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
Thomsa
Browne
the
Elder
,
in
Partney
in
the
County
of
Lincoln
.
All
of
them
being
a
sweet
savour
of
Life
,
laid
down
their
Heads
in
Peace
.
Printed
by
Andrew
Sowle
:
And
sold
at
the
Three-Kyes
in
Nags-Head
.
Court
in
Grace-Church-Street
,
1689.
Curteous
Reader
,
THE
Ensuing
Testimonies
are
tenderly
recommended
to
thy
serious
Perusual
,
with
an
earnest
desire
thou
may'st
Read
them
in
Meekness
,
and
the
Fear
of
God
;
and
if
a
Parent
,
wait
upon
the
Lord
in
his
Holy
and
Heavenly
Gift
,
to
receive
that
Wisdom
which
is
truly
profitable
to
direct
thee
,
and
to
endue
with
a
right
Understanding
,
and
a
godly
Care
and
Zeal
to
Train
up
thy
Child
in
the
Fear
of
God
,
and
Admonition
of
the
Lord
;
and
not
only
to
Admonish
thy
Child
to
that
which
is
Good
,
and
not
to
follow
or
delight
in
the
foolish
Fashions
and
vain
Dresses
of
the
evil
World
,
but
also
while
under
thy
care
to
Feed
,
Cloth
and
Provide
for
,
to
restrain
from
those
things
which
are
unbecoming
the
Truth
and
our
holy
Profession
thereof
,
and
not
to
lay
out
and
exspend
thy
Substance
which
God
hath
made
thee
a
Steward
of
,
to
gratifie
that
mind
in
thy
Child
,
which
thou
hast
known
and
felt
the
Judgment
of
the
Lord
to
be
executed
upon
in
thy self
,
because
it
was
not
subject
unto
the
Law
of
God
,
neither
indeed
can
be
;
and
therefore
ought
not
to
be
given
way
unto
in
thy
Child
,
nor
comply'd
with
by
thee
,
least
thou
become
guilty
of
thy
Childs
hurt
,
to
the
dishonour
of
Truth
,
and
thy
own
Grief
;
but
rather
then
thus
humour
thy
Child
,
let
the
like
care
be
on
thee
,
as
was
upon
our
Deceased
Friend
,
who
on
his
dying-Bed
,
Desired
that
his
Child
should
be
brought
up
in
the
Nurture
and
Fear
of
the
Lord
,
and
Educated
in
the
Plain
and
Decent
parts
or
things
that
belong
to
a
Woman
,
But
upon
a
needless
Seam
,
nor
any
thing
Superfluous
,
not
to
lift
her
Hand
to
do
,
for
that
,
said
he
,
will
bring
Dishonour
to
the
blessed
Truth
,
and
be
a
Burden
to
the
Simple-hearted
:
Observe
the
Godly
Care
of
this
good
Man
:
Oh
,
that
many
Parents
may
be
filled
with
the
like
Godly
Care
and
zeal
for
the
Education
of
their
tender
Off-spring
.
And
now
,
oh
,
Curteous
Reader
,
if
thou
art
young
,
and
not
yet
become
the
Parent
of
Children
,
Read
in
Seriousness
,
and
the
Fear
of
God
,
the
following
Testimony
concerning
these
young
Maidens
,
who
may
be
truly
esteemed
as
wise
Virgins
,
and
such
that
had
more
regard
to
the
inward
then
the
outward
Adorning
,
whereby
they
became
so
Comly
,
and
their
Conversation
so
Commendable
and
Examplary
,
that
Sarah
Featherstone
,
it
s
said
,
was
not
one
that
had
only
a
Love
to
faithful
Friends
,
and
their
Religious
Meetings
,
but
also
when
there
,
was
preserved
out
of
Drowsiness
,
Sleepiness
and
Heaviness
,
(
which
over
took
the
foolish
Virgins
,
so
that
their
Lamps
went
out
,
and
they
were
unfit
to
enter
with
the
Bride-Groom
)
but
she
sat
in
Meetings
in
a
sweet
frame
of
Spirit
,
and
was
often
tendred
in
the
Meetings
,
a
thing
very
commendable
in
Young
and
Old
:
She
also
when
she
was
sent
abroad
to
be
Educated
,
was
careful
to
improve
her
Time
,
a
thing
worthy
of
Praise
and
of
thy
Observation
;
for
with
Grief
may
it
be
said
,
there
are
too
many
Children
,
that
when
their
Parents
send
them
abroad
to
be
Educated
,
and
are
at
great
Charge
and
Expence
by
reason
thereof
,
they
too
to
much
neglect
that
which
their
Parents
send
them
forth
to
Learn
,
and
in
Play
,
Wildness
and
Idleness
squander
away
their
pretious
Time
,
often
talking
what
Portions
they
have
,
or
their
Parents
can
give
them
,
and
observing
what
this
and
the
other
wears
,
and
how
this
and
the
other
Dresses
themselves
,
and
then
endeavour
to
do
the
like
,
and
thus
stir
up
one
another
to
that
which
is
Evil
;
and
sometimes
by
giving
way
to
this
Evil
mind
,
come
to
have
a
proud
Look
,
which
is
an
Abomination
to
the
Lord
,
and
a
Lying
Tongue
,
which
he
hates
.
