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A08442	Sermons of Barnardine Ochine of Sena godlie, frutefull, and uery necessarye for all true Christians translated out of Italien into Englishe	Ochino, Bernardino, 1487-1564.; Bacon, Anne Cooke, Lady, 1528?-1610.	1548 (1548)	STC 18764; ESTC S101443	23,048	79

SERMONS OF BARNARDINE OCHINE OF SENA GODLYE frutefull and uery necessarye for all true Christians translated out of Italien into Englishe ANNO DO M.D.XLVIII Mensis Iulio The contentes of thys booke i How a Christy an oughte to make hys last wyll and testament ii How we shuld answere the deueil when he tempteth vs and namely in the ende of our lyfe iii How answere is to be made at the iudgement seate of god iiii By what meane to come to heauen v How god hath satisfyed for our synnes and hath purchasyd Paradice for vs. THE INTERPRETOVR TO the gentle reader healthe in Christe Iesu DEATH GOOD READER as scripture declareth and our dayly experiēce practeseth to all mankynde is a thing most certeine and sure For who is he that shall lyue not se nor tast of deathes cuppe the longest lyuers at length dyed neytherkyng ne keysar can auoyde the duyte of death but of necessitie as al are of earth and asshes so shall they returne into the same Notwythstandynge thys that sure we be to dye yet when it shall come the Lord hath lefte secret to hys owne wysdō chefelye bycause we shulde euer kepe watche and warde be styll in aredines wyth our lāpes burnyng to wayte vpo● the bridegrom whych cōmeth we can not tell whē whether at mydnyght or at the cockes crowynge wherfore our mayster Christ gaue vs warnyng that we shulde be alwayes wakyng and loke vigilātly for he cometh closlye lyke a thefe wythoute warnynge vs at what houre he wyll come Then as he findeth euery mā so wyll he iudge hym and where the tree falleth whether it be towarde the South or North there it lyeth there is then no respite to be had but streyght waye due execution of goddes iustice shal come vpō all fleshe happy is he therfore whome hys maister at hys returnynge fyndeth wakynge for hym shall he put in auctoritie ouer all hys treasure And for so moche as then the ●●tter shall hange al together in clearenes of conscience whyche at that tyme shall accuse a man or defende hym acordynge as he hath kepte it cleane with vertues or stayned wyth vices for in the booke of mēnes concience are all theyr dedes layed vppe to be opened at the audit day of our death me thynk nothyng can be a greatter staye to the concience of man then to know how he ought to go owt of thys present lyfe and what to cary wythhym to hys account or leue behynd hym in the world In consyderation wherof I haue translated in to my natyue spech out of Italiē a sermō of maister Barnardine Ochin teaching how a true chrystē ought to make hys last wyll and for so moche as the diuell is at that instant of deth very bragging busyly wyth man and diuersly troblith hym and the iustice of god on the other side fearith hym I haue to staye strēgthen the cōsience on thes behalfes turned in to english two sermons enstructyng vs how to aunswer the diuel whē he tempteth vs at what tym by what meanes to quiet our myndes as touching gods iustice other two haue I also translated whych enforme vs of the true workes that god requireth of vs and the way to go to heauen and that our sauiour christ Iesus hath by hys most preciouse death purchased for vs paradise with out our deseruynges Wich fyue sermons taken out of the first part of maister Barnar dine sermons as they be wrytten and publyshed of good zeale to the wealth of many so it is thy curtisye gentle reder to accept them in good parte pardon my grosse tearmes as of a begynner and beare wyth my translation as of a learner obteynynge thys of the good reader I shal be redye and wyllynge hereafter when god geueth better knowlege accordyng as my talēt wyll extende to turne mo godly sermōs of the sayd mayster Barnardine into Englishe for the enformacion of all that desyre to know the truth For they truely conteyne moch to the defacyng of al papistrie and hipocrysie and to the aduancement of the glorye of god and of the benefytes of Christ Iesus To whom wyth the holye ghost be all honoure and glorye for euer and euer So be it GOD SAVE THE KYNG and graunt us the truthe of hys Worde HOW A CHRISTIAN OVGHT to make his last Wyll and Testamente IT IS COMMONLY THE CVSstome of men in they re testamentes and last wylles to saye I leaue I bequeath I geue wythoute onse sayinge I take or carye wyth me wherin certes they be farre deceyued bycause they take that whyche they ought to leaue be hynde them and go wythoute caryinge that whych is verye behofefull and necessarye Wherfore to the entent they shulde no more erre on that behalfe I wolde we shulde cōsyder and weyghe how a true Christiā shuld make hys wyll Men that be either fooles mad phrātike neyther cä nor yet know how to make a wyll by reasō they haue not wytte to descerne good from euyl what is theyrs or what is not what to take nor what to restore or bequeath nor yet to whō nor in what maner And yf happelye they go about to make theyr testament it shulde be but vayne and of no force god alloweth it not as a thyng made of a persone witles Wherfore he that is wyllynge to make a testament effectuall as expedient is to him that wylbe saued behoueth to haue verye good spirituall iudgemēt alyuely faith in Christe and an vnderstandynge and lyght aboue a naturall man he must also be the sonne and lawfull heyre of god And then he may saye I soūde of mynde and redye of sprite and remēbraunce albeit as touchyng my fleshe secke make my testamēt and bequeath fyrst of all my being and substance to god he gaue it to me and also preserued it and of hym I recognise to haue it and for it I render hym thankes I leaue to hym lykewyse the gyftes graces benefytes temporal bodely and gostlye that I haue hadde or shall here after receyue for they be hys and from him by grace I acknowlege to haue receyued all as Paule sayeth what hast thou that thou hast not receyued at goddes hādes yea for asmoch as al the slā ders mysreportes persecucions syckenes and mysfortunes which I haue alreadye or shall frō hence forth suffer and euē death selfe I confesse by the vnderstādyng that the Lorde hath geuē me that they haue bene and shal be hys gyftes and graces geuen and graunted of a great loue for my welthe and profyt wherfore as hys diuine rewardes I Araunt to haue had thē of god for them I thāke hym and as hys owne I leaue and restore them to hym And for so moche as I can not but acknowledge that I haue goue alwayes backewarde from hym so often as I wolde rule my selfe by my blynde iudgemente folyshe wysdome and deuelishe sprite neither dyd so moch as go one steppe forth towarde God but when I was moued diyuen and