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         Arch, Susannah.
      
       
         
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             A relation of the miraculous cure of Susannah Arch of a leprosy and ptysick, wherewith for some years past she had been sorely afflicted.
             Arch, Susannah.
             Hume, Robert, apothecary, attributed name.
             Fortey, Thomas.
             Nichols, Charles, b. 1627.
          
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           A
           RELATION
           OF
           THE
           Miraculous
           Cure
           OF
           
             SVSANNAH
             ARCH
          
           ,
           OF
           A
           Leprosy
           and
           Ptysick
           ,
           Wherewith
           for
           some
           Years
           past
           she
           had
           been
           sorely
           afflicted
           .
        
         
           
             Psal
             .
             75.
             1.
             
          
           
             —
             For
             that
             thy
             Name
             is
             near
             ,
             thy
             wondrous
             Works
             declare
             .
          
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             J.
             D.
          
           and
           sold
           by
           
             R.
             Baldwin
          
           in
           Warwick-lane
           .
           MDCXCV
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
           THE
           PREFACE
           .
        
         
           THE
           Works
           of
           God
           call
           for
           serious
           Observation
           from
           all
           who
           are
           Spectators
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           are
           very
           instructive
           to
           the
           Children
           of
           Men.
           By
           these
           God
           may
           be
           said
           to
           speak
           Once
           ,
           yea
           Twice
           ,
           yet
           Man
           perceives
           it
           not
           .
           We
           are
           with
           the
           utmost
           Diligence
           to
           apply
           our selves
           to
           the
           right
           understanding
           of
           the
           Voice
           of
           God
           in
           them
           ,
           Psal
           .
           111.
           2.
           
           
             The
             Works
             of
             the
             Lord
             are
             great
             ,
          
           particularly
           the
           Works
           of
           Creation
           ,
           which
           do
           always
           speak
           with
           a
           loud
           Voice
           to
           the
           Inhabitants
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           
             Psal
             .
             19.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3.
             
             The
             Heavens
             declare
             the
             
             Glory
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             Firmament
             sheweth
             his
             Handy-work
             .
             Day
             unto
             Day
             uttereth
             Speech
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           The
           visible
           Heavens
           ,
           so
           vast
           and
           spacious
           ,
           richly
           adorned
           with
           Sun
           ,
           Moon
           ,
           and
           Stars
           ,
           which
           are
           admirable
           in
           their
           Course
           ,
           and
           powerful
           in
           their
           Influence
           ;
           these
           are
           a
           legible
           Book
           ,
           wherein
           we
           may
           read
           what
           a
           glorious
           Being
           God
           is
           ,
           who
           is
           the
           Maker
           and
           Former
           of
           these
           glorious
           Creatures
           :
           and
           from
           the
           Consideration
           thereof
           reflect
           on
           Man
           as
           a
           vile
           contemptible
           Creature
           ;
           
             Psal
             .
             8.
             3
             ,
             4.
             
             When
             I
             consider
             thy
             Heavens
             ,
             the
             Work
             of
             thy
             Fingers
             ,
             the
             Moon
             and
             the
             Stars
             which
             thou
             hast
             ordained
             ,
             what
             is
             Man
             that
             thou
             art
             mindful
             of
             him
             ?
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           And
           as
           the
           Works
           of
           Creation
           are
           great
           ,
           so
           the
           Works
           of
           Providence
           (
           whereby
           he
           governs
           ,
           preserves
           ,
           orders
           and
           disposes
           of
           all
           things
           in
           the
           World
           )
           
           are
           great
           also
           ,
           especially
           in
           and
           for
           his
           Church
           and
           People
           ;
           the
           Infinite
           Power
           ,
           Wisdom
           and
           Goodness
           of
           God
           being
           abundantly
           manifested
           in
           them
           .
           These
           Works
           of
           God
           are
           to
           be
           narrowly
           inspected
           ,
           found
           out
           ,
           and
           searched
           into
           by
           all
           those
           that
           take
           Pleasure
           therein
           :
           And
           it
           is
           a
           God-provoking
           Sin
           not
           to
           regard
           the
           Works
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           the
           Operations
           of
           his
           Hands
           .
           For
           this
           Sin
           God
           threatens
           to
           destroy
           a
           People
           ,
           and
           not
           build
           them
           up
           ,
           Psal
           .
           28.
           5.
           
           Sometimes
           God
           goes
           out
           of
           his
           usual
           Course
           of
           Providence
           ,
           and
           works
           miraculously
           (
           an
           eminent
           Instance
           whereof
           we
           have
           in
           this
           Narrative
           )
           .
           This
           he
           doth
           sometimes
           immediately
           ,
           
             Mark
             6.
             52.
             
             Joh.
          
           2.
           11.
           sometimes
           mediately
           ,
           
             Mark
             9.
             38
             ,
             39.
             
             Acts
          
           4.
           16
           ,
           22.
           
        
         
           Here
           might
           be
           considered
           what
           the
           glorious
           Design
           of
           God
           is
           in
           his
           miraculous
           Works
           .
        
         
         
           As
           ,
           1.
           
           To
           convince
           an
           Atheistical
           Generation
           of
           Men
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           a
           God
           that
           acts
           above
           the
           Power
           of
           Nature
           or
           natural
           Causes
           ,
           2
           Kings
           5.
           15.
           
