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A00614	The maner to dye well An introduction most compendiouslie shewinge the fruytfull remembrance of the last fowre things: that is to say, death, hel, iudgement, and the ioyes of heauen. Gathered out of manye good authors, both comfortable and profitable to the dilligent reader. Learnedly instructing howe to prouide for death.	Soto, Pedro de, d. 1563. aut; W. B.	1578 (1578)	STC 1075; ESTC S120489	42,232	138

world to be but short seeing it is su●●●fent to liue a short time and smal age so that we spende the same in dooing well For what matter is it wheth●● one dye yong or olde for so much as the number of yeeres nor length of tyme do make neyther blessed nor vnblessed happy nor vnhappy And that by cōming to death the ende of al humain kinde we shal aryue in a safe porte quiet harborowe free and safe from al the daūgerous stormes troublesome broyles of this worlde The death of the iust man. NOthing ought to be more wished for then to be in the handes of God ▪ wherein the Soules of the iust quietly rest Theyr death is acceptable to the Lorde if a man maye ca● that death which is the greatest pleasure that can happen to good men for it is to them the ende of labour care the winning of victory the way of lyfe the entrie into perfect securitie and ioyning of the soule to God the thiefest goodnes which is of al other the greatest rewarde that men can haue The departing of the iust man from this lyfe is the vyage and passage from trouble to rest frō paynes to glory from pouerty to a kingdom from feare to securitie from griefe to ioye from death to that lyfe which onelie ought to be called lyfe And to conclude death is nought else vnto him but an escape from prisonment a returne from banishment a finishing of labours an arriual to the port of rest an ending of pylgrimage a lyghtning of his burden a delyueraunce from a ruinous house an ending of euylles an escape from daungers and paying to nature hir duetie and entrye into his countrey of euerlasting ioye and glorie By meanes where of that daye wherein the Saintes departe hence and are receyued into Heauen is commonlie called their natall daye for that when they departe hence then doo they begynne to lyfe and by dying in this worlde they enter into a better The death of the euyll THe death of a sinner is most wretched of al euyls for there by he loseth the worlde the greatest aspect familyer felowship of his best beloued also by it the soule is seuered from the body is condempned to abide the affliction of Hell fyre For the paines of one cōdemened soule is farre worse greeuouser then al the tormentes of al the holy Martirs yea though they were al gathered in one For the sinner hath horror feare at his departing griefe sorow in his iourney shame and confusion in the sight of God the vpright iudge incredible terror dreade in departing from this lyfe entring into an vnknowen Region wherein feareful spyrites wycked Angels meete the soule and pul it to eternal paines The goodes of the wycked are diuided into three Fyrst his soule to the diuel his body to the wormes his temporal goodes to his heyres which are cōmonly vngratefull and too prodigal The daungers of death THe diuel doth with al his engines and snares seeke to intrap mans Soule at the very howre of death if God of his speciall goodnesse assyste him not tempting him fyrste of the verity of his faith persuading him to forgo the same putting him in remembraunce of his cōmitted offēces thinking with the greatnes of them to driue him into dispayre And at the same instaunt cōmonly a pang more painful then tongue can tel assayleth him which is the separation of the soule from the body That paine is so great that as then he can remember nought els but the deadly pāges of death only Therfore it is written In death O Lorde none remembreth thee And Saint Augustine sayth The sinner is stricken with such animaduersity that dying he forgetteth him selfe who whylst he lyued remembred not god Saint Barnarde also treating of the ho●●e of death Cursed spyrites s●●th he watcheth at my doores and ●●rrible diuels attende my comming so that I dare not goe forth S●●●● lie I am not able to escape theyr haudes vnlesse the Lorde defende me But he who tedeemed me wyll defende and faue me Howe we shoulde comfort those ▪ that be in daunger of death To the end that euery man●night learne the ryght waye howe to dye I haue gathered together these sewe lynes folowing out of dyuers good Authors Three exhortations to the sicke 1. Consider good Brother that all men of what condition or degree soeuer they bee must once dye some sooner some later according to the tyme appoynted them by God to whom we are al subiect to paye vnto Nature hir fees whensoeuer his omnipotencie shal thinke good who hath appointed this worlde vnto vs as a bayting Inne and not to be our continual dwelling place There is no cause therefore why you should so much affect this transitory life for by how much the lōger your life is prolonged by so much y more your syns are increased And y elder you grow in age the more your offences are multiplied for euery day vice increaseth and vertue decayeth We ought therefore to be the more wylling to dye for the by