Oh
,
therefore
who-ever
thou
art
,
which
Reads
these
and
the
following
Lines
,
consider
seriously
these
things
,
and
remember
thou
must
Dye
and
come
to
Judgment
;
and
though
thou
art
Young
,
yet
knowest
not
how
soon
thy
change
may
come
,
and
thy
Body
must
return
to
the
Dust
,
and
become
Meat
for
the
Worms
:
Therefore
while
time
lasts
improve
it
,
and
mind
the
Grace
and
good
Spirit
of
God
in
thy
own
Heart
,
hearken
and
return
at
the
Reproofs
of
it
,
that
thou
may'st
know
and
be
led
in
the
way
of
Life
,
and
become
a
Comfort
to
thy
Parents
,
and
a
Companion
of
them
that
fear
the
Lord
,
and
rejoycing
to
thy
Friends
,
who
have
no
greater
Joy
then
to
behold
their
Children
walking
in
the
Truth
,
the
which
Truth
and
Spirit
of
it
,
if
thou
wilt
love
and
obey
,
it
will
lead
thee
to
make
a
right
improvement
of
thy
time
,
to
be
Obedient
to
thy
Parents
,
and
Subject
to
thy
Tutors
,
to
be
meek
and
lowly
in
thy
mind
,
and
to
be
affraid
to
commit
that
which
is
Evil
,
though
in
a
secret
Corner
,
or
to
wear
that
which
is
needless
or
superfluous
;
for
this
Truth
is
that
which
will
teach
thee
all
things
,
if
thou
wilt
learn
of
it
,
thou
wilt
become
more
Excellent
then
thy
Neighbours
,
and
wilt
not
be
seduced
by
the
way
of
the
Wicked
,
nor
let
thy
mind
out
after
their
vain
and
foolish
Fashions
,
nor
delight
in
their
evil
Practices
and
proud
Dresses
,
and
false
Speech
,
and
corrupt
Communication
,
but
in
the
single
Language
,
the
plain
and
decent
Dresses
and
Apparel
that
the
godly
of
Old
were
,
and
now
are
Adorned
in
.
John
Field
.
September
the
26th
1689.
There
hath
something
lain
as
a
weight
upon
my
Spirit
for
sometime
,
to
write
this
Testimony
as
followeth
,
Concerning
my
dear
Deceased
Husband
Joseph
Featherstone
,
for
the
Righteous
shall
be
had
in
Everlasting
Remembrance
.
AND
this
I
can
truly
say
concerning
him
,
that
he
was
a
Man
whom
the
Lord
had
endued
with
much
Wisdom
and
Meekness
,
as
his
mind
came
to
be
retired
inward
to
wait
upon
the
Lord
,
his
Strength
was
daily
renewed
;
and
when
the
Lord
was
pleased
to
reveal
his
Son
in
him
,
then
did
the
Lord
wonderfully
appear
for
him
,
and
by
a
strong
Hand
brought
him
out
of
Egypt's
Darkness
,
and
from
under
the
Hand
of
the
Enemy
of
his
Soul
,
who
would
not
be
willing
that
he
should
go
forth
to
serve
the
Lord
his
God.
