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of haveing Her life course ??? she was an extensive acct of her life, and she
often spoke too was often desired By Her Labourers to write it down,
And She as often said my all & everything thats
valuable unto me, comes from the Humanity of
my bloody recconciler, who has deliver'd me from
the power & condemnation of Sin & death has called me have
^to live a life of Happyness amongst His dear people in this
time & to rest hereafter Eternaly here after in His arms for
which all this no words of mine is able to Express the
gratitude & praise thus due to my beloved Saviour.
about 2 years ago she was seized in the night with
something of a paralytic disorder in her bowels,
followed by a violent Hysterical cough which settled in
Last upon Her lungs to the weakning of ^weakening Her whole
constitution & a gradual decay has been percived ensued; which
that render'd Her for several months past unable
to do the least work, & tho' the decline has been of
a Consumptive kind yet it ^has not been attended with much
pain or any obstruction of any sort but in Her breath,
so that ^thy home of her living in the sickroom has been a real Sabbath to Her
& a remarkable blessd feeling Has accompanied Her the
Hearts conversation with her and she has been to the Satisfaction of the Labourers
all about Her, she haveing daily before Her Eyes
the Happy prospect & Expectation of Entering into Her Eternal
rest which ?? came to pass May 3d 1768 she enjoyed to the left as Serenity & happy pleasure
of mind so & sensable of the great & happy change to
which shold now was about to ?? take Place she fell asleep with the blessing
of Her Choir which was imparted, thus close Her mortal Life in the 55th year of her age
may the 3 1760