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A17731	The seaven trumpets of brother Bartholomevv Saluthius of the holie order of S. Francis; exciting a sinner to repentance. A worke very profitable for the saluation of all such soules, as are bound with sinne. Now lately translated out of the Latin, into the English tongue, by Br. G. P. of the same order and obseruance; Sette trombe. English	Cambi, Bartolomeo, 1558-1617.; Perrot, George, 1601-1670, of the order of S. Francis.	1626 (1626)	STC 4469; ESTC S115141	107,909	452

be assumed with troupes of Angels into heauen there perpetually to enioy the heatificall vision and ineffable delightes of paradise But if thou shalt depart without penance for thy sinnes without confession or at least contrition and desire of confession and reconciliation when thou cāst attaine to the acte of confession thy soule then at the instant of her departure out of thy body presently being seazed vpon by a companie of diuels shal be thrust into the loathsome dūgeō of perpetual darknes Thinke now ô miserable and vnhappy sinner of the misery of the body which shal be left destitute of a soule frō which it receaued its forme beauty and comelines and being depriued of this coniunction and vnion it shall be deformed loathsome pale and wanne Thinke with thy selfe it beganne to be filthy and putrified euen then when it was first taken with a feauer cōsumption impostume or any other disease and from that time to wax most filthy loathsome Thinke that it doth agonize and sweat euen vntill the departure of the soule and continually doth excreate spitt forth fleam and other corrupted filth and in this state and condition weeping languisheth and decayeth consider that after the departure of the soule the eyes will remaine distorted thy teeth grinning thy mouth gaping and thy countenance which before was faire beautifull and comely shal afterwardes become most hideous and fearfull to behould consider what loathsome excrements it will cast forth and of the suddaine moste odiously will stink I haue said to rottennesse thou arte my Father my Mother and sister to the wormes Iob. 17.14 O extreame folly of man which careth for nothing but to pollish nourish adorne and make much of this putrified flesh which whether thou wilt or no must bee eaten and deuowred vpp by wormes We read of a certaine philosopher that out of curiosity did visit the toombe of Alexander the great which beinge opened he found it stinking filled and couered with wormes and two Serpents eating tearing his eyes whereupon he cried out saying O Alexāder how lately is it since the world could not satisfie and fill thy desire but now thou art contēt with three cubits of earth and a little toombe Yesterday thou diddest triumph and boast of the number of thy subiects dominions to day thou art filled with filthines wormes Yesterday thou wert worshipped and honoured of the world this day thou art of the same world left and forsaken yesterday thou diddest feed vpon exquisite meats delicate dainties this day thou thy selfe art become meate for wormes Alas o you sinners and especially you which are giuen to the sensuall desires vnlawfull pleasures of the flesh set before your eyes the last misery of your dead putrified and corrupted bodies goe and consider with your selues the misery and deformity of those dead carcases and perswade your selues that you must be like vnto them and more abhominable it may bee Behould ô you harlotts how Queenes Ladies and Mistresses doe die see ô you sinners how Kings Lords and Masters without exception perish and consider that the same yee it may be worse shall befall you Behould how men and women are buried sinners and harlots behould I say in what state they are which are now buried what they were within these few dayes and be you astonished absolutly perswading your selues that the same it may be worse shall happen vnto you And say to your selues woe Alas to me miserable N. O wretched G. O vnhappy E. Behould into what state we must also one day come Heare you what the dead man saith vnto you To me yesterday to thee to day woe vnto thee which behouldest mee saieth the dead man to euerie one that looketh on him Behould ô woman the miseries of this dead body which in former times was thy associate Behould the mouth nose and countenance of it contemplate the breasts and golden haires of which she did so greatly as thou doest at this present boast and glory cōsider what an alteration there is Behould thou proud and intēperate wretch whosoeuer thou art immerst in the pleasures of the body smel how odiouslie and grieuouslie this dead body stinketh Behould that woman ô lasciuious wanton and tell me if thou knowest her Alasse o yee madd and pertinacious sinners what is there that cā mollify your mindes cleaue in sunder your obdurate and stonie hartes if the misery of your owne bodies and consideration of the loathsome hatefull stinch of the same can no Lord he stinketh for he is now of foure dayes saieth Martha of her dead brother Ioan. 11.39 O sinner what smell can be compared to that of an humane dead carcase To what end therfore such diligence and such curiositie to what