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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91558	A present for youth, and example for the aged, or, The remains of Damaris Pearse containing her speech after she kept her bed, and a copy of a written paper, of her own composing, which she left as her last legacy to her brothers and sisters, and was the last thing that ever she wrote : and also several pious expressions, occasionally uttered in her last sickness, worth minding : together with her funeral-sermon, preached by a reverend minister of the Gospel.	Pearse, Damaris, 1659-1679.	1683 (1683)	Wing P969C; ESTC R43889	49,302	145

you to awake out of your sleep unless you mean to sleep the sleep of eternal death These golden sands running will quickly be gone a short race will soon be run O what a nothing is our life as one may say a span a dream a wind a shadow a vapour a post swifter than a post Job 7.6 You are all going to your long and last home to the house of eternity Every man goeth to his long home Eccles 12.5 How doth he go He goeth swiftly always in motion night and day sleeping and waking labouring or loitering this post hastens time and tide stays not Man doth not discern or perceive how his precious time doth fly from him And we know not how soon all our precious time will be gone from us we know not how soon our souls shall be separated from our bodies We know not how soon we shall pass into eternity And Oh that people would consider which of the two eternities they are going towards Oh that they would deeply and seriously consider that there is one place for the sheep and another for the goats one place for the righteous and another for the ungodly one place for believers and another for unbelievers An eternal night or eternal day eternal pains or eternal pleasure eternal happiness or eternal misery eternal life or eternal death eternal Heaven or eternal Hell Oh that my dear Brethren and Sisters would truly and sincerely seek after the welfare of their precious and immortal Souls now while it is time My dear Brethren and Sisters I have many times had great fears and cares about your precious Souls as you are nearest related to me so you are nearest to my heart I could desire that all men would turn from their sins and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and close with him that so they may have life and salvation by him but my greatest desire is for you my hearts desire and prayer to God for you is that you might be saved My dear Brothers and Sisters great is the misery of an unregenerate estate without regeneration repentance conversion and holiness none can be saved and see God as in John 3.3 5. and Luk. 13.3 5. Except ye repent ye shall all likewise perish And Heb. 12.14 Without holiness there is none shall see the Lord and a carnale state is an estate of death Rom. 8.6 And if ye live after the flesh ye shall die ver 13. And the Apostle saith love not the world neither the things that are in the world for if any man love the world the love of the Father is not in him 1 John 2.15 Know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God Whoseever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God Jam. 4.4 Now if any man be in Christ he is a new creature old things are past away behold all things are become new 2 Cor. 15.17 and as many as are led by the Spirit of God they are the Sons of God Rom. 8.14 Oh that you would consider and meditate upon these and such like Texts of Scripture and try your selves thereby how it is with you Mr. Joseph Alleins book of conversion might prove a great help with the Lords assistance and blessing and there are many other good books that might prove a help to you herein which the Lord direct you unto and that you may read and consider and lay it to heart and that you would search narrowly into your own hearts and the Lord of Heaven grant that his heavenly and spiritual blessing may rest upon you all I have many times desired the Lord for you that he would cause you to see the great evil of sin and to close savingly with Christ and receive him upon his own terms and that you may be regenerated and born again that you may be truly converted unto God that you may receive forgiveness of sins and that your souls may be truly sanctified that you may all be redeemed by the Blood of Christ and may be justified by faith in him and that the Lord would sanctifie his dealings towards you that it may be for his glory and your good and that you may live to the praise and glory of God and be comforted in him to all eternity Oh now that you would give up your selves to God resign up your selves in Covenant to him through Jesus Christ for ever to be his to walk in his wayes to be guided by his laws to be ruled and directed by him at all times that you might never depart from him Oh that you would truly prepare for death and eternity Make a true preparation for death and then you will be in a well set way to live for till people are prepared for death they are not well fit to live Oh now you should give up your selves to God by prayer pray heartily to God that he would come in with converting and sanctifying Grace into your souls Draw nigh to God and he