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A09620	Phisicke for the soule verye necessarie to be vsed in the agonie of death, and in those extreme and moste perillous seasons, aswell for those, which are in good health, as those, which are endewed with bodily sicknesse. Translated out of Latine into Englishe, by H. Thorne.	John Chrysostom, Saint, d. 407. De patientia et de consumatione huius sæculi, de secundo advento. aut; Thorne, Henry, fl. 1567-1584.	1567 (1567)	STC 19893A.7; ESTC S106667	56,136	144

and redemption for vs Pet. 32. Rom. 4. so that he will neuer impute them vnto vs but will fréely forgiue them all euen as we saye in the articles of our faith I beleue the remission of sinnes The testimonies of scripture for the remission of sinnes throughe Christ must be diligently repeated vnto the sick wherof I haue here vnder recited some that they may be in a readynesse BEholde the Lambe of God Ioan. 1. which taketh away the sinnes of the worlde Wée are not redéemed with bryckle thinges 1. Petr. 1. as with corruptible siluer and gold but with the precious blood of Christ as of a lambe vndefiled and without spot Let these things enter into the bottome of thine heart let these things lift thée vp and giue thee comforte There is no cause why thou shouldest doubt of the forgiuenesse of sinnes if thou constantly professe the name of Christ and trustest in his mercie he will also take away thy sinnes If so be that thou nothing stick nor stacker but vndoubtedly beléeuest this nowe thou art become the sonne of God there is no cause why thou shouldest wauer there is nothing that thou shouldest feare Hearken vnto the testimonies of scripture but so hearken vnto them that thou mayest surely print them in thy minde Ioan. 3. So God loued the worlde that he gaue his onely begotten sonne that none that beléeue in him should perishe but should haue euerlasting lyfe He that beléeueth on him shall not be condemned Math. 9. I came not to call the righteous but sinners vnto repentance Math. 11. Come vnto mée all yee that labour and are laden and I will refresh you He calleth all men vnto him he refuseth no man he casteth no man in the téeth Thou art also comprehended in this worde All. Call vpon his mercie and he will comfort thée Rom. 5. God setteth out his loue that he hath to vs séeing that while we were yet sinners Christ died for vs. Much more then nowe séeing that we are iustified in his blood shall we be saued from wrath thorowe him God the father which earnestly loueth thée would that this gospell full of comfort shoulde bée also declared vnto thée For Christ was sent vnto thée and he also died for thee beléeue onely and commende thy selfe vnto Christ thy preseruer and defender If when we were enimies Rom. 5. we were reconciled vnto God by the death of his sonne muche more séeing we are reconciled wee shall be preserued by his lyfe Christ is made to vs wisedome 1. Cor. 1. and also righteousnesse and sanctifying and redemption Here déerely beloued brother take a good hart although thou bée neuer so great an offender yet there is no matter why thou shouldest despeire but confesse and acknowledge thy selfe before Christ to be a sinner Call vpon his mercie and desire pardon of him aske forgiuenesse of thy sinnes and beléeue that Christ is thy onely sauiour thy health and iustification and euer will be Rom. 4. he will both couer and also abolishe all thy sinnes that thou shall neither feare perill nor dammage for them God hath made him to bée sinne for vs 2. Cor. 5. which knew no sinne that we by his meanes should be that righteousnesse which before God is allowed Gala. 1. Christ gaue himselfe for our sinnes to delyuer vs from this presente euill worlde through the will of God our father Ephe. 1. By Christ we haue redemption thorowe his blood euen the forgiuenesse of sinnes according to the riches of his grace 1. Timo. 1. Christ Iesus came into the worlde to saue sinners Haue thou a confidence in these wordes and giue good credite vnto them and thou shalt be iustified and saued as wel as saint Paule 1. Timo. 2. Christ Iesus gaue himselfe a ransome for all men Constantly beléeue this and without all question to the contrarie thou art one of that number which shall be saued Hebr. 10. We are sanctified by the offering vp of the body of Iesus Christ once for all Thou hearest Christ also speaking vnto thée in his laste supper féeding thée with his body and giuing himselfe vnto thée spiritually that thou mightest drink his blood vnto euerlasting lyfe Luc. 22. Where as he sayeth Take eate this is my body Math. 26. Mark 14. 