The True History of the Kentish Lawyer: with an account of the extraordinary marriage of his sonAnonymous
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The True History of the Kentish Lawyer: with an account of the extraordinary marriage of his son
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Chapbooks, English; Christian life; Conversion -- Christianity
His wife (the match was so huddled up) had no portion promised, at least
that he knew of, who relied on his father, so that she was also deserted
by her friends; and having £200 in her own hands, that had been given her
by a grandmother, with that they took and stocked a farm in Sussex, where
she who had been highly bred, has been often seen in a red waistcoat,
milking her cows, and became the great comforter and encourager of her
husband. God, saith she, hath had mercy on me, and any pains taking is
now pleasant to me. There they lived some years with much comfort, and
had the blessings of marriage, divers children. After some few years, he
was met in Kent, on the road, by one of the tenants of the estate, and
saluted by the name of landlord. Alas, said he, I am none of your
landlord. Yes, you are, said he, I know more than you do of the
settlement. Your father, though a cunning lawyer, with all his wit,
could not alienate the estate from you, whom he had made a joint
purchaser. Myself and some other tenants know it, and have refused to
pay any money to Dr. Reeves. I have some money ready for you in my
hands, which I will pay to your acquitance, and that will serve you to
wage law with them. He was amazed at this wonderful Providence, received
the money, sued for his estate, and recovered it. “He that loseth his
life (saith Christ) for my sake and the gospel’s shall find it.” His
godly wife, enjoying a loving husband, several fine children, and a
handsome estate, in the midst of these outward blessings, fell into a way
of questioning the truth of her grace, because of her outward prosperity.
This was her sin without doubt, for which a friend rebuked her; but it
was a severe rebuke that the Lord gave her for her unthankfulness; a fine
boy, about three years old, fell into a kettle of scalding wort, and was
taken out by his mother, and died. This she looked on as the Lord’s
discipline for her unthankfulness, and was instructed.
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London:—Printed and sold by J. Evans and Son, Long-lane, sold also by F.
Collins, 60, Paternoster-row; and by J. Nisbet, 16, Castle Street, Oxford
Street.
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