on euerie side for the venomous dartes and arrowes of Sathan that on what side soeuer he assaile him he may finde no place vnarmed where he may wound and hit him For no doubt the diuell will doe what he can by all the trecherie he can deuise to shake the foundations of our faith and so to ouerthrowe vs quite But to defend and saue our selues wee must alwayes keepe our selues within our fortresse and neuer depart from the promises of God whatsoeuer he alleage to the contrarie Let vs set before him that which Esaie sayeth Israell shal be saued in the Lorde with an euerlasting saluation and we shall not be ashamed or confounded world without ende And in another place The Heauens shall vanish awaie like smooke and the earth shall waxe olde like a garment and they that dwell therein shal perish likewise but my saluation shall be for euer and my righteousnes shall neuer faile And lest the great signes that he shewes vs often times of his anger and displeasure should breede in our hearts too great a feare and so we should fall to dispaire of his promises let vs heare what the Prophet sayth in his 54. Chapter speaking to the Church in the name of God For a little while haue I forsaken thee but with great compassion will I gather thee For a moment in mine anger I hide my face from thee for a little season but with euerlasting mercie haue I had compassion on thee saith the Lord thy redeemer For this is vnto mee as the waters of Noah for as I haue sworne that the waters of Noah should no more ouerflowe the earth so haue I sworne that I woulde not be angrie with thee nor rebuke thee For the mountaines shal remoue and the hilles shall fall downe but my mercie shall not depart from thee neither shall the couenant of my peace fall away saith the Lorde that hath compassion on thee To the same purpose God speaketh by Oseas the Prophet vnto his Church that he will marrie her vnto himselfe in righteousnes and in iudgement and in mercie and compassion shewing thereby that the aliance and couenant that he will conclude with her shall be firme and inuiolable and that he wil establish and ground her in himselfe that is to saye in his mercie trueth and Iustice requiring onely that shee would walke vprightly before him that in all her wayes shee would followe him in all perfect integritie kéeping her selfe as much as shee can from all counterfaiting and hypocrisie This must be diligently marked For the diuell to make vs afraide and to make vs doubt of the effect of the promises of God when we are readie to appeare before his iudgement seate are cyted and our cause readie to be called If he see that wee stande fast resting vppon the worde of his Gospell wherein he doeth offer vnto vs his grace he wil graunt vs that al that God saith is truâ—… and likewise that he offereth vs fréely his grace and life euerlasting by his promis but forsooth that he cannot performe that which hee hath promised by reason of our indignity For that we hauing so oft offended him since we haue bene lightened and regenerate by the knowledge of his truth had so much fauour at his hands besides as to be receiued into his family and to bee adopted his childreÌ„ Bb our own ingratitude we haue made our selues vncapable of his benefits and vnworthy to haue the promises performed that he hath made vnto vs. Therevppon to repulse this temptation which is the greatest of all and more dangerous then any wherewith we may be assailed We must first note that as the good will and pleasure of God hath bin the first motyfe to stirre him vp to make this alliance and couenant with vs and to offer vs fréely the promise of saluation by the which he declareth himselfe to bee our God and receiueth vs to bee his people as also his grace is the onely means to induce him to performe it towards vs. And this was the cause why Sainct Paul said that the reward of sinne is death but the gifte of God which is his grace is eternall life Whereas if he should haue drawen an argument directly from the Countryes mee thinketh he should haue sayd that as life is the reward of our righteousnes so death is the guâ—…rdon of our sinnes But to giue vs to vnderstand that life which is the effecte of the promise is as well giuen to vs gratis as the promises which doth offer it to vs he hath attributed it wholly to y e grace of God making no mention of our works or vertues This is confirmed by the 4. to the Romanes and in 32. Psalme where Dauid declareth that the blessednes of maÌ„ consisteth in this that God alloweth his righteousnes without works saying Happy are they whose iniquities are forgiuen and whose sinnes are couered Happy is the man vnto whom the lord shall impute no sinne Séeing then that the life and blessednes that God doth offer vs by his promises are not graunted vnto vs in lieu and fauour of any merits or vertue that is in man But by the only grace of God it followeth then that as the price and dignity of our works cannot purchase vs life euerlasting so also our vnworthines cannot hinder vs from attayning to the same For it is the more gift of God which he bestoweth vppon whom it pleaseth him according to his mercy and not according to the merit of our righteousnes which are not only vnperfect but also polluted with much vncleannes because that our harts from whence they procéede cannot be so well cleansed in this world but still there doth remaine some staines and corruption whereby they are defiled Which is the