A spirituall testament dedicated to the Ladyes Vavasor and Ingram, [ca. 1700].engManuscript of a devotional essay, much of which is addressed to God in the second person, on acceptance of and spiritual preparation for death, including resolution to repent and reform one's way of life, arrangements for the receipt of final sacraments, resignation to the will of God even in suffering, and profession of creedal faith "receaved in mye trew Catholique and Apostolicall Church." Margins contain subject headings and citations from the Bible and theological sources including Gregory of NazianzusIn English.Ladies Vavasor and Ingram are the writer's sisters (p.1, 11.2-3); thus the author may have been Miles Stapylton (or Stapleton, 1660-1731).Binding: Full-calf morocco, marbled endpapers.Presentation inscription, with cipher, on first page: To Mrs. Jane Gilliam at York / Prsent. / Mr. Stevenson / Sthevenson [cipher] governed by the gods.At back of volume, in a different hand: Mrs. Dillope's dyeing instructions to her daughter taken from her own mouth.Ownership inscription on last page: Mrs. Dalton book.