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A04391	Seauen helpes to Heauen Shewing 1. How to auoid the curse. 2. How to beare the crosse. 3. How to build the conscience. 4. How with Moses to see Canaan. 5. Simeons dying song, directing to liue holily and dye happily. 6. Comforts for Christians against distresses in life, and feare of death. 7. Feruent prayers, to beare sicknesse patiently, and dye preparedly. The second edition: much enlarged by Steuen Ierome, late preacher at S. Brides. Seene and allowed.; Moses his sight of Canaan	Jerome, Stephen, fl. 1604-1650.	1614 (1614)	STC 14512.3; ESTC S118682	265,158	563

Iesus Christ Mors Christs mors mortis meae The death of Christ is the death of my death saith Bernard O Death I will be thy Death saith hee by the Prophet And Hierome vpon it Illius morte t● mortua es c. By his death thou art dead by his death wee liue thou hast deuoured and art deuoured thy selfe oh Death Death maketh dust returne to the earth as it was and the Spirit to returne to God that gaue it saith the word of God and shall not wee be glad of this Shall it grieue vs to returne to God to haue the Spirit goe from whence it came to walke with God to enter into life to goe to the Marriage of the Lambe Is the brute Oxe grieued to be vnyoaked Were Abraham Isacc and Iacob holy men or holy women euer vnwilling Wherefore if men desire naturall sleepe in regard of the good that commeth by it so doe you death and cherefully from your heart say with olde Simeon Lord now lettest thou thy Seruant depart in peace according to thy Word c. Luke 2.29 Sect. 4. The fourth Consideration Note 4 A Fourth cause making men willing without feare to sleepe naturally is that assured hope which they haue to awake and arise againe and shall not you arise from the sleepe of death why then should we shrinke more at the one then at the other wee shall rise againe for Christ our Head is risen and the Members must follow If the dead be not raised then is Christ not risen c. as you read in that singular Chapter 1 Cor. 15.20 The Sunne riseth and setteth againe the Moone waineth groweth againe Of the ashes of the olde Phoenix commeth another the leafe falleth and the sappe descendeth yet both sappe and leafe returne againe Sarahs wombe though dead yet beareth a Sonne when the Lord will so shall the resurrection be of dead bodies The hand of the Lord was vpon mee saith the Prophet and carried mee out in the Spirit of the Lord and set mee downe in the midst of the field which was full of bones And hee led me round about by them and behold there were very many in the open field and loe they were very dry And hee said vnto mee Sonne of man can these bones liue And I answered O Lord God thou knowest Againe hee said vnto mee Prophesie vpon these bones and say vnto them O yee dry bones heare the word of the Lord. Thus saith the Lord God vnto these bones behold I will cause breath to enter into you and yee shall liue And I will lay sinewes vpon you and make flesh grow vpon you and couer you with skinne and put breath into you that yee may liue and ye shall know that I am the Lord. So I prophesied as I was commanded and as I prophesied there was a noyse and behold there was a shaking and the bones came together bone to his bone And when I beheld loe the sinewes and the flesh grew vpon them and aboue the skinne couered them but there was no breath in them Then said hee vnto mee Prophesie vnto the wind prophesie sonne of man and say to the winde Thus saith the Lord God Come from the foure windes O breath and breathe vpon these slaine that they may liue So I prophesied as hee had commanded mee and the breath came into them and they liued and stood vp vpon their feet an exceeding great armie Such another excellent place is that in the Apocalypse And I saw a great white throne and one that sate on it from whose face fled away both the earth and the heauen and their place was no more found And I saw the dead both great and small stand before God and the Bookes were opened and another booke was opened which is the Booke of life and the dead were iudged of those things which were written in the Bookes according to their workes And the Sea gaue vp her dead which were in her and Death and Hell deliuered vp the dead which were in them and they were iudged euery man according to their workes Thus you see that as from our naturall sleepe so from death wee shall awake againe and therefore no cause to feare the one more then the other Resurrectio mortuorum spes Christianorum The Resurrection of the dead is the hope of the Christians Faith So Tertullian meaning their ioyfull hope that wipeth away all teares and vnwillingnesse to dye Credo Resurrectionem carnis I beleeue the resurrection of the body and life euerlasting Therefore care away Though I dye yet I dye not but onely sleepe in my Graue as in my Chamber till my GOD send his Angels to awake me with his Trumpet that I may enter into ioy that n●uer shall haue an end till which time I rest free from all sorrow and paine not troubled with any of the worlds woes but as a man in his bed fast asleepe most free from all offences and