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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02734	The christian life and death, of Mistris Katherin Brettergh late wife of Master William Brettergh, of Bretterghoult, in the countie of Lancaster gentleman. With the manner of a bitter conflict shee had with Satan, and blessed conquest by Christ, before her death, to the great glory of God, and comfort of all beholders.	Harrison, William, d. 1625.	1634 (1634)	STC 12865; ESTC S117327	20,842	26

so you dishonour God and destroy your owne soule Againe shee said Let my little Childe bee brought vp among the Children of God and in the true feare and knowledge of his Maiesty so shall I meete her in heauen whom now I must leaue behinde me on earth Againe sometime she would pray with a low voyce to her selfe and that saying of Paul Wee haue not receiued the spirit of bondage to feare any more but the Spirit of adoption whereby wee cry Abba father was much in her mouth and the last words Abba father she would double oftentimes ouer She would sing to her selfe the last verse of the 13. Psalme I will giue thankes vnto the Lord and praises to him sing Because he hath heard my request and granted my wishing Finally in these and such like exercises and meditations did she spend the whole time of her sicknesse after the Lord had once enlarged her heart from the tentations of Satan But vpon Saturday about eleuen of the clocke in the morning the Lord disclosed himselfe in mercy to her more plentifully than euer before and as I may say hee dealt familiarly with his handmaid for from that time to her very death which ensued the next day the feeling of Satans tentations seemed quite to be banished from her so that she made no shew of them her thoughts were not occupied with the world husband childe or any thing else to our thinking neither was her sickenesse troublesome to her as before it had beene but as one raised from death to life or rauished in spirit so seemed shee to vs that stood by her countenance ioyfull her tongue flowing with the praises of God and her voyce as most heauenly musicke and melody of peace sounding praise and honour and glory to God in a wonderfull manner as followeth About eleuen of the clocke shee began to tremble and quake a little and withall shee asked her husband if he would helpe her with prayer to God against the tempter saying will yee neither pray with me nor bring some godly man that may put holy things into my minde whereby I may bee able to resist Satan hauing thus said shee vttered these words O Lord God of my saluation helpe my weaknesse plead thou my cause O God of truth for in thee doe I trust After this they prayed together and shee answered Amen to euery petition Then after this shee required him to reade some part of the Scripture whereupon hee read vnto her the 8. to the Romans the 91. Psalme and the 17. of Iohn the which as he read and came to the fourth verse I haue finished the worke which thou gauest me to doe and now glorifie me She desired him to pause a while and then said Blessed be thy name O blessed Sauiour perfect the worke I humbly beseech thee which thou hast begun in me Then as he read the 9. verse I pray not for the world but for them which thou hast giuen me for they are thine she interrupted him againe saying O Lord Iesu dost thou pray for me O blessed and sweet Sauiour How wonderfull how wonderfull how wonderfull are thy mercies Reade on said shee the blessedst reading that I euer heard the comfort whereof doth sweeten my soule Then reading verse the 22. And the glorie which thou gauest me I haue giuen them that they may be one as we are one With maruellous ioy she vttered the words of Dauid many times ouer I confesse before the Lord his louing kindnesse and his wonderfull workes before the sonnes of men for hee hath satisfied my soule and filled my hungry soule with goodnesse When he came to the 24. verse Father I will that they which thou hast giuen me be with me euen where I am that they may behold my glory which thou hast giuen mee Stay said shee and let mee meditate on the goodnesse of the Lord for this is the sweetest saying that euer came to my soule for now I perceiue and feele the countenance of Christ my redeemer is turned towards me and the bright-shining beames of his mercy is spread ouer me Oh happie am I that euer I was borne to see this blessed day Praise O praise the Lord for his mercies for hee hath brought mee out of darkenesse and the shadow of death he hath deliuered my soule from the snare of the hunter a●● hath taken me out of the denne of Lions euen from the iawes of Leuiathan that piercing and crooked serpent and hath set me in a place of rest and sweet refreshing Oh praise the Lord O my soule all that is within mee praise his holy name my soule praise thou the Lord and forget not all his benefits which forgiueth all thine iniquities and healeth all thine infirmities which hath redeemed thy life from the graue and crowneth thee with mercy and compassion This shee often repented And then againe remembring the 21. and 22. verses of the 17. of Iohn shee said O my sweet Sauiour shall I be one with thee as thou art one with thy Father And wilt thou glorifie mee with that glory which thou haddest with the Father before the world was And doest thou so loue me which am but dust and ashes to make me partaker of glory with Christ What am I poore wretch that thou art so mindefull of me Oh how wonderfull how wonderfull how wonderfull is thy loue Oh thy loue is vnspeakable that hast dealt so graciously with mee oh I feele thy mercies and oh that my tongue and heart were able to sound forth thy praises as I ought and as I willingly would doe oh that you all would helpe me to praise the holy one of Israel the God of all consolations And thus for the space of fiue houres together at the least she continued praising and lauding the Lord with such a gladsome and heauenly countenance testifying such inward ioy from a comfortable feeling of the mercies of God in her soule and vsing such sweet sentences and sugred phrases of perfect and holy eloquence as the truth thereof if it could haue beene taken were admirable continuing so many houres together some part whereof was this O my Lord oh my God blessed bee thy name for euermore which hast shewed me the path of life Thou didst O Lord hide thy face from me for a little season but with euerlasting mercy thou hast had compassion on me And now blessed Lord thy comfortable presence is come yea Lord thou hast had respect vnto thy handmaid and art come with fulnesse of ioy and abundance of consolations O blessed be thy name O Lord my God Then shee repeated part of the 16. Psalme saying The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance wherefore my heart is glad and my tongue reioyceth Thou wilt shew mee the path of life In thy presence is fulnesse of ioy and at thy right hand there are pleasures for euermore Oh that I could therefore praise the Lord as he is worthy to be

