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A86400	The [H]istory of the [l]ife and death [of] that antient father of the church, [D]r. Joh. Thauler [who] lived at Colen [sic] in Germany in the year of [Ou]r Lord, 1346, where he was in a [m]iraculous manner turned from his vain conversation to an extraordinary degree [of] holiness of life : [toge]ther with many of his precepts ... / [f]aithfully translated out of Latine.		1663 (1663)	Wing H2167A; ESTC R43640	67,974	161

beware of Adultry because it is a grievous and enormous wickedness Truly If I would go about to lay open all the dangers and evills springing out of Adultry this whole day would hardly suffice and yet I fear I have already been to tedious I should now speak of Pride of covetous men of Soldiers their Comrades and Wives of handy crafts men and their Wives but the time doth not permit Truly I have yet many things which I shall say in their due time except I be silenced from preaching But I warn you beloved let not any one hit another in the Teeth with these things which ye have heard because I have only touched the vices of some For we are all guilty and obnoxious to sin But if there be any one here without Sin let him first cast a stone at them whom I have mentioned Believe me as things are with us at present it doth exceedingly concern us that with what speed possible we should amend our lives Otherwise except we so do there are some among you who may live till that time wherein God Almighty may permit some grievous and unusual distress and pressure to happen to men But arise now and let us pray the Lords Prayer and repeat the Angels salutation How after this Sermon the Master was forbidden by his Brethren to Preach again AFter this Sermon all the People of the City did talk much and variously of the Master some praised him some dispraised him but the greater part did commend him saying He is certainly a good man and devout towards God who fears no man but speaks the very meer truth of himself and all others But his Brethren presently after this Sermon being met together in the Chapter-Room unanimously concluded that he should be wholly silenced from Preaching and they studiously enough endeavoured to bring it about that they might send him away to another Monastery of their Order Which when the Rulers and chief men of the City found out they went to those Monks and intreated them to grant License to the Master again to Preach and likewise inquired of them what fault they found in him that they should prohibit him from preaching Who answered He hath offended our best friends and turned them from us To which the Lords said we believe that ye have no better Friends certainly in this City then we who can better take care of your affairs and be more helpful to you then we Therefore we fear that ye rather take it ill that he publickly reproved you But he reproved us also and yet we take it not ill Truly ye ought rather at any price to purchase such a man as he is who dares speak the Truth to men and as it ought to be fears not the face of any man So therefore out of respect to the Lords and for their sakes It was not only permitted to the Master to remain there but also to Preach again Afterwards the Master was intreated by the secular men to Preach again another publick Sermon to them He told them he would do as they desired if the Lord gave him leave the very next Lords day after the ninth Now that Lords day was Judica or the Passion of our Lord in Lent And when the appointed day and hour was come a very great multitude of common People came together thither also came the Master and thus began his Sermon The Masters second Sermon to the vulgar People THE Gospel for this present day Beloved is that where the Lord saith to the multitudes and to the chief Priests Who among you convinceth me of Sin If I say the Truth why do ye not believe me He that is of God heareth the Words of God For this cause ye hear not because ye are not of God This Gospel is long and because I hope most of you have heard it of your Pastors to day omitting it I do make my Discourse so much the shorter But before I begin to obtain Grace let us call upon the Mother of Mercy and all Grace saying Ave Mary c. Truly Beloved of right when as to day the Lords-day after the Lords Passion is Celebrated I ought to Preach of the Passion but I have so many things to speak of that that cannot be done at this time For it is exceeding necessary that we should be spoke to of our sins and failings Nevertheless if it may be commodiously done I have purposed upon some convenient day this week to Preach a Sermon of the venerable Sacrament who namely have right to come unto it and who not and what it is hindreth them who ought not to come Afterwards also I shall make a Sermon upon the most bitter Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ And indeed at this time Beloved I can say nothing to ye unless I do speak of the Community by their several Names and Titles Wherefore also I would have you take this advice that if any be here to whom my discourse shall not belong let not them wrest it as spoken to them neither let them judge them to whom peradventure it shall belong but give God thanks that he hath preserved them from evil But they who shall understand themselves to be guilty and whom my discourse shall note let them the more speedily repent and amend their lives For this will be exceedingly necessary for them to do This common true saying is found in almost every man's mouth when we say that Adam and Eve did exceeding wickedly whilst they followed the Devil and transgressed the Commandment of the Lord their God But if any one rightly did weigh it how many do we think would he find now a dayes entangled in more grievous sins then Adam and Eve were Certainly every rash and swaggering Soldier and his proud and lascivious Wife do commit far more and greater evils then Adam and Eve did Eve indeed followed the Devil and violated the Command of God Adam also had respect to the Woman and being willing to please her he transgressed the precept of God But presently for the violation of this one command they were both driven out of Paradise and in such a manner hath the wrath of Divine vengeance raged against them and all their posterity that from that time for the space of five thousand years it suffered none to enter into the Kingdom of Heaven And in the mean while Adam and Eve were compelled so long in the Limbo of Hell to wait in expectation until that fullness of time came wherein God the Father did vouchsafe to deliver them by his only begotten Son Truly Beloved I know that Adam and Eve never neglected but this one command neither have I found in Scripture that they committed any other grievous sin If therefore Almighty God hath so severely horribly revenged upon them this one sin there is no cause certainly why these proud immodest and vain Women do discommend them for many things and accuse them of many crimes For verily be certain

