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A65754	The protestation of Iohn White Doctor in Divinitie which he caused to be written the day before his death, to the end the papists might vnderstand he departed out of this world, of the same opinion and iudgement he maintained both by preaching and writing whilest he liued.	White, John, 1575-1648.	1648 (1648)	Wing W1785C; ESTC R222301	2,432	1

THE PROTESTATION OF IOHN WHITE DOCTOR IN DIVINITIE which he caused to be written the day before his death to the end the Papists might understand he departed out of this world of the same opinion and iudgement he maintained both by preaching and writing whilest he liued IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN I Iohn White Doctor in Diuinitie weake of body but of perfect remembrance being fully perswaded of Gods loue and mercy to me do briefly make this my last Will and Testament in manner following First I bequeath my soule into the hands of Almightie God who infused it when I was borne and all the daies of my life hath enriched it with such graces and habits as haue enabled me vnto the seruices whereto he hath called me of what nature soeuer they haue bene And my body to be interred at the pleasure of my deare and louing brother Maister Edward White where and in what manner he shall thinke good And touching Religion and the state and disposition of my conscience therein I professe that I depart in peace beleeuing with a Christian faith all things contained in the Apostles Creede and other Creeds receiued in the Church of England To whose iudgement I perfectly adhere in the articles of the Deitie Trinitie Creation the fall and Reparation of mankind Redemption by Christ alone Iustification Faith and necessity of good works c. touching the nature and institution of the Church authoritie of the Scriptures vse and number of Sacraments and doctrine concerning death and the resurrection of the dead and the state of the world to come And all that which our Church doth vniformly teach against the Church of Rome And whereas I haue these twenty yeares past by preaching and writing published in two bookes ingaged my selfe against Papistry I professe I haue done nothing therein against my conscience but desire all men to assure themselues that if any error haue escaped me it hath passed me through ouersight for I alwaies bended my selfe to that worke of writing with much humility to God and such diligence as I was able to vse and hauing the bookes alwaies by me I writ nothing but what I found in antiquity and in the writings publickly receiued in the Church of Rome it selfe And I do constantly auouch that what I haue written is the truth and haue bene the more confirmed therein by the vnconscionable dealing of my aduersaries against me when no learned man amongst them hath encountered me but onely such as vse base courses of railing and scurrilitie vnbefitting Christian Religion The which my writings I commend to my children praying God they may liue and die therein without opening their eares vnto seducers and to all my people to whom I haue preached and generally to all people that haue bene acquainted therewith And this my Protestation I was desirous to insert in my will wishing it were also printed in my bookes nothing doubting but Romish Priests and their followers when they shall heare of my death according to a common practise of theirs will be readie enough to diuulge some tales or other touching my vncertainty in Religion And hauing finished his Will and Testament seeing himselfe almost spent he used these words following I am scarce able to say any more greater occasion calles me off my owne weakenesse and more necessary meditation with God breakes me off and haue taken me by the hand with whom I hope to be shortly hauing a stedfast perswasion that through faith in Christ I shall see him and enioy him and liue with him for euer Which he grant of his abundant mercy who will haue mercy on whom he will haue mercie and will shew compassion on whom he will shew compassion Amen A POSTSCRIPT OF A LETTER WHICH DOCTOR WHITE WRlT to a friend of his who hauing found comfort thereby is desirous it should be printed for the comfort and good of others also LET him that will liue reposedly and die chearfully heare pray meditate do First heare Gods word in the Scriptures and in the pulpit in the Scriptures daily and in the pulpit make choise of a fit teacher and sticke to him for the practise of Gods word giues knowledge workes holinesse breakes downe naturall corruption and fils with strength and comfort against all assaults Secondly prayer hath three rules dayly without intermission free that the mind be vnladen Go to prayer as you go into the water to swim go not hote in but take a time and first coole your selfe feeling that the words touch your soule The day I neglect either Gods word or prayer is vnhappie That God being so neare and within me I should neither speake to him nor he to me that were too much betweene a man and his wife Thirdly meditation is the mod soueraigne cure of the soule that is My course is this I misse no day but I retire my selfe if I be at home to my studie or the field and there first I pray to God to giue me a recollected mind secondly I enter into consideration of my sinfull state and examine my selfe I call for helpe to God thirdly I take notice of my passion disposition and inclination and so I come to the knowledge of my selfe Fourthly I arme my selfe by vowes resolutions and prayer to conquer my selfe as a Citie Fiftly I call to mind if anything hath passed betweene my neighbour any other and me if I remember any vnkindnesse offered or receiued I wash it out I cleare the score I suffer no mans infirmitie to possesse me with conceit Sixtly I enquire after the day of my death in this sort first I set it before my eyes next I examine whether I be fit prepared readie willing to die thirdly my cowardly soule I encourage and teach it to looke death in the face Lastly I end this point with flying to my Sauiour for helpe till I become more then a conqueror I wil with great and tender passion in this point powre out my selfe and weakenesse to him Seuenthly I thinke also in the next place of my worldly state and if it prosper I giue thankes and lay humility and compassion in my mind if it be poore I pray for supply and bethinke me of some honest and lawfull meanes here I remember wife children seruants and purpose to bring them towards God Fourthly doing is the life of all for it is nothing to be religious in ceremonies Here are foure principall points First beware of doing against your conscience Secondly omit no occasion place or time or person if you can do good Thirdly follow the good of your owne calling too many meddle with the good that belongeth to others to do as Vzzah Fourthly the best good in the world is compassion and almes and comforting in distresse as sicknesse c. Life is short the dayes are euill our company is small the account is certaine the comfort vnutterable London Prtnted for William Barret