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A00614	The maner to dye well An introduction most compendiouslie shewinge the fruytfull remembrance of the last fowre things: that is to say, death, hel, iudgement, and the ioyes of heauen. Gathered out of manye good authors, both comfortable and profitable to the dilligent reader. Learnedly instructing howe to prouide for death.	Soto, Pedro de, d. 1563. aut; W. B.	1578 (1578)	STC 1075; ESTC S120489	42,232	138

to come As the Scripture sayth Blessed is he that is alwayes fearefull And by this the olde Doctours Hier●ome and Augustine 〈◊〉 wryte that Plato that excellent and moste noble Philosopher dyd forgoe the delicate and beautifull Cittie of Athens ▪ with ●●●tayne of his Schollers choosing rather to dwell in an olde thinous Vyllage beeing often with Earthquakes and Tempestes wel neare ouerturned so that by the frace of daungers and death they myght in themselues mortifie the vicas of the fleshe withdraw themselues from concupiscence and all other vices For so muche as the Gentyles haue done this howe much more I praye you ought Christians to withdraw themselues from delectations by remembring the daungers of death And that by this the preme ditation of death there might growe in vs such an healthful feare The disposition of him that dyeth is to be consydered to behold the present howre of the separation of the soule from the fleshe whereof man hath a naturall feare for then man altogeather waxeth pale his feete waxeth colde his weake hands becommeth blacke his countenaunce chaungeth colour his eyes becommeth dimme and sinketh in and for intollerable pangues of paynes they are turned vpwarde See how his hart waxeth faynt his forehead shrinketh all his members waxeth flyffe his chinne falleth his pulses chaungeth theyr course his breath gathering it self from the innermost bowels doo altogether forsake the body The paines of death do then appeare deadly pangues stinging with the mortal stinges the very harte which fyrst of al begynneth to lyue and last of al doth dye And last of al there commeth breaketh foorth a dead sweate shewing that Nature is ouercome And thus being vanquished by griefe the soule is cast out from hir dwelling place If we wyl consyder this disposition of them that dye and do dilygentlie imagine that the lyke wyl short lie happen vnto our selues there is no doubte but we wyll consider the healthfull feare of death ¶ THE MANER howe to dye well Written in Latin by Petrus de Soto AL men must nedes dye a punishment assigned vnto vs for that sinne of our fyrst parentes Mortalitie that is ●euitable death is test cast vpon vs for that Adam and Eua did eate of the forbidden fruit wherby they sinned against the lord And as sinne was first commited so death presently folowed By syn they lost life gained death For as by doing well they shoulde haue obteyned immortality to themselues their posterity so by doing the contrarie they haue gained death mortality to them vs for euer from the general sentence whereof none shal escape lest that any one shoulde haue cause to exalt himself aboue another if he might freely escape the same The certentie of death and the vncertayne howre thereof NOthing is more certayne then death but the howre the place and maner thereof none knoweth For who is he that knoweth when where and after what sorte he must dye whether he shal dye a good or a shamefull death whether hee shall ende his lyfe by sword fire or water or by any other kynde of death No not one truely For death more diligent then our shadows at al times and places continuallye geueth his attendance laying for vs his trappe thinking at euerye houre vnwarely to intrap vs therein Who is then so foolish as to assure himselfe to lyue but tyl night of what age soeuer hee be of For what other thing is our life but the verye beaten pathe and straight way to death Hee therefore that is wise loketh prepareth him selfe for death and at al tymes and in al places is continually ready to dye For death is at the gates of old men and lyeth in a readines to oppresse ouertake yong men the houre when the Lorde reserueth and keepeth to himselfe to the ende that we beeing vncertayne when to dye shoulde the rather prepare our selues to dy And whylst we haue our perfect health memorie we ought to acknowledge our redeemer to cal vpon him betaking our selues altogether vnto his clemencie great mercye And in no wise to detract the time to the laste houre and extreme instant of death For death most commonlie assaulteth and oppresseth those whom he seethe most vnwilling and the worst prouided And as death findeth the man so man shall finde