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A02208 The dialogues of S. Gregorie, surnamed the Greate: Pope of Rome: and the first of that name deuided into fower bookes. Wherein he intreateth of the liues, and miracles of the saintes in Italie: and of the eternitie of mens soules. With a shorte treatise of sundry miracles, wrought at the shrines of martyrs: taken out of S. Augustin. Together with a notable miracle wrought by S. Bernard, in confirmation of diuers articles of religion. Translated into our English tongue by P.W.; Dialogi. Part 1. English Gregory I, Pope, ca. 540-604.; Woodward, Philip, ca. 1557-1610.; Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo. De civitate Dei. Book 22. Chapter 8. English. 1608 (1608) STC 12349; ESTC S121026 216,240 619

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straighte-waies he blasphemed God and so gaue vp the ghost For to the end God mighte make it knowen to the worlde for what synne he was deliuered to such terrible executioners he permitted him at his very death to iterat that synne for which his father whiles he liued wolde not correct him so that he which throughe Gods patience had longe liued a blasphemer did at length by his iust iudgement blaspheminge ende his life that the father mighte both knowe his owne synne and also how by neglectinge the soule of his little sonne he nourished and brought vp not a little synner for hell fire But nowe to surcease from further speeche of this sadd and melancholy matter let vs prosecute as we haue begunne our former ioyfull narration OF THE DEPARTVRE OF the man of God called Steuene CHAPTER XIX BY the relation of the same Probus and other religious men I came to the knowledge of such thinges as in my Homelies I told to myne aucitors concerning the venerable father Steuen For he was a man as Probus and many more affirme who had no welth in this worlde nor cared for any louing only pouerty for Gods sake in aduersity alwaies did he kepe patience secular mens companye did he auoid and his desire was alwaies to praye and serue God of whom I wi●l here report one excellent vertuous act that by one many other which he likewise did each man may ponder with him selfe This man therfore hauing vpon a tyme caried his corne which he reaped with his owne handes into the barne being the only substance vpon which he and his disciples were to liue al the yeare a certaine wicked wretch pricked forwarde by the deuill sett it all on fire which an other perceiuing ran in all hast and tolde it to the seruaunt of God and after he had done his message he added these wordes saying Alas and woe father Steuen what in yll chaunce hath befallen you To whom straight-waies with a pleasaunt countenance and quiet minde he answered nay what an yll chaunce and misery is befallen him that hath done this for to me what hath happened By which wordes of his it appeareth to what great perfection he was arriued that tooke so quietlye the losse of all his worldly wealth and was more sorye for the others synne then grieued for his ovvne losse and more thoughte vvhat his neighbour had inwardly lost in his soule then vvhat him selfe had outvvardly lost in his substance When this man lay a dying manye came to visit him and to commend theire soules to his that vvas novve leauing this vvorlde and standing about his bedd some of them behelde Angels comming in but yet vvere not able to tell it vnto others then present others there were that sawe nothing but yet such a great feare fell vpon them all that none coulde indure to remayne in that place when his soule departed the bodye and therfore all of them terrified and wholy possessed with feare fled awaye by which they perceiued of what power he was that receiued his soule going out of this worlde seing at that tyme no mortall creature coulde endure to be there present HOVV SOMETYME THE MERIT of the soule is uot so trulye declared at the tyme of the departure as afterwarde CHAPTER XX. BVt here we haue to vnderstande Merit that sometyme the merit of the soule is not so truly knowne at the tyme of the departure as it is afterward and therfore diuers holy martirs haue suffred many great tormentes at the handes of insidels who afterwardes at theire deade bones were famous for signes Miracles wrought by the relickes of martirs and miracles as before hath bene noted OF THE TVVO MONKES of Abbot Valentinus CHAPTER XXI For the vertuous man Valentinus who afterward as you knowe was in this citye Abbot of my Mona terye hauing had before in the prou●nce of Valeria the gouerment of an other Abbey into which as he tolde me the cruell Lombardes entred in and hunge vp two of his monkes vpon a tree who in that manner ended theire life When euening was come both theire soules began in that place to singe so plainely and distinctlye that they also who had killed them hearing that kinde of musick became wonderfullye affraide All the prisoners likewise that were there present hearde it and afterwarde witnessed the same which strange melodye Gods prouidence wolde haue knowne to the ende that mortall men liuinge yet vpon earthe mighte thereby learne how that yf theye serue him truly in this worlde that they shall after death verily liue with him in the worlde to come OF THE DEPARTVRE OF Abbot Suranus CHAPTER XXII AT such tyme as I yet liued in the Monasterye I vnderstode by the relation of certaine religious men that in the tyme of the Lombardes in this very Prouince called Sura and not far of there was an holy Abbot called Suranus who bestowed vpon certaine prisoners which had escaped there handes all such thinges as he had in his Monasterye and when he had giuen avvaye in asmes all his ovvne apparrell and vvhatsoeuer he coulde finde either in the monkes celles or in the yardes and nothing vvas lefte suddainlye the Lombardes came thither tooke him prisoner and demanded vvhere his golde vvas and vvhen he tolde them that he had nothing they carried him to an hill hard by vvhere there vvas a mightye great vvode in vvhich a certaine prisoner that ran avvay from them had hidd him selfe in an hollovve tree There one of the Lombardes dravvinge out his svvorde slevve the foresaide venerable Abbot vvhose bodye as it fell to the ground suddainly al the hill together with the woode did shake as thoughe the earth by that tremblinge had saide that it coulde not beare the waighte of his holines and vertue OF THE DEPARTVRE OF a Deacon belonging to the churche of the Marsori CHAPTER XXIII AN other Deacon also there was in the Prouince of the Marsori a man of holy life whom the Lombardes had taken and one with his sworde had cutt of his heade But as his body fell to the grounde he that slewe him was possessed by a deuill and so he fell downe at the holy mans feete shewing thereby that he was deliuered to the enemy of God because he had so cruellye slaine the friende of God Peter What is the reason I beseeche you that almightye God suffreth them to be put to death whom afterwarde he doth make knowne to the worlde that they were holy men and his dere seruauntes OF THE DEATH OF THE man of God that was sent to Bethel CHAPTER XXIIII Gregory SEinge we finde it writter that what death so euer the iust man dieth that his iustice shall not be taken from him what hurt commeth to Gods elect seruates vvalking no question the way to euerlasting life yf for a little while they haue some pitifull end and perhappes it procedeth from some small synne of theires which by such kinde of death Gods pleasure is that