vexations Yea euen the selfe same body shall arise to our vnspeakable comforts teach the Scriptures Iob 19.25 Iohn 5.29 1 Cor. 15.42.43 and many other places euen as Christs body arose the same that it was before the same eyes mouth feet hands c. Dixe●●nt tactis corproibus c. They said saith Tertullian of auncient Christians touching or laying their hands vpon the bodies wee beleeue the resurrection of this body this body that I touch and lay my hands vpon for the goodnesse of God will giue glory to that body that hath giuen glory to him the selfe-same eye the selfe-same mouth the selfe-same eare feet hands c. What an encouragement is this to doe well if you marke it and what an argument to make vs willing to dye being assured of this as weare Sect. 5. The last Consideration The bodyes freedome and the soules Glorification Note 5 THE fift and last cause that maketh vs willing to goe to our naturall rest without feare muttering or any discontent is the chearefulnesse and liuelinesse of body and minde that vseth to follow after sleepe both to body and minde being refreshed thereby so greatly let the same cause make vs willing to dye for there is no comparison betweene the comfort and refreshing that naturall sleepe worketh and that which followeth after death when Christ shall change our vile bodie that it may be fashioned like vnto his glorious body according to the working whereby hee is able to subdue all things vnto himselfe when this corruptible hath put on incorruption and this mortall hath put on immortalitie If that small glimpse which the Disciples saw made them wish for three Tabernacles and an eternall being there Mat. 17.4 O how shall the whole glory of heauen and heauens blisse rauish vs and make vs glad that wee haue attained to it O no such refreshing can come from our earthly beds and naturall sleepe here Wherefore with ioy let vs welcome the houre

Esay Ezekiel and the rest of the Prophets haue still cryed out against that neuer seeke vnto God that neuer call vpon him Nay which thinke it vaine and a thing neither behouefull for them nor beneficiall to them to call vpon God as the cursed Iewes did in Malachie 3. v. 14. Nay alas which is more as many carnall and carelesse Ideots amongst vs discouer vvith their lewd tongues the thoughts of their poysoned and peruerse hearts they thinke it concernes not them to serue God to heare reade pray conferre meditate and doe such duties to which 1. God 2. their endangered soules 3. their generall and speciall callings 4. their vsurped name of Christians 5. their vowes in Baptisme doe obliege binde them and inioyne them but that these things are proper and peculiar to Cleargie-men Church-men learned men Schollers Preachers holy-day-men as they vnholily call vs. They are not booke-learned they say though they be hell-learned from a sophisticall Diuell to dispute against their owne saluation besides they haue other things to doe Marthaes part to play to looke for the world to prouide for wife and children for such is their Atheisme and Infidelitie they dare not trust God for a ragge or a crust of bread without their owne sinfull carke and worldly care notwithstanding all his promises Mat. 6.33 of giuing them earthly things if they seeke and serue him Hence it is as their actions declare their affections many thinke no otherwise of their Creation but that they were borne and brought into the world euen to seeke and serue the world and themselues not God and so to goe to heauen in a string as it were as straight as a line when they are dead Oh how many Husbandmen thinke this the end of their liuing to delue and digge and plow and sow and reape and eate and drinke and get his rents and spend his pence in his Sunday-pots to serue his Cattle Horse Oxen Kine and Sheepe himselfe seruing God no more then the very Beasts and Bullockes amongst whom hee conuerseth These are also the thoughts this the life of many a daily Labourer and Hireling thus also many vnsanctified Tradesmen Merchants Mercers Haberdashers Shooe-makers Taylors c. and other Shop-keepers onely propound gold and gaine as the end of their labours and trauels vnder the Sunne how to load themselues with thicke clay to bestow their Sonnes and Daughters in great matches and high places to giue great portions to their Children rather of goods then of grace and to leaue their substance to their babes and to these ends the seruice of God euen vpon his owne Sabbath must be subordinate his worship must be dispensed with in whole or in part by themselues and those whom they haue in charge Iournymen Seruants or Prentises Thus also some irreligious Seruing-man conceits no other end of his liuing mouing or being of his yeeres strength and vigour but to serue his Master at his Table or at his turnes or his Horse or his Hawke at his appointment besides his misspent time and meanes in the prosecution of his owne seruile and slauish lusts as for the Seruice of God to which me thinkes hee hath as many leasures and opportunities in his vacancies from any needfull morrall imployment as any of the sonnes of Adam hee counts the thought of that ridiculous the