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A93051	Mistris Shawe's tomb-stone or, the saints remains. Being a brief narrative, of some few (amongst many) remarkable passages in the holy life and happy death of that precious servant of the Lord Mrs. Dorothy Shaw, (late the dearly beloved wife of Mr. John Shaw preacher of the Gospell at Kingstone upon Hull,) who sweetly slept in the Lord, Decemb. 10th. and was interred at Trinity Church, in Hull, Decemb. 12. 1657. Collected by her dearest friend: with many usefull instructions, especially for his own and his six daughters consolation and imitation.	Shawe, John, 1608-1672.	1658 (1658)	Wing S3029; Thomason E1926_1; ESTC R209982	62,732	192

Mistris SHAWE'S Tomb-stone OR The Saints Remains Being a brief Narrative of some few amongst many Remarkable passages in the holy life and happy death of that precious servant of the Lord Mrs. Dorothy Shaw late the dearly beloved wife of Mr. John Shaw Preacher of the Gospell at Kingstone upon Hull who sweetly slept in the Lord Decemb. 10th and was interred at Trinity Church in Hull Decemb. 12. 1657. Collected by her dearest Friend with many usefull instructions especially for his own and his six daughters consolation and imitation Job 1.1 Job was a perfect and upright man and one that feared God and eschewed evil Psal 37.37 Mark the perfect man and behold the upright for the end of that man is peace Psal 116.15 Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his Saints 2 Tim. 4.7 8. I have fought a good fight I have finished my course I have kept the faith henceforth there is laid up for me a Crown of glory In Christo vixi morior vivoque beata Do sordes morti caetera Christe tibi Nolui aliquid loqui vel scribere quod improbaturum putem Christum Oecolamp London Printed for Nathanael Brooks at the Angel in Cornhill 1658. TO THE Right Honorable and truly Religious Ladyes the Lady Frances Strickland the pious Consort of William Lord Strickland of Boynton and the Lady Anne Strickland the gracious Consort of Walter Lord Strickland One of his Highness the Lord Protector 's Honorable Councell J. S. Wisheth grace and peace Right Honorable THough I my self cannot bring forth any thing worthy your Honour's view yet that which is dearest to me the memory of my dear and precious wife I commend to your Honours and though I have ever judged both of you Eminent in Piety yet something perhaps in this deceased servant of Christ may not be unworthy of your serious thoughts and may further stirr up your pure mindes in the wayes of God yet more to honour that God who hath so much honoured you The Lord hath exceedingly blessed you both with Pious (a) Your marriage is conjugium non conjurgium Comfortable and Eminent Yoke-fellows and yet hath more honoured you by marrying you to Gods own Son the heir of heaven and indeed therein lies your chief and lasting happinesse Probably this short discourse which was very hastily written as it dropt from my pen in much grief and sorrow on the suddain to divert that flood of grief which I found my self unable to withstand at present as well as I would may somewhat further your Honours Comforts against the hours of approaching and inevitable death God hath called both your Honours to great estates and places and you cannot but know that therein lye snares When the Duke of Venice had shewea to Charles the 5th his most stately Palace he after the sight thereof onely answered (b) Haec sunt quae nos faciunt invitos mori These things are they that make us unwilling to dye We use to say there are two manners of Enough and indeed there is Esaw's enough or (c) 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 much in the world without God Gen. 33.9 and Jacobs enough (d) 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or all first God and then content in these other things with him Gen. 33.11 This latter enough I hope God hath given you Christ and with him all other needfull things Rom. 8.32 Let this Tombstone be to your Honours as King Phillips Monitor to put you in mind of what is certain yet we are too prone to forget Lam. 1.9 viz. death The Egyptians used to have a deaths-head at their greatest feasts thinke we of death in the greatest plenty When Moses and Elias talked with Christ at his glorious transfiguration on the Mount their discourse was about death Luke 9.30 31. Christ once cured the blind mans eyes with clay so may he still more open our eyes with the consideration of our clay and mortality do as Eumolpus (e) Ego sic semper nbique vixi tanquam ultimum diem nunquam rediturum consumerem said he did namely endeavour to live every day as if it should prove his last day God hath of late much exercised both your Honours with weak bodies so that what would be a curse to some would be a blessing to you to wish that which John wished to Gaius 3 John 2. that your bodies may prosper as your souls prosper The gracious God give you these two choise mercyes which are most sweet when they go together Psal 103.3 forgive your sins and heale all your diseases I hope you will not take it ill from me whom you have Constantly so much † I may say of both your Honours with Jerome vobis quod possum debeo quod non possum favoured that I propound to your Honours so mean a person for your imitation be pleased to consider that its the best that I had (f) 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 said the poor Grecian to the Emperour and whose example I my self desire to follow in the way to life It is the use at the Election of the Emperour of Germany to shew to him on his Election day severall marble-stones desiring him to chuse of which of those he would have his Tomb-stone made to mind him even then of his Death I have here shewed you the Tomb-stone of one that lived very holily and dyed very happily which may encourage your Honours against the night of sable death Satan is busie to vex whom he cannot destroy and though he cannot bring a childe of God to Hell yet he will bring Hell to a childe of God and oftimes brings his sharpest darts towards his death though Satan cannot make him fall out of the state of grace yet he labours to make him fall in the state of grace its good to have your hearts Comforted against that day Senarclaeus saith of John Diarius that the day before he was slain by his own brother as Abel was by Cain for Religion's sake he spake to him so sweetly and feelingly that he thought that he felt the holy Ghost come powerfully upon him with his words and surely I could say much to this purpose concerning this deceased servant of Christ that she spake even to her death with that affection warmth and life as one that first felt what she spake and then spake what she felt That holy learned man Mr. Brightman who dyed about fifty years since desired much if the only wise so pleased to dye a suddain though to him not suddain death so he did Augustus Caesar was wont when he heard of any that dyed easily and suddainly to wish such a happy (g) Which he called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 death I cannot say that she dyed exceeding suddenly † Though she was at the Congregation twice on the Lords day Decemb 6. and asleep in the Lord on Thursday Decemb 10. but I can say that she dyed exceeding happily

