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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B22887	Living testimonies concerning the death of the righteous. Or The blessed end of Joseph Featherstone and Sarah his daughter; written by Sarah his wife, and Thomas Browne her second husband; not unworthy the knowledge of friends and their posterity; that all may be incouraged to live well, that their latter end may be blessed. Also something concerning Charles Wray, Grace Browne, and Katharine Browne her daughter, writ by Thomas Browne the elder, in Partney in the county of Lincoln. All of them being a sweet favour of life, laid down their heads in peace	Featherstone, Sarah, of Partney-Mills, Lincolnshire.; Browne, Thomas, of Partney. aut; Wray, Charles, member of the Society of Friends. aut	1689 (1689)	Wing F576B	16,265	47

how he brought him through the Wilderness and from off the barren Mountains and bore up his head above many Temptations and Trials within and without and set his Feet upon a Rock and established his goings so that he could call to his Neighbours and Acquaintance to come and taste how good the Lord is to them that wait upon him and many a time could speak a Word in season to such as were seeking the Living amongst the Dead and his circumspect Walking reached the Hearts of many for he loved Truth in the inward parts and to do the Will of the Lord was his great delight He was Convinced of Gods Everlasting Truth the Twenty ninth Year of his Age whom the Lord made Instrumental in his Hand towards my Convincement he was a true Yoke-fellow indeed his Company to me was very dear and my Soul hath often been refreshed in his savoury Life which hath caused my loss of so dear a Husband and so true a help-meet to be the greater but knowing it to be of the Lord I desire to be submitted to his blessed Will that he alone may have the Glory of his own Works for he is worthy who is God blessed for ever In the time of his Sickness the Lord was pleased to bear him up in much Patience and he was freely given up to the Will of the Lord the day aster he fell Sick I sitting by him he perceiving I was much troubled he said Dear heart give me up to the Will of the Lord for said he I can freely give up all and when some Friends came to visit him he Exhorted them to Faithfulness And then the Lord would make a Dying-Bed Comfortable to them and said though he felt much Sickness and Pain upon his Body yet the Refreshments that he felt from the Lord made all his Troubles easie then he spoke many comfortable Words to me saying How good the Lord had been to us in many Exercises and Tryals and through his great Love bore up our heads above them all and his Prayers was to the Lord that we might be preserved in his holy Fear and undefiled Way to bear a Testimony to the blessed Truth to the end of our days And then he desired me that his dear Child should be brought up in the Nurture and Fear of the Lord and Educated in the plain and decent Parts that belongeth to a Woman but upon a needless Seam nor any thing superfluous no not to lift her hand to do for that said he Will bring dishonour to the blessed Truth and be a Burthen to the simple-Hearted and draw out the minds of the young ones after Vanity which thing said he my Soul hateth The day before he was taken away he seemed to be something restless I said dear Heart thou art Restless then he with a chearful Countenance said Do'st thou not know where the Weary go to Rest and said my Rest and Fellowship is with the Lord Some Friends came to Visit him who asked how it was with him he said I am well I feel no Sickness and told them he was glad to see them and was much Refreshed in his Spirit and many sweet Refreshments from the Lord ran through him to the great Comfort and Refreshment of the honest-Hearted then he desired to be alone saying I would see if I could get a little Sleep and so rested a pretty time and then I asked him how he felt himself he said I am well blessed be the Lord and desired me to be satisfied for he was satisfied and lifting up his Hands said O Lord thou art the Eternal God and so fell asleep in the Lord where he is gone far above the reach of his Persecutors to praise the Lord that sits upon the Throne and the Lamb for evermore in the undoubted sence thereof my Soul doth praise and Magnifie the Lord on his behalf who counted him worthy to suffer for his Name sake by bearing a faithful Testimony against the Hireling Priests who like devouring Wolves seek to lay Waste Gods Heritage And now having somewhat eased my Spirit I humbly desire of the Lord that he would be pleased to bear me up through all my Exercises and Tryals that he may be pleased to suffer me to be tryed withal and to endue me with Wisdom and Understanding to govern my dear Child and Family in his most holy Fear and undefiled Way to the Praise of his most holy Name Amen That when time shall be here no more I may have a Resting-place with the Lord for evermore He departed this Life the 26th day of the 9th Month 1682. in Postland in the Parish of Crowland and was Buried the 27th day in Friends-Burying-place in Crowland being Accompanied with a pretty many Friends Relations and Neighbours Postland in the Parish of Crowland being the place of my Abode the 12th of the 3d Month 1683. Sarah Featherstone A brief Relation of the Life and Death of my dear and only Child Sarah Featherstone a Maid of the Age of fifteen years wanting one Month who Departed this Life at Partney-Mills in Lincoln-Shire the 17th day of the 7th Month 1688. THere hath a weight lain upon my Spirit for some time to Write this Testimony concerning my dear and only Child For the Righteous shall be had in Everlasting Remembrance and truly it was the Lords great Love to me in giving me this dear Child which I acknowledge as a great Blessing but that which is chiefly