practise precisenesse not worthy his generous spirit his time is wholy spent and misspent either in ciuill attendance according to his place or in idlenesse doing nothing or in reading vaine Bookes or seeing Playes or friuolous discourses of Horses or Dogges or worse subiects in which things the heart it seemes is most imployed in priuate else could it neuer so frequently by the tongue vent out such froath In which remisnesse and neglect in and of Gods seruice ioyn'd with that loose prophanenes which accompanies most of their professions I thinke them much secured and hardened by the exemplary irreligious courses and discourses of their Masters for the most part whose ordinary both words and workes in and about eyther the world or their pleasures and traded recreations as their corrupt affections bend vsually matched with a key-coldnesse neglect if not contempt at least an indifferencie in the publike and priuate worship of GOD seruing GOD no oftner nor no better eyther in the Church or their domesticall Chappels then will stand with ciuilitie reades a preceptory and practicall lecture to all the Seruants that they should not be more forward and zealous in good duties then their Masters neyther to out-strip them in Gods seruice if they meane to sleepe in a warme skinne and not to expose themselues to the censure of more precise then wise and to continue in their Masters fauour So the mercenary hired Seruant eyther for the Plough or Cart or such like generally throughout the Land what doth hee more thinke vpon besides sinne and vanitie then euen to doe his dayes taskes like the hackney horse his ease and Prouender his bed and his victuals being the very God that hee sacrificeth vnto Tell him of ought else to be done in Religion you shall preuaile as much as Lot with his Sonnes-in-law they thinke you scoffe Hence it is that this clownish rout in most places are so forgetfull of GOD and blockish euen to admiration that they neyther know or vnderstand or can repeate the Petitions of the Lords Prayer the tenne Commandements or the Articles of their Creed or can other-wayes prepare themselues as I know experimentally in too many Villages and Parishes for the receiuing of the Lords Supper which they vsually doe receiue as Iudas did the Diuell and the sop together then first by putting on their cleane cloathes about Easter time secondly asking their Masters blessing thirdly muttering ouer such imaginary Prayers as before I haue spoken of fourthly going to Church to receiue their Maker and that day to be Gods Seruants as they sa● and at afternoone to walke abroad in the fields and drinke sometimes to drunkennesse promiscuously young men and women together in the Ale-house and then GOD is stoutly serued that day in vvhich predicament and height of sinne are their ignorant and profane Country-Masters Nay such a crust of Atheisme securitie is growne vpon the hearts of most Seruants that in most Families I haue seene of Husbandmen Plowmen Grasse-men yea and of some Gentlemen to in the North parts chiefely I haue seldome obserued God serued at the tables eyther of Masters or men by saying Grace and Thankesgiuing when like Hogges and Dogges they haue serued themselues with the vsurped Creatures This is the cold and crooked Seruice that our God gets of innumerable multitudes of Miscreants that are as vnmindefull of him as they are vnmercifull to their owne Soules I speake not of all I know there are a remnant in Israell that forget not God nor bowe to Baal neyther doe I disgrace or disparage any of those professions for the sinne of the persons no more

Latomus and Hoffmeister haue tryed it in their despayring deaths so the inioying of a good conscience is the greatest ioy Hugo cals it the Temple of Salomon the Field of Benediction the Garden of delight the treasurie of the King the house of God the habitation of the holy Ghost the Booke sealed and shut to be opened in the day of Iudgement the very thing saith Ambrose that makes a blessed life yea and I may adde withall a blessed death for to vse the words of Bernard as hee prepares a good dwelling for God whose Will hath not beene peruerted nor Reason deceiued nor Memory defiled so God prepares a dwelling for him that is pure in heart and soule Psal 15.1.2 and in whose spirit there is no guile Psal 32.2 Of which blessed mansion they haue some taste euen in death that keepe a good conscience in life Hence is it that the godly take there deaths patiently like sheepe sing ioyfully like the Swanne as Martyres haue done at the stake and as did our good Simeon when the wicked dye like Swine repiningly like the Hiaena ragingly Naturalists write that the warme sweet bloud recoyling to the heart of the Swanne tickleth her with such a secret delight that it makes her sing euen in her death Contrariwise when the Hiaena is in dying the blacke and distempered bloud gathers to her heart which makes her sad and mournefull This is worth applying the conscience of holy actions so warmes the hearts of Gods Seruants with that inward ioy that they dye singing their Hosanna's tryumphing and reioycing in spirit but the consciousnesse