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A19962	Every-dayes sacrifice Wherein are comprehended many comfortable prayers and meditations, very necessary for all Christians. Also, many comforts for the sicke which are afflicted by the sight of their sins and the terrour of death; written by D. M. Luther, a little before his end. With most true comforts out of holy Scripture of the knowledge we shall haue of one another in the world to come. Translated by, W.R.S.	W. R. S., fl. 1624.; Luther, Martin, 1483-1546, attributed name.	1624 (1624)	STC 6398; ESTC S114714	51,362	282

and withall endlesse that it presse mée not downe but bée vnto mée a light burthen and a light yoke And lend mée likewise strength and ablenesse in putting-to thy holy arme and help to beare it till I through thy godly help shall with patience ouercome the same and that thou wouldest send to mee a happy end and hour of help with grace Amen Rom. 8. I am assured that the sufferings of this life are not worthy of the glory of God which shall be shewed to vs. HEer Saint Paul the Apostle puts all the miseries of mankinde together what name soeuer they haue All diseases plagues sicknesses crosses and passions and how heauy and great such woes and miseries doo séem vnto vs and saith If all the troubles of this world were heaped together yet were all much too slight to bee compared to God's glory Why wilt thou then complain so much of troubles and mans miseries It is but a little times and then shall follow to euery Christian Beléeuer an vnmeasurable and euerlasting glory Héer in this life let no man think that it will bee better with him as Christ himselfe saith In the world you shall haue troubles c. For wée are héer in the diuels house if thou hold not with the host thou shalt haue small fauour in thy lodging Many a one thinks hee will go to another place and flée away from the mischief but wheresoeuer he commeth he findes the hoste at home Look what great dangers the Apostle Paul endured as in his first Epistle to the Corinthians and eleuenth Chapter but the hope of euerlasting life and glory to-come caried him thorow that with patience hee ouercame all As it is true that No eye hath séen nor ear hath heard nor euer came into the heart of man vhat ioyes habitation and glory is prepard for Christians and shall bee reuealed vnto them So is it most certain that they shall haue holy cleare immortall and powerfull bodies and therefore néed not feare any humane miseries death nor diuell And all these great gifts shall they haue through Christ for euermore All shall bee Gods and haue enough A poor scabbed boy or wench a poor scholar a despised begger c. which put their trust in Christ shall haue more and bée more rich th●n all the Emperors and Kin●s in this life for they shall possesse the euerlasting glory in which the Lord Iesus Christ shall crowne them with his vnwithered Garland of honour to euerlasting heauenly honour as wée vse to set Garlands on for an honour All worldly honour shall bée but childrens play to such honour and glory for there shall the Christians in glory hee like the Son of GOD himself yea Lords ouer all tyrants and persecuters ouer the holy Angels who shall bée their seruants shall stand about them and wait on them and shall in such honour and glory haue a merry constant and quiet conscience where no mis-fortune more shall ouerthrowe their ioyes their euerlasting righteousnes innocency and saluation Of which glory wee all should comfort our selues in all our afflictions then may wee through such hope with patience ouercome the Crosse So doth Saint Peter comfort vs You shall reioyce in the saluation who were a small time in sorrow Likewise S. Paul saith 2 Cor. 4. Our small and slight troubles cause to vs a far more excellent and an eternall waight of glory for wee look not vpon the visible but on the inuisible things A Praier O Dear and heauenly father I acknowledge that I for my sins sake haue well deserued all woes and miseries wherein I doo stick besides euerlasting punishment But I thank thée with all my heart that thou hast through Christ redéem'd me from such euerlasting woes and doo beléeue that these my sorrows and troubles are but smal and that vpon the same shall follow to me and all the faithfull an euerlasting and aboue all measure an excéeding glory I pray thée that thou wilt preserue me in this poor troublesome life which is so full of woes and miseries throgh comfort of thy holy