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A07355 The solace of the soule agaynst the bytter stormes of sycknes and deathe greatly encouragynge the faythfull, paciently to suffer the good pleasure of God in all kynd of aduersite, newly set forth in Englysshe by Thomas Becon. Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567. 1548 (1548) STC 1774; ESTC S117217 16,613 58

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which he doth for his names sake not for our righruousnes sake Esa. xliiii Furthermore as I haue sayde that al they that do belene ar ioined togither through the holy ghoste knytte in vnitie so is ther a louing christē church the which is buylded of lyuyng stones .i. Pet. ii whych church is the house of god Hebr. iii And the house of God is the cōgregation of god .i. Timo. iii. And the congregation of god is the body of Christ Eph. i. And seyngy●al ryght Christians are one body .i. Corin. x. In the whyche they all thorow one spryte are baptised i. Cor xii So must ther be a congregatiō of saintes namely that all saintes or trew beleners ar also ioyned togyther in fayth as the members of one body Roma xii And in this cōmunion of saintes is remissiō of sinnes and that without it is no syn forgeuen nor any hope of saluatiō Ephe. ii yea as it is vnpossible that a mēber can lyue which is not in the body so it is vnpossible that any man maye liue in his soule and cā be rele●ced out of death by remission of syn the whych is not a mēber of the body of Christ for Christ hath recōcileo vs al vnto god his father in one body Ephe. ii And therfore must al they stand in var●aūce that at no mēbres of this body of the whych Christ is the head Ephe. i. To the whych he gyueth saluation Ephe. v. Now muste we also knowe that albeit that god alweyes forgeueth synnis Esay xliii yet hath Christ gyuen vnto hys cōgregatiō power to bynde to loose whiche shall not be vnderstand after y ● Antichristes doctrin The bishop of Rome which chalenge●h power to remyt synnes but the Christē congregatiō whose heade is Christ not the Romyshe antichrist and his ruled of the holy ghost not of the fornicatish spirit of the prophetesse Iesabel This cōgregatiō I say hath power to bynd and to loose that is to say all what she bindeth other looseth is done by the poweh of our Lord Iesu Christ i. Cor. v And thorow the holy ghost as a ruler of the christē cōgregatiō Actu xx so is there is the Christen congregation remissyon of synnes Ther shal be also a general resur rectiō of the fleshe namely that all they that ar dead shall ryse agayne some to euerlastynge lyfe some to euerlasting paine dānatiō Iohn v. And they y ● shall lyue remayne vntyll the cōming of one lord Iesu Christ they shal be chaunged in the tīkeling of an eye at the tyme of the last trūpeth .i. Cor. xv For the trūpet sayth Paul shal blow and the dead shall ryse vncorruptible we shal be chaūged for the corruptible body must put on vncorruptibilite and this mortall body must put on immortalitie Cor. xv At the last is ther also one euerlysting lyfe Iohn xvii which al they shal receiue that beleue on Iesu Christe Iohn vi and stedfastly abyd in good workes sekynge prayse honour and immortalitie Roma ii Thys is the summe of my beleefe yea a trew Christe beleefe thorow the whych faythal rightuouse lyue Aba ii And without the which belyefe no man may please god Hebre xv Therfore must the euerlastyng God be blessed that our ofr hys immesurabl mercy and grace hath gyuen vs thys thorowe Iesu Christe Ephe. ii To whom with the fafather and the holy ghost be prayse honor and glory for euermore AMEN Apoca. Be faythfull vnto the death and I wyll gyue the the crowne of lyfe ¶ Imprynted at Loudon in Pauls churche yarde at the lygne of the Hyll by Wyllyā Hyll and are tobe solde at the West syde of pauls vnder Peter college by Iohn Casse Math ● Luce. 〈◊〉 Apoca ● tim ii ephe v● Philip. Roma ●u xvii ● xcix Proue● Hebr. Rom. 〈…〉 Gala. na v xviii ▪ Iohn v Iohn x Iohn ● Iohn ● h● xvii in xiiii ●ori i. ●tisme ▪ Psal. cii Rom. vi ● Pet. i●● ●ma v. ●om viii Math Mat. x Merci● Luce. x Actu ● Pet. ● Iohn i● Iohan. Hebre. Rom● 1. Ti● ●y liii et ii ●rin i. Roma om viii Mat. x Luce. ● nc xviii ●ath xv al. lxi Psal. vxii ●sal xc Hebrc i●● i. Cor. x● Oze xiii i. Tim● i. Iohu Hehre om viii i. Cor. i. psal cxv● i. Pet. ii Math. vi●● ebre xi deu xxx i Reg. ii Tobi. xii Sap●e xv Psal. c. xi● The true Purgator ●pien iii sal c. ii Psal. cxv● Apo xii Iohu vi Iohan. x Hehre x Iohn il i. Tim. ii ohan x. Luc. xx
