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The true hystorie of the Christen departynge of the reuereÌ„de maÌ„ D. Martyne Luther collected by Iustus Ionas Michael Celius and Ioannes Aurifaber whych were present therat translated into Englysh by Iohan Bale Arma Ducis Saxoniae I hearde a voyce from heauen sayth S. Iohan whych sayd thus vnto me Blessed are the dead whych depart in the lorde For they from hens forth shall rest from their labours Apoca. xiiij The true hystorye of the Christen departynge of the reuereÌ„de man D. Martyne Luther collected by Iustus Ionas Michael Celius and Ioannes Aurifaber whych were present therat and translated into Englysh by Iohan Bale IN the yeare of our lorde a M.D.XLVI at the instaunt request of the worthye and noble earles of Mansfelde the Reuerende man of God Doctor Martyne Luther departed from Wittemberge the 23. of Ianuarye and rested the first nyght at Bitterfelde For thys onlye cause ded they call hym thydre at that tyme to ende by hys godlye dyscressyon serten greuouse scysmes and controuersyes whych had longe not without parell contynued betwixt them Rather coueted they hym than anye other persone to fynysh those varyaunces for that they knewe hym a man of most grouÌ„ded coÌ„scyence lernynge iudgemeÌ„t also natyue borne within their domynyon in a cytie called IÃŸlebeÌ„ And though the treatye of soch polytyck causes perteyned not to hys vocacyoÌ„ â–ª yet was he not vndylygeÌ„t in reducynge that loÌ„ge coÌ„ceyned malyce and daungerouse hate in to a most agreable Christen concorde And the rather that it was in hys owne natyue contraye On the xxiiij daye of Ianuarye aboute eleuen of the clocke he came to Hallis and remayned there all that daye forth and iij. dayes after in the howse of Doctor Iustus Ionas In the meane tyme he made there a solempne sermon in the temple of the Conuersyon of S. Paule out of the Apostles Actes On the frydaye after whych was the xxviii daye of Ianuarye he departed froÌ„ Hallis with Doctor Ionas and hys iij. sonnes Iohan Martyne and Paule so passed ouer the daungerouse flode in a smal whyrye takynge hys iournaye from thens towardes IÃŸleben hys owne natyue cytie As he had ones entered the countye of Mansfelde he was honourablye receyued of an C. and xiij horse men Anon after in the charett he became so sore sycke that all they whych were present moch doubted of hys lyfe Wherupon they toke the next harboure releued hym with soch prouysyon as there was so that he was verye cherefull that nyght and complayned nomore of sickenesse From the xxix daye of Ianuarye tyll the xvij daye of Februarye he was contynuallye occupyed aboute the matters of concorde and agrement of the forseyd noble prynces bryngynge it vnto a most godlye conclusyon And besydes hys great laboure in so necessarye a cause he preached in the meane tyme iiij worthye sermons and ij tymes communycated with the ChristeÌ„ churche there in the holye supper of the lorde And in the latter communyon whych was vpon the sondaye he ordayned ij mynysters of the worde of God after the Apostles maner From the afore sayd .xxix. daye of Ianuarye to the xvij of Februarye manye a wonderfull sentence came out of hys mouthe and manye confortable wordes ded he vtter Manye harde places of the scriptures he opened in the presence of those noble prynces both at their tables and other where els wherof a boke is now compyled and imprented And amonge all other he oft tymes complayned of hys age and sayd If it pleased God that he came agayne to Wittemberge he wolde desyre no longar to lyue but depart in the lorde And alwayes at euen he vsed by the space of these xxi dayes to go from the prynces great haule iÌ„to hys owne chaÌ„bre where as standynge ryght vp agaynst the wyndowe he occupyed a serten tyme in most feruent prayer vnto God the eternall father Wherof we Iustus Ionas Michael Celius Ioannes Aurifaber Ambrose hys owne seruaunt moch marueled vnderstaÌ„dynge oft tymes serten of hys wordes And thys done he turned hym alwayes from the wyndowe towardes vs with a merye countenauÌ„ce as one delyuered of a verye heauye burden TheÌ„ wolde he a lyttle commen with vs and so go to hys bedde On the wedynsdaye whych was the xvij daye of Februarye both