cause that the prophet prayeth to God so feruently that he would not enter into iudgment with him Saing Enter not into iugement with thy seruant for in thy sight shall none that liueth be iustified And also wher he saith If thou O Lord straitly markest iniquities O Lord who shalbe able to stand And that Sainct Augustine in his confessions hath this excellent and memorable sentence Our righteousnes shalbe cursed if it be examined and iudged without his mercy But neuertheles that can not let vs why God should not giue life euerlasting as he hath promised vs. So that we acknowledg féele and confesse our own vnworthines For nothing can make vs more capable and if it may be said also more worthy of the fauours and blessings of God then the knowledge and féeling that we haue in our selues to be altogether vnworthy What worthines might the Thiefe haue that hung vppon the Crosse hard by our Sauiour Iesus Christe who had continued in his théeuing and wickednes till the last houre of his life neuer acknowledging his Sauiour Iesus Christ til the very houre that he should render vp the Gost. And yet he had no sooner opened his mouth to confesse
THE SICKE-MANS Comfort against Death and the Deuill the Law and Sinne the Wrath and Iudgement of God Translated out of Frenche into Englishe by I. E. LONDON Printed by Iohn Wolfe 1590. The sicke-Mans Comfort against Death and the Deuill the Law and Sinne the Wrath and Iudgement of God THe life of man stuing in this vale of misery is enuironed and compassed in round with mountains of infinit calamities and tribulatioÌ„s wherof some are but incident to some particular men other more common generall to all as Death and diseases which hasten and procure men to die which amate vs so much the more when they come vpon vs by reason they are so dangerous and by reason that we cannot auoide them for albeit that Kings Emperors Princes and other Potentates may preserue themselues for a while from the danger of diseases and preuent hem by the helpe of God vsing such good and lawfull meanes as he hath giuen them for their comfort and preseruation yet without exception not one no not one is found amongst them that can saue or may exempt himself but he must die first or last either in battaile by the sword or in his bed by sicknes or els by such accident as the diuine prouidence of God hath set downe before hee was borne Dauid could tell vs this in many places in the 82. Psalme where he speaketh of Princes I haue said ye are Gods and ye are all children of the most high But yee shall die like men and fall like one of the Princes And in another place There be some that put their trust in their goods and boast themselues in the multitude of their riches But no man maie deliuer his brother nor make agreemeÌ„t with God for him for it cost more to redeem his soule so that hee must let that alone for euer Yea though he liue long and see not the graue For hee seeth that wise men also die and perish together as well as the ignorant foolish and leaue their riches for other whoÌ„ they haue not knowne And in another place he speaketh of the ende and condition of all men in generall What man is hee that liueth and shal not see death and shall deliuer his owne soule from the hand of Hell And againe in the next Psalme following Thou turnest man to destruction Again thou saist come again ye children of men We sée then that it is Gods decrée and ordinance inuiolable that all men that come into the worlde come but conditionally nâ—…t to make any long tarrying as the Trées which are fastned déepe within the earth by the rootes and haue a long time of abode graunted them but to passe away swiftly as dooth the Current of a running Riuer and to be gone assoone as it shall please the Lord to call them away againe And for all that as the Prophet saith we séeke to come to composition with Death or to haue some daies of truce and respite to delaie his comming yet we sée daily our date is out and the daie of our assignation is soone expired when we must appeare before the dreadfull Iudge at a certaine houre and at the same instant wee must heare from his own mouth the sentence definitiue either of life or Death for euer irreuocable What shall we then doo we must first and chiefly haue a care not as Aza had to séeke out skilfull Phisitions to take the potions and drugs that they shall minister to saue vs from sicknes which otherwise would be incident vnto vs nor as Mithridates had to kéepe in store many preseruatiues and medicines for feare of empoysoning by our familiar friends we must not prouide a braue and goodly Horse a swoord of the best and trustiest making an armour of proofe to put our trust therin as though these coulde saue vs from the hazarde of the battaile For all this cannot infringe the ordinance of God nor once saue vs from his anger nor any iote turne away from vs the effects and execution of his diuine will But the chiefest care and consideration that we must haue if we either meane to preuent the mischiefs which may be fall vs hereafter or remedie those which are happened vnto vs alreadie is humbly to desire and diligently to séeke for the grace and fauour of God which is the most soueraign and readiest remedy that men may finde for the spéedie redresse of all calamities and aduersities where with they shalbe afflicted Now for that I am earnestly entreated by some of my brethren and friends to select and set downe in writing certaine