Spirit in sure hope and patience to thy euerlasting honour and glory for thy dear Son Christ Iesus sake his redemption death power resurrection life and glory Amen Set thou thy cause on God indeed Hee will thee help in time of need For he that God doth trust Speed well alwaies he must Help thou Lord God euery where The body heere and the soule there A COMFORT against the fear and terror of Death and the Graue BEING An Exposition of Doctor MARTIN LVTHER written a little before his end LONDON Printed by H. L. for Iohn Parker 1624. An Exposition of D. MARTIN LVTHER written a little before his end IOHN 8. Verily verily I say vnto you If any keep my word he shall neuer see death HOW incredibly is this spoken and against manifest and daily experience in that we sée one carried away and buried Yet it is true when a man séeks after Gods Word with his hart beléeues on him and vpon the same sléeps or dies he sinks and goes hence before he might sée death or beware thereof and is for certain saued by the Word in that hee beleeueth and determineth to depart from hence Therefore should we Christians not be afraid of death Iohn 5. Verily verily I say vnto you He that hears my word and beléeues on him that sent me shal haue euerlasting life and not come into iudgement but shall passe through death into life THis may be called an excellent comfort and ratified with a solemne Oath That wee Christians when wee onely beleeue in Iesus Christ and that the Father sent him for our righteousnesse then néed we take no care for dying nor bée afraid of damnation but doo passe through this temporall death to euerlasting life that is so soone as we are dead before all mens eyes wée are in the twinkling of an eye with God in euerlasting life Who would then feare to die O vnbeliefe O originall sinne that thou shouldest so hardly beléeue so many Promises so many Miracles and such solemne Oaths of the true Son of God made vnto the Saints and children of Christ Iohn 11. I am the Resurrection and life He that beléeueth on me shall liue although hee die and who liueth and beléeueth on me shall not die for euer IN this Saying the Lord teacheth vs for what cause death is no death to vs but a beginning of eternall life for our Lord Iesus Christ liueth and is the Resurrection and the life because we are members of Christs Body incorporated to him in holy Baptism Therefore shall wee liue with him for euer as sure as he our head liueth onely because our life is hidden with Christ in GOD. But when Christ our life shall appeare then shall wee also appeare with him in glory Colos 3. O Lord strengthen my faith 1 Thes 4. For if we belieue that Iesus Christ is dead and risen so shall they which do sléep

thou dost conuert God hath a liking to thee and taketh thée agayne to his mercie for his Names sake that is onely therefore that he will through Christ bee mercifull vnto vs to the end wee acknowledge his Name and Mercie and praise the same 1 Cor. 11. When we are iudged then shall wee bee chastised of the Lord that we be not damned with the world HEere doth Saint Paul shew the cause why God doth lay the crosse vpon his people Hée doth the same that wée may attaine vnto his holines For it is certaine if GOD should giue to vs all that wee would willingly haue wee should bée safe and haue no regard of our sinnes neither thinke on the Word or Prayer But when all goeth ouer and ouer and now one affliction and then another hapneth then hath a man cause to hasten not onely to prayer but also to thinke how wee with our sinnes haue well deserued such correction And therefore hencefoorth to prepare our selues more earnestly for amendement of our liues As it is saide in the Epistle to the Hebrews Our Father in Heauen doth chastise vs for our good that we may attayne vnto his holinesse A Prayer O Deare and heauenlie Father who of thy well meaning and loue to keepe mée vnder thy childely obeysance for obtayning of thy holinesse and to make mée selected hast laide so manifold corrections vpon mee Take pitty on my Soule and come to help me in these mine afflictions occurrences and temptations of the raging Diuell Deliuer my soule in this great néede from the hellish dogges Amen Lament of Ieremy 3. It is a costly thing to bée patient and to tarry for the Lords helpe MAny men do often fall vnder the crosse into Impatience and Despaire for they know not yet what the good God meaneth towards vs with the Crosse and this impatience is a great affliction of