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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12622	An epistle of comfort to the reuerend priestes, & to the honorable, worshipful, & other of the laye sort restrayned in durance for the Catholicke fayth.	Southwell, Robert, Saint, 1561?-1595.	1587 (1587)	STC 22946; ESTC S111067	171,774	436

the brightnesse of the next worlde and the sonnes of men ascende to the adoption of a heauenlye Father Whiche consideratiōs were enough to encorage vs to be rather greedy of martyrdome being so glorious a thing then anye waye slacke in imbracinge it when it is offered But if we consider moreouer how beneficiall the same is to the Churche and how importante a meanes to aduaunce Gods glorye no true member of Christe nor true childe of the Catholicke Churche can be so vnnatural as not to reioyce that he hath so good an occasion to discharge his dutye to them bothe in so acceptable a sorte The martyrs sayeth S. Chrisostom vphold the Church lyke pillers they defende it lyke towers they beare of the rage of waters lyke rockes keeping them selues in great tranquillitye Lyke lyghts they haue dispersed the darkenesse of impyetye and lyke oxen haue drawen the sweete yoake of Christe The corne the more it is watered with showers of rayne the more plentyful haruest doth it yeelde And the Vyne also when it is pruned it spreadeth out the braunches in greater pryde and is the more loaden with fayre clusters and the iniurie it seemeth to suffer returneth to the greater increase It is beneficiall to the fielde to set on fire the stubble that the ground maye be more fertyll and aboundant So sayeth S. Cyprian in martyrdome the fore-goinge fall is a preparation for greater fruite condemneth lyfe to deathe that by deathe lyfe maye the better be preserued And for this Theodoretus compareth the persecutours to men that go about to extinguish the flame with oyle wherby they rather increase it to carpēters that felling trees cause many more to springe thē they cut downe For the more martyrs are slayne the more daylye spring vp in their place This sayeth S. Hilarius is peculier to Gods Church while it is persecuted it florisheth while it is troaden doune it groweth vp while it is despised it profiteth while it is hurt it ouer cometh while it is contraryed it better vnderstandeth and then it is most constant when it seeemeth to be conquered So wonderfull is the force of the death and bloode of martyrs Whose gloryous course is verye fitlye expressed in the silk-worme which first eating it selfe out of a verye lytle seede groweth to be a small worme afterwarde when by feeding a certaine time vppon freshe greene leaues it is waxed of greater syse eateth it selfe agayne out of the other coate and worketh it selfe into a case of silke which when it hath once finyshed in the ende castinge the seede for manye younge to breede of and leauing the silke for mans ornament dyeth all white and winged in shape of a flyeinge thinge Euen so the martyrs of the Catholicke Church first breake out of the dead seede of original sinne by baptisme then when by feedinge on the Sacramentes and leaues of Gods worde they are growne to more rypenesse castinge the coate of worldlye vanityes they cloath them selues with the silke of vertue and perfection of lyfe in whiche worke perseuering to the ende euen when the persecution is greatest they finallye as need requireth shedd their blood as seede for newe ofspring to arise of and leaue moreouer the silke of their vertues as an ornamente to the Church And thus departe white for they re good workes and winged with innocency of handes and cleanes of harte they presentlye flye to they re heauenlye repose agreeablye to Dauides saying Quis ascendet in montem Domini Innocens manibus mundo corde Who shall ascend to the mount of God The innocent of handes and cleane of harte So that thoughe the rype fruite of the Church be gathered yet their blood engendereth new supplye and it increaseth the more when the disincrease therof is vyolentlye procured It is lyke the bush that burned was not cōsumed Of the owne ruines it ryseth and of the owne ashes it reuiueth and by that increaseth by which the worlde decayeth The Phenix as Epiphanius S. Clement and others report when she is come to her full age gathereth in some hye moūt a pyle of mirrhe frankēcense other spices which being kindled by the heat of the Sunn she suffereth her selfe to be burnte vpp and of her ashes there firste breedeth a litle worme which in the ende becommeth a Phaenix agayne So the Martirs when they see it necessarye for Gods glorye hauing gathered a pyle of vertue and good woorkes in the mount of the Catholike Churche and gotten that bundle of which the Spouse speaketh Fasciculus mirrhae dilectus meus mihi My beloued is vnto me by the example of his Passion a bundle of Mirrhe Exposinge them thereuppon to the scorchinge heate of persecution sacrifice them-selues in the flame of patience charytye that by theyr death the posteritye of the Churche may be preserued For as Saint Ambrose noteth the greate goodnes of our God so plentyful of mercye and so cunning an artificer of our saluation by setting before our eyes the hye rewarde of vertue will haue the merytes of martyrs to be our patronage and while in the harde conflicte of martirdome he cōmendeth vnto vs the true Faythe he maketh the affliction of the fore Fathers an instruction of their posterytye O how greate is Gods care ouer vs he examineth them to informe vs he spoylethe them to spare vs and turneth their passions to our profitt For we finde by experience that whosoeuer suffereth though he suffer for his offence is pityed and naturally miserye though deserued cannot but breede remorse tendernesse in the beholders But now when such men as be of innocente behauioure of vertuous conuersation learned and graue persons shall with comforte offer themselues to extremytye reioyce when they are tormented smile when they are dismembred and goe to death as they would to a bancket When such as neyther want dignityes to withdraw them nor frendes and familye to pulle them backe nor powerable enemyes to affrighte them shall be readye to change theire dignitye with disgrace to forsake their friendes and geue thēselues into the handes of their mortall foes only for the defence of theire conscience men must needes saye as they dyd in S. Cyprians time Noscenda res est et virtus penitus scrutāda visceribus Nec enim leuis est ista quaecunque confessio propter quā homo patitur mori posse It is a thing worthye to be knowen and some vertue that deserueth deepe consideration for which a man is content to suffer death They wante no meanes to searche out the trueth hauing both read heard that which can be sayd on eyther syde They wante not witt and iudgemente to discerne the good from the bad being persons knowen to be of deepe insight and discretion They can haue no pleasure in paynes nor anye temporall allurement to moue them to vndertake so greate miserye yea they haue manye delyghtes honours