erected a people to reigne with him in life which witnessed him in death The examples should moue al christians perfit mortificacion is not moche to lamente for our friendes diyng but rather by the example of their deathes to remeÌ„ber our ende and then we shall not sinne Therefore better it is to go to the house of mournyng then to the house of banquettyng And when it shall please God to call your housebande awaie and the daies of forgetfulnesse shall approch as euery thing vnder heaueÌ„ haue the time bothe of mourning and reioysing When you doe behold your self in a glasse remember your face shalbe leane and pale your nose rotten your teeth stinkyng and blacke your iyen dimme and blinde your eares deafe and running your heeres fallen awaie your veines brokeÌ„ your senues relaxed and wasted bones corrupted bowels full of roomes and all your fleshe coÌ„sumed Behold beholde you damosâ—ls of vanitees and lustie youthe the pleasure of this worlde howe it endeth with stincke filth c. not reserued after death to any good purpose as timber when it is cutte doune but because it is so vile and will infecte the aire The corps is inclosed in a pit as wee daily se where as it consumeth as I haue said Remember this be not proude of noble pareÌ„tage of riches beautie or cunning but rather consider wher are the old lustie kinges queenes lordes knightes ladies where are the old courtiers and valiaunte men of warre where are the Maiors of cities lawiers bisshops Phisicions where are all the pleasaunt Musicians wher are become the old coÌ„mons in euery kingdom wher is become the Popes rotten holines with all the infernall malignaÌ„t sinagoge of antichrist c. al are gone and passed like shadowes wasted and come to nothing as S. Augustine affirmeth Oh man saith he goe to the chanell house or graues take vp the bones marke well if thou canst know the maister from the seruaunte the faire from the foule the riche from the poor the wise from the foole c. thou canst not do it it is impossible to know theÌ„ Well world well What dooest thou promise vnto all them which doe loue thee perhaps moche riches or dignitee How noisome to y e soule is riches the verie minister of or to all ciuill rule and mischief as damnable vsury adulterie treason murder it maketh one proude high minded and forgetful of him self It deludeth hym with flatterers and curtises of Hypocrisie it is the mother of vainglorie and nourisher of pride and idle life and lothlie glotonie It is remembred by our maister Iesus Christe whiche calleth it thornes and by his Apostles which nameth it the roote of all ill It is the maister of some riche men and women which kepeth it to their greate hurt And the foolishe prodigall waster whiche commonlie succedeth the gatherer spendeth it sone awaie in wickednes as it is saied easie gotten goodes are sone spent Therefore sufficient or a meane is well to a christen maÌ„ for sondrie causes For thei that will beâ— riche fall into sondrie temptacions cares broken sléepes he gapeth and looketh for moche spendeth little he can not be merie for feare of losse The more he getteth he is neuer satified that is a couetous man but still desireth neuer pacified like vnto the drie man in a hotte burning feuer Riches hath poisoned the churche and transformed the clergie specially in Roome emong the Popes and many greate men whose auncitours did kepe plentifull houses of the one halfe Whiche now is come to passe that now a daies in keping hospitalite or ministring of charite but breaks vp houses and hurt many poore euen for the loue of one glotton himself which wil not well spend it nor for his childreÌ„ which can not well vse riches For we do se how God doeth plague the séede of extorcioners vile vsurers c. What if thei had mountaines of gold so increased dolour of mind and death stealeth on all fleshe like a theif and smiteth the money louer the vsurer the oppressour the golden watcheman the greate officer marchaunt the wise gentleman that hath purchased so moche What is thende of this gere a dedde carkesse and scant a good winding shete out of the dore he must to graue he shall fare well Gloria mundi and welcome silie wormes I praie God that this tourneth not to damnacion Oh what is become of riche Senior Antonius Treasurers Capax Rapax Tenax Ambodexter ill gotten goodes are worse spent Sower swetenes and slipping Ise the golden intangled hoke and the drinke of Midas hath vtterly destroied him and or euer he was aware death hath slain hym He loued so well this world and life in the same that if his Phisicion might haue saued his life he would haue loste one of his handes and suffred his fleshe to haue béen cut with some broken