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A09620	Phisicke for the soule verye necessarie to be vsed in the agonie of death, and in those extreme and moste perillous seasons, aswell for those, which are in good health, as those, which are endewed with bodily sicknesse. Translated out of Latine into Englishe, by H. Thorne.	John Chrysostom, Saint, d. 407. De patientia et de consumatione huius sæculi, de secundo advento. aut; Thorne, Henry, fl. 1567-1584.	1567 (1567)	STC 19893A.7; ESTC S106667	56,136	144

and redemption for vs Pet. 32. Rom. 4. so that he will neuer impute them vnto vs but will fréely forgiue them all euen as we saye in the articles of our faith I beleue the remission of sinnes The testimonies of scripture for the remission of sinnes throughe Christ must be diligently repeated vnto the sick wherof I haue here vnder recited some that they may be in a readynesse BEholde the Lambe of God Ioan. 1. which taketh away the sinnes of the worlde Wée are not redéemed with bryckle thinges 1. Petr. 1. as with corruptible siluer and gold but with the precious blood of Christ as of a lambe vndefiled and without spot Let these things enter into the bottome of thine heart let these things lift thée vp and giue thee comforte There is no cause why thou shouldest doubt of the forgiuenesse of sinnes if thou constantly professe the name of Christ and trustest in his mercie he will also take away thy sinnes If so be that thou nothing stick nor stacker but vndoubtedly beléeuest this nowe thou art become the sonne of God there is no cause why thou shouldest wauer there is nothing that thou shouldest feare Hearken vnto the testimonies of scripture but so hearken vnto them that thou mayest surely print them in thy minde Ioan. 3. So God loued the worlde that he gaue his onely begotten sonne that none that beléeue in him should perishe but should haue euerlasting lyfe He that beléeueth on him shall not be condemned Math. 9. I came not to call the righteous but sinners vnto repentance Math. 11. Come vnto mée all yee that labour and are laden and I will refresh you He calleth all men vnto him he refuseth no man he casteth no man in the téeth Thou art also comprehended in this worde All. Call vpon his mercie and he will comfort thée Rom. 5. God setteth out his loue that he hath to vs séeing that while we were yet sinners Christ died for vs. Much more then nowe séeing that we are iustified in his blood shall we be saued from wrath thorowe him God the father which earnestly loueth thée would that this gospell full of comfort shoulde bée also declared vnto thée For Christ was sent vnto thée and he also died for thee beléeue onely and commende thy selfe vnto Christ thy preseruer and defender If when we were enimies Rom. 5. we were reconciled vnto God by the death of his sonne muche more séeing we are reconciled wee shall be preserued by his lyfe Christ is made to vs wisedome 1. Cor. 1. and also righteousnesse and sanctifying and redemption Here déerely beloued brother take a good hart although thou bée neuer so great an offender yet there is no matter why thou shouldest despeire but confesse and acknowledge thy selfe before Christ to be a sinner Call vpon his mercie and desire pardon of him aske forgiuenesse of thy sinnes and beléeue that Christ is thy onely sauiour thy health and iustification and euer will be Rom. 4. he will both couer and also abolishe all thy sinnes that thou shall neither feare perill nor dammage for them God hath made him to bée sinne for vs 2. Cor. 5. which knew no sinne that we by his meanes should be that righteousnesse which before God is allowed Gala. 1. Christ gaue himselfe for our sinnes to delyuer vs from this presente euill worlde through the will of God our father Ephe. 1. By Christ we haue redemption thorowe his blood euen the forgiuenesse of sinnes according to the riches of his grace 1. Timo. 1. Christ Iesus came into the worlde to saue sinners Haue thou a confidence in these wordes and giue good credite vnto them and thou shalt be iustified and saued as wel as saint Paule 1. Timo. 2. Christ Iesus gaue himselfe a ransome for all men Constantly beléeue this and without all question to the contrarie thou art one of that number which shall be saued Hebr. 10. We are sanctified by the offering vp of the body of Iesus Christ once for all Thou hearest Christ also speaking vnto thée in his laste supper féeding thée with his body and giuing himselfe vnto thée spiritually that thou mightest drink his blood vnto euerlasting lyfe Luc. 22. Where as he sayeth Take eate this is my body Math. 26. Mark 14. 