places of holy scripture for the comfort of such as be sicke to strengthen them against the horrours and apprehensions wherewith they are commonly saised as well of their sinnes and offences as of Death of the Diuell and of the displeasure iudgement of God which are more horrible a great deale then al the other Finding my self bound hereunto by Christian charitie by the band whereof all the members of Christes bodie are firmely linked together and knowing besides that it is a péece of the charge that God hath laide on the neckes not onely of the Ministers of the Gospell but also of the Superintendents which are ioyned with them for ayders and fellow-helpers I would in no wise make refusall to satisfie my brethren in this their request although I know well inough that many of my fellow-labourers on whom God hath bestowed greater talents might be better spared and were fitter to be employed in this busines then my selfe neuerthelesse seeing that the members in what ranke or degrée so euer they bee ought not to refuse any labour or seruice for the bodie if it lie in their power to doo I will attempt by the helpe of God to doo that I am able by his grace to content and satisfie them in their desire Omitting then many other kinds of afflictions by the which it pleaseth God to chastise and kéepe vnder his children let vs speake here onely of Sicknes and Death and set downe summarily consolations fit for the purpose to instruct and kéepe men in vre to abide patiently their sicknes and diseases the which are not casuall things and matters of méere chaunce now happening to one now to an other by rash and vnaduised rencountre but we must thinke that they are al sent vpon vs by the prouidence of God And although the endes and occasions of Sicknes be diuers yet the Author is alwaies one is the same who is the giuer of all health and welfare For from the mouth and ordinance of God as saith Ieremy procéedeth good and euill which is contrary to good And there is none euill as Amos saith be it within the Citie or in the field but it commeth from God So then as peace and warre pouertie and riches libertie and imprisonment are from God so in like maner are health sicknes Dauid in all his anguishes confesseth this For
that he should please to commaund vs to praye and praise God vncessantly to depende whollie vpon his prouidence to referre our selues and all our affaires vnto him to resigne our will whollie vnto his and finally to loue him with all our heart with all our soule and all our thought and to loue our neighbour as our owne selues Then after wee haue proposed vnto the sicke person the faultes that he hath committed to make him affeard and by this meanes to prepare him to require and receiue the grace of God we must set before his eyes what he hath iustly deserued by his sinnes that is to be swallowed vp by the anger and displeasure of God which he hath heaped vp vnto himselfe perseuering in his sinnes abusing so long time the pacience and long sufferance of his mercie and likewise to be ouertaken by his iudgement which as the Apostle sayeth is readie for all them which disobey God and especially for those his seruaunts which know his wil and being throughly instructed of their duetie neglect and make none account thereof Likewise that all the curses contayned in the Lawe set downe for the transgressours thereof fall vpon his head for that he hath not onely once or twise by reason of ignorance and fraylenesse behaued himselfe lewdly but hath violated the holy ordinances of God as often as he hath beene prouoked thereunto by the instance of the diuell and of his owne concupiscence likewise that he is banished and shut out from the kingdome of heauen for that the flesh after the which he hath liued cannot inherite the kingdome of heauen For if our first parents were chased shamefully out of Paradice wherein they were placed after their creation for one onely disobedience What doeth he deserue now that doeth suppe vp and drinke dayly so manye rebellions and iniquities as it were water Likewise that hee is condemned to death eternall and appointed for euer to the â—…ire of Hell with diuels and the reprobate for that is the rewarde and hire of sinne And to bee short that hee hath deserued to goe straight downe to Hell and there to bee buryed and to suffer in the vnquenchable flames such â—…ormentes as the wicked riche man did for hauing disdayned the poore in their affliction and neglecting to succour them in their neede not vsinge such humanitie towardes them as he desired of others being driuen to the same necessitie himselfe When he haue layde all this to the sicke mans charge and in the Lawe as in a Mirrour wee haue set before his eyes to beholde his iudgement and sentence of condemnation When we perceiue him wounded and pearced to the heart with sorrowe we must then laye to his wounde some asswaging medicine do as the Masons do when they hewe their stone first they giue great blowes with their hammer make gret péeces fall off then they poolish it ouer so with a plaine that the strokes are no more séen so must we do after we haue handled the sickpatient roughly thrust him down to hel by the rigorous threats of the lawe we must comfort him and fetch him againe by the swéete and amiable promises of the Gospel to the ende the sowplenes of this oyle may asswage the nipping sharpnes of the law for the good tydings and newes that he shall heare of the