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A01348 A myrrour or glasse for them that be syke [and] in payne. Translated out of Dutche in English Gnaphaeus, Gulielmus, 1493-1568.; Coverdale, Miles, 1488-1568, attributed name. 1536 (1536) STC 11470.5; ESTC S106762 72,690 202

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to ouercome death to opē agayne the gates of lyfe Fynalbeholde how Chryst declareth hys lyfe in dyenge to stabylishe oure fayth that we shulde not doubte in the lyfe tocome no not in the myddes of death For Chryst hangynge on the crosse geuenge vp hys spryte vnto hys father testyfyenge with the bowenge downe of hys heade that he was euen dead he shewed yet some tokens of lyfe that were hyd in hym whan hys blessed syde was opened wherout cā runnynge water and bloude Wherfore doubt not in y e lyfe tocome for ye haue receaued a pledge of this lyfe by the loue of Chryst which is poured in you by the knoledge of God Chryst dyed and is crucifyed for oure weaknesse but he lyueth by the power of God We are also weake with hym and dye by reason of weaknesse but we shal lyue afterwarde with Chryst by y e same power of God Searche and proue yourselfe whether ye haue also thys hope fayth in the Lorde and in hys promises which shall geue you hys ryghtwesnesse for youre synnes and lyfe for death Lazarus Now as concernynge hell what shall I saye of it Yt is a commune saienge it we good dyenge yf man knewe where to become Thus must also come of a mysbeleuynge harte that we be thus abasshed for hell Tobyas Yt is sure so greate mysbeleue causeth vs to fear hell But knowe ye what is hell Hell is nothynge els saue feare and drede of death and a tremblinge against the iudgment and ryghtwysnesse of God The vngodly and damned can neuer escape thys death and hell for they haue no lust nor loue to God whom they beholde as a fearfull iudge and feare hys ryghtwysnesse He is sayde to be in hell that perceaueth wythin hymself how wycked and wreched he is wherby he is enfourmed and persuaded the fear of death and damnation So that the moost damnation and payne of hell is the despysynge and blasphemynge of God For so longe as we haue no lyuely wytnesse inwardly of the spryte of God that we be the chyldren of God so longe do we hate him and can not beholde his ryghtwysnes so doth oure haynous conscience of synne dryue vs. By these afore sayde wordes is it playne vnto you that the hell of the vnryghtwyse begynneth here in earth seynge the worme of theyr wicked consciencie dyeth not and the fyre of theyr wrath is not quenched Wherfore as the kyngdom of God is iustification peace rest and godly corage euen so is hel synne troubell and raygne In this hell was Caym whan he fled here earth no man persuynge hym In this hel also was Iudas y e traytour abode therin to his damnation Pether sayeth Act. ii that God hath raysed vp Chryst loosed the sorowes of death for so much as it was impossible that he shulde beholden of her that is Christ hath redemed vs and made vs sawe from all oure enmyes The deuell is a pussaunte Lorde and well weapened with all hys traynes erroures and fearfulnesses Math. xii But the sonne of God was a myghtyer Lorde which hath torne the powers of hell for all thynges were geuen hym in hys hande as Chryst sayeth Math. xxviii Vnto me is geuen all power in heauē in earth Yf al thinge be geuē vnto hym thā is also y e ouercōmynge of hell geuē him Christ descēded down to hel before hath troubled the kīgdō of y e deuel he hath also brought glad tydīges vnto thē y t were p̄soned ī hel The gates of hell cā not withstōd y e faith of Peter this was Paul sure of which caused hī to saye to y e Ro. viii I am sure the nother death nor lyfe nor angell nor rule nor power nor thynges present nor thynges tocome nor heyght nor depth nor ony other creature shal be able to seperate vs from the loue of God which is in Christ Iesu our lord Christ sayeth in y e boke of psalmes Lorde out of hell hast thou drawen my soule This redemynge delyuerynge of Christ is happened to oure profete For as Christ was a conquerer of al euē so shal we also be ouercomers winners through him for so much as we be in corporate in hym Before we were sundered but now are come neare by the bloude of Christ For he is become our peace he hath made vs cytesens with the sayntes of the housholde of God Seynge we are gathered in y e house of God we