will draw nigh to you Jam. 4.8 The Lord is very near to them that call upon him intruth and will never leave nor forsake such as put their trust in him He that neglects prayer is an unsanctified sinner they that neglect prayer cannot expect the blessing of God on either soul or body All they that are the adopted children of God they have the spirit of prayer in them whosoever is born of God can in some measure express himself to God and cry unto him for pardon of sin for grace for peace of conscience with earnestness and confidence in God Rom. 8.15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear but ye have received the spirit of adoption whereby we cry Abba Father Now this spirit of bondage and fear it is the Spirit of God there is a spirit of bondage once in all they that are the true people of God working fear in them and afterwards it doth become a spirit of adoption unto them First the Spirit of God doth convince people of their sins it shews them the evil of sin and so brings them in fear and bondage about their sins and afterwards the Spirit of God doth comfort their Souls people must be convinced before they be converted they must be sensible of their sins and pricked to the heart before they will ask what they must do to be saved Act. 2.37 And then afterwards the Spirit of God doth come in with comfort to their souls then the Spirit of God causeth them to cry Abba Father that is to make their request to God as to a Father Prayer is a duty that doth lie upon all people and God doth accept weak prayers from his children if they be sincere There are many Hypocrites that can make better prayers that can express themselves in prayer better than many of Gods chosen ones but God doth reject them because they are not sincere Prov. 15.8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the

Blessed are all those that trust in him The last Psalm that ever I heard was the fifteenth the description of a Citizen of Zion And the last Hymn that ever I heard was that entituled Trust in Gods Providence it was very good There it is said The righteous shall not be forsaken or his seed beg their bread A righteous man may have a wicked child as David had an Absalom but the righteous-children of the righteous shall not want their bread The eternal Spirit shall be their comfort Should I live a long time in the world I should not want for I know the Eternal God will supply me The words I speak I know not in what order they are but they are as the Spirit directs and helps me The Lord is good to his servants to all that trust in him I hope I shall be ashamed of nothing but for the works of the flesh The Lord is the same yesterday to day and for ever He is Alpha and Omega the first and the last and my times are in Gods hand My dear Father so long as you trust in the Lord you have your reward with the Father which is in Heaven Father you must be patient with your little Daughter in the flesh I have been in heats and colds but the Lord is able to raise me up as well as to cast me down I desire when my departure is at hand that I may lie down in peace The Grave is a sweet bed I never found such a sweet bed as that bed the Grave is to me in all my life This flesh is laid down in dishonour but it shall be raised in Glory About a year ago I was you know where For certainty sake one asked her saying where do you mean To which another that stood by said I think she means at Morton was it not She replied yea it was There I heard a good man I believe he is so he spake from the spirit I believe he did But when I went unto him once and again hoping to receive some comfort from him in private He was to me strange and filent and his silence at first much troubled me but since I trust my Father which is in Heaven his mind was to teach me himself that was by my close studying of good books and earnest prayer thereby he would teach me himself His mind in that which I went to a man to be resolved in and thereby he comforted me and it was that himself might have all the Glory My dear Brothers and Sisters I love you so well that I could give you my heart I have many good books and I made many * She privately earned some small matter with her needle when able and it was to bestow it in books as she did every envy thereof shifts that is according to the flesh to get them but never wronged any person in the least for them And I have one paper written when in much pain which I shall leave with you Think upon that but mostly think upon the Glorious God and upon the preciousness of your own immortal souls they are more worth than ten thousand worlds I have been much troubled and I have gone to God and have received much comfort but never had so much joy and comfort in all my life as when I was I think you know where Here one asked where To which another near her said I think she meaneth when she was at Mr. Serles at the Lords Supper Then she said yea it was so O the joy and comfort that I then received It was such as I never had in all my life I cannot express it When many others stayed in the outer rooms and outer Courts as hinted before through their cowardliness and childishness with such 't is sad But had I breath for ever I could not do enough for my