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A06800	The sicke-mans comfort against death and the deuill, the law and sinne, the wrath and iudgement of God. Translated out of Frenche into English, by I.E.; Consolation et instruction aux malades contre l'appréhension. English.	L'Espine, Jean de, ca. 1506-1597.; Eliot, John.	1590 (1590)	STC 17238; ESTC S119213	84,176	220

in the perfect tranquilitie of our soules and in the full satisfaction of all our desires The which vaine men séeke in vaine to haue in this life in the transitorie trashe and treasure of this present world There is yet one thing more which should make vs embrace death willingly when our houre is come which is that it doth set vs in possession of all the goods that Iesus Christ hath purchased for vs. For while we liue in this worlde wee are not saued as the Apostle sayth but by hope onely But when by death wée departe from hence then wee inioy lyfe euerlasting and that pleasure which is so greate that neyther eie eare vnderstanding or heart of man may conceiue or apprehende the greatnesse thereof It was a ioyfull thing I thinke for the people of Israel after theyr long and irkesome slauerie wherein they were detayned in Aegypt after so long wandering and many vnhappie reencounters that they had in the deserts of Arabia for fortie yeeres together when at the last they sawe themselues arryued at the bankes of Iordaine and had but to passe ouer the riuer to enter into the possession of the lande that GOD had promised to their Fathers which they had so long waited for before A young man that hath béene many yeeres warde vnder a rigorous and seuere Tutor who hath misused him and dealt verie hardly with him kéeping him short of those things which were necessary for him hath he not great cause to reioyce séeing the date of his wardship to draw out when he shall haue all his goods at his owne pleasure and hee at no mans controlment anie more The children that descende of anie noble family that are brought vp vnder the king or in the house of anie greate Prince or Signiour to waite vpon them being brought vp vnder the hand and correction of a sharpe and curst squire who doth kéep them in with a seuere and rigorous discipline are not they ful glad when they are out of their waiting office frée from the feare and seruilitie wherein they were so long rigorously detained The young maidens that haue all their youth bin straitly kept within their fathers and mothers doore they reioyce greatly when they heare they shall be maried a great deale more when they are betrothed but their greatest pleasuxe and ioy is when they are maried and giuen into the hands of an husband whome they loue and lyke well of For so they haue their hearts desire Wee also that here on earth by the preaching of the Gospell of Iesus Christ and by faith which wee haue fixed in his promises haue as it were betrothed our selues vnto him what cause shall we haue to reioyce when our soules departing frō our bodies shall mount vp into the heauens to espouse him and there to solemnize the feastifal daie of our mariage with such ioy and gladnes as shall neuer haue end and neuer be interrupted or troubled neither by death disease or anie other accident that euer may bechance Then wil our spouse comming before vs saie vnto vs that which is written in the Canticles Come he ther my sweete one enter into the closet of thy loue The winter is passed so are also the raine the snow the haile the cold and frost and all the sharpe and bitter season which thou hast bene faine to endure hetherto with great paine and sorow And nowe the spring into the which thou art entered shal endure for euer and the pleasures that shee bringeth with her shall neuer haue anie ende Enter then my sweet one into the ioy and rest of the Lorde Then shall bée fulfilled the saying of the Prophet They that sowe in teares shall reape in ioy They went weeping and caried precious seede but they shall returne with ioy and bring their sheues with them So béeing out of our wardshippe and taken from vnder the hande and discipline of our Tutor wee shall bée set at full lybertie and in possession of that inheritance that GOD our good Father hath promised vs and appointed vs when hee adopted vs for his children and heyres of the inheritance of eternall life and of the kingdome of heauen which wée may well hope for whilest wée are héere but to saie or thinke what it is it is impossible for anie tongue or eloquence bée it neuer so singular for the greatnesse thereof farre passeth all humane capacitie Man hauing built this fortresse agaynst the feare that the sicke man may haue of death wee must also set downe some thing agaynst the feare of the deuill who is Emperour of the kingdome of death For he is the enemie that giues the last assault that plants all his artillerie and employes all his engins agaynst vs to make vs yéelde But we being vnder the defence and safegarde of our shepheard who is carefull and vigilant to kéep vs and stronger to defend vs than this rauening woulfe or furious lyon can bée to