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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.
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no man ne myghte thynke no tongue declare the horryble crye and the noyse thee whiche was in thee sayde tormente c. ¶ Another Example of two men the whiche were in paynes whan S. Taurayn areysed them IT is wryten in the legende of saynt Taurayn that tydynges weare browghte vnto a ryght honorable man that his Sone and his Squyer were deed And for to abredge the matter saynte Taurayne areysed the sayde sone The which yode incontynent on knees before saynte Taurayne and requyred hym to be baptyzed And after that he was baptyzed sayde vnto his Father Halas Father thou knowest what myserable lyfe we lede what paynes those susteyne the whiche ben semblables vnto vs. And what glorye is vnto those the which loue serue vnto the god the which is to be honoured of man Certaynly I haue sene hym to be in the company of Aungelles and to praye vnto god for vs And whan the sayde sone areysed had spoken these wordes many other vnto his Father he yode on knees before saynt Taurayn and caused hym to baptyze hym And also his wyfe mother of the said reysed And for to be short in that day so many of great lordes as of lytell people a thousande two hondred persones were baptyzed And afterwarde at the request of the sayde sone areysed S. Taurayn areysed also afterwarde the Squyer the whiche wytnessed that he was in great paynes whan a messenger came to tell hym of the souerayne mayster that he were brought agayne takeÌ„ vnto saynt Taurayn And this sayde squyer areysed sayde vnto the sayde sone He the whiche hath brought me agayne hether commaundeth the that thou dyspose the to returne vnto hym And in contynente a Feuer toke hym / and after the coÌ„maundement dyed ¶ Another Example of iii. deade men areysed the whiche recompteth of the paynes of purgatorye and of hell / and howe they were in Iudgemente before God IT is wryten in the Epystell of the holye Bysshoppe named sitillus that by the merytes of saynt Iherome that which appered vnto saynt Eusebe thre deade bodyes were areysed for to take away a great erroure the which reygned in that tyme amonge the grekes that it came in the latyns of the heretikes that sayde that the yll persones ne shulde haue of tormentes in hell tyll vnto the daye of Iudgement that the body the soule shuld be remyt togythers The thre deed bodyes that were areysed lyued xx dayes / the which were demaunded why they wepte so sore And the one of them sayde vnto hym that asked it Yf thou knew the paines the which before yesterdaye I endured thou shuldest haue euermore cause to wepe And he was requyred to tell what paynes he had endured suffred within â—ell He sayde that the dampned and those in 〈…〉 haue so great paynes that yf a pâ—â—sonâ— sâ—uld endure in this worlde al the paines / tormâ—ntâ—s / and afflyctions that a man may tâ—ynâ—e / that nâ— shulde be but consolacion to endure all that / in regarde of the seest payne of purgatorye / or of hell Also he sayde Yf any lyuynge had felte the experyence of the dolour the whiche is in hell or in purgatorye / that he shulde loue better to endure tyll vnto the ende of the worlde wihout any remedy togythers all the paynes and tormentes that all the men and women hath endured one after another syth Adam vnto now / than to be tormented one day in the leest payne that is in hell or in purgatorye And therfore yf ye axe me what the cause is wherfore I wepe It is for that that I knowledge me to haue synned agaynst god / that iustely he punysseth the synÌ„ers wherfore I wepe to haue deserued suche punycyon Afterwarde he was axâ—d wherin dyffereth the paynes tormentes of purgatorye / those of hell He answered that they ne dyffre as vnto thee qualyte and quantyte of paynes they ben of one selfe greatnes / but they dyffre in as moche as the paynes of hell haue none ende And also the dampned shall haue augmentacion of tormentes in Iudgemente whan they shal there be tormented in body and soule And the paynes of purgatory shall haue an ende For whan the penaunce is accomplysshed / those of purgatorye ben delyuered Also he was asked yf those the whiche ben in purgatorye and in hell haue egall tormentes or dyuers He answered that the one haue more great tormentes and dyuers than the other after the quantyte and greatnes of synÌ„es that they haue coÌ„mytted And also the dampned albeit that they ben in a place of paynes / yet feelâ— they more great tormentes the one than the other / after the quaÌ„tyte / qualites of sinÌ„es that they haue coÌ„mitted For in the persone where there is more of matter of synne / more stroÌ„gely the fyre hym taketh and brynneth more cruelly Also he was demaunded howe he bare the dede whan the soule yssued oute from the body He answered / whan myne houre of deth came in place where I was he founde so many of deuylles that a manne myghte / noÌ„bre them for the great multytude the which were so horrybles to beholde that a man ne can thynke more great paine than it is Any man had leuer caste hym selfe more sooner in a fyre flaÌ„bynge and brynnynge than to beholde them with the eye / the which deuyls came vnto me and brought agayne vnto my mynde all the cursed operacyons that I had done agayne god esmouynge that I ne had more of esperaunce of the dyuyne mercy the whiche I haue greatly offended And certes