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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09945	A Godlye and holesome preseruatyue against desperatiõ at all times necessarye for the soule but then chiefly to be bled and ministred when the deuill doth assault us moost fiercely, and deth approcheth niest.		1548 (1548)	STC 20203.5; ESTC S1645	20,252	80

death Fleshe and blood beinge corruptible and mortal can not inherit the kyngdō of god wher nothing is but life Therfore this corruptible body must put on īcorrupciō thys mortal must put on immortality Ore xiiii Esa xxv Than shal the saing that is writtē be fulfilled Death is swalowed vp in victory They that beleue in Christ hath nowe ouercomed synne deathe and hel Therfore not fearinge deathe but stronge bold and wel harted in Christe they may saye deathe where is thy sting death where is thy victorie The stinge of deathe is synne and the power of synne is the lawe But thankes be vnto god which hathe geauen vs the victorie through our lorde Iesus Christe Let vs heare also more sentēces full of godly and mightie consolacion He that hathe raised vp Iesus shall raise vs vp also with Iesus ii Cor. iiii Phili. iii. Our conuersaciō is in heuin frō whence we do loke for the sauiour our lorde Iesus christ which shal chaūge our vile body that it may be like fashioned vnto his glorious bodie according to the workinge of his power by the which also he is able to subdue all thinges vnto him self Col. iii. Ye are dead and your life is hid with christ in god but when christ your life shall appere then shal ye also appere in glorie with him i. Tesso 4. We woulde not brethern that ye shuld be ignorant concerninge them that sleepe that ye sorowe not also as other do whiche haue no hope For yf we beleue that Iesus christ died and rose againe euin thē also which are a slepe through Iesus shal God bringe with him ii Tim. ii Sainct Paule also doth comforte Timothe with the article of resurrection saing Remembre the the lord Iesus Christ beinge the seed of Dauid rose again from the dead accordinge to my gospell And if we be dead with him we shall also liue with him Yf we suffer paciētly we shal also raign with him It is writen also to the Hebreus that Christe tasted deathe for all men Hebre. ii and that he was partaker of flesche and bloode .i. became verie mā that he might destroy him which had the rule of death that is the deuil and that he might deliuer theim which were in bondage all their life tyme by the reason of the feare of death God hathe deliueryd vs ii Tim. i. and called vs with an holie calling not accordinge to our workes but accordinge to his purpose grace whiche is geauen vs in Christe Iesu before the tyme of the world but is nowe made manifest by the apperinge of oure sauioure Iesu Christ which trulie hath destroied death and hathe brought life and immortalitie to lighte by the gospell i. Io. iii. We knowe that we are translated frome life to death because we loue the brethern i. Io. 4. In this hathe the loue of god apperid in vs because God sent his onlie begotten sonne into the world that we might liue through him Iob. xix I knowe that my redemer dothe liue and in the last daie I shall rise againe and againe be wrapped in my owne skine And in my owne flesshe shall see God whome I my self shall see these my eyes shall beholde and none other These places of hollie scripture and suche like if we diligentlie remēbre faithfullie imbrace we shall perceaue great consolacion and conforte Phi. iii. And euin with saincte Paule reioyse that we knowe christe and the power of his resurrection wherby deth is ouercomed Nether is there nowe to these that beleue in Christ any thinge in deathe terrible or to be feared sauinge onlye the Image and outwarde forme hurt it can not Like as a dede serpent keapith stil his old fearful shape and forme but to stinge or do harme he hathe no power at al. And like as by the brasin serpente whiche Moses by goddes commaundemente sette vp in deserte when it was loked vpō through the power of goddes woord men were deliuerid frome daunger of the liuelie and venyme serpentes so our deathe is made harmles and we deliuered frome the fear and daunger of it so oft as with the eys of our faithe we do beholde the helthefull and medicinable dethe of Christe In conclusion deathe is nowe become but a Image and shadowe of deathe yea the entraunce and gate to life For Christ who is trueth it self saithe Yf any man kepe my worde Io. viii he shall neuer see