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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00479	Examples howe mortall synne maketh the synners inobedyentes to haue many paynes and doloures within the fyre of hell And fyrst example of a father of an housholde the whiche sawe two pondes and the tourmentes of hell.; Fleur des commandements de Dieu. English. Selections.		1555 (1555)	STC 10613; ESTC S114643	28,084	74

/ we ne abyde more than the sentence to be brought forth agayne vs. For all the presentes ●●ye vnto the Iudge that we bendygne of tormentes And almooste no good dede appered wherin we had esperaūce to haue the mercy of god And whā he ne resysted more as to brynge forth the sentence the whiche is iustely gyuen agayne the sinners that blyssed saynt Iherome was present Also were present saynt Iohan baptyste / saynt Peter / and great multitude of Aungels the whiche requyred of the Iudge that our sētence were yet dyffer●ed a lytell of tyme for the reuerēce and deuocyon that we had made vnto the sayde saynt Iherome And for to dystroy the erroure the which reygned in the worlde And he was accorded vnto the said saynt Iherome that that he requyred The whiche ledde vs with hym And shewed vs the glory of the blyssed soules and the paynes of hell and of purgatorye / to th ende that we myght wytnes certayne that thing that we haue sene The whiche thynges be not here writen for bycause of shortnes And wolde that we were put within the paynes of purgatorye to th ende that we shulde proue the experyence of the paynes the whiche there ben in the whiche we were put For to abrydge the sayde saynt Iherome vs cōmaūded that we shulde come agayne in to our bodyes And that we shulde wytnes that / that we had sene / vs promysed that on the .xx. day yf we dyd dygne penaūce of the sin̄es that we had cōmytted that we shuld dye agayne with saynte Eusebe the whiche shulde dye on the sayde day and we shuld haue glory And so our soules were incontynent within theyr bodyes c. ¶ Another Example howe a deuyll sayde that the soule of the Erle Guyllaume was in horryhle payne IT is wryten in Dialogo Cesarii this the whiche foloweth howe the discyple recyteth in his Boke and sayeth that as a knyght was at the death in his bedde al alene the deuyll appered vnto hym vysy●ly in forme and s●mblaunce of a sheepe the which had the hornes of a gote And when he se hym there in suche wyse he had fere and hym demaunded what art thou and what sekest t●ou He answered I am a deuyll the whiche am come for to fetche the soule Vnto whom the sayde Knyght sayde / depart thou frome cursed thefe / I haue cōmaunded it vnto Ihesu Chryst that I haue receyued in the sacrament And the deuyll sayde Varled yf thou wylte do me homage I shall yelde vnto the helth and I shal enryche the aboue all thy parentes And the knyght hym demaunded where ben thy tresours He answered treasours infynyte ben hyd nere vnto the court And the said knight asked hym / tell me where is the soule of the Erle Guyllaume that whiche is lately deed He answered It is in hel in so great fyre that yf the moste great mountayne were there it shulde be consumed in lesse of tyme than to close the eye And that payne there is but a bayne of myl●e in the regarde of the daye of Iudgement where he shal receyue the payne And he asked hym of another man And he answered he hath be .xxxi. yeres ī paines but a Monke and Mynche● hath delyuered hym by good dedes And agayne he demaunded the deuyl From whens camest thou whā thou came to me He answered I and my felowes were at the death of an abbesse awaytynge her soule And the knyght him demaūded Howe many ben ye He answered that the moste great forest of the worlde hath not so many of leues as we were And the knight demaūded him What haue ye done He answered / Alas nothyng she was a good religyous saint Michel came thither that which bete vs departed ī lykewyse as departeth the poudre before the wynde / and he was axed yf he were at the death of suche an abbot He answered that there is not so moch of grauell in the see as there was yf deuyls / but we ne dyd nothynge / for the vyllaynes Monkes the whiche there were groned as hoggꝭ ne wold let vs to approche And the sayde knyght saide Howe dare ye go vnto the deth of so holy a man And the deuyll sayde I was at the deth of the sone of god / and set me on the arme of the Crosse / wherfore dare I not than go vnto the death of suche a man c. ¶ Another Example howe a relygyous wolde more sooner enter into a fyre than to beholde the Deuyll THe disciple recyteth in his prōptuarye and sayth that one tyme a relygyous came vnto the deth the whiche cryed horrybly cursed be the houre that euer I was relygyous / and after helde his peas And within a lytell whyle afterwarde he began to laughe with a Ioyous face sayde Naye But blessed be the tyme that I entred into the ordre And blyssed be the gloryous Mother of Iesu Chryst that I loue and agayne helde his peas The freres that whiche were by him and herde these wordes wept and prayed for him Two houres after he sayde vnto a frere the which was by him / call my brethren For god hath exalted theyr praiers And he sayde vnto them whan t●ey were entred My bret●ren ye were trouble● of the fyrste wor●e I s●●de vnto you / but the cause of the worde was for that that the deuyls horryble appered vnto me / the whiche wolde rauysshe my soule And for the drede I was rauysshed out of my selfe and cursed the houre that I entred in to relygyon I tell you that yf a great fyre were here melled with brymstone / and that I had to chose to put me within it or els to beholde agayne the deuylles in the forme that I haue sene them / I shal be chose more sooner to put me in the f●re than to beholde them / afterward● the Quene of heuen and of mercye came the whiche chased away the deuylles And whan I se her I conceyued esperaunce / and for the greate Ioye that I hadde I haue laughed and blyssed the houre that I entred in to relygyon and the vyrgyn Mary whan he had spoken these wordes he dyed debonayrely c. ¶ Another Example howe the vysyon of the Deuyll is horryble IT is wryten in some Bok●s this the whiche foloweth that the dyscyple recyteth in his prompt●ary and saieth that the abbot of saynt agathe came vnto coleyne with one of his Monkes and a conuerse with a woman demonyacle And whan the abbot asked the deuyll of some thynges he ne wol●e answere The abbot sayde afterwarde I coniure the by hym that I haue trayted in the Masse that thou answere me And incontynent the Deuyll answered vnto those thynges that men demaunded hym After the abbot coniured him that he shuld go forth of the woman The deuyll answered And whether shall I go The abbot sayde / I haue opened my mouth to th ende that thou there entre The deuyll sayde I