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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11240	A Christian exhortation taken out of the Holy Scriptures for the great comfort of euery faithfull person being in the agonie of death, before whome it must be ofte[n]times red and recited (if neede be) eue[n] to his last breath. Wherevnto is ioyned in the end a singular prayer for the partie greeuously afflicted by sicknesse dravving tovvard his death. Therewith is a briefe catechisme, which is not only to instructe the sicke, but also to refresh his memorie vvith the greate mysterie of our redemption.	I. S., fl. 1579.	1579 (1579)	STC 21500; ESTC S102189	21,015	74

mercifull and haue pitie vpon me wretched sinner for the loue of thy sonne Iesus Christ my Lord and sauioure This done you maye not forget your house and familie the why he you ought so well to ordeyne and dispose by good festamente or other last will that it maye be after youre deceasse in peace and quietnesse but to shew you the better to vnderstand howe to giue order and to dispose of your house it is that you giue vnto euery man that whiche is his due withoute deceyuing any man that you leaue youre wife heire youre childrē and kinffolke in good agréement and quietnesse to the end that after your deceasse they haue no occasion to be diuided This done you must forget al the cares and griefes of this worlde the whiche passeth away with all his concupiseence but he that doth the will of God remaineth eternally Touching your children you are only their naturall father for a time but God is euerlastingly their spirituall Father hauing them in his holy keeping and protectiō to kéepe and nourish them and to preserue them from all euill prouided that they wyll walke in his wayes For the rest séeing that you are a Christian regenerate at the holy Sacramente of Baptisme it is long since that you did know that we haue héere no permanente citie for we looke for a better which is euerlasting wherefore I pray you in the name of God trouble not your selfe at all with anye kinde of worldly griefe for we are héere but straungers as oure fathers were when then our Lord God shall haue ordeyned that you shall dislodge and marche before vs will you not then submitte your selfe to his holy wyll and ordinance Also if he sée it expedient for your saluation to prolong your life as he did to his good Kyng Ezechias will not you be contented w it the it shall please him to dispose of you yes certainely for he is Lord and maister you are but a seruant he is your creator you are his creature and the worke of his hands Euen so then will he dispose of you according to his wyll wherevnto you shoulde humble and conforme your selfe saying with a good heart O Lord God thou knowest my necessitie if it be thy pleasure to prolong my life thy will be done if it please thee also to cal me vnto thee thy will bee done for thy creature O Lorde nathe none other will but thine Now my brother comforte your selfe in God who if he haue ordeyned to call you your calling shall hée happie for you must beléeue and trust with a strong faith that hée will make you to rise in your owne body in a glorious immortalitie to cause you to raigne with him in the eternall life the whiche is wonne and giuen to you in the vertue of the most pretious bloud of our Lord and Sauioure Iesus Christe in whose name the Lord God blesse conserue you and cause hys countenance to shine vpō you and be merciful vnto you The Lord God turne his face towardes you and maineteyne you in good estate So be it This being done if they sée the sicke person to impaire and to draw néere his deathe as willing to tende to his appoynted ende forthwith in his mortall agonie fayle ye not to recite wyth a loude voyce before him the Christian exhortation the which is placed here before thus doing God will giue him grace well faithfully to dye in him So be it I Woulde desire héere to saye something more but there is I can not tell what griefe in my heart which maketh me to holde my peace in the middest of my purpose when I thinke vpon the blindnesse and horrible darkenesse of the time passed For the Monkes and Priestes refusing in this laste necessitie the comforts that the Scripture giueth and the confirmations against the feare of Death they brought forth of the one side and of the other I can not tell what trash Firste beholde the faire exhortation whiche they gaue to those which were vpon the pittes brinke to trust in the Popes Bulles wherein they did promise them forgiuenesse of their sinnes and tooke frō them all feare of the fire of Purgatorie Now all this what was it other than to leane againste a wall that was readie to fall or to trust to a broken réede Further they exhorted the poore sicke persons to communicate and to take part of the good works whiche should be done in all their order as fastings abstinences watchings Prayers and other such lyke dayne thynges and to haue theyr parte therein they myghte in no wise spare anye siluer no if they woulde saue their soule For it is in this forte that these furred pawes and hooded beastes haue accustomed to set forthe their workes of superabundance that they might sell to others leauing alwaye that whiche was prositable and necessarie to obteyne saluation And of this matter men maye yet at this daye bring forth faire obligations passed which shall giue testimonie of these things The sicke persons then being néere deathe were admonished to thinke howe greate merits they had for so muche as Heauen was due vnto them howe manye good works they had with the multitude whereof they were cleane couered in suche forte as a man coulde not knowe whether they had offended God or no. Beho●d there the goodly comforts which they were wont to giue to poore languishing persons and such as they do giue at this day vnder the Popes rayne And aboue all the holynesses beholde this great superstition which hath place that if any man did dye being clad wyth the habite of a Frier the Diuell should haue no power ouer hym Among the whiche manye Italians haue bin drunken with this foolishe superstition yea men of renoune and of great wisedome the whyche woulde be receyued before they departed out of this world into the familie of S. Frances and after their death would be bursed in hys habit Nowe I speake not héere at all of Obsequies Vigilles Anniuersaries Peligrimage taken in hand for the saluation of the dead nor of other suffrages of the liuing nor of merits satisfactiōs and good works wherein they did put their onely hope and trust to obteyne saluation And to auoyde the paynes of Purgatorie I will not speake of the other things which these idle bellies were wont to set forth to poore sicke persons to prepare them to death I leaue to spoke of these blasphemies Whē they shaped this goodly hunne to the Virgin Marie in the Article of deathe Marie mother of grace mother of mercie defend vs from the enimie and receyue vs at the houre of death Now let vs acknowledge the inestimable benefites of oure onely God and heauenlye Father who in our dayes hath restored the doctrine of the Gospell and hathe stirred vs vp to serue him in all purenesse in true reuerence and honor and hathe drawen vs out frō the deadly darkenasse to bring vs to the knowledge