2.12 13. Nor did she think that this assurance would make any one more secure and carelesse how they lived but more holy 1 Iohn 3.3 more to purifie themselves the more hope they have and though she had not alwayes been without her doubts and fears our Lord Jesus who had alwayes the grace of union and of unction yet had not alwayes the grace of vision yet she still recovered her comforts again and could and did dye with much assurance and joy and free from that trouble of Roger Bishop of Salisbury in King Stephens dayes who was so troubled that he could not live and durst not die c. But oh in the gleaning of these few how many handfulls have I lost that might most profitably have been observed in her life and in these few how far doth the picture come short of the life of her glistering graces so that when I run over what I most hastily and passionately currente calamo have write I am ashamed of my self and may sadly say in regard of my own defects herein Cum relego scripsisse pudet quia plurima desunt Plurima sunt quae me judice digna lini But now she is gone to sleep having put off her Cloths not her life as we do when we go to bed she still lives nay never lived so well as now vita Christi nostram instruxit mors Christi nostram destruxit Bern and I hope I may say as that learned Lord du Plessis did concerning his wife when she was dead that she had been an aid to him in living well and should be so hereafter in dying well her death shall make me more consider I hope the vanity of this life and say with the Poet Oh! What is man A Scuttlefull of dust Quarles a measured Span Mans breath 's a bubble and his dayes a Span T is glorious misery to be born a man The first piece of houshould-stuffe that Zeleucus brought into Babylon was a Tomb-stone and 't is the last that I have brought into Hull the Tomb-stone of a dear Saint of whom I with hundreds more may say what Uylsses sometimes did of Achilles Si mea cum vestris valuissent vota c. if our prayers and teares could have prevented she had not died but herein is our comfort that her soul is happy and her body shall ere long be like to Christs glorious body Phil. 3.21 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 for quality not quantity as Theodoret speaks When she could not longer live yet she could sweetly and happily dye and might say with the Poet certè coelum patet ibimus illâc and though much work be yet undone yet her work is done though she was not very long yet she did much in a little time and wrought hard for God while she had time Christ dyed about the 33d year of his age younger then she and though much work was then to do yet he said I have finished that work that thou gavest me to do John 17.4 so Paul 2 Tim. 4.7 And now she is gone to her rest Rev. 14.13 Isa 57.1 2. She sweetly slept in the Lord on Thursday Decemb. 10. being that day just 25. years from her marriage in Yorke and was carried to the place appointed for all living Iob 30.23 December 12. 1657. where she lyes interred in the middle alley of Trinity Church in Hull Papists take it for a great wonder that Stapleton their great controversall Divine was born on the same day whereon their Sir Thomas More dyed and why may not we take notice that this Saint dyed neer Hull the same day 25. years that she was married in York And that by a quite unexpected providence her Daughter Dorothy was married the † On Decemb. 10. 1657. The Sun shone very bright but that night the Moon was sore Ecclipsed and so it proved to be with us same day whereon but before her Mother dyed surely these Wheels are full of eyes the Martyrs used to call their dying day their wedding day and invite their Friends that day to their wedding so this Saint was betrothed to Christ here Hos 2.19.20 but married to him at death And others observe that the same day whereon Pelagius was born in Brittain Augustine was born in Africa as Remarkable God set a death's heads at our feast as the Egyptians used her blessed marriage day Mr. Firth of Mansfield by a speciall providence lying then in Mr. Shaws house when she dyed preached an excellent Sermon at her Funerall at which there was the greatest assembly of people that any remember that they have seen in Hull at a Funerall for many years as sometimes to Hezekiah all Israel did her honour at her buriall 2 Chron. 32.33 His Text was John 20.17 whence he observed that Covenant relations are soul quieting and heart comforting relations will comfort men against the departure of dearest Friends which Sermon I wish that he would recollect and publish for the good of many The last Sermon that ever she heard on Earth was preached by her Husband on that text Isa 56.5 being on the Lords day in the afternoon Decomb 6. holding out comfort to Godly persons that wanted some worldly priviledges as Sons and Daughters to comfort them here and bear up their names when they are dead yet God would give them far better priviledges then these which would abundantly supply all other wants even an everlasting name which now she hath got in heaven and though she hath not left any Children but only daughters on Earth and we know that the word in Hebrew that signifies a male * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 comes of a root that signifies to remember and the word that signifies † 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 women comes of a root that signifies to forget because males keep up the name of the family which females cause to be forgotten yet hath she left a sweet name † She was not filia terrae Jer. 13.13 nor desired a name among the great men upon Earth 1 Chron. 17.8 but looked after a name in Heaven Luke 10.20 in the book of life Phil. 4.3 savour on Earth which will make her family to be remembred for whom she had sent up formerly many servent prayers to heaven and they shall find it All her troubles and enemies and dangers by Land and Sea could not cut her off till her work was done Rev. 11.7 and her hour come Iohn 7.30 8 19 20. God kept her to a day but her soul being joyfull embraced in the armes of her best and lasting Husband and her body laid down in her bed of rest to sleep till the better Resurrection of the just Let us for a while draw the curtains quietly about her and see what good we may get to our selves by this sharpe affliction for the good and wise God would never have suffered any evil either of sin or forrow to be in the world but that he knew how to bring