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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

and raised him up in his power insomuch that a little after the twelfth Hour of the Night he began to break forth into Praying and Praising the Lord in a most sweet and precious manner and declared much of the goodness of the Lord and how bountiful he had been unto his Soul and so he lay a pretty while admiring the precious love of God which he said did plentifully flow unto his soul through Jesus Christ And he often said unto the Lord Praised Praised be thy pure holy Name And then he earnestly exhorted Friends to be faithful in their places unto the Truth saying in an overcoming Sense thereof Oh! precious precious Truth which first brake forth in this Nation It s the Glory of England And this Expression he servently and frequently used That the despised Truth of God was Englands Glory And he spake much of God's Israel saying The Lord who divided the Red Sea of old to make way for his Redeemed would surely once more appear for Zion sake Then he spake unto the Lord saying Oh thy precious Light in which I see thy Glory Lord what will become of them that despise thy Light And though these are but some of the many sweet and heavenly Expressions yet they are what the Lord brought fresh into my Remembrance of which I am a living Witness Moses West Here are some of the Words spoken by our dear Feiend Francis Patchet a little before his Death OH the love of the Lord How good hath the Lord been unto my soul this day and this Evening Oh the Unexpressible love of God! how hath it flowed forth unto my soul this day Praises pure holy Praises my Heart and Soul and all that is within me praises the Lord Oh the wonderful love of the Lord And then in Exhortation he said Friends be faithful to the Lord press forward be faithful to the Lord to the end of your dayes never look back but press forward it matters not what Trials or Reproaches you meet withal here it is nothing be you Faithful to the Lord He will carry you through all He hath a little Remnant which he hath regard unto Press forward Friends in the Truth for it is the Truth the Blessed Truth which is declared of The Lord hath raised up many able Ministers of the Gospel of the Gospel here in England The Lord is come to teach his People himself in Spirit and in Truth the False Prophet and the Hireling Priest the Lord will cut down and all that resist his Blessed powerful Work which he hath begun in this Nation of England For he hath begun a good Work and he will carry it on against all Opposition of Evil Spirits that resist it Oh how is the Spirit of the Lord upon me at this time pure Holy praises be given unto his pure Holy powerful Name which hath opened my Mouth at this time to speak of his wonderful Works How the Lord appeared for Israel of old by a Mighty and Out stretched Arm of power when their Enemies were behind them ready to overtake them and the Red Sea before them that in Appearance there was no way to escape yet how did the Lord appear wonderfully for their Deliverance and brought them through Speaking much more of what the Lord would do for his Faithful Israel in this day Blessing and praising the Lord for all his Mercies and Loving-kindnesses which he was made largely a Partaker of to the Praise of the great Name of the Lord. Ann Edmundson Postscript Reader HAving come much short of what was spoken and declared at large by this Faithful man concerning the things of God his Kingdom as they were plentifully opened unto him upon his dying bed and because we could not omit to mention what we certainly retained in Memory we have here collected a short Account of the the Heads of those things he declared of with some Words expresly as he spoke them As First He spake much concerning The living Bread that came down from Heaven the Heavenly Manna the Souls Food Saying Buy it without Money and without Price eat and live for ever drink and live for ever Exhorting to know this Bread In our own Houses c. If you know the Truth said he the Truth shall set you free Truth Truth Truth Oh the precious Truth it is all and more then all And at another time said Oh! thy Pure Everlasting Light which is so much despised amongst men thy precious light by which I see thy Glory And at another time two Friends standing by his Bed side he turned his Face to them and said I know you both pray for me And some time after another Friend R. T. came in and asking him how he did His Answer was I have had a great Skirmish but through Mercy I have overcome and said also Avoid Satan I defie thee get thee behind me Satan I have got the Victory And then in Exhortation said Resist the Devil and he will flee from you that subtil Serpent that goes about like a Roaring Lion seeking whom he may devour And spake much that the Devil would have Christ To fall down and worship him and how the Devil carried Christ up to shew him the Glory of the World saying All this will I give thee if thou wilt fall down and worship me And again exhorted Friends saying Press forward to the End of your Dayes my dear Brethren and Sisters that are here present with me I know ye not that is after the outward man but be ye all Faithful He also spake very much concerning David as well he might being made a large Partaker of David's Experiences of the Goodness and Mercies of the Lord unto his Soul as David did Oh David said he A man after God's own heart and how David praised the Lord and to shew the Goodness of God to David he spake very much And often times in great Admiration of the Truth and its Glorious Appearance he uttered these and the like Words Oh the Glory of England the Appearance of Truth England 's Glory And that The Lord hath begun a Good Work in England and he will carry it on notwithstanding all Opposition He exhorted much to Faithfulness and to obey the Truth and walk in the Truth The Truth of God said he is precious He did often express an Indignation against Idolatry False Prophets and Hirelings and said The False Prophet and Hireling Priest the Lord will cut down and he will teach his People himself And he declàred much concerning Israel of old and of their being brought into the good Land the promised Land And after God had delivered Israel said he Then Israel sang Praises unto the Lord out of Egypts Bondage they were delivered and brought into the Good Land the same it is this day where none can make afraid which he often said and spake how the Lord brought all his through Trials Reproaches and Troubles saying It is no matter what Trials Reproaches Troubles and Afflictions we meet withal here the Lord will bring and carry us through them all And likewise about the New-man Not the Old-man said he but the New-man Christ Jesus that is revealed doth bring back again out of the Fall Thomas Farnbury the man of the house where he died who not counted one of the People called Quakers yet a friendly and honest man gave this Testimony concerning him That it was the Divine Nature and Power of God that spake in him more then at other times This is the Substance of what we kept in Memory being but a small part of those sweet and living Expressions given forth by this patient Sufferer and Servant of the Lord who by the Power of the Lord after looked upon as a dead or dying man was raised up to declare of the wonderous works of God in a most sweet and heavenly manner who began to speak a little after the twelfth hour of the Night spake till about the the third Hour and afterwards continued making sweet Melody in his Heart to God till between the ninth and tenth Hour in the Morning and then departed out of this earthly House like a patient Lamb 2 Cor. 5. 1. For we know that if our earthly House of this Tabernacle were disolved we have a Building of God an House not made with Hands Eternal in the Heavens Henry Toul●son and Andrew Lund 〈◊〉 Country-men and Fellow prisoners fo● the same Testimony Thomas and Marabella Farnbury Christopher Cheesman and Elizabeth his Wife Moses West Ann Edmundson Rebecca Veal and Marabella Farnbury the younger who were Eye and Ear-witnesses THE END