bones with the coÌ„tinuaunce of paine ache and griefe with dreadfull slepes And when he did se no remedie the terrour of conscience tormented him vexed him and ouercame him made him rage and curse the time of his birthe his life was so horrible in the iyes of God and manne whose iudgement I doe commende to God but surelie greate plagues doe remain for the vngodlie Therfore let vs be conuerted and turne clene from our sinnes and wickednesse and so there shall no sinne do vs harme Let vs fast and praie hate euill and cleane to good make restitucion forgeue our enemies abhorre vice and be sorie that we can not be sorier Remember our accomptes and come bee tymes vnto the Lorde make no tariyng to turne vnto the Lorde put not of from daie to diae For sodainly shall his wrath come and in time of vengeaunce shall he destroy vs and except we doe all repente we shall perishe saieth Christ. Let vs repent therefore and turne vnto god that he maie forgeue vs that our sinnes maie bee dooen awaie that we maie saie From plague pestileÌ„ce and famine from battaill and murder and from sodain death oh lorde deliuer vs. From hardnes of harte and contempt of thy worde and coÌ„maundement whiche is the greatest cause of the wrathe and indignacion oh good Lorde deliuer thy people for thy holy names sake Amen AmeÌ„ Almightie and moste dere father of heauen we moste humbly beseche thee for Iesus sake haue mercie vppon this thy seruaunte whiche now is nailed to the painfull crosse of death for Adams offence impute no sinne vnto this penitente whiche moste willyng hath submitted hymself to thy fatherly correccioÌ„ but behold thy soÌ„ne on the right hand the onely mediatour for al the elected whose names are written in the booke of life Let this thy seruaunt we beseche thee most mightie God haue clene remission and forgeuenes of all his sinne by thought worde and deede committed againste thy diuine Maiestie now in this perille of death assiste hym with thy holie
vs into temptacion for which cause we desire him not to lede vs into teÌ„ptacion c. Theologus You haue mistaken those places for God is not the aucthour or cause of sinne for he did so moch abhorre thesame that nothing could pacifie his wrathe vnder heauen no merite or woorke but onelie the blood of Iesus Christ his sonne And for this word I will indurate the verie worde in Ebrue is I will suffer Pharaos harte to bee hardened And so it was in the Lordes praier it is Ne sinas nos induci neither suffer vs to be led or fall into temptacion c. Therfore my brother it was the will of Sathan and man that caused sinne Ciuis Why hath not manne will to doe good again if he luste Theologus No if he had the eleccion to will as first he had he would doe the like therfore it is in a sure hande euen in Gods and not in ours As when men doe speake the truthe it is not of their owne will or power but the heauenlie spirite in them by almightie God are al the steppes of men directed though man fall into sondrie temptacions he shall not be cast of for the lorde putteth vnder his hande whiche is a greate comfort to vs in trouble when we are vnderneth the crosse Without him we can dooe nothing that is good No man can take any good thing vpon him except it bee geueÌ„ to him from heauen and no man dere brother can come to the sonne of God vnlesse the father hath drawen him not his wil whiche is moste wicked froÌ„ his youth vpwarde as appereth in our vile nature thought woorde deede And who so euer hath not the spirit of Christ is not of Christ but those which are led of the spirit of god are the soonnes of God and this commeth not by mannes will and power For the worldlie minded man dooeth not vnderstande or perceiue those thinges that are of Gods spirit without whiche he can not be saued bee he neuer so learned and can dispute of the soule makyng distinctions of knowlege and iudgemente callyng it the minde or intelleccion or reason or desire whiche is the will vnder whom the affeccion is gouerned whose spring is the hart All these make not to the heaueÌ„ly purpose but rather staÌ„ding vpon soche trifâ—es doth hinder the waie to saluacion in Christ and robbe him of his passion when we doe attribute fredome or frewille to come of our selues but that we are in Gods handes as his instrumentes through him to woorke soche thinges as best maie please him and he withdrawe his holie handes we can do no good therfore submit your self to Christ and his wille for oure willes are malignaunt and dampnable in his iyes Forsake your praue will and humbly submit your self to Iesus Christ saiyng now before our death Our Father whiche art in heauen hallowed 〈◊〉 name thy kyngdome come Thy will bee dooen in yearth as it is in heauen c. And thus I doe conclude of free will in vs and faithfully looke for the reward not of workes but of mercie onelie onelie purchaced by the Sacrifice of Christe thankyng hym that he hath made you mercifulle to youre brethren in this worlde whiche was the fruictes of faithe by whiche faith in his blood we are saued and shall receiue our almose or rewarde and not our duetie for wee are vnprofitable when we haue doen our beste Ciuis What rewarde is that I praie you Or what promises are graunted by Christ Theologus The reward is the remission of sinnes and life euerlastyng grauÌ„ted by the father for Iesus Christes sake frelie without our woorkes for there is none other saluacion vnder heauen geuen to menne but onelie Christ. In him we doe merite as wheÌ„ wee are mercifull wee haue a promise of this preseÌ„t life and the life to come And in this worlde also an .c. fold and in the worlde to come euerlastyng life And who that geueth one of these little ones a cup of water for my names sake shall not lose his rewarde And he commaunded to geue promising it shalbe geueÌ„ to them again And further he saieth breake the breade to the poore and it shalbe to thee like a gardein He saith not let thin executors or assignes geue the poore when thou arte dedde but thou muste dooe it thy self in this worlde Now while it is lighte for the night is at hand I meane death when thou canst not worke Remember Diues lost the tyme could not call it backe again whiche waileth in hell hath no reward for he trusted not God nor rewarded any man Furder recoÌ„cile thy self to thy brother for els thou canst not please God though thou wrough test all good woorkes and gaue thy bodie to bée burned for charitee is so precious in Gods iyen that who so wante it can not reigne with Christ. Therefore forgeue froÌ„ thy hart and thou shalbe forgeuen Make not thy will vpon goodes gotten by vsury nor by any thing that falsly in bargening thou hast taken from thy brother for then thou shalte not dwell in Gods tabernacle Neither shal thy children prospere vpoÌ„ the yearth but God will hate them to the .iij. iiij generacion for thy sinne examen well thy conscience death hath wounded thee whiche is common to al fleshe in thus doyng thou shalt passe from death to euerlastyng life by Christe and neuer taste vpon the seconde death emong the impious or castawaies Contesse thy sinnes from thy harte aske mercie be thei neuer so red and many in nomber Iesus hath washed theÌ„ in his blood and sprinkled them with Hysop and made theÌ„ as white as snowe now plaie the man in Christ feare not to depart this world Christ is gone before with his holie Apostles Prophetes Martyres CoÌ„fessours and Uirgines penitente thieues and harlottes also there is the armie of angels before his throne with ioye incessantlie honouryng hym Hell gates are sparred sathan beaten doune thy â—innes rased the good Angell at hande to conducte thee to that blessed lande of rest here is nothing but labour daies of care sinne wretchednesse a thousande crosses the snares of the deuill and many vanitees the fleshe moste inconstaunte the worlde a place of miserie and sinne bid it farewell taking thy leaue with the badge of a christen man of Christ crucified remember that promise made in thy Baptisme arme thy self with the brest plate of faithe continewe to the ende and thou shalt receiue a croun of life thy crosse taken awaie cast thy hole care vpoÌ„ Christ and he shall deliuer thee at hand and geue thee the holie resurreccion of bodie soule to dwell in one for euer with hym Ciuis Oh what comforte in conscience I haue receiued first I render thankes to God the father the sonne and the holie ghost secoÌ„dly blessed be the hower of your commyng hether
A DIALOGVE bothe pleasaunte and pietifull wherein is a goodly regimente against the feuer Pestilence with a consolacion and comfort against death Newly corrected by Willyam Bulleyn the autour thereof ¶ Imprinted at London by Ihon Kingston Marcii Anno salutis M.D.LXIIII ¶ TO THE RIGHT VVOâ—shipfull and his singulare gooâ— frende maister Edward Barret of Belhous of Essex Esquier Willyam Bulleyn sendeth salutacions RIght worshipfull sir if any chamber haule galerie or any newe decked house were apparelled or hanged all in one mourning dark colour it would rather moue sorowe then gladnesse but no pleasure to the beholders of thesame Therefore the diuersitee or varietée of pleasaunt colours doe grace and beautifie thesame through the settyng foorthe of sondrie shapes and as it were to compell the comers in to beholde the whole worke Euen so I dooe commende vnto you this little booke wherein I write parte thereof