the Diuell by which the vnfaithfull are brought either to seeke meanes that bee forbidden or through despaire when a had conscience meeteth with it doe run their owne heart out doe poyson drowne hang or kill themselues c. for they haue no comfort in their hearts It fareth with them as the Prophet Micheas in the 7. Chap. saith When the day of thy Preacher commeth they shall not know what to do Against such afflictions doth Ieremy héere strengthen vs O saith hée what a terrible woful thing it is when a man will not acknowledge what a louing heart God hath towards him He begins to bee impatient murmureth against God and despaireth against which if any doe thinke thus in his heart I know I haue a mercifull God in heauen who esteemeth of mee as of other his deare children and will through these my afflictions sicknesse woes and miseries c. put mee in minde of my sinnes and admonish mee to repentance that I may bee more godly and shall keepe mee from sinne These are precious and happy thoughts for they are the comfort of the Holy Ghost and worthy to bée praised For whosoeuer hath such thoughts in his heart is patient vnder the Crosse seeketh helpe by GOD with prayer and hopeth for the Lords gracious houre of helpe and is of sure hope that it will come if not corporally yet the Lord will perfectly heare him Therefore tarrieth hée for his helpe with patience So did the Prophet Abacuk comfort in the 2. Chap. The promise shall bee yet fulfilled in due season and lastly come to light and not tarry away Though it linger tarry you it will surely come and not stay A Prayer O Heauenly Father giue mee thy holy Spirit to strengthen mee that I may beare thy will with patience that both in good and euill I may alwaies breake my will offer and mortifie my selfe and not murmure against thee although I thinke it goeth otherwise with mee then I gladly would I would rather that it went alwaies after my will that I might bee without Crosses but O Lord doe thou thy will vpon mée and giue mee obedience and patience in all Crosses and Afflictions Amen IIII. God will also deliuer from the Crosse 1 Cor. 10. GOd is trusty who will not let you bee tempted aboue your abilitie but maketh the temptation to get an end that you may beare it HEere doth Saint Paul encounter with two great afflictions which greatly hinder our faith especially when wee grone lie bedred The first that wee thinke the Crosse to bée heauy and too great and feare wee must vnder it goe to the ground The second that wee sée no way nor meanes whereby wee may bee holpen then wée make account we are vndon and begin to doubt and to despaire Therefore doth Saint Paul heere comfort vs Why should you so despaire vnder the crosse you haue yet a true mercifull God which laieth vpon no man more then his ability yea hee himselfe giueth strength and power to them which bee not able and maketh the affliction a gracious meanes and end that how heauie soeuer the same seemeth yet those which are his doe goe through with it and beare it for the crosse is to a Christian but a slight burthen and a light yoake Math. 11. vnder which the Lord himselfe did put his godly arme necke and shoulders and will comfort them as hee promiseth Esay 51. I euen I am your Comforter c. And how long or endless the crosse séemeth to our vnderstanding yet shall there be a happy end and but a small thing as the Lord himselfe reckoned his suffering that it was but little Iohn 16. So also the Lord GOD comforted his Christians Yet a little while then shall my anger for thy sinnes and my displeasure haue an end Esay 10. Heere doth the Lord giue a fine comparison Iohn 16. of a Woman in Child-bed with whom it séemeth also as if the Crosse were importable both Mother and Childe must goe together The poore woman can doe no more but yeeldeth her selfe in such smart and deadly paine vnto Gods will and pleasure and saith Whether I liue or die I am the Lords Now when the paine is at the greatest and no power more to beare behold it goeth then after the common prouerbe Where mans helpe endeth there Gods helpe beginneth It is but for a little time and then in stead of death two liues are brought into the world and the woman thinketh no more on the paine for great ioy that shée hath brought a merry birth into the world Likewise should wée also comfort our selues that it is but a while then shall Gods helpe bee vnto vs and in stead of sorrow ioy and comfort shall bee found A Prayer O Thou most true and good Lord GOD and Father giue mée for thy Son Iesus Christs sake through thy holy Spirit a strong trust in thee that I may assure my self and goe thorow with all the afflictions of the Crosse and stedfastly beléeue although the Crosse to my thinking and to all mens reason séemeth too heauie and importable

