in me hath euerlastyng life I am the resurrection and life he that âeleueth on me ye though he were dead âet shall he liue and whosoeuer liueth ând beleueth in me shall neuer die I am come a light into the world whoâoeuer beleeueth in me shall not bide in âarkenesse ⪠I am the waiâ the truthe and the life ãâ¦ã man coÌmeth to the father but by me This is the life eternall that thei âight knowe thee the onely verie God ⪠ând whom thou hast sent Iesus Christ Sainct Peter saith Christ is the stone âhiche was caste awaie of you builders âhiche is become chief of the corner neiâher is there Saluation in any other for âmong men vnder heauen there is giuen one other name wherein we muste bée ãâ¦ã ued To Christ bare all the Prophetes witâesse that through his name whosoeuer ââleeueth in hym shall receiue remission âf synnes ⪠Sainct Paule saieth through Christ ãâ¦ã preached vnto vs the forgiuenesse of syânes and that by hym all that beleeue a ãâ¦ã iustified from all thynges from whichâ wee could not bee iustified by the Lawâ of Moises Sainct Paule to the Romanes saieth the iuste shall liue by faithe The righteousnesse of God comm ãâ¦ã by the faithe of Iesus Christ vnto al ãâ¦ã vpon all that beleue There is no difference for all haue ãâ¦ã ned and are destitute of the glorie of g ãâ¦ã but are iustified freely by his grace thârowe the redemption that is in Chrisâ Iesus whom God hath sette for the as seate of mercie through faith in his bl ãâ¦ã that he might be coumpted iuste and thâ iustifier of hym which beleueth in Iesuâ To hym that woorketh not but belâueth on hym that iustifieth the vngodl ãâ¦ã his faithe is coumpted for righteousnesââ By faithe is the inheritaunce giuââ that it might come of fauour and the prâmise might be sure to all the seede Christe was deliuered to death for ãâ¦ã synnes and rose againe for our iustif ãâ¦ã tion Because we are iustified by faithe we are at peace with god the father through our lorde Iesus Christ by whoÌ we haue awaie in through Faithe to that grace wherein wee stande and reioyce in hope of the glorie of God. God setteth out his loue that he hath to vs seyng that while we were yet synners Christe died for vs muche more now seyng we are iustified in his bloud shall wée bee saued from wrathe through hym for if when wée were enemies wee were reconciled to GOD by the death of his soonne muche more seeyng wee are reconciled wée shall bee preserued by his life Not onely so but we also ioye in God by the meanes of our lorde Iesus Christ by whom wée haue now receiued the attonement Eternal life is the gift of God through Iesus Christ our Lorde There is no daÌnation to them whiche are in Christe Iesu whiche walke not after the fleshe but after the spirite We knowe that all thynges woorke for the best vnto them that loue God and them whiche be appointed before them he also calleth and whiche he calleth them he iustifieth and whiche he iustifieth them also he glorifieth What shall we say theÌ to these things if God be on our side who can be against vs whiche spared not his owne sonne but gaue him for vs all how shall he not with him giue vs all thinges also Who shall lay any thing to the charge of Gods chosen it is God that iustifieth who then shall condemne it is Christe whiche is dead ye rather whiche is risen againe whiche is also on the right hande of God and maketh intercession for vs. If thou shalt knowledge with thy mouth that Iesus is the Lorde and shalt beléeue in thy harte that God raysed him vp from death thou shalt be safe for the beliefe of the harte iustifieth to knowledge with thy mouth maketh a maÌ safe Christ is the ende of the lawe to iustifie all that beleue None of vs liue vnto himselfe if we liue we liue vnto the Lorde and if we die we dye vnto the Lorde whether we lyue therfore or die we are the Lordes for Christ therfore died and rose againe and reuiued that he might be Lorde both of quicke and dead Sainct Paule sayth Christe Iesu of God is made vnto vs wisedome righteousnesse sanctification and redemptioÌ We are washed we are sanctified we are iustified by the name of our Lorde Iesus Christ by the spirite of our God. Christ died for our sinnes agréeing to the Scriptures he was buried and rose againe the thirde daye according to the scriptures As by Adam al die euen so by Christ shal all be made aliue Death is swallowed vp in victorie death where is thy sting hell where is thy victorie the sting of death is synne and the strength of synne is the lawe hut thankes be vnto God whiche hath giuen vs victorie through oure Lorde Iesus Christe Therefore my deare brethren be stedfast and vnmoueable alwayes riche in the workes of the Lorde for as muche as ye knowe as your labor is not in vaine in the Lorde By faith ye stande According as it is written in the 116. Psalme I beleue therefore haue I spoken we also beleue and therefore speake for wee knowe that he whiche raysed vp the Lorde Iesus shall raise vs vp also by the meanes of Iesus and shall sette vs with you God hath made Christ to be synne for vs whiche knewe no synne that we by his meanes shoulde be that righteousnesse whiche before God is allowed A man is not iustified by the déedes of the lawe but by the faithe of Iesus Christe and therfore haue we beleued on Iesus Christ that we might be iustified by the faythe of Christe and not by the déedes of the lawe because that by the déedes of the lawe no fleshe shall be iustified For the lyfe whiche I nowe lyue in the fleshe ⪠I liue by the faith of the sonne of God whiche loued me and gaue himselfe for me I dispise not the grace of GOD for if righteousnesse come by the law then dyed Christ in vaine Abraham beleued to God and it was counted to him for righteousnes The scripture sawe before hande that God would iustifie the Heathen through faith and therefore shewed before handâ glad tidings vnto Abraham in thée shall all nations be blessed so then they which be of faith are blessed with faithfull Abraham Vnderstand therefore that theâ whiche are of faith the same are the children of Abraham Christ hath delyuered vs from the curse af the law and was made accurssed for vs. That we might receyue the promise of the spirite by fayth The scripture concludeth all thinges vnder synne that the promise by the faith of Iesus Christe shoulde be giuen to them that beléeue We are all the sonnes of God by the faith whiche is in Christe Iesus We be all one in
maketh menti ãâ¦ã of many whiche in the tyme of the P ãâ¦ã phetes Christe and the Apostles we called from death to life Christe raised the widowes soonne He raised the ruler of the Sinag ãâ¦ã his dâughter He raised Lazarus Peter restored to life Tabitha Paule raised againe Euâiâhus Elizâus the Prophet called againe ãâ¦ã ãâ¦ã e his hostes soonne Helias raised the Babe of the woman ãâ¦ã f Sareptanie GOD tooke also vnto hym out of this ãâ¦ã aile and transitorie life these twoo er ãâ¦ã llent and holie menne Enoch and He ãâ¦ã as quicke bothe bodie and soule to giue ãâ¦ã as it were a taste and representation of the true life to come leaste after the o ãâ¦ã iâion of the Ethnicks and Epicures we should thinke there were no worlde nor ãâ¦ã eeyng after this wretched and miserable life Let vs not forget what Christe âesus Lorde of life and death saieth in the eight of Luke Wepe not the maide ãâ¦ã not dedde but a slepe Reason not comprehendyng the misteries of GOD neither perceiuyng his power dooeth laugh his saiyng to scorne but Christ proueth his saiyng true he raised by and by the ãâ¦ã edde maide to life The fiftene Chapiter of the first Epistle to the Corinthians is ãâ¦ã eplenished with moste godlie pleasaunt ãâ¦ã d pithie consolations Truly it is more precious then any gold For in that Chaâter Saincte Paule doeth so annexe and ãâ¦ã uple our resurrection ⪠to the resurrection of Christe as though thei could in no wise bee separate or deuided after th ãâ¦ã forme Christ is risen from death which thyng is certaine ergo wée also shall v ãâ¦ã doubtedly rise For Christe is our hedd ãâ¦ã and we his members this hed is neith ãâ¦ã without neither will forsake his meâbers Then it followeth that where ⪠Chr ãâ¦ã is there shall we bee For why wee ãâ¦ã the members of his bodie and euen of ãâ¦ã fleshe and bone what tongue what p ãâ¦ã what witte is able to set foorthe as i ãâ¦ã