Oh
the
deep
Exercise
of
the
Travel
of
his
Soul
for
Days
and
Months
,
when
he
went
bowed
down
under
the
weight
of
his
Sins
,
then
they
that
were
his
Teachers
before
,
could
speak
no
Peace
to
his
wounded
Soul
,
for
they
were
Physitians
of
no
value
:
Oh
the
Sence
of
the
Lords
great
Love
to
his
Travelling
Soul
,
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
we
might
be
perserved
in
his
most
holy
Fear
,
and
undefiled
Way
to
the
end
of
our
days
;
and
blessed
be
the
Lord
for
ever
,
who
giveth
Understanding
and
Wisdom
to
them
that
fear
him
;
and
is
a
sure
Help
in
the
time
of
Trouble
to
them
that
wait
upon
him
;
and
in
this
my
great
Exercise
in
parting
with
so
dear
and
tender
a
Husband
,
and
so
true
a
Help-meet
;
my
dear
Child
was
a
great
Comfort
and
Blessing
unto
me
,
and
was
very
loving
and
tender
over
me
,
surpassing
most
of
her
equals
that
I
knew
of
;
&
as
she
did
grow
up
in
years
,
was
a
good
Example
in
our
Family
,
for
her
harmless
Life
and
loving
Behaviour
appeared
to
the
World
what
Stock
she
was
of
,
but
more
especially
her
dear
and
tender
Love
to
faithful
Friends
,
of
which
she
ever
had
a
good
esteem
,
and
would
mind
me
often
of
the
Want
of
poor
Friends
and
others
,
And
she
her self
would
be
helpful
in
what
she
had
of
her
own
,
when
need
required
;
for
her
Life
and
Delight
was
in
doing
good
,
and
in
that
she
reached
the
better
part
in
all
,
and
from
a
Child
she
did
take
great
delight
in
going
to
Meetings
,
and
was
much
preserved
out
of
heaviness
,
or
having
her
eye
abroad
,
but
sitting
in
a
sweet
frame
of
Spirit
,
and
would
often
be
tendred
in
a
Meeting
,
which
hath
often
refreshed
my
heart
in
the
great
Love
of
the
Lord
,
and
to
him
be
the
Glory
and
Honour
over
all
his
own
Works
for
evermore
,
Amen
saith
my
Soul.
And
when
I
Married
the
second
time
,
the
Innocency
of
my
dear
Child
did
much
appear
in
her
Tenderness
and
Obedience
to
us
her
Parents
,
and
her
love
to
all
she
came
amongst
,
for
her
Life
was
in
Peace
,
and
could
not
abide
Discord
should
have
place
in
any
:
And
when
she
went
abroad
to
be
Educated
,
she
would
be
very
careful
in
improving
her
time
,
and
was
a
good
Example
where
she
went
,
amongst
Friends
and
others
,
and
hath
left
a
good
savour
behind
her
,
and
her
removal
hath
tendred
the
hearts
of
many
that
did
know
her
;
and
when
my
dear
Husband
was
taken
to
Prison
from
me
and
his
tender
Family
,
she
was
a
true
Simpathizer
with
me
,
many
times
willing
to
take
part
with
me
in
my
Exercises
,
for
she
was
very
dear
and
tender
over
me
,
willing
to
be
governed
by
me
,
and
to
take
up
the
cross
to
her
own
will
in
any
thing
I
could
not
allow
of
for
her
to
wear
or
do
;
and
her
dear
Fathers
dying
Words
did
take
deep
impression
upon
her
heart
,
and
though
Temptations
sometimes
did
lie
near
,
yet
through
the
Lords
great
Love
to
her
,
her
heart
was
kept
low
,
and
she
with
Mary
chose
the
better
part
,
which
shall
never
be
taken
from
her
;
so
that
I
am
satisfied
that
her
Life
was
not
in
those
perishing
things
;
in
which
my
heart
is
often
refreshed
and
comforted
,
and
the
remembrance
of
her
is
made
sweet
to
me
;
for
through
the
Lords
great
Love
to
her
,
I
know
not
any
that
can
charge
her
with
any
wrong
done
to
them
,
either
by
word
or
deed
,
for
her
life
and
delight
was
in
Innocency
and
Love
,
adorned
with
Meekness
.
Oh
,
the
consideration
of
my
great
loss
of
so
dear
a
Child
now
in
my
old
Age
,
hath
caused
me
sometimes
to
say
in
my
heart
if
David
said
of
Absolom
,
would
God
I
had
dyed
for
thee
,
O
Absolom
my
Son
!
surely
I
have
far
more
cause
then
David
had
,
I
having
no
more
of
my
own
to
be
a
Comfort
to
me
,
(
this
being
the
last
of
Ten
,
Nine
of
them
were
Buried
before
her
Father
)
whose
old
Exercise
the
●ord
is
pleased
to
renew
,
but
when
I
consider
of
Eternity
,
and
the
Joy
that
they
are
entred
into
;
and
how
good
the
Lord
hath
been
to
me
in
the
days
of
my
Afflictions
,
and
hath
born
up
my
head
above
all
my
Sorrows
,
and
that
they
are
taken
away
from
the
evil
to
come
;
in
this
I
am
stayed
,
believing
that
my
loss
is
their
everlasting
gain
,
and
that
I
shall
go
to
them
as
I
in
faithfulness
abide
.