EVERY-DAYES SACRIFICE Wherein are comprehended many comfortable Prayers and Meditations very necessary for all Christ●●ns ALSO Many comforts for the sicke which are afflisted by the sight of their sins and the terrour of dea●h Written by D. M. Luther a little before his end With most true comforts out of holy Scripture of the knowledge we shall haue of one another in the world to come Translated by W. R. S. LONDON Printed by Humfrey Lownes for Iohn Parker and are to be sold at his Shop in Paules Church yard at the sign of the three Pigeons 1624. The Translator to the Reader IT pleased Almighty God gentle Reader in his last great visitation 1603. amongst a great multitude of others to take to his mercy al my Children to the great griefe and sorrow of my heart which caused me to remember the saying of our Sauiour Iesus Christ in his holy Gospel If these things bee done vnto a greene Tree what shall bee done to a dry And therefore it beseemed mee rather to prepare for my selfe that I might bee ready when it pleased God to call mee then to lament for them which are at rest with Christ All which considered caused mee to reade ouer diuers comfortable Bookes and at last light vpon this which as it appeareth in the beginning of this book was first penned for the comfort of one that was in great affliction by reason of sicknesse who besides a great number of others receiued great comfort of the same for which cause it was first penned The like cōfort hath it by the goodnesse of God effected in mee which moued mee to vndertake the publishing hereof in as plaine and fruitfull manner as I could for the good of euery Christian without any borrowed phrases And therefore such as it is I commend to thy fauorable acceptance praying God that it may work such comfort in thee and in all other that shall reade it as it hath done in mee for the glory of his holy name vnto whose most mighty protection I commit thee Exhortations to make the sick desirous of death WE bee but strangers and soiourners as were all our fathers our daies on earth also are but as a shadow and there is no abiding The dayes of man are the daies of an hireling yea wind and nothing We are made as dust and must return to dust as a leaf that is carried of the winde dry stubble and a garment that is moth-eaten Man is burthened with many calamities he cometh vp is cut down like a flour and he lieth as it were a shadow short be his dayes and the Lord hath appointed him his bands which he shall not passe Where is there any man that liueth and soeth not death Our daies passe away swiftly and we are gone A man in his time is but as grass and florisheth as a flour of the field fo● as soon as the winde goeth ouer it it is gon and the place thereof knowes it no more Man is like to a thing of nought his daies passe away like a shadow Euery thing hath a time yea all that is vnder heauen hath his conuenient season There is a time to bee borne and a time to dy Death doth not forget him self By one man death entred into the world and went ouer all men and through one sin of one man all men are subiect vnto death All flesh is as grass and all the glory of man is as the flower of grasse Our life is euen as a vapor that appears for a little tune and then vanisheth away Héer haue we no continuing city but wée seek one to come Whatsoeuer hath béen borne since the beginning of the world vnto this day hath been subiect vnto death and whatsoeuer is yet aliue or shall be born must néeds die euery-while Whosoeuer receiueth life must also suffer death remedilesse On this condition camest thou into the world that thou shouldst leaue it again Thou hast béen sure of death euer since thou wast conceiued in thy mothers womb Whatsoeuer thou hast liued ouer the first day of thy birth is superfluous and too much and God hath suffred thee to liue long enough There is no remedy but that thou must néeds die and no man can saue thee nor defend thee for thou art dust and must bee turned into dust again Think none other in thy minde but that the end of thy life is comne This misery geeth not only euer thee for great and small rich and poor yong old Lord seruant man woman and all