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A13179	Disce mori. = Learne to die A religious discourse, moouing euery Christian man to enter into a serious remerbrance of his ende. Wherein also is contained the meane and manner of disposing himselfe to God, before, and at the time of his departure. In the whole, somewhat happily may be abserued, necessary to be thought vpon, while we are aliue, and when we are dying, to aduise our selues and others.	Sutton, Christopher, 1565?-1629.	1600 (1600)	STC 23474; ESTC S103244	111,652	401

weakenesse and we beginne to shrinke from it but hauing confidence in God who hath willed vs not to feare we finde it a meane to ●iuide the waters of many tribulations to make vs a passage from the wildernesse of this world vnto a better land of rest T is strange we should make so nice of our selues as to count it a death to meditate of Death Nay to esteeme the very remembrance thereof as Ahab did the presents of the Prophet Elias to be troublesome vnto vs. Whereas Death is so farre from hurting them who put their trust in God as they shall rather finde it a gentle guide to bring them home to their owne Cittie where they would be to remaine for euer That which wee call life is a kinde of death because it makes vs to die but that which we count death is in the sequcle a very life for that indeede it makes vs to liue There is a death which some call mortall sinne and this is the death of the Soule which death wee should all feare There is also a moderate feare of the other death which is profitable to withdraw vs from the allurements of euill But so to feare it as if it were the vtter ruine and ouerthrow of all our beeing we neede not wee ought not When the Apostle S. Paule spake of the vnconqu●rarable faith which was his stay and the stay of all them whose hope was in Christ Wee saith the Apostle know that if this earthly house of our Tabernacle be destroyed we haue a building not made with handes but giuen of God eternall in the Heauens As if he would tell the persecutors of his time that miseries for a moment could not dis●●ay them the perishing of the outward man could not daunt them nor present death could discourage them for they knew their habitation was in ●eauen and themselues incorporated Cittizens into that Ierusalem which is aboue A heathen man could say Degeneres animos timor arguit this ●biect feare is farre dissident from a generous ofspring Salomon saith The iust is as a Lion of whome the Naturalist writeth that hee is of such courage as beeing fiercely pursued he will neuer once alter his gate though he die for it With what constancy aunswered the second of those seauen brethren who all yeelded vp manfully themselues to torment for the mainetenance of the Law of God Thou O King takest these our liues from vs but the King of Heauen shall raise vs vp in the resurrection of euerlasting life The Philosopher might say 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is of thinges terrible none more then Death But it is otherwise with Christians Tertullian told the persecutors of his time that their cruelty did but open a doore to Gods distressed people whereby they might enter the sooner into a state of glory and therefore death was very acceptable to them Why should I feare saith the Prophet in the euil day As if Dauid saw no cause of dreading death howsoeuer nature may begin to tremble at the mention thereof Hila●ion could not but wonder his soule should be so loath to depart after hee had serued God and God him so many yeares Consider death as in it selfe and so naturally we seare it Consider death as a meane to bring vs vnto Christ willingly we may embrace it When Iacob saw the chariots of Egipt and thereby perceiued his sonne Ioseph was aliue his fainting spirites reuiued saying I will goe see him before I die When faith dooth bring vs many testimonies our Ioseph liueth the Christian soule may recomfort her selfe in her panges and say Mori●r vt vido●● In the name of God to see him let me die Now for these corruptible bodies they take no dammage at all by death T is no harme to the seede though it hath for the time a little earth raked ouer it it shall spring againe and flourish and bring foorth fruite in due season No hurt is it to these our bodies to be cast into the grounde beeing sowen in wealienesse they shall rise againe in power being sowen naturall bodies they rise againe bodies spirituall being sowne in dishonor they rise againe in glory The keeping greene of Noahs Oliue troo vnder the floud The budding againe of Aarons rod The deliuerance of Ionas from the depth of the Sea The voice that calleth come againe ye children of men The hope of Iob that he should see God with no other but with the selfe same eyes The Prophesie of Ezechiell vnto the dry bones that should come os ad os bone to bone may stirre in vs a ioyfull hope and cheere vs vp against all the feare and terror of death But the resurrection of our Sauiour Christ that is the comfort of all coinforts Vox Christi vox Christianorum The voice of Christ is by Christ the doyce of Christians saith S. Austen Death where is thy sting Hell where is thy victory As he was the cause efficient so was he also a figure of the Resurrection Hee risinge wee all arise Of a more powerfull cause there is a more powerfull effect If the sinne of Adam who was