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

A TESTIMONY concerning Ann Whitehead.

AS the Lord alone is the Author of every good thing that a People or Person doth enjoy, which causeth them to differ in any excellent Vertue, so he is to have the Praise and Honour over all; yet in a living sence, which I feel upon my Spi-rit, there is a Testimony remains with me for my dear Friend & Sister in the blessed Truth Ann White∣head, who was an honorable Woman in her Day, and very serviceable in the Churches in and about London, and in other parts of the World, where her hand of Love and motherly In∣structions did reach, yea to the Isles a∣far off; oh, what shall I say, or write, concerning my dear Friend, whose Body is laid in the Grave, but her wor∣thy Acts yet liveth in the memory of

the Faithful, and time would fail to make mention of the many particu∣lars in which her service was very weighty, but this, I may say of her, that she was a faithful Steward of the manifold Gifts and Graces which she received from the hand of the Lord, and that in a plentiful manner; and she did not hide her Talents, but im∣proved them daily for the benefit of the Churches of Christ, being always ready & fitted for every good Word and Work, and the fervency of her Spirit to serve the Lord & his People did often carry her above the weak∣ness of her Body, who did attain to a good age, and now is gone to her rest in God, like a shock of Corn in its sea∣son & though I with many more are often bowed in our Spirits, in the sense of the great want of her, yet I am sa∣tisfied her gain is great, and she is en∣tered into everlasting Joy and Peace with the Lord God and the Lamb forever and evermore; and it is the

desire of my Soul and Spi-rit to the Lord, that I with all the Handmaids of the Lord, in and about this City, and every where, may so attend up∣on the Lord in our several Places and Services, which we are or may be called to, that we may receive more and more of his Wisdom and Coun∣sel, that according to the ability that God gives unto us, we may in some measure supply the place of our dear Friend, who is gone before us, that the great & wise God may be honored by us & through us, who is worthy of all Praise and living Obedience from me, and all that know him in Truth, both at this time and for evermore; Amen.

Writ in the 8th Month, the 5th Day, 1686.

S. Plumley.