men must take this iourney in hand This debt hast thou owed a great while and thou must néeds pay it the sooner the better If thou shouldst be put to death or execution with a hundred more besides thy selfe what should it auaile thee whether thou were the first or the last He that is first dispatcht is soonest rid out of his pain Thou hast full well deserued at the hand of God to die a worse and a more sudden death wherefore thou art bound to thank him that hee handleth thee so graciously This life is short childehood flowes away like water youth and manhood are full of sin and labour age is full of infirmities although not one among a thousand doth attain to it This life is but a prison full of heauinesse calamity bondage incombrance painfulnesse labour trauailes vnlustinesse sinne diseases temptations yea 't is nothing but a crosse From all which miseries death dooth deliuer vs. The day of death is better than the day of birth In the day of birth thou art put to cold heat hunger thirst tediousnesse sinne and wretchednesse In the day of death art thou deliuered from all bodily impediments Therefore doo Iob and Ieremy curse not onely the day of birth but also him that brought the message to their father that a child was born The bitternesse of death which is sent thee passeth all the paine that euer thou dibst seele in all thy life but it lasteth not long and it is soon done Through the grace help of GOD canst thou wade through this danger drink this cup. Thou didst neuer truely feel the passion of Christ in all thy life wherefore now in the houre of death thou shalt patiently féel and taste In case the diuell by force for his last feat would proue himself vpon thee then bée thou sure that he is a mightlesse enemy and is ouercome by Christ and can gette no more at thy hand but onely as much as thou fearest him and doubtest in Christ If there happen vnto thée any fearfull temptation giue thanks to God that he handleth thee so gratiously for thou art worthy to haue a more grieuous punishment The wicked spirit which tempted Christ wil not leaue thée vntempted but hée cannot preuaile against thée for he hath nought in Christ nor in thée Many temptations shall assault thee which thou must patiently suffer thinking that the Lord might iustly send thée greater temptations which neuerthelesse he leaues vndone

all and what soeuer hee hath earned and obtained with his Obedience Death and Passion With this holy Sacrament should wee admonish and comfort our selues when sorrow and the combate of death is at the greatest that wee cannot remem●er any thing else and think and say thus much in our hearts I am baptized whereby God the holy Trinity hath made an euerlasting couenant with mée that he will bée and continue my GOD and hath not grounded the same vpon my goodnes but vpon his infinite mercy the merits of his onely Sonne and vpon the grace and power of the holy Ghost So am I absolued through Christ and haue oftentimes receiued the holy supper of the Lord according to his institution therefore I am certaine of the forgiuenes of all my sins Gods grace and saluation of my soule For if the euerlasting mercifull God and my Lord Iesus with the holy Ghost would not haue mee saued or taken me to mercie he would not haue suffered mee to be baptized or called mee to his Kingdome through his holy Gospell nor let mee so often receiue the holy Sacrament Therefore should we haue these worthy Sacraments in great estimation and often resort to the holy Communion of our Lord vsing the same in right worthinesse for confirming of our faith and comfort against sin and the wrath of God in our last end A Prayer O Thou euerlasting true mercifull God and Father I thanke thee through Iesus Christ thy deare Son in the power and vnspeakeable sighing of the holy Ghost that thou hast suffred mee to be baptized in the name and power of the holy Trinity and taken me vp for thy child and through power of the keies hast absolued me from all my sinnes and fed mee with the body and bloud of thy deare Sonne for the strengthening of my faith and forgiuenesse of all my sinnes And I pray thée dear Father that thou wilt vphould me through thy holy Spirit in true saith and confidence to my end that I may sléep in peace like to holy Simeon and rise againe with the righteous to euerlasting glory through Iesus Christ thy dear Sonne our onely Lord and Sauiour Amen A Praier to bee said when a man will receiue the blessed Sacrament of the