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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A56570	Living words through a dying man being a melodious song of the mercies and judgments of the Lord, sung by a disciple of Christ on his dying bed, when the pangs of death were upon his outward man. With an arrow shot against Babylon, being a direct prophecy of the downfal of her merchants, the hirelings and false prophets. With sweet exhortations and prophecies also of the spreading of the glorious truth of God, until it shall have covered the face of the whole earth. By one who dyed a prisoner for the testimony of Jesus, Francis Patchet.	Patchet, Francis, d. 1677.	1678 (1678)	Wing P681; ESTC R221953	8,007	24

LIVING WORDS THROUGH A DYING MAN BEING A Melodious Song of the Mercies and Judgments of the Lord sung by a Disciple of Christ on his dying bed when the Pangs of Death were upon his outward man With an Arrow shot against Babylon being a direct Prophecy of the Downfal of her Merchants the Hirelings and False Prophets With sweet Exhortations and Prophecies also of the spreading of the Glorious Truth of God until it shall have covered the Face of the whole Earth By one who dyed a Prisoner for the Testimony of Jesus FRANCIS PATCHET Rev. 2. 10. Fear none of these things that thou shalt suffer Behold the Devil shall cast some of you into Prison that ye may be tried and ye shall have Tribulation Ten Dayes but be thou faithful unto death I will give thee a Crown of Life Cor. 4. 16. Though our Outward man perish yet the Inward man is renewed Day by Day Cor. 4. 17. For our light Affliction which is but for a Moment worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal Weight of Glory Several Testimonies concerning the faithful Servant of God Francis Patchet of Scotforth in the County of Lancaster who dyed a Sufferer for the Testimony of Jesus which he held against the Antichristian Oppression of Tythes inflicted upon him by one Garthwaite the Priest of Lancaster And because for Good Conscience sake he could not satisfie the Vnlawful and Vnreasonable Dem●nds of the said Priest in giving or paying him Tythes he cast him into prison in Lancaster But this not being sufficient to satisfie his Envy and Cruelty as afterwards will further appear would not let him be so near home but removed him to London about 180 Miles from his abode where he was committed to the Fleet Prison until the time of Sickness which was unto death and dyed a Prisoner the 2d of the 10th Moreth 1677. The Testimony of Christopher and Elizabeth Cheesman concerning him I Have a Living Testimony to bear concerning Francis Patchet that faithful Sufferer in the Cause of God who held forth his Testimony unto the end of his dayes against the Oppression of Tythes for which he dyed a Prisoner at London about one hundred and eighty Miles from his Habitation being sent thither by a persecuting hireling Priest because for good Conscience sake he could not satsfie his greedy Appetite in paying or giving him Tythes which being in direct Opposition to the Government of our Lord Iesus Christ our High Priest who was sent by the Father and offered up himself once for all to put an end to the first Priesthood with Tythes and Offerings appertaining to the first Covenant And therefore doth every one that believeth in Christ Iesus the second Covenant and in Faithfulness obey him deny to pay Tythes and to maintain such Ministers who abide not in Christ's Doctrine who said Freely ye have received freely give which command the Apostles and Ministers of Christ in dayes past did keep as do his Ministers in this our Age Glory to the Lord God forever Christ and his Apostles and Ministers took no Tythes nor persecuted any either for Maintenance or because they differed from them in Worship or Religion And those Ministers who obey Christ and abide in his Doctrine and follow his Example and the Example of his Holy Apostles those are true Ministers and profit the People But those who Preach for filthy Lucre and persecute those who are taught of God For Wages for whom they do no Work such are they the Prophet speaks of That run and God never sent them and therefore they Profit not the People at all And this faithful Sufferer loved not his Life unto death but laid it down in Testimony for the Truth of God a Witness against the persecuting Hireling Priest and is now crowned with Glory Immortal among the Redeemed of the Lord for ever and evermore And I being a frequent Visiter of him for divers dayes before his Death yea many times in a Day and in that