hande whether he wyll that thou lyue or dye that his wyll whyche is euer best maye be done vnto the glory prayse of hym althoughe it be impossible that tho● shuldest be dampned yf thou doste faithfully trust on the mercy which he hath promysed for Christes sake and consecrate thy selfe wholly to him obeynge his moste godly wyll in al partes For he hath promysed that he wyll be thy father and forasmuche as he is true when thou knoweledgest hym to be thy father and dost hope and loke for all good thinges of hym he can none otherwhyse but be thy father and saue the although he hādle the for a certen tyme neuer so hardly Seynge thā that he hath promysed to be thy father and thou dost truste on hys ꝓmises wythout doubt he wyl care both for the and thyne at all tymes wherfore thou shalt cōmend to him not only thy body but also thy wife and chyldren thy kynnesmen and frendes to be shorte all that euer thou haste and doubte not but that ●e wyll be a true Father a true husbande a true kynnesman and frēde for he hath hytherto vsed the in these thynges only as a stuward and dyspensatoure But now seyng he is mynded that thou shouldeste leaue of the functiō and vse of thys offyce he wyll appoynte another in thy roome whyche lyke a good stuwarde shall both faythfully and dilygently loke vpon them Yf thou hopest thys thynge of hym and lokest for it wyth a ful trust of harte it is no doubte but he wyll do that I haue spoken wherfore put out of thy mynde all sorowfull care of worldly thynges and commende it to God Rather take thoughte for thy selfe how thou mayste prouide for thy soule and sende that vnto God And seynge that God hathe forgyuen the all thy synnes frely for Christes sake he requireth nothing at all of the for thys exceding great and in estimable benefyte but that thou shuldest agayne forgyue euen from the very harte them that haue done the wronge for he promysethe that he wyll forgyne vs our offēces yf we forgiue men ther offēces therfore when thou haste forgyuen all offences euen from the very harte yea and that so that thou neuer remembreste them afterwarde praye also for them that haue hurte the accordyng to the doctrine and exa●ple of Christe yea and yf euer thou recouerest helpe so muche as lygheth in thy powre them that haue nede of thy helpe Yf that thou hast a mind voyd of dissimulation preuy dyspleasure enuy malice yll wyll and wrathe thou haste also a sygne and earnest token that God hath forgyuen the thy synnes for fayth wherwyth thy harte is puryfyed stretchynge out her selfe and bryngynge ●orth her fruites for the infynite benefites of God can none otherwyse then forgyue agayne and to do well to her neyghboure Thys fruyte of charite beareth the witnes and maketh the sure that thy fayth is true and lyuishe seyng it bryngeth forth true and good fruytes Thys meaneth Peter wher he commaundethe that we shulde make our vocation and election fyrme sure with good workes for he signifieth and plainly meaneth y ● thys workes ar testimonies and sygnes that thou arte electe of God and purchased to be hys sonne vnto the ioyes of euerlasting lyfe Nether is ther any cause o brother that god shulde forgyue the thy sinnes for the greuousnes of thy dysease crosse for ther is none other satisfaction none other recōpense for thy synnes than the onely deth of Christ. God beholdeth none other thynge in this cause he accepteth none other thing here than his only begottē son he is y ● lābe of god whyche taketh awaye the synnes of the world