a liuing soule was the cause that death raigned ouer all much more the resurrection of Christ who was a quickening spirite shal be of power to raise vp all that beleeue to the hope of euerlasting life What greater ioy then to be able to know him as the Apostle speaketh 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 And the power of this resurrection Christ as in dying shewed what we should suffer so in risinge from death what we should hope To wit that all the bones in Golgatha shall rise and those that sleepe in the dust of the earth shall heare the voice of Lazarus come foorth Wherefore though Death doe swallow vs vp as the Whale did Ionas bind vs as the Philistines did Sampson yet wee shall come foorth and breake the bendes as the birde out of the snare The snare is broken and we are deliuered They may well feare death saith S. Cyprian that haue no saith in Christ but for those who are members of that head who vanquished the power of Hell and Death Death is to them aduantage and a gentle guide that bringes them home to euerlasting rest Hence is it that dying they are said since Christes resurrection to fall asleepe They that sleepe in Iesus saith the Apostle they lay them downe and take their rest and God it is that makes them dwell in euerlasting safety We should not then feare to fall a sleepe for sleepe is a refreshinge after wearysome labours The painefull labouring man after his dayes worke ended sleepes often more quietly then Diue● in his marble pallace on his bed of Iuory where hee tosseth and tumbleth hee sleepes not quietly either in life or death and of such is that verified O mors quam amara O death how bitter is thy remembrance Hauing wearied

themselues sayth the Wiseman in the way of wickednesse they shall cry out what hath pride profited vs or the pompe of riches brought vs. Surely this barren and light lād after all our drudgery yeeldes no other but a crop of cares trouble feare and vexation of mind When those that haue laboured in the vineyard and haue beene often in watching in fasting often these rest from their labours and fal asleepe to rise againe wyth their bodies when the Sonne of righteousnesse shall appeare in euerlasting glory Of these the Apostle saith I would not haue you sorrow as men without hope for those that are a sleepe How acceptable therefore may death bee when in dying we sleepe and in sleeping we rest from all the trauels of a toile some life Againe where as death is a tribute wee must all pay homage Fi●t voluntarium quod futurum est necessarium offeramus Deo pro munere quod pro debito tenemur reddere Let vs make that voluntary which is necessary and yeeld it to God as a gifte which we stand bound to pay as a due debt Had we no farther hope then onely to attaine a state temporall wee might feare indeede because when we die all our happinesse shall deceiue vs but when God made man of the dust of the ground God breathed into him the breath of life and man was made a liuing soule therefore not a dying soule Cesar writeth that the bare opinion of the Druides who taught that the soules had a continuance after their separation from their bodies it made many of their followers hardy in great attemptes and abated in most the feare of death Cyrus himselfe could say vnto his children when hee was ready to die Thinke not deere children that I shal be no where or nothing If a baresupposall of a future beeing could so much auaile against the feare of death what doth faith effect that doth warrant vs by good euidence of the blessed assurance of the resurrection If Abraham the faithfull Patriarke left his owne country and kindred at the commaundement of almighty God and went into a strange land how willingly should wee leaue this country wherein we are only strangers and goe where wee haue our owne home and abode for euer This was the resolution of S. Ambrose who neither loathed life nor feared to die because saith hee wee haue a good Lord. This was the faith of Simeon who hauing seene Christ prayed to depart in peace This was S. Paules gaine when he said To die is to me aduantage because this passage was a dissolution and this dissolution was to bee from the body and this his being from the body was to bee with Christ. Seeing therefore that death it selfe being duely considered should nothing at all dismay vs then much lesse the meditation thereof The more we meditate of death the lesse wee feare it the lesse wee feare it the more faith haue wee What shall seperate vs from the loue of God that is in Christ shall tribulation or anguish shall life or death Blessed be God saith S. Peter who hath begotten vs to a liuely hope of the resurrection The Seauenth Chapter That the afflictions of minde which are incident in the life of man may mocue him to a Meditation of his ende SAlomon whome GOD for wisedome chose as it were to be a forman of a great Enquest to make enquiry of the state of the world to come foorth to speake for all and his conscience of all hauing heard and seene the nature of thinges vnder the Sunne yeeldes vp his verdite of all as thus All is vanitie and vexation of minde This is in briefe the condition of all in generall The rich discontented in honors the poore languishing in griefe the learned full of restlesse labours all of what estate soeuer subiect vnto troubles and vexation of mind As if Salomon