the noble prynces we desyred hym to kepe hys chambre and no longar to accombre hym selfe in their matters whych were afore that fullye and clerelye pacyfyed Notwithstandynge he came forth that mornynge agayne at euen lyke as he had done euerye daye afore In the verye same euenynge after supper about a vij or viij houres afore hys departynge from thys worlde he made vs a most grounded sermon of deathe necessarye and of the lyfe to come hauynge therin thys sentence amonge other O most blessyd lorde xx years are a verye small tyme. Yet if there were no increace therin accordynge to thy godlye creacyon and ordynaunce the worlde wolde in a maner be clerelye vacaunt or without people The greatter part of hys churche doth God gather vnto hym from infauntes And verelye I beleue thys to be true that whan a yonge childe of one yeare of age dyeth there departeth out of the worlde with hym â–ª a M. or ij of the same age But whan I now depart the worlde whych am thre score yeares olde there wyll scant iij. score depart hens with me of the same age so fewe are there whych lyue to that age And nothynge els wynne we by our longe contynuaunce here but daylye affliccyons and sorowes in beholdynge the wyckednesse falsehede and calamytees of thys worlde What a cruell sprete our common aduersarye is we nede to go no farther for recorde than ourselues And non other thynge els is mankynde than a shepe folde appoynted to the slaughter Afterwarde in the nyght as we were in dyuerse communycacyons he chaunced vpon thys questyon Whether in the worlde to come or in the perpetuall congregacyoÌ„ one of vs shuld knowe an other or naye And as we instauntlye desyred hym therin to saye hys mynde he made vs thys answere How ded Adam sayd he how ded Adam As he arose from the slepe that God cast hym in Gene. 2. and behelde Eua standynge by hym whome he neuer sawe afore he sayd not what art thu or from whens dost thu come But he sayd Thys is now a bone taken of my bones and a verye flesde of my fleshe Thus perceyued he her not to be made of a dead stocke or a stone but of hys owne fleshe And full was he of the holye Ghost in that houre hauynge the perfyght through knowledge of God To thys full knowledge shall we come after thys lyfe beyng renouated in Christ and shall knowe one another by countenaunce more perfyghtlye than euer AdaÌ„ knewe Eua hys wyfe After these communycacyons he arose and went vnto hys owne chambre â–ª hys ij sonnes Martyne and Paule with

trulye he both loueth and regardeth all them whych are not of these most specyall benefygtes oblyuyous se and vnthankefull Iâ— haue sayd Thus endeth the oracyoÌ„ 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 DnÌ„i 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 coÌ„strayned of dewtye and loue to preache vnto yow at thys soleÌ„pne 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 separacyoÌ„ 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 noÌ„bre 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

Ghost the bodye of thys Reuerende Doctor Martyne Luther commytted to the earthe in the tower temple of Wittemberge not farre from that pulpett wherin he made manye a notable and godlye sermon by hys lyfetyme in the presence of the most worthye electours Dukes of Saxon and manye other noble prynces more So that it maye wele be veryfyed that Saynt Paule writeth 1. Corinthiorum 15. That is sowen in weakenesse shall aryse in power The bodye that is sowen in corrupcyon shall ryse agayne vncorrupted So Christen a departynge from thys myserye vnto the eternall felycyte our euerlastynge heauenlye father graunt vs of hys mercye infynite whych so gracyouslye called thys elect seruaunt of hys Martyne Luther to so worthye an offyce and also the lorde Iesus Christ whom he so faythfullye preached confessed to the worlde with the holye Ghost whych gaue hym most syngular strength in daungerouse parcls agaynst the wycked pope and the gates of helle Amen We Iustus Ionas Michael Celius and Ioannes Aurifaber whych were present at the godlye and gracyouse departynge of Doctor Martyne Luther from the begynnynge to the ende do testyfye here in conscyence as we sawe and hearde as we wyll be saued afore God in the great daye of tryall And