worthie this ineffable and inestima ãâ¦ã glorie of the mercie and grace of GO ãâ¦ã that God hath vouchsafe so lowe to h ãâ¦ã ble hymself as to become mortall m ãâ¦ã that this âeble and fraile nature of m ãâ¦ã vnited and knitte to the diuine nat ãâ¦ã by the power and efficacie of the god ãâ¦ã might be inhaunced and promoted to ãâ¦ã mortalitie For truely the nature oâ faithfull menne whiche either were fore Christe hath been since or now ãâ¦ã shall be to the worldes ende vndoubtly in Christe verie GOD and ma ãâ¦ã hath obtained immortalitie The ãâ¦ã lation therefore that riseth of Chr ãâ¦ã resurrection is of great efficacie A ãâ¦ã ãâ¦ã ncte Paule saieth to the Corinthians ââriste is risen againe from dedde and is ãâ¦ã e first fruictes of them that slepe for by ãâ¦ã e manne truely came death and by one ãâ¦ã nne commeth the resurrection of the ãâ¦ã de And as al die in Adam euen so shal ãâ¦ã bee made aliue in Christe but euery ãâ¦ã e in his order The firste is Christe ⪠âhen thei whiche are Christes whiche ãâ¦ã h beleued in his commyng And sainct ãâ¦ã ule dooeth adde a similitude taken of ãâ¦ã urall thynges whereby he dooeth set ãâ¦ã the and declare the resurrection of bo ãâ¦ã s. The similitude is taken of seede ãâ¦ã iche is cast into the yearth by the hus ãâ¦ã dman dieth as it were and rotteth ⪠âuerthelesse it is not vtterly loste but ãâ¦ã ength springeth and commeth foorthe ãâ¦ã he yearth goodlie beautifull and ãâ¦ã saunt So our bodies shall rise again ãâ¦ã feeble vile corruptible and mortall ãâ¦ã stroÌg glorious incorruptible immor ãâ¦ã neuer to dye againe but euer to liue â The waie into true and euerlastyng ãâ¦ã to our longe home as thei call it and ãâ¦ã ntrie is by corporall death Fleashe ãâ¦ã bloud beyng corruptible and mortal ãâ¦ã not inherite the kingdome of GOD where nothyng is but life Thereforâ this corruptible bodie must put on in t ãâ¦ã ruption and this mortall muste putteâ immortalitie Then shall the saiyng t ãâ¦ã is written bee fulfilled Death is swa ãâ¦ã wed vp in victorie Thei that beleeue Christe hath nowe ouercommed sy ãâ¦ã death and helle Therefore not fear ãâ¦ã death but strong bolde and well ha ãâ¦ã in Christe Thei maie saie Death wh ãâ¦ã is thy sting Death where is thy vict ãâ¦ã The stynge of Death is synne and ãâ¦ã power of synne is the Lawe But t ãâ¦ã kes hee vnto GOD whiche hath g ãâ¦ã vs the victorie through our Lorde I ãâ¦ã Christe Let vs heare also more sentences ãâ¦ã of godlie and mightie consolation He that hath raised vp Iesus ãâ¦ã raise vs vp also with Iesus Our conuersation is in heauen ãâ¦ã whence we doe looke for the sauiour ãâ¦ã lorde Iesus Christ whiche shall cha ãâ¦ã our ãâ¦ã I le bodie that it maie be like ãâ¦ã ned vnto his glorious bodie a ãâ¦ã to the woorkyng of his power by ãâ¦ã whiche also he is able to subdue all ãâ¦ã ges vnto hymself Ye are dedde and your life is hid with ââriste in God but when Christe your ãâ¦ã shall appeare then shall ye also ap ãâ¦ã rs in glorie with hym Wee woulde not brethren that ye ãâ¦ã uld bee ignoraunte concernyng theim ãâ¦ã t sleape that ye sorrowe not also as o ãâ¦ã r doe whiche haue no hope For if we ãâ¦ã eue that Iesus Christe died and rose againe Euen theim also whiche are a ãâ¦ã pe through Iesus shall GOD bryng ãâ¦ã h hym âaicte Paule also doeth comforte Tithe with the article of resurrection ⪠ãâ¦ã ng RemeÌber the Lorde Iesus Christ ãâ¦ã yng the seede of Dauid rose againe ãâ¦ã the dedde accordyng to my Gospell ãâ¦ã if we bee dedde with hym wee shall ãâ¦ã liue with hym If we suffer pacient ãâ¦ã e shall also reigne with hym It was written also to the Hebrues ãâ¦ã Christe tasted death for all menne ãâ¦ã that he was partaker of fleashe and ãâ¦ã d firste became verie manne that he ãâ¦ã ht destroye hym whiche had the rule ãâ¦ã at h that is the Deuill and that he ãâ¦ã ht deliuer them whiche were in boÌ ãâ¦ã all their life tyme by the reason of the hearing of Christes Gospell is so v ãâ¦ã the feare of death God hath deliuered vs and called ãâ¦ã with an holy calling not according to ãâ¦ã workes but according to his purpose ãâ¦ã grace whiche is giuen vs in Christe ãâ¦ã before the time of the world but is n ãâ¦ã made manifeste by the appearyng of ãâ¦ã sauiour Iesus Christ whiche truely ãâ¦ã destââied death and hath brought lifeâ immortalitie to light by the Gospell Wee knowe that wee are trans ãâ¦ã from life to death bicause wee loue ãâ¦ã brethren In this hath the loue of God appe ãâ¦ã in vs bycause God sent his onely be ãâ¦ã ten sonne into the worlde that we ãâ¦ã lyue thorowe him I knowe that my redeemer doth ãâ¦ã and in the
laste daye I shall ryse ag ãâ¦ã againe be wrapped in my owne s ãâ¦ã And in my owne fleshe shall see ãâ¦ã whome I my selfe shall sée and these eyes shall beholde and none other These places of holy Scripture ãâ¦ã suche lyke if we diligently reme ãâ¦ã and faythfully imbrace we shall pe ãâ¦ã great consolation and comfort And ãâ¦ã ãâ¦ã saint Paule reioyce that we knowe ãâ¦ã ste and the power of his resurre ãâ¦ã whereby death is ouercommed ãâ¦ã ther is there now to these that be ãâ¦ã in Christe anye thing in death ter ãâ¦ã or to be feared sauing onely the ãâ¦ã ge and outwarde forme hurte it can ãâ¦ã Lyke as a deade serpent keepeth ãâ¦ã is olde fearefull shape and forme ãâ¦ã sting or to doe harme it hath no ãâ¦ã r at all And lyke as by the brazen ãâ¦ã ent whiche Moyses by Gods com ãâ¦ã dement set vp in the desert when ãâ¦ã s looked vpon through the power of ãâ¦ã worde men were deliuered from ãâ¦ã er of the liuely and venymous Ser ãâ¦ã s so our death is made harmelesse wee deliuered from the feare and ãâ¦ã er of it so oft as wyth the eyes of ãâ¦ã i the wee dooe beholde the health ãâ¦ã nd medicinable death of Christ In ãâ¦ã ion death is nowe become an I ãâ¦ã ⪠and shadowe of death yea ⪠the en ãâ¦ã ce and gate of lyfe For Christe ãâ¦ã s truth it selfe saith If any man my worde he shall neuer see death ãâ¦ã trusting to the mercy of God ãâ¦ã h faith whiche he conceiueth by hearyng and knit to Christe hys Lorde and ãâ¦ã ster that he cannot be plucked nor s ãâ¦ã rate from him The bodye in déede for a time is ãâ¦ã rate from the soule but in certaine ãâ¦ã of rysing againe to euerlasting lyfe ãâ¦ã so he that beléeueth in Christe doth ãâ¦ã see nor feele the euerlastinge death ãâ¦ã bodye and soule whiche is euerla ãâ¦ã damnation For the death of good m ãâ¦ã nothyng els but a departure from ãâ¦ã transitorie and mortall life to im ãâ¦ã talitie to Christe to his Aungelles ãâ¦ã Sainctes Hell and damnation DOeth offer it self at the wer of death so that ãâ¦ã tymes manne doeth g ãâ¦ã ly feare least he bee ab ãâ¦ã from the fauour of ãâ¦ã and appoincted to euerlastyng pain ãâ¦ã Deuill whiche seeketh by all m ãâ¦ã howe to deuoure vs stirryng vp i ãâ¦ã myndes many dangerous and troub ãâ¦ã thoughtes concernyng our election ⪠predestination ¶ A medicine against the feare of Helle and damnation WHen the deuill goeth about to cause vs to dispaire or to doubt of our election whether wee bee of the nomber of them that are appoincted ãâ¦ã euerlastyng life or no. In any wise let ãâ¦ã not bee to bolde in copyng with hym ãâ¦ã t vs not enter disputation against hym ãâ¦ã or he is to subtile and expert for vs but ãâ¦ã ie shortly vnto hym A waie Sathan ãâ¦ã i th sorrowe it is written thou shalte ãâ¦ã t tempt the Lorde thy god For seyng ãâ¦ã t God as a moste louyng father hath ãâ¦ã t onely giuen vs life fedde and preser ãâ¦ã vs to this hower but also hath en ãâ¦ã ed and euen loden vs from tyme to ãâ¦ã e with his singuler benefites what ãâ¦ã dnesse were it contrary to our former ãâ¦ã erience now to doubte of his mercie ãâ¦ã hath receiued vs into his flocke by ãâ¦ã ptisme He hath sente vs the Gospell ãâ¦ã is grace wherein he hath promised ãâ¦ã ecome our father We haue been sed ãâ¦ã h the fleshe and bloud of his Soonne ãâ¦ã Sauiour Christe in remembraunce ãâ¦ã our debtes bee paied and we acquired why should wee now then doubt the good will of God towarde vs Leâ not therefore admitte the doubtfull daungerous imaginations of our prâstination whiche the Deuill like a ãâ¦ã tie and malicious marchaunte dooe ãâ¦ã bour to iustle But lette vs thinke ãâ¦ã suche sentences as God would haue myndes occupied withall whiche C ãâ¦ã hymselfe hath prescribed as Ihon where he saieth GOD hath so loue ãâ¦ã worlde