He is the sacrifice oblation sufficient absolute and perfect for the synnts of the whole worlde thy disease paynes cā not satisfye before God for the lest syn that thou hast cōmytted muche les are they able to deserue health euerlasting saluatiō as Paule testifieth saying I do not thynke that the affli●tions of this lyfe are worthy of the glory which shal be shewed vpon vs. No creature nether in heuen nor erth no āgel was able to apease mytigate swage the wrath of the father much les shal this thy disease short trouble pacyfye it For he that shulde aswage that wrath and recōcile God to man he muste nedes be both god and man seynge he muste be an intercessor and aduocate betwen god being angry and man condemned Therefore was it conuentente for the sonne of god to become mā that he sh●lde apease the wrathe of God the father by sufferynge paynes in hys awne body and so preserue vs from it as the Prophet testyfiethe sayinge He hath taken vpon hym our dyseases and borne awaye our sorowes God hath layde y ● vnrighteousnes of vs all on hym For the wickednes of my people haue I striken hym Aud Peter saythe By hys strypes were we made whole therfore for thys Christ thy Lord are thy synnes forgyuen the and for none other thynge neyther in heauen nor in earthe not for thy good workes nor for any afflyction although neuer so harde and bytter Christe is our only ryhhteousnes healthe redemption satisfaction God made hym syn for vs whych knew no syn that we myght be made righteous wherfore yf thou beleuest thou arte the sonne of God al redy yf thou be the sonne of God than art thou also the heyre of God and fellowe enheritoure wyth Christ yf euerlasting lyfe be enheritaunce and the gyfte of God as Paule calleth it certes then shalte thou not deserue it wyth the sorowes of thy dysease but God wolde haue the punyshed with this sicknes that thou myghtest represse breake restrayne and mortyfye thy olde man that it maye ones cease to synne that shall come to passe at the laste by the deathe of the body And for this cause must we dye that our soule may departe hence vnto euerlastyng saluation for thys death is a gate and entrauns vnto eternall lyfe ther at the laste are we delyuered from al wretchednesses miseris carefulnes dysquietnes from al erroures and iuglynge castes of the dyuill neyther shall we any more be defyled wyth the moost stynkynge fylthynes of synne neyther shal we be seduced and led awaye into heresys or erroures nor yet be throwne hedlonge into desperation For an ende of all euylles aduersities and incōmodities is then come yea thē shal we rest in the Lord and enioye eternall lyfe and pleasure wythout ende Death therfore is not to be abhorred nor feared yea it is rather most feruently to be desyred seynge by that we passe hence vnto eternal ioyes Uery true is y ● whych Paule sayth to the godly all thynges worke for the beste Death in the syghte of the worlde is a thyng of all thinges moost odyous mooste hatefull most lothsome and moste horryble yet to the faythfull it
in bodely prosperite now paraduenture the fleshe as it is alway naturally disposed pro●e and bent vnto y ● deuyl shuld deceyue the and cast the into many and greuous synnes agaynste God wherwyth God beynge dyspleased thou shuldest be in daunger of cursyng and dampnatiō that thy heauenly father preuentyng this incōmodite and perell and prouidynge for the and thy healthe bryngethe vnder and kepethe downe thy fleshe whych wyth all mayne and ferse waxeth woode against the spirit and is euermore contrary to it that it be not waloued forth into y ● most stynkynge and fylthy pudle of synne but be subiecte and obedyent to the spyrite forasmuch than as this is the pleasure of thy mooste louinge Father agayne seynge that all thyngesturne vnto thy cōmodite wealthe take hede dylygenlye O brother that thou doste not stryue agaynst the good wyl of God but suffer pray y ● the wyl of thy father may be done in the that he may hādle the as he thinketh best and that thou mayst not