        
         
           2.
           
           That
           those
           who
           contemn
           and
           under
           value
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           (
           through
           Faith
           in
           whose
           Name
           Lepers
           were
           cleansed
           ,
           the
           Blind
           received
           their
           Sight
           ,
           a
           Bloody
           Issue
           stopped
           ,
           &c.
           )
           might
           be
           convinced
           that
           he
           was
           the
           true
           Messiah
           ,
           yea
           God
           as
           well
           as
           Man.
           
        
         
           Though
           Christ
           came
           in
           the
           Form
           of
           a
           Servant
           ,
           yet
           the
           Glory
           of
           his
           Deity
           sparkled
           forth
           in
           divers
           Ways
           ,
           and
           on
           divers
           Occasions
           ,
           particularly
           in
           his
           miraculous
           Works
           ,
           which
           none
           but
           a
           God
           could
           do
           ,
           Joh.
           9.
           3.
           
           &
           2
           11.
           
           Christ
           turns
           Water
           into
           Wine
           ,
           and
           thereby
           shewed
           forth
           his
           Glory
           ,
           even
           the
           Glory
           of
           the
           only
           begotten
           of
           the
           Father
           .
        
         
           The
           Disciples
           of
           Christ
           wrought
           Miracles
           ;
           but
           this
           they
           did
           in
           the
           Name
           
           of
           Christ
           ,
           Acts
           3.
           
           Whereas
           Christ
           wrought
           his
           by
           his
           own
           Divine
           Power
           ,
           which
           may
           justly
           strike
           a
           Damp
           upon
           those
           who
           of
           late
           have
           been
           so
           unhappy
           as
           to
           deny
           the
           Divinity
           of
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Christ's
           miraculous
           Works
           are
           designed
           to
           strengthen
           the
           Faith
           of
           his
           People
           ;
           John
           2.
           11.
           
           When
           Christ
           had
           wrought
           that
           Miracle
           of
           turning
           Water
           into
           Wine
           ,
           it
           's
           said
           ,
           
             his
             Disciples
             believed
             on
             him
          
           .
           They
           believed
           before
           ,
           but
           now
           they
           were
           confirmed
           in
           their
           Faith.
           
        
         
           And
           if
           so
           ,
           then
           Christ's
           curing
           the
           Leprosy
           and
           other
           Distempers
           in
           our
           day
           ,
           which
           in
           the
           Judgment
           of
           the
           ablest
           Physicians
           were
           incurable
           ,
           is
           not
           slightly
           to
           be
           passed
           over
           .
        
         
           That
           divers
           miraculous
           Cures
           have
           been
           wrought
           of
           late
           ,
           immediately
           by
           the
           Divine
           Power
           of
           Christ
           without
           humane
           Means
           ,
           is
           not
           to
           be
           denied
           by
           any
           
           but
           such
           as
           are
           hardning
           themselves
           against
           Christ
           and
           his
           Works
           ,
           as
           the
           unbelieving
           Jews
           did
           ,
           who
           though
           Christ
           had
           done
           many
           mighty
           Works
           amongst
           them
           ,
           yet
           they
           believed
           not
           on
           him
           ,
           John
           12.
           37.
           
        
         
           Amongst
           other
           wonderful
           Cures
           which
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           hath
           lately
           wrought
           ,
           this
           seems
           not
           to
           be
           the
           least
           which
           he
           hath
           wrought
           on
           the
           Body
           of
           
             Susannah
             Arch
          
           ;
           of
           which
           this
           Narrative
           gives
           an
           impartial
           Account
           .
        
         
           She
           is
           known
           to
           be
           a
           Woman
           of
           an
           holy
           Conversation
           ,
           enjoys
           much
           Communion
           with
           God
           ,
           and
           is
           a
           Member
           of
           a
           Congregation
           ,
           meeting
           in
           Devonshire-Square
           in
           London
           .
           She
           lives
           at
           Battle-Bridg
           in
           Southwark
           ,
           where
           any
           that
           desire
           it
           may
           receive
           further
           Satisfaction
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           NARRATIVE
           of
           the
           Miraculous
           Cure
           of
           Susannah
           Arch
           ,
           of
           a
           Leprosy
           and
           Ptysick
           ,
           wherewith
           for
           some
           Years
           past
           she
           had
           been
           sorely
           afflicted
           .
        
         
           I
           
             Susannah
             Arch
          
           do
           solemnly
           declare
           ,
           in
           the
           Fear
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           my
           Distemper
           began
           about
           four
           Years
           ago
           with
           an
           extraordinary
           Itching
           and
           Scurf
           on
           my
           Head
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           it
           spread
           over
           my
           Body
           .
           This
           continued
           about
           three
           Years
           before
           I
           advised
           with
           any
           Physician
           to
           know
           what
           it
           was
           ;
           and
           then
           my
           Husband
           died
           ,
           whose
           Death
           was
           attended
           with
           many
           aggravating
           Circumstances
           ,
           occasioning
           much
           Sorrow
           and
           Grief
           ;
           all
           which
           conduced
           to
           increase
           my
           Distemper
           .
           Under
           my
           great
           Distress
           of
           Body
           and
           Mind
           I
           was
           lamenting
           my self
           ,
           saying
           ,
           What
           ,
           a
           poor
           distressed
           Widow
           !
           a
           poor
           afflicted
           Widow
           !
           Then
           the
           Lord
           was
           pleased
           to
           give
           me
           in
           that
           
           Scripture
           ,
           
             Rom.
             8.
             32.
             
