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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65944	The work of God in a dying maid being a short account of the dealings of the Lord with one Susannah Whitrow, about the age of fifteen years, and daughter of Robert Whitrow, inhabiting in Covent-garden in the county of Middlesex, together with her experimental confessions to the power and work of the Lord God, both in judgments and mercy to her soul / published for the warning and good of others who are in the same condition she was in before her sicknss [sic].	Travers, Rebecca.; Whitrowe, Joan.; Martin, Ann.; Ellis, Sarah.	1677 (1677)	Wing W2039; ESTC R33641	14,505	50

Wood together that we might seek the Lord and never lay our Eyes to-gether till we have found him Witnessed by me Ann Martin O Lord my Strength faileth I wait upon thee renew my Strength O my holy Lord be pleased to restore me to my former Health then will I wait diligently upon thee I will sit on the Ground with my Head in the Dunghil I will never lift up my Soul to Vanity my Heart shall never go after the Sight of my Eyes My dear Mother pray for me for whatsoever thou askest of the Lord it shall be given thee My dear Mother thou often hast told us of the Terrible and Dreadful Day of the Lord God that is at hand O it will be a dreadful day to the Wicked of all sorts the Lord hath shewed it me O Wo Wo Wo to the Children of Scoffers for as it was in Elisha's day so shall it be in this the day of the Lord's Power the Bears out of the Wood shall devour them And treambling she said O I feel thy terrible Power O God strike Dread Terror and Astonishment in the Hearts of thy Enemies O in all Workers of Iniquity who make a mock at Sin and a Derision of thy People and take pleasure in their abominable Ways which thou abhorrest O thou wilt make all Flesh tremble O my Mother I have heard God's thundering Power rattle rattle rattle upon the Heads of his Enemies and the Lord hath shew'd me he will destroy this Place A Wo will be to the Children of Pride in that day and Wo Wo will be to the Blind Guides that wear the long Robes the false Teachers of this Nation O did not our Blessed Lord say If the Blind lead the Blind both should fall in to the Ditch Ah Lord how should it be otherwise for they hate the Light and count it an insufficient thing O did not our Blessed Saviour say Believe in the Light that you may be Children of the Light and bid them all Watch and Pray lest they enter into the Enemies Temptations And how could they watch without Light for they could not see the Tempter when he came in the Dark Ah that Scripture is fulfilled upon this People That Darkness should cover the Earth and gross Darkness the People and then Night should be unto them that they should not have Visions and the Day shall be Dark that you shall not Divine And this was Egypt's Darkness Ah! but the Children of Israel had Light in the Land of Goshen O extoled be thy Name thou God of Power O if thou wilt be pleased to restore me to my former Strength O then I will speak of thy wonderful Power yea my Voice shall be as the sound of a Trumpet which shall Convert Sinners unto thee yea I will sit in the Dust and cover my Head with Ashes and put on Sack-cloth within and without Then she taking some-what to Drink lay still a little time after but immediately broke forth with Joy in her Heart making sweet Melody to the Lord and so lay half an hour singing unto Lord but not uttering any Words then she broke forth into Praising and Magnifying his great Works O that cursed Place that House of Abominations that Play-House that abominable House where they commit their abominable Whoredoms God will destroy it Her Mother said unto her What House my dear Child she answered That Church as they call it in Covent-Garden the Members thereof are Proud Persons and Covetous and Deceitful Lyars Drunkards and Whoremongers Ah! my blessed Saviour said We should know them by their Fruits O these were my Cursed Fruits which I brought forth when I was a Hearer of that Church Pride and Disobedience to my Parents How often have I adorned my self as fine in their Fashions as I could make me yet they have looked upon me with Scorn and despised my Dress and said unto me How like a Taudrey you have drest your self You are not at all in the Mode then I came home on their Sabbath Day and gone immediately up into my Chamber and locked the Door and altered all my Laces and so I have gone to their Worship in the Afternoon Drest in their Mode and then I have pleased them Pray my dear Mother call my Father I have something to say to him I desire my Body may not be laid in that abominable place but among the People of the Lord called Quakers for now I am a true Quaker now I tremble before the Lord and his Holiness Come ye holy Prophets who were Quakers and Tremblers at the Word of the Lord come Moses Jeremiah come holy Habakkuk now I am one with thee now my Belly Trembles my Lips Quiver and my Heart Drops because of the Lord and the greatness of his Majesty O my Lord yea my Lord for so I can call thee because thou rulest in me and my Soul is subject to thee But they have many Lords and many Gods they have Gods of Silver and Gods of Gold the Work of their own Hands O Lord my Strength fails my Father my heavenly Father I wait upon thee renew my Strength my holy Father be pleased to restore me to my former Health then I will wait diligently upon thee I will sit on the Ground with my Head in the Dunghil my Heart shall never go after the sight of my Eyes My dear Mother pray for me for whatsoever thou askest of the Lord it shall be given thee The reason why I desire to live is because I have so greatly dishonoured the Lord in my former Life and now I would live the rest of my time to his praise For now if I live I shall be as one raised from the Dead to declare his Wonders But what shall I say Tho' one should rise from the Dead they would not believe She was exceedingly filled with