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A02879	A chrystian exhortation verye profitable gathered out of the holye scriptures, vnto the great comfort, and vtilitye, of euery faythfull soule, being in agony of death, vnto whom, it oughte to be rehersed, with lowd voyce, diuers and sundry times, if nede so require vnto the which is added, towarde the latter end a godly praier for the sick drawing to an ende of this life, with a catechisme, not onely to instruct the sicke, but also to refreshe his memorye, wyth the great mistery of our redemption. Translated out of Frenthe [sic] into Englyshe by Robart Heasse minister at Algate.	Heasse, Robert, d. 1594.	1566 (1566)	STC 13017; ESTC S112577	12,008	45

sorowes offring thee a wofull and penitent soule with an hūble hart the whiche we pray thee to accept for the loue of thy Sonne Iesus Christes sake our Lorde in whose name thou hast promised to exalt our prayers humble requestes wherfore we pray thee receiue vs in to thy holye tuicion illuminating our harts and vnderstanding to appeare before thee and to call on thy holy name as thy beloued Sō Iesus Christe oure Lorde hath taught vs to pray Math vi for al things necessary saying OVre Father whiche arte in Heauen Hallowed by thy name Thy kingdome come Thy wil be done in earth as it is in heauen Giue vs this day our daily bread c. FInally O eternal god and most mercifull Father we hūbly beseech thee vouchsafe to strēthen vs by thy grace and power so that by and throughe the weaknes of our fleshe wee fall not and because that of our selues wee are so weake that wee can not nor may not remaine stedfast nor constant no not a minut of an hour vouchsafe we beseeche thee to strengthen vs with thy graces and heauenly benediction in suche sorte that we remaine constant vnto the end in the perfecte faith wtout the whiche it is vnpossible to please thee Heb xi confirme this faith in vs euermore of the whiche we shall make confession with hart and mouth saying I Beleue in God the Father al mighty maker of Heauen c. THe prayers ended then may be perceiued howe the sicke and patient dooth with inquisition of his helth with godly wordes and christen talke and if the sicke person decline from this life that no likelyhod be sene in him then may a commodiouse houre be appointed to speake vnto the said sick persō to know if he be willing to heare speak of gods woorde to his comfort Iohn viii whilest that he is yet in this world and of perfect memorye and if he be of God this litle and breef Cathechisme may be recited as foloweth A breefe Cathechisme not onely to instruct the sick but also to refresh his memory with the great mistery of our redemption the which wel to vnderstande and remember in his latter dayes Eccle 18 he oughte to make confessiō of his faith before the assistaunce of the faithfull wherof one of those in the absence of the Minister oughte to question wyth him as foloweth The Minister ANye man that knoweth well him selfe B.S.N. and doth not omit his condition qualitie truly he also ought to acknowledge Gene 1 Psal li Ephe 2 notwithstandinge that he was created the Image and likenes of God that he is cōceiued and borne in the sinne of the olde Adam thorowe the whiche he is become a poore and miserable sinner ignoraunt inconstaunt and full of iniquitie and consequently subiect to all miseries afflictions aduersities and finally vnto death it self Rom. 5 and all this hath sinne caused that which god not leauing it vnpunished he daily afflicteth vs by sundry manner wayes in this worlde to th end that we should not bee dampned with the world B.S.N. Haue therfore patience in your sicknes and surely in so doing you shall posses your soule in ioyes euerlastinge Acknowledge your sinne Psal 31 and accuse your self before the maiesti of God the which you must beholde and contemplat throughe faith making confession of the same with hart and mouth before all the assistaunce for it is written with the hart man beleueth vnto righteousnesse and with the mouth man confesseth to saluation harken then vnto these demaunds that shal now presētlye be asked and aunswer faithfully according to the intelligence that you haue receiued of the Lorde and if you cannot by reason of the weakenesse of your sicknesse I will aunswere for you my selfe and it shall suffice vs to haue vnderstandinge of your cōstant faith in the which we all must die Q. I