grace of God shall make him cleane forget all the sorrowe and desperation into the which the lawe had before driuen him shewing him first that the handwriting that is against vs which was contained in the lawe is cleane torne in pieces abolished hung vpon the Crosse of Iesus Christ and that Iesus Christ hath redéemed vs from the cursse of the lawe when he became cursed for vs himselfe For it is written cursed is euery one that hangeth on the tree and this he suffered that the blessing of Abraham might come vpon the Gentiles and that we might receiue the promise of the Holie Ghost by faith And that Christ is the ende of the law in righteousnes to al beléeuers who by the perfect obedience that he shewed God his Father in fulfilling all his commandements in euery point not missing one iote forsaking not the cursed death of the crosse for our sakes for such was the will of his father he hath purchased vs a pardon and generall abolishing of all our sinnes and a release of all our debtes and obligations the which he hath payde for vs not in gold siluer or precious stones but with his owne bloud which is a price and raunsome incomparable to be spoken of Hauing purchased vs besides a righteousnes the which he alloweth vnto vs by our faith the assurance that wee haue by his worde and sacraments whereof his holy spirite doth beare witnes within our heartes we ought to cast awaye all feare and conceit of our sinnes of death the diuell of the rigour and curse of the lawe and finally of the anger curse of God For to begin with our sinnes we being clothed with the righteousnes of Iesus Christ must assure our selues that all our sinnes are so hid and couered that they may not be perceiued or discouered before the eyes and face of our God but being altogether wyped out as with a sponge and scattered as a clowde with the winde and the Sunne and although they were as redd as Scarlet yet shall they be as white as snowe as Esaie sayeth and before him Dauid Purge me with Hysope and I shall be cleane Wash mee and I shall be whitter then snowe And it skilleth not what nor in what number they be so that they be not sinnes against the Holy Ghost neither skilleth it in what manner they haue been committed be it by ignorance infirmitie or deliberate malice for sinne cannot so abound but the grace of God which is our meanes and mediatour by the death and righteousnes of Iesus Christ must needes abound more And albeit the sinne which is committed against the Maiestie of God which is infinite be therefore reputed infinite yet that argueth not that the bloud of Iesus Christ which by the eternall spirit is offered vp to God himselfe without any spot doeth not purge and make cleane our consciences from dead workes to serue the liuing God as the Apostle writeth to the Hebrewes For the diuinitie being inseparably vnited with the humanitie in the person of Iesus Christ is cause by his omnipotencie that his death hath an infinite vertue to redeeme vs his righteousnes an infinite power to sanctifie vs and his life to quicken vs and to make vs happie immortall and blessed for that being God as he is stronger than the diuell so also are his workes more of force to saue vs than are those of his enimie to confounde and destroye vs. His righteousnes hath more force and efficacie to iustifie vs than sinne whereof the diuell is authour hath to condemne vs. His innocencie and purenesse
soule is buried when it pleaseth God to fetch it from thence it is not as though he should make it come forth of the graue and raise it vp againe What is the occasion then that men may haue to flye from this corporall death and to haue it in such horrour Séeing that seperating the soule frō the body setteth the soul out of prison and sendeth it to enioy liberty in heauen there to be made much of in the bosome of Iesus christ and to inioy with him and with all the happy soules the eternall comforts promised and reserued for the elect people of God The body on the other side liethe in the earth as in a bed there to sléep and take his rest at his ease being neuer wake or troubled in his sléepe neither by fearefull dreames nor cares nor feares nor cries noyses or any thing els that maye disquiet the same sléeping there til the day of the resurrection when it shalbe waked by the sound of Gods Trumpet and knit againe to the Soule hauing left behind in the earth his mortality dishonour and weakenesse hauing put on his robes of glory power immortality and corruption Whereby we may sée that it is without curse that men feare so much this corporall death the which doth but seperate for a time the soule from the body for y ◠great profite of the one and of the other For the body is by this meanes out of all daunger not onely of sinne and of the miseries that waite thereuppon but also of all temptation remaining and resting in the earth in certaine hope of the resurrection and of the life euerlasting And although it séeme to be altogether depriued of life lyinge in the earth because that the soule being departed from it leaueth it without any mo uing or féeling and it putrifieth and goeth into earth yet being alwaies accompanied with the spirit and infinit power of God which quickeneth all thinges it is not altogether void of life as Saint Paul saith If the spirite of him which raised Iesus Christ vp from the dead dwell within you He also which hath raised him vp shal also quicken your mortal bodies because of