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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.
CHAP. VI. Of our Marriage, and our Habitations.
§. 1. THE unsuitableness of our age, and my former known purposes against Marriage, and against the conveniency of Ministers Marriage, who have not sort of necessity, made our marriage the matter of much public talk and wonder: And the true opening of her case and mine, and the many strange occurrences which brought it to pass, would take away the wonder of her friends and mine that knew us; and the notice of it would much conduce to the understanding of some other passages of our lives: Yet wise Friends, by whom I am advised, think it better to omit such personal particularities, at least at this time. Both in her case and mine, there was much extraordinary, which it doth not much concern the world to be acquainted with. From the first thoughts of it, many changes and stoppages intervened, and long delays, till I was silenced and ejected with many hundreds ⟨p. 47⟩more; and so being separated from my old Pastoral Charge, which was enough to take up all my time and labour, some of my dissuading Reasons were then over. And at last, on Septemb. 10. 1662. we were married in Bennet-Fink Church by Mr. Samuel Clerk (yet living), having been before Contracted by Mr. Simeon Ash, both in the presence of Mr. Henry Ashurst and Mrs. Ash.
§. 1. THE unsuitableness of our age, and my former known purposes against Marriage, and against the conveniency of Ministers Marriage, who have not sort of necessity, made our marriage the matter of much publick talk and wonder: And the true opening of her case and mine, and the many strange occurrences which brought it to pass, would take away the wonder of her friends and mine that knew us; and the notice of it would much conduce to the understanding of some other passages of our lives: Yet wise Friends, by whom I am advised, think it better to omit such personal particularities, at least at this time. Both in her case and mine, there was much extraordinary, which it doth not much concern the world to be acquainted with. From the first thoughts of it, many changes and stoppages intervened, and long delays, till I was silenced and ejected with many hundreds