of wicked wayes and workes of darknesse oathes vncleannesse profanenes c. like streames of blacke bloud recoyles backe vpon and clogs the hearts of the Sonnes of Belial which makes them dye as wofully and cursedly as they haue liued retchlesly and wickedly oh therefore good Readers who euer you are Ministers or Lay-men keepe a good conscience I intreate you with God and with man in all your wayes and walkings in your courses callings functions and tradings that in your deaths you may shew your selues the Lords Sheepe the Lords Swannes like Simeon not the Diuels Swine and Hels Hiaena's Now thou art to be directed in some dueties in thy sicknesse the probable summoner of thy death for though God onely know when death is nearest he hauing as the keyes of the heauens and the keyes of the heart so the keyes of the earth and of the graue of life and of death 1 Sam. 2.6 yet it is probable that life is nearest expiring when sickenes is approaching as the wals are nearest ruine when the Cannon is laid to batter them Now these Directions I referre to these three heads First respect God secondly thy selfe thirdly others In respect of God first renue thy former repentance seeke earnestly to be reconciled to God in CHIRST get more assurance of the Mercy Fauour and Loue of God towards thee gather together all thy spirituall forces striue and wrastle couragiously against Diffidence Distrust Infidelitie and Despayre like an actiue runner shew some brunts as it were of inward strength euen when thou seest the Goale and art nearest the end of thy race Now for strengthening thy Faith and renuing thy Repentance the better take this course First when Sickenesse or Infirmitie ceazeth on thee consider that it ariseth not from 1. Chance 2. Fortune 3. Rawnesse of Weather 4. Ill Ayre 5. Bad Dyet 6. Catching of cold or the like which are eyther no causes at all or else onely secondarie but by an immediate prouidence Secondly search out the cause for which God afflicts thee and thou shalt by the light of the word and of thine owne conscience find that the cause is thy sin other causes there may be as CHRIST shewes in the case of the blinde man who neyther sinned nor his Parents Iohn 9.2 As 1. tryall of Faith 2. of Patience as in Iobs case 3. exciting to Prayer and Repentance as in Ezekias case Esay 38.1 4. to preuent sinne to which Nature and corruption inclines 5. the Humiliation of pride 6. manifestation of the workes of God oft cause the Lord to visit euen his owne sonnes with sicknesses and diuers diseases but in Gods reuealed will sinne is the ordinary cause as appeares Deut. 28.21 Leut. 26. c. Sinne caused the Aegyptians Botches Exod. 9.10 the Philistines Emerods 1 Sam. 5.6 the Widdow of Sarepta's Sonnes sickenesse 1 King 17.18 and therefore when CHRIST cured the bodies of his Patients hee first remits the sinnes of their soules so remoues the cause Mat. 9.2 Iohn 5.14 as in the blinde man and the sicke of the Palsie Thirdly when thou hast felt thine owne pulse and laid the finger on the right cause which is sinne then by examination of thine owne hart find out what speciall sin causeth thy present scourge oh search thy selfe thorowly Zeph. 2.1 examine thy soule narrowly Psal 4.4 Play the selfe Constable make priuie search in euery roome within the house of thy heart for thy secret sinnes as for priuie Traytors Fourthly when thou hast found them out confesse them bring them to the strict barre of Gods Iustice arraigne them nay be thy selfe a Witnesse against them yea a Iudge to condemne them as Paul prescribes the Corinthians in the like case 1 Cor. 11.30.31 and as Dauid practised in his owne particular Psal 32.5 Fiftly supplicate and intreate the supreame Iudge of Heauen that may condemne thee or repriue thee to pittie thee and pardon thee Ieremy and Hosee will direct thee how to put vp thy supplications in forma pauperis as a poore penitent and what words to vse that will plead and preuaile for pardon Lam. 3.40.41 Hosee 6.1 Dauid sets thee an holy President most beseeming thy imitation who when hee was sicke at least vpon the occasion of his sickenes penned speciall Psalmes of repentance as namely Psal 6. the 22. the 38. the 29. which I prescribe to be read of thee repeated and applyed with Dauids heart also as spirituall Physicke 1. to purge the ill humours of thine heart 2. to quicken thy dulnesse 3. to excite thy deadnesse 4. to inflame thy desires 5. to comfort thy conscience 6. to strengthen thy faith 7. to prepare thee to Prayer reade seriously the History of Christs Passion recorded Luke 22.23 Chap. the 29. Psalme the 42. Psalme the 51. Psalme the 143. Psalme the 14. Chapter of Iob the 11. the 14. the 17. Chapter of Saint Iohn Ecclesiastes Chap. 1. Dan. Chap. 9. Romanes Chap 8. the 7. Chap. of the Apocalypse 1 Cor. 15. Chap. these will giue thee some holy heate Thus thou hast the true preparatiues in thy sickenesse in respect of God they are the more worthy remembrance because so few follow them for alas how many that haue liued long in the bosome of the Church are so farre from renuing their Faith and Repentance that when they lye sicke and are drawing to