deathe For a man trustinge to the mercy of God through faithe which he conceauith by heringe of Christes gospell is so vnite and knitt to christ his lorde and maister that he can not be plucked nor seperate from him The body in dede for a tyme is seperate from the soule but in certaine hope of risinge againe to euerlastinge life And so he that beleuithe in Christe dothe not see nor fele the euerlastinge dethe of body and soule which is euerlastinge dampnacion For the deathe of good men is nothinge els but a departure from this transitory and mortal life to immortality to christ to his angelles and sainctes Hell and dampnacion DOth offer it self at the hour of death so that manye tymes man doth greatly feare lest he be abiect frō the fauour of god and appoynted to euerlastyng payne The deuyll which seketh by all meanes howe to deuoure vs steringe vp in oure myndes manye daungerous and troubellous thoughtes concerninge our eleccion and predestinacion A medicine against the feare of hel and dampnacion WHen the deuil goeth about to cause vs to dyspaire or to doubt of our election whether we be of the numbre of theim that are appointed to euerlastinge life or no In any wais let vs not be to boulde in copinge with him let vs not enter disputacion against him for he is to subtile and expert for vs but say shortly vnto him Away Satan with sorrowe it is writen thou shalt not tempt the lord thy God For seing that god as a most louinge father hathe not only geauen vs life fedde and preseruid vs to this houre but also hathe indued and euen loden vs from tyme to time with his singuler benefites what madnes were it contrary to our former experience nowe to dout of his mercy He hathe receauyd vs in to his flocke by baptime He hathe sente vs the gospell of his grace wherein he hathe promised to become oure father we haue be fedde with the flesshe and bloode of his sonne oure sauioure CHRISTE in remembraunce that oure debtes be paide and we acquited whye shoulde we nowe then doubte of the good will of GOD towarde vs lette vs not therefore admitte the doutfull and daungerous Imaginacions of oure predestinacion which the deuill like a craftie and malicyous marchaunt doth labor to iustill But let vs thinke vpon suche sentences as God would haue our myndes occupied withall whiche Chryst him selfe hath prescribed as Iohn .iii. where he sayethe GOD hathe so loued the

tentacions First it is a greuous and vehemente tentacion when he seeth the most terrible image of deathe afore his eyes when he seeth he muste leue thys light leue this life leaue frendes leaue landes goodes kinsfolke father mother wife childern all thinges wherin he had here ether pleasure or comforte Then suche synnes as he against the will and pleasure of god hathe committed shall shewe and present them selues and shal appeare more in nūbre and more greuous then euer they semed afore and so shall wonderousely vex and torment the cōscience Then dethe iudgemente hell dampnacion as it were in a plumpe shall assaut and lay sege with diuers daungerous engins against the olde man of ours In these Agonies except a mā be armed with a sure and constāt faith it is to be feared leste he be weried tired and at last ouercommed For these tentacions which chaunce vnto men lyeng in extremes appere most houge feareful and daungerouse and that for by cause our faith is verye sclender and waueringe neither yet able to see perceaue or apprehend the incomprehēsible and inestimable riches of the childern of god whiche be remissiō of synnes through christe resurrection of the flesh communion of saintes euerlastinge life and all these geuen vnto vs in Christ and for Christ In these articles of our faithe we must dailye exercise oure selues These we must diligently reuolue and earnestly expende in our mindes For thoughe all the articles of our faith are diligentlye to be remembred and without al waueringe beleued yet in the Agonye and pointe of deathe these foure that is the communion of sainctes remission of sinne by the blood of Christe the resurrection of the fleshe and euerlasting lyfe are chiefely to be mynded expended and inculcated For like as deth is the paine stipend of sinne Roma 6. euen so for synne God dothe commenly punysh vs with diuers diseases and plages As it is to be sene ī diuers places of scriptur Io. 5. Ps 88. Deute 28. 