Saviour I return praises to the Eternal God for himself and for my Saviour and for the Holy Ghost The Lord will cease a little and refresh me before I go hence and shall be here no more Tho I have but a little breath yet the Lord can give in more if I had none he can raise me up again The will of the Lord be done Here she breathed a little and afterward with an austere countenance and her voice altered she thus proceeded A Backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways Backsliding is a filthy thing but a good man shall be satisfied from within himself in his heart and conscience by the Spirit of God God made all things at first very good but the best was the living Soul but we all sinned and were good for nothing but to lie with Devils then God sent his Son to redeem his Elect And I trust I am one of them but I cannot as yet assure my self my hope is in the Lord for ever and ever I trust in him I trust in him I commit my self to him for ever and ever and ever Amen The Lord will give in more Grace I wait for him and for him alone All that I am and all that I enjoy is the Lords Hitherto one wrote in short-hand but not all that she spake lack abundance Here she stopt whereupon the writer ceased A little while after she spake again much more but the pen being laid aside and she spake so fast and all in short sentences that none thereof was written Next a Copy of the written Paper aforementioned of her own composing which she had delivered as her last legacy to her Brothers and Sisters whom she obliged by promise to improve to the Glory of God and the good of their own souls and was the last thing that ever she wrote But before you have an account thereof give me leave to premise this request to the Reader That in reading he would mind by whom written viz that he would mind her sex age and education A maid young and plain And likewise that he would mind for whom designed and intended viz. for her Brothers Sisters of whom there were double the number younger to those that were elder than her self all young Considering this and the intention of her affection towards them so let none naustate at the plainness of the stile or phrase or if now and then he find repeated and used the same matter words or Texts of Scripture or somewhat borrowed from others Such to whom this plain fare is beneath may leave it Such to whom it affords any savoury relish let them feed on it and improve it A Copy of the last things written by Damaris Pearse O that I could but win Souls to Christ Prov. 11.30 ALL men by nature are under the power of their sins Psal 51.5 They are naturally bent to do evil their hearts are bent after sin and iniquity and it is by the convincing awakening and sanctifying power of Gods Spirit that the hearts of any are changed And except a man be converted and born again he cannot enter into the

received it but mostly for himself his Christ and Grace to her At other times thanking her Parents acknowledging that next to God she derived her Being from them she thanked them also for her Maintenance she thanked those that Watched with and attended her And once when a Reverend Minister visited her whom she often heard and from whom she sometimes received the Lord's Supper when able to go though at this time very weak and much faultered in her speech yet when she saw him she stir'd up her self with much difficulty and forcing her self to speak said I heartily heartily heartily thank you and I thank God for you for all the good I have received by your means With many other good words she spake to him She was restless in desiring the Prayers of godly Ministers and People And if at any time she felt the least abatement of her pain she would forthwith say to those present ' Go praise God for this Her Holy Care for the Spiritual and Soul-good Of her Holy Care both of Relations and others she much evidenced Partly in her speech on her bed of which before and in her Written Paper she had delivered to her Brothers and Sisters with a charge given by her and taking a promise from them they joyntly receiving it of making improvement thereof to the Glory of God and the good of their own Souls And partly in her suitable distribution of some choice Books that she had with the same charge given to and promise taken from those that were present and some Books she gave to others at a remote distance whom she will'd might have the like charge when the Books were delivered them And said she tell such an one naming one that I thought she had had more care of her Soul before of late when she and I were some days and nights in one house together but then I observed that which since hath made me afraid of her and have shed many tears in seeking God for her The like she said she had done for one of her Brothers with hopes that God would hear her prayers for him And partly in her constant minding others to prepare for Death and Eternity as hath somewhat been hinted before and likewise several other instances thereof might be given Two days before she died she charged one of her near * M. W. Relation and one of her Sisters that was present to be witness and to mind her of it though very badly able to speak That Christ came to Redeem sinners