1. Cor. 11. which is gyuen for you This do in the remembrance of mée And likewise when he had supped he tooke the cup saying This cup is the new testament in my blood which is shedde for you for the forgiuenesse of sinnes Doe this as often as yée shall drinke it in the remembrance of mée Thinke thou déerely beloued that those wordes were spoken vnto thée fasten them in the bottome of thine heart For when he speaketh generally vnto al men Mark 13. he speaketh to thee also All things which Christ suffered shall doe thée good they shall redownde vnto thine aduantage and saluation they shall profite thée as much as they shall the déere saintes of God Christ himselfe bare our sinnes in his bodie on the trée 1. Petr. 2. Christ hath once suffered for sinnes 1. Petr. 3. the iust for the vniust for to bring vs to God The blood of Iesus Christe clenseth vs from all sinne 1. Ioan. 1. If anye man sinne 1. Ioan. 2. we haue an aduocate with the father Iesus Christ which is righteous He it is that abteyned grace for our sinnes Thou mayest take moe fewer or lesse sentences of scripture for this purpose euen as thou shalt perceyue the sick to be affected The words which thou hast now heard are not the wordes of man but of the holy Ghost which plainly testifie that God the father whiche woulde not the death of a sinner Ezech. 18. but that he might be conuerted and liue for that his feruent loue which he beareth towardes thee hath eased and released thée from the burthen of thy sinnes hath layed them on the shoulders of his deerely beloued sonne Esay 53. which hath so borne and suffered them all in his body that they shal neuer be thy condemnation For if so bée that thou beléeue in Christ God reputeth and accepteth the death of his sonne in the stead of a full and sufficient repentance satisfaction and absolution for all thy sinnes Séeing therefore thy sinnes layed vpon Christ coulde not deteyne or kéepe him in death and condemne him ransome is truely payd for them and they are all fréely forgiuen thée Beléeue this and thou shalt liue eternally Christ himselfe suffered for thy sinnes Rom. 4. 1. Ioan. 2. died for them But he rose againe and the sinnes of all faithfull beléeuers are by his death acquited purged and clensed so that the straight iustice seuere iudgement of God is aboundantly satisfied through Christ Nowe therefore Christ is become thine and all others which beleeue with al his benefites with his death with his resurrection with his

hearts with moste vehement ingines of sorrowes and heauinesse There will be great daunger in those Agonies and troubles of the minde if oure heart bée not established with a sure and constant faith least we now béeing weakned and wearied with the multitude and greatnesse of temptations do dispaire For those things which come in our mindes when we are sicke séeme to be most horrible and gréeuous and for none other cause then that oure faith is verie little and doth wauer neyther yet is so strong that trusting vnto the worde of God is able to apprehende that vnmeasurable and ineastimable treasure and riches of God the sonne that is to wit the remissiō of sinnes through Christ the resurrection of the fleshe that most pleasaunt and exoptable felowship of all the elect and the lyfe euerlasting and that all these things are giuen vs fréely in Christ and for Christ We ought daylie to exercise our selues in these Articles of our faith and to fastē them in vs diligently pondering weighing them in our mindes Also we shoulde oftentimes come vnto the Sacrament Synaxis or the Table of the Lords supper But we must first diligētly trie fashion and prepare our selues For we ought especially to beware of this that we meddle not with the most royall Sacrament Eucharist or of thankesgiuing with vnwashed mindes and spotted consciences It is truely a shamefull matter and much to be lamented that this many yeares this Sacrament of the body and bloude of Iesus Christ hath béene supersticiously administred and of some other it hath béene handled vnreuerently and little according to the worthinesse thereof in so much that of some Heretikes it hath béene vtterly contemned and dispised The present punishments and afflictions doe sufficiently declare vnto vs how haynously they offended therein wherof S. Paule foretold vnto the Corinthians 1. Corin. 