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A04598	The true historie of the Christen departynge of the reuere[n]de ma[n] D. Martyne Luther, collected by Iustus Ionas, Michael Celius, and Ioannes Aurifaber whych were present therat, & translated into Englysh by Iohan Bale	Jonas, Justus, 1493-1555.; Bale, John, 1495-1563.; Aurifaber, Johann, 1519-1575. aut; Caelius, Michael, 1492-1559. aut	1546 (1546)	STC 14717; ESTC S120459	23,568	68

holye sprete thys myghtye Apostle S. Martyne Luther agaynst the Antichristyane doctryne of that deuylysh pope and hys smokye swarme Lyke as the seyd Iohan Huss prophecyed in the verye houre of hys deathe For Huss in the Bohemysh tunge is as moch to saye as a gander Ye rost now the gander sayd he but after my deathe God wyll rayse soche a swāne as ye shall neyther be hable to rost nor yet to brenne And as they had sore accōbred hym with more ydell clamours and cryes than he was wele hable to answere he concluded thus with them An hondred yeares hens sayd he shall God and I answere yow Thys faythfull promes of hys true prophete haue the lorde now most iustlye perfourmed by our most dere father S. Luther whych in the yeare next folowynge that hondred beganne in hys worde to inuade the kyngedome of Antichrist Most hygh thankes ought we to geue vnto God that he in so harde battayles so longe preseruered hym to hys true churches behoue and that Christ by the space of xxx yeares haue so oft in hym tryumphed ouer hys aduersaryes Vnto hym be honoure and glorye perpetuall without ende Amen Great cause haue we on the other syde to reioyce ī that our father here hath so frutefullye perfourmed hys course in the Apostles doctryne and prophetes offyce And therin is so gracyouslye hens departed vnto our lorde Iesus Christ. There hath he now the felyshypp of the patryarkes prophetes Apostles Martyrs other faythfull fathers Namelye of thē whome here he so faythfully instructed in the Gospell of saluacyō with Lazarus is he there in Abrahams bosome or in the perpetuall Ioye of all heauenlye cytiezens The experyment therof haue we in Saynt Paule whych sayd Phil. 1. A desyre I haue to dye and to be with Christ. The same haue we also in Steuen whych sayd Acto 7. Lorde Iesu receyue my sprete More ouer Christ gaue vs a taft therof whan he sayd to the thefe Thys daye shalt thu be with me in paradyse Luce 23. And no doubt of yt as the sprete of Christ was in the handes of hys father tyll the daye of hys complete resurreccyon after he had sayd father into thy handes I cōmende my sprete So shall our spretes be in the handes of Christ tyll our complete resurreccyon For so sounde the wordes whych Abraham spake to the ryche glotton concernynge Lazarus He is in confort where as thu art in afflyccyon Luce 16. The faythfull are in quyett and confortable solace the wycked hath vnquietnes with paynefull anguysh shall haue to the lattre daye full swete therfor is that slepe whych the scripture affermeth the electes to rest in Yea and lyke as in a naturall slepe the hole man resteth plesauntlye is refreshed and becometh more stronge and helthefull So do the syckeman specyallye if he be terryfyed with the feare of deathe by greuouse and horryble dreames vnquyetouslye rest The slepe of soch a wone is oft tymes more greuouse and horryble than washys watchynge afore A great dyfference therfor is there betwixt the slepes of the faythfull and vnfaythfull Of these shall it become vs non otherwyse to dyffyne than the scripture leadeth vs. Now haue our dere father here obtayned that he longe had in desyre Wherfor if he were now agayne amonge vs he wolde ernestlye rebuke our present mournynges with these wordes of Christ Ioan 14. If ye loue me ye wolde trulye reioyce in my most profytable passage vnto God my eternall father or at the least be contented with my perpetuall felycyte and quyett Christ hath for vs ouercomen the deathe whye shulde we than anye more feare the stynge therof Non other is the deathe of our bodyes now than an entraunce of a lyfe contynuall through Iesus Christ our lorde whych was for vs a most precyouse sacryfyce I yet remembre it wele that I oft tymes hearde thys blessed man Doctour Luther saye as he behelde anye faythfull persone peceablye depart hens in Christes beleue The eternall God of heauen graunt me at hys tyme appoynted so plesauntlye to passe hens into the bosome of Christ my redemer and that my bodye be not longe vexed with the terrours of deathe Notwithstandynge yet Gods wyll be fulfylled in that matter In thys vnyuersyte now of late yeares Mastre Ambrose Bernarde a man sober wyse vertuouse and soch a won as loued Christ inteyrlye chaunced as ye knowe certayne