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A20739	A true relation of the right Christianly departure, or death, of the most Noble Earle Philippus Lodouicus Earle of Hanaw and Rieneck, Lord of Mutzenbergk, &c. Vncle to the Count Palatine. Who blessedly deceased, in the Lord, on Sunday the ninth of August 1612. betwixt eight and nine of the clocke in the morning, being returned from his great ambassage for England. Faithfully penned by Ioannes Appelius preacher at Alten-Hasell. Translanted out of the Germane tongue by S.R.	Appelius, Joannes.; S. R.	1612 (1612)	STC 712; ESTC S100203	16,541	36

Ah my Lord Iesu I come vnto thee thou wilt not cast me away Besides this hée said vnto the Preacher of the old Citie Now I seele your comfort the vertue of Christs blood doeth now refresh my heart I feele now the forgiuenesse of my sinnes and that I am a childe of God and heyre of life eternall The next Morning his Excellencie desired to be remoued into a large roome newly built because as he had told vnto his Chamberlaine the dead body might the easier be prepared by the Phisitians for the buriall In this new roome came vnto him his wife with the aforesaid Lady of Orange and there he subscribed and sealed diuers Letters ●… The sixt of August before the breaking of the day came vnto him at his request the Lady of Orange and he spake with her about the Prince Palatins widow at Herdelberg the Duchesse of Bouillon and other friends telling her what he would haue said and written vntothem hereupon he said vnto her in french Ah my louing and vertuous Lady I am a sicke man Rehearse vnto me some comfortable sentence She answered My déere Lord and Brother I sée you so richly furnished with the comfort of Gods holy spirit that I cannot comfort you any further His Excellencie vrging to haue from her out of Gods word some sentence she aleadged the words of our Sauiour Iohn 3 16. God so loued the world that hee hath giuen his onely begotten Sonne that whosoeuer beleeueth in him should not perish but haue euerlasting life and added comfort your selfe héerewithall my déere brother his Excellencie answered well sayd my Lady This is the greatest and surest comfort of the faithfull with this comfort will I dye happily I beseech my louing God from my hart for such a blessed departure through the vertue of the satisfaction of my Lord Iesus Christ Whatsoeuer you shall aske the Father in my name hee will giue it vnto you O Lord Iesus Christ I commit my Soule into thy hands now and at all times His Excellencie caused the Germane Bible to be giuen to me and desired to heare some obseruations on the 91. Psalme but the french Preacher entring drew him some comforts out of the 90. and 91. Psalme Then his Excellencie said vnto the Preacher Ah I am a very sicke man I haue had a heauy night but I confesse that my sinnes haue deserued this and more then this yet I comfort my selfe with the mercy of my Lord Iesus Christ by whose vertue and intercession no heauier crosse shall be layd on me then I shall be able to beare hee knowes what is best for vs hee dissembleth not with vs I relye on him The Preacher answered your Excellencie be comforted and be patient Christ is that good shepheard that giueth vnto his shéepe euerlasting life hée hath receiued them into his hands from his Father and kéepeth them faithfully that none of them be taken out of his hands your Excellencie hath heard beléeued and followed the voyce of the said Shepheard That is it said his Excellencie which now the diuell setteth before mée and troubleth me because I haue not heard and followed the voyce of my Shepheard The Minister answered The Diuell alwayes followeth his old custome from whence hée is called a Lyar and a Murtherer for hée lyeth accusing your Excellencie not to haue heard nor followed at all the voyce of Christ your shepheard It is plaine that your Excellencie neuer despised the same but heard and followed it though it may be not alwayes with such earn●●nesse and zeale as was required And what if your Excellencie had not yet heard nor followed the voyce of that good shepheard it is not yet too late to doe the same you read in the 95. Psalme 7. 