and to seek and save that which was lost Will you remember it and believe it and cost your self upon him for Salvation many other good words worth observing were spoken by her For some days before she died she would often say I had wont to say since on my bed O spare me a little before I go hence c. but now I desire to be dissolved and to be with Christ And O when shall I appear before God and yet not because of my pain but I long to know more of the affairs of the Kingdom of Heaven for I know very little thereof while here At another time Thus O what an astonishing admiration will it be at first when I come to Heaven to be in the immediate presence of God and Christ and of such an innumerable company of Blessed Angels and Glorified Saints Once she spake somewhat long what her Perswasion was concerning the Non-conforming Ministers which I shall here omit For more than Six weeks after she first kept her bed she took nothing within her Lips but now and then a spoonful of Sack which gave her occasion thus to speak Here I take a little Wine to do me good but wo to them that drink up whole Bowls thereof and that follow strong drink until night till Wine inflame them She would often be speaking of God's Presence with her and admiring God's goodness in providing for her saying I see God and his goodness every day present in this Room yea within these Curtains I see his holy Angels here present round about me for my good they are Ministring Spirits for me and are always present for God taketh care for me and sends them to be helpful to me in bringing every drop of Liquor I receive and in helping me to receive it and in every breath I draw O the goodness of the great God in coming down to help such a poor worm as I am On a time when she had often repeated a Verse of Scripture one that was present asked whether she did intend and desire that it should be Preached upon after her Death No said she it matters not to me whether there be any Preaching upon that occasion or not but my desire is that it may be Preach'd home here pointing towards her heart on mine and your hearts After my departure said she then say No sighs nor groans from her do come But Everlasting Joys are in the room Another time thus Coffin this Corpse and lay 't in Grave A Glorious Rising it shall have She would often say some one or part of one of Barton's Hymns but mostly Hymn the 49th against love of the World and the 69th concerning Redeeming of Time both of the first Cent. Some Verse of a Psalm or Hymn or Scripture-sentence she would say when able to speak About the middle of the time of her keeping Bed having a little ease one present was hoping she might Recover again and that shortly she should see her up again in that Chair pointing to one in the Room O no she replyed I am pressing on towards the Mark c. and that would be a drawing back and I would rather go on to be with Christ than go back if it were to enjoy thousands of Gold and Silver therefore do not you tell me of that which will draw back now I am so earnestly pressing on Once seeing one whom she dearly affected pensive and sorrowful said she Those that depart from Iniquity shall undergo many Reproaches it being the very case of the Person to whom it was spoken Towards the latter end of her Sickness she would often breathe forth Saying Come Lord Jesus come quickly and O how I long to be with thee that I may know how it is there And in her last Night and but a little while before she Departed when her Speech was almost gone it was very little and low and could hardly be understood she said O Lord God King of Heaven and Earth how dearly do I love thee I love thee I love thee I love thee often repeating it those that watched think it was more than twenty times She gave a Solemn farewel to her Parents Brothers Sisters and Friends and Acquaintance and to those that Watched and to several others that visited her These were some and but some of the Gracious Speeches uttered by her after she kept her Bed And though there hath been this Collection thereof before mentioned yet they are

good that can secure them against all evil therefore compared to such things as shelter persons in danger as to a sheild Gen. 15.1 Wall of fire Zech. 2.5 And that he can fill them with all good being the God of all grace and in whom are all the treasures of Heaven and Earth and infinitely more the God of all comfort 2 Cor. 1.3 the God of peace that fills with all joy Rom. 15.13 2. They know further that God is a proportionable suitable good They know that nothing can give true comfort but that which hath a relation and beareth a proportion to their souls and to all the exigences of it Now God is the only suitable good He is suitable to all their wants and necessities he is an object every way for kind and quality suitable and commensurate to all their cases and conditions A man that is thirsty finds his stomack craving the veins do suck and pull and draw for cooling and moistning now give this person Company Musick Silver Gold yet here is no sati action for these are not suitable to his condition still he thirsts but give him drink and then it is well with him so it is with the souls of Gods people they are full of cravings and