demaund Wherefore and to what ende haue you beene created in this world Math 10 Sicke For to knowe God Ge 2 Minister Was it not necessarye vnto you to knowe God Sicke Yes truly Psal 17. for seinge that hee is my soueraygne LORDE without the knowledge of him I had bene more miserable thē the brute beastes Psal 61 17 Minister Seing you knowe GOD you knowe that he is my wisdome and all infinite goodnesse one onely God in persons three the Father the Sonne and the holy Ghoste he is the onely God that Abraham Isaac and Iacob haue worshipped Ge 1 Ihon. i Luke i Gene. 18 in spirite and truthe he is the onely and eternall God which hath made the heauen and also the earth and al things which is in them contayned the knowledge that you haue of GOD is it not in this sorte Sicke yes Minister But may suche a simple knowledge of God lead you vnto the life euerlasting Sick Very hardelye for it is life euerlastinge to confesse and acknowledge one onely God Ihon. xvii and he whom he hath sent his eternall sonne our Lorde and sauyour Iesus Christ Minister Wherefore is it necessary to acknowledge and confesse the Lorde and Christ Sicke Because that I must recouer in Iesu Christ Rom. 5 Psal li Luke xxiiii Psal 2 Rom xi all that I haue lost in my selfe by reason of the sinne committed by Adam oure fore father in the whiche I am conceiued and born so that now it was necessary for my saluation that Iesus Christe the sōne of God both God and man clothed with our flesh should geue me through his grace and free mercy all that I had lost in Adam Minister It is very well sayde that is the cause Math 1 why Iesus Christe was cōceiued by the holy ghost and borne of the virgin Mary for to purge and sanctifye you for all together contrarye vnto him Ephe 2 Rom viii are you borne and conceiued in sinne and sinful Parēts wherfore you must confes that without Iesus Christ you had remained a pore and miserable sinner in euerlasting Death Sicke Rom. 5 I truly but I beleue and cōfesse that Iesus Christ hath reconciled mee vnto God his Father Minister How hathe he reconciled you to God his father Sicke Math 26 By his death and passion by the shedding of his most precious blood for I knowe am fullye perswaded that Iesus Christ hath suffred vnder Pōce Pilate diuers and many afflictions Acts 3. iniuries and tribulatiōs to deliuer me frō eternall death it is Iesus Christe whiche hath beene crucyfied for mee Math. 2● and accursed vpon the tree of the cros to deliuer me from the malediction of rhe Deuil vnto the which Adam had bound me vnto Iesus Christe hath bene truly buried for to burye all my sinnes because they may not be imputed vnto me before God it is mi Lord and sauiour Iesus Christ whiche is descended into Hell suffring an extreame agony for to deliuer me from the eternall Pitte

1 MVltitude of prebendes 2 Multitude of priestes 3 Multitude of temples chapels 4 Multitude of aultars 5 Diuers oblations and offringes 6 Worldly riches and pryde 7 Idlenesse and trwandisse of the shauen 8 Multitude of harlotes 9 Fained houres and prayers 10 Detestable hypocrisy 11 Deuourynge of widowes orphans the poore 12 Renounsyng and destructyng of the death and passion of Christe ¶ And so consequently of the other whyche are infinite TO make short the errour of the masse is moste deadly hurtfull aswell to the goodes as to the persones in as much as it semeth to haue most signe of holynes and goodnes seinge that it is all execrable or cursed Truely the venim wherewith the pestilence is couered anoteth and greueth more greater thā that that is seene open Ite missa est Amen 3. Esdras 4. chap. ¶ Super omnia vincit veritas Aboue all thyng the truthe ouercometh MDXLVII ¶ Printed at Wittenberge by Hans Lufte A Chrystian exhortation verye profitable gathered out of the holye scriptures vnto the great comfort and vtilitye of euery faythfull soule being in agony of death vnto whom it oughte to be rehersed with lowd voyce diuers and sundry times if nede so require vnto the which is added towarde the latter end a godly praier for the sick drawing to an ende of this life with a Catechisme not onely to instruct the sicke but also to refreshe his memorye wyth the great mistery of our redemption Translated out of Frenche into Englyshe by Robart Heasse Minister at Algate Imprinted at London by Thomas Purfoote dwelling in Pawles Churchyarde at the signe of the Lucrece Anno. 1566. Death is ende