             He
             that
             spared
             not
             his
             own
             Son
             ,
             but
             gave
             him
             up
             for
             us
             all
             ,
             how
             shall
             he
             not
             with
             him
             freely
             give
             us
             all
             things
             ?
          
           This
           I
           took
           as
           a
           Bond
           from
           the
           Lord
           ,
           wherein
           he
           was
           pleased
           graciously
           to
           bind
           himself
           to
           supply
           all
           my
           Necessities
           ,
           which
           was
           much
           to
           my
           Support
           at
           that
           time
           .
           Immediately
           after
           my
           Husband's
           Burial
           ,
           being
           left
           in
           a
           poor
           and
           desolate
           Condition
           ,
           that
           Scripture
           came
           to
           my
           Mind
           ,
           
             Job
             1.
             21.
             
             Naked
             came
             I
             out
             of
             my
             Mother's
             Womb
             ,
             and
             naked
             shall
             I
             return
             again
             .
             The
             Lord
             hath
             given
             ,
             and
             the
             Lord
             hath
             taken
             away
             ,
             and
             blessed
             be
             the
             Name
             of
             the
             Lord.
          
           Under
           these
           sad
           Exercises
           I
           was
           help'd
           to
           consider
           ,
           that
           my
           outward
           Condition
           was
           not
           worse
           than
           my
           Lords
           and
           Master's
           ;
           of
           whom
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           
             Matth.
             8.
             20.
             
             The
             Foxes
             have
             Holes
             ,
             and
             the
             Birds
             of
             the
             Air
             have
             Nests
             ,
             but
             the
             Son
             of
             Man
             hath
             not
             wh●●e
             to
             lay
             his
             Head.
          
           Then
           was
           I
           help'd
           to
           say
           ,
           I
           have
           lost
           all
           ,
           and
           yet
           have
           all
           ;
           and
           to
           plead
           with
           God
           in
           the
           Words
           of
           Jacob
           ,
           Gen.
           32.
           12.
           
           
             Thou
             saidst
             ,
             I
             will
             do
             thee
             good
             .
          
           These
           and
           many
           other
           precious
           Words
           were
           powerfully
           impressed
           on
           my
           Soul
           for
           my
           Support
           and
           Comfort
           .
        
         
           After
           these
           Troubles
           my
           Distemper
           much
           increased
           ,
           and
           then
           I
           advised
           with
           Mr.
           Forty
           an
           Apothecary
           ,
           who
           told
           me
           my
           Distemper
           was
           a
           Leprosy
           .
           I
           asked
           him
           whether
           it
           was
           curable
           :
           He
           told
           me
           ,
           it
           was
           not
           curable
           .
           Then
           was
           I
           advised
           by
           his
           Wife
           to
           go
           to
           one
           
           Mrs.
           Griffin
           ,
           who
           is
           skilful
           in
           curing
           Scald
           Heads
           ,
           and
           she
           perswaded
           me
           to
           go
           to
           the
           Hospital
           ,
           but
           I
           found
           a
           Reluctancy
           in
           my self
           thereto
           ,
           having
           a
           Perswasion
           in
           my
           Mind
           from
           the
           time
           that
           Mr.
           Forty
           told
           me
           it
           was
           incurable
           ,
           that
           Jesus
           Christ
           would
           cure
           it
           .
           Nevertheless
           considering
           that
           Passage
           of
           the
           Woman
           that
           had
           the
           Bloody
           Issue
           ,
           though
           she
           spent
           all
           on
           Physicians
           ,
           yet
           this
           did
           not
           hinder
           her
           being
           cured
           by
           Christ
           when
           she
           came
           to
           him
           :
           So
           I
           concluded
           my
           going
           to
           the
           Hospital
           might
           not
           hinder
           Christ's
           curing
           me
           :
           Thereupon
           I
           was
           satisfied
           in
           my self
           to
           go
           ;
           and
           when
           I
           presented
           my self
           to
           the
           Physician
           and
           Chirurgeons
           ,
           they
           told
           me
           it
           was
           a
           Leprosy
           ,
           and
           asked
           me
           what
           I
           desired
           of
           them
           .
           I
           desired
           to
           be
           an
           Out-patient
           ,
           and
           they
           prescribed
           me
           some
           things
           ,
           but
           I
           had
           no
           Faith
           in
           the
           Success
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           so
           took
           but
           one
           Dose
           ,
           and
           threw
           the
           rest
           away
           ,
           looking
           to
           an
           higher
           Hand
           for
           my
           Cure.
           However
           I
           went
           a
           second
           time
           ,
           and
           then
           they
           who
           gave
           out
           the
           Medicines
           ,
           seeing
           my
           Distemper
           ,
           told
           me
           ,
           it
           was
           in
           vain
           to
           spend
           my
           time
           in
           attending
           any
           further
           on
           them
           ,
           for
           it
           was
           a
           Leprosy
           ,
           and
           could
           not
           be
           cured
           .
           Not
           long
           after
           this
           I
           was
           sent
           by
           a
           Friend
           of
           mine
           ,
           on
           her
           own
           Account
           ,
           to
           Dr.
           Bourne
           ,
           and
           I
           took
           that
           Opportunity
           to
           shew
           him
           my
           Distemper
           :
           And
           when
           he
           saw
           it
           ,
           he
           lift
           up
           his
           Hands
           ,
           saying
           ,
           Good
           Lord
           have
           Mercy
           upon
           thee
           !
           