Night also when Pangs of Death took hold onf his outward man under which he lay with much Patience even as a Lamb with out complaint and as one not alrighted or disturbed at the appearance of Death can give a further and ciearer Testimony of his Faithfulness to the pure Truth of God which he spake and declared of some few hours before his departure being very weak insomuch that according to outward appearance his sudden departure was much expected and all about him did conclude that his Breath was almost gone but after he had lain still a little while being a little after the 12. hour of the night at which time he began to speak continued speaking till about the 3. hour in Praising and magnifying the name of the Lord but his Voice at first was so weak that we could not clearly hear what he said only we understood that he pray'd said O Lord God of mercy preserve thy People immediately his speech was strengthned he spake with an audible voice so that he was heard over all the Chamber where he lay and he began to sing forth of the mercy goodness of the Lord and said O Lord God Everlasting praises everlasting Glory and Honour for ever be given to thy Name thou hast made way for thy Redeemed as in ancient dayes when thou madest the Sea dry land for thy People Israel to go through Oh Glory and Honour for ever be unto thy Name who art Unchangeable in all thy wayes thou madest man in thy own Image in thy Likeness madest thou him but he lost it through Disobedience But O Lord in thy Unexpressible Love thou sent thy only Son Iesus Christ the New man not Old Adam to redeem again Oh everlasting Praises to thy name for ever saith my soul Oh the Seed the little Seed must spring and grow till it comes to reign whose right it is and all that stands in Opposition against it must be brought under all that is contrary to it must bow to its Appearance Oh our God! there is no God like to our God He hath given his Son a Light into the world and his Salvation to the ends of the Earth Glory and Honour to the Lord for ever O this blessed day wherein Truth has appeared Oh England's Glory Truth Truth against all Untruth Oh Friends obey the Truth love the Truth Buy the Truth and Sell it not Ah Christ Iesus The Way the Truth and the Life Oh my dear Friends Brethren and Sisters that are here with me I know you not that is after the flesh love the Truth obey the Truth Truth Truth Truth God's Truth is pure it is holy it admits of no Impurity of no mixture it leads out of the Fall out of the Old Adam Oh the little Seed that grows in God's Garden Ah dear friends work in the Garden of God mind the little Penny work in the Garden of God Oh how Love springs up in my Heart Oh Praises

Praises Thanksgiving and Halelujah's unto our God for ever saith my soul Oh the Unutterableness the Unspeakable Love to my soul this Night Oh Praises Pràises unto the Lord and all that is within me give thanks and magnifie his Name for ever and ever more And speaking of the House of the Lord and Temple of the Lord he said Glorious is the House of God Oh! a House of Holiness a pure House a House of love and her gates praise Oh our God is a consuming God he consumes all that is bad all Impurity all Uncleanness our God consumeth all that is Unholy all that is Wrong And our God is light and in him is no darkness at all Oh dear Friends Brethren and Sisters dwell in the light he that dwelleth in the light dwelleth in God but he that dwelleth not in the light dwelleth not in God but in darkness and so in Wickedness in Sin and Transgression in the pride of life and the vanities of the world So my dear Friends Brethren and Sisters love the Truth believe in the Truth and the Truth will make you free And so all that abide in the Truth they spring forth and grow like as the Willows by the Water Courses and shall never be Barren or Unfruitful Oh Friends the Day the promised Seed is come Oh the Glory of England A blessed Day is broken forth that shall never end he is come to reign whose Right it is Oh the Lamb shall have the Victory against all Opposition whatsoever Christ Jesus is come the promised Seed which shall grow and prosper till it hath covered the Face of the whole Earth And in Prayer he said O Lord preserve all Friends my dear Brethren and Sisters in the Truth to the end and for ever This is part of what this faithful Sufferer did declare when Pangs of Death were upon his outward man witnessed by Christopher and Elizabeth Cheesman And so he went forward Praising and magnifying the Lord declaring of his great and wonderous works from the Creation to this