haue here altogether a kyngdō an heretage a victory and all saluation To this serueth the prayer of Christ which he made to the heauēly father Iohn xvii I praye not only for thē meanyng his apostles but also for them whiche shall beleue by theyr preachynge y t they all maye be one lyke vs thou father art in my and I in the that they also maye be one in vs. Thynke ye thys prayer is spoken for nought Thynke ye God the father hath not herde his beloued sonne in the houre of hys sufferynge A good father despyseth not the peticions of his chyldren Be of good cheare sayeth Christ I haue ouercome the worlde In Christ shal we conquere suenge that which is promysed vs in the prophet psal xc Thou shalt go vpon the lyon and adder the yonge lyon and draggō shalt thou treade vnder thy fete that is all power of the deuels and also hell Lazarus I trust I shall mynde and remēbre your exhortacions very well so farre as God doth not depriue me of my fyue wyttes Tobias Yf it come so farre that you be depryued of youre fyue wyttes by reason of the feruentnesse of youre siknesse be not moued therat Let God worke hys worke vntyl the ende Suffre God to accomplishe hys wil for he dyeth not euell that dyeth in God Yt is no force vnto the beleuynge wether he dye onwares or wares for they abyde the Lordes cōmynge alwaye which shal come sodenly vpon the mysbeleuynge as a thefe in the night How bitter is the remembraunce of death vnto him that hath ease and rest in hys substaunce and goodes Lazarus How happeneth it that it is comunely sayde lyfe is happy for so farre as I perceaue death is more happy Tobias The cōmune by worde is not to be vnderstonde of the bodely lyfe which we neuer can lede without synne but you must vnderstonde it of such a lyfe as we lede in God wherin we shall lyue for euer though we wandered in death Wherfore yf ye require a longe temporall lyfe of God than desyre you to synne longer to moue god to more wrath But that life which we lede in God by fayth wherby the ryghtwous lyueth that is happy Lazarus Now do I knowe nothyng in myne opynion that can kepe my back frō dyenge willīgly saue only my wyfe children which yet haue nede both of my helpe counsell Tobias Cōmitte your wyfe chyldren vnto the Lorde almyghty which hath geuē or lēt you vnto thē to care for
than we are Socrates dyd drinke his death laughynge He tought y t death is not to be feared y t which he dyd fortify with the dede Yf the fleshly affection and hye mynde of Socrates to fortyfy and to strength hys doctrine myght not ouercome the naturall feare of death What shall than do y e certaynte of oure fayth that be Christen men that is they that knowe they can not dye Ought not than the hope of the lyfe tocome take from vs the beholdinge of death Though the iust and faythfull seme to dye in the syght of y e ignoraūte whā they be burned drouned beheaded yet do not they once se death I wyll not saye assaye y e death for they dye in peace· They were dead afore in God by geuīge themselues ouer to God and he y t dyeth in God lyueth eternally Happy are they that dye in the Lorde for their dyenge is chaunged in to lyuynge That is it that Christ sayeth He that kepeth my worde shall not dye foreuer Lazarus They haue alwaye made hell so whote ●nto vs and the deuell so blake that we ●●●ste not whether to turne oure selues They made vs so afrayde of death and chefely in that they sayde that the deuell appeareth vnto vs very horrible commynge to tempte vs of thys or that euell wherby euery mā feared death But where was the worde of God thā which promyseth That we that beleue in Christ shal neuer assaye nor se death Haue these false teachers and blynde leaders neuer sene such euangelicall scripture nor red nor herde thē Tobias Though they haue sene herde and red it yet haue not they beleued it For the prince of this worlde hath blynded their mysbeleuyng hartes Where is no faith there is a perpetuall disquietnes of conscience there is a hell a fearfulnesse yee a see full of all fearfulnesse remorse and mysbelefe There is hell whote and the deuell blake there is a perpetual rackinge place of a synfull conscience In the waye of the synners is greate trauayll laboure as wytnesse they thēselues sayēge We be weryed in y e waye of wyckednesse we haue trauayled many wayes and the waye of trueth hath not ouershadoweth vs. That is it that the wyse man sayeth The harte of the