Memoirs of Eminently Pious Women |
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Author:
| Burder, Samuel |
ISBN: | 978-0-217-01854-8 |
Publication Date: | Feb 2012 |
Publisher: | General Books LLC
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $21.71 |
Book Description:
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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: MRS. CATHERINE CLARKE, WIFE OF THE KEY. SAMUEL CLARKE. Catherine Overton was born at Bedworth, in the county of Warwick, four miles from Coventry, February 25, 1602, of religious parents. Her father was Mr. Valentine Overton, Rector of Bedworth, where he lived a constant and diligent preacher of God's holy...
More DescriptionPurchase 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: MRS. CATHERINE CLARKE, WIFE OF THE KEY. SAMUEL CLARKE. Catherine Overton was born at Bedworth, in the county of Warwick, four miles from Coventry, February 25, 1602, of religious parents. Her father was Mr. Valentine Overton, Rector of Bedworth, where he lived a constant and diligent preacher of God's holy word till he was almost 82 years of age. Her mother's maiden name was Isaverton: she was a most excellent woman, who took the whole burthen of family affairs, both within and without doors, from off her husband, that he might with the more freedom attend his holy calling. It pleased God early to implant in her heart the seeds of grace, which first discovered themselves when she was about fifteen years old. The discoveries to which she was at that time led, of the corruption of her nature, made such a deep impression upon her tender mind, that whereas she was naturally of a cheerful, sanguine constitution, she fiow became serious and somewhat melancholy. Hereupon Satan, that old serpent and enemy of our louls, assaulted her with many and various tempta- .ions, whereby he sought to quench these heavenly parks. But, by frequent reading the sacred Scrip- ures, diligent attending to the word preached, nd secret prayer, it pleased the all-wise God to upport and strengthen her against him and all his levices. These conflicts continued the longer, iecause she had none to whom she durst unbosom icrself, and make her case known. When she was about seventeen years old, she was ent by her parents to Siwell, in Northamptonshire, o wait upon a young lady who was somewhatrelated to her. But this kind of life was so tedious and irksome to her, that, at the end of six months, she prevailed with her parents to send for her home again. Hear the narrative of it in her own words, as the...