that he hath giuen his onelâ gotten soonne that whosoeuer bele ãâ¦ã in hym shall not perishe but haue l ãâ¦ã uerlastyng Loe here wee see th ãâ¦ã whiche beleueth in Christ whiche ãâ¦ã fully acknowledgeth Christe to b ãâ¦ã sanctification iustice redemption a ãâ¦ã tisfaction can not bee dampned but ãâ¦ã sured of euerlastyng life So many ãâ¦ã ceiue faithe by hearyng of Gods w ãâ¦ã and so trust stedfastly vpon the me ãâ¦ã Christ Vndoubtedly thei be of the number of those whiche bee chosen to e ãâ¦ã styng blisse knowen before in C ãâ¦ã predestinate and written longe s ãâ¦ã the booke of life These thinges be ãâ¦ã certaine and moste true God can n ãâ¦ã ãâ¦ã ceyue nor be deceyued Suche is his ãâ¦ã od will so hath he purposed and de ãâ¦ã ed afore the worlde beganne what ãâ¦ã nges so euer therefore oure enimie ãâ¦ã Deuill spyting oure saluation and ãâ¦ã king oure destruction shall put in ãâ¦ã e minde contrarie to this doctrine ⪠ãâ¦ã t them not moue vs let them not ãâ¦ã ke vs afrayde but let vs trust truely Christe and so shall he become ours ãâ¦ã wee become his who being our good ãâ¦ã de we can not perishe nor bee dam ãâ¦ã For he wyll lose none of those that ãâ¦ã father hath giuen him wee muste ãâ¦ã oure eyes vpon Christe we muste ãâ¦ã to hym we muste cleaue to hym He ãâ¦ã ure onely and true Sauiour who ãâ¦ã te be apprehended and imbraced by ãâ¦ã h if we looke to be saued For they ãâ¦ã beleeue rightly in Christe they are ãâ¦ã estinate to euerlastyng life âere we wuste diligently remember ãâ¦ã earnestly expende the godly exhor ãâ¦ã n of Saincte Paule whiche he wri ãâ¦ã in the xij to the Hebrues whose ãâ¦ã es be these Let vs runne by pa ãâ¦ã e vnto the battaile that is set afore ãâ¦ã ooking vnto Iesus the aucthor and finisher of faithe whiche when the ioâ⦠was set afore him suffered the Crosse and dispised the shame and fitteth at ãâã right hande of the seate of God. Furthermore all the grieuous temptations and afflictions that Christe sââ¦fered he suffred them for oure sakes ãâã saincte Paule saieth also in the fourth ãâã ãâã the Hebrues we haue not a highe Prieâ⦠that is not able to haue compassion ãâã our weakenesse but suche one was prââ¦ued in all pointes without synne let ãâã therefore with boldenesse go vnto tâ⦠seate of his grace that we may obtayâ⦠mercie and finde grace to helpe in tiââ⦠of neede Let vs in any wyse consider and deepely imprint in our hartes Christe to ãâã giuen vnto vs not onely to the ende thâ⦠we might be redeemed reconcyled aâ⦠made partakers of euerlasting saluâtion but also that in him we might haâ⦠an example bothe how to liue and alâ⦠howe to ende our life Neyther can aâ⦠man liue suffer or die well vnlesse ãâã looke vpon and followe the lyfe suffââ¦ring and death of Christe if therefoââ wée desire to ende this life
well goââ⦠ãâ¦ã t vs consider and remeÌber how Christ ãâ¦ã haued himself in the bitter and smarte ãâ¦ã onie when hanging vpon the Crosse ãâ¦ã was assaulted with diuers fierce and ãâ¦ã ost grieuous temptations and praye ãâ¦ã at wee maye haue grace to folowe his ãâ¦ã ample FIrst he was tempted with synne when being hanged betwixt twoo theeues as a notable and hainous synner it was said vnto him thou be the sonne of God come downe ãâ¦ã m the crosse By this contumelious ãâ¦ã yce what doe they signifie else but ãâ¦ã at they iudged him a naughty and vn ãâ¦ã dlye person suche one as by craft sub ãâ¦ã tie falsehood socerie and other vnââwfull meanes had deceyued the peoââe had blynded the worlde and to be ãâ¦ã thing lesse than the sonne of God. Euen in lyke maner at the houre of ãâ¦ã at h doth the Deuill tempt man what ãâ¦ã euer man hath coÌmitted against God ãâ¦ã l the synnes that euer he did he she ãâ¦ã th vnto him he doth exaggerate them ãâ¦ã the vttermost to the ende that the multitude and hainousnesse of them ãâ¦ã sidered and perceyued man shoud do ãâ¦ã of the mercy and fauour of God and ãâ¦ã fall into desperation Here we had ne ãâ¦ã to stande sure and euery one of vs h ãâ¦ã neede to aunswere our enimie thus teâpting vs after this maner I knowled ãâ¦ã my selfe to haue synnes aboue all number and measure but Christe who ne ãâ¦ã synned in whose mouth was founde ãâ¦ã guile who is that verie innocent lam ãâ¦ã hath suffred death for my synnes he ha ãâ¦ã washed them away he hath satisfied ãâ¦ã boundantly for them how many a ãâ¦ã how great so euer they were Christe death pertayneth also to me he w ãâ¦ã wounded also for my iniquities he w ãâ¦ã brused for my vngraciousnesse by ãâ¦ã stripes I am also healed All my synne hath Christe taken to himselfe so th ãâ¦ã now I haue none thankes be to Christâ who hath satisfied for them in his own body CHrist was teÌpted also with dea ãâ¦ã when it was sayde vnto him ãâ¦ã hath saued other but he can ãâ¦ã saue hymselfe As though if shoulde ãâ¦ã sayde he is now at a poynt he must dye ãâ¦ã ere is no reamedie he can not escape ãâ¦ã hus doeth our olde and erreconcible ãâ¦ã imie labor to feare vs with death but ãâ¦ã vs holde out the buckeler of fayth in âhrist against him let vs remember ãâ¦ã t Christe our Lorde King of glorie ãâ¦ã Prince of life coulde not be ouer ãâ¦ã nmed nor holden of death but though ãâ¦ã once tasted of death he nowe liueth ãâ¦ã reigneth for euer This Lord of ours ãâ¦ã ll not leaue vs nor suffer death to ere ãâ¦ã e any tyranie againste vs that after ãâ¦ã hath suffered vs to be teÌpted a while ãâ¦ã will also that we dye corporally all ãâ¦ã t is wholy for our welth Neyther could we eotherwyse come euerlastyng life but by teÌporall death ⪠ãâ¦ã e must therefore leaue this present ãâ¦ã e ere we can inherite the eternall ãâ¦ã e. Also this corporall death bringeth ãâ¦ã s commoditie that by tasting the bit ãâ¦ã nesse and sowernesse of it we haue ãâ¦ã erience and knowe the exceding loue ãâ¦ã t Christe bare towarde vs and the ãâ¦ã stimable benefite that he did for vs ãâ¦ã ensing our synnes in abolishing of ãâ¦ã th in breaking vp of Hell gates and all by his death Otherwyse wee coulde neuer h ãâ¦ã knowne the power of Christ in abo ãâ¦ã yng of death wée could neuer haue i ãâ¦ã esteemed the excellency of this bene ãâ¦ã wee coulde neuer haue seene how i ãâ¦ã cause we haue to giue thankes to C ãâ¦ã our Lorde and redeemer Christe ly ãâ¦ã truely we shall also liue And this co ãâ¦ã rall death to vs shall be nothyng els ãâ¦ã a sweete and holsome slepe an entr ãâ¦ã and gate into the true and blessed ãâ¦ã For after this transitorie life theâ ginne we first truely to liue THirdlie Christe was te ãâ¦ã with helle or euerlastyng ãâ¦ã nation when it was saied ãâ¦ã hym he hath trusted in G ãâ¦ã let hym nowe deliuer hym if he will ãâ¦ã though thei should saie Now it app ãâ¦ã that he hath hoped in God in vaine ãâ¦ã God will none of hym he hath for ãâ¦ã hym he liketh hym not he doeth ãâ¦ã hym he will easte hym doune to h ãâ¦ã perpetually condemned him W ãâ¦ã fore the temptour shall lashe at ãâ¦ã like temptations wee maie not ãâ¦ã maie not be afraied we maie not bee ãâ¦ã ouraged but commende our self who ãâ¦ã o Christ hang vpon hym who is who ãâ¦ã urs who hath giuen hymself wholie âs so that synne death nor helle hath thyng to doe with vs Christe with an ãâ¦ã stimable price his own bloud hath de ãâ¦ã ered vs from the tyrannie of the De ãâ¦ã and euerlastyng damnation he is bene our innocencie our life and our iu ãâ¦ã e. Let vs take héede in any wise that ãâ¦ã tourne not our hartes from Christe ãâ¦ã cified If we cleane to hym we are set ãâ¦ã on a sure and inexpugnable rocke a ãâ¦ã nst the whiche all the power of hell is ãâ¦ã e to dooe nothyng So that wee maie ãâ¦ã ly exclaime and euery one saie with ãâ¦ã riste I prouided the Lorde afore my ãâ¦ã s alwaie for he is at my right elbowe ãâ¦ã t I should not be moued therefore my ãâ¦ã te hath been glad and my tonge hath ãâ¦ã yced moreâuer my fleshe shall reste ãâ¦ã ope By faithe in Christe we become âsoânnes of God the brethren and co ãâ¦ã es of Christ and partakers of euerla ãâ¦ã life by this faithe departyng heÌce ãâ¦ã shall goe to the kyngdome prepared the electe afore the beginnyng of the world And if in the feruentnesse of thâ temptations our faith begin to waueâ we do not beare paciently the will of â heauenly father if our loue toward ââ ware faint cold if our hope begin toâ feble and weake and therefore we beâ to feare least God and wée be not all ââ full pointe but that he is yet displeased wâ vs whiche reÌptation surely is very grââuous painfull dangerous harde to ouâ come we must call to remeÌbrauÌce Chrâ to haue suffered for vs so intollerable aâ inuincible temptations that there apâred no help no comfort no refuge whâ in God and the whole worlde seemed â haue forsakeÌ him and to be against hyâ in so muche that he exclaimed O my gâ O my God why haste thou forsaken ââ Oh here was a greeuous temptation â sharpe and bitter death that Christe suâfered for vs and all to make the waieâ the crosse and death easie vnto vs Theââfore seyng that Christe of his owne frââ will caste hymself into the féelyng ofâ tollerable paine calamitie and anxietâ GOD our moste louyng father beeââ therewith content vndoubtedly he knâweth and coÌsidereth our infirmities ⪠ââ âbtedly he will not deale with vs acâyng to the rigour of the Lawe but âl beare muche with vs and pardon âny