wyked mā is lyke a see tossed with the waues And because these hypocrytes and workholyons seke peace where as they fynde no peace but greate disquietnesse and troubell for the vngodly haue no peace sayeth the lorde God therfore thynke they it be so with euery man as it is with thē They thynke euery man be so doubtfull and vnstedfast harted as they be yee because they estyme them selues more holyer and better than other therfore thinke they other must fele whoter fyre than they themselues and that other must fele the gnawenge worme more in theyr consciences than they Wherfore they augment and make the lawe the deuell and death more haynous before mens eyen They that be the moost fearfullest as these be vnto them wyll they be more horrible and dredefull with wordes and other thynges wherby they be become nothynge but rackers of the simple I beleue their worme neuer rest their fyre be neuer quenched I beleue right well they go astraye fyndyng no reste wyth y e manslayer Cayn I beleue they runne faythlesse with Iudas to the prestes and freers to be shryuen for cōfort and reste but they abyde styll desperate I beleue right well they be ready to do satisfactiō for theyr synnes with Antiochus and of mistrust geue mony to praye for thē But al theyr fastynge prayenge goynge wolwarde and barefote all their mulynge and bablynge shall not helpe thē Whether soeuer they turne them selues they fynde alwaye synne present they mete al waye the deuyll and death in the tethe Howe can these teache otherwyse than they finde How shuld they preache y e gospell of peace y t neuer taysted peace How shulde they instructe another in Gods behalfe of his atonement of his rest and victory of death and his assuraunce frō hell whiche haue no fayth therof Let none of these deuel martyrs make you thus folyshe or wytlesse If ye haue the worde of God y t sheweth you peace forgeuenesse you haue God Where rest is there is God there is an euerlastynge cōuenaunt There is roted out the feare of death y e deuell hell For feare is not in loue but she excludeth feare Paul sayeth We that be iustifyed by fayth haue peace by God He that is iustified thyswyse by the trew fayth of Christ though he sawe the deuell death hel with hys eyen yet wolde not he be abashed yee he wolde rather fyght agaynst them ouer come them than he wolde flye one fote And why for the gates of hell that is y e power of thesame can not optayne the victory of Peters fayth Sayntes haue ouercome kyngdomes by faith wrought ryghtwesnesse and optayned the Godly promyses The prophet sayeth Though a battayll a rose agaynste me in that wyl I hope Though I must go through the myddest of death yet shall not I feare for thou art with me lorde Thou hast prepared a tabel before me against myne enmyes Be of good cymforte sayeth Christ for I haue ouercome the worlde That is y e victory y t ouercōmeth y e world euē your faith sayeth Iohn ¶ Lazarus you haue declared me that so clearly that I euen reioyce therin and feare death lesse than afore Let here come whan it shal please God I knowe by experiēce welynough what fearfull cōscience I haue had in myn vnbelefe ī my moost vertuous workes ye nede not to make farther declaration in this behalf Neuerthelesse this I require yet of you y t ye wil shew me how I shall behaue my self beste henceforth whā the tēptaciō of syn death or hell shal assault me Tobyas In y e .iiii. of mat is it eyudēt how ye ought to behaue yourselfe agaynst tēptaciō of the deuell or of synful desyres which also be one kīde of deuels Lo how christ suffered himself to be tēpted of glutony of presumptiō of couetuosnesse to proue y t we be dayly tēpted of the same deuel or rather worse to an exāple cōfort y t such tēptaciō can not harme vs no more thā they haue ouercome Christ Marke how Christ hath ouercome chased the same deuell w t al hys tēptacions to an exāple that we must kepe thesame sure grounde yf we entende also to ouercome the deuell and to chace hym from vs wythshame Christ hath ouercome w t none other weapons saue only Gods worde all those that dyd withstande him other hell death or the deuell for all these haue ben enmyes to God as you maye rede in the .xvii. psalme The sorowes of death haue compassed me and the brokes of vngodlynesse made me afrayed The paynes of hell came about me y e snares of death toke holde vpon me But what foloweth Yet in my troubell I called vpon