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A10874	Life after death Containing many religious instructions and godly exhortations, for all those that meane to liue holy, and dye blessedly. With the manner of disposing ones selfe to God, before, and at the time of his departure out of this world. With many prayers for the same purpose By Francis Rodes.	Rodes, Francis, Sir, ca. 1595-1646.	1622 (1622)	STC 21140; ESTC S112044	39,083	228

feare of death O Lord Father of mercy and God of all consolation heare me thy distressed creature the feare of death is fallen vpon mee I feare I faint Lord be thou my helper I find that death is dreadfull to nature shield mee vnder the shadow of thy wings strengthen my weakenesse by thy power my wauering by thy promises which art wont to heare and help them that call vpon thee in the day of trouble the day of trouble and heauinesse is come vpon mee to thee I call in thee I trust though fraile flesh begin to shrinke yet grant most mercifull Lord that faith in thy most blessed Passion may neuer decay in me that hope may neuer faile me but that the comfortable expectation of a better life to come may reuiue raise vp my pensiue soule when strength faileth mee and the light of mine eyes is gone grant Lord that my heart may call vpon thee and say Lord Iesus receiue my Spirit which liuest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost one God world without end Amen CHAP. 24. A Prayer for the sicke O Eternall God and most gracious and mercifull Father I humbly beseech thee to looke vpon this thy seruant with the eyes of mercy shew him thy mercy and grant him thy saluation g●●● him comfort and confidence in thee and in thy Word stablish his heart that his trust may be euer in thee impute not vnto him his former sinnes and offences but couer his iniquities with the righteousnesse of thy deare Sonne defend and strengthen his soule against al the assaults and deadly subtilties of our restlesse enemie deliuer him from his tyrannie and keepe him in thy protection sauegard draw nigh vnto his soule and saue it shew him the light of thy countenance and bee mercifull vnto him and saue him for thy mercies sake and since O heauenly Father thou diddest in thy loue towards vs euen when wee were thine enemies giue thy most dearely beloued Sonne to the Death to redeeme vs powre into his heart I humbly beseech thee a true liuely faith whereby he may take hold vpon our perfect righteousnes which is in Christ and so bee made partaker of the merit of his Death and Resurrection suffer not the apprehension of death to discourage him but giue him grace and courage cheerefully to attend his death willingly to obey thy will and patiently to indure this thy visitation that after this painefull life ended hee may dwell with thee in life euerlasting through the merits of thy Sonne Iesus Christ our onely Sauiour and Redeemer Amen CHAP. 25. A forme of leauing the sicke to Gods protection PSalme 20.1 The Lord heare thee in the day of trouble the name of the God of Iacob defend thee send thee helpe from his Sanctuarie and strengthen thee out of Sion grant thee thy hearts desire and fulfill all thy minde Saue Lord and heare vs O King of Heauen when wee call vpon thee Iesus the Son of the liuing God put his Passion betweene thy sinnes and the Iudgement to come Amen CHAP. 26. The manner of commending the sicke into the hands of God at the houre of Death GOd the Father who hath created thee preserue and keepe thee God the Sonne who hath redeemed thee aide and strengthen thee God the Holy Ghost who hath sanctified thee assist thee in all thy tryals and lead thee the way into euerlasting peace Amen Christ that dyed for thee keep thee frō all euill Christ that redeemed thee strengthen thee in all temptations Christ Iesus that rose from the dead raise thy body and soule in the resurrection of the iust Christ that sitteth at the right hand of God in heauen bring thee into euerlasting ioy Amen CHAP. 27. A Prayer for the sick at his departing out of this life MOst merciful Father we commend vnto thee this thy Seruant the work of thine own hands wee commend vnto thee his soule in the merits of Christ Iesus his Redeemer accept O Lord thine owne creature forgiue wee beseech thee whatsoeuer hath bin committed by humane frailety and command thine Angels to conduct him to the land of euerlasting peace preserue O Lord the soule of thy seruant as thou diddest Lot from the fire of Sodome preserue O Lord the soule of thy seruant as thou diddest Daniel from the