to be perceiued howe much we loue God what faith wâ haue in him how we trust him wheâ we be pressed and grieued with aduersitie In thys case therefore we must ââ wayle and acknowledge our synnes foâ the whiche wée haue iustly incurred Gods displeasure deserued most grieuous paine we must turne to God witâ true repentaunce in all oure hearte aâ mynde without all fayning and counterfeyting we must haue recourse ãâ¦ã the Gospell where we shall finde ãâ¦ã bountifull consolation First absolutioâ or remission of our synnes which Chrisâ hath instituted in the Church Iohn â Receyue sayth Christe the holy Ghoâ whose synnes ye forgiue they are forââuen This inestimable treasure is dayâ opened and offered vnto vs When ââmission of synnes is thus desired and ââtayned vndoubtedly then the paine â âynne whiche is the disease or affliction âhall soone ceasse and leaue vs or else acâording to the most beneficiall will of our âeauenly father shall turne to the proâte and soule helth of him that is diseaâed or afflicted For this may we be sure âf that the paine affliction in the body â this worlde séeme it neuer so grieâous a burthen or heauie yoke to the âeshe as commonly nothing else but a âtherly rodde wherewyth God doeth âaw vs his children from synne and call âs home to him Truely our heauenly âther doth loue vs most feruently he âeareth vs good minde doth all thinges âr our amendemente and profite for âhome God loueth him he chastiseth ârrecteth vs temporally here that wee âoulde not be punished in hell euerlaângly Though he séemeth angrye hée âeth singulerly Neyther is his yre the âe of a Tyraunt or tormentor desiring âr perdition but of a father seeking our âendemente and safetie First thereâe we must crie God mercie desire parân and forgiuenesse of our synnes but â Christ but with a hart truely peniât that we may be at one with God and haue him mercifull vnto vs This done we may then desire God to deliuer vs from the imminent and present affliction and disease For so teacheth Ecclesiast Sonne in thy infirmitie neglect not thy selfe but praye to the Lorde and he shall deliuer thee Also in the Psalme remember not O Lorde God our olde iniquities but let thy mercie speedily preuent vs for we be verie miserable helpe vs God our Sauiour Lorde God of power turne vs shewe thy face and we shall be saued Here we be taught first to desire remission of synne that we may be at one with God and after that to haue hys wrath and the tokens of the same taken away But whensoeuer we desire to be deliuered or to be eased of the crosse that presseth vs we must alwaye annexe this addition Thy wyll O heauenly Father bee fulfilled Neyther knowe wee so well what is profitable vnto vs Neither can we so well prouide for our selues as our most louing heauenly father Whiche is both of infinite power and also of incomprehensible wisedome whiche neuer turneth his eyes from vs whiche careth coÌtinually for vs whiche knowethe the number of our yeres whiche doeth quicken nourishe feede keepe defende prouide for all his creatures muche better than they can wishe or desire But to drawe to the more perticuler temptations and to shewe what thinges doe mooste fiercely and daungerously at the tyme of death assaulte vs And how wee shall withstande them ¶ There be three thynges ⪠whiche at the houre of death doeth wonderously vere trouble and feare our myndes that is to saie synne death hell or damnation Synne WHerein wee haue vngodlie mispente our life whereby we haue greeuously offended GOD and our neighbour this commyng to our remembraunce when wee lye vpon our death bed doeth driue vs to a wonderous feare pensiuenesse and anxietie As S. Paule saieth Wrathe indignation too trouble and anguishe against euery soule of man that doeth euill ¶ A medicine against synne vexyng and troublyng our conscience LET vs call earnestly to remembrauÌce that the sonne of GOD came donne from heauen became man tooke vpon his backe the synnes of the worlde died for theim vppon the Crosse there makyng satisfaction for vs and paiyng our debtes This moste precious bloud of Christe was shed also for vs and of his death we be also partakers so we rightly beleue in Christe Neither neede wee to doubte but Christe died as well for vs as for Peter and Paule For wee bee baptised also as Saincte Paule saieth in the death of Christ This ought to comforte vs This ought to erecte and ââaâe our myndes For seyng we bee baptized in the death of Christe Christes death bryngeth also vnto vs healthe and saluation By Christes death we bee also dead to sinne by Christes death we haue also certain and sure remission of our sinnes by Christes death we bee raised also to a newe and euerlastyng life For baptisme is a couenaunte betwixte God and vs And a signe of his grace and ãâã toward vs wherein wee bee reconciled and made at one with God again so that wee maie now haue a ioyfull and quiete conscience for so muche as our synnes bée forgiuen vs through the resurrection of Iesus Christ yea Christ also in the institution of the moste blessed Sacrament of his last supper speaking also to vs saiyng that his bloud is shed for the remission of synne Now although we haue not liued alwaie innocently neither leade suche a life as wee ought to haue dooen yet wee maie not dispaire but without delaie resort vnto God by true repentaunce call faithfully vpon his name and we shall be âaued Yea lette euery one of vs with a meeke harte burst out into these or like wordes and saie O moste mercifull God Father of all mercie father of our Lorde Iesu Christe bee mercifull vnto mee a wretched synner make speede to deliuer me for the moste bitter but moste precious death and passion of Iesu Christ thy onely begotten soonne our redemer and onely Sauioure Amen Enter not O lorde into iudgement with thy seruaunt handle me not accordyng to my deserâyng neither doe vnto me after my iniquities but accordyng to thy infinite ãâã botomelesse goodnesse and mercie tâ mee vnto thee I a miserable and wreâched creature am in thy hande I am thy debte and daunger thou maiest d ãâ¦ã with me what it please thee O m ãâ¦ã mercifull father forsake me not nor ãâ¦ã me of I am thine all that I am there ãâ¦ã no man comforte no man helpe no ãâ¦ã deliuer me but thou alone Thou art ãâ¦ã true comfort the moste present help t ãâ¦ã surest Bulwarke in all necessitie The God art my refuge my strength my ãâ¦ã in all trouble Thou art my Lorde in t ãâ¦ã handes resteth all my chaunce and aff ãâ¦ã res Shewe thy louyng and merci ãâ¦ã face vpon thy seruaunte saue me in t ãâ¦ã mercie O Lorde but in any waies in ãâ¦ã extreme sickenesse and affliction let ãâ¦ã beware wee looke not to earnestly
