A26870:167
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.
To that I answer, 1. Let any one that reads what went before, consider what she did, and he will not wonder at her debts: It was not to pamper her own body; she used mean clothing, and a far meaner diet for her own person, I think much less than Cornario's and Lessius's proportion.
2. And she went into no debt but (by mortgage, or otherwise) she gave the Creditors good security for.
3. But I confess she and I differed in this; I thought I was to give but all my Income, and not to borrow to give, unless in some public, or extraordinary case: she thought otherwise, that while she could give security, she ought to borrow to relieve the poor, especially the most worthy. Nor did she draw upon us any debt, but what there was not only sufficient security for, but also a fair prospect of our selves having a competency left, had it pleased God to lengthen her life: and I am far from fearing want my self.
3. But I confess she and I differed in this; I thought I was to give but all my Income, and not to borrow to give, unless in some publick, or extraordinary case: she thought otherwise, that while she could give security, she ought to borrow to relieve the poor, especially the most worthy. Nor did she draw upon us any debt, but what there was not only sufficient security for, but also a fair prospect of our selves having a competency left, had it pleased God to lengthen her life: and I am far from fearing want my self.