Some while ago, there died in our Salem, a Gentlewoman whose Name was Mrs. Rix, the Daughter of the Reverend Mr. Skelton, (one of the ⟨p. v⟩Two first Ministers, that Illuminated the First of the Churches in the Massachuset Colony;) A Gentlewoman of Real Piety, and of equal Patience; and one who had been a Disciple of the Cross, and had endured much Affliction, especially by Sickness, with much Submission to the Will of God. Some while before she died, her Valuable Pastor, (the Reverend Mr. Nicholas Noyes,) gave her a Visit, wherein the Holy Minds of both, had their grateful Entertainments. Particularly, she told him, That there had newly appeared unto her, several Shining Persons, who told her, That they were not now come for her, but on that Day six Weeks hence, they would come for her, and fetch her away with a Glorious Equipage. And then she immediately asked her Pastor, I pray Sir, what is the meaning of the Word EQUIP AGE? I don't remember that I have heard that Word EQUIP AGE!—Her Pastor with his usual Wisdom, (tho' wondering at what she said, and pondering […] ⟨p. vi⟩in his Heart,) advised her by no means, to build her Hopes, on any Visionary Matters, but have them forever▪ Built on the sure Foundation, which the Covenant of Grace, declared in the Gospel, afforded for them. She gave him abundant Satisfaction that she did so. But yet she kept in an Heavenly Manner, Praying, and Waiting, and Longing, to see her long Six Weeks expired; and precisely at the Expiration thereof, she died.
Some while ago, there died in our Salem, a Gentlewoman whose Name was Mrs. Rix, the Daughter of the Reverend Mr. Skelton, (one of the ⟨p. v⟩Two first Ministers, that Illuminated the First of the Churches in the Massachuset Colony;) A Gentlewoman of Real Piety, and of equal Patience; and one who had been a Disciple of the Cross, and had endured much Affliction, especially by Sickness, with much Submission to the Will of God. Some while before she died, her Valuable Pastor, (the Reverend Mr. Nicholas Noyes,) gave her a Visit, wherein the Holy Minds of both, had their grateful Entertainments. Particularly, she told him, That there had newly appeared unto her, several Shining Persons, who told her, That they were not now come for her, but on that Day six Weeks hence, they would come for her, and fetch her away with a Glorious Equipage. And then she immediately asked her Pastor, I pray Syr, what is the meaning of the Word EQUIP AGE? I don't remember that I have heard that Word EQUIP AGE!—Her Pastor with his usual Wisdom, (tho' wondring at what she said, and pondering 〈…〉 ⟨p. vi⟩in his Heart,) advised her by no means, to build her Hopes, on any Visionary Matters, but have them forever▪ Built on the sure Foundation, which the Covenant of Grace, declared in the Gospel, afforded for them. She gave him abundant Satisfaction that she did so. But yet she kept in an Heavenly Manner, Praying, and Waiting, and Longing, to see her long Six Weeks expired; and precisely at the Expiration thereof, she died.
