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A00776	A spirituall consolation, written by Iohn Fyssher Bishoppe of Rochester, to hys sister Elizabeth, at suche tyme as hee was prisoner in the Tower of London. Uery necessary, and commodious for all those that mynde to leade a vertuous lyfe: also to admonishe them, to be at all tymes prepared to dye, and seemeth to bee spoken in the person of one that was sodainly preue[n]ted by death	Fisher, John, Saint, 1469-1535.	1578 (1578)	STC 10899; ESTC S109711	49,974	144

diebus vestris quod nemo credet quum narrabitur marueyle and wonder you for a worke is done in your dayes which when it shall bée shewed no man will beléeue Is it not a wonderfull thyng that he whych is most to bée dreade and feared would be in so muche feare that for verie feare and dreade of payne hée had to suffer he swet water and bloud Is it not a wonderfull thing that he that was most inestimable in price and moste precyous woulde suffer hys bodie to bée solde for so little a pryce as for the value of thyrtye pence Is it not a wonderfull thyng that hée that is the Lorde of heauen and earth and all other creatures would suffer him selfe to be bound of those vyllaynes wyth ropes lyke a théefe Is it not a wonderfull thing that he that hath so great might and power would suffer him selfe to be taken of his cruell mortall enimyes and so led vnto all these paynes Is it not a wonderfull thyng that hée that is the Iudge of all the worlde woulde thus wrongfullye be iudged Is it not a wonderfull thing that hée that had in hymall wisedome would thus bée mocked and reputed as a foole Is it not a wonderfull thing that he that is so strong mightie would be made so weake and féeble that he fell vnder the wayght and burthen of the Crosse Is it not a wonderfull thing that hée that is the Lord of Angels would be spytted and bobbed of a sorte of Lorrelles in that moste dispytefull maner Is it not a wonderfull thyng that he that is the Kyng of euerlastyng glorie would suffer his head in mockerie to be crowned with thornes Is it not a wonderfull thyng that he that giueth lyfe to euery creature would suffer this most shamefull sorowfull and so painfull death Is it not a wonderfull thing that he that is the Lord and Aucthor of all libertie woulde thus be bounde with ropes and nayled hand and foote vnto the Crosse Thus who that list with a méeke harte and a true fayth to muse and to maruayle of this most wonderfull booke I say of the Crucifixe hée shall come to more fruitefull knowledge then many other which dayly studie vpon their cōmon bookes This booke may suffice for the studie of a true christian man all the dayes of his life In this boke he may finde all things that be necessarie to the health of his soule Sainct Fraunces coulde passe hys time with this booke was neuer wery thereof and his great studie was in the compasse of a fewe wordes Quis tu et quis ego domine That is to say who arte thou Lord and who an 〈…〉 Thys thought alway dyd run from hym selfe to Christ And agayne from Christ vnto hym selfe And so euer he meruayled of the most excelent noblenesse of Christ and compared it with hys owne naughtynesse alwayes meruaylynge that Christ being of so incomparable worthynesse woulde suffer that moste paynefull death for so vnworthye sinners which lesson is so playne and so common that euerie man be he neuer so simple may somewhat profite in it And agayne it is so hygh that fewe can attayne to reach to the specyall fruite of it This holie Sainct Fraūces so profited in this lesson that it caused in hys hearte such a feruent loue such a deuotion suche an affection to Christ that the capitall woundes which he behelde in the handes and féete and syde of Christ ware by myracle imprinted in hys owne handes and féete This thing the B. of R. Innocent and hys Cardinalles dyd sée and had verye proofe thereof The meditation and imagination of this booke was so earnest and so continuall that the token of the fiue woundes of Christ were imprinted and ingraued in thys holy Saynctes bodye But to this hygh fruite as I sayde fewe or none besides him doth attayne It is a singular gyfte of almightie God and not common to bée looked for of other persons Neuerthelesse who that will exercise this lesson though he come not to this hygh poynte of perfection he shall neuerthelesse greatly profite in the same and come to a great knowledge both of Christ of him selfe A man may easily say thinke with him selfe beholding in his hart the Image of the Crucifixe who arte thou and who am I. Thus euerie person both ryche and poore ▪ may thinke not onely in the church here but in euery other place and in hys businesse where about hée goeth Thus the poore laborer maye thinke when he is at plough earyng hys grounde and when hée goeth to hys pastures to sée hys Cattayle or when hée is sittyng at home by hys fire side or els when he lyeth in hys bed waking and can not sléepe Likewyse the rich man may do in his businesse that concerneth