in youre owne house whiche doe intreate of sondry thynges to you I doe hope not vnprofitable wherein I haue shortly described our poore nedie brother his pouerteâ— Callyng vpoÌ„ the mercilesse riche whose whole trust is in the vain riches of this worlde intangled as it were emong Briers So that in the hower of death God is fardest from his mynde and the gooddes euill gotten are worse spent and come to nothyng at what tyme no Phisike can preuaile I haue also not forgotten the shamefull synne whiche raigneth in this worlde called ingratitude whiche linially came froÌ„ the loines of that false vilain Iudas neither the Sicophantes Gâ—atos Liars and Flatterers of this worlde the verie poison of the soule Oh better saieth Salomon is the woundes of the frende then the kisses of the flatterer Furder how many meanes maie bee vsed against the Pestilence as good aire diete medicenes accordingly the whiche if it do not preuaile then commeth on the mercilesse power of death ouer al fleshe fearing no Kyng Quene Lorde Ladie bonde or slaue but rather maketh all creatures a like to hym Then dooe I conclude with the deuine Gods chief and moste beste instrument in the churche c. And as I dooe well consider a gentilmanne of your good nature can but take your freindes simple token in good parte Euen so I am sorie that it is no better to pleasure you yet geuyng GOD moste humble thankes for thesame who kepe you in good health worship This .xij. of Marche 1564. Yours euer William Bulleyn Nullus vnquam hominem mortalem beatumindicet antequam bene defunctum viderit ¶ TO THE Reader GOod reader when aduersitie drawethnere to any citee or toune and the vengeaunce of GOD appereth either by huÌ„ger sickenes or the sworde then maâ—nes nature is moste fearfull but yet worldly prouidence to helpe theÌ„ selues whiche in the tyme of prosperitee or quietnesse is careles and forgetfull neither mindefull to fear God nor pitifull to helpe their neighbour in aduersitee And wheÌ„ thei are touched by the fearfull stroke of the Pestilence of their nexte neighboure or els in their owne familie then thei vse medicines flie the aire c. VVhiche in deede are verie good meanes and not againste Gods worde so to doe then other some falleth into sodain deuocion in geuyng almose to the poore and neadie which before haue dooen nothyng els but oppressed theÌ„ and haue doen theÌ„ wrong Other doe looke froÌ„ their hartes Gods liuelie woorde and refuse grace offered by Christes spirite thinkyng there is no GOD. Some other are preuented by death in their flourishyng yeares whiche in the Crosse of death haue their onely consolacion in Iesus Christ. All this is discribed here in this plain Dialogue praiyng you pacientlie to take it in good parte From him that is yours to commaunde W. Bulleyn gloriosior est quam mala vita A DIALOGVE ¶ The interlocutours are twelue persones Mendicus Ciuis Vxor. Medicus Antonius Roger. Chrispinus Auarus Ambo dexter Mendax Mors. Theologus Mendicus GOd saue my gud Maister and Maistres the barnes and all this haly houshade and shilde you from all doolle and shem and sende you comforte of all thynges that you waud haue good of and God and our dere leddie shilde and defend you from this Peste Our father whiche art in heauen hallowed bee your name your kyngdome come your will bee doen in yearth as it is in heauen c. Ciuis Me thinke I doe heare a good manerlie begger at the doore and well brought vp how reuerently he saieth his Pater noster he thoues not GOD but you hynt Gods blessing on his hart I praie you wife giue the poore man some thing to his diner Vxor. Sir I will heare hym saie the Lordes praier better before I giue him any thing Ciuis What a reconyng is this Dame doe as I commaunde you he is poore wee haue plentie he is very poore and hongrie therefore dispatche him a Gods name Vxor. Soft fire maketh sweete Malte he shall tary my leasure Mendicus Maistres if you Ie angrie with the saiyng of my Pater noster in Englishe I wil saie it in Latin and also my Deprofundis But so God helpe me I doe not ken nene of theim beth Vxor. I thinke thesame soche Carpenter soche thippes your curate is some honest man I warraunt you and taketh moche paine in feding his flocke as seemeth by your learning I praie you what couÌ„trie maÌ„ be you Mendicus Sauyng youre honour gud Maistres I was borne in Redesdale in Northumberlande and came of a wight riding sirname called the Robsons gud honeste men and true sauyng a little shiftyng for their liuyng God helpe them sillie pure men Vxor. What doest thou here in this countree me thinke thou art a Scot by thy tongue Mendicus Trowe me neuer mare then gud deam I had better bee hanged in a Withie