dayes afore he dyed to be sicke and to kepe hys bedde Yet felte he no sore grefe of hys syckenesse but semed by and by therin transfourmed as it had bene into an other lyfe For he spake vnto vs most solacyouslye and plesauntlye that he wolde reioyce with vs as one neyther felynge of deathe nor yet dysease He coulde not feare the deathe for he felte nothynge therof And euer as mencyon was made of Christ from the verye hart he reioyced and sayd that grace helthe and mercye from God the euerlastynge father hath onlye chaunced to vs by hys most meke sufferynges An vnspekable loue had he vnto Christ and alwayes called vpon God the father in onlye sprete and veryte As mencyon was made of hys dere wyfe and chyldren or of hys possessyons rentes and dettes owynge hym he was so ignoraunt in all soch causes as they neuer had bene knowne to hym Vs at all tymes he knewe as we commened of Christ and named vs by our names He talked ioyfullye yea he both dallyed and laughed but all was in spirytuall thynges That a man not throughlye knowynge the matter wolde haue thought hym neuer to haue bene worldlye wyse in hys lyfe neyther yet to haue nede of hys bedde at that houre In thys innocencyeded the lorde Iesus Christ take hym hēs most plesauntlye and swetelye without other paynes to all our syght So that hauynge knowledge of the Christen faythe with the inteyre lone of God and hope of the lattre resurreccyon he neyther felte doloure nor deathe neyther tasted it nor yet se it As Christ sayth Ioan. 8. He that obserueth my worde shall neuer beholde deathe but pleasauntlye passe hens from deathe vnto lyfe And though all godlye beleuers do not so peaceablye depart as ded thys Ambrose but haue great paynes and suffre great anguyshes as ded on the crosse the dere sonne of God yet whan the extreme houre cometh they trulye se lyfe and no deathe As our swete father here ded whych so oft tymes and so inteyrlye commended hys sprete into the handes of God Whych gracyouslye hath now delyuered hym from thys lyfe myserable to a lyfe most happye and sure To hym therfor be honoure and glorye worlde without ende Amen Thys helthsome and myrye hystorye of our ambrose brought I in here for causes First therby sumwhat to mytygate your present dolours for the absens of our father here whych ye haue not without cause Secundlye for that I se the seyd

trulye he both loueth and regardeth all them whych are not of these most specyall benefygtes oblyuyous se and vnthankefull I● haue sayd Thus endeth the oracyō or processe rehearced off Philipp Melanchton at the buryall of the Reuerende man Doctor Martyne Luther Translated by Iohan Bale Anno M.D.LXVI The Christen sermon made at the buryall of the honorable Doctour Martyne Luther by Doctour Iohan Pomerane the chefe Pastoure of the churche of Wittemberge Anno Dn̄i M. D. XLVI Translated by Iohan Bale IN hys first Epistle to the Thessalonyanes the fort chaptre hath S. Paule the Apostle these wordes We wolde not bretherne that ye shulde be ignoraunt concernynge them whych are fallen a slepe neyther yet that ye shulde sorowe as they do whych haue no hope For if we beleue that Iesus dyed and rose agayne euen so them also whych are a slepe through Iesus shall God brynge with hym Dere fryndes in the lorde I am now cōstrayned of dewtye and loue to preache vnto yow at thys solēpne buryall of our dere father Doctour Martyne Luther the true Apostle of God But how to be haue my selfe therin to your consolacyon for verye heauynesse and doloure I knowe not And to speake it trulye who shuld in thys publique sorowe solace yow if I your pastoure preacher shuld not do it Yet am I in thys sermon more lyke to increase your teares than demynysh them God hath now taken from vs to our great hynderaunce that notable seruaunt of hys and man honourable Doctour Martyne Luther by whom he liberallye dyspersed innumerable gyftes of hys grace not onlye to vs here in Wittemberge and dyuerse other Christen churches of Germanye but to other foren nacyons abroade For by hym both they and we the prayse be geuen to god do at thys daye notablye tryumphe agaynst the blasphemouse kyngedome of Sathan the horryble ydolatryes and vayne tradycyons of men or as S. Paule doth call them the crastye inuencyons of the deuyll By hym hath God the father in these lattre dayes clerelye manyfested in the Gospell that ample ineffable and heauenlye mysterye euen hys sonne Iesus Christ as S. Paule to the Ephesyanes and Collossyanes calleth hym By thys chosen mynystre of hys haue the sayd sonne of God Ihesus Christ defended that Gospell agaynst the most wycked pope agaynst all sectes and tyrauntes and agaynst all the gates of helle Yea vnto