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A76311	A True relation, of the life & death of Sarah Beckwith, daughter of Marmaduke and Elizabeth Beckwith, of Audbrough near Massham in York-shire; who in about the twentieth year of her age departed this life, the 24th. day of the 9th. month, 1691.	Beckwith, Hannah.; Beckwith, Marmaduke.; Beckwith, Elizabeth.	1692 (1692)	Wing B1655A; ESTC R170490	17,903	40

to her desired Haven of rest for ever where there is joy that hath no end And my hearts desire is that we that are young in years may prise o●● time in this World ●●d may be preserved ●om the evill thereof That we may fear the Lord while we live and so run our race that at the closure of our days we may lay down our heads in peace when time in this world unto us shall be no more Katherine Savill I Hearing that my dearly beloved Freind Sarah Beckwith My familiar and of great acquaintance we being both of one and the same Meeting became greatly exercised with sickness It was much upon me to go visit to her though one of the least of the flock of God I looked on my self to be yet I haveing certain knowledge and sence upon my spirit that Innocent Lamb though as but a Child in years had an unspeakable love to the truth and breathings in her soul for the prosperity of it I could not be satisfied till I gave up my self to go In the love of God which I felt abounding in me towards her And when I came near the place I can truely say that the free and opened springs of life did abundantly flow forth upon me and when I came into the room where she was I found her very Weake as to the outward yet strong In the Lord as to the Inner man and in an heavenly frame of spirit to my great refreshment I saw it was the great desire of her heart to have friends to Truth in company with her and in the time of my being there she was so raised up by the power of the Lord to bear testimony to the truth in the authority and life thereof that we that were with her did believe that sometimes she felt no sickness o● pa●n upon her and as I with other Friends was standing by her at the bed side the power of the Lord Sprung up in her and she opened he● mouth and said O prise the truth O prise the truth long for it O long for it and when you have received it hold it fast let it not go And she desired friends especially those that were young to prise their time and to keep in their minds to God and value truth above all and the eternall divine power that did accompany her when she delivered those words did so tender and break my heart that I went out of the room a little to ease my spirit and when I came in again I found her in the same frame of spirit mentioning our dear deceased Friend Robert Lodge and in the like heavenly exercise she continued in a sound understanding so farr as we could apprehend even unto the very last moment of her time in this world and I am fully satisfied that to ●imself God almighty hath taken her soul to live and abide wi●h him world without end and I fully believe that through Gods help that Remembrance of her and the sweet expressions de●●vered by her in the power of the Lord will remain with me for my advantage in the Lord while I have a day to live that glory may be g ven to the great God who is worthy for ever and for evermore Alice Edge Katherine Winns Testimony concerning Sarah Beckwith With a few words of advice to young Friends THe dealings of the Lord are Worthy to be kept in remembrance and his tender mercies and loving kindness to his servants and hand-maids in this our day and age to be left upon record to future ages In which I am concerned according to my measure In this my testimony touching a young Maid Sarah Beckwith I being an eye and eare witness with severall others of the exercises she was under and of the testimony she bore through the marvellous and and heavenly power of the Lord upon her dying bed oh the sweet expressions that came from her and the heavenly acknowledgements of the great love of God unto her which was great comfort and sweet refreshment to those that were about her liveing praises to our God for ever who is thus pleased to condescend to the weak capacitys of his handmaids and graciously 〈◊〉 appear out of the mouths of babes and sucklings to perfect his praise I cannot well go by the giveing a little hint of her behaviour from her Child-hood so far as it comes within the compass of my knowledge for I knew her well the having been tabled with me she was a Child of a sound and solid witt yet very quick active and nimble about the year 1680 she being near Eleaven years of age I was taken prisoner for the truth and she removed to her fathers house but shortly after she desired to see me and to stay some time with me though she thought I had been keept in a dark hole without light yet that did not discourage her accordingly she came to me of which I was exceeding glad and truely comforted for there was no woman in the Goal but me and she became as my fellow prisoner and companion I took great notice and could not but admire that our close confinement did not trouble her and often since have had it in my mind considering her activity that she should so willingly leave her companions yea her fathers house where satisfaction as to the outward every way might have been fully offered and given her and to take her self to such a solitary way of liveing with me in that Goal which she did with chearfulness during the time of her fathers pleasure and hath often said since that she thought she could willingly have lived with us all her days and after it pleased the Lord to visit her with very great weakness through all wich he wounderfully preserved her memory though her afliction was great and in his own good time wounderfully raised her up again contrary to the expectation of most and as she grew in strength she grew in the inward knowledge of the dealings of the Lord with her as to her inner man and in inward feeling of his tender mercys to her loveing kindness which constrained her sometimes in secret and alone to sound forth liveing praises to him when she thought no eye saw her nor eare heard her but the Lord she was very deligent in comeing to meetings and very watchful I was she in the time thereof I knew not that ever I saw a droosy or a carelesse mind appear in her and if at any time in any thing she had exceeded the solide truth it was her Heavenly Fathers pleasure to follow her with gentle chastise ment in token of his love to her for it is certain that whom he loves he chastens and this brought a true fear upon her and sorrow appeared in her for offending the Lord though she thought that none had perceived it yet it was clearly observed by her Mother and in bowedness of spirit she continued before the Lord till is was his pleasure to remitt