2. Reg. 24. Neuertheles afflictions be many tymes laid vpon vs that our faith may be tried For than is it easy to be perceauyd howe much we loue GOD what faithe we haue in him howe we trust him when we be pressed greuyd with aduersitie In this case therfore we must bewaile acknowlege our synnes for the which we haue iustlie incurred goddes displeasure and deseruid most greuous paine We must turne to God with true repentaunce in all our hart mynde without all faynynge and conterfaitinge we must haue recourse vnto the Gospel where we shall fynd most bountifull cōsolaciō .i. absoluciō or remissiō of our synnes which christ hath instituted ī the churche Io. 20. Receaue saithe Christe the hollie ghoste whose siftes ye forgeue thei are for geauē This inestimable treasure is daily openyd offred vnto vs. When remissiō of sinne is thus desired optained vndoutedly thē the paine of sinne which is the disease or afflyccion shal sone ceasse and leaue vs or elles accordinge to the most beneficiall will of our heuenly father shall tourne to the profit and soule helth of him that is diseased or afflicted For this maye we be sure of that the paine and affliction of the body in this worlde seme it neuer so greuous a bourden or heuie yoke to the flesshe is comenly nothinge elles but a fatherlie rod Psal 88. wherwith god dothe drawe vs his childern frō synne and call vs home to him Truly our heuinly father dothe loue vs moste feruentlie he bearithe vs good mynde and dothe all thinges for our amendemente and profitte Heb. xii for whome God louithe him he chastisethe and correctith vs temporally here that we should not be punished in hell euerlastinglie 1. Cor. xi Thoughe he semith angrie he louithe singulerlye Nether is his Ire the Ire of a tyraunt or tormētour desyringe our perdycion but of a father sekinge our amendmēt and sauftie First therfore we must crye God mercy desire pardō forgeuenes of our synnes but by christ but with a hart trulie penitent that we may be at one with God and haue him mercyful vnto vs. This done we maye then desire GOD to deliuer vs from the Imminent and present affliction and disease For so teacheth ecclesiast Ecclesi 3 Sonne in thy infirmity neglect not thy self but pray to the Lord and he shall deliuer the. Also in the Ps Psal 70. remember not o lord god our old iniquities but let thy mercie spedely preuent vs for we be verie miserable helpe vs God our sauiour Lord God of power turne vs howe longe wilt thou be angrie shewe thy face and we shal be saued Here we be taught firste to desire remission of sinne that we may so be at one with god and after that to haue his wrathe and the tokens of the same takē away But when soeuer we desire to be deliueryd or to be eased of the crosse that presseth vs we must alwaye annexe this addicion Mar. vi Thy wil o heuenly father be fulfilled Neither knowe we so well what is profitable vnto vs. Nether cā we so well prouide for our selues as our most louing heuēly father Which is both of infinite powre and also of incomprehensible wisdom which neuer tournethe his eys from vs which caryth continually for vs which knowith the number of our heres which doth quicken norish fede kepe defend prouide for al his creatures much better than thei can wish or desire But to drawe to the more perticuler temptacions to shewe what thinges do most fiersly daungerously at the time of death assault vs. And how we shall wtstād thē ¶ There be thre thinges which at the houre of death doth wonderously vex trouble feare our myndes that is to saye synne death hel or dampnacion Synne WHerein we haue vngodlye mispent our life wherby we haue greuously offēded god and our neighbour This cōming to our remembraunce when we lie vpon our death bed doth driue vs to a wonderous feare Roma ii pensiuenes and anxiety As sainct Paule saithe wrathe indignacion trouble and anguishe against euerye soule of man that doth euill A medicine against synne vexinge and troubelinge our conscience LEt vs cal earnestly to remembrance that the sonne of God came downe from heuen became man toke vp on his backe the synnes of the worlde died for them vpō the crosse there makinge satisfaction for vs and paing our dettes This most precious blod of christ was shed also for vs and of this deth we be also partakers so we rightlie beleue in Christe Nether nede we to doubt but Christ died aswell for vs as for Peter and Paule Rom. 6. For we be baptized also as sainct Paule saith in the deth of Christ This ought to comfort vs this ought to erect and stay our myndes For seinge we be baptized in the dethe of Christe Christes dethe bringeth also vnto vs helth and saluacion By Christes deth we be also