           it
           is
           a
           Leprosy
           .
           He
           likewise
           told
           me
           ,
           there
           might
           be
           something
           given
           to
           curb
           it
           (
           but
           not
           to
           cure
           it
           )
           if
           I
           had
           wherewithal
           to
           defray
           the
           Charge
           .
           I
           told
           him
           I
           was
           a
           poor
           Widow
           ,
           and
           so
           concerned
           my self
           no
           more
           with
           him
           .
           I
           went
           away
           from
           him
           full
           of
           Comfort
           ,
           having
           this
           Perswasion
           ,
           that
           Jesus
           Christ
           would
           be
           my
           Physician
           ,
           and
           would
           cure
           me
           .
        
         
           After
           this
           I
           was
           sent
           by
           the
           same
           Friend
           ,
           and
           on
           her
           own
           Account
           ,
           to
           Dr.
           Clarke
           ,
           and
           took
           that
           Opportunity
           to
           discover
           my
           Case
           to
           him
           ,
           who
           knowing
           me
           ,
           sympathized
           with
           me
           ,
           saying
           ,
           Alas
           ,
           poor
           Woman
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           Leprosy
           !
           I
           asked
           him
           whether
           it
           could
           be
           cured
           :
           He
           told
           me
           ,
           that
           something
           might
           be
           given
           to
           check
           it
           ,
           but
           not
           to
           cure
           it
           ;
           and
           that
           if
           I
           would
           go
           to
           Mr.
           Humes
           an
           Apothecary
           ,
           he
           would
           give
           Directions
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           would
           do
           what
           he
           could
           for
           me
           .
           But
           having
           no
           Hopes
           of
           Cure
           from
           any
           humane
           Means
           ,
           I
           concerned
           my self
           no
           further
           with
           him
           in
           this
           Matter
           .
           One
           Reason
           why
           I
           had
           no
           Expectation
           of
           Cure
           from
           Man
           was
           ,
           the
           occurring
           of
           that
           Scripture
           frequently
           to
           my
           Mind
           ,
           
             Mat.
             8.
             2.
             
             Lord
             ,
             if
             thou
             wilt
             ,
             thou
             canst
             make
             me
             clean
             .
          
           This
           I
           was
           enabled
           to
           plead
           before
           him
           with
           some
           Degree
           of
           Confidence
           that
           at
           last
           I
           should
           prevail
           .
        
         
           After
           this
           another
           Friend
           and
           Neighbour
           of
           mine
           being
           sick
           ,
           desired
           me
           to
           go
           for
           her
           
           to
           Dr.
           Nicholls
           ;
           and
           when
           I
           had
           discoursed
           with
           him
           concerning
           my
           Friend
           ,
           I
           asked
           him
           what
           he
           thought
           of
           my
           Distemper
           ?
           who
           answered
           ,
           Alas
           !
           poor
           Woman
           ,
           how
           came
           you
           by
           this
           Surfeit
           ?
           I
           asked
           him
           what
           the
           Distemper
           was
           ?
           and
           he
           likewise
           told
           me
           ,
           as
           the
           others
           had
           done
           before
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           a
           Leprosy
           ,
           and
           incurable
           .
        
         
           This
           I
           can
           truly
           say
           ,
           that
           all
           along
           my
           Faith
           was
           fix'd
           on
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           :
           It
           was
           on
           him
           I
           did
           and
           was
           resolved
           to
           rely
           ,
           who
           in
           the
           Days
           of
           his
           Flesh
           ,
           when
           on
           Earth
           ,
           cured
           all
           Diseases
           and
           Sicknesses
           among
           the
           People
           ;
           and
           I
           was
           confident
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           the
           same
           Power
           now
           he
           was
           glorified
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           as
           he
           had
           in
           the
           Days
           of
           his
           Humiliation
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           one
           thing
           I
           think
           good
           to
           remark
           ,
           viz.
           when
           I
           considered
           that
           I
           was
           a
           poor
           polluted
           unclean
           Leper
           ,
           I
           was
           under
           some
           doubt
           (
           though
           afterwards
           I
           concluded
           it
           was
           from
           Satan
           )
           whether
           I
           might
           and
           ought
           to
           come
           to
           the
           Congregation
           of
           the
           Lord's
           People
           to
           whom
           I
           belong
           ,
           to
           partake
           of
           that
           Blessed
           Ordinance
           of
           the
           Lord's
           Supper
           amongst
           them
           .
           Labouring
           under
           strong
           Conflicts
           about
           this
           Matter
           ,
           as
           I
           was
           going
           to
           the
           Congregation
           ,
           that
           Text
           came
           with
           Power
           on
           my
           Soul
           ,
           
             Gal.
             5.
             1.
             
             Stand
             fast
             in
             the
             Liberty
             wherewith
             Christ
             hath
             made
             you
             free
             ,
             and
             be
             not
             intangled
             again
             with
             the
             Yoke
             of
             Bondage
             .
          
