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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65944	The work of God in a dying maid being a short account of the dealings of the Lord with one Susannah Whitrow, about the age of fifteen years, and daughter of Robert Whitrow, inhabiting in Covent-garden in the county of Middlesex, together with her experimental confessions to the power and work of the Lord God, both in judgments and mercy to her soul / published for the warning and good of others who are in the same condition she was in before her sicknss [sic].	Travers, Rebecca.; Whitrowe, Joan.; Martin, Ann.; Ellis, Sarah.	1677 (1677)	Wing W2039; ESTC R33641	14,505	50

THE Work of God IN A Dying Maid BEING A short Account of the Deallings of the Lord with one SVSANNAH WHITROW About the Age of Fifteen Years and Daughter of Robert Whitrow inhabiting in Covent-Garden in the County of Middlesex Together with her Experimental Confessions to the Power and Work of the Lord God both in Judgments and Mercy to her Soul Published for the Warning and Good of others who are in the same condition she was in before her Sicknss Printed in the Year 1677. THE Work of God IN A Dying Maid FRiends and People to whom these following Lines may come these may give you knowledge that being spoken unto by a Friend of the State of Sickness and Wonderful Expressions that were uttered by this Maid now Deceased made me desirous to see her and as a Mother fearing God knowing what Joy it must be to have a Child that had Transgressed to turn to the Lord with all the Heart and to find Acceptance with the Almighty as I have cause to believe she did for he was with her and I felt a living Power to opperate in her that neither her Youth nor Comliness with any other outward Expectation that she formerly had or might have of the Glory of this World left a place in her to desire any longer Life in this World but as she had before I came cryed out against her self for loving and going to these Vanities and Parish Places of Worship so now in my hearing she was much raised in her Spirit in the Sense of the Joy that she believed she was entring into praying and praising the Lord with a pleasant Melody and desiring also that her Mother might be taken out of this Wicked World I felt the Loving-kindness of God unto her and she was brought near to me the Lord shewed me she must Dye and being the Only Child of her Parents and having heard this tender-hearted Mother had buried her Only Son not a Quarter of a Year before which by relation was an excellent Child for his Years not being Six and an Half for Wisdom and Learning and Outward Comliness a very Beautiful Child and one of a great Courage yet of a very tender sweet loving Nature and more than all in Soberness pursuing of the better part so I felt and know in these sudden and renewing Trials there was Judgment and beholding her Mother's Quiet and Patient bearing of it had this brought to my Remembrance That they are blessed that can stand in Judgment and none but a Tender Mother can tell what it is to have Hopeful Children so soon taken from them and fee the Lord is Righteous in what he doth and I that have drunk into this Cup and a more bitter one must confess The Lord is Righteous in all and his Judgments are true but his Mercies are over all his Works and his Love Everlasting and who lives therein gives Thanks for all things and this appears to me worthy to be known and retained that so Young a Hopeful and Beautiful Maid should be taken off from her Vanity yet that the Mercy of the Lord should so freely extend it self unto her that she might testifie against her own and the World's Vanities and Worships and tho' but in the last Hour the Lord of Goodness granted her an Entrance into his Vineyard and Power she received to magnifie his Justice and Mercy that out of the Mouths of Babes and Sucklings will perfect his own Praise And sure I am the Dealings of the Almighty God with her on her Dying-Bed was Forewarning some and Instruction to others that all might believe and come to the Obedience of the Life where all may profit and be built up unto Eternal Life over Death and Hell in the Life of Jesus our Lord which is the Desire of Her that through Grace is a Lover of all your Souls called Rebecca Travers SVsanna Whitrow sickned the 5th Day of the 3d Month 1677. and lay until the 9th Day under great Judgment and Terrors of the Lord for Sin and Iniquity and about Four in the Afternoon she broke forth in exceeding Earnestness crying to the Lord for Mercy with Wonderful Words till about three hours then did the Lord hear her Cries and answered the Desire of her Soul and when she had obtained Mercy from the Lord then did she fall into an exceeding travil in Soul and Spirit praying mightily to the Lord in the behalf of her Father and so lay four or five Hours crying earnestly to the Lord for her Father before we writ down any of her Words Her Natural Spirits were almost spent before these Words were taken as follow Lord Remember not his Offences let me bear them Lord let it be easie to him Lord make the Way easie make his Friends to be Enemies unto him that thou mayst have Mercy on him Lord his Temptations are great Lord carry him through O let him not perish with the World Lord do thou support him over this World Should a little silly Dirt of this World draw away his Mind O Lord satisfie me whether thou wilt grant me my Desires Blessed Lord hear me O Lord hear me O Lord let his Mind be set on things above Lord fix his Mind upon thee Lord let me never rest unsatisfied Lord help him turn him Lord and he will be turned Lord if I leave him behind me O Lord help me O Lord help him O Lord hear me O my Lord I have not strength left O Lord take him to thee but Lord grant me my Request O Lord help me Lord take not away my Strength before thou hast granted my Desire O Lord my Desire is not to live in this Abominable World Lord if thou take me not to thy self the Tempter will come again O Lord my Heart can never rest until thou hast turned him to thy self O Lord must I be taken away without any Satisfaction O Lord shall I have no help for my Distress O Lord Lord there is no way for him but to Watch and Pray continually lest the Tempter prevail Lord are my Sins forgiven O Lord had not my Eyes been in those Vanities my Heart had not gone after them Lord strengthen thou me but to see my Desires O Lord can I pray no longer O Lord how hath my Strength failed and my Heart decayed O Lord let all consider what is this Kingdom O Lord thou comest as a Theif in the Night O Lord I beseech thee to tell me if thou hast granted my Desire O Lord thou wilt take me O Lord must I go before my defire be Answered O must I go O is there no delay O Lord let me but stay to hear an Answer I am very happy that I shall not live in this Wicked World O Lord I am going O Lord take me Then to her Relations O why will you keep me so long I shall be kept longer Robert Whitrow her Father Joan Whitrow her Mother William Nash Susanna Meurs Nurse Sarah Ellis her

Testimony CONCERNING Susanna Whitrow To her Mother A few Words which were expressed by this precious Child in the time of her Illness I Not thinking she was so near her End did not bear in memory as many of her Words as I might have done I can truly say I was much refreshed in seeing the great Work and Power of the Lord upon her and hearing the precious Words that proceeded out of her Mouth When first I came to see her she had lain about a Weekill she seemed to be in much Extremity of Pain and crying out to the Lord saying O Lord the Enemy has wounded my Heart he has wounded my Head and he has wounded my Hell Come Lord I make room I make room my Heart is open O rip me up and set me in thy Bosome as thou didst the last Night O I feel the Enemy coming in like a Flood Lord drive him out Another time I went to visit her when she was in great Conflict of Spirit and Body and her Mother withdrew from her to seek the Lord leaving her Father by her Bed-side in which time she uttered little or nothing but lay Groaning she would hardly suffer her Mother to be from her if she could help it after a while her Mother came again and she said O Mother Cease not Cease not though no one had told her that her Mother was a praying to the Lord but only as she had a sence of it in her self and when her Mother came to her again she was in a sweet still Frame of Spirit and cryed out Ah! my dear Mother O my blessed Mother the Lord has shewed me my Mother shall have a double Portion of his Spirit yea my Mother shall have a double Portion This she spoke several times over with many more precious Words that are past out of my Mind Another time I came to see her a Day or two before she dyed and her Countenance was changed and she looked very sweetly and lay praising the Lord saying Oh my Saviour my blessed Saviour Another time her Mother went out of the Room in to the next Room about some Business and she called earnestly to her Mother and said Ah! Mother I had much in my Heart to have spoke to thee Care not for this World a little will serve us we shall not want the Lord will feed his People as he did Elisha by the Ravens yea the Lord will feed us as he did Elisha Sarah Ellis COncerning that False Report that was raised by some Envious Persons which she formerly kept Company with hearing of her Change from that Vain Conversation she had formerly lived in they reported That she was in love and that that was the Cause of her Distemper When her Father came home and had given me a Relation of what those Persons had infused into him although I was satisfied to the contrary I went to my dear Child and examined her concerning it and because I would be clear of what-ever might happen hereafter concerning it I said unto her My dear Child thy Father and I will