longings give them the profits and pleasures of the world these do not abate their desires for these do not answer the souls nature and therefore cannot answer its necessities but let them enjoy God this is a proportionable suitable good and this satisfies and therefore it is that Gods people do so long after God 3. They know God is a permanent good and therefore that he alone can make them happy The soul can enjoy no perfection of happiness if it be not commensurate to its own duration Gods people understand this and believe this that God only is an indeficient a never-failing good a fountain that can never be drawn dry a treasure never to be emptied one whose perfections never leave himself and one who never leaves any that ever truly injoyed him 4. They know that though God be never so perfect suitable and sure good yet it is no comfort to them unless they have an Interest in him That which must make them truly happy must be a propriety in God that they may be able to say with the Church Psal 48.14 This God is our God for ever and ever And Psal 67.6 God even our own God shall bless us They know that this Pronoun our is as much worth to their Souls as the boundless God all is wrapt up in this Propriety Luther hath a saying Much Religion lieth in Pronouns Truly all the Consolation of Saints lyeth in this Pronoun our God the all of Believers depend on this therefore it is observable How David doth roul this as a lump of Sugar under his Tongue as one loath to lose the sweet savour of it too soon Psal 18.1 2. I love thee O Lord my strength The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer my God and my strength my buckler the horn of my salvation and my high tower This Pronoun My and Our is the door at which the King of Saints entreth into our hearts with his whole train of delights and comforts and therefore it is that the desires of God's people are so much carried out after God Before I speak to the third Particular in my proposed Method I shall make some Improvement of what already hath been spoken Vse 1. If this be the Character of God's People thus earnestly to long after God Hence we may see the difference that is between Gods People and the Men of the world They as you have heard have vehement ardent longings after God But these have their affections thoughts longings desires after the thing of the World Ease Pleasure Wealth Honours and the like There is nothing that they desire and which they think worthy the pursuing of but onely these things God is not in all their thoughts as the Psalmist saith Psal 10.4 They are thirsty for worldly things they cry out as Psal 4.6 Who will shew us any good The way to be rich and great in the world Whence is this I conceive upon a double account 1. The men of the world know no other good than that which the world affords It is as true as a common observation Ignoti nulla cupido The good which is not known is not desired before any thing raises the Affection it must first touch the apprehension it must begin there Now the apprehension of the most are very low and confin'd in this particular They think there is no other happiness than the enjoyment of these outward things and therefore they desire and endeavour no other Solomon hath exprest it well to us speaking as it is conceived in the person of an Epicure and worldly man Eccles 2.24 There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour and Eccles 8.15 Nothing better under the sun than to eat drink and be merry Here is the heaven of a Worldly person and because he knoweth no other therefore he desires no other if thou knowect the gift of God and who it is that saith to thee Give me to drink thou wouldest have asked of him and he would have given thee living water saith our Saviour to the Woman of Samaria Joh. 4.10 Therefore she did not ask for it because she knew it not and so it is likewise with all others besides They knew no better than Carnal things and therefore desire no other 2. As it proceeds from want of knowledge of God so it likewise proceeds from want of relish and savour of the things of God though some may in some general confused manner apprehend that the enjoyment of God is the best happiness yet they have not any Spiritual relish of the sweet streams of Grace that flow from him from whence they might desire him They have no such Principles in them as to close and comply with God The Apostle speaking of himself and all believers saith 1 Cor. 2.12 We have not received the spirit of the World but the spirit which is of God that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God You see here it is for the Spirit of God and this Spirit received by us and in us that we know the things of God and this is opposite to the spirit of the world which savours onely the things of the world This is a sure rule that mens desires do partake of their dispositions look what the men themselves are such are the desires that issues from them as our Saviour speaks to the Jews Joh. 8.23 Ye are from beneath I am from above ye are of this world I am not of this world And what doth he infer from it even this that therefore there were different and contrary desires in them from himself because they were of the World