and the beginning of lyfe Ecclesiastes .xvii. Ante lauguorem adhibe medicinam et ante iudicium in terroga teipsū et in conspectu dei inuenies propitiationē Apocalip iii. Si non vigilaueris veniam ad te tanquam fur et nescis qua hora veniam ad te Apocalip xvi Beatus qui vigilat et custodit vestimenta sua nenudus ambulet et videant turpitudinem eius Math. 24. Luke 12. Estote parati quia nescitis qua hora filius hominis venturus est Vnto the faithefull Reader greting in our Lord Iesus Christ DEarelye beloued Reader I pray the take in good parte this present exhortaciō that I haue here translated out of the French tounge into thy vulgar tounge with greate thoughte and care vntill I of my part had performed it I trust to the gret comfort of euerye faithfull person that feareth God to vse practise at the time of nede when as it shall please god to call him out of this mortal and wretched worlde But be aduertised that thou maiste vse it righte that these thre letters B.S.N. The first signifyeth brother that is when thou speakest vnto a man The seconde signifyeth suster a woman and the thirde emporteth that thou muste name the partye sicke by his proper name for he oughte not to be honoured by names either of worldly honours or worshipes But rather to resist Satan the enemy of mannes soule in and throughe the power of our lord and god the sicke must be named by his owne name that he hath receiued in the holy sacrament of Baptisme and in so doinge thou shalt obey the Lord God whom I beseche of his infinite goodnes and mercye vouchsafe to be Good and mercifull both vnto thee and me in the last iudgement day Amen A Christen exhortation whiche oughte to be recited wyth lowde voyce before all faithfull people beinge in agonye of deathe ALL that is of God Ihon vii heare the worde of God Math vii and not onelye to heare it but kepe it Hebre. i and put it in execution for all things shall haue an end and waxe olde as dothe a garment Esay 40. but the worde of God endureth for euermore Rom v and seing that it is so that by one man sinne is entered into the world and by sinne deathe and consequently all troubles and aduersities folowing it is by iust occation that the lyfe of man Rom vii is but a continuall battaile vppon earthe in suche sorte that the fleshe fyghteth against the spirit and the spirit against the deuill the world and the fleshe which are enemies vnto oure soules but folowing thapostles counsell i Peter v. to obtaine victorye in this spirituall battaile you must resyste constantly through fayth i Ihon. v. For the victorye whiche ouercometh the worlde Hebre. xi is our faith whyche is a sure and certayne knowledge of the loue of God towarde vs as by his ghospell he declareth him selfe to be our father and sauiour by the meanes of Iesus Chryst Hauynge then suche a steadfast faithe for your principal foundation Acknowledge and confesse vnfainedlye before the maiestye of God that you are a poore and miserable synner Psal li Luke xvii conceyued borne in iniquitye and corruption enclined to doe euyll and that of your selfe so vnhable to doe anye Good by youre often transgresing the commaundementes of God in which so doinge you haue deserued by hys iuste Iudgement deathe and dampnacion vpon you yet notwithstandinge you are displeased in your self to haue so often and many times offended hym and therefore you condempne your selfe and your vices wyth perfecte repentance desiringe that the grace of GOD redres your calamity Pray then with suche a steadfast faithe Psal li If you cannot with the mouth saye it with the hart that God our father moste beninge and full of mercye doe not enter in iudgement nor to rekening with vs Psal 142 but rather vouchsafe to haue pitie vpon you in the name of his sonne Iesus Christ our lord and to wype awaye your offences and sinnes by the merite of the deathe and passyon of the same Iesus Christe in whose name present vnto hym hys holye Prayer that hee hathe taught vs saying wyth a good harte Math. vi Our father which art in c. B. S.N Aknoweledge from the botome of your hearte your vnrighteousnesse be sorye for your synnes repent you vncessantlye Math iii and the kyngedome of God shall drawe nere acknowledge that their is nether righteousnesse Titus iii innocencye nor anye good workes in you nor from you Ephe ii Psal li but contrarye wyse the sonne of wrathe and Childe of perdicion conceyued and borne in the synne of the olde Adam you deserue eternall death and dampnation Rom viii yet not withstandinge let not thys nor all the sinnes of the world if you committed them once fryghte you For Iesus Christe the eternall and true Sonne of God Rom i hathe made him selfe perfect man conceyued of the holy Ghost Luke i borne of the virgin Mary for to sanctifye and clense you Math i he hathe suffred vnder Ponce Pilate Phllip 2 diuers afflictions iniuryes and wronges yeldinge him selfe as a slaue and Captiue Actes 3 for to set