11. This Sacrament surely is a great and marueylous pledge of his especiall loue and singular mercy towards vs which he would haue to be testified and declared vnto vs in that his last Supper how that he adioyneth vs vnto him as his mysticall members that we may know and vnderstande that we are beloued regarded and preserued of him Thus doe godlye mindes determine that Christ is effectuall in vs. I woulde to God we would learne to consider in our mindes the worthynesse of this so royall a gifte that we might be therefore thankfull and when we aduaunce lift vp our faith we mought then also haue a reuerent feare and thinke how detestable an offence and ingratitude is and what horrible punishments will ensue the prophanatiō or vnholy vsing of this so worthie a mysterie And it is not to bée thought those moste grieuous threatnings which Saint Paule maketh mention off to be vaine and of none effect For God is alwaies true And I suppose assuredly that the greatest parte of those publicke euilles which haue béene in our dayes are to be imputed vnto the disorderly and grosse vsing of that most holy pledge Let vs therefore oftentimes prepare our selues to come vnto the Communion Table with feruent desire of vertue and holynesse that our mindes béeing refreshed and comforted with that heauenly foode of the soule faith and charitie maye bée daylie increased and strengthened in vs. The Articles of our Faith are diligently to be considered of the Sicke WEe ought also furthermore to remember and alwayes haue in our mindes all the Articles of our Catholike Faith But foure especially are diligently to be considered and to be poured into vs by often repiticion in the Agonies and troubles of death that is to saye the communion of Saintes the forgiuenesse of sinnes throughe the bloode of Christ the rising againe of the fleshe and the eternall lyfe Wherefore sicknesses ar sent vnto vs from God THen as death is the punishment of sinne Euen so diseases are many times sent vnto vs from God for our sinnes the whiche thing is manifest by manye testimonies of Scripture as in Ioan. 5. Psalme 88. Deut. 28. 2. Reg. 24. We are also often afflicted that oure fayth thereby mought be tryed For then surely a man may sée how much wée loue God how muche we trust in him when we are afflicted and oppressed with some gréeuous crosse Then here aboue all things sée that thou repent vnfaynedly turning thy whole heart minde and senses vnto God that thou maiest confesse and bewayle thy sinnes before him For sinne is the onely cause why we deserue the most iust wrath heauie plague of God Ioan. 20. And thou shalt gather out of Saint Iohn his Gospell the most aboundant comfort off absolution or remission of sinnes which Christ hath instituted and left vnto his vniuersall Church This vnmeasurable treasure is opened and offered vnto thée dailye Christ sayth receiue yée the holy Ghost Math. 18. whose sinnes soeuer yée forgiue they are forgiuen them and whose sinnes soeuer yée retaine they are retained Now when we haue desired and obtained forgiuenesse of our misdéedes without all question to the contrarie the paine and griefe or affliction also béeing on vs either will cease and leaue vs either will redownd vnto the saluation of the sicke body according to the passing good will and pleasure of almightie God For thou must be throughly perswaded that thou nothing doubt herein but that the paine or crosse although it séeme vnto the flesh a verie heauie yoke and burthen is a méere fatherly rodde and correction whereby God doth withhold and call backe thée his childe from committing of sinne entising and alluring thée vnto him God verily loueth vs with a feruent zeale hée willingly tendereth our saluation and worketh all things vnto this ende and purpose that he may correct vs and bring vs vnto good For looke whome he loueth him doth he correct him doth he chasten afflict in this world least after this lyfe he should be tormented with the euerlasting paine of vnquenchable fire And wauer not but perswade thy selfe most certainely that God is thy most louing Father and much desirous of thée howsoeuer he seeme to be angry with thée This is not the wrath of a Tiraunt and an executioner but of a father intéerely louing vs which would not that we should be lost and cast awaye but that we béeing corrected shoulde amende and obtaine saluation This is a most certaine truth if so be that we whose faith is so weake can beleue it First of all therefore aske thou forgiuenesse and remission of all thy sinnes but through Christ and with a verie repentant heart that thou mayest well accorde with God that thou mayest find him pacified and mercifull vnto thée After this done thou mayest also beséech him to delyuer thée from the affliction which troubleth thée So doth Ecclesiasticus teach vs whereas he sayth Eccle. 38. My sonne despise not thy selfe in thy sickenesse but pray vnto the Lorde and he shall heale thée And so doth the Psalmist praye Remember not O Lorde our olde

