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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A37135	The Dying man's assistant, or, Short instructions for those who are concern'd in the preparing of sick persons for death being also no less worthy the consideration of all good Christians in time of health, as shewing the importance of an early preparation for their latter end, with regard as well to their temporal, as eternal state ...		1697 (1697)	Wing D2954; ESTC R17100	52,686	145

necessities of the Poor may at that juncture be so great as to render his Alms much better and more effectually imploy'd in some Bequest of present Relief to them As the Minister himself ought not to be in the least byass'd by a Spirit of Covetousness so will it be very advisable for him to retire whilst the Sick Person is making his Will least he seem by his presence to beg something for himself Let him only if the Testator so desires give him his Advice as in the presence of God and then withdraw always remembring that his Function is an Office of Charity and ought to be remote from all Self-interest If the Testator be determin'd to leave his pious Legacies at large and without respect to any particular Persons in this Case the Minister may point him to such whether of his own or other Parishes as he know to be Worthy Objects of his Charities and especially those that are asham'd to beg As also to the redeeming Slaves out of Captivity the marrying of poor Maids that might otherwise go astray the providing for poor Orphans and putting them out to Apprentiship the relieving of Prisoners for Debts incurr'd by their misfortunes or any other Persons that groan under known Wants and Distresses In which Disposal and Ordering of Charities regard must be had both to the Circumstances of Place and Time and the Person giving and Things to be given For Example if the Patient be a Clergy-man especially if he has any Cure of Souls as a Bishop or Curate he should be advis'd to prefer in his Charities the Poor of his own Diocess or Parish Lastly Let no Advice be wanting towards enabling the Sick Person to make choice of fit and honest Men for the Executors of his Last Will and Testament such as he has by experience known to be his Faithful Friends and may repose a particular Confidence in for their maintaining the Interest of his Family CHAP. IV. What the Minister's Duty is when he finds the Sick Person has not done all that is necessary for him in order to his dying as a good Christian IF the Sick Person has express'd a sincere sorrow for his Sins and has not yet receiv'd the Sacred Viaticum the Minister is to exhort him forthwith to receive it that out of this Fountain of Holiness he may draw such Strength and Comfort as may enable him patiently to bear the pains of his Distemper And to the end he may be put into a better State of appearing in God's Presence let the Minister endeavour to raise in him an ardent desire and appetite for this Holy Sacrament by putting him in mind of what happen'd to Elijah who as he was flying from Jezebel and imploring of God that Death might put an end to his Afflictions had no sooner eaten the Bread and drunk the Cup of Water which the Angel set before him but through the strength of that Divine Food found himself enabled to march Fourty Days and Fourty Nights till he came to Horeb the Mount of God whither he betook himself for Refuge This Example of the Prophet shall represent to him as by a Figure the Spiritual Strength which the Holy Eucharist communicates to a Dying Christian desirous of Salvation it being also to be intimated to him that there is no time to be lost herein lest by delay something should happen to prevent his receiving this Divine Comfort Let the Minister therefore endeavour to prepare him as we have said in the Second Chapter by all the Arguments he shall judge necessary and proper for that purpose and if he finds in the Patient a desire of Reconciliation with his offended Neighbour he may ask him whether he has forgot or omitted to disburthen himself of ought that troubles his Conscience whether he thinks he has any thing resting in his hands of another Man's Goods whether he has slander'd any one or has not sincerely reconcil'd himself to his Enemy And then let the Minister apply himself to the weighing of his Answers and considering from them whether he be truly and throughly penitent and in case he finds him not altogether so much so as he ought to be his next care should be to raise in his heart a true Sorrow and Contrition for his Sins by all the Means we have set down in the fore-mention'd Chapter If the Sick Person has not yet made his Last Will and Testament he may be advised to make it now without delay lest some accident or other happening in his Malady should render him incapable of doing it hereafter But if he has done it and the Minister is apprised either by what he says or by the Report of some other Persons of Credit and Integrity that he is not throughly satisfied with it let him direct the Patient to order in a Codicil as we have said somewhere else whatever he desires should be either further or otherwise executed after his Death And without occasioning too great a terror to him let him make him sensible of his approaching Dissolution and all the while entertain him in the Acts of Faith Hope and Charity assuring him as much as possible of his Salvation by the Means we shall mention in the following Chapters But if the Sick Person be likely to live for some time yet and also has his Senses perfect let some Godly Book or other be read to him choosing above all that which he us'd himself to read and draw Comfort from whilst he was in health And if the Minister discovers that he has not enough reflected upon his Sins and has left some unrepented of he shall repeat and explain to him God's Commandments to the end he may put him in mind of his Breaches of them and shew him the necessity of his particular Repentance for every Transgression he has been guilty of Let the Minister take special care that he does not too much entertain him with the Expectation of Life For it may so happen that flattering himself with these hopes he may be apt to neglect those Things that are most necessary to his Eternal Salvation In short if after his Receiving the Holy Sacrament and all that has been said to him he still remains disquieted in his Mind the Minister should ask him whether he has any thing more to discover And if he finds this disquiet of his to arise only from Scruples or the Fear of God's Judgments he shall do whatever in him lies to calm his Conscience and bring Peace to his Soul in the manner that shall be shewn hereafter CHAP. V. How Sick Persons especially such as are not very perfect in their Belief ought to be exercis'd in the Faith THE Minister finding the Sick Person though believing all the Articles of our Christian Faith yet not so clear and perfect in that Belief as he ought to be shall instruct him therein in few words and in a Method suitable to his Capacity As for Example by rehearsing the Apostles Creed in