filled with hatred confusion cursing and blasphemie And immediatly came in his mind a heape and remembraunce of all the iniquities and faultes from the daiâ of his natiuity What should I say morâ ⪠By and by christ departed from him and the most swéete peace of Christe And iâ their place came death Sathan horroââ feare confusion and dispaire And thus this wretched person continuyng in this most miserable estate by â space of sixe Monethes came at the leÌgth in these latter daies with his wife children and houshold vnto Padua when daily falling into worse estate and worsâ and striken continually with greater ãâã fusion feelyng also the terrible indig ãâ¦ã ãâ¦ã n of God against him fell at the length to vtter desperation And so laye doune his bed without any feuer léesing all ãâ¦ã e vse of his body except his spéeche neiâer desiryng nor eatyng any thyng neiâer digestyng that whiche was put into ââm by force nor voidyng any thyng but ãâ¦ã ely drinking and troubled with an vn ãâ¦ã iable thirst as though he would haue âonke vp Hister and Nilus But in coun ãâ¦ã aunce and visage well liking in mind ãâ¦ã d vnderstandyng most constant moste ãâ¦ã ong of remembraunce neuer repea ãâ¦ã ng one worde twise receiuyng all that âne vnto hym and vtteryng learned âaue and sober communication that he âas condempned by the rightous iudgeâent of God that he was already in hel continuall torment that he was voide ãâ¦ã d destitute of all hope and fauour of GOD that he ought not ⪠to looke for the ãâ¦ã ercie of God for that hee had sinned a ãâ¦ã inst the holy ghost and that his fault ãâ¦ã s vnpardonable that the merites of ãâ¦ã riste did auaile hym nothyng that he ãâ¦ã no maner faith or hope left wishyng ãâ¦ã e in the place of Iudas or Caine that looked for nothyng els daiely but the horrible sentence of the iust God and t ãâ¦ã the mercie of God did farre surmount ãâ¦ã the sinnes of the world but yet could ãâ¦ã auaile him any thing for that he was ãâ¦ã probate from the beginnyng neyt ãâ¦ã written at any tyme in the booke of lyââ that Christe neither suffered nor pra ãâ¦ã for hym but for the elect onely that t ãâ¦ã iudgement of God was declared and ãâ¦ã iustice fulfilled in him onely Finally that within shorte space ãâ¦ã horrible ende should come that he mi ãâ¦ã giue an example to all the elect of his ãâ¦ã iuration When hee had vttered all the thinges and many mo moste euiden ãâ¦ã and in perfite mind in the presence of that were assembled about thirtie p ãâ¦ã sons in number with the reuerend L ãâ¦ã Bishop Vergerius the same Verge ãâ¦ã began to comfort hym by all meanes And when I amongst other was a ãâ¦ã to speake the reuerend Vergerius s ãâ¦ã vnto hym ⪠Deare Maister Frauncis ãâ¦ã âs that Doctor Gribald that in this ãâ¦ã uersitie of Padua ⪠professeth the la ãâ¦ã godly man and faithfull who co ãâ¦ã to see you Then he in his mother t ãâ¦ã said Sia luiâl ben venuto et io il malâ âato Then did I directe my communication towardes hym and saide Maister Frauncis this is the illusion and mockyng of the Deuill that euidently doth trouble your minde Wherefore with all your hart turne vnto the blessed GOD who is readie to haue mercie vppon you Doe you not knowe that the earth is full of the mercy of God and that if all the ãâ¦ã nnes of the world were in one man yet ãâ¦ã ould thei not bee compared to the smallest sparke of the mercy of God who said As oft as the sinner shall mourne I will remember his iniquities no more Consi ãâ¦ã er Peter that denied Christ thrise and ãâ¦ã hat with an othe with whom he had li ãâ¦ã ed so long familiarlie of whome he had ãâ¦ã eceiued so many benefites so many to ãâ¦ã ens of loue and yet notwithstandyng ãâ¦ã e moste mercifull God pardoned hym Consider the theefe that neuer had done ãâ¦ã y good dede but had bestowed his whole ãâ¦ã e in mischiefe how he through one mâ ãâ¦ã n of his harte and power of faithe ãâ¦ã as receiued into fauour Knowe ye not ãâ¦ã at the hande of the Lorde is not yet ãâã ãâã whose propertie is to pardon and haue mercie ⪠Call vpon hym a little with your hart and aske for his mercie ⪠And I promise you assuredly that he is most readie to haue mercie vpon you and to receiue you into fauour through Iesus Christ his blessed Sonne ⪠Haue a su ãâ¦ã confidence Maister Frauncis and riseâ and doubt ye not at all God hath already mercie vpon you and hath pardoned yoâ through Christe all your offence They saied he I doe not beleue And I answered againe Maister Frauncis I haue knowne many by face and acquaintance that haue bene both moste grieuous sinners and possessed of the Deuill and in farre worse estate than you are brougt into extreame desperation and yet the rowe the grace of God by the exhortatiââ of their faithfull frendes haue turned in to hope and fauour and died in peace a ãâ¦ã quietnesse what should let you then b ãâ¦ã that ye may direct the smallest sparke ãâ¦ã your hart to so oboundant mercie of God with an affection of your heart to call vppon hym in hope and faith When I h ãâ¦ã saide these and many other thinges t ãâ¦ã reuerend Lord Vergerius tooke my ãâ¦ã by the ende and saide Ah swéete Mai ãâ¦ã Frauncis and my moste dere Ma ãâ¦ã Frauncis vnderstand the wordes of this âoctor who is both faithful and the Mes ãâ¦ã nger of God whom God hath sent vnto ãâ¦ã u to ascertaine you of his mercy Why ãâ¦ã e ye not beleue this Will ye not that ãâ¦ã od should haue mercie vppon you He ãâ¦ã ill out of doubt haue mercie vpon you ãâ¦ã d pardon all your offence howe can he ãâ¦ã nie you any thing that hath graunted ãâ¦ã u Christ his blessed sonne Be of good ãâ¦ã éere and lifte vp your hearte a little in ãâ¦ã pe and trust Will ye that wee saie the ãâ¦ã rdes praier togither from the hearte ãâ¦ã ee aunswered to this I beleue all that ãâ¦ã saie yea the Deuils beleue and are a ãâ¦ã yde but all this auaileth me nothyng ãâ¦ã y sinne is to death Certes I woulde ãâ¦ã ndly attaine the mercie and fauour of ãâ¦ã d but hee will not All the power of ãâ¦ã th is taken from me For the Lord had ãâ¦ã spect vnto Peter but he hath no respect ãâ¦ã to mée He was elect and I am repro ãâ¦ã te I will praie vnto GOD with my ãâ¦ã gue and will quickely say whatsoeuer ãâ¦ã will haue me to saie But my heart is ãâ¦ã of hatred cursing and blasphemie I ãâ¦ã eue and feele that God is against mee ãâ¦ã d as he spake thus a flie came fliyng before his face Lo said he nowe Belzabub calleth mée to a feaste ye shall
glorie Amen ⪠A preseruatiue against desperation FOr as muche as the diseasâ of the bodye and corpor ãâ¦ã death doth so trouble maâ minde that we commo ãâ¦ã tremble quake at the o ãâ¦ã mention of them Howe much ought ãâ¦ã to feare the sicknes of the soule and deaâ of the same then which ther can no grâter nor more fearefull calamitie chau ãâ¦ã vnto man. And seyng that euerie man doth a ãâ¦ã so much as in hym lieth the paine ãâ¦ã ries diseases and death of the bodie h ãâ¦ã muche more ought wee to decline and ãâ¦ã chewe the causes of these euils which ãâ¦ã sinnes and offences and feare the yre ãâ¦ã God which we so by our enormities ãâ¦ã prouoke If wee be neuer so little sickeâ our body by and by we send for the P ãâ¦ã sition we spare no cost we seeke for meâcines and remedie though they be ne ãâ¦ã so chargeable and all to patche and cl ãâ¦ã vp this earthen vessel of our body whi ãâ¦ã doe we neuer so muche can not last l ãâ¦ã And why vse we not like diligence in ãâ¦ã siryng and seekyng remedies againsâ diseases of the soule which like as they be ãâ¦ã re grieuous euen so they bryng with ãâ¦ã m without comparison infinitely ãâ¦ã re daunger For what can it profite a ãâ¦ã nne though hee haue all the riches in ãâ¦ã world though he liue a thousand yere ãâ¦ã that in such health and pleasure that âs not once touched with sicknesse or ãâ¦ã e his soule in the meane time being ãâ¦ã oued with synne beyng captine to than hauing god displeased with him ãâ¦ã damnation readie for hym after this ãâ¦ã For truely this life must once haue ãâ¦ã nde neither know we whan where ãâ¦ã what maner or how soone Therefore saithe Christ watch for ye ãâ¦ã er knowe the daie nor houre when âonne of man will come And least we âshort tyme of our abode omittynge ãâ¦ã ges moste waightie and profitable ãâ¦ã d followe trifles and things of small ãâ¦ã hee hath vouchsafe to prescribe vs ãâ¦ã der and as it were a briefe certaine ãâ¦ã re waâe to come vnto true felicity ãâ¦ã g. ãâ¦ã eke first for the kindome of God and ââghteousnesse therof and all thinges ãâ¦ã e added vnto you ⪠Care for liuyng care for riches care for worldly dignitie worldly fauour worldly estimation and such like traÌsitorie things which in déedâ doeth little profite but many times bycause both of filthie vices and also of grieuous calamities doth busie doth vexe doth trouble doth euen defatigat vs both day and night but in séeking for and procuring of Godly and heauenly thinges ⪠we be most negligent most slacke moste dull most forgetfull And I praye yoâ what can be a greater blindenesse or â more daungerous