end such cost odors paintings and ornaments To what end so many delightes pleasures fancies or whatsoeuer may seeme delectable to soe corrupted and deformed a bodie I haue seene the offenders and haue pined away because they haue not kept thy law saieth the Prophet Psal 118. O my Brethren and sisters sinners you compell me to pine away with Dauid for the extremitie of griefe when I consider the opprobries offences and ignominies whereby you offend your God and the irrecuperable detriment and dammage which you procure vnto your owne soules How long shall sinners o Lord how long shall sinners glory they shall manifest and declare their iniquitie Let God arise and let his enemies be dispersed and let them that hate him flie from his face As smoake vanisheth let them vanish away as wax melteth at the presence of the fire so let sinners perish at the presence of God and let the iust make merrie and reioyce in the sight of God and let them be delighted in mirth Psal 67.2 Breake the arme of the sinner and malignant his sinne shall be sought and he shall not be found saieth the holie Prophet Psal 10.15 beinge moued with an infinite zeale of the honour of God and saluation of soules O good Lord I am not Dauid but of all sinners the most wretched of all heinous offendors the greatest of all wicked malefactours the most pernitious notwithstanding ô my God deare Iesus I am incited and mooued with such a desire of thine honor the saluation of my poore brethren that from the bowells of my harte or rather of thine I implore thy clemency and mercie in these wordes Haue mercie vpon vs ô Lord haue mercie vpon vs for wee are much filled with contempt because our soule is much filled and is made a reproach to the wealthy and despection to the proud O God haue mercie vpon vs haue mercie vppon vs for wee are all thy children thy seruantes and creatures Remember sweete Iesus my deare Lord that all poore miserable sinners are thy creatures thy seruantes thy children thy brothers thy sisters therfore my Iesus take compassion and comiseration vppon thy children and bretheren and shew mercie vpon thy daughters and sisters wee doe

a Father so good a God that God who hath created you redeemed you with his owne blood O you wretches behold in what a blindnes you walke and liue in so much that you persecute your dearest friend euē God himselfe if it were to molest or vexe some creature the fault would be more tollerable but you persecute and blaspheme euen almighty God himselfe neuer ceasing to quench the spirit of God and to resist his sacred inspirations which if you would know how great an euill it is giue eare I say to you saith our blessed Sauiour that al sinne blasphemy shall be forgiuen men and who so shall speake a word against the sonne of mā it shal be forgiuen him but he that shall speake against the holy Ghost he shall not be forgiuen in this world nor in the world to come Math. 12. If you should cast or spit out your malice against the face of one of your enemies which by some heinous crime had offended you if against one which beareth an aduerse minde or affection towards you you might finde some excuse or euasion but you offend God who of his great bounty hath bestowed such ample benefits vpon you which created and redeemed you which preserueth and susteineth you who last of all is ready to giue you eternall life what an infinite heinous crime is this how loathsome detestable an offēce is this Oh my Brethren so much as that nature it selfe abhorreth and detesteth it I would to God vnworthy sinner that thou couldest but see that indignation with which so often as thou offendest thy God the elements fire ayre water and earth heauen starres sunne and moone are inflamed and moued against thee O that thou couldest but perceaue how much the very brute beasts voide of reason are molested and troubled I would to God thou couldest behould and with due consideration ponder how thinges euen without sense as herbes plantes stones themselues doe stand armed against thee so often as they see thee offending their God and Creator know therfore thou sinner and perswade thy selfe that if it were not for the clemencie and benignitie of thy God after thou hast sinned preuaricated the earth it selfe would open her mouth and swallow thee the waters submerge thee the ayre infect choake thee the fire burne and consume thee the heauens send forth lightninges and fearfull tempests to kill and destroy thee and last of all what thing soeuer is created would rise vp against thee to reuenge the wrong done to their God and Creator O you sinners know that for a certaine all liuing Creatures as wilde beastes Serpents Dragons also rauening birdes all trees such like would oppose make warre against you if it were soe permitted by your God What doest not thou thinke that the house in which thou sinnest could fall downe vpon thee in the very acte wherein thou offendest if it were not vpholdē by God What doest thou not perswade thy selfe that the very bedde wherin thou committest adultery and dishonourest thy Creator would be cōsumed vnder thee if it were not hindered by the diuine prouidence What doest thou not firmely beleue