iniquities let thy mercies spéedily preuent vs Psal 79. help vs O God our Sauior Conuert vs O thou Lorde God of power shewe vs thy louing countinance and we shall be safe how long wilt thou be angrie First he desireth forgiuenesse of his sinnes that he might be iustified by the grace of god Next he entreateth against the wrath of God And when thou prayest for the deliuerance and easement of the crosse which oppresseth thée thou shalt alwayes put to this additiō Thy most blessed and holy will be done For we cannot better sée vnto our selues then cā our most faithfull Father of his endlesse power wisedome and infinite goodnesse which neuer turneth his eies from vs but with all diligence taketh care of vs which knoweth the number of the heares of our heads Math. 10. which doth quicken comfort cherishe couer nourish preserue and defend all things which helpeth and prouideth for all men much more and farre better then any creatures can bée able yea to wish for There be three things which torment vs most greeuously and cruelly and doe trouble our mindes in the Agonie of death that is to wit Sinne Death Hell or Damnation Sinne WHen those Sinnes come in our mindes we lying sicke wherein wée haue wickedly noughtily passed ouer our lyues wherby we haue very gréeuously offēded both God and our neighbor we are striken with great feare and sorrow euen as S. Paule sayeth vnto the Romaines Indignation wrath Rom. 2. tribulation and anguishe shall come vpon the soule of euery man that doth euill Death ADam our flesh dieth very vnwyllingly Wherefore when death approcheth neere mans heart is altoo shaken wyth great dolors and heauinesse which no tongue is able to expresse For our fearefull affection and oure naturall man dreadeth miserablie least that when he is once dead and buried vnder the earth he shall neuer returne againe and liue but supposeth that he is vndone for euer Hell fire and Damnation WHen those things come as it were before our eyes then man feareth least he bée vtterly cast away from the presence of God and séeth none other thing in himselfe but euerlasting death Wée haue neede therfore of a good courage in this case and of a strong and valiant heart that there appeare in vs no point of cowardnesse and desperation ¶ A Prayer for the same O Most mercifull God and most louing Father I beséech thée aide vs and graunt that we which bée yet in good health and safetie may learn to feare and dreade thée may loue and imbrace thy holy worde and that we may set thée before vs as a scope and marke whervnto we may direct all our doings and that we being alwayes mindefull of the most bitter agonie of death may so prepare arme our selues that we maye order all our deedes to thy glory as doe the godly which feare thée and that we may in the ende obteyne euerlasting lyfe Amen What is to be done when Sinne doth vexe and stirre our consciences THinke with thy selfe that the sonne of GOD came downe from heauen into the lowest partes and was made man he tooke vpon him thy sinnes and the sinnes of the whole worlde hée willingly dyed on the crosse for them and made full satisfactiō for them all suffering for thy sake most gréeuous paines The moste precious blood of Christ was shed for thy saluation and thou art partaker of his death if so be that thou constantly beleue on Christ that he died as wel for thée as for Peter and Paule And thou oughtest not to doubt any thing at all but that hée dyed as effectuallye for thée as for Paule Thou art baptised throughe the death of Christe This thing ought to comforte thée this thing ought to lift vp and strengthen thy minde For séeing that thou art baptised through the death of Christ his death shall ayde and saue thée through his death thou shalt not die in thy sinnes but through his death thou shalt vndoubtedly obteine forgiuenesse of them all and in the ende through Christ his death thou shalt rise againe vnto a new and euerlasting life For baptisme is a sure token Babtisme pledge and signe of Gods grace and fauour wherein thou art reconciled vnto God that thou maiest haue a ioyous and quiet conscience through him Math. 26. Mark 14. Luc. 22. 1. Cor. 11. for the forgiuenesse of thy sinnes by Christ his resurrection And he certeinlye speaketh vnto thée in the institution of his last supper where as he professeth and testifieth that his blood was shed for the remission of sinnes Now therfore although thou haue not liued an vpright and pure life in eche respect yet Rom. 10. there is no cause why thou shouldest dispaire but spéedily call vpon the name of of the lorde without ceassing and thou shalt bée safe And thus begin thou to saye O moste mercifull GOD A prayer O father of all compassion father of oure lorde Iesus Christ bee mercifull vnto mée a sinner haue compassion on me a poore wretch and make haste to helpe mée for that most bitter yea moste precious passion and death of Iesus Christ thy onely begotten sonne and our onely redéemer and sauior Enter not into iudgemēt with thy seruant oh lorde Psal 143. deale not with mée according to my desertes neyther rewarde me according to mine iniquities but receiue me for thine infinite and endlesse goodnesse and mercies sake I a wretch and séely creature am in thine hand power and daunger oh moste mightie and mercifull God oh most louing father cast mée not awaye vtterly refused in miserie