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The safegard of the soule Declaring sundry soueraigne salues tending to the comfort and saluation of the same: very necessarie to bee learned and obserued of all men, and at all times, but chiefely in the extremitie of sicknes, and grieuous pangs of death. Composed by Lawrence Bankes, preacher of the word of God: and parson of Staunton, in the county of Glocester.
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Bankes, Lawrence.
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my voice and hee shall hearken vnto me When I am in heauines I will thinke vpon God when my heart is vexed I wil complaine Will the Lord absent himselfe for euer and will he bee no more intreated Is his mercy cleane gone for euer and his promise come vtterly to an end for euermore Hath God forgotten to be gracious and will hee shut vp his louing kindnes in displeasure Heare me O Lord hide Psal 102. not thy face from me in the time of my trouble Incline thine eares vnto mee when I call O heare mee and that right soone For my dayes are consumed away like smoke and my bones are burnt vp as it were a fire-brand My heart is smitten down and withered like grasse so that I forget to eate my bread For the voice of my groning my bones will scarce cleaue to my flesh But they that sow in Psal 126. teares shall reape in ioy Hee that now goeth on his way weeping and beareth forth good seed shall doubtlesse come againe with ioy and bring his sheaues with him For the Lord is full of Psal 103. compassion and mercy long suffering and of great goodnes Hee will not alwayes be childing neither keepeth he his anger for euer Hee hath not dealt with vs after our sinnes nor rewarded vs according to our wickednes For looke how high the heauen is in comparison of the earth so great is his mercy also toward them that feare him Looke how wide also the East is from the West so farre hath hee set our sinnes from vs. Yea like as a father pitieth his own children euen so is the Lord mercifull vnto them that feare him For he knoweth whereof wee be made hee remembreth that we are but dust The dayes of man are but as grasse he flourisheth as a flower of the field For as soone as the winde goeth ouer it it is gone and the place thereof shall know it no more But the mercifull goodnes of the Lord endureth for euer euer vpon them that feare him and his righteousnesse vpon childrens children Glory be to the Father c. As it was in the c. The third Psalme BLessed is he that considereth Psal 41. the poore and needy the Lord shall deliuer him in the time of trouble The Lord comfort him when hee lyeth sicke vpon his bed make thou all his bed in his sicknes I said Lord be mercifull vnto mee heale my soule for I haue sinned against thee O hide not thou thy face Psal 27. from me nor cast thy seruant away in displeasure Thou hast beene my succour leaue me not neither forsake me O God of my saluation Heare me therefore O Psal 69. God in the multitude of thy mercy euen in the truth of thy saluation In thee O Lord haue I Psal 31. put my trust let me neuer be put to confusion deliuer me in thy righteousnes Bow downe thine eare to me make haste to deliuer me And be thou my strong Rocke and the house of defence that thou mayst saue me Into thy hands I cōmend my spirit for thou hast redeemed me O Lord thou God of truth I will be glad and reioyce in thy mercy for thou hast considered my trouble and hast knowne my soule in aduersitie And therefore like as the Psal 42. Hart desireth the water-brookes so longeth my soule after thee O God Haue mercy vpon mee Psal 51. therefore O God after thy great goodnes according to the multitude of thy mercies do away mine offences Wash mee throughly from my wickednes and clense me from my sinne For I acknowledge my faults and my sinne is euer before me Turne thy face O Lord from my sinnes and put out all my misdeeds Make me a cleane heart O God and renue a right spirit within mee Cast me not away from thy presence and take not thy holy Spirit from me O remember not our old Psal 79. sinnes but haue mercy vpon vs and that soone for wee are come to great miserie Heare my prayer O Psal 143. Lord and consider my desire Hearken vnto mee for thy truth and righteousnes sake And enter not into iudgement with thy seruant for in thy sight shall no man liuing be iustified I stretch forth my hands vnto thee my soule gaspeth vnto thee as a thirstie land Heare me O Lord and that soone for my spirit waxeth faint hide not thy face from me lest I bee like vnto them that goe downe into the pit O remember how short Psal 89. my time is wherefore hast thou made all men for nought For what man is he that liueth and shall not see death and shall he deliuer his owne soule from hell Lord what is man that Psal 14. 