that the bread which thou eatest the meate whereby thou art nourished the wine that thou drinkest would presently choake thee and poysen thee so that it might cause thy death did not the goodnes of thy God withstand it Consider therefore ô sinner that if God would permit it thou shouldest not liue one moment longer wherby to offend him any more because all creatures would rise vp in armes against thee but he reserueth this vntill the last day of iudgement although he permitted many particular sinnes to be reuenged and punished by diuerse creatures that hee might giue an example to other offenders God graunt that we may take example at such so soone as may be amend our liues and be in his grace and fauour so great that we may be no more enemies to him his creatures Amen Of the separation of the soule from the body and of the great dolors and afflictions which follow at that time and instant THE XX. CHAPTER LEt vs proceed further and goe forward to consider now the anguishes dolors griefes which the soule shall feele in the instant and time of her separation from the body O poore soule if thou wouldest seriously examine this I doubt not but that thou wouldest giue such charge to thy Will that it should neuer consent to the sensuall pleasures of the flesh Consider ô sinner that Iesus Christ himselfe who was God when he knew he was to approach and draw nigh to his death he did sweat blood and being in an agonie he prayed vntill his sweat became as droppes of blood trickling downe vpon the earth Luc. 22.44 O wicked wretch if God considering that his blessed soule should departe out of his sacred body did soe much feare death that such an anguish sorrow did possesse his soule what will become of thee Consider obdurate sinner the great griefe and sorrow that one friend taketh at anothers departure and separation they depart weeping sighing and lamenting their separation neither are able scarse to speake or take leaue each of the other How incomparably will then that griefe bee which the soule feeleth at the separation from the body vnto which it hath bene vnited with such intimate and naturall loue and affection O miserable soule how great will thy griefe be how intollerable thy anguish and sorrow when thou shalt be separated frō this thy flesh which thou haste so naturally loued and neuer denied it any thing All the thinges which my eyes desired I haue giuen them saieth Salomon O vnfortunate soule what a penaltie and punishment will it be vnto thee to be disunited frō thy flesh which so dearly thou louest and so highly esteemest of as that thou wouldest not disobey it in any thing No man hath euer hated his owne flesh but nourisheth and succoureth it saieth the holy Apostle Hearken vnto mee ô sinner and at this instant consider that the time shall come when the bōdes wherwith thy soule is so strictlie bound conioyned with thy body shall be violated and dissolued It shall come ô vngratefull sinner that most horrible time I say shall come ô it shall come accursed soule I say that ruefull and dismall moment and instant shall come O sinner commiserate and take pittie on thy selfe and on thy poore soule by seruing and pleasing God What will it profit a man saieth the holy scripture to gaine the whole world and to loose his owne soule Consider therfore ô thou improbous sinner which art so indulgent to that flesh of thine and desistest not to pittie feed and nourish it consider that thou must be disioyned from it when thou art to depart this life Consider that when thou shalt approach and draw nere vnto thy last end thou shalt be tormented and afflicted with some disease that thou shalt not be able to

of his wife the wife all the faultes of her husband euery one shal haue his vices and disordered affectiōs plainely knowne O the iustice of almighty God which will discouer that which a sinner thought would haue beene for euer concealed Call to minde sinner what shame that will be for thee to be set before the eyes of the whole world to be seene of al both within and without Alas how many shall there be who whilst they liued in this world were reputed Saints were reuerenced of all for such but then shall be knowne to be farre otherwise How many treacherous and diuellish plottes how many adulteries and robberies shall openly be declared to the eyes of the whole worlde O my sweet Iesu which seest al thinges that descriest whatsoeuer is committed in priuat pardon sinners Iesu helpe them that doing pennance they may not be confounded with that last and great shame Iesu remember that thou art our Father our Lord God therfore forsake vs not but turne thine anger from vs suffer not the fire of thy wrath to consume vs Let not that perish Lord which is altogether thine Haue mercy vpon vs crying out vnto thee I haue strayed as a sheepe that is lost seeke thy seruant because I haue not forgotten thy law He hath forsaken mee and there is none that seeketh after my soule Psal 118. Many poore afflicted soules of sinners make such lamentations releeue and succour them Lord leaue them not who are thine they wholly giue vp themselues vnto thee they flie to thee for refuge they craue and looke for helpe of