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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.
§. 4. And all was much increased by her wisdom, so stifling all the appearances of it, that it all inwardly wrought, and had no ease by vent.
§. 4. And all was much encreased by her wisdom, so stifling all the appearances of it, that it all inwardly wrought, and had no ease by vent.
§. 5. And having keen spirits, and thin sharp blood, she had a strong Hemicrania or Head-ache once a month, and oft once a fortnight, or more, from the age of fifteen or sixteen years. All these together much tended to hinder her from a quiet and comfortable temper.
§. 5. And having keen spirits, and thin sharp blood, she had a strong Hemicrania or Head-ake once a month, and oft once a fortnight, or more, from the age of fifteen or sixteen years. All these together much tended to hinder her from a quiet and comfortable temper.
§. 6. And in a word, all the operations of her soul were very intense and strong; strong wit, and strong love, and strong displeasure. And when God showed her what Holiness was, she thought she must presently have it in so great a degree as the ripest Saints do here attain; and that because she had not as much heavenly life, and sense, and delight in God as she knew she should have and desired, she concluded of it that she had none that was sincere.
§. 6. And in a word, all the operations of her soul were very intense and strong; strong wit, and strong love, and strong displeasure. And when God shewed her what Holiness was, she thought she must presently have it in so great a degree as the ripest Saints do here attain; and that because she had not as much heavenly life, and sense, and delight in God as she knew she should have and desired, she concluded of it that she had none that was sincere.