wysshe couet or desyre any thynge but that he shall thynke good that all thynges may turne to the glory and praise of god and that he maye assyste the wyth his grace that thou mayst paciently and thankefully beare the crosse that is layde vpon the for pacience bryngethe experyence experyence bryngeth hope and hope maketh not ashamed Here hast thou an occasyon to exercyse and lerne paciēce in al thi troubles Fyrst thou lernest that God of a fatherly minde punisheth the and thys dost thou learne by experyence for excepte thou dedyst proue in very dede how health full it were to gyue ouer thy selfe wholly to God to obeye hys wyll as Dauid saythe it is hyghly for my profyt that y ● hast punished me thou couldest not cōceiue a certē and sure hope of hym hauyng no experyēce before that a mynde so fatherlye and wōderfully desyrous of the hyghe hydde vnder thys crosse and rodde But seyng thou hast lerned that before by experience and haste now some taste of that thynge thou doste not despayre in any trouble but thy hope encreaseth streyghtewayes seyng thou hast before oftētymes proued ▪ the helpe of God prese●t And althoughe he wynketh at the matter and sometyme suffreth the for a certen space to styke stand faste in the myre yet at the laste he retcheth forthe hys helping hādes delyuereth saueth the he suffreth the to swymme for a certayn space yea to be ouerwhelmed wyth waters but he sufferethe the not to be drowned Hereof mayste thou gather a sure hope that he wyl neuer leaue the socou●les nor cast y ● awai seynge he hath preserued the beyng so ofte in ieoperdye in aflyctyons and trubles therfore dost thou lerne to conceyue and nouryshe a good and vndoubted hope of God that euen in the moost greuous afflyctions of al wher no helpe at all appereth thou mayste truste vnto hym beynge now thorouly taughte hys custome in deliuerynge and sauing hys people thou haste lerned that afflictiōs be sent not of dyspleasure but of a Fatherly loue Whyche thyng thou beleuyng and hauynge experyence therof doste pacyently abyde hys helpe neyther dispayrest thou but trustest stedfastly that he at the laste wyll helpe the although he delayeth it neuer so lōge hydeth and kepethe hym selfe secrete And thus at the last dost thou know and vnderstand that thi disease or trouble is not sēt vnto the for this purpose that y ● shuldest be destroied bu● that the glory of God maye be sette abrode that al thinges may turne vnto thi health saluatiō he y ● can giue him selfe ouer wholly cōmyt him selfe to god on this maner and put al his aff●auns trust in his promises truly that man neuer dyeth whych thyng Christ him selfe euen wyth an ooth because we shuld not doubt affyrminge the same sayeth Uerely verely yf any man kepe my worde he shall neuer se death And in an other place he sayth I am the waye the truth and the lyfe he that beleueth in me shall lyue although he be dead And he that lyueth and beleueth in me shal neuer dye these wordes of christ o brother loke that thou depely repose thē wyth al diligence kepe them in thi minde and whā soeuer y ● perceiuest y●●hi minde wauer or is tr●bled vnderprope lyft it vp wyth this swete and comfortable sayinges he that beleuethe in Chryste shall not taste deathe he that beleueth in me hath euerlastyng lyfe sayth Christ this is euer lastyng lyfe to knowe the euen the true God and whom thou hast sent Iesus Christ. Euerlastynge lyfe is begunne in this worlde for he that hath Christe hath the true lyfe for Chryst is y ● lyfe he is also the truth therfore wil not he mocke vs butal the ꝓmises of god ar in hī ye ar in him Imē And that y ● shuldest doubt nothyng but that God wyll abyde by hys promises he hath bonde him selfe vnto the wyth a certen peculiar couenaunte and sygne put vnto thy body For when he being gratly desyrous of thy health sente hys sonne in to the worlde to offer hym selfe vnto the deathe for thy sake he ded make and stryke vp a bargē of grace before y ● christ in whō he hath promysed yf thou wylte beleue and