you at libertye Math 27 Iesus Christe hath bene crucifyed and accursed vpon the tre of the crosse to deliuer you from the malediction perpetuall Iesus Christ Esay 53 is deade in sheading his precious bloude for to washe you Apo i For to redeeme you i Peter 1. for to deliuer you wholy from death and hell fyre and from the myghte and power of Sathan Rom. vi Iesus Christ hath bene buryed in the Sepulchre for to bury all your synnes the whiche he hath borne on his shoulders and hath wyped them out Actes i Iesus Christe is descended into hell suffring an extreame agonye for to deliuer you from al paines and griefes of death Iesus Christ is rysen from death i Cori rv Actes i. Colio iii. for to make you rise in your proper bodye to a glorious immortality Iesus Christ is ascended into the Heauens for to make you ascende after him i. Ihon ii Iesus Christ is set on the right hande of God his father almighty Hebre vii being your aduocate and intercessor towardes hym and the atonement for all your synnes Math. xv Pa ●i We looke that he shall come to Iudge the quicke and the dead Rom viii for to render to euery one according to his deds But to his electe whiche beleue in him their Synnes shal not be imputed for he wil iustify them throughe his grace Math xxv and make them to raigne with him in the heauenly throne worlde withoute ende B.S.N. Suche is the great mestery of our redemption the whiche throughe the power of the holye Ghoste you oughte fermelye to beleue it to be done for your saluacion And doubt not Ephe i but that by the merite of Iesus christ chiefe of his church you be a member incorporated vnto the same thankinge hym with gret humilite that he hath vouchsafed to geeue you grace to haue beene associated in the felowship and company of hys faithfull Math iiii feeding you with hys holye worde of his bodye i Cor xi and of his precious bloude acknowledginge as fully perswaded of the great mercye and compassion of God by the remission of all your synnes Rom v the which is done vnto you i Cor xv by Iesus Christ who will make you rise again in the laste daye and their to raigne with hym in the life eternall Marke 16 which he hath promysed to all those that beleue in him beyng baptised in his name B.S.N. Nowe seynge you haue such a faith doubte not to receiue the promesse of faythe For God is true Rom iii he is not a lier as man is Heauen and Earthe shall passe Math 24 but the worde of god shall last euermore God is your father and maker Esay 40 you are hys creature worke of his hands he made you not to leese you Gene i For he is the sauiour of all men and willeth not the deathe of a sinner 1 Timo 2 but rather that he should tourne from his sinne by faith full repentance and so be saued Wherefore I heare pronounce vnto you Ieremy in the name of God that by and throughe his great goodnes and mercye Titus iii. you haue full forgeeuenes and remission of all your sinnes 1 Timo 1 by the onely merite of his dere sonne Iesus Christ our Lord in the sheding of his precious bloud Actes 4. For he is the propiciation Apoca 1 1 Ihon. 2. not onelye of all youre synnes but of all the sinnes of the world B.S.N. Iesus Christ saithe that all thinges are possible to those that beleue Math 17 Beleue then withoute doubtinge that Iesus Christ puttinge on our fleeshe hathe made him selfe perfecte man dying for you bearing all your sinnes on his bodie to abolishe and wype them oute 〈…〉 Offer to god the precious death of his sonne Iesus Christ and by the merite of the same death and passion demannde of him mercye and forgeuenes in sayinge from the botome of youre harte in and with greate humilitie and repentaunce A Prayer ALmightie God and heauenly father shew mercie vnto mee poore and miserable Synner Rom iii for the loue of thy Sonne Iesus Christe my Lorde and sauiour Ihon xiiii And by the mirite of his death and passiō vouchsafe to receiue