haue ony holy relukes laye them vpon hym And whan ye se that he gyued vp the spiryte crye and bydde those whyche are aboute you crye the fader the sone and the holy goost helpe your seruauÌ„t Jesu Jesu Jesu by the vertu of thy passyon helpe thy seruaunt blessed virgyn Marye and moder of mercy helpe thy seruaunt Jesu haue mercy of thy soule all the courte of heuen we beseke you in the charyte of oure lorde praye for his soule the grace of the holy goost and the merytes of Crystys passyon be with the Amen ALso yf ye thynke the tyme wyll serue therto it is expedient to shewe to the seke persone the temptacyons w t whiche coÌ„monly y e deuyl assayled y t soule at y t houre of deth y t it may be more stronger to resyste his malyce at that tyme for than he is moost â—erse to tempte them he woie well yf he gete them not than he shal neuer haue them wherfore with all his deceyte and sutelnes he laboured to dysceyue the soule and brynge it in dysperacyon yf he maye and specyally he wyll tempte them in theyr fayth and make them to beleue that it is false and therfore saye to them see that ye he faste in the fayth of Cryste for the denyll wyll tempte you therin and make you to byleue yf he can y e y t fayth that ye haue byleued on is false and that ye haue ben dysceyued all your lyfe therby for he knoweth that the fayth is the grounde of al vertue and that no man is saued without the fayth for this cause saye to them see y t ye be faste in the fayth of Cryst for your gostely enmye wyl now do that he may to make you to forsake youre fayth he wyl saye that ye haue ben disceyued all youre dayes in y e fayth for it maye not be that thre persones sholde be one god ¶ Also he wyl saye that Cryste was not very god and man that he was not borne of a virgin that he is not verely in the sacrament of the auter wherfore I exorte you in gode vnderstoÌ„dynge that ye may not be saued without fayth that ye kepe faste the fayth that ye haue taken at the foute stone defye the deuyll with al his falsehode and saye in your herte ye wyll dye in the fayth of Cryste whiche god hath declared with so many grete myracles propre to hym self that he hath shewed it true lyke as hymselfe is true therfore thynke that ye wolde suffre all y e martyrdomes paynes that the body of man myght suffre rather than ye wolde forsake the fayth whiche god hath ordeyned to your saluacyon wherfore put your hole confidence in god whose power is able to defende you agayne all the malyce of the deuyll and wyll not fayle his faythfull chylde and truste verely that your myghty fayth shal affraye the fende and with y e power of god and specyall assystence helpe of that fayth full virgyn whiche by the meryte of her fayth dyde coÌ„ceyue the sone of god without knowlege of man And with the helpe of saynt mychell your good angell with his felowes ye shall make the fende a ferde of you ¶ It passeth the power of the fende to compelle ony soule wylfully to erre in the fayth and what so euer temptacyon comed in your myn de contrarye to your fayth haue wyll to byleue as the chirche of god byleueth and as our sauyour Jesu Cryste teched the chyrche to byleue and all the false suggestyons of the deuyll and thoughtes contrary to the fayth shall noo thynge hurte you for there is neuer synne in the mynde dampnable excepte it come of the wyl nor in none other power of the soule Byleue fayhtfully suche techynge prechynge as ye haue had by the chirche and what so euer cometh contrary to that in your mynde thynke it is false and cometh of the deuyll fader of all falsehode Werfore I exorte you that lyke as ye haue begonne youre lyfe in the perfyte fayth of the chirche so ende it in perfyte fayth and obedyence for all the we le of your lyfe now hyngeth of the ende ¶ Yf they be lerned saye the crede afore them in latyn Yf they vnderstonde no latyn saye it in Englysshe after this fourme I byleue in god fader almyghty the maker of heuen erthe and in Ihesu Cryste the sone of hym our oonly lorde whiche by the werke of the holy goste was conceyued borne of the vyrgyn Marye and suffred passyon vnder Pylate and was crucefyed deed and beryed the thyrde daye he rose from deth to lyfe and ascended to heuen there he sytteth at y e ryghte honde of the fader almyghty and from thens he shall descende to Juge quycke dede I byleue