be Baptysed that he wyll gyue the euerlastynge lyfe frelye and neuer forsake the yea that he wyll be thy father and crowne the wyth grace and mercy thy baptysme is a sygne of thys couenaunte Now is it necessari for the that thou cleuest with tothe and nayle to the promyses whych are added to thys sygne For God hathe gyuen thys sygue that thou shuldest nothyng doubt of the grace or fauoure that he hath promysed nor yet of hys fayth concernynge the faythfull perfyrmans of the same thou arte baptysed to dye wyth Christe as Paule saythe that hys death shulde be thy death and that he shulde puryfye all thynges for thy sake yea thou hast put hym on in babtisme that thou shuldeste be whole in hym and he in the. Baptysme therfore is a couenaūte whych lyfteth vp chereth and maketh quyet thy consciēce before god as Peter testifieth that he wyl neuer dampne the for thy synnes For thou beynge iustified by fayth hast peace wyth God a quyet clere and pacifyed consciēce is the true peace Thou hast perceyued a moost sure sygne as a certen seale of thys iustification and remission of sinnes ●uen Baptysme that thou shouldest beleue for a certente that God for Chrystes sake wyll haue pytye on the preserue and delyuer the. Nowe seynge than that God fauo●eth the and wyll be thy father and neuer forsake the seynge also that thou haste an vndeceauable sygne and wyt●es of this thing loke that thou dost commyt and wholly giue ouer to hym bothe thy selfe and all that euer perteine vnto y ● ▪ thou must also obeye hys wyll and pacientlye suffer hys
as it is thy godly pleasure to call me from thys myserable lyfe and wretched worlde I moost entierly beseche the so to defende me in thys agonye of deathe that Satan nor his ministers preuayle against me but that I contynue faythfull and constante vnto the ende in the confession of thy holy name lokyng for full remyssyon of all my synnes in the precyons bloude of thy welbeloued sonne and my sauyour Iesus Christe and that I departynge in this fayth and perfecte trust may be placed emong thy blessed saintes and heauēly spirites so for euer to remayne wy●h the in glory Graunt this o most mercyfull father for thy son Iesus Christes sake Lorde recyue my spirite Father into thy hādes I commend my spyrit for thou that arte the God of truth haste redemed me To the be all glory and honoure Amen ¶ The articles of the Christen fayth FYRST I beleue in one god Deut. vi And father of oure Lorde Iesu Christe ii Cor. i. The whych is the Lorde of heauen and earth Luke xit And creator of all creatures Hebre. i. Yea he is father of vs all and Epe iiii The which hath elected vs to be his children through Iesu Christ. Ephe. i. And therfore shall we all hym worsh●ppe onely and besyde hym haue none other goddes Deut. vi Also we shal feare hym as one almighty God Psal. xxxiiii And as mercy full father we shall loue hym wyth all oure hartes wyth all our soule and wyth all our power and mynde Math. xxii● And vpon hym muste stāde all our hope Hiere vii For he is the father of lyghte Iacob i. Of the whych all mankynde leueth Aetu xiii And receyueth both bodelye goodes Prouerb x. And enerlastynke saluation Psal. xxxvii Togyther wyth all perfite gyftes whych come and descence from him alone Iacobi .i. Furthermore I beleue in Iesu Christe the sonne of the lyuing God our lord i. Cor. vii The whych is the very bryghtnesse of hys fathers glorye and the very ymage of his substaunce Hebre. i. Yea he is the onely begotten sonne of the father Iohn i. Come forth of the mouthe of the moste hyeghest God Eccles. xxiii Fyrst boren before all creatures Collos. i. Thorow the whych all thynges are created Hebre. i. In whom we haue redemption namely remyssyon of synnes thorow hys bloude Col. i. With the which he hath washed vs Apo. i. And hath also recōciled vs again to his most holy gloriouse father Ephe. ii That were afore enemyes to God Roma viii For after the tyme that God had made man after hys ymage and symilytude he seate hym in Paradise that he