my soule whom I commend in to thy handes Math 26 Psal 30 Haue your full confidence in God Rom viii for seing that God is with you nothinge shall be against you For Iesus Christ which is the inmaculate lambe hath vanquished all thinges for you Esay 6. he hath offered him selfe once for you and by the same onelye oblation hathe wholye ouercome all your synnes he hathe ouerc●…d all your infirmities Heb. 7 9 vnrighteousnes abhomynation and obligaciō With this good Lord Iesus Christ God the father hath geuen you all thyngs strengthen you in Iesus Christ who hathe called you Rom viii by his Prophetes Apostles Esay 55 and Euangelists to come frely vnto him saying All that are thursty come vnto the great fountaine Math xi Come vnto mee all ye that trauayle and are laden and I will ease you B.S.N. Beleue steadfastlye that Iesus Christ hath deliuered you of all your sinnes i Ihon v and hathe reconciled you vnto God his Father vnto whome with great reuerence and harty repentaunce say from the botome of your heart A Prayer O Almighty and eternall Lorde God Rom. iii Ihon xiiii be mercyfull to me pore and miserable sinner for thy sonne Iesus Christes sake my Lorde and sauiour And by the merite and worthynes of his death and passion Mathe 26 vouchsafe to receiue my soule into thy handes Psal 3●… Amen B.S.N. Haue hope for truth it is that he will receiue your soule as his owne for the loue of his Sonne Iesus Christ which is the sauiour and redemer of all those that beleue in him Marke 16 Deute 18 Psal 11 Esay 53 Ge 3 22 Moyses and all the prophetes haue witnessed that al nations shall receiue saluation and benedictiō onely by and through Iesus Christ the Apostles and Euangelists doe testifye that Iesus Christe came not to call the righteous Mathe 9 but sinners to repentaunce Ihon x And to geeue his soule for the redemption of manye Luke 21 For he hath shed his precyous bloude for the remission of sinnes Beleue then and doute not at all Hebre. i for Iesus Christ hath made the Purgatyon for all youre sinnes promising that all those that shall beleeue in him and in the Father Ihon 5 who hath sent him life euerlasting and shall not come to iudgemēt but shall passe from a short deth to a long life B.S.N. Take then a good courage in Iesus Christ for he hath loued you and washed you from all your sinnes in his precious bloud Esay 53 Apo i take holde in

thys sure faith to fight tryumphantlye against the aduersary haue no other shielde to defende you withall thē the precious bloud of Iesus Chryste who by the power and might of his death and passion Rom v hath recōciled you vnto GOD his Father vnto whom frō the bottome of your hart in great humilitie and reuerēce say this prayer with me O Almighty and euerlastinge Lord God Rom iii Ihon. xiiii Math xxvi Psal xxx be merciful vnto me poore miserable sinner for thy Sonne Iesus Christe his sake and by the merit and worthines of his death and passiō vouchesafe to receiue my soule whiche I commmend into thy handes B.S.N. Take sure hold thorow hope in this faith Iohn x that our good god ful of all mercy will shall receiue youre soule as his own into his hands for Iesus Christes sake for there is no other name vnder heauen giuen vnto men Actes 4. throughe the whiche we can or may be saued or loke for saluatiō but in Iesus christ arme then your self well with this our good Lord master Iesus Christ Rom viii for he hath done all things for you Rom ● he hath accōplisshed the law for you he hath ouer cōd al things for you go to thē B.S.N. Reioyce in God Hebre. xi be euermore stedfast in this liuely faith follow the trace of the holy Patriarches Prophets and Apostles which are all saued in this faith the whiche do all assure you that the enemy youre aduersary cannot annoy you at all for your sute is wonne thorough Iesus Christe whiche is your iudge and aduocate also Ihon 5 Ihon 2 Psal 23 Wherfore say euermore in this firme beleefe yea althoughe I walke through the valey of the shadow of death yet wil I fere none euil for thou art with me thy rod and thy staffe comforte me B.S.N. Do neuer wery youre selfe to saye from the botome of your hart in this wise O Almighty God and heauēly father Rom iii Iohn xiiii Math 2. be merciful vnto me pore miserable siner for Iesus Christs sake my lord sauiour and by the merite and worthinesse of his death and passion vouchesafe to receiue my soule the whiche I do moste humbly