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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45720	The firebrand taken out of the fire, or, The wonderfull history, case, and cure of Mis Drake, sometimes the wife of Francis Drake of Esher in the county of Surrey, Esq., who was under the power and severe discipline of Satan for the space of ten yeares, and was redeemed from his tyranny in a wonderfull manner a little before her death,by the great mercy of God, and (instrumentally) by the extraordinary paines prayers, and fastings, of fource reverend divines, whose names are here subscribed, viz. B. Vsher, D. Preston, M. Hooker, M. Dod; Trodden down strength by the God of strength	Hart, John, D.D.	1654 (1654)	Wing H949; ESTC R15516	54,457	202

one time she would never do so any more to attempt any such tryall Whereupon at length all adventured to suffer her once more to see what Gods providence would prove in so strange a Case But withall if some crosse place came they prayed her not to bee discouraged whereupon shee suddenly opened the Book about the middle thereof in the Prophesie of Isaiah and without looking what shee did she put her finger upon that excellent vers Isa 40.27 Why sayest thou O Jacob and speakest O Israel my way is hid from the Lord hast thou not known hast thou not heard that the everlasting God the Creator of the ends of the Earth fainteth not neither is weary there is no searching of his understanding hee giveth power to the faint and to them that have no might he encreaseth sirength even the youths shall faint and be weary and the young men shall utterly fall But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength they shall mount up with wings as Eagles and they shall walk and not faint Which place being considered of and read so crossing her hopes and expectation made her being much abashed to blush For therein shee was reproved for her crosse conceits of God touching her as neglected of the Almighty and for all her weaknesse and imperfections was shewed that God could help all who with a word made heaven and earth enabling her to doe all duties at his good pleasure being therewith encouraged to wait and depend upon God in the use of meanes by such an excellent promise And so was therewith shewed how good God was unto her every way shewing love notwithstanding her untowardnesse and tempting of him by such signes At which not knowing what to say shee flung off poorely saying Object this was promised to Iacob and Israel It was nothing unto her and her Case Whereunto answer was made out of that place Answ Rom. 15. Whatsoever was written before hand was written for our learning that wee through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope and so was thereby vanquished in judgement that she promised now to be satisfied and never any more to make any such tryall but to offer her selfe unto the use of meanes and to wait the Lords leisure what hee pleased to doe with her Yet still alleadging the impotency in her that she was able to doe nothing herein towards this great work but that God must doe all when being enabled shee would doe that whereunto she should be strengthned Shee is perswaded to mine in singing of some ●rt of Psalms Yet wanted there one thing more to get her to joyn in singing of Psalmes which with much adoe shee was brought unto alleadging that her Case admitted of no such melody neither had shee cause to sing but to mourn all her life time Yet being told that is was a duty to sing prayses unto God for all his mervellous mercies power and goodnesse as well as to joyn in hearing of the Word and that thanksgiving being the everlasting work of Heaven in continuall praysing of God was a work could not be too soone begun upon earth and that the Psalmes being of divers compositions and postures of thanksgiving petition gratulation complaint and deprecation shee might joyne in some many of which might fit her Case shee was contented to joyn in Psalmes of complaint petition mourning and deprecation but in no other of any acknowledgement of any mercy received For said she If I be onely reserved as a stalled Oxe unto the slaughter what cause have I to give thanks and if I be not to goe to Heaven what have I to doe with the work of Heaven before the time or having some work wrought in me whereby I may be assured of my interest therein About this time willingly shee would have lived under some powerfull Ministry Why shee would have lived under a powerful Ministry hoping that thereby some such work might be wrought upon her as might enable her to performe duties and for this cause secretly made the Relator goe into Essex to try whether or not that worthy powerfull late thundering Preacher Mr Rogers of Dedham would have entertained her at his house who willingly granted the same But when the businesse was moved unto her Father and Mother neither they nor her Husband would consent unto the same though Mr Dod and Mr Culvervell both affected to have gone with her so too indulgent were they over her which refulsall much unhookt her spirit and had almost put her in her former Case againe so much did it afflict her but no remedy An experience of her spirit of Satans malice against her at length shee conformed her selfe unto necessity I should much trangsgressse and wrong this discourse of Gods mercies into this good creature if I should omit any passage of Satans subtelties and attempts against her how farre they prevailed for so the Power and goodnesse of God unto her in saving her at length will so much the more evidently appeare to his glory Therefore this ensuing passage I relate as the furthest extent of Satans malice One day as shee was walking in her garden at Waltham upon Thames with the Relator and another friend for Esher that place where her trouble first began shee never after could endure suddenly shee stopt and fixed her eyes fast upon the ground staring upon it with strange wilde looks for halfe a quarter of and hour from which we could hardly divert her but at last did though shee seemed much troubled to be interrupted and then as her cusstome was when the waters of her spirits and thoughts were become muddy she began to seem to cast off all means again saying That her heart was so heard as it could never bee softned this was by those with her then much opposed and denyed as fast as she affirmed the same enforcing that God who with a Word made Heaven and Earth could soften it wherunto shee in anger replyed why then God cannot soften my heart at hearing of this blasphemous speech spoken in the heigth of temptation the Relator without speaking one word unto her suddenly left her for such speeches were not to be born with countenanced or disputed with but to be cast off with detestation and abomination for contra principiis non est disputandum they say A little while after shee being then ready to ride abroad and goe to her house at Esher to take the aire going to take horse shee demanded of the Relator whether hee would not ride abroad with her whereunto hee replyed No he durst not goe in her company who did so lately blaspheme for fea● the ground would open and swallow them up but that seeing under the Law the blaspemer was to die the death that he would go to the Archbishop and complaine of her heard witnesse against her and provide faggots to burn her wherewith we both parred in seeming discontent She being gone the Relator ere his