           By
           this
           Text
           I
           understood
           that
           
           the
           Law
           of
           the
           Leper
           ,
           being
           part
           of
           the
           Ceremonial
           Law
           ,
           is
           done
           away
           ;
           and
           so
           that
           Doubt
           was
           removed
           .
        
         
           Upon
           the
           last
           Day
           of
           May
           ,
           1694.
           at
           Night
           ,
           when
           I
           was
           asleep
           in
           my
           Bed
           ,
           I
           was
           pleading
           with
           God
           in
           those
           Words
           of
           the
           Psalmist
           ,
           Psal
           .
           57.
           2.
           
           
             I
             will
             cry
             unto
             God
             most
             High
             ,
             unto
             him
             that
             performeth
             all
             things
             for
             me
             :
          
           And
           then
           I
           thought
           I
           saw
           a
           Man
           standing
           by
           me
           ,
           and
           laying
           his
           Hand
           on
           me
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             I
             will
             be
             thou
             clean
          
           .
           I
           answered
           ,
           
             Lord
             ,
             if
             thou
             sayest
             the
             Word
             ,
             it
             is
             done
             .
          
           To
           which
           I
           received
           this
           Reply
           ,
           
             All
             things
             are
             possible
             to
             him
             that
             believeth
             .
          
           I
           answered
           ,
           
             Lord
             ,
             I
             believe
             ,
             help
             thou
             my
             Vnbelief
             .
          
           To
           which
           it
           was
           answered
           ,
           
             He
             that
             believes
             ,
             needs
             not
             to
             say
             ,
             but
             is
             whole
             every
             whit
             ,
          
           (
           the
           Hand
           being
           all
           the
           while
           upon
           my
           Hand
           )
           and
           thereupon
           I
           awaked
           ,
           and
           perceived
           that
           it
           was
           a
           Dream
           .
           From
           that
           time
           (
           though
           I
           grew
           worse
           and
           worse
           )
           I
           was
           strongly
           perswaded
           that
           I
           should
           be
           made
           whole
           .
        
         
           The
           next
           Morning
           a
           Christian
           Friend
           of
           mine
           came
           to
           see
           me
           ,
           and
           brought
           a
           Woman
           with
           her
           ,
           telling
           me
           ,
           that
           she
           had
           brought
           one
           that
           could
           cure
           the
           Leprosy
           .
           I
           then
           said
           to
           the
           Woman
           ,
           Can
           you
           cure
           the
           Leprosy
           ?
           She
           said
           ,
           Yes
           .
           But
           said
           I
           ,
           You
           shall
           not
           cure
           me
           ,
           for
           I
           have
           thrown
           my self
           on
           the
           Physician
           of
           Value
           ,
           and
           he
           will
           cure
           me
           :
           And
           though
           you
           ,
           or
           all
           the
           
           greatest
           Doctors
           or
           Chirurgions
           in
           London
           ,
           would
           give
           me
           a
           great
           Sum
           of
           Money
           ,
           you
           should
           none
           of
           you
           take
           me
           in
           hand
           .
        
         
           After
           this
           I
           had
           divers
           Conflicts
           and
           Temptations
           to
           weaken
           my
           Confidence
           ;
           but
           God
           was
           pleased
           to
           give
           in
           divers
           seasonable
           Words
           for
           my
           Relief
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           strengthning
           of
           my
           Faith
           :
           As
           at
           one
           time
           that
           Text
           came
           with
           Power
           on
           my
           Soul
           ,
           
             Mark
             11.
             22.
             
             Have
             Faith
             in
             God.
          
           And
           at
           another
           time
           that
           Text
           ,
           
             John
             11.
             40.
             
             Said
             I
             not
             unto
             thee
             ,
             that
             if
             thou
             wouldst
             believe
             thou
             shouldst
             see
             the
             Glory
             of
             God
             ?
          
        
         
           And
           at
           another
           time
           that
           Text
           ,
           
             Heb.
             10.
             35.
             
             Cast
             not
             away
             your
             Confidence
             which
             hath
             great
             Recompence
             of
             Reward
             .
          
        
         
           And
           whereas
           I
           had
           been
           afflicted
           with
           a
           Ptysick
           for
           many
           Years
           ,
           wherewith
           I
           was
           laid
           vp
           every
           Winter
           ;
           in
           November
           last
           it
           pleased
           the
           Lord
           to
           remove
           that
           Distemper
           ,
           without
           the
           Use
           of
           any
           humane
           Means
           .
           And
           this
           was
           to
           me
           a
           Token
           for
           Good
           ,
           that
           God
           would
           likewise
           cure
           me
           of
           my
           Leprosy
           .
           Soon
           after
           this
           ,
           being
           at
           Mr.
           
           Beverley's
           Meeting
           ,
           and
           hearing
           the
           People
           talk
           of
           a
           miraculous
           Cure
           of
           one
           that
           was
           lame
           ,
           I
           asked
           one
           that
           sat
           by
           me
           concerning
           it
           :
           and
           she
           told
           me
           ,
           that
           a
           Maid
           that
           had
           been
           lame
           17
           Years
           was
           miraculously
           cured
           on
           a
           sudden
           .
           Then
           I
           told
           her
           ,
           I
           was
           waiting
           at
           the
           Pool
           ,
           believing
           that
           I
           should
           be
           made
           whole
           .
           From
           that
           time
           my
           Heart
           was
           drawn
           out
           to
           
           wrestle
           more
           earnestly
           with
           God
           for
           Cure
           ,
           crying
           out
           ,
           
             Lord
             !
             why
             not
             I
             ?
             why
             not
             I
             ,
             a
             poor
             Leper
             ?
          
