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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51595	A remembrance for the living to pray for the dead made by a Father of the Soc. of Iesus.	Mumford, J. (James), 1606-1666.	1641 (1641)	Wing M3069; ESTC R26206	65,319	231

to the giuer those almes are which are bestowed vpon the soules in Purgatory or vpoÌ„ others for their reliefe will appeare by a strange example which I haue read in seueral Authors of one Eusebius Duke of Sardinia This good duke was so deuoted to the soules in Purgatory that he bestowed all the tithes of his Dukedome in masses Almesdeeds and other pious workes for their deliuery and moreouer gaue one of his best Citties which was therfore called the Citty of God with all the reuenews therof to be employed for the same end It hapned that Ostorgius Duke of Sicily being at warres with this Eusebius surprized this Citty The newes wherof being brought to Eusebius he was so sensible of the losse that he protested he had rather haue lost halfe his Dukedome and so with all speed drawing his men togeather which were but a handfull in regard of the enemy marched boldly on to recouer the same In the way his Scoutes discouered a great Army approaching with armour horses banners all as white as snow at which report the Duke was somwhat stroken yet reflecting better on the matter conceyued hope of good from that ioyfull colour Wherfore seÌ„ding out foure choice men to learne who they were and what they intended they were answered by foure more of the white army coming to meet them that they need not feare for they were souldiers of the King of Heauen friends to Eusebius Enemyes to his Enemy The Duke was much comforted with this answere and therupon riding in person towards the army was presently met and kindly saluted by some of them who confirmed what had bin said before bidding him feare nothing but march on with his army after theirs So he did Then the white army which seemed to be 40. thousand strong making a stand neere to the camp of Ostorgius came presently to a parley gaue him to vnderstand that they were the souldiers of the King of Heauen sent to reuenge the iniust surprisall of that Citty belonging to their Maister and to put Eusebius againe in possession adding with all such threats that Ostorgius was extremely terrifyed humbly demanded peace promising all possible satisfaction By this tyme Eusebius was come vp to whom Ostorgius readily offered to restore the double of what he had taken and to make himselfe and his people tributary vnto him These conditions being agreed vpon Eusebius applyed himself to the white Army with such signes of gratitude as were fitting in that occasion and then beginning to inquire more particularly what they were had for answere that they were all soules deliuered by his pious liberality out of Purgatory so that he had iust cause of much content in what he had done and of encouragement to proceed in those charitable workes by which doubtles many more soules would be deliuered out of that place of punishment then taking a kind leaue they returned the same way they came Spec. Exempl tit Defuncti exemplo 25. Pinellus de altera vita l. 1. c. 28. De Bonniers in Aduocat Animarum c. 2. Histor. Sardiniae alij 11. We need not doubt but Eusebius was vnspeakably coÌ„forted in this strange occurrence and must needs increase in deuotion liberality towards the soules which he found by experience to be so mindfull of paying and ouerpaying their debts And I pray God others who haue bags of gold and whole Lordships to cast away at Dice and Cards and wast in brauery and Epicurean feasting may learne by this example by what hath bin said before rather to speÌ„d their riches hereafter with assuraÌ„ce of getting a hundred for one then with mighty probability of loosing thousands for nothing and their owne soules into the bargayne I wish also that wealthy PareÌ„ts would giue care and credit to the exhortation of S. Ambrose cited before in this Chapter which doing they will certainly be ashamed to bestow more thousands vpon a Daughter wedding to the world then huÌ„dreds on another choosing Christ for her spouse And if they had read and pondered well the complaint made by S. Austin l. 2. Confess c. 13. of his owne Father I belieue they wold make a scruple to be so close-handed in breeding their sonnes to learning vertue and so very prodigall in contributing to vayne and sometimes vicious courses If God his Saints be so liberall and louing to men how vngratefull and ill-natured are those men who deale so niggardly with God and with the soules of Saints crying out for help in the fiery flames of Purgatory CHAP. XIIII Of Indulgences 1. AMongst the meanes of relieuing the soules in Purgatory one of the chiefest is to gaine such Indulgences for them as are so granted that they may be applyed vnto them Now because eyther for waÌ„t of instructioÌ„ in this poynt which is not so easily vnderstood or for dulnes of beliefe in it because we who are so bad are hard to belieue God should be so good very many are lamentably negligent in the vse of so great a treasure I haue thought conuenient to haÌ„dle briefly this poynt which indeed is necessary to be declared to solue the obiection made in the 12. Chapter 2. For the perfect vnderstanding of this matter we must call to mind that which hath bin sufficiently proued before in the 2. Chapter how that after any sinne is forgiuen there doth commonly remayne some guilt of paine due to so foule a crime Well then the grant of an indulgence is the grant of the remission of this paine remayning after the sinne is forgiuen which grant is communicated vnto vs to supply graciously our want of due satisfaction by applying the superabundant satisfactioÌ„s of Christ our Lord which by his Vicar on earth are to this end applyed vnto vs by the performance commonly of some worke enioyned vs for gayning of this indulgence 3. So that you see here arise three things to be explicated First that the satisfactions of Christ are so superabundant that they are sufficient to supply any want of satisfaction which any man or men can haue Secondly that there is a Vicar of Christ on earth who hath lawfull power to apply these superabuÌ„dant satisfactions of Christ for the supply of any want of satisfaction which we may be in Thirdly somthing also must be declared of the things which by Christs Vicar vse to be inioyned that those satisfactions of Christ may be applyed in this manner vnto vs. 4. First then that the satisfactions of Christ are so superabuÌ„dant that they may be a cause sufficient to supply any though neuer so great want of satisfactions is easily graÌ„ted by all and cleare of it selfe if we do but remeÌ„ber that the bloud of Christ was the bloud of God consequently of so inestimable worth and value that the shedding of one only drop of it was an act abundantly satisfactory for the sins of a whole world Now then our Sauiour shedding this his diuinely-pretious bloud not by small drops but powring

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