madnesse whilest wâ be lustie whilest we be in helth whileâ we be in prosperitie we scarcelye thinkâ vpon anye life to come we remember not once that we shall die But when we be in perill and daunger by sickenesse â death beginneth to knock at our dore EueÌ at that same houre when we should play the men and fight against our enimy beyng sufficiently armed and weaponed afore then begin we first to thinke vpon our armor to thinke vpoÌ our weapon to thinke vpon mending of our lyfe These thinges declare vs to be smally exercised Souldiours to bée men of preposterous iudgement and verie weakelings in faith God be mercifull vnto vs Amen But yet though a man be neuer so olde though the daye be neuer so farre past so he amende whiles he is here ere it be night his repentance coÌmeth not out of ceasoÌ Neuerthelesse it wer to be wished that no man should defer his repeÌtaunce to his last and most daungerous conflicte For euen thei shall haue muche a dooe to stand and to defend them selues from the assaultes the guiles and inuasions of the enemie which in the time of their health prepared armed them selues what thaÌ shal come of theÌ whiche not fearyng God neither mindyng once repentaunce had ledde a dissolute filthie and naughtie life howe shall thei fight how shall thei be able to withstande the force of Sathan Seing therefore the multitude of people is great and the ministers of the Gospell verie fewe neyther able to be euerie where to doe their office to euery maÌ I hauing a will to helpe all men haue gathered togither and written out of Scripture a certaine briefe forme howe to admonishe instruct and comfort such aââe sicke that they either reading these thinges or hearyng them red by others may conceiue certain hope and perfite consolation least in this most daungerous conflict they faint giue ouer like towards and so be ouercomed perishe For this is certaine whensoeuer a man is taken with extreme sickenesse and is in daunger of death he is assaulted wyth dyuers many and grieuous temptations ⪠First it is a grieuous and behement teÌtaption when he séeth the moste terrible Image of death afore his eies when he séeth he must leaue this lighte leaue this lyfe leaue friendes leaue landes goodes ⪠kinsfolkes father mother wyfe children all thinges wherin he had here eyther pleasure or comfort Then suche sinnes as he against the wyll and pleasure of God hath committed shall shewe and present themselues and shall appeare more in number and more grieuous thaÌ euer they séemed afore and so shall wonderously vexe and tormente the conscience Then death iudgement âell dampnation as it were in a plumpe shall assault and layd siege with diuers daungerous ingines against the old man of ours ⪠In these Agonies except a man be armed with a sure and constaunt faith it is to be feared least he be wearied tired at last ouercommed For these temptations which chaunce vnto men liyng in extremes appéere most huge fearefull and daungerous and that for bycause out faith is verie slender and wauering neyther yet able to see perceiue or apprehende the incomprehensible and inestimable riches of the childreÌ of God which be remission of sinnes through Christ resurrection of the fleshe communion of sainctes euerlasting life and all these giuen vnto vs in Christ and for Christ In these articles of our fayth we must daily exercise our selues These we must diligently reuolue and earnestly expeÌde in our mindes For though all the articles of oure fayth are diligently to be remembred and without all wauering beleeued yet in the Agonie and poynt of death these foure that is the communion of sainctes remission of synne by the bloud of Christ the resurrection of the fleshe and euerlasting life are chiefly to be minded expended and inculcated For lyke as death is the paine and ââpende of synne euen so for synne God doth commonly punishe vs with diuerâ diseases and plagues as it is to be seene in diuers places of Scripture Iohn 5 ⪠Psal. 88. Deut. 28. 2. Reg. 24. Neuerthelesse afflictions be many tymes laide vpon vs that our faith may be tryed For than is it easie
Christe Iewe Gentle bonde and frée man and woman If ye be Christes than are ye Abrahams séede and heires by promise Ye are gone quite froÌ Christ as many as are iustified by the Lawe and are fallen from grace we looke for and hope in the spirite to be iustified through faithe God forbidde that I shoulde reioyce in anything but in the crosse death and passion of our Lorde Iesus Christâ For in Christe Iesu neither Circumcision auaileth any thyng at all nor vncircuÌcision but a new creature in Christ and of the houshold of God. By Christ we haue redemption thorow his bloude euen the forgiuenesse of oure synnes according to the riches of his grace By grace are ye made safe thorowe faith and that not of your selues for it is the gifte of God and commeth not of workes least any man shoulde boaste himselfe We are made nie vnto God by the bloud of Christe for he is our peace and hath broken downe the wall that was a stop betwene vs and by hym we haue an open waye in one spirite vnto the father nowe therefore we are no more strangers but citezens with the saintes By Christe we haue boldenesse and entrance with the confidence whiche we haue by faith in him Christe is gone vp on high ⪠and hath ledde captiuitie captiue and âath giuen giftes vnto men Christe is to me lyfe and death is to mée aduantage In Christe we haue redemption thorowe his bloude that is to saye the forgiuenesse of synnes In Christe dwelleth all fulnesse and thorowe the bloude of his Crosse are all thinges reconciled to God the father set at peace both in heauen and earth We whiche were deade in synne hath Christ forgiuen vs all our trespasses and hath put out the hande writing that was against vs contained in the lawe writteÌ and that hath he taken out of the waye and hath fastned it to his crosse and hath spoiled rule and power and hath made a shewe of theÌ openly and hath triumphed ouer them openly in his owne persone This is a true saying by all meanes worthye to be receyued that Christe Iesus came into the worlde to saue synners There is one God and one Mediator betwéene God and man whiche is the man Iesus Christ whiche gaue himselfe a raunsome for all men The power of God hath saued vs and calleth vs with and holy calling not according to our deedes but according to hys owne purpose grace whiche grace was giuen thorowe Christe Iesus before the worlde was whiche hath put away death and hath brought lyfe and immortalitie vnto lyght thorowe the Gospell God hath not saued vs for the deedes of righteousnesse whiche we wrought but of his mercie hath he saued vs. Christe in his owne person hath purged our synnes Christ hath put downe thorow death him that had Lordiship ouer death that is to say the Deuill and that he might delyuer them whiche for feare of death were all their life tyme in daunger and boundage Christe is an euerlastyng Priesthoode wherefore he is able also euer to saue them that come vnto God by him for as muche as he euer lyueth to make intercession for vs. We are sanctified by the offering of the body of Christ once for all With one offering hath God made perfite for euer them that shall be sanctified We are not redemed with corruptible syluer and gould but with the precious bloud of Christe as of a Lambe vnâefiled and without spote Christe his owne selfe bare oure synnes in his bodye on the Tree by whose stripes ye were healed Christe hath once suffered for synnes âhe iust for the vniust to bring vs vnto God. If we say we haue no synne we deâeyue our selues and the truth is not in âs if we acknowledge our synnes he is âaithfull and iust to forgiue vs our synâes and to clense vs from all vnrighâeousnesse If any man synne we haue an aduoâate with the ⪠Father Iesus Christe the âighteous and he it is that obtayneth ârace for oure synnes Christe appeared to take away oure âânnes For this purpose appeared the sonne â God to lose the workes of the Deuill This is Gods commaundement that âe beleeue in the name of his sonne Ieââ Christ and loue one another In this appeareth the loue of God to â warde because that God sent his one ⪠begotten soonne into this worlde ⪠that we might liue thorow him God hath loued vs and sent his sonnâ to make agreement