also in the holy ghoste and in holy chyrche and in all y e sacrament therof also I byleue in foryeuenes of synne that euery man shal ryse from deth to lyf and that the good people shall haue euerlastynge lyfe and Ioye Amen ¶ And speke this with an hye voyce that it maye be well herde yf ye thynke y e tyme shal be suffycient afore the deth reherse the crede dyuers tymes that the seke maye be made stronge in y e fayth to confonde y e deuyll whiche loued not to here y e crede fleed from y e sonde of the voyce specyally whan it is sayd to the entente y â— it shold confunde the deuyll ¶ Also saye to the seke remembre y e grete fayth of y e Patriarkes Abraham Ysaac Iacob whiche they had in god our sauyour Cryst of whome they ê“phecyed for theyr fayth they were specyally byloued of our lorde preserued from grete peryl after the passyon of our sauyour they were brought out of y e pryson called lymbo in to y e kyngdome of heuen Also remeÌ„bre y e faythe of y e apostles Peter Poule saynt Iames saynt Iohan w t all theyr felowes Also remeÌ„bre what paynes Innumerable martyrs dyde suffre bycause they wold not forsake theyr faythe in theyr martyrdoms our lorde shewed so many grete myracles y t y t enmyes of y t fayth were torned to y e fayth Also remeÌ„bre y e inumerable men wymeÌ„ whiche haue keped this fayth truly in theyr lyf deyed therin for whom god dayly shewed myracles al those dyd plese god by fayth wtout fayth no soule maye please hym Remembre the profyte of y â— faith it opteyned al thynge of god proufytable to the soule as he sayth hymselfe all thynge are possyble to a faythfull soule ¶ The seconde temptacyon is agaynste y e vertue of hope by disperacyon WHan y e soule at the artycle of deth is troubled sore w t grete sekenes thaÌ„ y e deuyl wyl put in theyr ymaginacion al y e grete synÌ„es that it hath done and so in theyr grete trouble bodely ghostely he purposed that
in this lyfe afore y t they departed and they that ben in heuen haue so grete Joye for the payne that they suffred in this lyfe blessydly y t they thyn he yf that they were here agayne they wolde suffre an hondred tyme more payne than euer they dyde therfore now applye you to suffre thankfully this payne that ye may haue there the grete inestymable Joye whiche groweth of good suffrauÌ„ce Now gyue gode example to those y t are aboute you that they may see by your meke takynge of payne that ye are y e faythfull chylde of god that they maye lerne of you lyke wyse to do in tyme comynge and than your rewarde shal be doubled for ye shal not onely than for your selfe he rewarded but also for them whiche are byttred by you ¶ Haue also in y e syght of your soule your sauyour Lryste Jesu and see the grete effusyon sheddynge of his blode and moost paynful deth that he suffred for you whiche neuer dyde synne but suffred for your synne y t ye sholde neuer be dampned yf ye wyll aske mercy be confessyd of youre synne he purchassed grace by the sacrament of baptysme that yf ye had deyed than whan ye were fyrst crystened ye sholde neuer haue had payne after this lyf but for those synnes that ye haue done from that tyme ye muste suffre payne in this lyf or in that other lyfe baÌ„t yf y e synne be done awaye by the sacrament of confessyon therfore folowe now the example of your sauyour in so moche he suffred for your synne y e moost greuous payne applye you to suffre that ye maye for all y t ye may suffre is no thynge comparable to y t he suffred for you than truste veryly ye shal be hertly welcome to hym for ye haue wel folowed hyÌ„ thyse paynes pacyently taken shall delyuer you from y e moost outrage payne of hell ye maye so blessydly take them w t geuynge thankyngê to oure lorde for them y t ye shal neuer haue payne in purgatory but thyse paynes with the vertue of the sacramentes of the chirche shall be to you perfyte purgacyon Our lord of his Infynyte mercy grauÌ„te you habuÌ„dauÌ„ce of his grace so to take youre sekenes as maye be moost prouffytable to your saluacyon Amen AFter that ye haue shewed to the seke person how they shal pacyently take the sekenes to the plesyre of god and theyr grete meryte yf ye se that of lykelyhode it is a dedly sekenes and that they be lyke to departe out of this world than fyrste of al counsell them to receyue the holy sacrameÌ„tes of the chyrche