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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A70718	A faithful narrative of the life and death of that holy and laborious preacher Mr. John Machin late of Astbury in the county of Chester. With a præfatory epistle thereunto; written by that excellent person Sir Charles Wolseley Baronet. Published for the furtherance of real piety in ministers and others.	Newcome, Henry, 1627-1695.; Wolseley, Charles, Sir, 1630?-1714.	1671 (1671)	Wing N896; ESTC R30742	27,053	108

I know not but its motion was directly towards his face coming up the steps in the Garden-walk and the visible means of prevention in Gods hand was another stone that turn'd it out of the Path-way within a few steps of him This was an awakening Providence to me and my Wife that day and sent us to our God on our knees partly for Humiliation partly for Gratulation And this stone he kept in his Study and without Superstition made it his remembrancer to continue his thankfulness to God for this great Deliverance And O that Parents would in this sort transmit to their Children an account of Gods dealings with them when they knew him not what obligations would it lay upon them to love and serve the Lord when grown to age and understanding That the Generation to come might know them even the Children that should be born who should arise and declare them to their Children That they might set their hope in God and not forget the works of God but keep his Commandements Psal 78.6 7. Of his second Child he thus saith My Daughter Lydia so called for that good womans sake Acts 16.14 was born at Astbury March 29. 1656. and there baptized Apr. 6. c. My second Son John was born Sept. 1. 1658. about six in the morning at which time Mr. R.M. a dear Brother and Fellow-labourer and J might be at Prayer for my wife as I understood at my return And he was no less a Son of Prayers The Lord make him a Son of his blessings taking him with the rest into that Everlasting Covenant Jerem. 32.40 John was baptized at Astbury Sept. 12. when I gave him this name John and prayed The Lord be gracious to him Our second Daughter Sarah was born Octob. 8. 1660. and I baptized her at Astbury Octob. 23. by the token of that word then and there Joh. 3.5 c. When this Winter was past this Holy man removed to Whitley May 17. 1661. of whose success there he himself gives this account After some time I found that God was with me in Ordinances to make Conversion work and in Providences to prevent evils and to reach good things to us Let it be remembred to his praise that Octob. 23. 1661. my Son John was within a step of drowning and Providence ordered me within fight at that time though I had been from home the fortnight before And not an hour after my Daughter Sarah was almost choaked with a thread to our great affrightment but we saw the Lords hand very notable in her preservation as we had done the Spring before from sickness in answer to Prayers Psal 103.4 Another merciful preservation of his Son John he subjoyns in these words Memorandum That our Son John had a notable escape and preservation from drowning as he and his Brother were coming from School Jun. 18. 1664. but blessed be God who is present when Parents are absent Here he continued labouring in the Lords Vineyard unto Aug. 24. 1662. at which time he took his Civil Death with many of his Brethren being unsatisfied to Conform as the Act of Uniformity then required But no man took his Death with less reflection upon Superiours or more grief for that affliction But yet there he continued labouring for the peoples advantage with all his strength and was a singular blessing to the Neighbourhood round about having his heart uncessantly bent towards the good of Souls And the Neighbouring Gentry though of a different Perswasion yet offered him not the least molestation in his honest indeavours as being convinced of the Innocence and Peaceableness of his Spirit and uprightness of his ends therein After this his youngest Child was born which he thus records My Daughter Esther was born Jan. 28. 1663. and baptized at Whitley Jan. 31. and called Esther because hidden Hidden as to Conception until time of life and hid as to the time of Travel It was then prayed Lord give her the hid treasure of his fear Isa 33.6 and make her a hid treasure to his house and ours also And having thus made use of these his Memorials we shall add what himself said of the writing of them in these words The occasion of making and writing this Book was a thought I had what was become of all my Fore-fathers and what price I should set upon one of their Manuscripts concerning the State of our Family Nation or Church of God in it 500 years since Whereupon I resolved this Work for my Sons sake and Posterities imitation when it may be said of us in this Generation as of Israel once in that Exod. 1.6 And Joseph dyed and all his Brethren and all that Generation I John Machin called by him who separated me from the Womb Gal. 1.15 to the hope of having my name in the Book of Life and likewise to be an Embassador of my Lord Christ Jesus was in my great Masters work at Astbury in Cheshire Anno 1655. when I first set Pen hereunto And so he continued it observing things remarkable towards him and his Family to the last year of his life which we have made use of in divers places of this Narrative And now having brought him within the view of his Fathers house before we give an account of the last part wherein he took possession of his expected Crown we shall give you his just Character 1. In his Personal 2. his Relative Capacity I. In himself 1 he was of an excellent Spirit in the sense of Pro. 17.27 as dispassionate as most we ever knew One that lived with him for some time sayes truly of him That he knew not that ever he saw him transported with passion but angry he would be at Sin yet still exactly after his Lord and Masters passion being grieved for the hardness of their hearts Mark 3.5 yet his Reproofs were alwayes so moderated with Love and Compassion that the Offendor could not but see that he intended them for his good 2. He had good natural Parts and was no Novice in all that learning which was necessary for his work For though he was more abundant in publick Preaching than most others which must needs hinder his Studies yet what time of vacancy he had from this work he diligently redeemed for his Book and took in Philosophy the Tongues History Positive and Practical Divinity in his course of Study being never well unless in Study or in immediate Duties or holy Conference though as it was once said of Plato's Houshold-stuff it was truly said of all his Studies There was nihil in pompam omne in usum And like one of the Architects in Plutarch who when the other had made an artificial discourse of his skill to contrive a new building before those that were to make their choice of them He only said All that this man hath said I can do So this Holy Man had the Knowledge of Doing what others could learnedly Dispute and Discourse of he could learnedly live in