8. To day if you will heare his voyce harden not your hart This present howre and moment is promised in the holy Scriptures Pray yet in Christ Iesus his name for the pardon of your sinnes and this day they shall be pardoned vnto you for so speaketh and promiseth God As true as I liue I desire not the death of sinners but that they repent liue The Lady Emilia being present his Excellencie said vnto her this night I could not vnderstand nor receiue consolation but now I vnderstand and receiue it very well Héerevpon I answered The Lord be praysed that now your Excellencie receiueth the same Confirmet Deus quod operatus est Psal 68. This day his Excellencie caused certaine little Prayer bookes with which hee often had vsed to exercise himselfe to be brought to his bedde and ordayned for euery Childe one for a remembrance writing therein their sundry names and adding there vnto his Christian vow and fatherly admonition The eldest Sonne Philippus Mauritius receiued from his Father the Germane Bible which his Excellencie had taken along with him in Bohemia France England and other Countries and in the which hée did reade or caused to be read euery Morning and Euening certaine Chapters whereof hée noted with blacke greene or red Incke the chiefe heads and on the Margine wrote the true vses thereof in short words as a faithfull Minister should doe in his calling Hence it appeareth that his Excellencie hath sought the Lord Iesus his Sauiour according to his commandement Iohn 5. in the Scriptures only and hath found him and in him life eternall and true saluation The words written for his eldest Sonne were these MY Sonne PHILIPPVS MAVRITIVS Count of Hanaw Feare GOD and keepe his Commaundements I haue beene this night in great anguish I haue thought on many things which I wish you could know my Childe yet this I tell you Keepe thy selfe all thy life time close vnto thy God his helpe and assistance is necessary vnto thee would to God that I could write the great richesse of his mercy goodnesse and faithfulnesse experimented by mee these former dayes I haue the foretaste of the eternall glory The Lord helpe thee vnto mee in due time Amen In these pangs of death I doe desire to be deliuered and to be with my Lord Iesus Christ O Iesus Christ thou faithfull Sauiour how doe I loue thee thy promises are true thy loue is great thy heart is faithfull towards me I commend my Spirit into thy hands thou faithfull God thou hast deliuered and sanctified mee Lord I waite on thy saluation Thy faithfull Father PHILIPPVS LODOVICVS The second Sonne Willelmus Reynhart receiued his booke with these wordes MY deare Sonne serue thy God with thy whole hart in spirit and truth I haue destinated thee therevnto Esteeme it not to be a shame for thee to serue GOD and his Church GOD is the greatest Lord thy Creator Keepe in honour the true seruice of God Obay and serue thy deare Mother vnder whose hart thou hast line Honour and serue thy eldest Brother as thy Lord for such is the ordinance and also my will Beare with him if thou be in the right then art thou happier then he if thou

not to be tempted aboue our abilitie and power His Excellencie laid both his hands in my right hand and I laid my left hand on his head and thus gaue a very good attention vnto those things which were alledged by mée The Physitians did admonish his Excellency to sléepe whereupon I said in the name of the Lord Christ doe I lay my hand on your head I beséech him to strengthen and refresh you Thus hée tooke a little sléepe and I went out of the roome but being awaked againe I was called for and his Excellencie said vnto mée that I should lay againe my hand on his head in the name of the Lord Christ I did it and hée fell in sléepe againe On Sunday about nine of the clocke in the morning which was the day of his deliuerance something was brought vnto him for to eate and to get rest the Physitians said that then all would be well His Excellencie answered if it should be better after my sléepe then I desire no more of this onely I wish for so much strength that I may commit my soule vnto my Sauiour and speake yet once with my wife Thus did wée voyde the roome in hope of rest leauing onely his Steward with him When wée thought that his Excellencie tooke rest Loe his Steward knéeled before his bedde and sayd with his Excellencie the Lords Prayer Wée being entred his Excellencie lift vp his head and eyes and cryed out with a ioyfull voyce Now am I once deliuered and stroke his breast with his hand saying O déere hart how hast thou béene tormented and martyred thou shalt now be comforted Then called he for his Wife but for certaine reasons and for to decline those heauy lamentations it was not done Then sayd his Excellencie vnto his Steward bid my Wife good-morrow and tell her I leaue this world ioyfully and willingly The Bell rung for the Sermon in the olde Citie his Excellencie said Neuer did that Bell sound so in my eares as now it doth I answered This Bell calleth your Excellencie now to the song of Angels of which you told mée before yesterday Then said his Excellencie Well Let vs sing thus layd downe his head and began to sing the song of the Angels Luke 2. which is vsed in the Germane Churches Glory be to God in the high heauens c. Wée followed after him Then began his