whiche they are bonde to receyue whan they are lyke to deye whiche are the sacrament of confessyon the sacrmente of the body of our lorde and after this counsell them to receyue the sacrament of anelynge and saye to them thys Ye shall vnderstonde that all sekenes payne cometh of synÌ„e for yf there had neuer ben synÌ„e there sholde neuer haue ben no payne and the remedye ayenst synne is grace whiche our lorde hath ordeyned to be receyued by the sacramentes of the chyrche therfore the souerayn medecyne bothe for soule and body are the sacramentes of the chirche wherfore yf it pleased god that ye shal haue youre helth agayne ye shall haue it y e soner and the better for withoute the specyal helpe of god there is no medycyne that may helpe nature yf it please his grace that ye shall not deye at this tyme ye shall haue the more gracyouse contynuance of lyfe that ye holyly dyspose you to deye And yf it please god to take you out of this lyf ye shal go surely armed with his grace and haue specyali helpe of our lorde and departe lyke a true crysten man ¶ Also I counsell you that ye neyther desyre to go out of this worlde ne abyde in it but that ye offre you holy to y t wyll of our lorde as the obedyent chylde of hym whyche was obedyent to the wyll of his fader whan he suffred deth for you and of both rather orther yourselfe to deye thenne to lyue thenne ye shall not be deceyued for it is y e moste surest waye many a man is deceyued the tyme of they re dethe by hope y t they haue to contynue in this lyfe for as longe as they truste verely to lyue they neuer dispose them perfytly to deye and so deth taketh them vndisposyd to the domage and hurte of they re soule ¶ Also say I couÌ„sel you as moche as ye may to enforce yourself to haue sorowe and dyspleasure for the manyfolde offeuces in dyuerse synnes wherby ye haue dyspleased god or haue a wyll to be sory therfore w t perfyte wyl to amende youre lyfe and serue god the better as longe as they shall lyue yf it please god that ye shal retourne to your helth agayne And ye shal not haue sorowe ne wyll to sorowe for fere of dethe ne for fere of payne but ye shall wyll to be sory for that ye haue be so vokynde and so greuously hath offended so gentyll louynge a lorde whiche hath made you and gyuen you al that euer ye hadde in goodnes from the tyme ye came in to this lyf and whiche wolde suffre deth for the greate loue he had for your saluacyon and hath ordeyned euerlastynge Joye for you be sory that ye haue offended his grace bycause ye wolde not be disceyued from hym Yf ye see that y e seke persone is lyke to contynue a good space or it come to deth than it is expedyent to rede afore them some holy mater of the loue of our lorde or of his grete mercy or the coÌ„maunde mentes of god or some coÌ„fessyonall that is to saye some boke whiche teched a man how he sholde confesse hym for that shall brynge many maters to they re mynde whyche peradueÌ„ture they were neuer confessed therof in theyr lyfe or some holy prayers to styre them to the more deuocyon ¶ Also see that there be plente of holy water that it be oftymes cassed aboute the hous of the seke persone Also set in the syght of y e seke a crucyfyx and also an ymage of our lady yf ye can haue it other n piicture or in carued werke oftentyme biddeth them remembre the passyon of our sauyour wherby they shal haue remyssyon of synne and specyall defence from theyr gostely enmye and bydde them hertly beseke oftentymes that blessyd moder of mercy to praye for them that she wyl be with them at the houre of dethe And also yf he be lettred saye wyth hym the seuen psalmes and the letanye and the psalmes of the passyon or holy aniemes and responses and hymnes of the trynyte or of our lady or of other festes ¶ Also see that the holy candell be brennynge specyally whan ye see he draweth nyghe to deth blysse hym oftentymes with it and yf ye