Body and Bloud of Christ O LORD IESVS CHRIST thou liuing Sonne of God which before thy Death and Passion didst institute and ordaine to all Christians a new Testament of the most worthy Sacrament of thy most holy Body and Bloud which I poore sinner am not worthy to vse or take thy holy Body and Bloud into my vncleane mouth or vpon my sinnefull tongue and that thou béeing so great a Lord shouldest come vnder the couer of my house or into my vnprofitable Bodie I am alas not worthy But I pray thée O dear GOD and Brother open thou my mouth touch thou my tongue and purge thou my heart from all sinnes and make mee thy poore seruant worthy of thy most holy Testament that I may receiue take and vse ' thy most worthy bodie and pure deare bloud of thy Sacrament to the health and saluation of my soule strengthning of my faith amendment of my life in burning loue towards thee true loue towards my neighbour and bring mee to euerlasting life Amen A Praier of Thanksgiuing O Almighty and euerlasting God I praise and thanke thy godly mercifulnesse that thou hast fed mee with the flesh and blood of thy onely Sonne Iesus Christ my Lord and Sauiour and doe pray thee most humbly thou wilt with the Holy Ghost so worke within mee that I which haue receiued this blessed Sacrament with the mouth may also with constant faith conceiue and alwaies keepe fast thy godly grace of remission of sinnes and iustification with Christ which is therein shewed and promised and euerlasting life through our Lord Iesus Christ thy deare Sonne who with thee in vnitie of the holy Ghost liueth and rai●neth one true God for euer and euer Amen A godly confession of the deare and worthy man M. Iohn Stoliz MY sins doe trouble mee Gods grace ioyeth me Two things know I A poore sumer am I God is mereifull The first acknowledge I The second beléeue I. O God bée mereifull to mée poore sinner God giueth Christ meriteth Faith conceiueth Workes do witnesse Come to helpe mee thou good God weake is mans helpe in tune of need Esay 42. The bruised Reede shall bee not breake and the glowing Tow shall ●ee n●t quench out O Lord strengthen increase our faith Amen Of Gods gracious and euer lasting Prouidence and Maintenance a most true comfort Psalme 37. WHen I haue but thee my Lord Iesus Christ I care not for heauen or earth When my body and soule fayle mee yet art thou alwaies God the comforter of my heart and portion Zachary 12. OVer the house of Dauid and ouer the Citizens of Ierusalem will I powre out the Spirit of Grace and of Prayer for they shall looke vpon mée whom they haue pearced HEere doth the Lord promise to send his Holy Ghost to vs poore sinners as Saint Iohn in the 15. and 16. Chapters often maketh mention of this promise for because wée are weake and of little faith when sinne and Gods wrath doe terrifie vs to the end our faith cease not then shall the Holy-ghost as a true Comforter strengthen and comfort vs and bee witnesse to our hearts that our sinnes bee forgiuen and that weere in grace and she children of GOD and shall help vs to sigh and pray with vnspeakeable sighing Therewithall also shall the How-ghost for the comfort strengthening of our faith admonish and shew vs the holy wounds whereby wee may acknowledge that he was wounded and pearced for our sins and his blood shed for the clensing and washing away of all our sinnes II. Esay 54. SO haue I sworne that I will not bée angrie with thee nor yet reprooue thee for the Mountaines shall remoone and the hills shall fall away but my Grace shall not ●oe away from thee and the Conenant of my Peace shall not fall away saith the Lord thy compassioner GOd the Almighty hath through Christ his hest beloued Sonne erected a Conenant of peace with vs and confirmed the same with an doth That if we do beleeue in Christ hee will not punish nor yet concernne vs for euermore but continue our deare and louing Father eternally Such promise is so certaine that the Mountaines shall fall down yea Heauen and Earth shall passe away before such words faile A very glorious and comfortable cause doth the Prophet set héereunto The Lord thy Compassioner hath said that is God is so mercifull that hee will not condemne you for your sinnes Whosoeuer beléeueth in Christ with a faithfull heart shall rest in grace and hee will for euer release and helpe him out of all misfortune III. Esay 54. Feare them not thou shalt not bée ashamed Bee not weake for thou shalt not bée mocked THESE are faire and comfortable words