mouth of the Lyons Into thy mercifull hands O heauenly Father we commend the soule of thy seruant now departing acknowledge him we beseech thee for a Sheepe of thine owne fold and for a Lambe of thine owne flocke receiue him into the armes of thy mercy knowing that the thing cannot perish which is committed to thy charge O most mercifull Iesu receiue we beseech thee his Spirit in peace Amen CHAP. 28. The blessing of the sicke when hee is giuing vp the Ghost CHrist Iesus absolue thee from all thy sins Christ Iesus remit all the euill that thou hast any wayes committed Christ Iesus that dyed for thee blot out all thy offences Christ Iesus that now calleth thee receiue thee into his heauenly Kingdome The Lord blesse thee and keepe thee the Lord make his face to shine vpon thee the Lord lift vp his countenance ouer thee and giue thee a ioyfull Resurrection Amen Depart O Christian Soule in the name of God the Father who created thee of God the Sonne who redeemed thee of God the Holy Ghost who sanctified thee one liuing and immortall God to whom bee all honour and glory for euer and euer Amen CHAP. 29. A Prayer to bee vsed by the assembly after the sicke mans departure O Almighty and euerlasting God seeing it hath pleased thee to take this thy seruant out of the miseries of a sinfull world vnto thy heauenly Kingdome blessed bee thy name both now and euermore and wee beseech thee O Lord make vs that yet remaine to bee mindfull of our mortalitie that wee may walke before thee in righteousnesse and holinesse all the dayes of our life and when the time of our departure shall come wee may rest in thee as our hope is that this thy seruant now doth and that we with him and al others departed in the faith of thy holy Name may reioyce together in thy eternall and euerlasting Kingdome through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen CHAP. 30. Consolation against immoderate griefe for the losse of friends TO sorrow for the death of friends is a dutie by which wee giue testimonie of our naturall affection which dutie both Christianitie doth allow and examples in holy Scripture doe approue Abraham mourned for Sara his wife all Israel for Samuel the Prophet the people in the Wildernes for Aaron their High Priest the inhabitants of Bethulia for Iudith that Honourable Widdow Martha and Mary for Lazarus the twelue Patriarkes for Iacob their aged Father Dauid for Ionathan his trustie and faithfull friend Christ himselfe saith Ieremy went not to his Sepulchre without weeping eyes so that to mourne for the dead is a thing naturall but not

LIFE AFTER DEATH CONTAINING many religious instructions and godly exhortations for all those that meane to liue holy and dye blessedly With the manner of disposing ones selfe to God before and at the time of his departure out of this world With many Prayers for the same purpose By FRANCIS RODES LONDON Printed for THOMAS DEVVE in St Dunstanes Churchyard in Fleetstreet 1622. To the Reader IT is a common custome to intreat fauour from courteous Readers If the matter bee good or the men courteous the suite of fauour will bee easily granted if otherwise it is but a needlesse shame to beg a commendation where none is deserued And therefore I leaue to euery man the libertie of his iudgement and doe expose this Tract to generall censure F.R. A Table of the chiefe points contained in this Treatise CHAP. 1. THE seuerall sorts of Death CHAP. 2 To learne to die well ought to bee the chiefe study of our life CHAP. 3 Why men do so seldome enter into a serious remembrance of their end CHAP. 4 The necessity of our continuall meditating vpon Death CHAP. 5. Necessary obseruations in our meditating of Death CHAP. 6. Against the feare of Death CHAP. 7 How to carry our selues concerning Death CHAP. 8 This life is but a prison a pilgrimage c. CHAP. 9 The vulgar remedy against Death CHAP. 10 Grieuances and excuses of fearfull men to couer their complaints of Death CHAP. 11 How Death is to bee desired CHAP. 12 The miserable state and condition of this present life CHAP. 13 Against the loue of the world CHAP. 14 Against procrastination CHAP. 15 Against mistrust in Gods mercy CHAP. 16 Gods promises to sinners that repent are manifold absolute vniuersall CHAP. 17 How one should demeane himselfe when sicknes beginneth CHAP. 18 How the sicke should dispose his worldly goods CHAP. 19 How hee is to apply himselfe to Prayer and Meditation CHAP. 20 Whom the duty of visiting the sicke specially concernes CHAP. 21 A Prayer at the first visiting of the Sicke CHAP. 