in my Eye was the Lords great Love to her who had inclined her Heart to hear Wisdoms Voice which often calleth to the young Ones To remember their Creator in the days of their Youth and Blessed are they that hear and obey in their measure and with meek Moses chose rather to suffer Afflictions with the Children of God then to enjoy the Pleasures of Sin for a season And blessed be the Lord for ever who had inclined her Heart to Love Serve and Fear him from her tender years for from a Child she was tender and harmless in true Submission and Obedience to her Parents so that I know not that in her young time that we ever had any just cause to use the Rod for she was very tender-Hearted and of a comely Behaviour kind and courteous to all people of a meek and quiet Spirit therefore beloved of most that did know her Her dear Father Departed this Life when she was about nine years of Age who desired upon his dying-Bed That his dear Child should be brought up in the Nurture and Fear of the Lord and be Educated in the plain and decent parts that belong to a Woman but upon a needless Seam nor upon any thing Superfluous no not to lift her Hand to do for that saith he will bring Dishonour to the blessed Truth and be a burthen to the simple-Hearted and draw out the minds of the young Ones after Vanity which thing saith he my Soul hateth and his Breathings was to the Lord that

singular good nature and of a comely chearful quiet modest Countenance ripe Wit quick of Apprehension mild and loving Behaviour to all and especially to Friends but more especially to them that were poor at Monthly Meetings when Women Friends had Contributions for the service of Truth this dear Child would freely throw in her Mite a poor Widow Friend use to come to our House when she went away if this dear Child did not see her she would sometimes run after her not like Gehazi and give her something she had of her own as sometimes half a dozen Eggs which shewed a tender regard she had to the Poor her dear Father dyed when she was about nine years old and after a convenient time her dear Mother became my Wife so I had a certain knowledge of her for about six years in which time I cannot remember that she ever gave me one angry word but was as loving and tender to me as though she had been my own Child I was carried to Prison for bearing my Testimony against Tythes and there the Lord was pleased to visit me with Sickness and other great Troubles in which time this dear Child came several times to visit me though the Journey was long and difficult sometimes but her dear and tender Love to me out-ballanced it all This dear Child ever since I did know her had a great desire to go to Friends Meetings I never see her in the least concerned in sleep or heaviness but when I looked upon her I found her in a sober and weighty frame of Spirit which often caused my Heart to rejoyce and the remembrance of her is very sweet to me at this time When the Lord was pleased to visit her with this Sickness whereon she dyed which was in the fifteenth year of her Age she bore it with great Patience considering the violence of the Distemper it was a very high Feaver of which she lay just a Week in which time she would often breath unto the Lord and say Ah Lord help me and say Ah dear Father what must I do Ah dear Mother what must I do never so sick in all my Life we tenderly exhorted her to keep her mind stayed upon the Lord then she would lie still a pretty while whil'st the violence of the Distemper sorely troubled her then she would cry out as before and say Ah Lord help me and several times did lift up her hands and say Lord have mercy upon me Ah Lord help me thus this patient innocent Lamb finished her Testimony in a good day and I do verily believe is at rest with the Lord for evermore this dear Babe which was the only Child of her tender Mother Departed this Life the seventeenth day of the seventh Month 1688. about mid night and was honourably Buried the twentieth day following at Tumby-Wood side in the Parish of Lirkby upon the Bain in Friends Burning-Place being accompanied with pretty many Friends Relations and Neighbours unto the said place where there was gathered together a pretty many Friends and Neighbours where we had a good Meeting held by our very dear and well-beloved Friend John Whitehead who very tenderly accompanied us thither where we were livingly refreshed together for there was Milk for Babes and Meat for them of riper Age with living Testimonies concerning the sober Life and harmeless Conversation of this innocent Child by our dear Friend John Whitehead who had certain knowledge of her she being sometimes before Tabled at his House and William Birks likewise she having been at his House a pretty time a little before she fell Sick was constrained to bring in his publick Testimony concerning this dear Child all which greatly refreshed and comforted us her Relations and was of good service to the whole Meeting and may be a sweet savour to Generations to come much more I might say concerning this dear Child as to her sober and loving Behaviour to all her comliness in her Apparel c. who like meek Moses chose rather to suffer Afflictions with the dispised People of God in scorn called Quakers then to enjoy the pleasures of Sin for a season and did truly I believe remember her Creator in the days of her youth this is Written for this and Generations to come to stand upon Record that young People may consider their latter end and whilst they have time prize it Written in love to the Lord his Truth and People having had a weight upon my Spirit for some Months and now having eased my mind and done my Duty which I did owe I desire to rest in Peace And if I in this or at any other time have said or done any thing that may tend to Gods Glory or be serviceable to any my real desire is that he alone may have