not we onlye but the noble prynces and earles whych were there also present do witnesse the same God the father of our lorde Iesus Christ grauÌ„t vs all hys most flowynge habundaunt grace Amen An oracyon or processe rehearced off Philipp Melanchton at the buryall of the Reuerende man Doctour Martyne Luther TraÌ„slated by Iohan Bale THough in thys publique and commoÌ„ sorowe my vtteraunce be sumwhat dulled by doloure and heauynesse yet must I in so worthye an assemblye as here is now gathered of dewtye saye sumwhat Not as the paganes vsed in onlye commendynge the dead but rather in admonyshynge thys auditorye of the wonderfull gouernaunce and parels of the Christen church That they maye therby knowe afore hande what is to be cared for what to be desyered and what to be folowed of their youthe concernynge examples of a Christen lyfe What though prophane dessolute men in so confuse an ordre of lyuynge do rashlye interprete manye thynges and iudge them to happeÌ„ by chauce or fortune Lete vs yet whych are confirmed by the manyfolde testymonyes of God seclude the true churche from the vnfaythfull rable and lete vs wele thynke yt to be gouerned preserued of God Yea lete vs ryghtlye beholde hys polytyque ordre perceyue hys trulye appoynted gouernours â–ª and consydre wele their iust course Fynallye lete vs therupon chose vs oute ryght leaders able instructours yea soche as we maye faythfullye both folowe and reuerence Of these so ernest causes wyll yt be necessarye for vs both to thynke and to speake so oft tymes as that reuerende man of God Doctour Martyne Luther our most derelye beloued father mastre is had in remembraunce amonge vs. WhoÌ„ though a great nombre of wycked lyuers ded most bytterlye hate yet shall yt be mete for vs whych knewe hym a true mynystre of the Gospel raysed of God to fauer regarde and allowe hym and in the ende to shewe so hable testymonyes as maye proue hys doctryne in no case to be sedycyouse and boystuouse fearcenesse as the blynde beastlye belligoddes report hym And though in soche oracyoÌ„s as are coÌ„monly in thys place vttered manye thynges are spoken to the pryuate prayses of theÌ„ they are made for Yet that thynge here omytted wyll I now at thys tyme onlye speake of hys ecclesiastick offyce or funccyoÌ„ of Gods eternall worde For meÌ„ of coÌ„scieÌ„ce wyll iudge thys alwayes true That yf he hath made opeÌ„ in the coÌ„gregacyoÌ„ the wholsom necessarye doctryne as we caÌ„ saye no lesse of hym God is greatlye to be lauded whych raysed hym for that purpose hys iust labours fayth perseueraunce and other vertues are moche to be coÌ„mended hys remembraunce to be admytted of all Godlye men Lete thys therfor stande for the fore froÌ„te of our oracyoÌ„ The sonne of God sayth Paule sytteth at the ryght hande of hys eternall father and geueth gracyouse gyftes vnto men as are the true vtteraunce of the scriptures the holye ghost In whose free dystrybucyon he rayseth vp Prophetes Apostles teachers and ouersears And these he taketh out of our studyouse nombre whych eyther reade heare or ChristeÌ„lye fauer the Apostles Prophetes wrytynges And not onlye calleth he them vnto that labouryouse offyce which are in autoryte afore but most commonlye he geueth those men sharpe battayle by workemen of a moch meaner sort to se to And trulye a verye plesaunt and profytable aspect is it to beholde the churche by all ages and so to coÌ„sydre the great goodnesse of God whych euermore hath sent good theachers in an ordre or course of coÌ„tynuauÌ„ce that they myght as in an host of warryours one succede in an others rowme Knowne is the ordre of our former fathers Adam Seth Enoch Mathusale Noe SeÌ„ whych beynge alyue dwellynge nygh to the Sodomytes as the people there iÌ„ processe of tyme neglected hys good instruccyoÌ„s the wholsome doctryne of Noe hys father so myserablye enclyned to the worshyppynge of Idolles was AbrahaÌ„ sturred vp of God to be vnto the seyd SeÌ„ an assister fellawe helper in that worthye worke of the verytees furtherauÌ„ce Vnto hym succeded in that Godlye offyce Isaac Iacob Ioseph whych through out the lande of Egypt than beynge the most floryshynge kyngedome of the world plentuously spred the lyght of that heauenlye doctryne ThaÌ„ folowed Moses Iosue Samuel Dauid Helias and Heliseus of whom Esaias receyued knowlege and of hym Hieremias After that was Daniel instructed of the seyd Hieremias of the seyd Daniel Zacharias Anon after them came fourth Esdras and Onias Than folowed next them the myghty Machabees than Symeon and Zacharias the prest than Iohan Baptist Christ and hys Apostles Moche profytable were yt to marke wele thys contynuall successyoÌ„ of Godlye teachers whych ys a most manyfest sygne of the presence of God in hys congregacyon After the Apostles succeded an other sort whych though they were not so stronge as the other yet were they bewtyfullye adourned with the testymonyes of God Of thys companye was Polycarpus Ireneus Gregorius Neocesariensis Basilius Chrisostomus Cyrillus Augustinus Prosper Maximus Hugo Bernardus Taulerus Iohan Wicleue Iohan hufs and other in dyuerse quarters And though thys lattre age were more blynde than all the rest yet God alwayes reserued a remnaunt to hys peoples behoue And manyfest is yt that by the voyce of Luther the lyght of the Gospell hath apered more clere than of longe tyme afore He is therfor worthelye to be ioyned to thys most bewtyfull nombre of notable men whom God hath hyther sent to rectyfye and restore hys fathfull churche These ought we alwayes to

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 swaÌ„ne as ye shall neyther be hable to rost nor yet to brenne And as they had sore accoÌ„bred 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 iÌ„ 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 theÌ„ whome here he so faythfully instructed in the Gospell of saluacyoÌ„ 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 coÌ„mende 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 heÌ„s 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

hystorye so conforme to the matter we haue now in hande Thys mastre Ambrose was verye nygh of kynne to S. Martyne Luther whych caused hym oft tymes to frequent hys cumpanye both in hys syckenesse and afore And these were the last wordes that euer he spake vnto hym Mastre Doctour I thanke yow of your gentyll vysytacyon I hope as gentyllye to vysyte yow agayne where we shall togyther commen of most ioyfull causes And now in dede they maye commen those matters in an other lyfe and holde soch heauenlye felyshypp as they neuer coulde do here The same verye tyme that Doctour Martyne went so from hym I am wele remembred that he sayd thus vnto me Thysman is surelye gone though he seme styll here For he knoweth no maner of thynge perteynynge to the fleshe nor yet to deathe Whan we put hym in mynde of hys matters he knoweth not the worlde nor yet thys lyfe He is merye he ioyfullye laugheth and propouneth vnto vs in hys innocent state most wonderfull mysteryes But in the ende he derydeth vs. As who shuld saye fare ye wele now I haue nomore to do with thys worlde The lorde of hys infynyte mercye sayth he at the last graunt me soch a gracyouse ende that in the houre of deathe I nothynge remembre thys worlde In lyke maner at an other season after the seyd Ambrose was buryed in the yeare of our lorde a M.D.XLII in the monthe of Ianuarye as he one daye passed by he poynted with hys hande to hys graue and sayd vnto me Thys maÌ„ neyther felte hymselfe sycke neyther yet reckened of deathe yet was he neuer without Christes knowledge Here lyeth he inclosed whych yet knoweth of no deathe O lorde Iesus Christ I besyche the wore saue to take me so from thys myserable lyfe Yea manye tymes sayd thys blessyd father here both to me and to other Praye vnto our most mercyfull father that he shortlye take me vnto hym for here can I nomore do neyther yet am I anye longar profytable vnto yow Helpe me hens with your prayers prolonge not my lyfe on the earth Herbye maye ye wele perceyue that he had no great pleasure here but that hys full desyre was as was Saynt Paules to be dysolued and with Christ. He sange hys consummatum longe afore he departed commyttynge hys sowle to the handes of God Manye other prognostycacyons we had or sygnes asore hande of hys goynge awaye from vs. For all the yeare afore he sayd oft tymes vnto vs that he coueted to iournaye an other waye And as he desyered so came it to passe For as the