Excellencie to sing the 118. Psalme verse 24. This is the ioyfull day indeed Which God himselfe hath wrought Let vs be glad and ioy therein In hart in minde and thought Wée followed againe with a low and weare voyce Then came his Excellencie to the 116. Psalme I loue the Lord because my voyce And prayer heard hath hee c. Thus was to be séene the Spirit of Adoption in the hart of his Excellencie And when wée spake together for to prepare our selues to prayer His Excellencie noted the same and commanded vs to knéele downe and to pray hee repeated euery word zealously but chiefely the Lords Prayer and the Articles of Christian faith and when those that were about him did comfort his Excellencie with some good sentence he repeated the same after them as long as his tongue could doe it I feared that too much speach might haue hindered his Excellencie therefore I brake of and after a while rehearsed vnto him the words of our Sauiour Ioh. 3. God so loued the world that he hath giuen his onely begotten sonne c. And I asked whether his Excellencie vnderstood them then hée turned his eyes on mée and sayd the word I haue told it These short words did I report vnto the assistants and added that his Excellencie had aboundantly declared which was his Faith Hope and Comfort wherein hée liued and now was to dye namely the onely begotten Sonne of God Besides this I cryed often vnto his Ercellencie these words O Lord Iesus Christ I commit my Spirit into thy hands thou hast deliuered mée thou true and faithfull God Whilest this was repeated vnto his Excellencie he rendred his spirit quietly and blessedly The words of our Sauiour wherewithall I comforted him at his last houre were before without my knowledge propounded vnto him by the Lady of Orange and by himselfe written in his Germane Bible so that by Gods prouidence the same were alleadged by mée for he entended to dye therein both willingly and happily Thus departed his Excellencie after the ending of the Sermon in the old Church and the Prayer conceined for his Excellencie and other Christian Maiestrates And this is the plaine and true relation of the blessed departure of his Excellencie out of this wicked world from whence wée haue to take instruction and example to liue according vnto Gods holy will preparing our selues as he did tunely with true Faith Hope and Loue that when the howre of death comes wée may in Christian patience depart well comforted both willingly and blessedly This graunt vnto mée and all beléeuers the father of mercy by his holy Spirit for the onely propitiatorie Sacrifice of his deare Sonne and our Sauiour Iesus Christ Amen MATTHEVV 10. 22. Hee that endureth to the end hee shall be saued APOCCALIPSE 2. 7. To him that ouercommeth will I giue to eate of the tree of life which is in the middest of the Paradise of God FINIS

Lord Iesus Christ was when hee was in the agonie Luke 22. 44. the said Lord Christ hath ouer-wonne he calleth now vnto himselfe all those that are wearie and laden Mat. 11. 28. hee is the Captaine in this combat follow you him with patience and faith and no enimy shall be able to hurt you His Excellencie did not feare death for he was ready and willing to die but onely the terror of it setting death before his eyes by the weakenes of the flesh as a fearefull Tyrant and as the Gyant Goliah who terrified the Israelites But I comforted him immediately as followeth Death indéed was terrible because of our sinnes but she is no more horrible vnto those that are in Iesus Christ for he as the true Dauid hath vanquished death Did not your Excellencie hetherto pray for a blessed end Hath not Christ promised that he will giue whatsoeuer we doe pray for vnto the Father in his name Ioh. 16. Doeth not the 145. Psalme say that God doth what the good demaund and the 12. God heareth the sighes of the faithfull and the 34. God deliuereth the righteous out of all feare Your Excellencie will not tread vnder féete your prayers and déepe sighes for they are pierced through the cloudes I will saith the Lord vp and set him at liberty Psal 12. Besides I propounded vnto his Excellencie the comfort of the 1 Cor. 15. 