praised I will sing to the Lord I will sing to the praise of the God of Israel come come saith she and helpe me O helpe me to praise the Lord. And with that shee began to sing the third Psalme and continued to the end of the Psalme as perfectly and with as sweet a voyce as euer she had before in her health and concluded with the 49. verse of the 106. Psalme The Lord the God of Israel be blest for euermore Let all the people say Amen praise ye the Lord therefore And after this she said O praise the Lord for he hath filled mee with ioy and gladnesse of heart and brought me from the gates of hell and of death repeating that of the 16. Psalme My line is fallen vnto me in a pleasant place yea I haue a faire heritage for the Lord is the portion of mine inheritance The place where I now am is sweet and pleasant oh how pleasant is the sweet perfume of the place where I lye It is sweeter than A●rons composed perfume of principall spices how comfortable is the sweetnesse I feele it is like that odour that proceeds from the golden censer that delights my soule The taste is precious doe you not feele it Oh so sweet it is yea sweeter than my●●h the hony or the hony combe Let me therefore sing againe and againe vnto my Lord and my God Then she did sing the 19. Psalme beginning at the 7. verse How per●ect is the Law of God c. and so on to the end of the same And after that spirituall reioycing in singing of Psalmes shee then prayed vnto God faithfully and praysed the Lord againe ioyfully And being still full of these and such like heauenly consolations she did sing againe most hartily vnto the praise of God the 136. Psalme Praise ye the Lord for he is good for his mercy indureth for euer c. In which Psalme for his mercy endureth for euer is 26. times repeated A Christian friend comming in at the same time which was about six of the clocke in the euening maruelling to see her exceeding ioyes and heauenly harmonie wherein she continued with such words and phrases that were so spirituall prayed for the continuance of the same vnto the end whereupon she then burst out relating further of her ioyes saying Oh the ioyes the ioyes the ioyes that I feele in my soule oh they be wonderfull they be wonderfull they be wonderfull And after that shee prayed for increase of faith and that God would strenghthen her against tentations with continuall crauing of remission of sinnes euer meditating of heauenly matters as by her sudden and often breaking out into heauenly speeches and phraises did appeare for the same euening shee lying still and silent for a while One prayed her to remember the Lord Jesus and that shee would in her heart pray for constancy in her ioyfull course whereupon shee answered with a delightsome and cheerefull countenance and comfortable voyce Oh said shee so I doe for the Lord is my light and my salvation whom then shall I feare Though an host pitch against me yet my heart shall not be afraid for the Lord hath said I will not leaue thee nor forsake thee Indeed I should verily haue fainted but that I beleeved to see the goodnesse of the Lord in the land of the liuing And now my heart is ready my heart is ready and prepared yea it panteth after thee O God as the Hart braieth after the riuers of water so panteth my soule after thee O God my soule thirsteth for God euen for the liuing God When Lord when shall I come and appeare before thy presence c. Saying then further Lord sith it hath pleased thee to prepare my heart whether to life or death thy will be done dispose of me to thine owne glory I am thine Lord worke thy blessed pleasure and good will vpon me And after this shee fell into a short slumber and awaking said as the Spouse said vnto Christ in the Canticles Oh come kisse me with the kisses of thy mouth for thy loue is better than wine Oh how sweet the kisses of my Sauiour be Then one said vnto her alluding to that place of S. Iohn Reuel 3. 8. and praying that the Lord would annoint her with the eye-salue of his grace that shee might see and behold his glory To whom she answered Mine eyes are opened mine eyes are opened though for a while thy were closed vp and shut yet now I thanke my God mine eyes are opened and I doe feele and see the euerliuing mercies of my Christ saying then further as it is in the 27. Psalme Thou saidst seeke my face my heart answered to thee O Lord I will seeke thy face O hide not therefore thy face from me nor cast thy seruant away in displeasure thou hast beene my succour leaue me not nor for sake me O God of my saluation And being wi●led to commit her soule into the hands of Christ she said O Lord Iesus thou hast redeemed me pleade thou my cause for into thy hands alone doe I commit my spirit O thou God of truth And then feeling more ioy to abound one praising God with her for his great mercies shewed toward her shee further said I giue thee thanks O Father Lord of heauen and earth because thou hast hid these things from the wise and men of vnderstanding and hast opened them vnto me thy poore handmaid which am but dust and ashes O how mercifull and merueilous gratious art thou vnto me yea Lord I feele thy mercy and I am assured of thy loue and so certaine am I thereof as thou art the God of truth euen so sure doe I know my selfe to bee thine O Lord my God and this my soule knoweth right well and this my soule knoweth right well which speech of her assurance she often repeated Presently after this sitting vp in her chaire she sung the fourth Psalme and then being laid downe againe in her bed shee confidently sp●ke these words I am sure that my redeemer liueth and that I shall see him at the last day whom I shall see and mine eye shall behold and though after my skin wormes destroy this body yet shall I see God in my flesh with these Eyes and none other Then came into see her toward euening Master William Harrison the Preacher praysing God for her continuance in that her ioyfull and most happy course and perswading her to an holy perseuerance in the same shee thanked him and desired him to reioyce in Christ with her and to praise God for his mercies to her and said O Master Harrison my soule hath been compassed about with terrors of death feare within and feare without the sorrowes of hell were vpon me knots and knorres were vpon my soule which twice or thrice she repeated and a roaring wildernesse of woe was within