flytting from this poore mortal life we shal come to the euerlasting and blessed lyfe 2. Acknowledge good brother most thankfully ▪ God 's bountiful goodnes towardes thee in that that hytherto of his vnspeakeable mercie he hath permitted thee to lyue yea for that at this present extremitie of death his hyghnesse hath graunted thee thy perfect senses reason and vnderstanding whereby thou mayst acknowledge thy bounden duety vnto his heauenly Maiestie And in that he hath not oppressed not preuented thee with sodaine death and for that also he hath of his merciful goodnes called thee vnto his true and vnfaigned faith through which by his help thou shall be brought to his euerlasting kingdome and eternal inheritaunce For this and al other his innumerable benefites geue vnto his highnesse most hartie thankes and altogether betake thy selfe vnto his endles mercie humblie crauing pardon of him for thine offences 3. Consider that God the Father hath geuen and yeelded his welbeloued sonne in whome he tooke great delyght to be crucifyed and tormented with innumerable tribulations tortures and paynes and to suffer most vyle bitter death for vs most wretched sinners Seeing therefore thou hast in this transitorie life commytted done innumerable synnes and haynous offences which deserueth farre greeuouser and greater paynes and punishmentes then bee assigned vnto thee Thou oughtest therfore patientlie to beare the paines and panges of this thy deserued disease and death Christ for thine offences most willynglie and patientlie suffred death and the holy Martyrs and Apostles with al theyr minde moste wyllingly imbraced death for his names sake Knowe thou therefore that what maner of death soeuer thou suffrest is muche lesse painefull then theyrs for wyl thou nyl thou die thou must therefore in the name of Christ good brother take it patiently Questions to bee asked of him that lyeth sicke by

and pleasure alwaies greene florishing al goodnes is far more excellent in thee thē mē may see or proue in any of thy creatures O Creator most excellent thou art the pleasure of althings thou art the abundantfulnes of perfect ioy the vnmesurable sea of holy delights pleasures thou art that light of incredible cleerenes passing brightnes O be wtiful eternal incomprehenlible light That which they do see heare taste smell or feele which are inwardly ioyned vnto thee through exceeding pucenesse of hear● wh●●●st they yet remain in this present 〈◊〉 can with no ●ouing be expressed The louing imbracementes the daintye kisses of the moth●● wherwith she appeaseth the weep●●g of her ton●●t childe no nor the ●we●●● wordes 〈◊〉 pleasant counten●nce of the h●sba●●● towar●es hi● loui●● wise are 〈◊〉 shadowes and 〈◊〉 va●ue in respe●t and con●●de 〈◊〉 ●f the sweete imbra●em●●tes wherewith thou O Lorde dost a●●●●e●● 〈…〉 of th●se that ●oue thee But if poore banished men can be so blessed and happy and that they can see such inexplicable incomparable goodnesse whoe see thee but in a darke had owed glasse how much more happyer then ought we to iudge of thy holy citizens who see thee face to face from whom floweth riuers of pleasure more sweeter then honey who are perfectly vnited vnto thee drowned in a bottomelesse of ●ternal delightes Those thy ●●●lbelo●ed d●ldren doo nowe most n●●ifestly knowe and in the ●●se lues di●●a●isest lyefe ele howe muche O me●ciful father thou dost fau●ur and ●●u● them and from the be giuning haste lo●●d them Thou O Lorde ●rofie willingly sinner●●est and belpest ●●ema● T●●ud●●●ighten al menne moste pleasaun●lye with the light of thy brigh t●es● Thou dost comi●●ally moste sam●●●e ●●y and offe●● ally talke in thefeoreete ho we●● of euery man Th●●ddest drawe the ●e●●tes and 〈◊〉 of al men vnto thee with an in●●●morehensible sweet mes and feruert affe●tion of charitye Thou dost qualify gladden refreshe and fatissye with a delicate desyr●●f enioying thy companye the he artes and willes of all men And to saye al O eternal God thou art all in al in that moste holy Citie of newe Hierusalem That is the happy day and the singuler day the onely true daie whereof thou O Lorde Iesus haste thus spoken vnto thy disciples In that day you shal knowe that I am in my father and you in me and I in you O daye so much wished for with most harty desire wherein the holy soules shal be vnited vnto thee O God and shal be inspyred with a meruailous light of wisedome and transformed into the brightnes of eternal glory O Iesus graunt I beseeche thee that so longe as I am in the darkenesse of this perigrination that the eyes of my minde maye beholde and contemplate the most shining light and brightnesse of thee O God and that I may alwaies please thee my Lord and God. Man wisheth for tribulations of this worlde to the ende that he may the more earnestly desire the kingdome of heauen O My soule if wee must euery daye suffer torments yea and a longe time abyde the vexations of this worlde to the ende that wee myght see Christ in his glory and be ioyned in the felowship of his Saintes Is it not conuenient that we should pacientlye suffer al kynde of paines to th ende that we myght be partakers of so great goodnesse and glory Let wicked spirites prepare theyr snares and temptations let sickenesse