the Indignation of the Lord against the Priests and spoke very much against their Idle Practices and their Abominable Ways which is not taken in Writing but these Words the Maid-Servant writ down as she spoke them she cryed out aloud and said Father O Father these Priests that deceive the People they study all the Week what to say when Sunday cometh O Father but the day of the Lord is coming that he will confound all their Study and all their Wisdom and in that day they shall not be heard for their much speaking they are Physitians of no Value My dear Mother I fear I shall not have a place so near the Lord as my Soul desires for I am sensible there are degrees of Glory and as the Creature acts here for the Lord so shall its Reward be hereafter I have done nothing for the Lord but he hath done all for me therefore I desire to live that I might live a Holy and Righteous Life that my Conversation might be in Heaven though my Body be here on the Earth that I might invite all as David did to taste and see how good the Lord

is They have tasted of their perishing Life of Vanities yea they they have drunk a full Cup their Measure is running over O but they never tasted the Joys the unspeakable Ravishments of Soul that attend the humble holy Life of Jesus Oh if they had ever tasted the least Mite thereof they would bid adue to all their dirty Life of Vanity ah they would not dare to spend their precious Time in adorning themselves like Jezabels Patching and Painting and Curling their Monstrous Heads but O the Christian Life is another thing they must not give themselves the liberty to think their own Thoughts much less to act such Abominations as these After she had lain a while Praising and Magnifying the Lord then she spoke very deep and weighty things which are not set down concerning the Wise Virgins and their Lamps burning and exhorted all to keep very diligently upon their Watch for said she The Lord will come as a Thief in the Night and in a Day when he is not looked for therefore Watch and Pray continually here the Tempter cannot enter this is the way my Saviour spake off when he said You must take up your daily Cross this is that Flaming Sword which is spoken of you must pass through mark that you must pass through it before you can come to the Tree of Life this is the Cup my Saviour asked if you could drink off and this was that Baptism he asked if you could be baptized withal Come all you that call your selves Christians what of the Life of Holy Jesus is in you who was a Man of Sorrows you light and airy Ones you wild and wanton Ones you that are Lovers of Pleasures more than God you Workers of Iniquity who are always crying Lord Lord but do not the things that I say this shall be your dreadful Doom that you are SATERS but not DOERS you Workers of Iniquity that think you can never have enough of the Pride of Life the Lust of the Eye which is not of my heavenly Father and so you are of your Fathor the Devil for his Servants you are whom you obey At another time she said I have heard them say that my Mother is so grounded in her Religion that it is impossible ever to turn her My Mother is grounded indeed she is established upon the Rock that shall never be moved my Mother shall never be moved her Name is written in Heaven yea in the Lamb's Book of Life it is sealed it is sealed the Lord hath told me so and bid me tell her There should none be able to pluck her out of his Hand Come my blessed Mother I have something to say to thee thou art Mary thou art Mary my Mother thou hast chosen that good part which shall never be taken from thee thou shalt sit continually at the feet of thy Lord Ay this is my Mother's Portion O what Portion is like this this is more than to sit in the Thrones of Princes Be ye holy as I the Lord your God am holy this they say is Impossible O would the holy just and true Lord command that which is impossible In this they count the Lord a hard Master O but what can my Soul say of thy Power when I sought thee but could not find thee I knocked hard but none would open for my Sins stood like Mountains that I could not come near thee I would fain have prayed but could not I lay several days and nights prostrate before thee strugling for Life but could find none and I said There is no Mercy for me then said I I will never leave thee if I perish I will perish here I will never cease crying unto thee Then I heard a Voice say Jacob wrestled all night before he obtained the blessing O then thy Word was strength to my Soul O then my stony Heart was broken to pieces before the Lord and then the Spirit of Prayer and Supplication was poured into my Soul and now I can sing as David did of Mercy and Judgment unto thee O Lord will I sing O with a rended Heart and my Mouth in the Dust will I sing Praises unto thee my blessed Saviour c. For several days she had a very great conflict in Soul and Spirit concerning the Tempter and strong were her Cryes to the Lord for strength to overcome the Enemy she was so deeply engaged in the holy War of the Lord against the Enemy that she would not suffer her Head to be removed from the Pillow but said It must be as it were nailed there till she had overcome the Tempter she said I would not suffer a thought to wander if I move I shall be drawn off my Watch and then the Tempter will prevail then she had a Vision and as it were the appearance of an Angel giving us the full description thereof which we have forgot only that it was arrayed in White she had also a Vision of the Tempter which she said stood before her bound in Chains then she said It is finished I have overcome my Saviour hath bound him then she broke forth into Blessing and Praising and Magnifying the Lord that it is beyond the Tongue of Utterance to give a Relation thereof for many Days and Nights together she would hardly suffer her self to Slumber but would waken her self to sing Praises unto the Lord and to declare of his wonderous Works that he hath done for her Soul Some