thys so myghtye a seruaunt of hys gaue he a sprete so effectuall and stronge that he neuer yet staggered for no worldlye power nor threttenynge So ernest was he in supportynge the pure doctryne of the Gospell agaynst the corrupters therof that manye haue iudged euyll of hys vehement sprete as ded the vyperouse Pharysces of Iohan Baptyst and Christ. No greatter dyspleasure can be done to the hypocrytes than their actes to be rebuked by the manyfest veryte And agaynst their nature is it alwayes to geue place therunto But now that the lorde hath thus taken from vs thys noble doctour and prophete of hys yea thys excellent massenger most gracyouslye sent of hym to refourme hys churche how can we from we pynges desyst Or how shall we obeye the former saynges of Saynt Paule that we ought not to be heauye ouer them that slepe in Christ. We must consydre therin what foloweth That we ought not desperatlye to mourne as doth the vnfaythfull without hope of resurreccyon For we that beleue in God do perfyghtlye knowe that they are reserued to a moch better lyfe shall at the generall metynge be raysed vp agayne with vs euermore from thens fourth we shall dwell togyther without separacyō But trulye the worlde was full vnworthye anye longar to retayne so worthye a seruaunt of God to rebuke dysdayne as it hath done Manye syngular benefyghtes hath it receyued by hys admynystracyon in the worde specyallye delyueraunce from the great throldome of conscyence and tyrannye of the papysme yet hath it bene vnthankefull hytherto Notwithstandynge a great nōbre of our aduersaryes whych hath yet had some wytte dyscressyon haue moch rather couered hys longe lyfe than deathe All thys haue I spoken in preface to shewe that we mourne not without iust cause so notable a gyde taken from vs. And I doubt it not but if mournynge myght helpe all those worthye prynces gouernours cyties and comynaltees whych knoweth the power of the Gospell wolde also lament thys dolorouse chaunce with vs. Therfor can I not thynke that we mourne now alone but manye thousandes more with vs all Christendome ouer Neyther shall the wycked pope with hys Cardynall of Magunce and hysduke of Brunswyke haue anye great cause to reioyce in the deathe of thys man whych haue so manye tymes with the manyfest veryte confounded them neyther yet anye other sturdye aduersaryes of God For though hys worthye persone hath departed hensin the lorde yet tarryeth hys syncere doctryne here styll and wyll herafter more effectuallye worke He was without fayle that Angell specyfyed Apoc. 14. Whych ded flye in the myddes of heauen or congregacyon of God hauynge an euerlastynge Gospell to preache vnto them that dwell on the earthe innacyons kynredes tunges peoples for neuer was there anye that euer more ernestlye vttered thys sentence feare your lorde God and geue hym due honoure whych comprehendeth the lawe and Gospell than he For they without fayle were the ij chefe partes of hys whole doctryne by whome the whole scripture is opened and Christ ryghtlye knowne whych is our onlye ryghtwysnesse helthe and perpetuall lyfe It foloweth in the text The houre of hys iudgement is come Worshypp hym that made heauen and earthe c. Herin taught he the true inuocacyon prayer to God our heauenlye father in sprete veryte without supersticyon After the manyfestacyon of thys Angels doctryne wyll there yet come an other that shall brynge consolacyon to the myserablye afflicted congregacyon of God and vnto the truthes aduersaryes the ponnyshmentes of fyre and brymstone in the perpetuall iudgement of dampnacyon The voyce of thys Angell wyll be thys She is fallen she is fallen euen Babylon that great cytie For makynge all nacyons dronken with the wyne of her whoredome Ye shall wele perceyue it that our enemyes shall not longe reioyce of our sorowes But as Christ hath spoken it Ioan 16. Our heauynesse wyll be turned to ioye By conferrynge the Apocalyps with our tyme we perceyue sumwhat past and as sure we are that more is yet commynge What nede I then anye farther to wade in thys sorowfull oracyon concernynge the absence of thys our pastoure and Byshopp Yes therin to acknowledge the great mercye goodnesse of God to wardes vs so to rendre vnto hym most ernest thankes That after an hondred yeares sens the deathe of that blessyd man Iohan Huss whych in the yeare of our lorde 1415. was murthered for the veryte he raysed vnto vs by hys