of a Cowtaile then be a rowfooted Scotte for thei are euer fare and fase I haue been a fellon sharpe manne on my handes in my yoÌ„g daies and brought many of the Scottes to grounde in the North Marches and gaue them many greislie woundes ne maÌ„ for man durst abide me luke I was so fell Then the limer Scottes hared me burnte my gudes and made dedly feede with me and my barnes that now I haue nethyng but this sary bagge and this staffe and the charitie of sike gud people as you are gud maistres â–ª ause I haue many of my sirname here in the citee that wade thinke no shem on me yea honeste handcraftie men Ciuis How gote you in at the gates my good frende Mendicus Deare sir I haue many cuntrith men in this faire citee that came of honeste stocke in our lande and some a little beyonde vs twentie or threttie miles that can make pure shifte in the citee and in the countres ause I came in ne place but either the persone Bailie Conestable or chief of the parishe is of our countrith borne and some pure men as myne awne self God ken Emong whem the Bedle of
Susan what is the matter woman Vxor. Sir this is a blinde iyed shameles ruffeÌ„ a roge I warrante hym and a thefe This knaue is hable to make children run from their parentes seruauÌ„tes robbe their maisters yong heires to sell their landes men to run from their wiues and women also You maie knowe by his Armes of what stocke he cometh I warrant him froÌ„ drouning and diyng of the Pestilence Oh villaine he wilbe hanged I dare saie he knoweth al kindes of theues vagabondes rouers hasarders I like not his words nor his braggyng countenaunce let vs hence Ciuis Well moche good doe you you haue taken moche paine but smalle profite you haue trauailed farre and maie speake by aucthoritee Come take awaie paie the reconyng Roger horse horse and awaie Roger. All thynges are readie sir. Ciuis Fare ye well gentle frende Mendax I thanke you of your gentle companie good gentleman Vxor. Whose faire field is yoÌ„der I would fain knowe it and lette trifles passe I will not beleue them let foolishe thynges goe and talke of matters profitable Roger. Maistres doe you not knowe it it is my maisters I am his baily ther he had a good bargaine I assure you it was in morgage to him this ij yeres I would he might find the like purches al yonder toune is his he hath raised the rent one C. markes a yere more then it was There were good liyng in the plague tyme for there are large pastures and the houses are doune sauyng the maner place for the carles haue forfeited their leses and are gon a begging like villaines many of theÌ„ ar ded for honger Vxor. Whose Oxen are these Roger. Roger. My maisters also for he y t hath mony shall haue lande worship my maister is a close wiseman and lieth in the winde of theÌ„ that will buie money for lande he can handle a yong geÌ„tleman trimly and ride hym with a golden snaffle he knoweth vpon whiche side his breade is buttered well enough I warraunt you my maister rised so earelie this morning that he noddeth as he rideth Vxor. Sir me thinkes you totter as you ride what are you a slepe Dooe you not heare your mannes praiyng He is pleasauntlie disposed he would make me beleue that you were a greate landed manne and had moche cattell in store why sir how do you that you speake not to me Ciuis Wife wife God sende vs good lucke doe you not see yonder cloude in the West towardes the North commyng hether Vxor. Moste fearfull God sende vs good lucke sir it is a sodaine chaunge I will hide my face it feareth me so moche Roger. I am fourtie yeres olde but I did neuer se the like but ones and that was betwen Godmichester and Gogmanshill a little from Cambrige as I traueiled to Wolpit faâ—re to buye Coltes and there appered a straunge forme as me thought a greate nomber of steples were broken and many naked Friers Bishops and the Pope him self did wryng their handes in ragged clothes thei looked all very leane and then it thundred and lightened in whiche storme many Geese wer killed and also shepe and Lambes The yere after was the tumbleyng doune of Abbaies and the reformacioÌ„ for the Churche matters but this passeth for the precious passion of Christ let vs ruÌ„ awaie with spede I doe se a fearfull thyng in y e cloudes appering a blacke lene naked body very long ridyng vpoÌ„ a pale miserable foule iade he hath also .iij. dartes in his lefte hande the one is cole blacke the other blood red and the third is a darke pale he hath no fleshe vpoÌ„ him me thinketh that I doe se a great fire and many fearfull monsters in thesame folow him with a fearfull voice saiyng all the wicked shall come to vs. We ar swallowed in the second death Ciuis Let vs take