the Glory Honour and the Praise for he alone is worthy not only at this time but henceforth and for evermore Amen saith my Soul. Partney-Mills the 4th day of the 11th Month 1688 89. Thomas Brown Which was her Father in Law. Some Testimonies Concerning Charles Wray Grace Brown and Katharine Brown her Daughter Writ by Thomas Brown the Elder in Partney in the County of Lincoln who all dyed in the Faith and left a sweet savour behind them the said Charles Wray having received a heavenly Gift which he exercised to Gods glory and the refreshment of his People SOmething lies weightily upon my mind and hath done for several Months to Write as a Testimony concerning our dear Friend Charles Wray being one that was very well acquainted with him for several years I thought it my Duty to mention something concerning his tender care over the Church of Christ while amongst us he was taken from us in the flower of his Years the Lord was pleased to take him away as he hath done many honest Friends before and since from the evil to come he was Servant to me about half a year and Tenant to me about twelve years in which time he was very serviceable to me and my dear Wife as to our Convincement not only by his Words but by his wise Walking he met with great Exercise in his time but the Lord was pleased to carry him through it all and make him instrumental in his Hand to the strengthning of the weak for the Lord was pleased to open his Mouth to declare of his great love to Mankind in which service was his chief delight towards the latter end of his time the Lord was pleased to visit him with weakness of Body so that he lay in Bed some Weeks in which time I went several times to visit him and was very much refreshed together for the Presence of the Lord did attend him In his Weakness he was very Comfortable both to Friends and others for he could speak a Word in season to most Conditions the Lord was pleased in the time of his Weakness to send two of his Messengers amongst us and he having a great desire to see them

they with some Friends went one Evening to visit him and we had a heavenly Meeting together for the Power and Presence of the Lord was plentifully manifested amongst us and our Weak Brother whom I am speaking of was at that time made Strong to declare of the Goodness of the Lord and to praise his most holy Name to the great comfort and refreshment of the Faithful he often desired of the Lord that he would be pleased to endue him with a good Understanding to the end of his days and lay no more upon him then he would give him Patience to bear all which the Lord in his great Love and Mercy was pleased to answer Praises to his most holy and powerful Name for evermore Amen saith my Soul for he did speak sensible Words a little before he departed and was born up with much Patience all the time of his Weakness he said to a Friend a little before his Death That the Candle did burn dim and presently departed without either Sob or Groan that was heard he remembred his Creator in his young time and made his peace with God whil'st here and now is gone to receive the Fruits of his Labours and to rest with the Lord for evermore so hoping I have done my Duty which I did owe and eased my Spirit I desire to rest in peace with the Lord in whom is my chief delight Written in Partney the Tenth day of the Eleventh Month 1682. By Thomas Brown the Elder I felt a weight laid upon me to Write this Testimony concerning my dear and truely loving Wife Grace Brown whom the Lord hath been pleased to take to himself THis I can say she had an honest desire after the Lord in the Summer of her days as I may say early when I had little in my mind that was good she did often breath unto the Lord for me and my dear Child Eliabeth likewise who was a Loving Tender and Obedient Child to us both whom the Lord hath been pleased to take to himself likewise about a eleven days before her dear Mother and he was pleased to hear their Cries and Tears and change my mind to that which was good and acceptable to himself Praises to his Powerful Name for evermore Amen saith my Soul. We were both Convinced of Gods precious Truth about the year 1669. Our dear Friends John Whitehead and Charles Wray were very tender over us being chief Instruments in the hand of the Lord towards our Convincement c. she was a true faithful and loving Wife to me a true yoke-Fellow a help-Meet indeed Zealous for God and his Truth which was very precious to her which she delighted in more then any thing in this World she was freely given up to the Will of the Lord and bore things with great Patience to the admiration of some in the time of my Confinement in Lincoln-Castle where I was thrown in by a Hireling-Priest for bearing my Testimony against Tythes whom she bore a faithful Testimony against when he sent his Wife to demand Tythes when I was in Prison for not paying the same and said She did believe that Tythe was not due according to the Law of God now in this Gospel day she was made willing to part with me at that time though I was very dear unto her as a Husband could be to a Wife but it was that recompence of Reward which she had an eye unto and was made willing to suffer for that now through Mercy she hath obtained by Faith she took great delight in going to Meetings and entertaining honest Friends in the latter end of our time I speak it to the Praise of our God who was so good unto us several times as we lay in Bed together with broken and contrite Hearts we did earnestly desire of the Lord that he would be pleased to give us of his Power and Spirit that we might spend that little time that was yet behind in his most holy Fear and undefiled Way to the Glory and Praise of his Powerful Name we lived in true Love together her Company was very pleasant to me and I took more delight in it then in any thing in this World she said