his spirit which dwelleth in you This is the reason why in another place drawing out vnto vs the portrature of the resurrection of our bodies to come he brings in an example of the séede which is cast into the earth the which hath life in it although being in the Garner it semeeh to haue none and holding it in our hands wee cannot iudge but that it is a thinge dead and without life Yet when it is cast into the earth where a man would think the life if it had any would be smothered and taken away it showes it selfe and growes as it were from the rottennesse from whence wee sée the eare commeth which nourisheth and grows afterwards shewing plainely by euident tokens the life that was hidde in it before it was cast in the earth So God in the holy scripture caleth himself the God of Abraham long time after Abrahams death and saith that he is not the God of the dead but of the liuing Then it followeth that not only the soule of Abraham which he redeemed by the death of his Sonne is yet liuing since it hath béen seperated from the Body but that the bodye which is partaker of the same redemption which is knit and incorporate to Iesus Christ to be one of his members and hath bene consecrated and sanctified vnto God that he may dwel therin as in his holy Temple is not clean without life although it be putrified in the bowels of the earth For so much as it is alwaies accompanied with the grace of God and iointly with the soule comprised in the euerlasting couenant that hee hath made with his people which couenant is a fountaine and vaine of life not onely to the souls but also the bodies of al the faithfull And if as Saint Iohn saith they bee most happy and blessed which die in the Lord and that no blessednes can be without life we must needes conclude the one of these two things either that no blessednes can come to the body or els if it may come that the body is not depriued and void of all life lying in the earth For although it be putrified and haue no signe of life in it at all yet retayneth it in it selfe as it were a séede and stack which shal appeare at the day of the resurrection when the spirite of God pouring out his infinite vertue on our bodies shal raise them vppe againe and shall make them shine with the glory and brightnes that hee hath promised his elect And euen as in an egge there is a chicken and a certain life which is euidently perceiued when the hen hath heated and hatched it by her heate so immortality and life euerlasting whereof both our soules and bodies are called to bée partakers from the time that we haue receiued the Gospell of Christ which is a worde of life and a séede incorruptible shal shut vp till the last day by the power of our God which shall then make vs newe againe as hee shall doe the Heauens the earth and all other creatures which then shall fully be deliuered from the bondage of corruption Whereof we are also assured by the baptisme that is giuen vs in the name of the Father of the Sonne and of the holy Ghost For the water which hath bene poured vpon our bodies whiche the Scripture calleth the lauer of Regeneration is not onely to assure vs that our soules are washt and purged cleane by the bloud of Iesus Christ for the remission of our sinnes but also our bodies And that being both together couered and clad with the righteousnes and innocency of the son of God and besides sanctified by his holye Spirite they are by and by put in possession of life euerlasting and altogether made frée and deliuered frō the slauery of death which hath no power as we said but onely where sinne raigneth which is the onely cause of death The holy Supper of our Lord in the which taking by faith breade and wine which are giuen vnto vs by the handes of the minister we are receiued to the partaking of the flesh and bloud of Iesus Christ and so vnited and incorporate with him that for euer as Saint Iohn saith he dweleth in vs and we in him doth it not assure vs also that being inseperably ioyned with the life and with him that is cause of life wee can neither die either in soule or body by reason of this vniō which is common both to soule and body The death of the body ought not to séeme so hor rible and hideous as it doth vnto others who are frighted as little children with a maske or false vizard For if the mother should come to her childe with a monstruous and vgly face to be séene he would be afraid and
must beliue to be holy catholike vniuersall S. I belieue verily the holy Church vniuersall to be washed and made cleane in the precious bloud of Iesus Christ and I giue him most humble thankes that he hath giuen me grace to bee a little member of his church And being baptised in his name hath made me liue in the communion vnitie and charitie of the same hauing taught and instructed mee by his holy word nourished me with his verie bodie and giuen mee his most pretious bloud to drinke in hope of eternall life M. Séeing you are so surely grounded vpon the corner stone which is Iesus Christ in knowing your selfe pefectly you must also acknowledge the principall good that you haue receiued of this good God Iesus Christ. S. Not without good reason For I will not bee ingratefull to acknowledge the gifts and graces which I haue receiued at Gods handes Therefore I confesse that I am a poore and miserable sinner who haue grieuously offended the bountie and iustice of God hauing transgressed his most holy commandements wherein I haue