this house ride apace the storme doeth begin most fearful God help vs what shall we doe or whether shall we flie Iesus Iesus what a thuÌ„der is this as heauen yearth should go together Lorde how the lightnyng falleth froÌ„ heauen all this regioÌ„ is vpoÌ„ a flaming fire the birdes fall from the trées loke how the cattel treÌ„ble and trées are pulled vp by the rootes the houses are burnt with celestiall fire Vxor. Let vs depart from these trees for I haue heard saie to sitte vnder a white thorne is moste safe and surest in a tempeste I haue many goodly iuels againste lightnyng as the Carbuncle Hemoralde Hiasinthus with Amber and golde God and S. Barbara defende vs I haue a S. IhoÌ„s Gospel about my necke and a paire of braselettes of Corall about myne armes Oh God defende vs I am sorie that we came foorthe Roger. Maister and Maistres come into this vallie and lette vs sitte in that same deepe close pitte vnder the hill side vntill this storme be past saincte George to borrowe mercifull God who did euer se the like Ciuis I thinke it be the daie of iudgement the yearth doeth quake the heaueÌ„ doeth burn and me thinke I doe see the fearfull horseman lighted in the valey with a meruaillous fearful saiyng En 〈◊〉 vobis mors vltima linia rearum c. Oh wher shal we hide vs from hym He casteth forth his .iij. dartes and taketh theÌ„ vp again He is in a great rage behold how he destroieth man and beaste in this valey This is come in a momente who would haue thought it in the morning none of vs he draweth nere I knowe him well it is mercilesse Death most fearfull I am afraied of his presence he bendeth his blacke darte against me I haue no target to beare it of Vxor. Good housebande remember that I am yong and with child also you are wel striken in yeres therefore plaie the man and take Roger with you and intreate hym if he will needes haue you yet for Gods sake bee not acknowen that I am here for feare that he kill me and your childe also Ciuis Keepe you close vnder that Cloke and stirre not I praie you Roger. I can not abide hym I will run awaie for pouertie and death will part good fellowship Sir shift for your self and drawe your sworde against hym Ciuis Alas my wife in my trouble is to faint harted and wil not kepe me companie my seruaunt is run awaie from me whether maie I slie from death If I doe run he is to swift for me if I turne my backe he wil cowardly kille me if I doe submit my self to hym he is mercilesse I perhaps shall perswade hym with my golde I haue an hundred poundes in Angels I will geue it hym to saue my life Oh he is here Sir moste humbly here vpoÌ„ my knées I desire your lordship to pardon me and suffre me to liue still in this worlde and here I offer vnto you this purse of gold I
in this tyme of my trouble with this holie consolacion in Christe in whom I dooe beleue renounsing the worlde the fleshe and the deuill beleuing all the articles of my Christen faithe acknowleging the blessed Sacramentes to bée the instrumeÌ„tes to euerlasting life and saluacion in Christ by the whiche God doeth worke in his Churche to the worldes ende to theim that shalbe saued one Trinitee and three distinct persones coequall in vnitee in one essence being is my God the father created ne the sonne redemed me and the holy ghost sanctified me and inspired me wher by I knowe that I am his elected and one vndefiled mother the Churche hath thus taught me in that blessed booke of Patriarkes Prophetes Martyres and Iesus with his Apostles whiche is Gods worke now master Theologus my time is at haÌ„d I praie you saie some thing of the resurreccion and then lette vs praie in the name of God together that it maie please hym to forgeue me my sinnes whiche I haue coÌ„mitted againste heauen and yearth and to receiue my soule into his blessed handes Theologus Good brother not onely the doctrine of Prophetes and the Euangelistes doe promise the Resurreccion to come of some to saluacion and some to damnacion but the same resurreccion is moste manifeste As for example Christ himself and other did rise and wer seen to many in Hierusalem and by the space of .xl. daies he taught the Apostles and was conuersaunt with theÌ„ and then asceÌ„ded into glory vntill the time appoincted to iudge the quicke and the ded when he shall sende his angelles to gather all fleshe vnder heauen from the .iiij. windes and sitte doune in iudgement saiyng come to me you blessed of the father and receiue the kingdome prepared for you froÌ„ the beginning Furder he saith this is the will of my father which hath sent me that all that doe see the soonne and beleueth in him shall haue euerlasting life and I will raise him in the laste daie and the