Friends came into the Room but she saw them not and after many sweet and precious Words she said Don't you Feast but Fast you are the People that must Fast and Pray and be you contented with mean things O what matter for fine Houses or silken Apparel O remember him that sate on the Ground but wore a Garment without a Seam our blessed holy Lord who went up to the Mountain to Pray that with-drew himself into Gardens and Desolate Places of the Earth my Soul hath Fellowship with him O my dear Mother if it please our dear and heavenly Father to spare me this time we will get us into the Country to some little remote Place amongst the Woods where none can hear us O then shall our Crys pierce thro' the Heavens which shall make the Earth to Ring and the Birds shall hear the Eccho thereof O there my blessed Mother will we sing Praises Praises Praises with rended Hearts and our Mouthes in the Dust to the one holy holy Lord. O thou Glorious One thou hast overcome my Heart thou hast ravished my Soul O thou pure pure holy One what shall I say of thee or what shall I render to thee for thy loving-kindness to me O my Heart is overcome with thy love Praises be unto thee for thy loving-kindness to me O how shall I do to set forth thy Goodness for my Heart drops before thee Lord if it be thy holy Pleasure to take me out of this Life then let me have I beseech thee one whole Day that

the Lord had required it yet I durst not ask thier Life of the Lord although my dear Child so much desired it but I said unto the Lord Glorifie thy Name let thy Will be done in my Ea●th as it is in Heaven And now O Lord by thy Hand thou hast brought this to pass and for the Exaltation of thy glorious Name thou powerful God art striking Dread and Terror into the Hearts of thy Enemies and all that will not bow to thee shall be slain before thee for O thou long-suffering God how is the Throne of Iniquity established and thou disposs●ssed of thy Princely Dominion whose right it is to Reign in the Hearts of the Sons and Daughters of Men but they have robbed thee of thy Right and entertained thy Enemy in thy room but now thou art come now thy Day is come thou so long spake of by the Mouth of thy holy Prophets That thou wilt dismount the Man of Sin out of his Throne and set thy Son upon thy holy Hill yea the Mountain of the Lords House shall be established on the top of all Mountains for thou hast determined to destroy all Iniquity and to bring in Everlasting Righteousness Amen Amen saith my Soul a llG ry Glory and Eternal Praises be given unto thee thou King of Glory Joan Whitrow Concerning my dear Son JASON I Need not speak much for most that knew him did know what manner of Child he was both in Person and Parts natural therefore I shall only give a small Relation of some of the sensible Words that came from him before he fell sick for the Satisfaction of some that desire it Before he went to the Latine School he was in a most sweet heavenly frame of Spirit and had such a Zeal for Truth that if any Lightness or Airyness did appear in any at that time he was a continual Reprover of such the precious Words that came from him at that time are past out of Mind I writ down some of them but they are lost he delighted exceedingly to hear me rehearse the noble Acts of the Lord and would be exceedingly broken he would often pray when he was alone he did earnestly desire his Father upon his Death-bed That he would let him go from him to the Wall that he might pray to his God He desired much to converse with me concerning God and his Kingdom and would ask me deep Questions with such heavenly Expressions to the Astonishment of the Hearers that I have often said in my Heart This is the Inspiration of the Almighty that gives my Child this Vnderstanding He loved the Lord and his People and would often say when he saw any that he thought were good Friends It made his Heart glad to see them He would often say If I live I shall be a good Quaker I shall go forth and declare the Word of the Lord I shall be a true Minister I will not Preach for Hire I will proclaim the dreadful Day of the Lord against the Wicked About three days before he fell sick he said unto me Mother the next time I go to the Tavern they will bid me preach a Sermon to them in Latine then I will say unto them I will preach you a Sermon in English and they will bid me say on then I will say Wo to the proud Persons Wo to the Scoffers Wo to the Drunkards of England Wo unto them that rise early to follow Drunkenness and to them that continue until Night till the Wine doth enflame them you Workers of Iniquity what will you do in the dreadful Day of the Lord that is coming upon England for because you have wasted the good Creatures upon your Lust the Lord will bring a Famine upon England Mother sometimes I have such a Trouble in me that I am not so good as I would be that I play so much and do not every thing as you would have me I pray to the Lord and I say Lord destroy this wicked One in me and put thy fear into my Heart that I may never do any thing that shall displease thee yet for all this the Devil will come in and take my mind off the Lord oh then I am so troubled that I say Lord have Mercy upon me The day before he fell sick he did take me by the hand and said Mother I shall dye oh that you might dye with me that we might both go to the Lord together Then I said my dear Child why dost thou desire to dye He answered That I might be always with my dear Lord God and out of this Wicked World When at any time he had seen me retired unto the Lord he hath sate down by me and would be mightily broken and hath often said weeping Oh that I did enjoy that that you enjoy Oh that I did know what the Fear of the Lord was that my Heart might be made glad as yours is The Lord shewed me when he was three Years of Age he was his beloved Child and he would take him and from that time I have expected his Death He departed this Life not being Six Years and a half Old Joan Whitrow THE END