noble earles of Mansfelde had sent for hym into hys owne natyue cytye of IÃŸleben by hys ghostlye counsell to quyet their matters of controuersye as he ded most gracyouslye he deceased there clerelye from thys lyfe The maner of thys Christen departynge ye haue in writynge by dyuerse men lerned of most grounded testymonye whych were there present with the prayer whych he made afore he gaue vp hys lyfe Whych here to repete were superfluouse Here am I coÌ„pelled to call to remembraunce the holye Byshopp S. Martyne In whose hystorye Seuerus Sulpicius mencyoneth that the Arryanes all other heretykes trembled as they hearde hym but named and that there was amonge the Chrysten beleuers sore lamentacyon and mournynge at hys buryall More ouer that after hys deathe was great dysputacyon betwyn certen cyties whych of them shulde retayne hys bodye And all thys hath also as ye knowe full wele chaunce â—o our Martyne here the elect Apostle and Prophete of God to withstande the great Antichrist in thys worthye lande of the Germanes Hym hath Christ now in hys dere bosome reseruynge hym to honoure for that he so inteyrlye loued hym and hys true churche Vnto vs hys posteryte the lorde graunt hys double sprete specyallye in those churches whych he here so frutefullye planted lyke as the Prophete Eliseus desyred of Helias as he was from hens translated If we thynke that God for our synnes and vnthankefulnesse hath depryued vs of hym lete vs studyouslye amende our lyues and desyre of the same God our mercyfull father that we maye froÌ„ heÌ„s forth perseuer in the pure doctryne and syncere Christen faythe and that Christ therin maye defende vs from sectes tyrauntes and the gates of helle Most gracyouse lorde Iesus Christ defende now thy carefull congregacyon that they perpetuallye maye prayse the a ryght Helpe vs our mercyfull God redemer and delyuer vs for the glorye of thy moâ—â— holye name Be fauourable to our inyquytees for thy gracyouse promes sake Conserue in our churche the syncere and faythfull mynysters Graunt them by thy holye sprete thy myghtye streÌ„gth and power as the 67. Psalme specyfyeth God with stronge wordes wyll assyst hys preachers Truth is it that both the vnshamefast and horryble blasphemyes of the obstynate papystes and monkes and also our daylye vnthankefulnesses and vyces haue deserued sore plages and penaltees Yet lete vs not cease to call vpoÌ„ god our most mercyfull father with amendemeÌ„t that he defende vs from all false worshyppynges for hys onlye sonnes sake our lorde Iesus Christ. And that thys prophetycall verse or Epitaphe of our fathers owne makynge maye be clerelye fulfylled Pestis eram uiuens morieÌ„s ero mors tua papa Alyne I was thy pestylence Thu Antichrist thu pope of Rome And now I dead wyll be from hence Thy deathe thy most dredefull dome God haue the prayse for euer Amen The Christen prayer of the most noble prynce electour Iohan Frederick duke of Saxon in hys godlye warres agaynst Antichrist hys vpholders Translated by Iohan Bale O Lorde eternall and my God in the put I all my trust Preserue me froÌ„ my pursuers and kepe me out of their cruell haÌ„des Lete them not rauyne me vp as the lyon the shepe neyther yet teare me in peces whyle there is non to assyst me O lorde and my God if I haue done soch thynge as the pope and Emprour do now laye to my charge as that I shuld support yll doctryne and renouÌ„ce true obedyence If I haue done euyll to anye faythfull seruaunt of thyne or begunne thys warre vncompelled Suffer myne enemyes to vexe me and take me yea lete them treade my lyfe into the earthe and throwe my honoure my power possessyons and peoples with all that thu hast geuen me into the dust But thu my ryghteouse lorde God knowest the hartes of vs both Therfor stande vp lorde strongelye in thy wrathe and shewe thy selfe as a myghtye God agaynst the furyouse indygnacyons of myne enemyes Establysh me a freshe in the offyce wherwith thu hast charged me that in myne owne landes and amonge myne owne folke I maye dwell in peace That they maye into a faythfull congregacyon be gathered vnto the and not to the pope Lete them heare thy blessyd worde lorde and not hys call vpon thy

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