4. thou hast such respect vnto him or the sonne of man that thou so regardest him Man is like a thing of nought his time passeth away like a shadow For when thou art angry Psal 90. all our dayes are gone we bring our yeeres to an end as it were a tale that is told The dayes of our age are threescore yeeres and ten and though men bee so strong that they come to fourescore yeeres yet is their strength then but labour and sorrow so soone passeth it away and we are gone Teach vs therefore O Lord to number our daies that wee may apply our hearts vnto wisedome Lord let me know mine Psal 39. end and the number of my dayes that I may be certified how long I haue to liue Behold thou hast made my dayes as it were a span long and mine age is euen as nothing in respect of thee and verily euery man liuing is altogether vanity For man walketh in a vaine shadow and disquieteth himselfe in vaine hee heapeth vp riches and cannot tell who shall gather them And now Lord what is my hope Truely my hope is euen in thee One thing haue I desired Psal 27. of the Lord which I will require euen that I may dwell in the House of the Lord all the dayes of my life to behold the faire beauty of the Lord and to visit his holy Temple For I should vtterly haue fainted but that I beleeue verily to see the goodnes of the Lord in the Land of the liuing Glory be to the Father c. As it was in the c. When the Minister or any other good Christian that visiteth the Sicke hath read one of these Psalmes Then let him with all dutifull reuerence pray and say as hereafter followeth Let vs pray Lord haue mercy vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Lord haue mercy vpon vs. Our Father which art in heauen c. The mighty God of Iacob bee our defence both now and in the houre of Death And let vs not bee ouercome by any euill temptation O Lord saue this thy Sicke seruant Which putteth his full trust in thee Send him help O Lord from thy holy place And euer more most mightily defend him Let
instruction in holy Scriptures Indeede this I must needs confesse that no kinde of crosse bee it of minde or body is simply on our parts to be wished because it is grieuous to flesh and bloud and not delightfull to the minde of man And yet notwithstanding such crosses and calamities are dayly to be expected of the godly and when they come patiently to be suffered without either murmuring or grudging against God that sendeth them or against man that offereth them Alwayes perswading our selues that they come not vnto vs by chance or fortune but by Gods diuine prouidence and permission who will not suffer one hayre of our heads to perish neither permit vs to be 1. Cor. 10. 13. tempted aboue our strength And therefore we may assure our selues in all our afflictions and tryals that GOD hath some good worke in hand the end whereof shall at last turne to our great ioy and comfort For we must weigh and consider with our selues that God our heauenly Father sendeth vs sundry crosses for sundry causes Sometime to set forth his glory might and Maiestie that hee may bee knowne to be a God Sometime to punish our former sinnes and thereby to call vs to repentance Sometime to keepe vs lest we fall into sinne and so forget God and this is good for vs. Sometime to try our faith and patience whether we be true or falseharted whether wee will cleaue vnto him or shrink from him And therefore in the middest of our aduersities our Sauior Christ doth comfort vs saying By your patience possesse your Luke 21. 19. soules that is Be of good comfort faint not but liue cheerefully vnder the crosse let patience bee a plaister for euery wound and a soueraigne salue for euery fore It seemeth that the Apostle Saint Paul was of the same minde in his experienced griefe where he saith Wee reioyce in tribulations Rom. 5. 3. knowing that tribulation bringeth forth patience and patience experience and experience loue And therefore in his greatest perils by Land and by Sea at home and abroad yea euen when hee was whipped beaten stoned and cast into Prison he reioyced greatly So the 2. Cor. 11. 24. Apostles being beaten reioyce that they were counted worthy to suffer rebuke for Christs name Act. 5. 