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An account of the blessed end of Gulielma Maria Penn, and of Springet Penn, the beloved wife and eldest son of William Penn
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Penn, William, 1644-1718.
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1699
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Wing P1243; ESTC R220386
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AN ACCOUNT OF THE Blessed End OF Gulielma Maria Penn AND OF Springet Penn The Beloved WIFE and Eldest SON of William Penn. Printed for the Benefit of his Family Relations and particular Friends in Memory of them and the Lord's Goodness to Them AN ACCOUNT OF THE Blessed End Of my Dear Wife Gulielma Maria Penn. The Memory of the Just is Blessed Prov. 10. 7. MY Dear Wife after eight Month's Illness though she never perfectly recoved her weakness the Year before which held her about six Months Departed this Life the 23 d of the 12 th Month 1693 4 about half an hour past two in the Afternoon being the sixth Day of the Week and the Fiftieth Year of her Age and was sensible to the very last During her Illness she uttered many living and weighty Expressions upon divers Occasions both before and near her End Some of which I took down for mine and her dear Childrens Consolation At one of the many Meetings held in her Chamber we and our Children and one of our Servants being only present in a tendering and living Power she broke out as she sate in her Chair Let us all prepare not knowing what Hour or Watch the Lord cometh O I am full of Matter Shall we receive Good and shall we not receive Evil things at the hands of the Lord I have cast my care upon the Lord he is the Physician of Value my Expectation is wholly from him He can raise up and He can cast down A while after she said Oh what shall be done to the unprofitable Servant At another Meeting before which much Heaviness seemed to lie upon her Natural Spirits she said This has been a precious Opportunity to me I am finely relieved and comforted Blessed be the Lord. At another time as I was speaking to her of the Lord's Love and Witness of his Spirit that was with her to give her the Peace of Well-doing she returned to me looking up For said she I never did to my a knowledge a wicked thing in all my Life To a Friend Aged 75 Years that came to see her she said Thou and I to all appearance are near our Ends. And to another about 65 Years old that came also to see her she said How much older has the Lord made me by this weakness than thou art But I am contented I do not murmur I submit to his Holy Will In the strength of her Fits and Vapours she said 'T is the great Goodness of the Lord that I should be able to lie thus still He is the Physician of Value to me can I say Let my Tongue set forth his Praise and my Spirit Magnifie Him whilst I have Breath O I am ready to be transported beyond my strength God was not in the Thunder nor in the Lightening but he was heard in the Still Voice She did at several times pray very sweetly and in all her Weakness manifested the most equal undaunted and resigned Spirit as well as in all other respects she was an excelling Person both as Child Wife Mother Mistress Friend and Neighbour She called the Children one day when weak and said Be not frighted Children I do not call you to take my leave of you but to see you and I would have you walk in the Fear of the Lord and with his People in his Holy Truth or to that Effect Speaking at another time solemnly to the Children she said I never desired any Great Things for you but that you may fear the Lord and walk in his Truth among his People to the end of your days c. She would not suffer me to neglect any publick Meeting after I had my Liberty upon her Account saying often O go my dearest Don't hinder any Good for me I desire thee go I have cast my care upon the Lord I shall see thee again About three hours before her End a Relation taking leave of her she said again I have cast my care upon the Lord My dear Love to all Friends and lifting up her Dying Hands and Eyes pray'd the Lord to preserve them and bless them About an hour after causing all to withdraw we were half an hour together in which we took our last leave saying all that was fit upon that solemn Occasion She continued Sensible and eat something about an hour before her Departure at which time our Children and most of the Family were present she quietly Expired in my Arms her Head upon my Bosom with a sensible and Devout Resignation of her Soul to Almighty God I hope I may say she was a Publick as well as Private Loss for she was not only an excellent Wife and Mother but an Entire and Constant Friend of a more than common Capacity and greater Modesty and Humility yet most equal and undaunted in Danger Religious as well as Ingenuous without Affectation An easie Mistress and good Neighbour especially to the Poor Neither lavish nor penurious but an Example of Industry as well as of other Vertues Therefore our great Loss tho' her own Eternal Gain Sorrow and Joy IN THE LOSS and END OF Springet Penn. MY very Dear Child and Eldest Son Springet Penn did from his Childhood manifest a Disposition to Goodness and gave me hope of a more than ordinary Capacity and time satisfied me in both respects For besides a good share of Learning and especially of Mathematical Knowledge he shewed a judgment in the use and application of it much above his Years He had the Seeds of many good Qualities rising in him that made him Beloved and consequently Lamented but especially his Humility Plaineness and Truth with a Tenderness and Softness of Nature that if I may say it were an improvement upon his other Good Qualities But though these were no Security against Sickness and Death yet they went a good way to facilitate a due Preparation for them And indeed the Good Ground that was in him shewed it self very plainly sometime before his Illness For more than half a Year before it pleased the Lord to visit him with Weakness he grew more Retired and much disengaged from Youthful Delights shewing a remarkable Tenderness in Meetings even when they were silent But when He saw himself doubtful as to his Recovery he turn'd his Mind and Meditations more apparently towards the Lord secretly as also when they were in the Room that attended upon him Praying often with great Fervency to the Lord and uttering very many Thankful Expressions and Praises to him in a deep and sensible manner One day he said to us I am Resigned what God Pleaseth he knows what 's best I would live if it Pleased him that I might serve him But O Lord not my Will but thy Will be done One speaking to him of the Things of this World and what might Please him when Recovered He answered My Eye looks another way where the truest Pleasure is When he told me he had Rested well and that I said it was a Mercy to him he