I am thine whatsoeuer I am No man can comfort mée no man can help me besides thee onely Thou art the true propulsour driuer awaye of all mischiefe from men Thou art the most sure and readie helpe ayde succour and defence Thou art the moste strong tower Thou art O God our hope Psal 46. Psal 31. and strength thou art a very present help in trouble In thée O Lorde do I put my trust let me not be cōfounded let me neuer bee ashamed my hope béeing in vayne but deliuer me in thy righteousnesse Bow downe thine eare to mee make haste to deliuer me And be thou my strong rock and house of defence that thou mayest saue mée Thou art my strong rock my castle Thou art my lorde my porcion is in thine handes Lighten thy face vpon thy seruant and saue me O lorde in thy mercie Further thou that art sick must be chiefly admonished of this point that thou think not what sinnes thou hast committed but rather haue before thine eies to cōtemplate and looke on the image of Christ his most holesome precious death Fasten it surely in thy minde and thorowly perswade thy selfe Esay 53. Math. 8. that thou art not now oppressed with thy sinnes for Christ and that they are all layed vpō his shoulders which taking them vpon him hath made satisfaction

bodye rise againe not corruptible bryckle fraile feeble as now it is but faire cleane beautifull strong of perfite force and immortall vnto euerlasting lyfe This is the way by thys corporall death vnto true and eternall lyfe into oure true countrey 1. Cor. 15. Flesh and blood cannot inherite the kingdome of God wherein is nothing but lyfe and therefore this mortalitie must put on immortalitie Esac 25. Oseae 13. Then shall the saying come to passe which is written Death is swalowed vp into the victorie they nowe whiche beléeue in Christ haue ouercome sinne death and hell They therefore contemning death being strong and bolde in Christ will say Hell where is thy victorie Sinne is the sting of death the lawe is the strength of sinne But prayse be vnto God which hath giuen vs the victorie through our lorde Iesus Christ We wyll adde also other sentences of scripture conteyning plentifull comfort 1. Cor. 4. HE that raysed vp the lorde Iesus Christ from death shall rayse vs vp also Phill. 3. Our conuersation is in heauen from whence we looke for a sauiour euen the lorde Iesus Christ which shall chaunge our vile bodies that they maye be fashioned like vnto his glorious bodye according to the working whereby he is able to subdue all things vnto him Colos 3. Yée are dead and your lyfe is hidde with Christ in God When Christ which is our lyfe shall shewe himselfe then shall ye also appéere with him in glorie I woulde not brethren 1. Thes 4. haue you ignorant concerning them which are fallen a sléepe that ye sorrow not as other do which haue no hope For if we beléeue that Iesus Christ dyed and rose againe euen so they also which sléepe by Iesus will God bring againe with him And saint Paule doth comfort Tymothe his scholar in the articles of the resurrection by these wordes Remember sayeth he that Iesus Christ being of the séede of Dauid rose againe from death 2. Timo 3.2 according to my gospell If we are dead with Christ we shall also liue with him If we suffer with him we shall raigne with him Saint Paule sayeth that Christ Hebr. 2. by the grace of GOD should taste of death for all men And in the same place he sayeth also that Christ was made partaker of our flesh and blood that is to saye hée became perfite man that hée might put downe through death him that had lordship ouer death that is to wit the diuell and that he might delyuer them whosoeuer through feare of death were all there lyfe time in daunger of bondage God saued vs 2. Timo. 1. and called vs with an holy calling not according to our déedes but according to his owne purpose grace which grace was giuen vs through Christ before the world was but is now declared openly by the appéering of our sauior Iesu Christ which hath put away death hath brought lyfe and immortalitie to light 1. Ioan. 3. We know that we are translated from death vnto lyfe bicause we loue the brethren 1. Ioan. 4. In this appéered the loue of God to vs warde bicause that God sent his onely begotten sonne into the world that we might liue thorow him Iob. 19. I am sure that my redéemer lyueth and that I shall ryse out of the earth at the last day and that I shall be clothed againe with this skin and sée God in my fleshe yea I my selfe shall beholde him not with other but with the same eyes He that diligently doth meditate thinke vpon these testimonies of scripture cannot choose but take much comfort and great ioy therof Saint Paule may be a most euident example thereof vnto vs which hartily reioyseth in his owne behalfe that he knoweth Christ Phill. 