should haue said you may looke for no other all is vexation Small cause had the Israelites to care for their continuance amongest the Taske-masters of Egipt and as small cause haue any to desire to liue in this wildernesse amongst many wolues Wee know Christ our Sauiour hath told vs that beeing in the world we are not of the world here we may not looke for perfect rest of body or all contentment of minde and therefore to meditate of deliuerance may bee some refreshing to the distressed soule who may powre out her complaintes saying Would to God that day might once shine when I shall see my Redeemer When I shall come where is peace within and without when I shall appeere before the presence of God with ioy and bee no more oppressed with griefes disturbed with cares molested with thoughtes but liue and rest for euer What comfort can a man reape or what quiet should hee take where want is miserable plenty full of peril which way soeuer wee cast our eyes wee finde cause of complainte that we may well count Laughter error and subscribe to that of the Prophet Lord thy terrors haue I suffered from my youth vpward with a troubled minde Hauing then so little cause to ioy in this life where there is so small a cause to make vs reioyce where the minde is so inuested with cares and molested with griefes wee may recount with our selues the happinesse of them who after the stormes of this troublesome sea haue cast anker in their safest roade Noah had much molestation in the old world hee had the waters swelling vnder him the heauens darke gloomy ouer him At last the Arke stayed vpon the mountaines of Ar●●at and then was Noah a glad man Lot was grieued amongst the sinfull Sodomites at last God sent his Aungels to take him cleane away Elias mourned for a time sate vnder the Iuniper tree sent vp his sighes to heauen at last came the charriot and then there was no more Iesabell to persecute him no more false Prophets to band themselues against him The Saintes vnder the Altar may for a time cry How long Lord Iesus after a little more sufferinge their disgrace shall be turned into glory their mournefull teares into gladsome triumph Why art thou so vexed O my soule and why art thou so disquieted within me O put thy trust in God In the multitude of my sorrowes saith the same Prophet that were in my hart thy comforts Lord haue refreshed my soule Thereby shewing that as the world had a multitude of sorrowes to assault his hart so God had a multitude of comfortes to refresh his soule amongest them all For as our sufferinges in Christ doe abound so our consolations also in Christ do abound t●o s●th S. Paule Our Sauiour knowing that his Apostles should haue many and great discomfortes in the world promiseth to send them after his Ascention vp into heauen an other comforter for his presence was their com●ort and afterward in their deepest

in a departure farewell frō the worlde since our very first entrance wee were euer drawing towardes our ende our pilgrimage is almost ouer When we approach towardes the period of our course what else remaineth but a heartie commending our soules to God and a comfortable expectation of a better life to come when weaknes of humane nature doth not affoord habilitie to manifest our soules affections God shall accept at our handes the sending vp of our ●ghes and desires to heauen who saide vnto Moses why hast thou cried vnto me for this people yet we find that Moses spake neuer a worde to shew that hee heard the secret supplication of Moses heart Ionas praied in the belly of the whale when hee thought vpon God Susanna in her distresse when she lifted vp her eyes to heauen Haue I not remembred thee saith Dauid vpon my bed and thought vpon thee when I was waking And in another place O Lord my heart is ready my hart is ready As if his trust was that God would accept the readinesse of his heart wherefore the minde beating vpon a remembraunce of Christes passion shall mittigate in part the bodies paynes Nowe is the time that Timothie a good Soldiour shoulde fight by Saint Paules example a good fight Keepe the faith and so finish his course for after all there is a Crowne of glorie reserued for Gods children This is the last Secane of all the Comedie When a little brunt is ouerpast troubles cease but ioyes neuer ceasse And therefore a good remembraunce that wee are going from the darkenesse of this worlde to the lande of the liuing Where is no night no neede of the Candle nor light of the Sunne for God giueth them light and they shal reigne for euermore Hold thy peace Babylon sayeth Epiphanius and bee mute O Sodome because that article I beleeue life euerlasting is cleere and consequentlie bringeth comforte to Gods departing Children But let vs hearken to Christ himselfe I am the Resurrection and the life sayeth the Lorde whosoeuer beleeueth in mee yea though hee were dead yet shall hee liue and whosoeuer liueth and beleeueth in me shall not die for euer O ioy of ioyes wee lay vs downe to sleepe and take our rest to dwell in safetie And here wee may not omitte to call to minde the manner howe Gods seruants of olde haue shut vp the day of their mortalitie As first that of Moyses who after beholding the lande of promise blessed God for all his benefites blesseth the people and so dyeth That of Iosuah who exhorteth Israel to feare God to stande stedfastlie in