Inwardly in your soule see that ye oftentyme cōmaūde the deuyl in y e vertue of Jesu to go from you in whose name heuen erth and helle dooth obedyence byleue not ye in the lawe of god in al the artycles of the fayth dyspyse not ye all heresyes errours witchecraftes with al vayne byleue contrary to the doctryne of the chirche Are not ye sory that ye haue done many good dedes more for dayne glorye of the worlde and for drede of payne than for the loue of god Aske not ye god mercy for that ye haue offended hym hym beseke faderly to receyue your soule to haue pyte of y e freyll conuersacyon y t ye haue ben of in this lyf Also wolde not ye rather suffre deth than ye wolde ones more synne dedely yf ye sholde lyue lenger ye praye god that he wyll cōtynue this same wyll in you as longe as ye shall lyue Also forgyue not ye euery man and wnman whiche hath offended you sythen that yf were borne in worde or in dede Also aske ye not foryeuenes of all people specyally of your neyghbours and suche as ye haue dwelled with in onehous to whome ye moost offended Also are ye not wylly that restytucyon be made to euery man of whome that ye haue hadde ony good wrongfully accordynge to your power Hadde ye not leuer spende in restitucyon al your goodes than that ye wold wrongfully kepe ony mannes good cōtrarye vnto the pleasyre of god and the losse of your saluacyon Also are not ye gladde that ye shall departe from this wretched synfull lyfe full of myserye and of payne and myserye of synne to youre owne fader and lorde god whiche loued you so specyally that he wolde make you lyke to his owne ymage and suffre the moste bytterest deth for you to brynge you to his glorye Also are not ye gladde to go to youre owne coūtre there ye shal see god in his glorye his blessyd moder and all the angels of heuen and all your frendes the whiche ben departed out of this lyfe in the state of grace where ye shall neuer syn̄e ne neuer feell sorowe ne payne but euer perseuer in perfyte Joye and gladnes and euer a lyke fresshe Beseke not ye the blessyd moder of god saynt Mychaell and all the sayntes in heuen and specyally all those the whiche ye haue serued in this lyfe by fastynge theyr euyns or prayenge that they wyl be with you now at your departyng Ye crye mercy of god and of all y e worlde that ye haue offended ye aske helpe of god and of all his sayntes to defende you from the fende now at the hour of your departynge Who so answered to this questyons faythfully it is a token as man may haue euydente that they departe blessydly and are of the chosen chylderen of god ¶ After this byd the seke persone saye thre tymes In manus tuas domine cōmendo spiritum meum redemisti me domine deus veritatis And yf he can not saye it than bydde hym saye it after you and yf he maye not speke than saye ye y e same verse in the place of hym and thus with the mercy of god he shall deye blessydly and be delyuered for euer from the euerlastynge deth Amen AFter this yf y e seke may here so bydde him that he praye in his mynde after you Also desyre of those whiche are present to praye in mynde or with mouth after you and that they desyren of oure lorde to graunte the petycyons whiche are made in this prayers and praye suche as can saye the psalmes of the passyon to saye them to the entente that this soule maye haue a blessyd passynge ¶ Here folowen certayne prayers ¶ Here foloweth a prayer to the trynyte EAder sone holy goost gloryous trynyte one god almyghty haue mercy of thys synner by the vertue of thy moost holy diuinyte honour of thy name forgyne him that he hath offended the by Ignoraūce malyce or freylte of conuersacyon in this synful lyfe I commende lorde his soule to the whiche of nought dyde make it to thyne ymage O moost pyteful fader of mercy for the vertue of thyn Infynyte goodnes she we mercy and forgyuenes to this poore soule in this grete necessyte helpe this feble Inpotent soule whiche now hath moost nede of thyne helpe O moost pytefull fader suffre it not to be deuoured with the hoūdes of heil but take it to thy possessyon for it is thyne gode lord thou made it therfore late neuer thy handewerke peryshe in defaute of thy helpe We al beseke the in the merytes of our sauyour his blessyd moder and al the merytes of thy chirche to be mercyful fader lorde to it brynge it to thy glore Amen ¶ A prayer to the sone O moost swete sauyour mercyfull lorde Ihū cryste the sone of the almyghty fader for the merytes of thy moost blessyd passyon honour of thy diuinyte cōmaunde this soule to be resceyued a monge thy chosen children O swete sauyour redemer we thy seruaūtes grounded in the byleue of the cōmenden this soule to thy moost blessyd proteccyon good lorde forsake it not but make it pertyner of thy glorye