knowe ye that yf the mercy of god ne had ayded me I ne myght haue resysted vnto them For whaÌ„ my spyryte was destytute of all force lytell lytell I me coÌ„sented vnto theyr wordes / and saynt Iherome arryued more clere than the sonne with great multytude of Aungels the whiche came vnto myne ayde And the sayd saynt Iherome blamed them / they departed with great howlynges and clamours c. For to abrydge this matter the saide are ysed sayde that his soule was borne before god in Iudgement in lyke wise as a man may shyt the eye / but how ne of whom he ne knew Moreouer he sayd al the synÌ„es that he had done / spoken / and thought in all his lyfe appered clerely vnto the Iudge and before all in lykewyse as they had ben present / so that there ne abode the moost lytell thought but that it appered so it had be thought Also he sayd that he was replenysshed with so great feare that meruayl it was And that great multytude of deuylles were there present the whiche wytnesse the ylles that we haue done in declarynge the place / the maner and the tyme and the ylles that men spoke agaynst vs / we ne may agayne say theÌ„ in no maner For the Iudge knoweth and seeth all Also the Iustes and presentes it sene and knowe Alas what shal I saye
felowes the whiche ben in paynes ¶ After these thynges spoken and sene the soule approched vnto hym sawe the prynce of darkenes in the botom of hell / what and howe great tormentes she sawe there the entendement ne may comprehende it / and man ne may expresse it ne declare That is to say yf he had an hondred heades / and that euery heade had an hoÌ„dred tonges / yet they myght not recompte the paynes of hell There was one the ryght worst deuyll that which was more greater than all the beastes that he had sene before The which was blacke as Rauen He had the forme of the body of a man from the feete vnto the heed except that he had well a thousande handes And he had atayle well an C. cubytes long / and .x. of greatnes And he had nayles of yron great longe as well on the feete as on the handes longer greter than the speres of knyghtes His nebbe was moche longe and great His tayle was ryght longe and sharpe all full of pryckles sharpe poynted for to greue and torment the myserable soules And that moost horryble deuyll laye vpon a gred yron of yron / vnder the whiche there was great habundaunce of breÌ„nynge coles Also there was great multytude of deuyls the whiche blewe and kyndled the fyre About the enemy there were so many deuylâ— and of cursed and myserable soules that no man myght beleue that of all the worlde froÌ„ the begynnynge myght be yssued brought forth so many soules And the deuyll was bounde by euery Ioynture of all his meÌ„bres with great chaynes of yron and of copre breÌ„nynge And of great torment and vehement woodnes wherof he was full he turned hym fâ—om the one syde vnto the other / and stretcheâ— out his handes in the multytude of the sayde soules and toke them and strayned theÌ„ in lykewyse no men maye do a clustre of grapes in theyr handes for to make the wyne come forth And in such maner he strayned theÌ„ that he eyther brake theyr heedes / or theyr fete / or handes / or some other membres Afterwarde he syghed and blewe and dysperpeled the sayde soules in to many of the tormentes of the fyre of hell And incontynent that pyt or well wherof we haue before spoken keste stynke and horryble flambe And whan that cruel beest drewe agayne vnto hym his breth all the sayde soules that he had shed with flaÌ„bes and sulphre fel and entred in his mouth / the whiche he deuoured And whan some soules escaped hym by aduenture betwene his handes he smote them wâ—th his tayle And the deuyll the whiche in suche wyse tormented the soules horrybly was tormented aboue all other Than the Aungell sayde vnto the soule This deuyll that thou seest here is callâ—d Lucyfer the whiche is the fyrst creature that god made the whiche was in the delyces of Paradyse before that he descended from heauen / and yf he were not bounde he wolde do many euylles parturbacyons And they the whiche thou seest the which be with hym there are a partye of the Aungelles of darkenes And the other partye ben men and women the whiche ben descended from Adam the which ben all redy Iudged the whiche abyde many the which haue renyed Iesu Chryst / or doth the operacyons of them the whiche renye hym Here be the yll Prelates and Prynces of whom it is wryten sapientie .vi. Potentes poteÌ„ter tormenta patientur / fortioribus autem fortior instat cruciatio That is to saye that those that be myghty in dygnyte and in power shall suffre tormentes with great puyssauÌ„ce That is where as they haue mysche nouslye vsed the puyssaunce that god hath gyuen vnto them All the other tormentes that thou haste sene albeit that they be ryght great yet are they nothynge to compte in regarde of this here And the soule sayde Certessyr thou sayest true / for I am more greued and tormented to se alonely the torment and to fele the stynke the whiche is there than all the tormeÌ„tes that I haue suffred hyther to wherfore I prayethe yf it please the that thou take me from henâ— Also I se many of my felowes that I loued moche helde theyr company moche dere where as I haue nowe great horrour for to se them And certaynly I vnderstande knowe that yf the great grace mercy of god w re not my succoure that I haue deserued for my synnes to be punyssed and tormented