all his ordinaunces and so mildly goeth the way of all the worlde That of Dauid who enioyneth Salomon his sonne to walke in the waies of God that so hee might prosper in whatsoeuer he tooke in hand That of Tobie who called his sonne and his sonnes sonnes exhorting them to bee mercifull and iust that it might goe well with them That of Saint Steuen who praying for his persecuters and calling vpon the name of Iesus fell a sleepe And after this manner haue the godlie taught vs to depart this worlde That of Serapion a good and faithfull olde man sayeth Eusebius who after receyuing the holie Eucharist moste meekelie departed the worlde Now for things transitorie they leaue vs and we them the soule onely remaineth to bee commended vnto God If when thou art going a iourney thou wouldest be glad to commit thy remporall goodes to such a friend by whome thou mayest be sure they shall bee well and safelie kept how much more may the Christian man comfort himselfe in committing his soule to the custodie of Iesus Christ his Sauiour who will keepe it sure and safe for euer Reuben saide of Beniamin when Iacob was loath to let him go Deliuer him vnto me and I will bring him safelie home So of Christ it may be more rightlie said Commend thy departing soule vnto him and hee will bring it vnto her long and blessed home The Twentieth Chapter In what maner the sicke should be directed by those to whom this weightie businesse doth speciallie appertaine AMongest men those whom God hath set apart to helpe distressed consciences to loose or pronounce remission in his mercy to blesse in his name to teach his people and to doe thē good in times of need partly by matter of exhortation and partly also by offering vp in their behalfe deuout praiers towards the throne of Grace In the vi●tation of the sicke so high a worke of mercie they are occasioned if euer to enter most seriouslie into the exercise of both That care may bee thought to bee of greatest importaunce which is imployed in helping them who be now least able to helpe them selues and had neuer more neede God knowes of ghostly direction There is nothing which the sicke in these extremities doe more desire agaynst the naturall terrours of death and many troubles of conscience which at this time are woont to assault them It is greatly to be wished that like as the serpent that olde enemie of mankinde who the shorter the time is the ●●ercer his wrath is and chiefly entendeth ruine vnto the heele As the last part of mans life is at this time busie so those who in louing feede and in feeding loue Christ his lambes should now bee most carefull to keepe them from this deuouring Lion and endeuoure to present them sounde in faith hope and charitie vnto the great Bishop and Sheepheard of their soules Notwithstanding that the good grace of that spirite which directeth our highest proceedings can better direct a discreet and sober Agent in this case then all forms of direction whatsoeuer yet as in other duties so in this some aduertisements may bee obserued by those who are content also to heare the aduise of others First therfore death being that which all men suffer but not all after one sort care ought to be had answerable vnto the disposition of the dying Tediousnesse of discourse may soone weary the weake partie Few words those sometimes in priuate well ordered are woont for the most part to auaile most Impertinent speeches verie vnfit the presence oftentimes of those who haue beene associate in follie yea sometimes the presence of those who are nearest in alliance remooued is thought by graue indgement to bee the fittest oportunitie for the giuing of soule counsell bearing a simple and honest intent to doe good A premeditated exhortatiō after information taken of the disposition of the sicke is verie behoouefull this loose and sleight hudling vp of diuine matters and sometimes of Gods mysteries themselues doth often bring in contempt the high wisedome of holie Scripture which but with all reuerence watchfulnesse and prayer none should presume to search and open This disposing then of the sicke vnto a Christian ende being a worke of such moment they may

noble Captaine Martha and Mar●● for Lazarus their brother the women of Iewrie for their tender children those young infants the twelue Putriarks for Iacob their aged father Dauid for Ionathan his trustie and faithfull friende Nay Christ himselfe saith Saint I●rome went not to his sepulcher without weeping eyed Neither hath this mourning beene a light passion onely Great was the lamentation that Iacob made at the supposed death of his sonne Ioseph when hee said I will goe vnto the graue to my sonne sorrowing Great was the lamentation that Dauid made when newes was brought him of Absalon his eude O Absalon Absalon my sonne Absalon I woulde to God I had dyed for thee Great was the lamentation which the widdowes made for Dorcas so good a woman full of good workes and almes when they considered her bountie towardes them And thus wee see the laudable custome and practise in mourning for the dead When the Apostle forbad the Thessalomans to sorrow he did not absolutely forbid all sorrowing but onely after the manner of the Gentiles Noa culpamus affectum saith S. Barnard sed excessum We blame not the affection it selfe but the excesse or want of moderation We may not onely vse moderate