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Lords Prayer, you might heare Her, |
when S. _Stephens_ Vision and last |
words[b] were read vnto Her, repeat | [Note b: _Act. 7. 53, 56, 59._]
very often these last words of Her |
Sauiour[c]: _O Heauenly Father into | [Note c: _Luke 23. 46._]
thy hands I commend my spirit_. |
Thus on a sudden I haue told you | [Note A: _Reuel. 14. 13._]
how she _Dyed in the Lord_[A], and |
is _with Christ_[B]. | [Note B _Phil. 1. 23._]
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And though we saw her afterwards |
mouing her lips; but heard not her |
Voice, no more than they that were |
at Saint _Ambroses_ Death did heare | [Note d: _Paulin. in D. Ambros
his Voice; but only saw his lips | Vita._]
moue[d]; yet we must not thinke |
_The Spirit of strength_[e], of | [Note e: _Esai. 11. 2._]
_Prayer_ and _Grace_[f], is then |
onely strong, when we heare a Dying | [Note f: _Zach. 12. 10._]
Saint pray, because Christs Spirit |
cries in Gods Children, _Abba, |
Father_[g], with Vnutterable | [Note g: _Gal. 4. 6._]
Groanings[h] which we cannot heare, |
and therefore I doubt not, but this | [Note h: _Rom. 8. 26._]
Elect Lady cried loudest in Gods |
eares, when we heard not her words; |
and why may we not thinke now, our |
sinnes hindered vs from hearing |
them? I am sure, heretofore she |
hath spoken againe and againe many |
Heart-piercing speeches to deterre |
from Sinne, and to allure to |
Holinesse of Life. If she be not |
hearkened to now, henceforth wee |
shall heare Her speake no more. _I |
charge you therefore before God and |
the Lord Iesus Christ, and the |
Elect Angells_:[A] you (I say) I | [Note A: _1 Tim. 5. 21._]
charge whomsoeuer shee hath iustly |
reproued for any Sin, that you |
forsake those Sins; and whomsoeuer |
she hath zealously exhorted to holy |
Duties, that you performe those |
holy Duties, for henceforth you |
shall heare Her speake no more. |
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But why should I detaine thee | [Note: _Conclusion. Sed quid ego te
(Honourable Lady) any longer? Or | morer Frater? quid expectem? vt
what doe you (Beloued) expect more? | nostra tecum c[=o]moriatur et quasi
That our speech also should Die | consepeliatur oratio? S. Ambr. de
together with Hers, and (as it