thee alone Alas sinners men and women without doubt our case is most miserable vnlesse we liue well and honestly and be conuerted vnto our Lord God seeing we yet receaue helpe wherupon if we perish it is our owne faultes The Saints the Angels the church yea heauen earth and euery thing else is ready to helpe vs the Blessed Virgin Mary is ready to succour vs our sweet Iesus to releiue vs and in a word the Blessed Trinity is prepared to defend vs whose wee are of whom we are created and preserued God doth lift vs vp but we cast our selues downe procuring to our selues our owne damage and withall the infernall pitt of hell God would haue vs be saued our Lord Iesus Christ died for vs all he is the propitiation for our sinnes saith S. Iohn not only for ours but for the sinnes of the whole world 1. Iohn 2. Therfore sinners if we be damned we can giue no lawfull excuse it is our owne mischiefe and we are the cause beginning of our owne destruction Alas therfore brethrē sisters let vs shunne and detest our former vices which if we cannot doe at the first for the loue of God which we ought to beare towards him as a Father yet at the least let vs doe it to auoide the shame which will otherwise befall vs before the whole world in the day of iudgement And thus doing I hope at last we shall be brought to forsake them for the loue of God ô heauenly consideration ô frutefull and profitable contemplation I could wish that thou wert engrauen in the hartes of all men for surely thou wouldest be then a great helpe to miserable and wretched soules which now are like to be damned by theire owne foolish madnes O sinnefull man what doest thou what thinkest thou whither goest thou why doest thou hasten with such speed vnto thy destruction ruine and damnation show them a way ô Lord that so great a number of them may not perish preserue Christiā soules from destruction seeing that so many Turkes heretikes and other infidels are daily damned who obstinatly refuse to acknowledge the truth of the holie Catholique church But there is a meanes found out alreadie Christian Bretheren and sisters which stil remaine in your sinnes If you will enter into life keepe the commaundements Math. 19.17 you know you are commaunded of God to lead a life worthy and beseeming Christian profession to abstaine from sinne and flie the apearance of euil to loue vertue and embrace godlines God almighty graunt that we all may performe this that our soules in the day of accompt may be saued Amen Of the fearfull sentence which Iesus Christ will pronounce at the day of iudgement blessed and happy are they who seriously ponder it in their hartes and soules for this is the most compendious way to forsake sinne and to turne vnto God THE XXVIII CHAPTER THen shall the King say to those that are on his right hand Come yee blessed of my Father possesse the kingdome prepared for you from the beginning of the world Math. 25.34 There are two things which may moue and excite you sinners to forsake your enormous crimes and vices and with an vnfained repentāce to returne to your God One is the consideration of the blessinge which the good shall haue the other is the pondering of the fearfull sentence that Iesus Christ shal pronounce against the damned to the good he shall say Come yee blessed of my Father inheritt the kingdome prepared for you from the beginning of the world But to the wicked Goe into euerlastinge fire which is prepared for the diuell and his Angells the one shall be called to a paradise of pleasures the other shall be sent into a lake of torments Nothing is more glorious or beautifull then paradise nor any thing more horrible and loathsome then hell nothing more delightsome then heauen nothing more detestable then hell therfore sinner consider well of these two such contrarie places Thinke of heauen that forsaking sinne and doing pennance thou mayest come to enioy the vnspeakable pleasures of it Thinke of hell and learne soe to order thy life that desisting from thy former courses thou mayest escape the grieuous punishments of the same Wise sinners and blessed are they who chaunge their ill maners forsake their lewed courses and satisfy for their misdeeds for at their death they shall be saued but miserable are those who giue themselues ouer to the filthy lustes of the flesh and with greedines doe commit all sinne for they after this life shall finde no redresse Happy are those who striue here to adorne their soules with virtues for in the day of iudgement they shall finde mercy and obtaine euerlasting ioyes but wretched are they who followinge the pleasures of this world dye in their sinnes for in the great day of their visitation they shall be perpetually damned And they that haue done good saieth S. Athanasius shall go into life euerlasting they that haue done ill into euerlasting fire Happy are the good to whom God of his bounty will giue the treasures of heauen miserable the wicked whose portion shall bee with the diuells in torments of hell O hard hart which art not moued with these thinges O impietie of a sinner who doeth not thinke of these thinges and by harty cōtritiō returne vnto God! thou hast but one poore soule