In
the
seventh
Month
on
the
ninth
day
,
about
the
eleventh
hour
of
the
night
,
it
pleased
the
Lord
to
visit
my
dear
Child
with
this
Sickness
whereon
she
dyed
,
and
when
my
maid
came
and
told
me
my
Child
was
taken
Sick
,
my
heart
was
much
troubled
,
and
it
seised
upon
me
very
deeply
,
that
my
dear
Child
would
be
taken
from
me
;
and
when
I
came
at
my
Child
she
did
lie
in
a
sweet
frame
of
Spirit
,
under
a
great
weight
of
Sickness
,
and
when
I
had
been
with
her
some
time
,
she
told
me
,
she
thought
she
should
be
taken
from
me
,
which
caused
my
Exercise
every
way
to
be
the
greater
,
but
to
the
Will
of
the
Lord
I
was
brought
who
gave
me
her
,
and
he
alone
was
worthy
to
dispose
of
her
as
he
pleaseth
;
and
so
my
dear
Child
did
lie
in
a
sweet
frame
of
Spirit
,
often
breathing
to
the
Lord
to
bear
her
up
above
all
her
troubles
,
and
did
speak
little
to
us
,
but
her
weakness
increased
daily
upon
her
,
and
much
pain
,
which
this
dear
Babe
endured
with
much
patience
;
and
when
we
would
have
sent
for
a
Doctor
,
she
would
not
,
but
said
,
she
was
freely
given
up
to
the
Will
of
the
Lord
,
whether
to
live
or
dye
;
and
said
,
dear
Mother
,
give
me
such
things
as
thou
thinkest
convenient
for
me
,
that
I
am
able
to
take
,
for
I
am
weak
;
and
said
,
dear
Mother
,
it
hath
been
laid
before
me
sometime
,
that
I
was
not
of
a
long
Life
,
and
if
this
be
the
time
of
my
Change
I
am
content
;
and
so
did
lie
still
,
not
seeming
to
be
concerned
at
any
thing
,
but
keeping
her
mind
inward
,
often
breathing
to
the
Lord
to
bear
her
up
above
her
weakness
,
and
to
be
her
support
to
the
end
of
her
days
;
my
heart
would
often
be
bowed
down
and
tendred
when
I
did
see
her
under
the
great
weight
of
her
Sickness
,
at
which
she
would
be
troubled
;
and
say
,
dear
Mother
,
thy
dear
and
tender
love
to
me
hath
been
very
great
,
and
in
that
Love
I
desire
we
may
rest
,
freely
given
up
to
the
Will
of
the
Lord
,
for
the
Lord
may
not
see
it
meet
to
trust
me
in
this
wicked
World
any
longer
;
and
then
she
said
,
dear
Mother
,
who
would
desire
to
live
in
this
abominable
wicked
World
any
longer
?
Oh
,
the
abominable
Pride
of
this
wicked
World
;
and
there
is
some
amongst
us
,
which
can
take
liberty
to
fashion
themselves
in
many
things
like
unto
the
World
,
both
in
their
Habit
,
and
other
needless
things
;
Oh
,
but
the
Christian
Life
is
another
thing
;
this
is
not
the
adorning
we
are
to
put
on
,
for
if
the
Righteous
scarcely
be
saved
,
where
shall
the
Wicked
and
Vngodly
appear
?
then
she
did
lie
still
for
some
time
whilst
the
violence
of
the
Feaver
troubled
her
much
;
and
then
she
said
,
Ah
,
my
dear
Mother
,
in
all
my
Sickness
that
I
have
had
,
I
never
felt
the
like
I
think
,
but
I
hope
the
Lord
will
be
pleased
to
bear
me
up
above
all
my
troubles
to
the
end
of
my
days
;
Ah
,
my
dear
Father
,
never
so
sick
in
my
Life
;
Oh
,
sick
at
my
heart
,
which
often
tendred
our
hearts
,
to
see
our
dear
Child
pass
through
these
great
troubles
at
some
times
;
and
then
she
would
say
,
Oh
Lord
in
mercy
remember
me
,
and
bear
me
up
above
all
my
Afflictions
,
for
my
heart
trusteth
in
thee
;
I
said
,
my
dear
Child
,
if
the
Lord
should
be
pleased
to
take
thee
from
me
,
where
hast
thou
a
desire
to
be
Buried
,
wilt
thou
be
Buried
by
thy
dear
Father
,
in
Friends
Burying-place
,
in
Crowland
where
we
came
from
?