give our Consent freely for thee to Marry him and we will do to the uttermost of our Power for thee to make thy Life comfortable with him all thy days Then she said My dear Mother I thank you but that Man is no more to me than one I never saw with my Eyes neither will I ever him if he had all the Possessions of the Earth It 's true there was something betwixt us he being very urgent with me upon the account of Marriage proffering to settle a considerable Estate on me and my Father at that time being a little harsh to me I thought I would set my self at Liberty but upon better Consideration I told him I would do nothing without my Father and Mother's Advice which he was unwilling to in that and some other things I was dis-satisfied I considered if I should have him I should be ruined so that small Affection I had to him I withdrew and before I fell sick this last time I did desire never to see him more And now my Mother I am clear of him and all Men living Oh my bowed down and broken-hearted Mother What hath been thy Sufferings in this Family Oh! how hast thou been oppressed with our Iniquities Ah bowed down Ah! how often hast thou told my Father The Lord would visit him with sore and grievous Judgment if he did not Repent and turn from the Evil of his Ways Ah! how often hast thou said The Lord would plead thy Righteous Cause with us Now the Day is come thou hast so long warned us of now the Lord is risen now the Lord is broke in upon us Oh how great hath been thy Care and Pains which thou hast taken to bring us into the Fear of the Lord Oh thou Blessed of the Lord Great shall be thy Reward the Lord will give thee Beauty for Ashes and the Garment of Praise for the Spirit of Heaviness Bleffed be thou my Mother Her Mother being at that time Praising and Magnifying the Lord then she said My blessed Mother now is that Vision fulfiled which the Lord shewed thee concerning me That my Soul should bless thee and thy Soul should bless the Lord. Then she broke forth into sweet Melody singing Praises unto the Lord. Blessed are the Poor in Spirit Lord I am Poor I am Needy I need thy Strength continually to withstand the Temper O Lord stand by me move not from me for if thou go the Tempter will come I will hold the fast thou art my Saviour thou shalt save me from the Tempter My dear Mother send for that dear Friend meaning R. T. that prayed by me the other day she is a precious Woman her Heart is upright before the Lord the Lord hath shewed it me I love her let her pray by me to the Lord against the Tempter And send for that faithful Servant of the Lord W. P. The Lord will hear the Prayers of the Faithful but I have been Unfaithful O how often have I sinned against my Saviour the Light in my Conscience which shewed me the Way I should walk in O how often hath he knocked at my stony Heart saying This is my blessed Truth which the Quakers Preach by which all Souls that I have made shall be saved in Then I have said in my Heart After such a thing and such a thing is accomplished I will leave off my Life of Vanity and become a new Creature Oh! I was she that trusted in LYING VANITIES I thought I should have had LONG LIFE and then I did intend to serve the LORD in my OLD AGE Oh! how have I been against a Woman's speaking in a Meeting but now whether it comes from Man Woman or Child it is precious indeed O that I could be with my Mother the Lord is with her that I might have a little time longer that my dear Mother and I might go in the Country and walk in a

Wood together that we might seek the Lord and never lay our Eyes to-gether till we have found him Witnessed by me Ann Martin O Lord my Strength faileth I wait upon thee renew my Strength O my holy Lord be pleased to restore me to my former Health then will I wait diligently upon thee I will sit on the Ground with my Head in the Dunghil I will never lift up my Soul to Vanity my Heart shall never go after the Sight of my Eyes My dear Mother pray for me for whatsoever thou askest of the Lord it shall be given thee My dear Mother thou often hast told us of the Terrible and Dreadful Day of the Lord God that is at hand O it will be a dreadful day to the Wicked of all sorts the Lord hath shewed it me O Wo Wo Wo to the Children of Scoffers for as it was in Elisha's day so shall it be in this the day of the Lord's Power the Bears out of the Wood shall devour them And treambling she said O I feel thy terrible Power O God strike Dread Terror and Astonishment in the Hearts of thy Enemies O in all Workers of Iniquity who make a mock at Sin and a Derision of thy People and take pleasure in their abominable Ways which thou abhorrest O thou wilt make all Flesh tremble O my Mother I have heard God's thundering Power rattle rattle rattle upon the Heads of his Enemies and the Lord hath shew'd me he will destroy this Place A Wo will be to the Children of Pride in that day and Wo Wo will be to the Blind Guides