1. Cor. 11. which is gyuen for you This do in the remembrance of mée And likewise when he had supped he tooke the cup saying This cup is the new testament in my blood which is shedde for you for the forgiuenesse of sinnes Doe this as often as yée shall drinke it in the remembrance of mée Thinke thou déerely beloued that those wordes were spoken vnto thée fasten them in the bottome of thine heart For when he speaketh generally vnto al men Mark 13. he speaketh to thee also All things which Christ suffered shall doe thée good they shall redownde vnto thine aduantage and saluation they shall profite thée as much as they shall the déere saintes of God Christ himselfe bare our sinnes in his bodie on the trée 1. Petr. 2. Christ hath once suffered for sinnes 1. Petr. 3. the iust for the vniust for to bring vs to God The blood of Iesus Christe clenseth vs from all sinne 1. Ioan. 1. If anye man sinne 1. Ioan. 2. we haue an aduocate with the father Iesus Christ which is righteous He it is that abteyned grace for our sinnes Thou mayest take moe fewer or lesse sentences of scripture for this purpose euen as thou shalt perceyue the sick to be affected The words which thou hast now heard are not the wordes of man but of the holy Ghost which plainly testifie that God the father whiche woulde not the death of a sinner Ezech. 18. but that he might be conuerted and liue for that his feruent loue which he beareth towardes thee hath eased and released thée from the burthen of thy sinnes hath layed them on the shoulders of his deerely beloued sonne Esay 53. which hath so borne and suffered them all in his body that they shal neuer be thy condemnation For if so bée that thou beléeue in Christ God reputeth and accepteth the death of his sonne in the stead of a full and sufficient repentance satisfaction and absolution for all thy sinnes Séeing therefore thy sinnes layed vpon Christ coulde not deteyne or kéepe him in death and condemne him ransome is truely payd for them and they are all fréely forgiuen thée Beléeue this and thou shalt liue eternally Christ himselfe suffered for thy sinnes Rom. 4. 1. Ioan. 2. died for them But he rose againe and the sinnes of all faithfull beléeuers are by his death acquited purged and clensed so that the straight iustice seuere iudgement of God is aboundantly satisfied through Christ Nowe therefore Christ is become thine and all others which beleeue with al his benefites with his death with his resurrection with his

vnto thy destruction For it is writtē Math. 4. Thou shalt not tempt the Lorde thy God Séeing that God hath endued mée alwayes with most large and infinite benefites according to his fatherly loue towardes me seing that he hath giuen me this lyfe and hath nourished and preserued the same euen hitherto seing that he hath heaped me vp with all kind of goodnesse what madnesse were it for mée to doubt of his mercie Seing that through baptisme he hath appointed me into the number to bée one of the receyued flocke of the christians seing that he hath called me vnto the gospell of his grace wherein he hath promised to be my father why shoulde I not then looke for all goodnesse at his hands Why should I not assure my selfe of him in all things Wherfore should not his great good will and kindnesse towardes mée alwayes be remembred of mée for my stay and comfort What néede many words It is a most foolishe perillous thing to yeelde our minds studie to such cogitations concerning predestination but forthwith confound preuent thou such cogitations with others wherwith god would haue thy mind to be occupied preuented that is to wit with those which Christ himselfe hath appointed Ioan. 3. where as he sayeth He that beleeueth in Christ shall not perishe but shall haue euerlasting life 1. Cor. 1. Hearest thou that he which beléeueth in Christ which acknowledgeth Christ to bee his sanctification saluation and iustification cannot be damned and that he shall bée partaker of eternall lyfe How many soeuer therof doe trust vnto the mercie of Christ without all doubt they be of the number of them which are chosen vnto lyfe euerlasting being foreknowne and fore ordayned in Christ Ephe. 1. now already written in the booke of lyfe And those which are predestinate vnto eternall lyfe are made and become like vnto the ymage of Christ For they conceyue there fayth for the which they are counted to bée iust before God of none other thing but of the worde of God They are saued therfore by this faith The iust man lyueth by faith Gala. 3. Abac. 2. Rom. 1. Ephe. 1. that is to saye by the trust and hope of mercie fréely giuen vs for Christ his sake Those things are most certeine and true God can neyther be deceyued nor deceyue any man This is the purpose and intent of God our most bountifull father and the true louer of mankinde He from the beginning hath so purposed so foreknowne so before determined those things There is no cause therefore that thou shouldest be letted or feared with those things which that enimie enuying our saluation and pretending the destruction of our soules putteth in thy minde and layeth against thée Sée onely that thou beléeuing in Christ doe comfort thy selfe in the confidence of his mercie and there shall be no perill at all For if thou fasten thy hope Ioan. 6. Rom. 4. trust on Christ Christ is made thine and thou art Christes If he haue redéemed thée thou canst by no meanes bée damned and perishe For he that beléeueth on Christ is drawen vnto him by the father Ioan. 10. and he will haue them to