commend into thy holy hands Amen A singuler Prayer for a bodye greatly afflicted with sicknes whiche semeth to drawe or approche more neere to Death then to life with a litle Cathechisme expressely made to instruct the sicke person and to make him behold the great mistery of our redemption Ecclesiasticus .xviii. GEt thee righteousnesse before thou come to Iudgement learne be fore thou speake vse Phisicke or euer thou be sicke i. Cor. v examine thy self before thou be iudged and in the day of visitacion thou shalt finde mercye The Lord dooth admonishe vs euermore to praye speciallye Mathe 2● when we are touched with hys rods wherefore all Parentes and faithfull freendes whiche shall or do visite the sick person ought not onely to visite and solicitate the bodye but also to seeke and demaund the spirituall medecine for the soule which ought to be done by good prayers confession of sinnes Mathe 9. and Christē exhortation according vnto the word of God without the which no man can liue Math 4 and to th end that all things may be doone in good order and with good zeale it shal be conuenient and necessary to prostrate oure selues before the maiestie of God and say vnto him our help and succoure be in the name of God the Father the Sonne and of the holy ghoste so be it and then say this prayer folowinge confessing generally all your sins from the botome of youre hart Prayer Math xviii O Almighty god and moste merciful Father we beinge assembled in the name of thy welbeloued Son our Lord sauiour Iesus Christ we haue vnder the selfe same Iesus Christ Iohn xiiii presumed to present oure selues before thee to call on thy holy name hauīg oure onely refuge in thy soueraine bownty the which we do not onely desire to feele taste in oure selues Iames v but also in this the necessitie of thy poore creature being now afflicted with bodely sicknes and troubled in spirite 1. Cor. xi we know O Lorde that iustlye thou doost punishe it in chastesing it with thy rods for to make him vnderstand thy fatherly affection Psal 78 but thy greate mercies whiche thou vsedst toward oure Fathers are not vanished nor consumed away for thou art the great and eternall God full of all mercye Math 26 who neuer doost chaūge thy holy word instructeth vs full amply that al the earth is replenished with thy mercies whiche do surmoūt far thy iustice wherefore we beseche thee O most mercifull father cease thy wrath and indignation towards this thy pore wretched creature haue mercye compassion of him for Iesus Christes sake looke not vnto his sinnes and offences but rather in the face of thy deare son Iesus Christe who hath sufficientlye satysfied thee for the same in offeringe vnto thee the greate Sacrifice of hys bodye on the crosse for vs miserable sinners we therefore beseeche the O God that art full of mercye to let him feele thy mercy grace whiche thou neuer didst refuse vnto thy beloued ones and because that thou arte oure heauenly father Math vi which knowst all things necessary for our saluation we beseeche thee not to prolong his life neither to shorten it for we repose oure selues on thy holy will vnto the whiche desire onely to accomplishe and fulfill Rom xi thou arte wise without counsaile to dispose with this thy creature accordinge to thy good will and pleasure considering that if it be thy wil O lord to call him what is he that mai resist it againe if thou wilt resstore him to health Rom viii who is hee that dare reprooue thee for all things are in thy hands Ihon i and nothing is done without thy good will and prouidence yet neuertheles O Lorde if by thy grace thou doost prolonge his dayes Psal 2● this thy rod shal be vnto him a chastisinge to amēd his former life and so bee conuerted vnto thee and we all with him will yeeld thee thankes for euer but if thy will bee stayed to make him passe vnto a better life we pray thee in the fauoure of thy sonne Iesus Christe to forget do away all his faults sinnes the whiche thou haste vouchsafed to be washed in the sheding of his precious bloud Apoca 1 Math 26 vouchsafe O Lord by the merite and worthines of the death and passion of thy dere sonne to receiue his soule in to thy holy hands Psal 30 Psal 137 whē it shall please thee to call it out of this world despise not O lord the worke of thy handes for beholde thy poore creature almost ouerwhelmed yet callinge on thy name euen in the midst of all his troubles and