3. and the power of his resurrectiō whereby our death is slaine Now therfore death is dead vnto all them which beléeue in Christ there is nothing now in death terrible which is to be dreaded and feared besides the onely ymage and shape thereof Euen as a serpent being kylled kéepeth notwithstanding that his olde and fearefull figure but hath no power in him to doe harme Num. 21. and euen as the lyue serpentes died when the brasen serpent was looked on which Moyses set vp in the wildernesse by the might of the power of God and the Iewes could not be infected with venome of the lyue serpentes Likewise also our death his dead and made harmlesse and nothing to be feared if we looke vpon and beholde the liuely death of Christ wyth the eyes of our fayth And to be short death is like the verie ymage and shadowe of death yea more rather she is the beginning and enteraunce into the true lyfe Christ which is the veritie it selfe sayeth Ioan. 24. Ioan. 8. If a man kéepe my wordes he shall neuer sée death How I pray you may this be I will showe you howe A man that trusteth in the mercie of Christ by the fayth which he hath taken out of the gospell is so incorporated as I may so terme it and so vnited and coupled vnto his lorde and mayster Christ which is the true lyfe Ioan. 14. that he may not be pulled or separated from him This body therefore is sundred and deuided from the soule in moste sure hope of the glorious resurrection vnto euerlasting lyfe For within short space the body shal be restored againe vnto the soule that they maye both enioy felicitie And he that thus beléeueth in Christ shall not sée eternall death of body and soule that is to witte perpetuall damnation which is the true death The death of godly men is a going forth into the company of the elect For the death of godlye men is a going forth and departing out of this mortall life into immortalitie vnto Christ vnto the angelles and vnto all the saints What is to bee done when hell or eternall damnation comming in our minds doth feare vs. THe malignant spirite maketh man verie solicitous pensiue about his predestination putting those cruell and horrible thoughts of predestination in hys mynde What if thou shouldest not please God What if he hath vtterly cast thée off How knowest thou that thou art one of the number of them whome God hath elected and chosen vnto euerlasting lyfe These and the lyke temptations are most bitter and doe most gréeuously torment and vexe the minde Wherefore thou must here stande fast on both féete as the prouerbe is and it is needefull that thou constantly defend thy selfe in this conflict But it thou wouldest obtaine the victory in this battell thou must set vpon him by this policie craft Forthwith as soone as these temptations come vnto thée from the Diuell beware thou enter not into disputation with him beware thou deale not with him neyther answere him againe But put him off from thée chased awaye with these wordes and cogitations Sathan get thée hence depart

gréeuously feare what thing can more cruelly vexe and torment his conscience ouerwhelmed with sinne then when he doubteth of the mercie of God when he dreadeth least God be his aduersarie and will reiect him when he is not able to conceyue this fayth of his mercie and doth imagine himselfe to be cast awaye as a drie member that is cut off Be present here O Iesus Christ with thine aide and helpe here we haue néede of thy comfort let not this black violent and horrible tempest of troubles ouerthrowe and drowne wretched man But there is no cause why we shoulde doubt Christ is true he will make his promises to appéere he will helpe vs and refreshe vs. Therfore where as thy fayth is not strong ynough where as thy hart is striken with feare and trembling where as thou féelest thy selfe to doubt of Gods mercie and hast well néere no faith at all straight wayes call vppon God bewayle thy miserie and lack of beléefe before him seeke for his ayde and succour by feruent prayer and hée will both helpe and refreshe thée and by this meanes thou shalt glorifie him He hath taken vpon him thus to do and he will bring it to passe But take héede especially thou cease not to call vpon God 1. Cor. 1. Beséech thou without all ceassing the father of all consolation and comfort with sighes comming from the bottome of thine hart that he turne not his face from thée Laye thy weakenesse vpon him and poure out into his bosome al other things which trouble and torment thée Crie out with his disciples Luc. 17. Math. 9. O lord increase my faith Lykewise say thou with the father of the lunatike childe Lorde I beleue help thou mine vnbeléefe Make hast O lorde to helpe me before that I oppressed with this weight be drowned Thy mercie is aboue all thy workes O most mercifull O most bounteous father O lorde God of my saluation Psal 143. my succour and refuge enter