41. Therefore Cast not away Heb. 10. 35 your confidence which hath great recompence of reward 36 For yee haue neede of patience that after ye haue done the will of God ye might receiue the Promise For yet a little while and he that shall come will come and will not tarry Christ neuer commeth empty-handed Come he soone come he late he bringeth his Fathers blessing with him for all his louing children which patiently beare the rod of his correction And therefore happy is that seruant whose manners his Master amendeth while hee remaineth in this life that hee may be blessed in the life to come For our God is a plentifull rewarder of the patient if thou sustaine iniury he is a reuenger of wrong if thou sustaine losse he is a restorer of right if thou sustaine sicknes he is a skilfull Physician if thou suffer death he can raise thee vp to life Yea this patience is such a Noble Vertue that it fenceth our Faith preserueth Peace increaseth Loue helpeth Humilitie moueth Repentance ruleth the Flesh reuiueth the Spirit brideleth the Tongue refraineth the hand comforteth the poore and stayeth the rich of enemies it maketh friends it heapeth vp coales vpon their heads conuerteth their hatred into loue For we reade of cruell and wicked Tyrants who beholding the force of patience in the godly haue presently turned to God and forsaken their crueltie Lactantius maketh mention of one Tyrant which persecuted three Christians who when he beheld and saw their constancie and patience that they feared no punishment but meekly suffred torment he presently vowed said Et ego Christianus ero that is I will become a Christian also In like manner Nebuchadnezzar seeing the Faith Constancie and Patience of Shadrach Meshach and Abednego in the fierie furnace that they would not bee forced to worship his feigned and false god Bel hee was sodainely moued to blesse and praise the liuing God and say Blessed bee the God Dan. 3. 28. of Shadrach Meshach and Abednego who hath sent his Angell and deliuered his Seruants that put their trust in him and haue changed the Kings commandement and yeelded their bodies rather then they would serue or worship any god saue their owne God Thus also the Vulgar sort when they see men torne in pieces with diuers kinde of torments as Whipping Racking Hanging Burning c. willingly to take their death yea and to wearie their Tormentors and Hangmen with their inuincible patience they are of the same minde that some were who beholding our Sauiour Christs end said Verily this was Mat. 27. 54. the Sonne of God So they seeing the patience constancie of these men are moued in their conscience to think as well they may that neither the consent of so many men neither the patience and constancie of those that dye is in vaine and that they were neuer able to ouercome such paine except God himselfe were with them for Traitors Murtherers Theeues and Malefactors neither can nor will abide such torment if by any meanes they may escape it But they cry they mourne they fret they fume they sweare they rage they blaspheme God and reuile men They despayre and are swallowed vp of sorrow Contrariwise the godly endure all aduersitie patiently and that with boldnes contemning the punishment threatnings of cruell tyrants resigning and committing themselues to God who in the middest of our misery sheweth most mercie Therefore the more wee are tryed by aduersitie the purer we are The more the Gold is beaten the better it is The more the iron is rubbed with the fyle the brighter it is The more the corneis threshed and fanned the cleerer it is So the more that God tryeth vs in the furnace of tribulation the more hee loueth vs and the more we glorifie him A Vessell if it be foule must bee scowred before Wine be put in it and be that will make his ground fruitfull must first pull vp the weedes before hee sowe good seede Euen so by these sharpe medicines of Gods correction must the body be purged that the mind may bring forth her due fruit in feare and reuerence The good Corne for a time lyeth vnder the Chaffe Flowers grow among weedes and the sweet Rose that smelleth commeth vp with the sharpe Thorne that pricketh So the godly for a time are kept vnder and vexed with the wicked and oftentimes God doth more punish them with pouertie paine and sicknes then he doth the wicked weeds of the world but all this is for out good to make vs more obedient in dutie towards his Maiestie And therfore all these crosses and losses are patiently of our parts to bee suffred as