught them inward as well as outward knowledge he was a man that spent himself much for the Lord he was a true labourer in the Lord and one that Preached his Holy name unto us and made it known but now he is gone out of this Body of Flesh O he hath laid down his Head in Peace with the Lord and is at rest with the highest in the Holy Jerusalem the City of the everlasting God I can truly say that he hath been much troubled when any of the Boyes had been disorderly and he would often exhort them to fear the Lord. O he was a Man that spent himself much for us but now he is repayed for it he would often cry unto the Lord for us that we might all fear the Lord from the least to the greatest and the last day he lived he praised the Lord and we had a Meeting in his Chamber which he desired and he did exhort us and pray the Lord for us He was a righteous man the Lord hath blessed him blessed be his name for it O how he would fight against the Devil to the praise of the Lord and honour of his name in whom he trusted and had his life and beeing Thomas Hutson 14 years old I have a few Lines to Write concerning my Dear Husband HE was an upright hearted man in his doings he served the Lord with all his Heart and was faithful in his place to every one that he was concerned with to do them good and it was his greatest delight to see truth prosper especialy amongst the young ones with whom he was concerned it was his greatest joy and satisfaction to see the Lords power breaking in upon them so that he could not but Praise and Glorifie the Lord many a time for it often upon his very Death-Bed he lay praising and glorifying of the Lord for his great mercies bestowed upon him And although I lost a dear and tender Husband who was very dear to and tender over me yet being in the Lords will I am content with the will of God being also that he now reaps the reward which many a time he travelled for and in forsacking his country and his Fathers house to come amongst a people that served the Lord with uprightness of heart he had his desire answered and what great joy and peace he departed this Life and is gone into everlasting happiness to be with the Lord for ever and evermore Rosina Matern THE END

with healing under his Wings and did scatter the Clouds by his mighty Power and out-stretched Arm and what we have been Travaling and Labouring for amongst Children we have seen a blessed increase and I can truly say it is God's Heavenly Interest Praised be to his name for evermore For he hath made his work pleasurable easy and delightful unto us for his arm is about us day and night and his Sun is arisen upon us and our days are very sweet unto us and we can look back upon our exercises and dark places where we have stuck and behold them with delight for the Lord hath been and is abundantly kind unto us praises be to his name for ever more O a blessed time and happy it is for all them that fear the Lord for thou O Lord hast made our days sweet and thy blessed work easy unto us for we can sing of thy mercies all the day long and behold the work of thy own right hand to prosper and the fruits of our Labours to flourish as a Rose and we can glory in thee for evermore and when the work of our day is pleasently spent in the fear of the Lord at evening tide when Shiloh's Brook runs softly as it is in our wonted practice we do assemble together before the Lord with our Family and Children to magnifie his power and Speak well of his name and to crave a blessing upon us and his tender Plants and then he ariseth in his mighty power and his bedewings descend and his fatness drops from Heaven and over-comes our hearts and enliveneth our Souls and Bodies that every member may magnifie his Holy Name O blessed day indeed can we desire more then we have or ask more then we receive Oh! no no the Lord hath been abundantly kind and hath filled our hearts with his Heavenly Treasure for now we can gather Grapes off our own Vines and they are Pleasant to our taste O what shall we render unto thee O Lord for thou art worthy of all Honour and Praise and with all that we have and are We give the Glory unto thee for ever and evermore Now I have a Testimony lives in my Heart for dear John Matern whom the Lord hath taken away a dear Man indeed one that truly feared the Lord and was a faithful Steward and when he came to lie upon his Death Bed he had Reaped an hundred fold and he brought in his increase with much rejoycing into the store-house of the Lord yea with great joy and reioycing for the Lord imbraced him and kissed him with his lips this was the last day of his appointed time and I my self was pretty much with him he was a weak man as he confessed and scarce able to stir his Tongue but the Glory of the Lord shone round about him and did raise up his pure life that he lay praising the Lord and the harmony of Heaven was in his Mouth that his weakness was pressed down and the sting of Death not regarded we had a sweet meeting with him as other Testimonies will further relate with many of the Children and a part of the Family so when he found himself almost spent with the blessed Exercise that was upon him he held up his hands and we caused them to depart the Room so then he lay still and Slumbered a little time and when he stirred I went to him he desired me not to speak except to praise and magnifie the Lord but I asked him if he knew me and he smiled upon me said yea and I said thou lyest sweetly he again answered yea as I remember these were the last words he Spake so he lay a little time and went sweetly away Frances Taylor My Testimony Concerning my lately deceased Master John Matern HE was a man that truly feared the Lord and was an instrument in his hand in his day for the help of others He laboured daily for us his Scholars both for our Souls and Bodies he taught us with diligence that we might not frustrate the intent of our comming to the School as to our learning and prayed continually to the Lord that we might be Edified as to our inward condition O what a blessed end he made O he was full of Praises and Songs of joy to the Lord. And I am satisfied that his reward was the greater for his labour and prayers for us he is with the Lord and blessed of him for ever The 10th of the 7th Month 1680. William Penington 15 years old My Testimony concerning my dear Master John Matern is as followeth HE was a just and an upright man in his generaration fearing God and hating evil he cherished the good and purished the evil in whomsoever of his Schollars he found it without respect of Persons which caused him on his death-bed to enjoy peace unutterable He hath fought the good fight of faith and kept his Garments clean from the spots of this World is entered into rest and joy with his maker for ever which no man can deprive him of Edward Penington 13 years old This Testimony do I bear for my Teacher John Matern THat he was a just and an upright man one that feared God and eschewed evil in his day and generation and the Lord was with him in his do●ngs and he did that which was right in the sight of ●he Lord and the Lord supported him and carried ●im through all Tryals and he had done the Lord's work faithfully in his day and age and now he is ●one to his rest prepared for him in Jesus Christ he ●ath been saying up a treasure and now he enjoys it ●e hath heard the joyfull sentence well done thou good ●nd faithful Servant thou hast been faithful in a few ●hings I will make thee Ruler over much enter thou into be joy of the Lord. So now he is entred into the joy ●f his Lord and is happy for ever and magnified be is name for redeeming him out of the Jawes of Sa●●n and I wish all may make such an end as he did then will they be blessed of the Lord to all eternity world without end John Crouch about the age of 12 years I have a Testimony concerning my dear School-master John Matern Who is departed out of this Life and lives with God for evermore OH he was a blessed Man one that I believe in his measure feared God and eschewed evil as Job did Oh he was a good Man I believe the fear of the Lord was always before his Eyes Oh I can say he is in Heaven with the Lord Oh he is in a better place then we are yet in for he is with God the Father where the fulness of all joy and comfort is Oh that we may all be as faithful to the Lord in our places as he was and then God will gather us to himself and then we shall be blessed of him and receive the sentence Well done thou good and faithful Servant thou hast been