holy Apostle saincte Paule moste heauenly doeth preache the resuraeccion to the CorinthiaÌ„s Thy dedde shall liue saieth Esaie and thy slain shall rise again and those which slepe in the duste shall rise the yearth shall caste forthe their dedde bodies I will creat both heauen and yearth newe saieth the Lorde and put the old out of my remembraunce many saieth Daniel that lie a sléepe in the dust shalbe wakened again some to life euerlasting and other to reprobacion God saieth I will open their tombes and bring them forthe and the holy man Iob saith I knowe that my redeamer liueth and that in the laste daie he shall raise me againe out of the yearth and shalbe clothed again with my Skin and in my fleshe I shall see God whoÌ„ I shall see with these same iyes and with none other These are comfortable and moste true places of holy scripture for the resurreccion of the dead you are assured in coÌ„scieÌ„ce of this blessed resurreccioÌ„ life euerlasting in Christ Iesus our lord Ciuis Yea forsothe deare Theologus but my speache is almoste paste yet I thanke God I knowe you all and I beseche hym to blesse you and when my spirite is gone I praie you burie my bodie with comelines not with pompe and vse it as an instrument wherin the soule hath dwelled and whiche the soule shall posses againe in honour in that blessed resurreccion Theologus Lette vs moste humblie here vpon our knees with our haÌ„des lifted vp towardes the heauen desire God the father for Christes sake to receiue your soule into his glorious kyngdome O dere citezen reioyce and be glad that thy labour is almoste past rest is at hande feare not the paine of death For it is impossible to escape that whiche can not bee fledde or auoided For it is written who is that man that liueth and shall not see death none no not one therefore suffer it my sweete harte pacientlie and that is an argumeÌ„t of good ronscience and of an heauenlie mynde Your wife mourneth immoderatly oh God all fleshe was borne to die This happened to our pareÌ„tes as father mother c. And shall not faile to all that shall folowe vnto thende of the world or comming of Christ. For surelie sweete life was neuer without the excepcion of bitter death it is no noueltie therfore wheÌ„ we doe heare tel of the departure of any of our frendes let vs not fall into a sodaine passion as onely the high priest did which hearyng of the death of his children felle doune and brake his necke But rather coÌ„stauntlie with wise Anaxagoras whiche hearing of the death of his beloued sonne saied to the messenger this is no newe tidynges nor straunge to me as sone as he was borne I knewe that he should die for of natures lawe is learned life to be taken and resigned no man dye but he whiche haue liued Oh leaue your lamenting good maistres why rage you like one whiche haue no hope Be absent or vse moderacioÌ„ remember holie Iob thesame daies when the Lorde permitted Sathan not onelie to destroie his seruauntes and cattell but also before age in the lustie tyme of youthe in the feast daie at one table his dere children of his bodie were all broken in peces and slain with the violent fal of the hous What did he rende his heere or fleshe no no he considered who sent them and who did take theim euen the Lorde whom he moste obedientlie suffred and reuerentlie thanked Furder good sister remember S Hieromie taking GOD to witnesse of an holie woman whose housebande was ded â–ª whom he moste tenderlie loued by whom she had but twoo sonnes of singuler beautee wanting no gift of grace or of nature whiche bothe died the same daie wherein their father departed When this Crosse was saith s. Hierom who would not haue thought that she would haue fallen madd in rending her heere breastes clothes and skin running vp and doune wailing and criyng with pitefull wringing of handes What did she Firste she weeped not one teare but moste soberly with a womanlie countenaunce she humblie kneeled vpon her knees holdyng vp her handes renderyng thankes and makyng praiers to almightie GOD saiyng moste humblie I thanke thee good lord for that that it haue pleased thee to take me into thy seruice I am sped oh lorde for thou haste discharged me c. Take also for an example the most worthie constauncie of that paciente woman whiche without moche lamentacioÌ„ did with her own iyen behold her dere children slain their members cut in peces and boiled in caldrens Marke how constantlie of late yeres childreÌ„ did se the flesh of their fathers mothers c. burn in the fire moste pacientlie sufferyng And againe fathers beholding their childreÌ„ doe the like What did thei râ—re like Lions c. No no but reioysed that God had of their blood stocke