she
said
,
I
have
some
thoughts
formerly
to
have
been
Buried
by
my
dear
Father
,
but
considering
the
greatness
of
the
Journey
,
and
so
many
Buried
near
him
,
I
am
satisfied
,
I
leave
it
to
thee
and
my
Father
;
I
said
,
my
dear
Child
,
art
thou
willing
to
be
Buried
in
our
Burying-place
,
where
I
hope
to
be
Buried
by
thee
;
she
said
,
dear
Mother
,
Bury
me
where
thou
and
my
Father
pleaseth
,
I
leave
it
to
you
,
it
s
no
matter
how
many
Miles
distance
these
Bodies
lies
,
our
Souls
shall
one
day
rejoyce
together
;
then
I
asked
her
,
what
she
would
have
disposed
of
,
of
that
which
was
hers
,
she
said
,
I
would
have
my
poor
Relations
have
something
,
and
poor
Friends
Children
where
we
came
from
,
what
thee
and
my
Father
pleaseth
,
I
leave
it
to
you
,
for
my
Father
is
a
good
Man
,
and
hath
been
very
tender
over
me
,
and
my
Love
to
him
hath
been
very
dear
;
and
then
she
said
,
dear
Mother
,
do
not
trouble
me
with
any
thing
,
but
let
us
be
submitted
to
the
Will
of
the
Lord
in
all
things
,
do
not
speak
to
me
,
nor
give
me
any
thing
without
I
desire
it
;
and
so
lay
still
in
a
sweet
frame
of
Spirit
,
and
with
as
sweet
a
Countenance
,
and
as
chearful
as
if
she
had
no
such
Weakness
upon
her
,
only
sometimes
a
great
trouble
in
her
head
,
which
the
Lord
was
pleased
to
bear
her
up
in
much
patience
to
pass
through
,
not
a
discontented
word
was
heard
to
pass
from
her
,
but
true
Contentedness
in
much
Patience
,
often
saying
,
Ah
,
my
dear
and
heavenly
Father
come
away
,
come
away
,
for
my
heart
trusteth
in
thee
:
some
time
before
she
departed
her
Speech
failed
her
,
after
which
a
sweet
harmony
often
ran
through
her
,
often
lifting
up
her
Hands
with
a
very
chearful
Countenance
,
and
so
she
fell
a
sleep
in
the
Lord
;
who
I
then
felt
a
stay
to
my
mind
,
living
Praises
to
his
most
holy
and
powerful
Name
,
who
is
a
God
of
endless
Mercies
;
my
Spirit
was
much
comforted
in
the
Lord
in
the
behalf
of
my
dear
Child
in
the
time
of
her
Sickness
,
who
endued
her
with
much
patience
,
and
wonderfully
bore
her
up
above
all
her
Sickness
and
Pain
which
was
upon
her
Body
,
at
sometimes
not
knowing
where
to
lay
her
Head
to
have
a
little
ease
,
which
she
through
the
great
love
of
the
Lord
was
born
up
in
much
patience
to
pass
through
,
in
true
submission
to
his
blessed
Will
,
and
I
do
believe
is
at
rest
with
God
her
Maker
,
being
asscended
above
all
her
Sorrows
and
Troubles
,
to
praise
the
Lord
that
sits
upon
the
Throne
,
and
the
Lamb
for
evermore
;
in
the
undoubted
sence
of
which
my
Soul
doth
Praise
and
Magnifie
the
Lord
on
her
behalf
,
and
indeed
the
same
doth
out-ballance
the
great
loss
I
have
of
her
as
to
the
outward
,
well
knowing
my
Loss
is
her
everlasting
Gain
;
and
desiring
that
I
may
be
subject
to
the
Will
of
the
Lord
,
in
what
he
may
be
pleased
to
try
me
withal
,
and
that
he
may
have
the
Glory
of
his
own
Works
,
for
he
is
worthy
who
gave
me
her
,
and
now
hath
taken
her
away
,
Blessed
and
Praised
be
his
most
holy
Name
for
ever
.