weaken the bodye let apparel trouble the fleshe lette laboures oppresse it lette longe wakinges fore watche it let this manne exclaime against me let that manne disturbe me let colde benumme me let heate burne me let my conscience prycke me let the head ake let the heart broyle let the stomack be ouercome with superfluous humors let the visage waxe pale and wanne let al the body be weakned let my lyfe be ended in sorowe let my yeres be consumed in sighes let corruption enter into my bones and let my bowels gushe out vnder me What care I though al these come to passe so that I may in th ende and day of trybulation come to reste and ascende into the felowshippe of those that are already preferred vnto glory How great wil the glorye of the iust be what exceeding gladuesse wil be amongst them when theyr faces shal shine as the Sunne and the Lorde in the kingdome of his father beginneth to place his people eache one in his degree and rewardeth euerye one according to his merytes geuyng them in steede of carthly thinges heauenly goodnesse for temporal thinges eternal rewards and for smal things great ample gifts Truely it wyl be a heape of felicity when the Lord shal lead his Saints into the glory of his father and cause them to sit in celestial seates where God is al in al. O what a pleasaunt happines is it to see the Saintes to be with Saintes and to be Saintes our selues to see God and to enioye God him selfe for euer and euer Let vs therefore thinke vpon these thinges with al our heartes affecte them with feruent desyre that wee may be the better able with speede to come to them If thou my soule peraduenture wilt aske by what helpe or by whose merites maye this be done Christ yelded himselfe to death to the ende to winne thee vnto the kingdome of God his father Yelde thy selfe therfore vnto him that therby thou maiest bee of his kingdome And let not synne haue dominion nor reigne ouer thy mortal body but let the soule be occupied in searching for euerlasting life ¶ A prayer that we shoulde repose our selues in God aboue all thinges O Iesus graunt I beseeche thee that I maye rest and repose my self in thee before any creature before al glory honour power dignitie and consolation ouer and aboue al hope and promise yea and aboue all the Angels Archangels and about all the hoste of heauen aboue al thinges visible and inuisible and chief●●y for that thou art my God yea thou a●t n●●e onely● God excelling al other thinges For thou a●t the highest the moste mightie thou onely art the fullest and p●●●ectest O when shall it be fullye g●●●ted vnto me that I shal forsake my selfe and see howe sweete and pleasantly thou art O Lord my god O Iesu the brightnes of eternal glory the comfort of the wanderinge soule my mouthe is bent towards thee without speaking and silence speaketh vnto thee How long wyl my Lord my God withdrawe himselfe from commings vnto thee● come vnto me thy seruant comforte me O Lorde thrust foorth 〈◊〉 ●●●pinge hande O God and del●●●● me thy seruaunte from these troubles Come come for without thee there can be ●o restful day nor quiet houre Thou art my ioye and without thee I am vnfurnished Beholde a poore wretche howe I am imprysoned and my selfe loaden with Gyues tyl thou deliuer mee and refresh mee with the light of thy presence Thoughe others searche thee at leysure whensoeuer

and a blessed syght of the deitie which is the ioyes of thy Lord god O ioye vpon ioy and ioy aboue ioye without whiche there is no ioye when shal I enter into thee that I maye see my God who dwelleth in thee I wyl go thither and I wil see this most excellent syght What is it that stayeth me Wo be vnto me for my daies are prolonged wo be vnto mee howe long shal it be sayde vnto me where is the Lord thy God O my soule attende a while and expect that which I looke for Shal not we attende the comming of our redeemer our Lorde Iesus Christ who hath brought our bodies to their ancient humility and obedience configuted and formed vnto the brightnes of his owne body Let vs abide the returne of our Lorde from the mariage feaste to the ende hee maye leade vs vnto his mariage Come O Lorde and stay not come O Lorde Iesus Christe come and visite vs in peare come and deliuer vs that he fettered out of prison that we maye reioyce before thee in perfectnesse of hart Come our sauiour the wished hope of al people shewe thy face and we shal be saued Come my light my rede●●●er deliuer my foule out of this prison that it may confesse and glorifye thy holy name Howe longe shall I bee toste in the surging waues of this my mortal life crying vnto thee and thou wilt not heare me Heare me O Lorde calling vnto thee from this large troublesome and daungetous Sea and bring mee vnto thy safe porte of eternal felicities O happye are they that haue through thy goodnes ariued from al the dangers of this Sea in that most safe porte and harborough of rest O most happy are they which haue escaped this surging Seas and are safely landed vpon the shores escaped this pryson and come to thy Palace returned from exile and entred into thy kingdome The blessed doo moste quickly enioye that they wished for Happy are they that haue obteined the rewar●e of eternal glorye and that which here they haue won