        
         
           In
           December
           my
           Distemper
           growing
           worse
           and
           worse
           ,
           both
           on
           my
           Head
           and
           Body
           ,
           I
           met
           with
           some
           inward
           Struglings
           ,
           but
           was
           help'd
           to
           say
           ,
           in
           the
           Words
           of
           
             Job
             ,
             I
             know
             ,
             O
             Lord
             ,
             that
             thou
             canst
             do
             every
             thing
             .
          
           I
           was
           likewise
           help'd
           to
           say
           ,
           from
           that
           of
           the
           three
           Worthies
           ,
           
             Dan.
             3.
             17.
             
             My
             God
             whom
             I
             serve
             is
             able
             to
             deliver
             me
             :
          
           However
           I
           am
           resolved
           to
           trust
           in
           him
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           to
           give
           a
           true
           and
           faithful
           Account
           how
           I
           was
           healed
           .
        
         
           On
           the
           26th
           of
           December
           at
           Night
           I
           went
           to
           Bed
           ,
           as
           bad
           as
           ever
           I
           was
           ;
           and
           in
           the
           Night
           I
           had
           grievous
           and
           sore
           Temptations
           from
           my
           Adversary
           ,
           who
           told
           me
           I
           had
           no
           Faith
           ;
           and
           that
           if
           I
           had
           Faith
           I
           might
           be
           healed
           ;
           those
           Words
           being
           cast
           into
           my
           Mind
           ,
           
             O
             ye
             of
             little
             Faith
          
           :
           and
           I
           was
           tempted
           to
           think
           I
           had
           no
           Faith
           ,
           and
           that
           God
           did
           not
           love
           me
           ,
           but
           I
           perceived
           this
           was
           to
           beat
           me
           off
           from
           my
           Confidence
           in
           God.
           Then
           was
           I
           help'd
           to
           look
           back
           to
           former
           Experience
           ,
           and
           remembred
           that
           about
           30
           Years
           ago
           ,
           when
           I
           was
           under
           great
           Distress
           about
           the
           State
           of
           my
           Soul
           ,
           being
           under
           a
           deep
           Sense
           of
           my
           Sin.
           I
           was
           help'd
           to
           cast
           my
           Soul
           on
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           .
           And
           from
           that
           Consideration
           many
           times
           since
           ,
           
           when
           I
           have
           been
           in
           great
           Distress
           ,
           with
           respect
           to
           my
           outward
           Condition
           ,
           I
           have
           been
           enabled
           to
           cast
           my
           bodily
           Concerns
           upon
           him
           ;
           and
           then
           I
           cried
           out
           ,
           Lord
           ,
           I
           have
           cast
           my
           Soul
           upon
           thee
           ,
           and
           my
           Body
           upon
           thee
           ,
           and
           now
           I
           am
           resolved
           to
           cast
           all
           my
           Diseases
           upon
           thee
           .
           Then
           was
           I
           help'd
           to
           plead
           with
           God
           ,
           saying
           ,
           Lord
           ,
           if
           I
           have
           true
           Faith
           ,
           if
           thou
           lovest
           me
           ,
           if
           I
           have
           an
           Interest
           in
           Christ
           ,
           take
           away
           this
           Distemper
           before
           I
           die
           .
           Then
           Satan
           suggested
           to
           me
           ,
           that
           I
           had
           sinned
           with
           a
           witness
           in
           that
           I
           had
           limited
           God.
           But
           I
           was
           help'd
           to
           renew
           the
           same
           Petitions
           to
           the
           Lord
           ,
           knowing
           I
           had
           not
           limited
           the
           Lord
           ,
           only
           that
           he
           would
           cure
           me
           before
           I
           die
           .
           Then
           that
           Scripture
           was
           brought
           to
           my
           Mind
           ,
           
             Jam.
             4.
             7.
             
             Resist
             the
             Devil
             ,
             and
             he
             will
             flee
             from
             thee
             .
          
           From
           which
           I
           was
           encouraged
           to
           resist
           him
           ,
           knowing
           that
           he
           was
           a
           conquered
           Enemy
           .
           Then
           I
           lay
           quiet
           and
           with
           a
           composed
           Mind
           till
           Morning
           .
           Next
           Day
           I
           found
           a
           marvellous
           Alteration
           ,
           being
           much
           better
           and
           more
           chearful
           ,
           which
           was
           discerned
           by
           a
           Friend
           of
           mine
           ,
           who
           told
           me
           ,
           that
           she
           did
           perceive
           that
           I
           was
           much
           better
           .
        
         
           The
           next
           Night
           after
           this
           ,
           which
           was
           Thursday
           Night
           ,
           as
           I
           was
           in
           my
           Bed
           ,
           I
           put
           my
           Hand
           to
           my
           Head
           ,
           first
           on
           one
           side
           ,
           and
           then
           on
           the
           other
           ,
           and
           felt
           Skin
           on
           both
           Sides
           of
           it
           ,
           which
           at
           first
           was
           surprizing
           and
           amazing
           to
           me
           .
           Then
           I
           said
           ,
           
             Lord
             Jesus
             !
             
             hast
             thou
             begun
             ?
             thou
             wilt
             carry
             it
             on
             .
          