55. O death where is thy sting O graue where is thy victorie Hence I tooke occasion to shew to compare the death of the faithfull vnto a bold and proud Souldiour who hath no weapons and whose threatnings are in vaine These words tooke away that feare of his Excellencie after diuers gronings kéeping himselfe quiet he said One combat is now past which words I heard with great ioy and thanked God for it The Satterday drawing neare his Excellencie was desirous to speake againe with his wife and the Lady of Orange They came presently and with them the Lady Charlotte Loyse hee spake with them in order and they with comfortable speaches and aboundance of teares tooke their leaue againe of him he said vnto his daughter Charlotte Well my deare daughter remember mee thy father who alwayes intended to doe thée good feare the Lord be vertuous and honest and no good shall faile thée On Satterday the 8. of August did some of his Councill aske what they should say vnto his louing Brother Count Albrecht if it would please God to take his Excellencie vnto himselfe hée answered Tell him good night and let him know that I haue alwayes meant well and brotherly though he and some others could or would not alwayes acknowledge the same It néedes not to write of this matter any further His Excellencie charged them also to say farewell in his name vnto the Archbishop and Prince Elector of Ments the Abbot of Fulda the Count Wolffgang E●●est of Henburgk c. and told his Chamberlaine by whom and on what occasion this should be performed On this Satterday his Excellencie caused for a time all the assistants to void the chamber and I remained alone with him hée beganne to enter with mée into an holy discourse of the estate of the soules of the righteous in heauen and how farre wée are bound and able as long as wée are in the militant Church to pray for our selues and our brethren yea for all men I made along discourse hereof vnto his Excellencie wherein hée had a very good liking The greatnesse of his paines made him to complaine yet by my comfort did gather courage and said in Latine Mors mea gloriosa erit my death shall be glorious as if hée would haue said What doe I trouble my selfe all will be well and glorious On Satterday night the Sunday approaching and the houre of death drawing néere a very great conflict was séene in him and said in his lamentations Ah God hath forgotten mée it is vnpossible that I should be succoured I cannot hold fast your consolations thus turned himselfe from mée complained of an vnspeakable heate and cold how hée stood with one foote onely vpon a high mountaine and was to leape ouer a water that sprung out of the mountaine These wordes did much moue the hearts of the assistants and of mée likewise chiefely because his Excellencie said that hée could not receiue my consolations Héerevpon I tolde him that hée was to beare those suffrances that made him complaine as our Sauiour did vpon the Crosse My God my God why hast thou forsaken mee and the Prophet Dauid Psalme 18. The sorrowes of death compassed mee about c. And whereas his Excellencie had turned himselfe from me and could not receiue comfort I went to the bed fell about his necke and spake in great earnest these words My gracious Lord I beséech and admonish your Excellencie to take to your heart my consolations which I shall draw out of Gods holy word as from the Minister of Christ It is now Satterday the Sunday is at hand then doe wée speake in the Church in the exposition of the Catechisme of the crucified Lord Iesus Christ let vs now also speake of him These words moued his Excellencie to turne himselfe againe towards me and to giue eare vnto those comfortable grounds and sentences which I did alledge out of Gods holy word as the Lord at that time did put into my heart and I did chiefely draw some meditations from the 23. Psalme in which Psalme his Excellencie did much delight as wée said before saying your Excellencie shall now bée brought vnto those gréene Pastures and swéet waters that refresh the soule whereby your soule to the praise of God shall also be quickned It is true that the way vnto those blessed Pastures and springs is a darke valley of death full of thornes the doore also is very narrow But your Excellencie be of good chéere for you haue hetherto courageously ouercome the thornes of sinne and the darknesse of the terible death through Iesus Christ who is the light the way the truth and the life Goe on fight on in Iesus Christs name you are almost at the end there remaineth but two steps and two blowes then all is woone Your Excellency setteth now his right foote out of the darke and thornie valley into the pleasant pastures of God Iesus Christ our Sauiour who also went this way yea a farre painefuller standeth in the middest of these pastures and the holy Angels with him they wincke at you and call you vnto them and doe long to receiue you into their companie There is prepared a Table for your Excellencie to sit at with Abraham Isaac and Iacob you shall drinke there the ouer-flowing Cuppe of Heauenly Ioy your head shall be annointed with the true oyle of gladnesse séeing you haue fought and ouer-come so valiantly in Iesus Christ By these zealous spéeches and other was taken away the tentation and feare of Hell through the grace of our Lord Christ who permitteth vs