22 A confession to be vsed of the sicke by himselfe CHAP. 23 A Prayer of the sick party against the feare of death CHAP. 24 A Prayer for the sick CHAP. 25 A forme of leauing the sicke to Gods protection CHAP. 26 The manner of commending the sicke into the hands of God at the houre of Death CHAP. 27 A Prayer for the sick at his departing out of this life CHAP. 28 The blessing of the sicke when hee is giuing vp the ghost CHAP. 29 A Prayer to bee vsed by the assembly after the sicke party departed CHAP. 30 Consolation against immoderate griefe for the losse of friends CHAP. 31 The custom of Funerals A TREATISE OF LIFE AND DEATH CHAP. 1. THere are three sorts of Death The first is a dying in sinne that is 1. Dying in Sinne. when we doe giue our selues ouer to the delights and pleasures of this life and doe neuer think of death till it comes and when it is come wee doe then recoyle and draw back as beeing vnwilling to dye thereby making our departure vnhappy because none dyes well that dies vnwillingly neither can any hope for Heauen that approches thereunto only by compulsion 2. Dying to sinne The second is a dying to Sin that is when our sins die before our selues namely when wee doe retire our selues from sinne and from the desires and allurements of the world and doe die to all carnall delights as that Apostle did which said The world is crucified to mee and I vnto the world thus to die to sinne is to be deliuered from sinne and to liue with Christ The third is 3. A naturall dying which is the dissolution of the Soule from the body the loosing of the Soule frō the body which is implyed by Saint Paul saying I desire to bee dissolued namely by the dis-iunction of the body from the Soule This dissolution is a deliuerie out of the prison of this life with the stinke and filth wherof we are infected defiled but by death the bands are loosed and the prison set open where out wee flye freely vnto Heauen where we are receiued pure and cleane washen by the bloud of the immaculate Lambe and beeing cloathed vvith his white garment of innocency wee are filled with delights and with the fruition of the light inaccessible CHAP. 2. To learne to die well ought to be the chiefe study and labour of our life LIfe is a debt to Death and Death a debt to Nature or rather natures seruant for if death vvere not what complaints and murmurings would there be against Nature if here against our willes wee should still liue and not haue our liues freed by death If death were quite taken from vs no doubt wee should more desire it then now we feare it and thirst more after it then after life it selfe Of all lessons and of all learnings none is more weighty none more diuine then to learne to die well which is to die willingly and to die in the faith feare and fauour of God In learning to dye well consisteth our eternall welfare To learne to die well is the chiefest thing and dutie of life and a lesson worthy our best and chiefest labours for therein consisteth our eternall welfare Therfore there is nothing that ought so often and so much to bee thought vpon as Death insomuch as if it were possible the the whole moments of our life should bee nothing else but a learning or taking out of some new lesson of death What is it with the Historian to know what others haue done and to neglect the true knowledge of our selues with the Lawyer to learne the common Lawes of the Realme and to forget the common Law of Nature which is that all must die What is it for the greatest Politicians by their reaching wits to compasse great and high matters and in the end to die like simple men True wisedome is to be wise vnto a mans own soule True wisedome is to bee wise vnto a mans owne soule and they onely are wise and they only liue which finde time and leasure wherein to learne to die well for no part of our life is worthy the name of a life but what is spent in the study of wisedome and the greatest part of true wisdome is to learne to die well The perfection of our knowledge is to know God and our selues our selues we best know when we doe well consider our mortall being for man is neuer so diuine as when he considereth well of his mortall nature and conceiues hee was borne to die As men wee die naturally as Christians we die religiously By mortifying the old man we endeuour to die to the world By a vertuous disposing of our selues for the day of our departure wee learne to die in the world By our dying to the world Christ is said to come and liue in vs By our dying in the world wee are said to goe and