not into iudgement with thy seruant Christ is my righteousnesse redemption and innocencie which suffered most bitter and cruel death for my sake Let those things moue thée O father of all compassion Haue mercie on me for this thy sōnes sake Confirme and strengthē mine hart by faith in Christ Comfort mée with the consolations of the holy ghost that I may enioy the true ioyes in Christ for euer If thou after this maner laboring stryuing and fighting with thine imbecillitie and weakenesse accusing and bewayling thine incredulitie and faint courage doe take holde vpon Christ and sticke fast and sure vnto him once taken desiring and beséeching his ayde with continuall and earnest prayers that he will vouchsafe to fulfill all things lacking in thée substituting himself in thy roume if I say thou thus doe then all shall be in good case all things shall go well with thee and there shall be no perill For truely these two things to beléeue in Christ and to cal for faith by earnest praier doe not much differ one from the other Although thou be weake and endued with a féeble minde let this thing notwithstanding comfort and aduaunce thée againe that God hath commaunded and wylleth that we shoulde call vpon him and that he hath promised to héere beneuolently Psal 45. and to helpe vs when we call vpon him Furthermore as nothing is more iustly desired of God than true fayth euen so he héereth no prayer sooner more wyllingly than that wherein man finding no goodnesse in himselfe acknowledging his infirmitie hys weakenesse and miserie accuseth his vnbeléefe bewayling and lamenting the same desiring to haue faith with plentie and wofull sighes earnest prayers These sighes these prayers this smale faith be it neuer so little is in déede a godly and a bright sparkle and the séede of God which neuer riseth without the efficacie and working of God in vs which speaketh of Christ by the prophet Esay Esay 42. A brused réede shall hée not breake and the smoking flaxe he shall not quench Wherefore see that thou beleue constantly on Christ or beséeche him at the least wise with hartie prayers that thou mayest beleeue bewayling thine vnbeléefe before God If thou doe those things thou shalt nothing doubt but thou art reckened righteous before God and to be his childe which not without consideration nor in vaine did laye our weakenesse Esay 53. and all our sinnes vppon Christ his onely begotten sonne Math. 5. Christ himselfe sayeth in saint Mathew Blessed are the pore in spirit For theirs is the kingdome of heauen Blessed are they that mourne For they shal receiue comfort Blessed are they which hunger and thirst after righteousnesse For they shall be filled These wordes were spoken vnto thée also they doe well agrée accorde in thée Thou doest mourne and art sorie for thy wicked lyfe it gréeueth thée from the bottome of thine hart thou doest thirst and hunger after righteousnesse haue a good hope and be of good comfort and thou shalt obtaine the things which thou doest desire and nowe thou art reputed iust before God through Christ For that cause Rom. 4. thou shalt commit thy soule into the hande of God the father after the example of Christ and saint Stephan saying these wordes Acto 7. O most mercifull father I giue and commit into thine handes my spirite yea rather thy spirite seing that thou hast giuen it me ioyned vnto my body for a season seing that it is thine owne ymage lykenesse Gen. 1. 2. made after thine owne similitude seing that thine onely begotten sonne did shed his moste precious blood for the redemption thereof O most fauorable father O God of all mercie compassion I eftsoones commend this my spirit into thine handes I am thine whatsoeuer I am Receiue thine I beséech thée preserue him and giue him eternall life through our Lorde Iesus Christ thine onely begotten sonne Amen Of the making of a testament and confession of sinnes vnto God THe testament is to be made of all them that may lawfully make a will and giue legacies when there yet cōsisteth and remayneth perfite minde and memorie in the body Least if they prolong that businesse vnto the last moment of lyfe they bée preuented by death Therfore it shal be wisdome for him that hath lawfull heires to referre all the care of making his testament vnto them If so be that he haue borowed money and be indebted to any man he shall openly declare it and prouide for the payment of that he oweth This being done let him remoue and put from him all them which trouble hym wyth matters of this worlde Wherein many men doe offende which bring in doubtes vnto him which is now at the point of death of his testament and other externall things and sometimes doe compell him to subscribe that against his will being readie to dye refusing and detesting there importunitie which will not suffer him quietly to die then