shoulde eate of all the fruytes in the gardyn of pleasure exceptynge him the tree of knowledge of good and euyll Gene. ii But man dysobeyed the Lord his God and trāsgressed hys commaundemente Gene. iii. Thorow the whyche disobedyence and transgressyon of the godly commaundement death and curse is come ouer all mankynde Roma .v. And when ther was no helpe nor comforte for man whereby he myghte haue bene redeymed or delyuered oute of Sathans power then hathe God the mercyfull Father pytye vpon mankynde and Promysed them a seade namelye Iesus Chryste hys onelye begotten sonne the whych shoulde treade vpon the heade of the Serpente and ouercome the Dyuyll and restore vs to lyfe agayne Genesis iii. And lykewyse as God is ryghtuouse in all hys wayes and holy in all hys workes Psalmes clv. And true in al hys wordes Psal. li. So hath he kepet all hys promises tre●ly And as the time was fulfilled Gala. iiii God leat hys word descend in to the wombe of the virgyn Mary and by the workyng of the holye ghoste became fleshe As Iohn witnesseth saiyng The word became fleshe and dwelt emong vs and we saw hys glory as the glory of the onely begotten Sonne of the father full of grace and veritie Iohn i. Also thys onely begotten of God became lyke vnto vs in all thynges excepte syn Hebre. ii He hath suffereth death for oure sake Esay liii And hath taken awaye Sathans power and restored lyfe in againe i. Timothe vi Yea he is made vnto vs wysdō and rightwysnes sātifyeng and redemption i. Cor. i. And lykewyse as he dyed for oure synnes Hebre. ii So is he rysen agayne through the power of hys father Roma vii For our ryghtuousnes Roma iiii And as he oftentymes shewed him selfe after hys resurrection vnto hys dysciples Actu i. So is he ascended vnto heauen in ther presens Luke xxiiii And sytteth at the ryghte hande of the almyghty father Rom viii Aboue all rule and myghte and dominion and aboue all that maye be named not onelye in thys world but also in the world to come Ephe. i And hath subdued al thinges vnder hys fete Hebre. ii To be brefe he is a Lord aboue all lordes and a kynge aboue all kynges Apoc. xix Yea he is an almyghtye God wyth hys father Apoc. xxii Iohn x. And neuerthelesse he is our aduocat mediator i. Iohn ii ●● Timot. ii Our only hye preiste Hebr. v. The saceifice that he hath done for our synnes abydeth for eueermore of valure Hebre. x. Furthermore lykewyse as Christe is ascended vp in to heau●n so shall he come agayne from heanen Actu i Wyth the dominion of hys father and wyth the angels Mach. xxv For to gyue euery man rewarde after his workes yea for to iudge the quycke and dead Act. x. i. Tim. iii. I beleue also in the holy Ghost equall god wyth the father the son which holy ghost is a teacher of all christē Iohn xiiii and he doth cloth thē wyth his gyftes geueth euery one the measure of faythe after hys awne wyl i. Corin. xi● And kepeth thē vnmouable in one fayth for he is a ruler of the christian cōgregation Aet xx He is also the anoinmente .i. Iohn ii Wherewyth all Christen are anoynted and of that behalfe are called the anoynted of the Lord. Psal. c. iiii So is this holy ghost giuen vnto the Christen as an ernest of ther inheritaunce to ther redemption and they agayne be hys awn to the pryse of his glory Ephe. i. To be shor ●it is impossible wythout thys holy ghost to knowe God truely .i. Cor. ii Or wythall the hope of the hart to beleue vpon him .i. Cor. xii Or to call vpon him as a father Romanorum viii And therefore dothe God powr thys hys holye Ghoste vppon hys chyldren wherby they maye treuly know hym and treuly beleue hym and as a trew father call upon him Gala. iiii This is my beleue in the father in the sonne and in the holye ghost which tree I knowlege to be one god Deut. vi whous seate is the heauē and the earth is a benche of his fete Esay xlvi Yea y ● which is an euerlasting .ii. Mach. i. and almyghtye God Psal. c. xlv The whyche alone wyll be worshypped and serued Dent. vi For he can alone helpe vs. Esay xliiii