name and not on ydolles and brynge vp their chyldrē and famelyes accordynge to thy most holye wyll and commaundementes Therfor aryse most blessyd lorde and lete it be wele knowne that thu art more myghtye than all our bloudthurstye aduersaryes And the moch more rather for that there is at thys daye in no kyngedome lorde vndre the sunne anye other manyfest churche or Christen congregacyon wherin thy holye worde is apertlye frelye and purelye taught and the sacramentes accordynge to thy true instytucyon mynystred neyther yet eternall father thy holye name called vpon ryghtlye by thy dere sonne Iesus Christ our lorde in the holye Ghost than onlye our churches and those that be of our true beleue The Pope and the Emprour wyll in no wyse abyde thys churche but sete in all their polycyes the vtter destruccyon therof They now laboure with tothe and nayle for 〈◊〉 syncere and pure doctryne to set vp mennys lyes and in place of thy true worshyppynges to auaunce foule ydolatrye We knowe it blessed lorde to be our bounde dewtye both to stoppe and withstande their wycked and frantyke enterpryse as wele for our owne subiectes as for their posterytees And therfor good lorde what we haue and what we maye we put now whollye in hasarde that the hygh treasure of grace thy precyouse worde and thy holye name maye gracyouslye remayne styll amonge vs and so be had in contynuaunce and left for imytacyon vnto our posterytees Thu God almyghtye whych art the most ryghteouse iudge of thy peoples iudge me in thys present cause accordynge to thy ryghtwysnesse and nō otherwyse thā my innocencye therin requyreth For neyther the pope nor yet the Emproure can shewe hytherto anye honest pretence of thys their most detestable enterpryse I besyche the therfor as thu art my true god lete the malyee of myne enemyes come to nought Hytherto haue they agaynst thy holye worde done thys vyolence Defende thy true seruauntes whych haue both loued and embraced thy Gospell of saluacyon Thu God without fayle art the selfe ryghteouse iudge that serchest the inwarde hartes and reynes Thu lorde so clerelye beholdest the most hydden secretes of the harte that neyther they cā deceyue the nor yet mocke the with all their persuasyble gloses as they do soch men as knowe not their wyckedcraftes God is my strōge shyelde of defēse preseruynge thē whych are true hatred But to soch dyssemblers and scorners as with craftye colours de clocke their inwarde myschefe and m 〈…〉 e he is a mo● ernest enemye the lorde is a ryghteouse iudge 〈◊〉 soche a lyberall God as geueth hymselfe daylye to thē that heare hys worde and saueth them all daungers But where as hys worde is co 〈…〉 and blasphemed as with the cruell Pope and Emproure whych haue longe tyme contynued in their wycked purpose Loo beholde my lorde God becometh a stronge warryour yea hys armoure and weapons are layed fourth he hath sharpened hys swerde he hath bent hys bowe and made it redye therupon also he hath done hys arrowes of destruccyon so that perpetuall deathe wyll vpon them fasten that shall with those dartes be stryken The blasphemouse Pope and Emproure haue now conceyued myschefe they trauayle all great with iniquyte but a thynge of nought are they lyfe to brynge fourth They both haue labouryouslye dygged a pytt and with wycked haman shall in conclusyon droppe into the snare they haue made Their vnhappye workes wyll he auylye lyght vpon their owne pates and vpon their backes wyll their wyckednesse fall to their no small grefe In the meane season wyll I rendre thankes vnto my lorde God for hys ryghteousnes sake and magnyfye the name of the kynge that is hyghest Amen Iournaye Ißleben Hallis 3. sonnes Sore syck Preached Prayer Prynces A sermon Departynge A questyō Adam Prayer Medycyne Earle Albert Watchynge vnto god The pope Ionas vnto god Resort To Christ Thankes The pope Ioan. 3. Psal. 67. vnto god doctryne Cōstaun●● In peace Simeon Ioann 8. Hys bodye Prynces Ionas The duke Hallys Prynces Electour Hys wyfe sonnes doctours Straungers Pomeranus Buryed 1. Cor. 15 witnesses 3. thynges Churche Luther Doctryne Offyce Christ. Teachers Fathers Abrahā prophetes Iohan Baptyst doctours Rēnaunt Luther Gouerners Troubles Obstynates Faythe Inuocacyon Christ. Cyuyle ordre The Byble Erasmus a buylder Of God Thankes allegorye Scriptures Scriptures Erasmꝰ A gyaunt Weakelynges Vehemēcye Conscyence Polycyes Stronge Prayer Teares myghtye wysdome Chronycles eloquēce A father Organe of God Teachers Prayer Warnynges Threttes Christēly Christ. Lyfe to come 1. Thes. 4 pastoure Tryūphe The Gospell Hypocrytes S. Paule The worlde Aduersaryes Princes The pope an angell 2. partes of hys doctrine An other Ioan. 16. Iohan Huss a swanne Luther Reioyce Lazarus our sprete the slepe Deathe Luther Deathe Prayer An example No feare Innocēt Departure Ambrose Luther ii causes Last wordes No deathe Prayer Ambrose good mā S. Paule ●hearles S. Martyn Luther Helias Faythe preachers Papystes