him And the poore women also in theyr businesse whē they be spinning of their rocks or seruing of their pullen The ryche weomen also in euerie lawfull occupation that they haue to doe It is an easie thyng for any man or woman to make these two questions wyth them selfe O my Lorde that wouldest dye for me vpō a Crosse how noble and excelent arte thou agayne how wretched and myserable am I Doubtlesse O thou christian soule he that hunge for thy sake on the Crosse was verelie the sonne of God as the noble Centurio sayde when at the death of Christ he sawe so many wonderfull tokens He saw the sunne withdrawe his lyght and the ayre in darkenesse and felte all the earth tremble and quake and the stones brake a sunder then he sayde vere filius dei erat iste That is to say verely thys person was the sonne of god Thinke with thy self O christan soule how great a person he is that is the sonne of God And thinke againe how vilaynous and how wretched thou art in cōparison of him What art thou but asshes ciuis es and vnto ashes thou shalt returne et in cinera reuerteris Abraham which was a man of high perfectiō yet when he should speake vnto almightie God he sayde quū sum puluis et ciuis loquar ad dominū that is to say I am but dust and asshes and yet I must speake vnto my Lorde Dauid also sayth vniuersa vanitas omnis homo viuens that is to saye man contayneth in him all vanitie Furthermore Iob speaketh of man saying in this maner Qui puasi flos egreditur et cōteritur et fugit velut vmbra Man is lyke a flower he dooth issue foorth into the worlde and soone after he is troden downe and so finally hée passeth lyke a shadowe Man is but earth and asshes shall passe away lyke a shadow and lyke a méere vanitie Contrarywyse Christe was is and euer shal be the prince of heauen the Lorde of Angells and the creator of all creatures Qui fecit coelum et terram et omnia que in eis sunt He made heauē and

earth all that is in them His power is infinit most to be dreade Omnipotens rex et metuendus nimis His wisedome is incomprehensible O altitudo diuitiarum sapientiae et scientiae dei His greatnesse passeth all measure Magnus dominus et laudabilis nimis et magnitudinis eius non est finis Shortly to saye when a man hathe spoken or thought all that can be to the prayse of his excellencie yet he dooth farre passe and surmount all that as the Scripture sayth Glorificantes dominū quantum cūque poteritis super valebit ad huc et admirabilis magnificentia illius Now then O thou sinfull creature maruell at his excellent worthines that was thus crucified And maruell also at thy naughtinesse for whose loue he was thus crucified Thus I say dyd the holy sainct Francis Quis es tu et quis sum ego domine Who arte thou my Lord so excellent and who am I for whome thou wouldest endure all this payne O Christen soule often beholde this booke and saye with this holy man Quis es tu et quis sum ego Marueyle that his inestimable goodnesse would thus dye for so myserable a vanitie And so maruelinge thou shalt profyt in a gracious knowledge of Christ and thy heart shall taste maruelous swéetenesse and be replenished with a deuoute sauour of his most excelent goodnesse But you maruell peraduenture why I call the crucifix a booke I will now tell you the consideracion why A booke hath boardes leaues lynes wrytinges letters booth small and great Fyrst I saye that a booke hath two boardes the two boardes of this booke is the two partes of the crosse for when the booke is opened spread the leaues be cowched vpon the boardes And so the blessed body of Christ was spred vpon the crosse The leaues of this booke be the armes the handes legges and féete with the other members of his most precious and blessed body Neuer anye Parchement skynne was more strayghtlye stratched by strength vpon the tentors then was this blessed body vpon the crosse These lorells that crucifyed him drewe by vyolence his moste precious armes with ropes vnto either braunche of the crosse that the sinowes burst in sonder and so nayled his handes fast with spykinge nayles of yron vnto the crosse After they stretched his féete lykewyse vnto an other hole beneath in the crosse and there nayled them with the third nayle thorough bothe his féete And so they reared vp this body a loft against the sunne euen as a parchment skinne is sette foorth before the heat of the Sun for to drye It was set vp a loft to the entent that all the worlde might looke vpon this booke This booke was written with in and without Fyrst within was wrytten but one worde neuerthelesse this one word compryseth in it as sayth saint Paule the whole treasure of al cunning and wisdome partayning vnto God In quo sunt omnes thesauri sapientiae dei in whome are all the treasure of the wisedome of god Of this worde Saint Iohn speaketh saying In principio erat verbum the word was in the begynning before all creatures thys worde is the second person in the godhead the sonne of God which by the holie Ghost was written in the