mine was so to her about three or four Weeks before her Death she did Write these following Words viz. It is the real desire of my Heart to walk humbly before the Lord for his Love hath engaged my Heart unto himself she was one of few Words ready to hear slow to speak in her Health and in her Sickness and so Departed this life like a harmeless innocent Lamb as though she had been a sleep so good was the Lord unto her at that time Praised be his powerful Name for ever and for evermore Amen saith my Soul much more I might say concerning her faithful Walking and tender Care over her Children to bring them up in the Fear of the Lord c. She Departed this Life the Thirty first day of the Tenth Month at Partney-Mills in Lincoln-Shire in the year 1682. about the Forty eight year of her Age she lived with me about Thirty years we had eight Children together five of them dyed before her I Buried her decently and according to good Order practised amongst us the second day of the eleventh Month and in the year aforesaid being accompanied with a pretty many Friends and Relations at Tumby-Wood-side in the Parish of Kirkby on the Baine in Friends Burying-Place and so having somewhat eased my Spirit I himbly desire of the Lord that he would be pleased to endue me with his Power and Wisdom to Govern my Children and Family in his most holy Fear and undefiled Way to the Glory of his most holy Name Amen so that when time here in this World will be no more I may lay down my Head in Peace as my dear Wife hath done Praises to the Lord over all for ever and for evermore Amen saith my Soul. Written in great tenderness of Spirit by a lover of Peace and Truth the Twenty fourth day of the Eleventh Month 1682. at Partney-Mills being the place of my outward Habitation Thomas Brown The Elder The Name of the Righteous shall be had in Everlasting remembrance This Testimony I have to bear concerning Katharine Brown my dear Child it hath remained as a weight upon my mind for several days to Write to this effect c. IT was the care of some in days past to keep in remembrance the Words and Works which sprang from the blessed Power of God and one said The Righteous shall be had in everlasting remembrance and said The Name of the Righteous was pretious c. This Child that I am speaking of was from her Childhood very desirous to go to Friends Meetings insomuch as one time it was with me to examine her what she went for she very tenderly gave me this answer To wait upon the Lord it was not distance of Way nor difficultness of Weather that did hinder this Child

from going to Meetings and though she was up early and the Journey pretty far five seven or eight Miles and went a foot sometimes yet this Child was never the least concerned in sleep or heaviness that I did perceive for always when I looked upon her I found her in a solid sober and weighty frame of Spirit which hath caused my Heart many a time to rejoyce in the Lord on her behalf at the time called Christmass she went to a Neighbours House they having pretty many Children and they were playing at Cards this Child sat her down by the Fire-side where the Woman of the House was and said Had not thy Children better be exercised in Reading c. the Woman said she thought they did no harme but before this Child was gotten half way home which was about half a quarter of a Mile these Children fell out as they were at their Game and were ready to fight then the Woman remembred the Childs Words and confessed to the truth of them this Woman came to visit this Child in the time of her Sickness and told us this Passage One time it was with her to Write to her Brother John he being something wild viz. Dearly beloved Brother in the Fear of the Lord do I exhort thee to Leave off Liteness and Vanity and then to wait upon the Lord and desire of him to forgive thee that which is past c. In the fore end of her Sickness one night she being in Bed and I and her dear Mother also in the same Room the Power of the Lord ran through her and she being very much troubled with a great Hoarsness all the time of her Sickness in so much that one could hardly hear her speak but at that time with a very clear voice she broke forth in Praising and Magnifying the Lord with a very sweet Harmony and said Blessed and Praised be the Lord for he is gathering a People to himself to do his Will Praises to his most holy Name for ever and kept Praising and Magnifying the Lord a pretty time but her Words were something lower so that we could not hear them all This Child did take great delight in Reading Friends Books that is Epistles to Friends and in William Bayly's Book and in the Prophesie of the Prophet Isaiah about the 51st Chapter where God Calls and Exhorts his People to trust in him if she had but a little spare time she would imploy it in either Reading or Writing she had an excellent Gift in Reading which greatly comforted and refreshed most that heard her for sometimes it would take such impression upon the tender-hearted that Tears would trickle down their Cheeks for she did read with the Spirit and with the Understanding also many things more I might mention as to her sober behaviour to all she was concerned with her comliness in her Apparel a needless thing I never did see her wear she hath left a good savour behind her and is gone to her everlasting Rest with the Lord for evermore for she did truly Remember her Creator in the days of her youth She departed this Life the 21st day of the 11th Month 1680. in the 17th year of her age at Partney-Mills in Lincoln-shire I Buried her decently the 23d day following at Tumby-Wood-side in the parish of Kirkby upon the Baine in Friends-Burying-place so desiring not to be tedious and having somewhat eased my Spirit I desire to rest in peace with the Lord and in Charity with all Men. Written in Partney By Thomas Brown the Elder THE END