began to fail him ABout eight dayes after the Doctor sent a certain Messenger to the Layick to desire him to come to him And when he was come the Master said to him Ah most dear son it can hardly be uttered what fightings what grief what strife and contention I have inwardly undergone both night and day before with Gods assistance I could so far attain as that I might overcome the Devil the Flesh and my own Nature But now through the Grace of God I have obtained an undanted and ready mind and also a true and perfect will so that I will chearfully God assisting enter upon that way which you have taught me and although likely it will be very troublesome to my Nature yet that ought patiently to be endured neither shall I for that cause draw back but will through the Grace of God persevere steady and constant in this purposed course Layman Do you keep still in your memory Doctor those Words which I lately spake to you Master Immediately after you left me I carefully wrote them all down Layman I congratulate to you Sir heartily rejoyce with you that you have obtained so ready so vigorous and so undanted a mind neither do I in this less wish well to you than I do to my self Therefore now safely in the Name of God begin and behave your self manlike And so taking his leave the Layick departed Now the Doctor obeying the instructions and counsel of the Layick presently set upon the work And forthwith forbore every thing that he was required to forbear In so much that before a year was come about he was as much had in contempt by all that lived with him in the Monastery as he was before had in esteem and honour yea and his special friends and as many whether men or women as were wont to confess themselves to him finally all that knew him and respected him became so estranged from him as if they had never seen him which was not a little troublesome and contrary to his nature Moreover he began to feel much infirmity and weakness in his head which struck him with greater terrour than all the rest Wherefore by a Messenger he sent for the Layman and declared to him all that had befallen him and how that his natural strength began to fail but chiefly how he was not a little distressed by reason of the infirmity of his head The Layman made him this answer Be not terrified Sir but humbly resign your self to God and put your trust firmly in him Truely I hitherto well am pleased and like matters as they stand with you and indeed things are very well with you and will be better without doubt you well know that he that will find the right Way and walk therein must through some sufferings at least and afflictions follow the example of Truth it self namely our Saviour Christ Therefore in the least be not terrified at all but leave your self totally to God for it thus heretofore befel me likewise Notwithstanding in the mean time whilest this infirmity is upon you you may discretly succour your Nature by the use of better meat I had made for me when I were in the like infirmity a certain confection of Aromatical druggs which did comfort my head and the like I 'le get made for you But this is certain that I alwayes left my self totally to God to do with my Soul or Body what he pleased Master But now you teach me otherwayes advise me to relieve succour my self with better meat in this my infirmity Layman No man ought Sir to tempt God so long as you continue in this weakness God doth freely permit you to help and comfort your nature especially your head Go to now Sir with Divine assistance go on as you have begun joyfully resign up your self to God in all things with true deep humility Put your trust in God and wait for his grace and whatever he then requires of you whether it be sweet or whether it be bitter be sure to the utmost of your strength to yield him obedience As for my part I pray you for Gods sake take it not ill that I can no longer at this time abide with you For a weighty business compels me at this time to bid you fare-well But if you cannot spare me altogether send some body to that place and there I 'le be found But it would be far better for you if you could go on without the comfort of any mortal creature Master Do not I beseech you dear Son say so for indeed I cannot long want you And truly it afflicts me much and fills my ●…ind with vehement anguish because you now will depart from me But sith as you say so weighty a business and which concerns God compels you to be gone I will content and resign my self and bear your absence as well as I may Layman Now therefore Sir sith you are brought under the Rod and scourge of the Lord to which also you have offered your self willingly it concerns you very much to lead your life discretly Be careful therefore to give your self your just due And let it not disturb you that you are forsaken by Creatures But if you should want money pawn some of your Books and borrow upon them but take heed that you sell not one of them For if I be not mistaken the time will come when they will be all necessary to you Having thus said the Layman bidding the Doctor fare-well departed the Doctor in the mean time weeping for his departure and commending himself to God How the Doctor was wonderfully visited touched and illuminated by God and how the Layman returned to him again and meekly exerted him that he should again take upon him the care of Preaching which for some time had been omitted VVHen as now the Doctor had for 2. years together continued in most grievous temptations together with the great contempt of all his Friends and extream poverty insomuch that he was compelled to borrow money upon some of his Books which he pawned and also had undergone with much humility the grievous weakness of his whole nature It came to pass that night which immediately goes before the day celebrated for the Conversion of St. Paul that a most grievous Temptation rushed upon him such as the heart of man cannot imagine whereby he conceived such a great weakness of his whole nature that that night he was not able to go forth to Morning-Prayer but abode sitting in his Cell resigning himself from the bottom of his heart to God with huge and true humility being destitute of all help and comfort from any mortal Creature whatever And whilest he was kept in this weakness he began amongst other things to meditate on the passion of our Lord Jesus Christ thinking with himself with what infinite love Jesus Christ did follow him and contrariwise he reflecting upon his own life perceiving how unconsiderable his life was