day and of the great Love of God in sending his Son for the Redemption of man and bringing of man back out of the Fall And he spake much of the Lord 's making way for his People in this Nation of England as in ancient dayes he made way through the Red Sea for his chosen Israel to pass forth of Egypt on dry land And he declared very much concerning the Temple of God and House of God and Garden of God beyond what we have retained in memory or can commit to Writing And that God is Light and in him is no Darkness at all and they that love God are in the Light and they that love not God are in Darkness and they that hate the Light walk in Darkness and in the Vanities and Delights and the Abominations of the World And further magnifying the Name of the Lord said Oh the Light and Everlasting day that is now broken forth it is the Glory of England and the Work of the Lord shall prosper against all Opposition whatsoever And he often repeated it over Oh the Appearance of Truth the Glory of England And concerning the House of God The House of God said he is a House of Holiness a House of Purity a House built without Hands of living Stones precious and chosen that need no Hammer nor fitting with Tool And further he declared concerning the Word of God and the Power of God and that his Word and Power is one and that his Power is an unlimited Power and his Mercies unspeakable towards man and that man's Destruction is of himself and not of God Not of God said he and said that The World 's Breaden Christ and Water will stand them in no stead Christopher Cheesman SOmething is in my Heart to signifie to concerning the Innocent Lamb-like life of our dear Friend and patient Sufferer for the Truth of our God Francis Patchet The Lord our God hath pronounced Wo against all that are covered and not with the Spirit of the Lord But I am satisfied and well assured that that Dove-like Spirit descended upon him and was his Covering which made him to abide in the Doctrine and follow the Example of his Captain Christ Jesus whom he followed whose faithful Souldier he was against Sin the Flesh and the Devil triumphing in the Lord over them all I am a living witness for him being constantly with him in the time of his Sickness I asked him if he had a Wife he answered Yes a very honest loving Woman saying at another time He came as freely from her as he was to go to her He being so freely given up to suffer for Truths sake that he had nothing laid to his Charge After he had lain still some Hours he said My strength faileth me and I said I hope the Lord doth not fail thee to which he answered Through Mercy he never did fail me He continuing weak and lay speechless for some time the Spirit of the Lord wherewith he was coverd revived him whereby he had a new Strength given to him to magnifie the pure powerful Name of God in Prayer and Praises saying The Lord hath laid the Foundation in Zion the Lord is building up Zion with chosen Stones with precious Stones that need no Hammer nor Tool to come upon them the Lord is building a glorious House and the Works of the Lord are glorious Oh Praises to the powerful pure Name of God! which is above every Name his Name hath done valantly he hath stretcht forth his Shepherds Crook he hath drawna little Remnant to himself and hath led them through the Red Sea he hath put a new Song in their Mouths he hath caused them to sing praises upon the Banks of Salvation pure praises unto his Pure Holy Powerful Name And in Exhortation said Oh love the Truth buy the Truth and sell it not Oh the Truth Truth Truth its more then all Truth is stronger then all the Truth shall prosper notwithstanding all Opposition that shall rise up against it The Truth said he will make you free And further he said Resist the Devil that subtil Serpent and he willl flee from you My Soul rejoyceth said he to see this glorious day of the Lord. Here followeth something of the Expressions of Dear Francis Patchet given forth upon his death-bed in Testimony for God his Truth and People who departed this Life the 22d day of the tenth Moneth 1677. about the nineth Hour of the Day AFter he had lain sometime in great Weakness insomuch that his Speech was sometime taken from him and sometimes he could speak a few broken words by which we could understand that he told us That his Strength Failed him and that he was almost spent and after this he lay about an hour silent in great Weakness insomuch that we looked every Moment when he should depart this Life but it pleased the Lord whose servant he was and is inwardly to renew his Strength