in tribulation they do nowe ioyfully broo●e in happy myrth and perpetual glory Most blessed thrise fouretimes blessed are they whiche haue obteyned throughe his aboundante glorye to come to his gracious kingdome O eternal kingdome and kingdome of all worldes where there is contynual lyght and where the peace of God is which doeth farre exceede at vnderstanding wherin the soules of the elect do rest replete with eternal gladnesse Oglorious is thy kyngdome wherein al the saints do reigne appareled with white garmentes hauing crownes vpon theyr heades O kingdome of eternal blisse O happye kingdome where thou O Lord the Diadem of glorye shalt be seene face to face reioycing them in thy peace whiche passeth al capacitye Happy are they therefore that haue escaped from the shipwracke of this life and haue obteyned to come into so great ioy and gladnes Vnhappye alas are wee poore wretches that do row our ship through the deuouring waues of this large raging seanot knowing when we shal come to that hauen of health Vnhappy I say are they who leade theyr lyues in exile and daunger whose ende is doubtful For we knowe not what shal become of vs for al thing●s which are to come are vnknowē vnto vs We as yet sayling in the waues of the Sea doo hope and looke to come to the happy porte and hauē of ourcountrey O safe countrey we see thee a farre off we salute thee frō the Seas we doo sigh and wishe to come to thee out of this vale and we doo endenour our selues yea with teares to see if by anye meanes wee may come vnto thee O Christe the God of Gods and hope of humaine kind our refuge and strength whose lyght our eyes doo beholde through the thicke clouds aboue through the boysterous stormes of this troublesome Seas as the bright beames of the careful shipmans starre ende ouring out selues thereby to direct our course vnto thy hauen and safe harborough O Lord gouerne our ship in thy right hande with the nailes of thy crosse that we do not perishe in the roaring waues nor tempest drowne vs nor be sunke downe in the deepe but fasten the anker of thy crosse vnto our ship and draw vs out of this sea vnto thy selfe our onely comfort and consolation He holde vs whom thou hast redeemed with thy precious bloud and nowe banished from thee we do cal vpon thee heare vs O God our Sauiour the onelye hope of al those that dwel in al the corners of the earth we are toste in the troublesome seas and thou on the shore dost see our daunger Saue vs for thy names sake and graunt vnto vs O Lord I beseech thee that we which saile betweene Silla and Charibdin may so sterne and gouerne our Sip vnto thee that escaping both the daungers we may be preserued both Sippe and wares safely ariuing vnto thy Porte and hauen of rest FJNJS ❧ A breefe Table of the thinges conteyned in this Booke wishing the Reader to peruse it throughly OF the fall of mán and the punishment by death for the same and of the uncertaine hower of death Fol. 1 Of Death Iudgement Hell Heauen Fol. 2 Of the hower of Death worthy of often repetition Fol. 3 A ready instruction and godly exercise for an happy death spoken as it were in the person of Christ to the soule Fol. 6 Holsome admonitions to dye Fol. 13 An exercise to be vsed in the morning or al other times when you thinke good Fol. 15 Counsailes at the hower of death Fol. 18 An exercise wherin the weake man may restane him selfe vnto God Fol. 19 A Christian protestation or last testament not vnprofitable to be sayd or to be thought vppon Fol. 22 How feareful and bitter corporal death is of it selfe and the naturall causes thereof Fol. 24 The manner to dye well Fol. 17 The certentye of Death and the vncertayne hower thereof Fol. 27 Why the iust men do wish for death Fol. 28 The death of the iust man Fol. 30 The death of the euill Fol. 31 The daungers of death Fol. 31 How we should comforte those that be in daunger of death Fol. 32 Three exhortations to the sicke Fol. 33 Questions to be asked him that lyeth sick by the minister or some other godly persō Fol. 33 Praiers to be said at the hower of death Fol. 34 Howe to foresee that thinges go rightlye with any when be dyeth Fol. 35 A briefe Dialogue touthing the daye of iudgement Fol. 37 A general iudgement of the dead ▪ requireth an vniuersall resurrection Fol. 38 Of the excellencie of the iudgement days aboue al other dayes Fol. 41 Of the paines of hell Fol. 43 Of hel Fol. 44 Meditations of the heauenly kingdome Fol. 46 The defyre the soule hath to the heauenly Hierusalem Fol. 47 How plentifull of all goodnesse and howe spare of al euil the heauēly Ierusalem is Fol. 49 A supposed description of the heauénlye Hierusalem Fol. 50 Of the perfect and absolute ioy of eternal lyfe Fol. 51 A prayer whereby thou maist be fryred vp vnto the desyre of heauenly thinges Fol. 53 Man wisheth for the trybulations of this world to the end that he may the more earnestly desyre the kingdome of heauen Fol. 55 A prayer that we should depose our selues in God aboue al thinges Fol. 56 The soule feruently wisheth to be in the house of the lord Fol. 58 An earnest prayer that being assisted by the grace of God we may be alwayes bent to heauenly thinges Fol. 59 An ardent desire of the soule to the blessed and immortall lyfe Fol. 60 FINIS