inward syde of thys parchment For the Godheade of Christe was couered and hidde vnder the lykenesse of man The holy Ghost was the penne of almyghtie God the father He set hys most mightie word vnto the body of Christ within the wombe of the Uyrgine Marye and so this booke was written within For as Sainct Paule sayeth si cognouissent nunquam dominum gloriae crucifixissent That is to saye if they had knowne the sonne of God whiche was and is the Lorde of euerlasting glorie they woulde neuer haue crucified hym They sawe his manhood which was in outwarde sight but they sawe not hys Godheade whych was couered within the same The Godhead was the inward syde and the manhoode was the outwarde syde Furthermore when a booke is spread you sée that in the leaues are many lynes drawen And many letters some read some blacke and some blewe so in this booke the moste blessed bodie of Christ was drawne many lynes for it was all to scourged with whippes so that euery where the print of the cordes of the scourges was left behynd that in euery place from the necke downward vnto the soles of his féete so that there was no margent lefte in all thys booke there was no voyd place but euery where it was eyther drawne with lynes or els wryttē with letters for these scourges fylled not onely his moste precyous bodie with lynes drawne euerie where but also left many small Letters some blacke some blewe some reade For the bloud by the vyolence of the schourges sprunge out in euery place And for bycause no parte of thys booke shoulde bée vnwritten hys head also was pearsed with sharpe thornes These cruell Iewes put vpon hys heade a Crowne of thornes and pressed it downe vpon the same as harde as they myght presse it by vyolence beatyng it downe with a strong Réede Et Arundine percuciebant caput eius And hys blessed heade so Crowned they dyd beate it downe with a gadde or a harde Réede Thus you perceyue that this booke was full of lynes and small Letters whyche were of dyuers coulers as I sayde some black some blewe some reade some blewyshe that is to saye full of stroakes and lasshes where by the skynne was toarne and rente in a thousande places Besides these small letters yet was there also greate Capytall Letters precyouslie illumyned with Roset colour Roset is a reade colour lyke vnto the coulour of a Rose which colour that most precyous bloude whiche issued out of his hands and féete doeth represent vnto vs with this most precious blud was illumined the fyue great Capital letters in this wonderful booke I mean by these capital letters the great woūds of his body in his handes and in hys féete and in his side These fyue great woundes were ingraued with sharpe vyolēt pennes that is to say the sharpe nayles and the speare And they doe represent vnto vs the fyue capytall Letters of thys booke Thus then you maye perceyue what bée the boardes of this booke and what be the leaues howe it is written within and without howe it is lyned and leathered and what bée the Letters as well the small as the great Now wée shall heare what maner of wryting is contayned in thys booke But first héere let vs make our prayer for grace beséechyng almyghtie God to gyue vnto our hartes the gracyous lyght of his beames whereby wée may the more clearely perceiue the writings of this booke and that they may bring foorth some good fruite to our soules health Now you shall heare what wrytings be contayned in thys booke in the booke which Ezechiel did sée was written thrée maner of

sinners that doe thus re-returne And therefore Sainct Paule sayeth Accessistis ad sanguinem melius loquentem quam Abel Ye become and haue returned you vnto the bloude that speaketh more graciously then did the bloude of Abell The bloud of Abell cryed vengeaunce before almightie god As almightie God sayd vnto Caine in the booke of Genesis Sanguis Abell fratris tui clamat ad me vindictam de terra The bloude of thy brother Abell crieth vengeaunce in mine eares from the grounde where it is shead But the moste precious bloude of our sauiour Iesu Christ cryeth mercy for all sinners that doeth repent And our sauiour now before the face of hys father sheweth his woundes sheweth his most precious bloud ceaseth not to procure mercy for them This plainly doeth affyrme the blessed Apostle Saint Iohn saying in this maner filioli hec scribo vobis vt non peccatis sed et si quis peccauerit aduocatū habemus apud patrem Iesu Christum iustum et ipse est propitiatio pro peccatis nostris That is to say Childrē I write these things vnto you to the intent that you should not sinne Neuerthelesse if it fortune any man to sinne wée haue an aduocate for vs Christ Iesus before the face of his father And he is rightuous and without sinne a verye satisfaction for al our sinnes Who thē attentiuely doth beholde this Crucifix verely beleueth that on the Crosse was payd the raūsom of all sinners how may he not fully trust that if he aske mercy for his sinnes they shall be forgiuen him So that here euery