cōsolacyon lyke as thou wolde wouchesauf in this lyfe for our saluacōn to be partyner with vs in passyon All we good lorde asken in thy name thy heuenly paradyse for hym not in hys merytes ne in our whyche are but asshes pouder wretched synners but in the vertue goodnes of thy passyon we aske it wherby thou dyde redeme hym and for the pryce of thy moost precyons blood wherby thou dyde open paradyse for synners whiche puten ful hope in the of helpe saluacyōn from euerlastynge dampnacōn enmyte And yf the seke man may say this verse folowynge late hym saye it Disrupisti dn̄e vincula mea tibi sacrificabo hostiā laudis Late hym saye it iij. tymes els saye it for hym it is of grete vertue Than saye o lorde Ihū Cryste for the grete bytternes of payne passyon y t thou suffrest on the crosse moste specyally in that houre whan thy holy soule departed from thy body haue mercy of this soule now whan it shal departe from the body that it maye gracyously be receyued of the amen ¶ A prayer to the holy goost O Moost holy spyryte of the fader of the sone whiche by heuēly Inspiracyon of thy gra ce maketh holy soules and purged them from synne haue mercy of this synner and foryeue him that he hath offended agaynst thy grace kepe in it gode lord perfyte vse of reason as longe as y e soule there shall abyde in the body that it may merytoryously by thy grace perfytly resyste y e temptacions of the fende and auoyde all his malyce make this soule lorde god fast in fayth hope charyte that it may euerlastyngly loue the blysse the Amen ¶ A prayer to our lady O Quene of heuen and moder of mercy vnder god moste specyall helpe to all synners why the faythfully called for helpe to the gode lady reconsell this soule to thy sone by the merytes of thy grete fayth charyte mekenes and chastyte and w t thy moost acceptable prayer purchase blessyd lady foryeuenes and fredom from the doubte of synne that for thy loue specyally moste benygne lady he wyl foryeue it the manyfolde offences that it hath done agaynst hym and make it possessyoner of his glorye O gloryous lady whiche neuer fayled thy louers in theyr grete nede now helpe blessyd vyrgyn in this moste necessyte that euer this soule hadde sythen that it was create for now hastely it shall for the dedes done of his lyfe receyue sentence of dampnacyon or of saluacyon I beseche the moost pytefull moder the true aduocate for mannes soule be medyatryce for this soule at this tyme-to the grete Juge our lorde god We thy seruauntes and louers commenden it to thy blessyd kepyng now forthy moderly pyte and tender herte kepe it and protecte it we beseche the to the honoure of god and y e and to the saluacyon of it Amen ¶ A prayer to the angels O Blessyd angels of heuen We beseche you of your grete charyte and also for the grete loue that ye ought to almyghty god Cryst Jesu your maker and also for the grete loue that ye haue to the saluacyon of mannes soule that ye now helpe this soule passynge out of this wretchyd worlde myghtely delyuer it from all the greate daungers and perylles whiche are afore it and take it to your fela wshyppe Saynt Mychaell whose offyce is for to helpe and to lede the soules in theyr departynge now helpe this soule we beseche the and all the holy angels whiche hath ben the keper therof we beseche the now helpe and shewe the offyce of thy kepynge and assemble angels of thy holy felawshyp for to represse the wycked spyrytes of derkenesse and to all the. ix ordres we make suplycacyon for this soule Also all Patriarkes prophetes martyrs confessours virgins wedowes matrons we beseche you helpe new this soule and in specyall ye whome it hath moost serued and hadde deuocyon to in this lyfe the pease of our lord Jesu Chyste y e vertue of hys passyon y e synge and token of his holy crosse the clene virginyte of his blessyd moder the blessynge of all sayntes y e proteccyon defence of all the holy angels the prayers suffrages of all the chosen people of god be bytwyxt this soule al the enmyes therof in this houre of deth Amen ¶ It is prouffytable to saye this prayers whan y e soule is departed yf there be none oportunite to saye them afore with this hymnes Memento salutis auctor and Rerum deus tenax vigor c. ¶ Here endeth the Doctrynale of deth Enprynted at westmynster In Castons hous By me wynkyn de worde