Memoirs of Margaret Baxter Author:Richard Baxter Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAP. III. The workings of her Soul in and after this Sicknest. 1. She being of too timorous and tender a nature, and the sharp work of her repentance bein... more »gyet upon her spirit; for death to come and seem to summon her away to eternity at such a season and unsettled state, must 'needs greatly increase her fears, when the strongest, long experienced Christians find it no -easy work to die in peace and willing resignation. But she had still a concealing temper, which made it never the easier within. 2. When God had recovered her, her mother invited those that fasted and prayed for her, to keep a day of thanksgiving for her deliverance. I asked her what she would have us give thanks for particularly ? and in the morning as we began, she (that was recovered) gave us in this following paper : " My life hath been a life of very great mercies, and these have aggravated my sin in overlooking them. Some of those which God hath most affected my heart with, I shall here mention ; but alas ! with a heart very insensible of the greatness of them. " 1. My mother's restoration first 1 did thank God for ; and next, for many mercies of mine own. Four times before this, I have been delivered from great danger of death. "And now 1 desire to acknowledge his mercy in delivering me from this death-threatening disease, and that in answer to prayer I am here now in competent health to speak of the goodness of the Lord. " 2. I desire to acknowledge it a mercy that God afflicted rue; and though I cannot with the Psalmist say, But now I keep thy statutes, I can say, Before I was afflicted I went astray. And how many great sins God hath prevented by this affliction, I cannot tell; 'but am sure that God hath dealt very graciously with me; and 1 have had many comforts with my sufferings...« less