sinner may finde great matter and occasion of hope In the Crosse is also matter of ioy Héere is occasion of such excessiue ioy that a soule which verely tasteth it can not but highly reioyce in the same And therfore Sainct Paule did say Mihi autem absit gloriari nisi in cruce domini Iesu Christi God forbid that I reioyce in any other thing then in the Crosse of our Lorde Iesu Christ. Here doubtlesse is great cause for euerye true Christian man to reioyce and specially for thrée poyntes The first is that by the death of our sauiour on the Crosse and sheding of his moste precious bloude on the Crosse we be fully reconciled to almighty God as often as we doe true repentaunce with a fast purpose of amendement Thus Saint Paule sayth ad Col Complacuit per eum reconciliari omnia in ipsum per sanguinem cruicis It hath pleased God the father that by his sonne and by his bloud shed on the Crosse all should be reconciled But you will aske me what meaneth this word reconciled It is as much to sai as to be made attone with almighty God and to be at friendship with hym As two men when they haue bene at variaunce to be made louers together againe So the displeasure which he had against vs for our sinne is taken away And his great wrath against vs is fully pacified And where we were by sin the children of the diuell now we haue recouered to be made againe the children of God and consequentlye the inheritours of heauen O thou Christian man is not here great cause to reioyce If thou haue a ritche man to thy father which had loued thée much and he for thy misdemaner had caste thée out from his fauour and so thou werte in ieopardie to lose thy enherytaunce if by meanes of a brother of thine thou mightest be brought into his fauour againe and be taken for his sonne as thou waste before and restored thereby to thine enheritance haddeste thou not great cause to be ioyous and reioyce that by this means thou hast recouered againe thy fathers loue with all the commodities belonging vnto the same In like manner it is of euery sinner for he by his lewde demainer and by his sinful dealing hath so displeased his father that he is cast out from the fauour of his father and is in perrill to lose his inherytaunce which his most louing father had prouided for hym Neuerthelesse his onelye begotten sonne by his inestimable goodnesse and charitie suffering the most painful death of the Crosse and shedding his most precyous bloude for amendes and recompence of our vngracious dealinge hath reconcyled vs agayne and made vs at one with his father and set vs at a perfecte peace concorde and vnytie And thys is concernynge the fyrste poynte The second by the vertue of the crosse and of his most blessed passyon the power of our enymies be much broken for on the Crosse our sauyour by his death gatt the victory vpō thē for the which Sainct Paule saide expolians principatus et potestates traduxit confidenter triumphans cos in seme tipso Christ Iesus spoiling the mighty power of the diuill hath openly detected theyr frauds and gotten a very triumph of them in his owne person And therfore nothing is yet more tirrible vnto them then is the signe of the Crosse. A blessed virgine sainct Christian had suche a confidence in the token of the Crosse that when shée féelt hyr selfe tempted with hyr ghostly enimy shée marked hyr selfe with the same token and at euery temptation shée gatte the better of the diuils And by this holy token chased thē away put euer to flight Thirdli by the vertue of the crosse of this most fruitful death our hand wryting the which made most against vs was clerly put out Whē where was it written In the booke of our owne conscience there is no maner of sinne that we doe but it is written in the booke of our consciēce And if we repent vs not of the same be hartily sory for it before our death thys booke of our conscience shal be shewed against vs in the dreadfull day of iudgement Neuerthelesse if we repent vs and confesse vs and doe true repentance therfore then by the vertue of this passion it shall be scraped out of the booke of our conscience Therfore Sainct Paule calleth sinne our own hand writing Deleuit quod aduersū nos erat chirographum decreti quod erat contrarium nobis et ipsū tulit de medio affigens illud cruci Christ Iesus he saith put out the hande writing of the decrée whiche was against vs and so withdrewe it fastning it vnto the Crosse. When thou perceiuest O sinfull creature that by the Crosse of Christ and by that most precious bloud which was shed on the crosse thou art reconciled and made at one with God and that the power of thine enimies be greatly represt And fynallly that thy sin which was most against thée was crucified on the same Crosse so that thou maist clearely sée that héere is great matter of excessiue ioy and to reioyce in the most blessed Crucifix Finally in the Crosse is also matter of great comfort when a person hath deserued a great open shame is broght euen to the plunge of the matter and yet by