assaile vs we ought not to feare at all For who can take vs out of his handes seeing that hee and his Father who is greater then all are but one essence power glorie and maiestie We are then assured that as there is no subtiltie or fetche that can surprise or goe beyonde his wisedome so is there no force sufficient to encounter with his puissance Let vs kéep our selues then vnder the shadowe of his wings and assure our selues that hee will keepe vs safe that neither the deuills nor anie other creature shall bee able to hurt vs as the Prophet saith Who so dwelleth in the secrete of the most high shall abide in the shadow of the almightie I will saie vnto the Lorde O mine hope and my fortresse He is my God in him will I trust And after that he had named some dangers by the which he assured the faithful they could neuer bée hurt in the end he commeth to the deuils the ancient and mortall enemies of mankinde and speaketh on this wise Thou shalt walke vpon the Lion Aspe the yong Lion and the Dragon shalt thou tread vnder feete Because thou hast loued me therefore wil I deliuer thee I will exalte thee because thou hast knowen my name c. Where we may beholde the victory which he doth promise vs of the deuilles And the example of the Apostles vnto whome Christ gaue power ouer deuils so that they were constrained to acknowledge the power that hee had giuen the Apostles ouer them obeying vnto those things that they did command in his name may put vs in good securitie that fighting against them so that we be furnished with the same weapons that they were that is to saie with faith and the word of God we shall bee sure to haue the victory of them and by the buckler of our faith to breake off their firie dartes Your aduer sarie the deuil saith Saint Peter walketh as a Lion roring round about you seeking whom hee may deuoure to whom you

Citie of Hemor because his son Sichem had rauished Dina the onelie daughter of Iacob And in the house of Dauid for hauing entised to wickednesse the wife of his se●…uant Vrias And in that of Salomon his sonne who was so wise and had receiued such honour and fauour of glorie riches and puissance and at the end of all this so many excellent and goodly promises of God that by good right hée might be called a pearle farre excéeding all other Kings and princes of the earth And yet for all that the voluptuous pleasures of this world handled him so that they tooke cleane awaie his vnderstanding euen in olde age when he should haue had the staiedst wisedome and setledst iugement of all and made him not onely to forget God and his bounden dutie towards him but also to sacrifice to Idolls as a man cleane berefte of his wits onely to please his wicked concubines who were strangers with whom he acquainted himselfe against the expresse commaundement of God wherevppon a thousand plagues fell vppon his house and his posteritie The house of Ahab was it not vtterly subuerted because of the greate abhominatiōs that did raigne in it What was the cause of those lamentable Tragedies written of the ruine and desolation happened to the house of Priamus a King renowned for his riches treasure greatnesse pomp and wealth amongst the greatest and most ●…mightie monarkes of all Asia was it not the foolish loue of Paris and Helen Did not the like fall out in the Court of greate Agamemnon after hée was returned conquerour of his enimies from Troy so famous and rich wyth the spoyles that he got thereby the impudence and vnchast behauiour of his wife Clytemnestra and her adulterer Aegysthus The spoiles that were done in the Prouince of Ionium in Cyrus time and al the miseries and distresses that ouerflowed all that Countrie which was the most pleasant and fruitfullest territorie in all Asia as Herodotus reciteth were occasioned in the same manner But what is hée that can reckon vp all the mischiefes and inconueniences that this cursed fleshly concupiscence hath alreadie bred and doeth bréede dayly Well did Plato tearme it a bait of al mischiefes and enormities And the Emperour Aerianus did portraite it out properly comparing it to a pill that his gilden on the out side to swallowe it downe with more ease but when we come to digest it then wee féele the bitternesse thereof and this is the difference betwéene them that the pils doe purge and voide the infections and grosse humours which are in the bodie to recouer health but the pleasures on the other side increase procure them and doe corrupt altogether the good disposition both of the bodie the soule When we are debarred from these pleasures and haue the vse of them no more by reason of death diseases penurie olde age or by anie other meanes we should reioyce as much as if we were escaped out of the handes of some cruell and outragious tyrant For there can be no tyrannie more cruell then that of these voluptuous pleasures as Cicero faith for that the one can but hurt our bodies and goods the other doth racke and torment our soules and consciences in a strange manner Whosoeuer then doth desire a fréedome and quiet of conscience to possesse