Piety promoted by faithfulness manifested by several testimonies concerning that true servant of God Ann Whitehead.

VVilliam Ingram HIS TESTIMONY FOR Ann Whitehead.

AS concerning our dear Friend Ann Whitehead, she received Truth at the first breaking forth of it among us, and was blessed of God, who endued her with many spiritual Gifts and Graces, whereby she became a Blessing to others, and the sweetness of that Life which flow∣ed through her Earthen Vessel hath often Comforted and Refreshed God's People, who in the sence of that living Power, which plentifully ap∣peared in her, have many times been broke into tenderness before the Lord, and in their Hearts have returned

Praise unto him on her behalf, who was knovvn to be Faithful and Sin∣cere, a true Preacher of Righteons∣ness in her Day; and although she outvvardly be taken from us, and her Body removed to its place, yet her Spirit Lives, and the memory of her Faithfulness, Exercise and Sufferings for Truth's sake, and Labour for the Prosperity thereof, continues a∣mongst us, hath a deep impression on the Spirits of many, and vvill re∣main in the Churches of Christ, vvhere her Service vvas manifest, as a matter of great Value and Esteem not to be forgotten; for indeed she vvas a Mc∣ther in Israel, a Nursing Mother to many Children, begotten by the same vvord of Faith, vvhich richly dvvelt in her, vvhereby she vvas strengthen∣ed vvith Might in the invvard Man, so that she vvas strong in the Lord, and though many Archers shot at her; to Grieve & Wound her Life, yet her Bow always abode in Strength, and

she was covered by the heaveuly Power of God, out of the Enemies reach, as one of the Lords hidden ones, in favour with him; and I am assured in my Spirit he hath preser∣ved her unto his everlasting Kingdom of Rest and Peace, who was a sancti∣fied Vessel unto him, fit for his use, and to bear his Name forth unto the World, and an eminent Example of Righteousness unto all, who by her chaste Conversation, coupled with Fear and diligent perseverance in the Truth, did adorn the Gospel of our Lord, being as a true Daughter of Abraham, adorned with those inward Ornaments of the hidden man of the Heart, as were the holy Women of old who trusted in God; and she has now finished her Course, fought the good Fight of Faith, and I am satisfied hath obtained a Crown of Righteousness, as a reward of her Tra∣vels and Labours, which is prepared, not only for her, but for all that love

the appearance of the Lord Jesus Christ, a more full Enjoyment of whom she had long been waiting in a preparation for, and as sensible of her Dissolution, or of her Departure be∣ing at hand, did often Exhort and Admonish Friends to concern them∣selves with that part of the Care which fell on her for the Church, and to diligence in the Lords Work and Business, which she her self was mightily furnished to the perform∣ance of, through the Wisdom given her of God, and in the consideration of our great loss, I have secretly de∣sired of the Lord, that he would please to pour out of his Spirit on some worthy Instruments to succeed her in his Work and Service.

This Testimony is part of what rested on my Spirit on behalf of our dear Friend Deceased, who I greatly valued in the Truth, having often felt the distillings and dropping down

of heavenly Dew, and refreshment from her Branch, which springing from the living Vine, brought forth Fruits Savoury and Acceptable, which my Soul did often delight in, and the savour of that virtuous life, which flowed through her Spirit, still is Con∣solation unto me, and the remem∣brance of it, I know, will yet be pre∣tious to all who are rightly sensible thereof.

William Ingram.