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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11240	A Christian exhortation taken out of the Holy Scriptures for the great comfort of euery faithfull person being in the agonie of death, before whome it must be ofte[n]times red and recited (if neede be) eue[n] to his last breath. Wherevnto is ioyned in the end a singular prayer for the partie greeuously afflicted by sicknesse dravving tovvard his death. Therewith is a briefe catechisme, which is not only to instructe the sicke, but also to refresh his memorie vvith the greate mysterie of our redemption.	I. S., fl. 1579.	1579 (1579)	STC 21500; ESTC S102189	21,015	74

A Christian exhortation taken oute of the holy Scriptures for the great comfort of euery faithfull person being in the agonie of deathe before whome it must be oftētimes red and recited if neede be euē to his last breath Wherevnto is ioyned in the end a singular Prayer for the partie greeuously afflicted by sicknesse dravving tovvard his death Therewith is a briefe Catechisme which is not only to instructe the sicke but also to refresh his memorie vvith the greate mysterie of our redemption Printed at London by Henry Bynneman Anno. 1579. Mathewe 24.51 The carelesse and negligente seruante shall be surprinsed and cutte off and haue his parte vvith the hypocrites there shall be vveeping and gnasshing of teeth Death is the end and beginning of life Ecclesiasticus 18.18 Before sicknesse vse medicine and before thou come to iudgement examine thy selfe and in the sight of God thou shalt finde fauoure Apocalips If thou doest not vvatch I vvil come vpon thee as a theefe and thou knovvest not at vvhat time I vvill come vpon thee Apocalips 16. Blessed is he vvhiche vvatcheth and keepeth his garmentes least he vvalke naked and that men see his filthynesse Mathew 24. Luke 12. Be ye readie for yee knovv not in vvhat hour the sonne of man shall come To the very Honorable his singular good Lord the Earle of Lincolne Lord Clinton and Say Lorde high Admirall of Englande Knighte of hir Maiesties order and one of the Lordes of hir Highnesse most honourable priuie Counsell THe greate and cunning workemaister yea the maister of all mischiefe Satan hath not ceased euen from the firste creation of man to molest and persecute the same lying euer in wayt to destroy him as is playnely seene in his assaults deliuered to our first parents Adam and Eue very shortlye after their creatiō he neuer left them vntill suche time as he hadde caused them to transgresse the commandement of the Almighty wherby they purchaced to themselues and to all their posteritie eternall damnation He continually putteth his cunning and Stratagemes in vse against seely poore man Sometime by open battaile as causing him to commit murther adulterie theft extortion and such like grosse offences against the commaundementes of the seconde Table Another time he solliciteth him to pride Idolatry blaspheming vnbeliefe lothing the word of God contempte of the same rebellion againste God vnthankefulnesse toward God and such like against the commandements of the first Table whereby he deliuereth vnto vs terrible and dangerous assaultes othertimes he dresseth agaynst vs surprinses as when by meane of the ingraffed corruption whiche dwelleth in vs he raiseth in vs horrible motions thoughtes affections and consentes yea and that whiche most daungerous of all is he hath so banded oure eyes that the greatest number of men doe thinke filthy motions vncleane thoughts corrupt affections and detestable consents to be no sin vnlesse the acte do ensue But indede the Eternall which hath created the heart seeth all these things in vs and abhorreth and condemneth them he is the searcher of the raines which knoweth the thought before it bee hatched in vs Wherefore we haue great cause to beg of God his grace that we may vnderstand and know the ruzes and deceiptes of Sathan whereby to auoyde them and when he shal at any time sollicite vs to any of the aboue named things or suche like let vs then know that the enimy is at hand that he dresseth his scaramuches againste vs and that he placeth his ambushes to cut betweene vs and our saluation wherefore it behoueth vs to bee alwayes armed with the armour of God whereof Sainct Paule speaketh in the Epistle to the Ephesians 6. Chapter and to bee well acquaynted with the perfect vse of our weapon for oure enimie is both strong and skilfull and woulde soone make an end of mankind if that God did not holde him in bridle his cunnings are in maner infinite he can transfigure himselfe sometime into the likenesse of an Angel of light yea into the likenesse of Christe himselfe and alleage the Scriptures vnto vs but it shall be altogither to cast vs downe with the weight of our sinnes into desperation and so to damne vs for he wyll alleadge vnto vs the iustice of God the horrour of oure sinnes and the Law cleane contrarie to Christe for Christe is the nouriture medicine and consolation of afflicted soules he will not breake the bruzed reede nor quench the smoking tow wherfore we must beware of this false and counterfetted Christe he can make this day that which is horrible sinne to seeme to me to be no sinne and to morrow that whiche is no sinne to be horrible sinne thus can he amplifie and swell the least euill thing that is and make it to seeme as great and huge as a mightie Mountayne I haue spoken some thing of this cūning aduersarie whiche the sacred Scripture calleth the great Leuiathā and the redde Dragon to the ende we might beware of him and auoide his snares which he laieth aboue and beneath vs before and behinde on euery side and within and without vs to the ende that when wee shall feele our selues in any sort solicited by him ▪ we maye forthwith repaire to our Panacea and most holesome medicine for al diseases which is the word of God in the which we shall finde all comforte and hauing founde it we must lay sure holde on it in all humilitie and Prayer the whiche word doth euen repulse and chase Sathan from vs It is a lighte whiche lighteneth to our feete it is a most pure thing it cōuerteth soules it is a faithfull witnesle yea it is the power of God to saluation to all beleeuers Saincte Paule calleth it the Sword of the Spirit the which wōudeth and putteth Sathan to flighte it is that Sword without the whiche we may not fight the battayle wyth that strong and mightie enimie with whome wee must euerye one of vs fight a battayle eyther in the time of oure healthe or else in the article of our death for then beginneth he to play sharply the accuser then setteth he forth vnto vs the Lord Christe as a lawgiuer and exactor then maketh he euery sinne to seeme twenty to the ende he maye make vs to dishonour God through vnbeleefe and so to fall into desperation our aunswer must be to him Satan thou canst not speake truth except it be to get credite whereby afterward thou mayst the more boldly tel millions of lyes but know thou that my Lord Iesus Christe hathe payde my debt more than abundantly for with one onely offering he hath cōsecrated for euer thē which are sanctified Nowe God is iust yea iustice it selfe wherefore he is contente with one more than sufficient paymente for one thyng wherfore thou canst in no wise hurt me if he can not in this sort preuaile Then commeth he in another lykenesse with his faire face with flattering and entising words to lift vs vp into pride and