be saued by him none of them to perish Wherfore sée that thou haue a good hart sée that thou beléeue constantly on Christ and conceyue sure hope of him How many soeuer beleue on Christ the same are predestinate vnto euerlasting lyfe We must therefore fasten our eyes vpon Christ we must flye vnto him This our onely and true sauiour is to be taken holde on by faith if we intende to be saued Here let euery mā diligently way that earnest exhortation of saint Paule whose words are these Let vs runne with pacience vnto the battell that is set before vs Hebr. 12. looking vnto Iesus the author and the finisher of our fayth which for the ioy that was set before him abode the crosse and despised the shame and is set downe on the right hande of the throne of God Furthermore Christ for vs and for our sakes suffered all temptations with the which being most gréeuous he was vexed and troubled the same saint Paule bearing witnesse thereof saying Hebr. 5. We haue not an high priest which can not haue compassion of our infirmities but was in all pointes tempted lyke as we are but yet withoute sinne Let vs therefore go boldly vnto the seate of grace that we may receyue mercie and finde grace to helpe in tyme of néede Print those things déerely beloued in thy minde First Christ was giuen vnto vs for this purpose that he might redéeme vs reconcile vs and make vs partakers of euerlasting saluation Secondly that he might be an example vnto vs to leade and passe ouer a godly life Therfore if so be that thou desire to finish thy life wel and vertuously sée that the death of Christ being set before thine eyes thou ende thy lyfe after his example For Christ is set before vs as a patterne to be folowed of vs in our lyfe and conuersation in all afflictions and in our death No man lyueth godly no man suffereth aduersitie no man dyeth well except he set before him the lyfe and death of Christ and doe folow the same The death of all godly men is abolished swalowed vp in the death of Christ Wherfore thou shalt consider diligently meditate what kinde of death he suffered how he behaued himselfe in that agonies of all other moste bitter when he hanging on the crosse was troubled and pestered with most gréeuous temptations Folow this Christ as neere as thou mayest calling for helpe at Gods handes Howe christ was tempted on the crosse Mark 15. Math. 27. Luc. 23. First he was tempted with death when as it was sayd vnto him He saueth others but himselfe he cannot saue As though they should saye Now he is vndone he must die and perishe for euer no man shall delyuer him and pluck him out of our hands After this manner that our olde and mortall enimie will bring the terrour of death on thée But so muche the bolder go thou against him pluck vp thine hart and strengthen thee in him with a sure hope Christ will subdue and tread vnder foote that enimie and thou also shalt ouercome him by Christ Hold vp the shield of faith in Christ Christ is the lorde Ephe. 6. 1. Petr. 5. he is the king of glorie and he is the lorde of lyfe he is not subiect to death but liueth and reigneth This thy lorde and reuenger will not suffer death to exercise hir tirannie vpon thée He cannot deceyue thée neyther can he lye seing that he is the veritie it selfe Conceyue thou this trust and confidence of him Assure thy selfe to receyue all goodnesse at his hands and thou shalt lyue with him for euer And for that he woulde haue the greeued with temptations and to suffer death of bodye it is done onely for thy

workes which they haue done then shall they confesse and saye that the iudgement of God is true and righteous saying did we not héere of this and yet woulde we not be conuerted from our wicked déedes But then they shall nothing preuaile Alas that euer I was borne which am compassed about with sinnes innumerable aboue the number of the sandes I haue sinned but I turne away from them as frō many yron chaines For my hope is that I shall not see my sinnes aboue in heauen Vnto whome then shall I flie but vnto thée Oh mercifull God vnto thée I say which forgettest and art not mindefull of iniuries Psal 51. Haue mercie vpon mée O God after thy great goodnesse according vnto the multitude of thy mercies doe awaye mine offences Wash me thorowly from my wickednesse clense me from my sinne For I acknowledge my faultes my sinne is euer before mée Against thee onely haue I sinned I flie vnto thée for thy great mercie and goodnesse sake I haue prouoked thée and yet I runne vnto thee for thy méere placabilitie I haue reiected thée and nowe I come vnto thée for thy great goodnesse and kindnesse sake And I hartily beséeche thée to turne away thy face from my sinnes and blot out al mine offences Make a cléene hart in mée O god renue a right spirit within mée for thy names sake onlye For I haue nothing that I maye present vnto thée not so much as one good worke not a pure hart 1. Cor. 4. but I trusting in thy mercies do wholy commit my self vnto them that thou mayst stirre vp in me a prick of conscience that I may not lightly fal againe into sinne