forever live with Christ who is my Life And these of the Wise Son of Sirach Fear not the Sentence of Death Remember them that have been before thee and that come after For this is the Sentence of the Lord over all flesh And why art thou against the pleasure of the most High There is no inquisition in the grave whether thou hast liv'd ten or an hundred or a thousand years Let him represent to him St. Hilarion surpris'd by Thieves who with Sword in Hand are just going to murther him when astonish'd to see him so unconcern'd and asking him why he fear'd not Death 'T is answered he because I have been a long time preparing my self for it He may also observe to him the Words of St. Cyprian who says that such only ought to fear Death as lack Faith and have no Hope of reigning with Christ To all which the Minister may superad divers Examples and Sayings of other Saints and Martyrs who have wish'd and long'd for their Dissolution whereby to pacifie and calm the trouble with which the Sick Person 's mind is disturbed Thirdly The last means we propos'd for removing the Patient's Fear of Death is by Ejaculatory Prayers the Minister teaching and assisting him to say after this manner O my God! I feel the horrors of Death upon me but as much as in me lies I sacrifice them to Thee and am ready to die if it be thy Pleasure I humbly submit my will to Thine O Lord who hast created me preserved me and by a special Grace caused me to be born within thy Church to the end I might be saved What reward shall I give unto Thee for all these Benefits I will receive at Thy Hand this Cup of my Death which Thou presentest to me I take it O my God with all my heart in testimony of my Love and Submission to Thee If Thou O Lord hast so decreed it notwithstanding my natural reluctance thereto I am most ready and willing to die hoping my Death will through thine infinite Goodness be follow'd by Eternal Rest O Father of Mercy and God of all Comfort I thank Thee that I am now come to my last hour which will put an end to all my Sins I thank Thee especially that Thou hast been pleas'd to afford me time to prepare my self for Death O help Thou me in my troubles and anguishes Strengthen my Soul that stands surrounded with the dangers of Hell Support my weakness and be my strong Defence against Satan that so I may die in Thy Favour and Love I know that my Redeemer lives and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the Earth And though after my Skin Worms destroy this Body yet in my flesh will I see God Whom I shall see for my self and mine Eyes shall behold and not another Lord I beseech Thee encrease my Faith and Confidence in Thee and comfort thou me in all my Afflictions Thus may the Minister entertain the Sick Person in devout Meditations and Prayers making use also of such other Words and Sentences as he shall judge proper for the raising his Soul and fixing his Thoughts and Desires upon God CHAP. X. What is to be said to a Sick Person whose unwillingness to die proceeds from an excessive Love for the Things of this World OThers there are who are very loath to think of Death not so much like those mentioned in the preceding Chapter from an over-fondness of Life it self as a difficulty of quitting some particular Things and Circumstances attending it such as Riches and Honours and Pleasures and above all the Persons they most dearly love their Wives and Children c. On which last account the Poor Man's Case claims our greatest pity and attention For whilst his heart is fill'd with grief and anxious thoughts what will become of his distressed Family the Devil ne're fails to lay hold on this Occasion to divert his Mind from the Business of his Salvation If therefore the Minister find this to be the Condition of the Patient having first exhorted those that are present humbly to implore Almighty God to allay his Disquiets and render his Mind free and composed to the end he may think of nothing but Eternity let him make use of the following Means for comforting him And in the First place let him cause all such Persons to withdraw whether Wife or Children or others whose presence may attract the Patient's Affection to this World and keep up those melancholy thoughts he is in taking care to prevent as much as possible his being spoken to about them further than he shall think of absolute necessity with regard to their future Settlement After which he may proceed to inform him that this Disquiet of his is not only useless both to himself and Family but most prejudicial to his Soul in that it obstructs its due Preparation for Death That the Poverty under which he leaves his Family is an Evil that soon or late will have an end but the Torments of the other World have none and that therefore in these last moments of his Life he ought to entertain no other thoughts but how to avoid his own Eternal Misery That his Family is under the Conduct of the Divine Providence that loves them and will watch over them and bestow on them Temporal Goods sufficient perhaps too great a measure thereof so that instead of afflicting himself with the Consideration of the sad Condition he leaves them in he ought on the contrary to rejoyce in God and to lift up his Heart and Mind to Him and to beg his Grace to forget and reject whatever respects not his Everlasting Salvation with full perswasion that God to whom he is to recommend his Wife and Children as Christ when ready to die did his Disciples will be their Protector and Helper and Defender who being also more their Father than he himself is of his own Children and governing all things both in Heaven and on Earth by his Almighty Providence will supply them with whatsoever is necessary as well for their Bodies as their Souls This Trust and Confidence the Minister shall say to him will be more available to the good of your Family then all the disquieting thoughts you can entertain about them For God is Merciful and will grant us every thing we ask according to his Will Moreover remember that he who undertakes a long Journey should not carry ought about him that is combersom You are setting-out upon your Journey to Eternity and may within a little time appear before the Tribunal of God Take upon you therefore no such unnecessary Burden as that of the care of your Wife and Children Peradventure they have been the cause of your committing many Sins in the course of your Life Beware they be not that of your undoing now Disburthen your heart of this heavy Load that so it may be able to raise it self up to God and savour nothing but things Eternal Consider