for vs. Hereby perceyue we his loue that ãâã gaue his life for vs. Here is the loue perfite in vs that wâ should haue trust in the daie of iudgemeââ there is no feare in loue but perfect loâ⦠casteth out feare He that beleueth not God hath maâ⦠hym a lyer because he beleeueth not ãâã recorde that God gaue of his soonne aââ this is the recorde how that GOD hââ⦠giuen vs eternall life and this life is his soonne he that hath the soonne haâ⦠life and he that hath not the soonnâ⦠God hath not life These thynges doe I write vnto yââ⦠that beleue on the name of the soonne ãâã GOD that ye maie knowe how that haue eternall life and that ye maie bââ¦leue in the name of the soonne of God. Iesus Christ is verie GOD and etâânall life Christe hath loued vs and washed from our synnes in his owne bloud ãâã made vs Kynges and Priestes vnto ãâã his father Christe is Lorde of Lordes and kyng â Kynges and thei that are on his side âe called and faithfull chosen He that ouercommeth shal in all thinâs and I will bee his God and he shall âe my soonne He that testifieth these thinges saieth ⪠it I come quickly euen so come lorde âesu 1 The Paschall Lambe of the Iewes the figure of the true Paschall Lambe ââsus Christ whiche is the pure and vnâfiled Lambe of GOD whiche offered ââmself a sweete smellyng Sacrifice to âOD for vs whiche neuer committed ãâ¦ã ne and in his mouthe no guile was ãâ¦ã unde 2 Christ was figured by Manna which âod gaue from heauen vnto the Israeli ãâ¦ã to eate in the deserte 3 The rocke gushyng out the comforââble waters signifieth Christ The brasen Serpent in the old lawe âas a figure also of Christ 4 Whosoeuer shall drinke of the wa ãâ¦ã that I shall giue hym shall neuer âirste ⪠1 Christe is that welbeloued soonne of God for whose sake the heauenly father was well pleased 2 Christe is that kyng whiche forga ãâ¦ã the seruaunte the tenne thousande Tâlentes whiche he ought 3 Christe is that moste louyng Samâritane whiche healed the wounded m ãâ¦ã that was halfe dead 4 Christe is that tender Shephe ãâ¦ã whiche fetched home vnto the sheeâ folde euen vpon his shoulders the l ãâ¦ã sheepe
ãâ¦ã comfort oure selues in oure sickenesse calamitie and our brother being visit But in any wise and with all diligenc ãâ¦ã is to be foreséene that we withdraw ãâ¦ã mynne from the fearefull and terri ãâ¦ã contemplation of synne death and da ãâ¦ã nation And that wee fixe these of ãâ¦ã minde and whole thought vpon Chr ãâ¦ã onely that we cleane vnto him that call vpon him that we commit our sel ãâ¦ã wholy to hym For in Christe wee s ãâ¦ã espie nothing but innocencie iustice ãâ¦ã saluation whiche all be deriued fr ãâ¦ã Christe into vs so that we will acknââledge him and receiue him for the ãâ¦ã thor of our saluation and onely redée ãâ¦ã if we haue Christe crucified afore ãâ¦ã eyes if we imprint him in oure hart ãâ¦ã wee flye to him with oure faithe if âholye cleane to him Then shall hell ãâ¦ã tes nothyng preuaile against vs then ãâ¦ã all we be able to withstande all the ãâ¦ã rcible assaultes of Sathan though they ãâ¦ã neuer so sore neuer so fierce neuer so ãâ¦ã rrible ⪠Let vs call to remembraunce with ãâ¦ã hat lenitie what gentlenesse what huâanitie what clemencie Christe as it is the euangelicall hystorie hath called to him and receiued all suche synners hath repented them and desired his ãâ¦ã pe We shall finde Marie Magdalen ãâ¦ã sinner that hong vpon the right hand Christ crucified the publicane Zache ãâ¦ã h other mo whome Christe mâoste ãâ¦ã yngly receiuyng pronounced cleare ãâ¦ã synne though thei had synned grea ãâ¦ã and the children of saluation Christe ãâ¦ã erie grace mercie helpe comfort life ãâ¦ã e and saluatio to al those whiche loke these thynges at his handes and put ãâ¦ã r trust in hym And all these thynges ãâ¦ã God who is truthe it self and can ãâ¦ã lye nor wil not deceiue promised vn ãâ¦ã for Christes sake âinally when Death approcheth wée must do as Christ did vpon the crosse wâ muste praie for our enemies and forgi ãâ¦ã them with our hart If we haue offend ãâ¦ã any man we must be hartely sorie for ãâ¦ã we muste desire forgiuenesse if we ha ãâ¦ã iniured any man we must make hym mendes or take suche order that ameÌd ãâ¦ã maie be made vnto hym if it passeth o ãâ¦ã power to make restitution amende ãâ¦ã shal be inough that we desire forgiuene ãâ¦ã And with our harts forgiue others wh ãâ¦ã hath hurte vs either in name bodie s ãâ¦ã staunce or estimatioÌ For if we truly ãâ¦ã giue God hath promised we shal be fo ãâ¦ã uen as it is in the 6. of Mat. but aboue haue an vnmouable faithe in the for ãâ¦ã promises of God made in Christe Ie ãâ¦ã our lorde It is verie necessary also ãâ¦ã ââble for the confirmation and stren ãâ¦ã ning of our faithe to receiue the i ãâ¦ã blessed sacrament of the body and ãâ¦ã of our sauiour Christ which we are ãâ¦ã maunded to receyue in remembra ãâ¦ã of his benefites that hereby wee ãâ¦ã be truely certified in our consciencâ his body to be giuen for vs and his bloud to be shed for remission of our synnes Death OF our fleashe and fraile nature is so feared and abhorred that when he approcheth mannes hart âe filled and laden with suche sorrowes panges ãâ¦ã d anxieties as tongue is not able too ãâ¦ã presse ¶ A medicine against the feare of Death WE muste call to our remembraunce Death to bee ouercommed and abholished by Christe So that nowe the soules of so many as truste Christ can not dye nor perishe but de ãâ¦ã tyng from the bodie goeth straight to ãâ¦ã rist For thus was it saied to the these ãâ¦ã is houre of death This daie shalt thou with me in paradise The body though ãâ¦ã est and pause for a while yet wee bee certaine hope that at the laste daie it ãâ¦ã bee raised againe to immortall and ãâ¦ã rlastyng life And therefore scripture ãâ¦ã eth the death of the bodie but a slepe that this same fraile weake vile mortall and corruptible bodie whiche wee cary aboute whiche lieth sicke and sore diseased whiche shortly shall bee put into the yearth burne to ashes deuour ãâ¦ã with beastes or foules drowned in water that self same bodie I saie shall be raised againe incorruptible glorious beautifull stronge pure immortall ãâ¦ã possesse a newe and euerlastynge life where there shall neither bee hunger thirste ⪠heate colde synne death nor a ãâ¦ã kinde of calamitie but iustice innocent life ioye blesse world without ende ⪠F ãâ¦ã as the bodie of Christ laied in the gra ãâ¦ã rose againe the third daie neuer more ãâ¦ã die euen so shall the bodies of all that beleue in Christe at the latter daie bee ãâ¦ã suscitate to a life after whiche shall folowe no death God who is of infinite ãâ¦ã wer and infallible truthe hath promise these thynges thei muste therefore ãâ¦ã des bee so And here it shall bee ãâ¦ã ble to âall to remembraunce suche plaâ of scripture as treateth of the resurr ãâ¦ã on of the fleshe whiche bee the woor ãâ¦ã not of manne but of GOD who is ãâ¦ã and will certainely fulfill whatsoeuer ãâ¦ã hath spoken No manne can chaunge ãâ¦ã ãâ¦ã ill no manne can alter his purpose No ãâ¦ã eature can frustrate lette or tarie his ãâ¦ã tence He is omnipotent he is true he ãâ¦ã faithfull his goodnesse and mercie is ãâ¦ã explicable Lette no manne therefore ãâ¦ã ubte of the truthe of his woordes lette ãâ¦ã manne doubte of the performaunce of ãâ¦ã s promise ãâ¦ã Here after followeth certaine places of scripture witnessing the resurrectioÌ of the ded ãâ¦ã accordyng to the articles of our faith wherein we saie we beleue that this fleshe shall rise againe THis is the will of my father whiche sent me that whosoeuer seeth the soonne and beleueth in hym shall haue life euerlastyng and I will ãâ¦ã se hym vp at the last daie The houre commeth wherein all thei ãâ¦ã t bee in the graues shall heare the ãâ¦ã e of the soonne of God and shall goe ãâ¦ã the thei that haue doeâ good vnto the ãâ¦ã rrection of life For if so ⪠bee that the ãâ¦ã ite of him whiche raised vp Iesus froÌ ãâ¦ã dedde dwelleth in you euen he that ãâ¦ã ed vp Iesus Christe from the dedde ãâ¦ã ll also quicken your mortall bodies because of his Spirite that dwelleth ãâ¦ã you GOD hath bothe raised vp our Lo ãâ¦ã Iesus Christe and shall also raise vs ãâ¦ã by his power Christ saith Lazarus was but a sâe ãâ¦ã where in verie deede he was dedde ãâ¦ã buried But Christe is the resurrection and life ⪠as it is in the same place so th ãâ¦ã he that beleueth on him though he w ãâ¦ã dedde he shall liue In verefiyng whe ãâ¦ã of he raised straight waie Lazarus ãâ¦ã yng fower daies dedde and stinkyng A ãâ¦ã because wee bee naturally in the ago ãâ¦ã of death verie fearfull weake and fai ãâ¦ã harted to the ende that we might bee ãâ¦ã easelier perswaded in the Article of ãâ¦ã surrection Scripture