           When
           I
           arose
           in
           the
           Morning
           ,
           and
           had
           taken
           off
           my
           Head-clothes
           ,
           I
           found
           the
           Scurf
           was
           gone
           from
           off
           my
           Head
           ,
           only
           there
           remained
           like
           a
           little
           Cap
           on
           the
           Crown
           of
           my
           Head
           ,
           which
           was
           easily
           taken
           off
           with
           a
           Comb
           ,
           which
           I
           made
           use
           of
           for
           that
           end
           :
           And
           then
           appeared
           firm
           Skin
           all
           over
           my
           Head.
           At
           the
           same
           time
           my
           Distemper
           ,
           which
           was
           spread
           over
           my
           whole
           Body
           from
           Head
           to
           Foot
           ,
           even
           to
           my
           very
           Toes
           ,
           was
           likewise
           taken
           away
           .
           And
           whereas
           I
           had
           neither
           Skin
           nor
           Hair
           on
           my
           Head
           before
           ,
           my
           Hair
           is
           now
           grown
           to
           the
           Admiration
           of
           them
           that
           behold
           it
           .
           And
           to
           this
           Day
           ,
           through
           the
           Lord's
           Goodness
           ,
           I
           remain
           free
           both
           from
           Leprosy
           and
           Ptysick
           .
        
         
           
             
               Jan.
               16.
               1694
               
               /
               5.
               
            
          
           
             SVSANNAH
             ARCH
             .
          
        
         
           
             SOME
             of
             us
             whose
             Names
             are
             subscribed
             have
             had
             certain
             Knowledg
             of
             Susannah
             Arch's
             Distempers
             ,
             and
             also
             of
             her
             Cure
             :
             And
             we
             are
             all
             fully
             satisfied
             in
             the
             Truth
             of
             what
             is
             contained
             in
             this
             Narrative
             .
          
           
             
               
                 
                   William
                   Kiffin
                   ,
                
                 
                   William
                   Collins
                   ,
                
                 
                   Robert
                   Stead
                   ,
                
                 
                   Richard
                   Adams
                   ,
                
                 
                   Edward
                   Man
                   ,
                
                 
                   John
                   Piggott
                   ,
                
                 
                   Benjamin
                   Dennis
                   ,
                
                 
                   William
                   Draycot
                   ,
                
                 
                   Robert
                   Bartlett
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           The
           Certificate
           of
           Charles
           Nicholls
           Doctor
           of
           Physick
           .
        
         
           ON
           the
           29th
           of
           September
           last
           ,
           
             Susannah
             Arch
          
           coming
           to
           me
           on
           the
           behalf
           of
           another
           Woman
           ,
           desired
           me
           to
           tell
           her
           what
           her
           own
           Distemper
           was
           ?
           I
           gave
           it
           ,
           as
           my
           Opinion
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           a
           Leprosy
           ,
           and
           could
           not
           perfectly
           be
           cured
           ,
           but
           something
           might
           be
           given
           to
           check
           it
           ,
           or
           keep
           it
           under
           .
           Furthermore
           ,
           I
           coming
           this
           Day
           into
           Southwark
           ,
           I
           saw
           this
           Woman
           cur'd
           of
           her
           sad
           Distemper
           ;
           and
           by
           what
           I
           have
           heard
           her
           say
           ,
           and
           is
           related
           in
           the
           foregoing
           Narrative
           ,
           I
           do
           verily
           believe
           that
           it
           was
           done
           by
           the
           immediate
           Hand
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           the
           Fruit
           and
           Effect
           of
           her
           Faith.
           I
           must
           say
           that
           I
           stand
           in
           Admiration
           in
           beholding
           this
           Woman
           cured
           .
        
         
           In
           witness
           of
           all
           which
           
             I
             set
             my
             Hand
             
               this
               18th
               Day
               of
               January
               ,
               1694
               /
               5.
               
            
          
           
             Charles
             Nicholls
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           The
           Certificate
           of
           Mr.
           Thomas
           Forty
           ,
           Apothecary
           .
        
         
           
           IVnderstand
           I
           was
           the
           first
           Person
           that
           
             Susannah
             Arch
          
           came
           to
           enquire
           of
           about
           her
           Distemper
           ,
           as
           she
           declared
           ;
           and
           I
           do
           testify
           ,
           in
           the
           Fear
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           I
           did
           and
           do
           believe
           she
           had
           a
           Leprosy
           ,
           as
           is
           inserted
           in
           this
           Narrative
           ;
           and
           I
           have
           seen
           her
           several
           times
           since
           she
           was
           cured
           :
           and
           by
           my
           conferring
           with
           her
           and
           others
           ,
           I
           do
           declare
           ,
           that
           I
           verily
           believe
           she
           is
           perfectly
           cured
           ;
           and
           that
           it
           was
           not
           done
           by
           any
           humane
           Means
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           immediate
           Hand
           and
           Power
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           as
           the
           Effect
           of
           her
           Faith.
           
        
         
           In
           witness
           of
           which
           
             I
             set
             my
             Hand
             
               this
               18th
               Day
               of
               January
               ,
               1694
               /
               5.
               