death The perfect man dyeth in securitie and gladnes the iust manful of hope fayth and assured confidence and the vniust dyeth in stare and desperation VVhy Iust men doe wishe for death WE do continually walk amongst innumerable dangers that is the dangerous snares of our aunciente enimie the diuel the bloody swordes of the wicked the intollerable greefes paynes and labours of the body The habitation or dwelling place of the body wherein we dwel is ruinous the worldely sea wherein wee fayle is ful of stormes dangerous wrackes no earthly thing wherein wee can delight our selues lacketh great perils and that wherein wee thinke we finde great felicitie therin alwayes consisteth our most miserie and calamities But yet our benigne Sauiour doth not without heauenly prouidence appoynte suffer that this our mortal life shoulde be so replenished and fylled with those so great calamities paynes and perils And also doth according to his profounde wisedome prouidentlye ordeyne and appoynte them I meane those temporal paynes which we do abide to the ende that wee shoulde repent vs of our former sinnes and amend our present lyfe and diligently to care for the lyfe to come and that we shoulde willingly contemne the worlde and set at noughte this transitorie life erecting and lifting vppe our mindes soules and hartes vnto the almightie God ▪ earnestlye affecting the glorious euerlasting life with feruent desire from the bottome of our hartes Our forefathers which in times past tasted but verye litle of this glorious and heauenlye sweetnes did yet abandon al earthly vanities abhorred the delight of the world despised and quite forgot this transitorie life most painfully labouring with al diligence to obteine the vnspeakeable pleasures of heauen greedely thirsting for the eternal blisse saying with the Apostle ▪ O wretched man who shal deliuer me from this mortal body My desire is to be dissolued to be with thee O christ for as the Harte desireth to come to the foūtains of fresh water● so doth my soule O Lorde desire to come to ●hee Although death bringeth vnto vs suche and so many plea●●res and that through it the soule is carried thither where it shal e●●●auy liue y●● we ought not to d●●●●te nor argue of the rest of our life which is pres●●lbed by God neyther ought wer● bee the cause●s or proc●re● of our owne death For as we 〈◊〉 not hither by 〈◊〉 owne appoyn●ment so ought we not to be ●h●●●●●rs of ou● ende before the ●ime appoynted vnto v● by god Hereby I iudge him to be altogether forgetful of himselfe and litle to regarde his owne state that thinketh his time in this

THE MANER TO DYE WELL. An Introduction most compendiouslie shewinge the fruytfill remembrance of the last fowre things That is to say Death Hel Iudgement and The ioyes of Heauen Gathered out of manye good Authors both comfortable and profitable to the diligent Reader Learnedly instructing howe to prouide for Death ¶ Imprinted at London by Richard Ihones 1578. ¶ To the Reader TO stirre vp a more diligence of the inwarden●a● in vs our Lorde Iesus putteth foorth this similitud knowe you that if the houshold Father knew at what time the Theefe would inuade his house he would surely watche and woulde not suffer his house to bee broken By this Household is vnderstanded the thoughtes of man and also the invvarde and outward motions and deedes VVhich housholde vvoulde be to lasciuious and vvanton if by the diligence of the Father they vvere not corrected and repressed For if the father be vvearie of his care vvho coulde be able to shevve hovve proude and insolent the thoughtes eyes tongue eares and other members vvoulde become This house is the conscience vvherein this Father dvvelleth and gathereth together the treasure of vertues for vvhich he doth vvatche diligentlie least the house should be broken vp ▪ And it is not one but many Theeues that vvould commit this buglary and robbery For euery ver●●e hath a ●ice incident vnto it The cheefe Theefe is taken to bee the Deuell againste whom and all his atmie the saide father if he be not negligent doth watche and warde his house appointing Prudence in the firste warde who vnderstandeth what is to be admitted and what is to be kept out Next vnto her is placed Fortitude to withstand suche enemies as by her warning he seeth to come neere And Iustice sitteth in the middest to geue to euerie one his owne And euerie houre is to bee feared for it is not knowen in what houre the theefe wil come VVe oughte alvvaies to watche least the sleepe of sinne do vnwares creepe vpon vs Now these thinges beeing thus ordered the Memorie of death desireth to come in and is suffered to enter