that wear the long Robes the false Teachers of this Nation O did not our Blessed Lord say If the Blind lead the Blind both should fall in to the Ditch Ah Lord how should it be otherwise for they hate the Light and count it an insufficient thing O did not our Blessed Saviour say Believe in the Light that you may be Children of the Light and bid them all Watch and Pray lest they enter into the Enemies Temptations And how could they watch without Light for they could not see the Tempter when he came in the Dark Ah that Scripture is fulfilled upon this People That Darkness should cover the Earth and gross Darkness the People and then Night should be unto them that they should not have Visions and the Day shall be Dark that you shall not Divine And this was Egypt's Darkness Ah! but the Children of Israel had Light in the Land of Goshen O extoled be thy Name thou God of Power O if thou wilt be pleased to restore me to my former Strength O then I will speak of thy wonderful Power yea my Voice shall be as the sound of a Trumpet which shall Convert Sinners unto thee yea I will sit in the Dust and cover my Head with Ashes and put on Sack-cloth within and without Then she taking some-what to Drink lay still a little time after but immediately broke forth with Joy in her Heart making sweet Melody to the Lord and so lay half an hour singing unto Lord but not uttering any Words then she broke forth into Praising and Magnifying his great Works O that cursed Place that House of Abominations that Play-House that abominable House where they commit their abominable Whoredoms God will destroy it Her Mother said unto her What House my dear Child she answered That Church as they call it in Covent-Garden the Members thereof are Proud Persons and Covetous and Deceitful Lyars Drunkards and Whoremongers Ah! my blessed Saviour said We should know them by their Fruits O these were my Cursed Fruits which I brought forth when I was a Hearer of that Church Pride and Disobedience to my Parents How often have I adorned my self as fine in their Fashions as I could make me yet they have looked upon me with Scorn and despised my Dress and said unto me How like a Taudrey you have drest your self You are not at all in the Mode then I came home on their Sabbath Day and gone immediately up into my Chamber and locked the Door and altered all my Laces and so I have gone to their Worship in the Afternoon Drest in their Mode and then I have pleased them Pray my dear Mother call my Father I have something to say to him I desire my Body may not be laid in that abominable place but among the People of the Lord called Quakers for now I am a true Quaker now I tremble before the Lord and his Holiness Come ye holy Prophets who were Quakers and Tremblers at the Word of the Lord come Moses Jeremiah come holy Habakkuk now I am one with thee now my Belly Trembles my Lips Quiver and my Heart Drops because of the Lord and the greatness of his Majesty O my Lord yea my Lord for so I can call thee because thou rulest in me and my Soul is subject to thee But they have many Lords and many Gods they have Gods of Silver and Gods of Gold the Work of their own Hands O Lord my Strength fails my Father my heavenly Father I wait upon thee renew my Strength my holy Father be pleased to restore me to my former Health then I will wait diligently upon thee I will sit on the Ground with my Head in the Dunghil my Heart shall never go after the sight of my Eyes My dear Mother pray for me for whatsoever thou askest of the Lord it shall be given thee The reason why I desire to live is because I have so greatly dishonoured the Lord in my former Life and now I would live the rest of my time to his praise For now if I live I shall be as one raised from the Dead to declare his Wonders But what shall I say Tho' one should rise from the Dead they would not believe She was exceedingly filled with the Indignation of the Lord against the Priests and spoke very much against their Idle Practices and their Abominable Ways which is not taken in Writing but these Words the Maid-Servant writ down as she spoke them she cryed out aloud and said Father O Father these Priests that deceive the People they study all the Week what to say when Sunday cometh O Father but the day of the Lord is coming that he will confound all their Study and all their Wisdom and in that day they shall not be heard for their much speaking they are Physitians of no Value My dear Mother I fear I shall not have a place so near the Lord as my Soul desires for I am sensible there are degrees of Glory and as the Creature acts here for the Lord so shall its Reward be hereafter I have done nothing for the Lord but he hath done all for me therefore I desire to live that I might live a Holy and Righteous Life that my Conversation might be in Heaven though my Body be here on the Earth that I might invite all as David did to taste and see how good the Lord