            
          
           
             Thomas
             Forty
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           The
           Testimony
           of
           Mr.
           Robert
           Hume
           ,
           Apothecary
           .
        
         
           
             I
             Robert
             Hume
          
           do
           declare
           ,
           in
           the
           fear
           of
           the
           All-seeing
           ,
           Heart-searching
           God
           ,
           concerning
           
             Susannah
             Arch
          
           ,
           whom
           I
           have
           known
           for
           several
           Years
           ,
           as
           followeth
           ,
           viz.
           
        
         
           1.
           
           She
           was
           ,
           to
           my
           Knowledg
           ,
           grievously
           afflicted
           with
           an
           Asthma
           ,
           commonly
           called
           a
           Ptysick
           ;
           yea
           I
           have
           seen
           her
           scarce
           able
           to
           go
           along
           the
           Street
           so
           fast
           as
           a
           Child
           of
           two
           Years
           old
           .
           When
           her
           Husband
           was
           ill
           of
           the
           Sickness
           whereof
           he
           died
           ,
           if
           she
           went
           but
           cross
           the
           Chamber
           ,
           she
           would
           pant
           like
           one
           almost
           expiring
           ,
           insomuch
           that
           I
           thought
           she
           was
           more
           like
           to
           die
           than
           he
           :
           and
           so
           she
           commonly
           was
           in
           the
           Winter
           ,
           especially
           in
           such
           Weather
           as
           increases
           that
           Distemper
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           One
           Day
           she
           came
           to
           me
           ,
           which
           I
           think
           was
           about
           July
           last
           ,
           and
           showed
           me
           her
           Head
           ,
           saying
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           Can
           you
           tell
           me
           what
           
           I
           have
           got
           here
           ?
           I
           answered
           ,
           It
           is
           a
           Leprosy
           (
           for
           so
           I
           think
           it
           was
           indeed
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Description
           of
           the
           best
           Authors
           )
           :
           Ay
           ,
           says
           she
           ,
           so
           every
           Body
           tells
           me
           ,
           for
           I
           have
           been
           at
           the
           Hospital
           ,
           and
           they
           all
           say
           so
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           tell
           me
           there
           is
           no
           Cure
           for
           it
           .
           I
           advised
           her
           to
           go
           to
           Doctor
           Clark
           ,
           to
           hear
           what
           he
           would
           say
           of
           it
           .
           In
           a
           little
           time
           after
           she
           came
           and
           told
           we
           ,
           she
           had
           showed
           it
           to
           Dr.
           Clark
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           was
           of
           the
           same
           Opinion
           with
           the
           rest
           ,
           however
           desired
           to
           speak
           with
           me
           about
           it
           :
           I
           went
           to
           him
           ,
           but
           do
           not
           punctually
           remember
           what
           he
           said
           ,
           but
           this
           I
           remember
           ,
           that
           he
           look'd
           upon
           it
           to
           be
           a
           very
           sad
           difficult
           Case
           ;
           so
           that
           I
           all
           along
           took
           it
           for
           granted
           that
           he
           look'd
           upon
           it
           to
           be
           a
           Leprosy
           ,
           and
           that
           there
           was
           no
           Hope
           of
           Cure
           ,
           for
           he
           ordered
           nothing
           for
           her
           .
        
         
           Now
           as
           to
           these
           Matters
           I
           do
           further
           declare
           ;
        
         
           1st
           .
           As
           to
           her
           Asthma
           :
           I
           could
           not
           but
           admire
           when
           I
           was
           with
           her
           a
           little
           after
           she
           was
           cured
           of
           the
           Leprosy
           ,
           and
           saw
           how
           she
           went
           a
           pretty
           way
           along
           the
           Street
           ,
           and
           up
           a
           pair
           of
           Stairs
           ,
           and
           that
           
           in
           frosty
           Weather
           ,
           without
           puffing
           and
           blowing
           ,
           as
           she
           was
           used
           to
           do
           .
           I
           did
           take
           particular
           Notice
           how
           she
           could
           speak
           without
           fetching
           her
           Breath
           longer
           than
           a
           great
           many
           that
           never
           were
           afflicted
           with
           any
           such
           Indisposition
           .
        
         
           2dly
           .
           As
           for
           the
           Leprosy
           :
           It
           was
           no
           less
           Wonder
           to
           me
           ,
           that
           when
           I
           came
           to
           look
           upon
           that
           which
           formerly
           was
           in
           my
           Judgment
           Leprous
           as
           Snow
           ,
           I
           found
           now
           was
           become
           as
           the
           Flesh
           of
           a
           young
           Child
           .
           I
           do
           verily
           believe
           she
           is
           wholly
           cured
           of
           it
           ,
           there
           being
           all
           Symptoms
           of
           Soundness
           ,
           and
           the
           Hair
           does
           grow
           apace
           .
           Let
           any
           doubtful
           ,
           make
           what
           Search
           they
           will
           ,
           I
           am
           not
           afraid
           of
           being
           found
           in
           a
           Mistake
           in
           this
           Matter
           .
        
         
           To
           the
           Truth
           of
           this
           Attestation
           ,
           
             I
             have
             hereunto
             set
             my
             Hand
             
               this
               12th
               Day
               of
               February
               ,
               1694
               /
               5.
               
            
          
           
             Robert
             Hume
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
  