his soule in tranquillity without anie disturbance or trouble of minde which is the most soueraigne good that is in this world may be sought or found he must bid adieu to all worldly pleasures and be glad with all his heart when they take theyr leaue for altogether as they doe at the house of death These things must we set before the eyes of the sicke who shall féele themselues tyed fast by the legge to theyr ease and the vaine and deceitfull pleasures of this world And agayne we must shew them the pleasures that tarry for them prepared in the kingdom of heauen which are so great that the verie sent and tast that the Apostles and Martyrs felt haue made them straight forget this worlde with all her vaine delights before they euer departed from her out of this life How great a ioy shall it bee then to vs when wée shall drinke our fill of the riuer of these pleasures When we shall sée plainly the face of our God and sauiour Iesus Christ whē we shall sit at his table with the Patriarches Abraham Isaac and Iacob When we shall heare the melodious musicke of Angelles singing continually To the holy holy holy great God of hosts be all praise glorie and honour for ●…euer God shall wipe the teares from the ●…ies of his children and then bring them into full fruition of his ioyes and rest when hee shall make them sitte néere vnto him vpon seates that long since he caused to be built and prepared for them to bée iudges altogether of the worlde and the deuills And lastly when in stead of the Sun and Moone he shall make a perpetual light shine ouer them comforting them for euer This pleasure shall bee as Iesus Christe sayd no momentarie thing but a pleasure and ioy that lasteth for euer and not as the pleasures of this worlde which fade awaie in time and loose quickly their sauour bée they neuer so great and daintie at their beginning This we sée in many men daily by experience who couet and desire many things eagerly verie vehemently which when they haue once obtayned and haue had their pleasure a little while then this great heate beginneth a little and little to quench and diminish and in the end is altogether extinguished And so it falls out oftentimes with vs when we haue had our pleasure oftentimes of that which we haue with so great affection desired we disdayne it afterward and repent with great displesure with our selues whereof we haue in the Scripture a notable example in Amnō the sonne of Dauid his sister Thamar But the true pleasures that the blessed soules inioy in the kingdome of heauen are of another nature For in satisfieng vs they leaue vs alwayes in appetite and in filling vs they leaue vs alwayes hungrie they quench our thirst and yet we are alwaies thirstie so that in contenting and satisfying all our appetites they leaue vs still desirous to abide in the same estate alwaies so that we are neuer a wearie therof These are then the true plesures which we ought alwaies to desire and seke after and not the pleasures of the worlde which are al●… but scuruie things For as those which are full of the itch whilest they are scratched haue some pleasure and fele some ease which lasteth but a little whilest they are in scratching and by and by vppon it there followeth a pain which vexeth them grieuously so the voluptuous men haue neuer no pleasure but it is mixed with a thousand griefes and sorrowes And theyr pleasure is much like that which they féele who are tickled which hath a certayne vexation and feare which

our vertue Giuing vs by this means matter and argument to make demonstration of the faith and trust that we haue in him to craue his mercies by our earnest prayers and sorrowfull sighings to acknowledge and confesse our faultes and offences by our griefe and displeasure And to bring the sicke person so farre to cause him to make an humble true confession of his sinnes wee must first set before his eyes what is the spring and principall cause of all diseases as well corporall as spirituall and how that to heale them vp hée must take awaie the causes that engēder them that is to saie our sinnes from the which we cannot otherwise be deliuered but by the remission and pardon that God doeth giue vs through his grace so that as S. Iohn sayth wee doe confesse them vnto him and be assured that Iesus Christ is our aduocate and propitiation to God-ward by meanes of his iustice by the which hée doth hide and deface them so that they shall not be laide to our charge at the day of iudgement And for that the loue which by nature we beare vnto our selues doeth so blinde vs that we cannot sée or think our selues to be so vicious and corrupt as we are we must pul awaie this vaile from before the sicke mans eyes setting before him the lawe of God wherein as in a glasse hée may view and behold all the course of his life to make him know that by the same not onely all our actions but also all our nature is condemned to be abhominable naught and vicious For proofe and confirmation hereof we must alleadge vnto him in generall that we are conceiued in sin that we are all borne the children