thynges to our infirmitie Dooeth â Christ speake to all men Dooeth he â cal men when he saieth Come vnto â all you that doe labour and are laden â I shall refreshe yoÌu How can there â any greater consolation Howe could âriste speake more mercifull too vs here be many things that pinche vexe â trouble manne gréeuously but what ãâ¦ã ng is it that can trouble the conscieÌce â synner more then when he doubteth âhe mercie of God then when he feaâh least God will cast hym of then wheÌ can not perswade hymself to conceiue â truste of Gods mercie but imagine ât as a withered member he shal cutte and cast awaie Here we had neede of Christes present â here we had nede of spedie comfort âst this violent tempest ouerwhelme âune vs But let vs not fear Christ is âissembler he will stand by his worde wil performe his promise he wil help ârefreshe Therefore when we begin âremble and feare in our consciente when we begin to doubt of Gods merâ when we perceiue our faithe to be fâââ Let vs forthwith call vpon God and tâ feruently and that instantly euen frââ the bottome of our harte that he touâ not his face from vs. Let vs poure before hym al that doâ trouble vs Let vs disclose to hym all â miserie our imbecilitie our increduliâ Let vs crie with the Disciples Lorde â crease our faiche And with the Father the lunaticke Lorde we beleue helpâ incredulitie And with the Prophet loâ make haste to helpe vs For thy merciâ aboue all thy woorkes O moste louyâ O moste mercifull father Lorde God our healthe our onely helpe and refuâ Enter not into iudgement with thy ânauntes Christ is our iustice our redeâption and innocencie he for vs hath sâfered moste better and cruell death Let these thinges moue thée O fatâ of mercie for this thy soonne our sauiâ Christes sake haue mercie vpon vs âfirme and strength our harte in faithâ fort vs with the consolations of thy ââ spirite that we maie finally obtaine ââ euerlasting through Christ our lord AFter this sort if we labouring wrestyng and striuyng with our imhecilitie accusing before God and lamentyng our puciâitie ⪠and Incredulitie doe catche holde Christ and cleaue fast to hym earnest ⪠ând feruently destryng his helpe that wil vouchsafe to take our place and to âlie that is lackyng in vs These thinâ if we doe surely all thynges shall bee âll wee shall auoide and escape easely âaunger and perill wée shall bee saufe âugh For these twoo to beleeue in âifte and with harte to desire faithe âth not muche differ the one from thââr For though wee féele yet greate âkenesse and imperfection in our self â this ought to comforte vs that God âeth and commauÌdeth that he should âalled vpon that he hath promised to âe and help these that call rightly vâ hym Now as nothyng is more iustâ necessarily destred then true faithe âso God heareth no praier soner nor ââ gladly then when man findyng no âlesse in hymâelf doeth acknowledge âwne infirmitie his owne miserie âwne beggerlinesse doeth accuse and lamente his owne incredulitie and ââ deepe âighes and hartie desires calleâ faithe These sighes these desires tâ praiers this little sparke of faithe is â very séede of God wrought in vs by â whiche saieth of Christe by the Proâ Esaye that he shall not quenche the ââ kyng flaxe nor breake the brused Reâ Therefore let vs stedfastly beleeue â the least earnestly and hartely praie â wee maie beleeue bewailyng afore â our lacke of faithe whiche thynges iâ doe we neede not doubte but we beââepâed of God we bee taken for his âdren For it is not for nought nor in â that he hath laied our imbecillitie â synnes vpon his onely begotten sooâ backe ⪠In Matthewe it is saied blessâ those that mourne for thei shall bee âforted blessed bee those that hungerâ righteousnesse ⪠for thei shall bee satiâ These wordes are spoken also to vsâ maie iustly be applied to vs we moââ and are sorie in our hartes that we â mispended our life paste Wée wishâ desire yea we euen hunger and thiââter righteousnesse Lette vs bee oâ cheare wee shall obtaine our desire ⪠âll bee comforted we shall bee compted âe afore God for Christe our Sauiour â sake Finally let vs after this examâ of Christe and saincte Steuen comâde our soules into the handes of God â heauenly father saiyng euery one afâ this maner O Moste mercifull Father I coÌmende into thy holie handes my spirite yea thy spirite for thou hast created it thou hast committed it for a âe to the bodie thou hast giuen it thy âe Image and similitude Thou haste âe for the redemption of it thy owne âe dearely beloued soonne to shed his âd This the spirite I resigne into thy âes O God of all mercie I am thyne âat I am I beseche thee refuse not ây owne but receiue keepe and place me in euerlastyng glorie for the sake of Iesus Christ thy onelie begotten sonne Amen Esay 26. â Ihon. 2. He had a tedie mynde to vnderstande the scriptures The holie ghost inspiryng CoÌscience is a thousande witnesses The âutter in remembraunce of our inwarde thoughtes Christian libertie Doe not become the seruauntes of menne The warnyng of the spirite Merites affianceof workes freewill Purgatorie intercessions of Sainctes Pardons of Bishops satisfactioÌs c ⪠Whosoeuer denieth me be fore men I will also bee ashamed of hym Dooe not make the holie ghost sorrowfull He recanted theÌ in Maie Hister Nilus be greate riuers He âââled thâ knoweÌ truth for the peace of menne He knewe hymself to be foreknowne The principall ende of this matter You bee welcome and I ill founde He doeth alledge his reprobation or refusyng The seconde daies worke Eccle. ix Faithe is the gift of God. Fewe chosen The state of the desperate manne The iij. dayes woorke Roma xj Christ onely iustifieth He had not true charitie Often error ij Peter The rightuousnes which is in Christ iustifieth The beginnyng of a disputation The place of soules Mille is a small seede The .iiij. dayes woorke That maye ye see in the Preface ij Cor. ij Ephe. vj. j. thess. v. Ephe. vj. j. Cor. xvj Iacob iiij j. Cor. xv Actes iiij Matth. 25 ⪠Matth. 6. Rom. 6. Psal. 88. Heb. 12. 1. Cor. 11. Eccle. 3. Psal. 70. Matth. 5. Rom. 2. Rom. 6. Beleuyng the Gospell Rom. 10. Gen. 2. Christ our Messias promised Gen. 12. Deuter. 18. Actes 3. â Kings â ⪠Gen. 2. Christ our Messias promised Gen. 12. Dâuter 18. Actes 3. â Kings ⪠â ⪠Psal. 2. Psal. 2. Esay 7. Esay 9. Esay 11. Esay 42. Ieremy 23. Matth. 1. Fyue wytnesses amoÌg many that the true Messias is come Luke 1. Ihon. 1 ⪠Matth. 9. 17. To what end Christes comyng is Matth. 20. Mark. 16. Marke 3. Ihon. 5. Ihon. 6. Ihon. 6. Ihon. 11. Ihon. 12. Ihon. 14. Ihon. 17. Actes 4 ⪠Actes 1â Actes xiij Rom. 1. Rom. 3. Rom 4. Roma v. Roma v. Roma vj. Roma viij Roma x. Corrin i. Corin. vj. Corin. xv Corin. xv Corin. xv Corin. j. Corin. iiij Corin. v. Gala. j. Gala. ij Gala. iij. Gala. iij. Gala. v. Gala. v. Gala. vj. Cala. vi Ephesi j. Ephe. ij Ephesi ij Ephesi iiij Philip. j. Colos j. Colos j. Colos ij Timo. j. Timo. ij Timo. ij Titus iij. Hebre. j. Hebre. ij Hebre. vij Hebre. x. Hebre. x. i. Peter j. Peter j. Peter iij. Ihon. j. Ihon. ij Ihon. iij. Ihon. iij. Ihon. iij. Ihon. iij. Ihon. iiij Ihon. iiij Ihon. iiij Ihon. v ⪠âhon v. Apoca. j. Apoca xviâ ⪠Apoca. xxj Apoca. xxij The ende Exod. xij Ihon. j. Ephe. v. Peter ij Exod. xvj Exod. xvij Deut. xxj Ihon. iiââ Math. iij. xâââ Math. xviii Luke â Luke xv Math. xi An exhortation Roma v. i. Cor. j. ij Cor. â ⪠Gala. j ⪠j. Titus j ⪠j. Titus ij ⪠i. Peter ij Esay liij Qui proprio filio suo non sepercit Ihon. viij Math. vj. â Cor. xv Ihon. vj. Ihon. v. Roma ⪠viij j. Cor. vj. Ihon. xj Luke vij Luke j. Ihon. xj Actes ix Actes xx iiij Reg. iiij iiij Reg. xvij Gââe v. iiij Reg. ii Ephe. v. j. Corin. xv Oze xiiii Esay xxv ii Cor. iiii Philip. iiii Colos iii. i. thess. iiii ii Tymot ii Hebr. ii ⪠ij Tim. iiij j. Ihon. iij. Ihon. iiij Ihon. xix Philip. iij. Ihon. viij ⪠Ihon. x. Hebr. xij Hebre. iiij Math. xxvij Esay liij Math. ij Psal. xvj Luke xvij Marke ix Plal. lxix Matth. v.