sorrow in the departure of others but euen in the departure of the godly and well disposed themselues for as good men often are and in regarde of their great misse in the world where they had beene many waies helpfull vnto others may be mourned for of many which is a testimonie of their neede who haue left but fewe such behinde So is it a signe of some ill dealing amongst men when the poore and distressed let them go away without any lamentation at all It was saide by the Prophet Ieremie to Iehoiakin So long as thy father did helpe the oppressed did hee not prosper And after hee addeth this as a great punishment to bee laid vpon him well thou shalt die in griefe of mind and there shall bee none to make lamentation for thee The Apostle confesseth in plaine wordes that God had mercie on him in sparing Epaphroditus lest hee should haue had sorrow vpon sorrow to shew that hee was not so vnnaturall but himself● should haue had feeling in such a case My sonne saith the wiseman powre forth thy teares ouer the deade and neglect not his buriall whence mee may gather that funerall rytes decent interring exequies and seemely mourning is not vnsitting the practise of those amongst whome all thinges should bee done in order The Israelites in burying so honourablie their Fathers and Gouernours did shewe themselues a people of good and orderly disposition My sonne saith Tobie when I am dead bury me honestly The new sepulcher the cleane linnen cloathes the sweete ointmentes the assemblie of men of reputation shewed how our Sauiour was respectiuely regarded and entombed with some solemnitie and sure these bodies which haue beene the temples of the holy Ghost and shall bee chaunged at the day of doome into a condition of glorie should haue that decencie performed as to agreeable both to practise and conneniencie Wherefore not to yeeld the dead after a Cynick manner comely burials or Christian mourning with moderation is most inhumane is a concept to say truth very barbarous Notwithstanding this Christian sorrow yet to sorrow as men without hope is farre distant from the rule of faith which tels vs that the death of the Saintes is precious in Gods sight They are at peace and that their hope is full of immortalitic He that said my sonne Powre forth thy teares ouer the dead said also comfort thy self And surely for Christians of all others who beleeue the resurrection vnto a better life shold raise vp themselues by faith frō too too deleful passions For as in all other things so in this a moderation should be had Haue we lost a good father friend husband wife or children we may say with Iob. Dominus dedit Dominus abstulit The Lord hath giuē y● Lord hath takē away neither are they yet clean taken frō vs but gone a little before the way wherein wee must all follow Wee shall one daye meete againe at which meeting sayeth Cyprian there will bee no meane ioy when friendes come to reioyce together Our knowledge is now but in parte then shall wee knowe as wee are knowne where Peter shall bee Peter and Paule shall bee Paule and many long since departed shall as some of the auncient Fathers say bee knowne of vs that haue liued long after But of all other meanes of comfort that happie hope of the resurrection should raise vs vp from ouer pensiue thoughts Christ our Sauiour before his passion when hee saw the disciples sorrowfull for his departure which was so shortly to ensue saith vnto them Let not your hearts bee troubled I go vnto the father So it may bee said to those that mourne for the misse of others let not your minds be too much plunged in sorrow those for whom you thus lament are gone vnto their mercifull redeemer It is saide of Enoch because his soule pleased God God tooke him away It was spoken as a blessing to Iosias that hee should bee gathered vnto his fathers before the captiuitie of the people came Saint Ierome of sinful times saith Foelix Nepotianus qui haec non videt Nepotian is a happie man that liues not to see this wicked world When God ships his Noahs it is signe there is a floud not farre behind When God sends Angels to fetch his Lots out of Sodome it is signe there is a punishmēt for the sinfull Cities shortly to ensue When God takes L●zarus to Abrahams bosom there is then no more penurie to endure Wherefore seeing we are all to passe downe the streame of mortalitie we may not thinke it so straunge to haue experience thereof If we complaine of the death of friends we compla●ne in effect that they were borne mortall Death is as the liues drawne from the C●nter vnto the Circumference euen on euerie part or as the vpright magistrate equall to all which may the rather moue vs to bee content The good meaning borrower the sooner his debt is discharged the sooner is hee a● quiet He that makes but a short voyage and is the soonest at the hauen of rest is the sooner also from daunger of shipwracke We may not forget to conforme our wils to the will of God as we daily pray Fiat voluntas tua Thy wil be done The Wiseman praised the dead aboue the liuing And S. Iohn pronounceth thē blessed which die in y● Lord because they now rest frō their 〈◊〉 And therefore thir good estate now obtained should the rather moue vs to remember their good At our entraunce into the worlde wee brought with vs a subiection vnto death Againe al sinned therefore death goeth ouer all and returne we