A TRUE RELATION OF THE LIFE DEATH OF Sarah Beckwith Daughter of Marmaduke and Elizabeth Beckwith of Audbrough near Massham in York-shire Who in about the Twentieth Year of her Age departed this Life the 24th day of the 9th Month 1691. Witnessing the fulfilling of God 's ancient promise that in the latter Days he would power forth his Spirit upon his Servants and Hand-maids ●nd out of the Mouth of Babes and Sucklings he would shew forth his praise ●lessed are the Dead that dyes in the Lord yea saith the Spirit for they rest from their labours and their works follow them Rev. 14.13 Printed in the Year 1692. The Relation of HANNAH BECKWITH Touching the exercise of her dear S●●●● before and in the time of her sickness And th●●ord delivered by her a little before her Death 〈◊〉 as could be well remembred With a Te●●●●ony concerning her I Being very often with my ever dear and wellbeloved Sist●● i● th●●●me of her sickness and being truly sensiable of the wonderfull dealings of the Lord with her and of his unspeakable Love to her in her great exercise to her great comfort I called to mind yea it came fresh into my remembrance what a tender frame of spirit she had been off even from her Child-hood which I saw the Lord had not forgot but had that regard unto it as to reward the same into her bosom manyfold and I cannot forbear in the first place in short to make mention thereof in order to what I have to say ●oncerning her exercise in the time of her sickness before the Tabernacle was laid down She was endued with an understanding from her child-hood and in the years of her Youth beyond the most of her equals of her age Sober and Grave in her deportment nor adicted ●o light and needless words nor such communication as corrupts good manners but most appeared amongst us her Sisters and the rest of the Family as one who had set a watch before her Spirit that she might not offend the Lord nor be of evill example amongst Us s●● was pittifull and therein courtious and kind to all that stood in need she was tenderly obedient to her Parents and affectionate kind to us her Sisters and in the latter years of her Age she was given much to a retiredness and though carefull in the things of this World yet as one that used the world as not using it And as o●● sincerely devoted to serve the Lord and the Kingdom which hath no end and the righteousness thereof Not doubting but as the Lor● saw meet other thin●● would be added she w●● observed often in the evening when her wor● was much over to walk into the Fields and a● her return often appeared to have had a tende● exercise upon her spirit in brokenness and whe● her sickness and weakness of body begun to gro● upon her and her exercise before the Lord as to another world did inlarge in her she got little rest or sleep for many nights together yet he● understanding was kept cleer and her memory sound which she often said was a great mercy to her and praised God for it And on the 19th day of the 9th Month 1691 She being sorly troubled with shortness of breat● we did not expect according to outward appearance she should have lived over that nigh● and she also told us she questioned whether 〈◊〉 might live till morning or no But in pleas● the Lord to give her some ease and she being in Bed desired us to raise her up and so we having done so she began to speak of the dealings of the Lord with her and of the many temptations that the wicked one laboured to ensnare withall of which she said she had been sensible She desired us that were young in yeares to prize our time not knowing how few days we had to live for said she I did not think my time had been so near an end Said again many were the temptations of the enemy and more especially ●o Youth by presenting length of days and perswading them that it s soon enough for them to trouble themselves with such a concerne ●or said she so would he have perswaded me and many wayes was I so tempted by him which caused my exercise to be such as I was nearly brought to dispaire And then said she I sought the Lord night and day when no Eye saw no Eares heard but the Lord alone who heard my call and caused a cry to run through me that he had good will for me and the Lord after gave me some comfortable assurance of my salvation But the enemy hath been very busie saith she and hath surely huried me since I begun with this illness She said it was hard to live in this World and not sin against the Lord and said also if it might be well with her it were better for her to dye then to live And with great ●erveney of Spirit she besought the Lord to spare her saying Lord add one other day to me that I may seek thee and that I ma● feel thee and O Lord give me full assurance of my salvation before I depart hence Many times saying O Lord let not my distempou● overcome my sence till I come to a full Injoyment of thee and O Lord I pray thee let not my desires cease till thou answer the desires o● my heart and let nothing quench my thirst but thy love And so she continued in suplication to the Lord for a considerable time And the Lord was pleased to answer her desires to the glading of her heart and causeing her Cup to overflow So that living praises and Heavenly melodious sounds run through her to the God of her salvation and so she continued in a swee● and heavenly frame many times saying O tha● I had breath to praise the Lord O that I ha● breath to praise his Name and at many time● she gave good and tender advice to Us her Sisters desireing us to love and fear the Lord above all and to keep in the Truth saying O press after it to feel the working of it in your own hearts And when you are in it keep in it and under the government of it and heed not to deck your selves but be meet and low saying None ought to pride themselves in any Induements neither in Beauty not in any o●her thing because it was not their● but the Lords who gave it them and can tak● it away when he pleaseth saying what is all now to me tenderly advising us not to let any thing in this World steal away our mindes She also spake of the state of many and said there are many that were grown careless and was gotten into liberty and such were ill examples to those that were coming up and said there are many that comes to Meetings and professes the Truth that knows but little what Truth is and said also it did not consist only in comeing to Meetings and wearing plain apparell and