A26870:224
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.
§. 6. At last, about ten weeks before her sickness, almost all her pain went out of her Breast, and all fixed in a constant pain upon the right Kidney, and with the pain her Urine stopped, that about four parts of ⟨p. 92⟩five ceased for about ten weeks. She divers days drunk Barnet-Waters; but I think they were the last occasion of her sickness, and too much tincture of Amber, which worked too powerfully on her Brain, and suddenly cast her into strong disturbance and deliration; in which, though the Physicians, with great kindness and care, did omit nothing in their power, she died the 12th day: She fell sick on Friday, June 3. 1681. and died June 14.
§. 6. At last, about ten weeks before her sickness, almost all her pain went out of her Breast, and all fixed in a constant pain upon the right Kidney, and with the pain her Urine stopt, that about four parts of ⟨p. 92⟩five ceased for about ten weeks. She divers days drunk Barnet-Waters; but I think they were the last occasion of her sickness, and too much tincture of Amber, which work't too powerfully on her Brain, and suddenly cast her into strong disturbance and deliration; in which, though the Physicians, with great kindness and care, did omit nothing in their power, she died the 12th day: She fell sick on Friday, Iune 3. 1681. and died Iune 14.
§. 7. Though her understanding never perfectly returned, she had a very strong remembrance of the affecting passages of her life, from her childhood. Mrs. Corbet (whom she dearly loved, and had newly got into the house to be her companion), with others, standing by, she cried out to me, My mother is in Heaven, and Mr. Corbet is in Heaven, and thou and I shall be in Heaven. And even in her last weakness was persuaded of her salvation.
§. 7. Though her understanding never perfectly returned, she had a very strong remembrance of the affecting passages of her life, from her childhood. Mrs. Corbet (whom she dearly loved, and had newly got into the house to be her companion), with others, standing by, she cried out to me, My mother is in Heaven, and Mr. Corbet is in Heaven, and thou and I shall be in Heaven. And even in her last weakness was perswaded of her salvation.