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A breviate of the life of Margaret, the daughter of Francis Charlton ... and…
A breviate of the life of Margaret, the daughter of Francis Charlton ... and wife of Richard Baxter ... : there is also published the character of her mother, truly described in her published funeral sermon, reprinted at her daughters request, called, The last work of a believer, his passing-prayer recommending his departing spirit to Christ, to be received by him.
London: printed for B. Simmons, 1681
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
A BREVIATE OF THE LIFE OF MARGARET, The Daughter of FRANCIS CHARLTON, of Apply in Shropshire, Esq And Wife of RICHARD BAXTER. For the use of all, but especially of their Kindred. There is also Published the Character of her Mother, truly described in her Published Funeral Sermon, Reprinted at her Daughters Request, called, The Last Work of a Believer, His passing-prayer, recommending his departing Spirit to Christ, to be received by him.
LONDON: Printed for B. Simmons, at the Three Golden Cocks at the West-end of St. Pauls. 1681.
TO THE READER.
Reader,
GOD having called away to his Blessed Rest and Glory, the Spirit of the most dear Companion of these last Nineteen Years of my Life, or near; I found in her Last Will a request, that I should reprint five Hundred of her Mothers Funeral-Sermons, written by me 1661, being now out of Press, called The last Work of a Believer, his Passing Prayer, &c. Not only her very great Love and Honour of her remembered Mother moved her to it, but the apprehension of the Usefulness of that subject to Dying Christians; a Subject about which her Soul was awakened the more, by the Death of many Friends and excellent Christians taken away this Year. And the day somewhat excited her, for it was written by her on Decem. 30, the same day which she kept secretly as an Anniversary Remembrance of the Sentence of Death from which she had been delivered; and the same day when