deserued eternall death and damnation Neuerthelesse appealing to the mercie of God I aske him forgiuenesse and belieue and confesse without all doubt that he hath giuen mée full absolute forgiuenesse of all my sins by the onely merit of the death and passâ—…on of my Lord and sauiour Iesus Christ in the shedding of whose most precious bloud I assure my selfe sufficiently and throughly to be washed and made cleane which is the greatest benefit and contentment that I could euer receiue This is my faith in the which I wil liue and dye by the grace of his holy spirite M. Séeing that you haue receiued so greate a benefite at Gods hand by the meanes of his sonne Iesus Christe it is meet also that you shoulde doe that which he commandeth you For euen as he hath pardoned and remitted all your sinnes so likewise must you pardon from the bottome of your heart all those that haue at any time offended you for otherwise you walke not in Gods commaundements S. Herein I acknowledge the law of Iesus Christ to bée moste holy and perfecte commanding vs to loue our neighbours our friends and enemies as our selues Wherefore I beséeche all those whom by word or déede I haue offended to forgéeue me with as good a will as I forgéeue all those that by any means haue euer offended mée wishing with al my heart that I might do them as good seruice pleasures as vnto my best friends dearest brethreÌ„ M. Séeing that it is the ordinaunce of God that all men shall die wée cannot resist his ordinaunce But we must alwaies conforme our selues to his most holly wil. Wherefore deare brother you must not think il if I speak vnto you y â— which y â— holy prophet Esay told vnto king Ezechias hauing his message from God Set thine house in order for thou shalt dye and not liue This good counsell should moue you to haue a great care for the spirituall disposing of your conscience that is first to turne your selfe vnto the Lord and bewaile your sinnes as this good king did crauinâ—… pardon and pittie at his handes and crying him mercy for your sinnes say from the bottom of your hart Lord God haue pitty and mercy on me a poore wretched sinner for the loue of thy deare sonne Iesus Christ my Lord and Sauiour Secondly you must not forget your familie which by your last will and testament you must set in so good order that after your decease it may be in peace and quiet without strife contention or going to law Then must you sâ—… order your familie that euerie one haue their owne without defrauding any person Leaue your wife your heire your children and kinsmen in good loue and charitie one with an other that there arise afterwardes no diuision amongst them This done you must so forget all cares and sorrowes of this wicked world which shall passe and 〈◊〉 awaie with all the 〈◊〉 therof But he which doth the will of God shall abide for euer As for your children you are but onely their naturall Father for a time but God is their spirituall Father for euer who hath then in his timely and holy protection to kéepe nourish and preserue them from all euill so that they will walke in his waies Moreouer being that you are a Christian borne a newe in the holy Sacrament of Baptisme you know long since that we haue héere no abiding Citie but wee looke for a better dwelling place that shal continue for euer Therfore I besech you in y â— name of God not to be sorrie to â—…orgo any thing in this world For here we are all but strangers as our fathers were If it please the Lord God then that you shal dislodge and come before him are not you readie to obey his will and commandement Or if he sée it more expedient for your saluation to prolong your life as he did to this good King Ezechias will not you bee content with that which it shall please him to doe with you Yes surely For he is your Lord and maâ—…ter you are but his seruants hee is your creator you are but his creature and the workmanship of his hands So then you must dispose of your selfe at his will vnto the which onely you must conforme and submit your selfe saying from your verie heart Lord God thou knowest my necessitie before I aske if it be thy will to prolong my life thy will be done if it please thée to cal me to thée ward thy will be done also for thy creature Lorde hath none other will but thine Now déere brother comfort your self in the Lord who if hee haue ordayned to call you your calling shall be most happie for you must beléeue hope with a strong faith that hee will raise you vp againe in your owne bodie in a glorious immortalitie the which is alreadie purchased and giuen vnto you gratis by the vertue and efficacie of the precious bloud of our Lorde and sauiour Iesus Christ. In the name of which Lord and Sauiour God blesse you and kéepe you and make the light of his countenance to shine vppon you and be mercifull vnto you Therefore God turne his chéerefull face towards you and kéepe you in good prosperity for euer So be it This done if the sicke person doe not amend but drawe towards his end in the agonie of his death they should reade vnto him aloude the Christian Consolation which is before and beginneth Whosoeuer is of God c. And God no doubt shall giue him his grace to die his true and faithfull seruant like a good Christan and member of Christ Iesus So be it FINIS Psal. 82. Psal. 49. Psal. 89. Psal. 90. 2. Sam. 14. Psal. 62. 2 Chro. 16. Psal. 38. Rom. 13. 1. Cor. 13. 1. Cor. 12. Ephes. 4. Lament 3. 38. Amos. 3. Psal. 6. Psal. 38.