eternally as they ben And the Aungell sayde vnto hym O my blyssed come and conuerte the in thy rest / for god hath done well vnto the / thou shalte not suffre these tourmentes here And thou shalt se them no more yf thou forget not the thynges that thou hast sene / and yf thou deserue them not agayne The soule of the sayde Tongdalus sawe many other tourmentes / and of the Ioyes of the saued the whiche hath be lefte by cause of shortnes for they ben moche longe to recounte and wryte ¶ By the scryptures and Examples beforesayde it doth appere that the synners in obedyentes vnto god shulde correcke them and amende whyles that they lyue in this worlde yf that they wyll escape and eschewe the inestymable tourmentes of hell and gette the Realme and the glory eternall Vnto the whiche glorye we maye go / cum illo qui est benedictus in infinita secula seculorum Amen ¶ Thus endeth the Examplayre vpon the paynes of hell ¶ Iesus ¶ Hereafter foloweth an Example that the name of Iesus doth many goodnesses And howe it delyuered a man fro many perylles and tourmentes IT is wryten in many Bookes that as seynt Patrycke preached in Irlande he praied God deuoutly that he wolde shewe hym some token by the whiche the wycked euyllmen myght haue feare and also repent them And sodaynly a ryght great hole or pytte appered and it was reueled vnto hym that the place of purgatory was there In the whiche place yf any wolde descende he shulde haue none other payne Many the which herde this thynge therin entred the whiche came neuer agayne And a man named Nycolas the whiche had coÌ„mytted many synnes there descended to th ende that he myght repente hym of his synnes And he founde fyrste an oratory and whyte Monkes the whiche sayde vnto hym Be thou stedfast and constaunt For it behoueth the to sustayne many teÌ„ptacions And he them demaunded what remedy he myght haue agaynst the sayde temptacions They answered whan thou fâ—lest thy selfe tourmeÌ„ted with paynes crye hastely O Iesu Christe adiuua me That is to saye O Ihesu Chryst helpe me And whan that he was departed from them the deuylles ranne sodaynely vpon hym in lykewyse as wylde beestes famysshed And as they dyd in this wyse vnto hym he recorded hym of his counsayle and sayde O Iesu Christe adiuua me And incontynente he ne wyste where the beestes became He yode furthermore founde a tyght great fyre in to the whiche the deuylles kest hym And incontynente that he had sayde Iesu Christe adiuua me / forthwith the fyre was put out and quenched He walked yet further and sawe a well ryght depe from the whiche yssued smoke and great clamoure of soules the which were tourmented And whaÌ„ the deuyls had casten hym within it he cryed Iesu Christe adiuua me That is to say Iesu Chryste helpe me / and forthwith he was delyuered At the last he sawe a brydge that was ryght narowe and strayte And there he had great terrours / the whiche brydge hym behoueth to passe / but he myght not And he sette one of his fete vpon the brydge and sayde Iesu Christe adiuua me And so he saide at euery steppe tyll that he had passed the brydge on the other syde And whaÌ„ that he was past he came vnto a fayre medowe wherin grewe many fayre and delectable floures / of the whiche floures and medowe proceded good odoures and smelles And afterwarde he came agayne vnto lyfe and .xxx. dayes passed he came vnto Paradyse by the Inuocacion of our blessed sauyoure and redemptoure Iesu Chryst ¶ Vnto the Example of the abouesayde man the whiche was delyuered from al tourmentes and paynes incontynente that he had called the helpe of Iesus In lykewyâ—â— thou man and woman call deuoutly the name of the blessed Lambe Iesus in all aduersytyce / fortunes / tourmeÌ„tes / losses / temptacions / sickenesses / necessityes / anguysshes / perylles / infyrmytyes / and thynges doubtables / well shall come vnto the. This name Iesus is interprete sauyour Iesus interpretatur saluator For by the meryte of his passyon he saued all the worlde He brake hell / saued and delyuered afthe good persones the whiche were in the lymbe of the holy fathers opened Paradyse vnto all good chrystyane Also Iâ—sus is the kynge of kynges / the Iudge of Iudges / and of all great and lytell It is he that gyueth Ioye beatytude eternall vnto the good / that punyssheth and dampneth the euyll / Iesus is holy and debonayre vnto the good / also he is terryble and cruel vnto the euyl And therfore sayeth the psalmyst Sanctum terribile nomen eius initium sapientie timor domini Also the name of Iesus is in excellence aboue all other VnÌ„ Paul ad Phyl. DocatuÌ„ est nomeÌ„ eius super omne nomen Also the name of Iesus is loued dred aboue all names / in namynge hym all creatures resonables shulde bowe the knee / be it in Paradyse in this worlde / or in hell VnÌ„ Paul ad Phi. In nomine Iesu omÌ„e genu flectatur celestium / terrestrium / et infernorum The men and women of this worlde cal hym in theyr besynesses and necessytyes / and the deuylls of hell dred hym For to be shorte the name of Iesus ought to be loued / honoured / called dred / and redoupted / for it is replenysshed with bountye / beautye / and holynes infynyte and in enarrable That is the whiche passeth all entendementes c. ¶ Finis ¶ Imprynted by me Robert Wyer dwellynge at the Sygne of seynt IohnÌ„ Euangelyste in seynt Martyns Parysshe besyde Charynge Crosse ¶ Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum ROBERT WYER·