who being demaunded to say what he was and from whence he commeth Hee answered that he would say nothing except all were commaunded to silence VVho obteyning his request began in this order My name saith he is Memorie of death and I foretel you that death is comming Prudence speaking for al putteth the question saying VVher is death Memory ansvvereth I know where he is for he draweth very nere but the houre of his comming I knowe not Prud. VVho commeth with him Mem. A number of Deuilles bringing with them greate bookes in which are written the offences of man and they claime those whose sinnes are written therein and they will violentlie draw with them both their soules and bodies to hel Prudence VVhat thing is hell Mem. Hel is a place of vnmesurable sorowes miserie and darknes there is eternal horror there is no hope of goodnes nor seperation from euyl Euery man that is there hateth himselfe and al others There is weping and gnashing of teeth There is no voyce there heard but Alas Alas Alas they haue no vvord but Alas The deuelishe tormentors doo tormente and are tormented and of them there shall neuer be ende nor remedie Suche a place is Hel and a thousande times worse Prudence O God what shall wee doo My brethren heare mine aduise and geue me yours Be ye faithful watche and pray doo good not only in the sighte of men but in the sighte of god Temperaunce Let vs goo before his face with harty repentaunce and let vs prayse him in Psalmes Bee you sober and watche Fortitud Vpō whom do you stay Be strong in fayth Comfort your selues in our Lorde Arme your selues with the armour of God Take vppon you the harneys of Iustice the target of Faith and the sworde of the holie Ghost which is the word of god Iustice Let vs lyue sober iust and godlie Sober to our selues iust to our neighbours and godlie to god Let vs not do that to others vvhich vve vvould not haue done vnto our selues Prud. Behold another Messenger verie comelie and pleasaunt vvho seemeth to bring some good newes Iustice Let him come in peraduenture he wyl make vs mery for this first messenger hath terrified vs Prudence I vvill admit him Come in VVho art thour Messenger I am called The loue of eternal lyfe Keepe silence for I can not be heard vvhere tumult is Iustice Yf vve did keepe silence vvhilst the Memory of death spake of iustice we ought to be silent when thou speakest Desire of eternal lyfe I haue seene such thinges as no man is vvorthy to speake of I sawe God the maiestie of the vndeuided Trinitie but yet as it vvere through a glasse that brightnes vvas so cleare that mine eyes dasled to beholde that clearenes vvhich passeth all vnderstanding Yet notwithstanding I behelde a litle vvhyle our Lorde Iesus sitting on the right hande of his father who did so farre excel all creaturs that the Angels themselues desire to beholde and looke vpon him And I sawe vppon his bodye the woundes of his passion wherewith he redeemed vs But not being able any long time to looke vpon this brightnes of the sonne of God I turned mine eyes vpon the orders of Angels that stand before god I behelde also the Prophets the Apostles and Martirs and an innumerable companie of blessed Soules from whose eyes God hath wasshed awaie all teares they doo see the king in his Maiestie and were all appareled in long white garmentes lyuing a lyfe without ende W. B. Of the fall of man and the punishment by death for the same and of the vncertaine howre of death BY shine against the lyning Lorde olde Adam our first Sire Death to him selfe and al his séede hath gayned for his hyre Mortalitie and temporal death this gift our Parents wonne In Paradise the fruite forbyd to eate when they begonne First sinne began and after death in haste dydit ensue By whome ech man must passe herehence as sure as God is true Lest some men would them selues extol too farre aboue the rest If that they shoulde in freedome quite escape this feareful blast Then Death nothing more certen is no doubt thereof we see But no man knoweth the houre ne place nor what his ende shal bee Whether by dint of edged sword or heate of flaming fyre Or roaring wanes of raging seas pale Death shall paye his byre No place nor time there is but Death in watche and wayte doth lye Man to intrappe if that he can vnarmed him espie No shadowe darke on massie corps more duely doth attende Then lurking death who alway séekes Man to confounde and ende What man is he that standeth sure tyll night to drawe his breath Our life beeing the open way that straight doth leade to death The wise therefore remembring oft that once he needes must dye His lyfe at euerie howre to yeelde prepareth wyllingly