Partney-Mills
the
place
of
my
abode
the
the
20th
of
the
12th
Month
,
1689.
Sarah
Brown
Her
Mother
.
A
POSTSCRIPT
.
SInce
I
writ
this
Testimony
concerning
my
dear
Child
,
there
hath
often
fresh
springs
of
the
Lords
great
Love
concerning
her
arose
in
my
Heart
which
I
had
omitted
my
Duty
in
;
when
this
Child
was
in
the
eleventh
year
of
her
age
,
it
pleased
the
Lord
to
suffer
Persecution
to
come
upon
us
(
for
the
tryal
of
our
Faith
)
for
Meeting
together
and
Worshiping
God
as
he
requires
,
that
is
in
Spirit
and
in
Truth
;
we
being
at
a
Meeting
about
eight
Miles
from
our
outward
Dwelling
,
the
Meeting
being
ended
,
and
Friends
ready
to
depart
,
some
in
the
yard
,
some
in
the
high-way
,
comes
two
Informers
after
a
very
rude
manner
,
calling
of
us
Rogues
and
Whores
,
and
Swearing
desperately
to
many
untruths
,
my
Husband
reproved
one
of
them
(
called
Chipsam
)
for
Swearing
,
he
was
very
angry
,
and
held
up
his
Stick
,
and
said
,
He
would
break
his
Head
,
did
he
tell
him
,
he
was
the
Kings
Officer
.
[
Observe
,
the
said
Chipsam
was
not
long
after
carried
to
Linclon
Goal
for
Debt
,
and
their
dyed
,
and
was
there
buried
after
a
very
mean
manner
in
the
Castle
yard
,
&c.
]
But
before
the
Meeting
fell
to
be
there
again
by
course
,
which
was
a
Month
,
(
they
had
made
much
spoil
of
Friends
Goods
)
it
pleased
the
Lord
to
visit
my
dear
Husband
with
much
Weakness
,
so
that
we
could
not
go
to
the
Meeting
;
but
my
dear
Child
having
a
great
desire
to
go
again
with
her
Brothers
,
we
wear
freely
willing
,
and
they
had
a
peaceable
Meeting
,
and
Friends
ready
to
depart
as
before
,
came
the
same
Informers
as
rude
or
worse
then
before
,
and
within
a
few
days
Levied
my
Husbands
Goods
again
upon
the
account
of
one
of
his
Sons
,
but
she
being
under
Age
,
they
could
take
nothing
from
her
Father
in
Law
upon
her
account
,
at
which
she
seemed
to
be
troubled
,
(
she
having
a
considerable
Portion
in
his
hand
)
and
said
,
If
they
be
suffered
to
take
all
that
my
Father
hath
,
he
shall
not
want
to
give
up
to
serve
the
Lord
so
long
as
I
have
any
thing
,
(
and
would
sometimes
say
to
me
,
I
do
believe
I
shall
never
want
any
good
thing
which
the
Lord
sees
convenient
for
me
)
in
which
she
manifested
her
Love
to
him
upon
her
dying
Bed
,
as
it
is
fully
declared
in
the
fore-going
Testimony
;
so
having
eased
my
Spirit
,
and
discharged
my
Duty
which
I
did
owe
,
I
desire
to
rest
in
Peace
with
the
Lord
,
and
in
Love
to
his
Truth
and
People
,
to
the
end
of
my
days
and
time
here
in
this
mortal
World
,
so
that
when
time
here
will
be
no
more
,
I
may
lay
down
my
Head
in
Peace
,
as
my
dear
Child
hath
done
;
and
then
as
she
said
upon
her
dying
Bed
,
Our
Souls
shall
rejoyce
together
.
Written
at
Partney
:
Mills
the
11th
of
the
3d
Month
,
1689.
by
Sarah
Brown.
Thomas
Brown
his
Testimony
concerning
his
dear
Daughter-in-Law
Sarah
Featherstone
.
THis
Testimony
I
have
to
bear
concerning
my
dear
Friend
and
Relation
Sarah
Featherstone
,
first
let
me
say
something
of
her
outward
Abilities
;
she
was
Born
of
honest
Parents
,
and
Educated
in
the
plain
and
decent
parts
,
her
dear
Mother
thought
convenient
,
as
Sowing
,
Kniting
,
Reading
,
Writing
,
&c.
In
which
she
exceeded
most
of
her
equals
,
she
was
Womanly
about
Business
,
and
what
she
did
she
did
it
with
all
her
might
;
she
was
of
a
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
.