of wrath that wée are but flesh and vanitie that we are sold vnder sinne that in vs there dwelleth no good thing that our righteousnes is lyke olde rags and filthie clothes And to conclude that we are altogether nothing but dust and rottennesse Then must wee discourse vnto him all the commandements of God and shew him particularly that when he would examine himselfe throughly he should finde none of them but hée hath oftentinms transgressed and beginning with those of the first table to call to his minde 1 That he hath not done his best indeuour to inquire after God and to séeke to know him That he hath not loued him with all his hart with al his strength and with all his soule That hee hath not alwaies put his trust in him That he hath oftentimes doubted of his promises and mistrusted his aide and succour That he hath trusted to the strength of the flesh and such meanes that men might prouide rather then to the succour and aide of God That hee hath not looked for all his prosperitie and increase from the onely fauour and blessing of God That he hath not alwaies called vppon him in all his actions with full assurance and hope to be heard and helped of him That he hath not alwaies dreaded and reuerenced him as appertaineth to his high and soueraigne maiestie That he hath not thanked him and blessed his holy name for all things at all times and as well for his aduersities as prosperities 2 Then next that thinking vppon GOD hée hath imagined him to bée vnder some humane and bodilie shape That hée hath not conceiued him to bée a spirite incomprehensible infinite inuisible immortall impassible immutable soueraigne in power in bountie mercie iustice and veritie as an example and myrrour of all vertue and perfection the spring of all lyfe and light the fountaine and fulnes of all goodnes the heape of all happines and blessednes the beginning and end of all things who is all in al and by his onely word doth cause all creatures to bréed and subsist That he hath not serued and worshipped him in spirite and truth as hée requireth of vs and commandeth vs in his lawe That he hath béene more curious of ceremonies and exterior shewes of piety then of pitie it selfe and rather to séeme a good Christian then to be one in déede And lastly that he hath not alwaies thought in his minde that the true lawfull seruice of God doth consist in the only obedience of his will That speaking of the name of God it hath not béene with such respect and reuerence of his maiestie as is méete That he hath neuer studied and giuen his minde to sanctifie and glorifie his holy name as he ought That by wicked life and conuersation he hath béene cause that the ignorant and infidels haue blasphemed his name That he hath not heard read and meditated t●…e word of God with such attentiuenesse desire feare and zeale as is requisite to honour the Lorde which speaketh by it and the name of him of whom it is announced That hee hath not alwaies spoken of the workes of God nor acknowledged in them the greatnes of his power wisedome and bountie with such praise and admiration as they deserue for their abundance and magnificence That being at the table of the Lord euerie time that the holy Supper hath béene celebrated he hath not vsed such humilitie deuotion and contemplation of the holy mysterie nor hath not lifted vp his heart on high t●… heauen where Iesus Christ sitteth on the right hande of God the father as he should do That in the dayes ordayned to abstaine and rest from prophane and bodili●… workes to apply our selues wholy to the sanctifieng of his holy name hee hath not giuen himselfe at al to the meditation and exercise of spirituall things thinking vpon and séeking nothing else but onely those things which are from aboue That he hath bene oftentimes more carefull for his worldly affaires then to séeke the kingdome of God and the righteousnes thereof preferring by this meanes this transitorie and corruptible life before the eternall and blessed life the care of this bodie before that which hee ought to haue of his soule the seruice of the world and his flesh before that wherewith hee ought to honour God aboue all things That vpon small and light occasions he hath absented himselfe from the place of Conuocations and publike assemblies ther to make publike confession and protestation of his faith to shewe his deuotion and the feare of God that is in him to edifie the congregation by his good ensample and to make knowne to euerie man without any shame feare dissimulation and hypocrisie the religion that hee will followe and kéepe resoluing to liue and die in the same That hée hath not laboured to instruct and catechise his wife his children his seruantes and all his familie as a good Christian ought to doe calling them morning and euening to Prayers exhorting them to reade and meditate the worde of God to sing Psalmes hymnes and spirituall songs in his praise and to conferre among themselues of holy and godlie things and neuer to minde anie thing more then that which may aduance and increase daylie the knowledge and feare