but that I may from this time forth serue and please thée Luc. 1. in holinesse righteousnesse all the dayes of my lyfe For thine is the kingdome the power for euer I beséech thée therefore déerely beloued which hopest to obtaine the forgiuenesse of thy sinnes that thou endeuour thy selfe to be found in peace cléene and without spot If any euill thought come in thy mind take vp this swoorde that is to wit The feare of God is a sworde be mindefull of the feare of God and thou shalt cut off al the power of the enimy And take the holy scripture in the stead of a trumpet For as the trumpet gathereth the souldiers togither euen so the holy scripture crying vnto vs doth gather togither our thoughts in the feare of the lord For our thoughts are euen like souldiours which wage warre agaynst the kings enimies And againe euen as the trumpet sounding in the time of warre stirreth vp the courage of the yong men battailing against their enimies likewyse the holy scriptures do rayse vp thy promptnesse to vertue do make thée valiant against affections Therefore enforce thy self as much as in thée lieth oftentymes to apploye the scriptures that they may gather togither thy cogitations which the enimy hath scattred abrode by his wicked subtilty ministring vnto thée noughty appetites and concupiscence or oftentimes also bringing aduersitie or somtimes giuing prosperitie making thée carelesse For he woorketh these things by his deceite guile that he may seperate man from God For oftentymes it hapneth that when we can not ouercome and subdue one by concupiscence then after he offereth vnto him other temptations thereby to blind his mynd that he may after find it an apt ground to plant in it such things as pleaseth him and in the end beginneth to minister such thoughts vnto men that they will say with an othe At what tyme I doe good I haue infortunate dayes Rom. 3. Let vs therefore doe euill that thereof may come good Then if a man be not well aduised he will swallow him vp as hell aliue If so be that he cannot thus ouercome him then will he offer vnto him felicity and securitie of lyfe and craftily extolleth him bringing in deceit an effect of all other most greeuous and troublous which is that he may make him proude and without feare This draweth the minde into the bo●●●e of pleasures This causeth the mouth to speak blasphemie against heauen Psal 73. For it is written They haue set bestowed their mouth against heauen This maketh man to bée ignoraunt of God and not to vnderstande his owne infirmitie neyther to thinke vpon the daye of death and iudgement For this truely is the way of all wickednesse He that reioyseth to walke in this waye that is to wit of prosperitie and cockering shall in the ende come into the storehouse of death This is the waye whereof the lorde sayed Wyde and broad is the way Math. 7. which leadeth vnto destruction Beholde thou hast heard wherefore the enimie endeuoreth sometime to bring vs prosperitie sometime aduersity For as he proueth the minde of man which struggeleth and striueth against him to be affected euen so by his malignitie doth he furnishe his hoste against him Therfore be sober and warie and alwayes giue thy selfe vnto reading that thou mayest learne how it behoueth thée to eschue the snares of that enimie and to take hold on euerlasting lyfe For the reading of holy scripture maketh the wandring minde to stande fast and giueth hir the knowledge of God God is knowne out of the scriptures Read for this matter the second epistle to Timothi The holy ghost speaketh in the Scriptures Thou hearest how that he which with an vnfained hart ymployeth the holy scriptures receyueth the knowledge of God Nelect not therefore thy selfe but ymploy reading and prayer that thy mind may be lightned that thou mayest be made perfite and honest in all things wanting in no point Let others boast of the fréendship of honorable men princes and kings But reioyce thou before the angelles of God speaking vnto him and to the holye ghost by the sacred scriptures † Math. 10. For the holye ghost is he that speaketh by them * 2. Petr. 1. Doe thy diligence therefore constantly to be occupied in holy scripture and prayers For looke how often thou art conuersant with God by them so often is thy bodye and soule sanctified Then take this for certeintie that when thou happenest to reade the scriptures thou art sanctified Therfore do thy good will oftentimes to imploy them Although thy handes be occupied yet mayest thou praye in thy minde For blessed Anne God is to be praied vnto with the mind 1. Reg. 1. Samuell the prophet his mother prayed and moued but hir lippes onely yet hir prayers entered into the eares of the God of Sabaoth she obtained the thing shée desired Therefore although 〈◊〉 hands be otherwise busied yet praye thou at the least wise with thy minde For God heareth euen the silent If thou haue no skill to read He that cannot reade or vnderstādeth not what he readeth must resort vnto some wise man yet resort where thou mayst heare and take profite thereof For it is written