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grace_n	covenant_n	promise_n	seal_n	4,049	5	9.6971	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
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

grace through Christ that he would fréely giue thée euerlasting lyfe if thou beleue and art baptised that he woulde neuer forsake thee that he will be thy father that he will crowne thee with grace and mercie Baptisme is a seale of saluation And thy baptsime is the seale and token of this league whervnto his promises being added it is requisite that thou stick fast vnto them For he gaue this singe that thou shouldest nothing doubt of his couenant and promised grace Thou art baptised into the death of Christ as saint Paule sayeth Rom. 6. that his death should be made thine and that he should make satisfaction in all things for thée and thou hast put him on in thy baptisme Gala. 3. that thou shouldest wholy be in him and hée in thée Therefore baptisme is a league lifting vp making merie and quieting thy conscience before god as saint Peter beareth witnesse 1. Pet. 3. that hee wyll neuer condemne thée for thy sinnes For thou iustified by fayth Rom. 5. art at peace with God A quiet calme and pacified conscience is the true peace The true peace And thou hast receiued baptisme as a most sure token and certeine seale of this iustification and remission of sinnes that thou shouldst stedfastly beléeue that God will haue mercye on thée that hée will preserue and delyuer thée Now therefore seing that God fauoreth thée and will be thy father and will neuer forsake thée and seing that thou hast receyued an infallible token and testimony hereof commende and vtterly giue all the matter and thy selfe also wholy vnto him and be thou obedient vnto his good will pleasure and thou must paciently abide and suffer his hande whether he will haue thée to dye or lyue so that his owne blessed will may be done vnto his owne praise glory Albeit it is not possible that thou canst be damned if thou consecrate and dedicate thy selfe wholy vnto him surely trusting in his mercie promised for Christ his sake For he hath condicioned that he will be thy father And bicause he is true when thou doest acknowledge him to be thy father and doest looke for and hope to receyue all goodnesse of him he cannot but be thy father and preserue thée by what meanes soeuer he sharply vseth thee for a little space Seing therefore he hath promised to be thy father thou trustest vnto his promises without all question he taketh earnest care of thee and all thine Wherefore thou shalt commend vnto him not onely thine owne body but also thy wyfe and children thy kinsfolkes and fréendes and to be short all that thou hast and doubt not but he will be vnto thée in the steade of a verie father a wyfe a true fréend and cosine For hitherto he hath vsed thée as a dispensatour and steward in those things But now séeing that he will haue thée to lay aside the function of this office he wil appoint in thy roume an other steward for them which shall diligently and faithfully take care of them If thou hope for this of him and looke for it with a ful confidence of hart there is no doubt but he will do as I haue tolde thée Wherefore put out of thy minde all care of them and commit it vnto God Be rather carefull for thy selfe prouide for thy soule and thinke how to yéelde it vp vnto God And seing that God hath fréely forgiuen thée all thy sinnes for Christ his sake he will require nothing of thee at all for this his great and inestimable benefite but that thou againe forgiue from the bottome of thine hart all them which haue offended thée And he doth promise Math. 6. that he wil remit all our trespasses if we forgiue other men there misdéedes Therefore when thou hast so forgiuen all offences vnfaynedly that thou neuer reuiue them nor call them vnto memorie againe praye also for them which haue done thée harme according to the doctrine and example of Christ and if thou recouer help them néeding thine aide as much as thou mayest If thou haue such a minde voyde of strife enuie malice and wrath thou hast also a signe and token that God hath forgiuen thée thy sinnes For fayth whereby thine hart is purified and clensed exercising hir selfe and bringing forth hir fruits according to Gods infinite benifits cannot choose but likewise forgiue and doe good vnto hir neighbour This fruit of loue and charitie testifieth and doth ascerteine thée A liuely fayth bringeth foorth true fruites that thy faith is a true a liuely faith seing that she bringeth forth good and true fruites † 2. Petr. 1. This is the thing that saint Peter would haue whereas he biddeth vs to giue the more diligence to make our calling and election sure by good workes For he meaneth that those workes are witnesses and signes that thou art chosen and adopted of God to be his sonne vnto the ioyes of eternall saluation But thou shalt not hope déerely beloued that God will forgiue thée thy sinnes Payne cannot merite the remission of sinnes for the payne and gréeuousnesse of thy crosse sicknesse † Act. 4. Ioan. 1. For there is none other saluatiō ther is none other recompēce for thy sinnes then the onely death of Christ God truely respecteth none other thing in this case hée accepteth none other thing but his déerely beloued sonne This is the lambe of God which taketh away the sinnes of the world And this thy sicknesse and paynes cannot make satisfaction vnto God so muche as for thy least offence muche lesse can it deserue saluation As S. Paule testifyeth saying I suppose that the afflictiōs of this lyfe Rom. 8. are not worthy of the glory which shall be shewed vpon vs. No creature Peter saieth Act. 4 there is no saluation in anye other than in Christ neyther in heauen neyther in earth no Angell coulde mitigate and pacifie the wrath of GOD the father then this thy disease and temporall affliction is much lesse able to aswage it And farder it was requisite that he which should pacifie that wrath and reconcile god vnto man should be both God and man as one ready to pleade and make intercession betwéene God being offended man condemned Therefore it behoued the sonne of God to be made mā that he might appease and satisfie the wrath of his father deliuer vs from it as the prophet witnesseth saying Hée taketh away our infirmities Esa 53. beareth our paynes God hath layd our iniquities vpon him I haue smitten him sayth god for the sinnes of my people 1. Petr. 2. And s Peter fayth By whose stripes we ar healed Thy sinnes therefore are forgiuen thée for this thy lord Christ his sake and for none other thing in all the world For none afflictiōs be they neuer so bitter and gréeuous can helpe vs. Christ is our only iustification 1. Cor. 2. redemptiō satisfaction and saluation

the which fréends what thing cā be more vnfreendly After this if the maner and kinde of his disease will suffer him let him endeuor rather to cure his soule than his bodye by a shorte confession vnto God but simple and without dissimulation and let the elders standing by put him in remembrance of repentaunce grounded vpon a sure faith and deuotion and let him call for Gods mercie from the bottome of his hart and purpose and entende the amendement of lyfe if hée happen to escape But if so be that happily no elder or coūsell giuer may be had let not the sick straight waies fal into desperation as some presumptuous people are woont to doe for the lacke of a priest but let him declare his vnrighteousnesse and open his conscience vnfainedly vnto God himselfe which according to his clemēcie wil vouchsafe to accept the desire of the minde in the steade of the fact and will of his peculiar grace fulfill of himselfe that which lacketh in the outwarde signes of the sacraments of the Lordes supper which he desireth to receyue For through him the sacramentes are made effectuall which after a fashion are seales of his diuine beneuolēce towards vs. The sacraments are seales of Gods mercye towardes vs. But he saueth man when néede doth require without these signes onely so that there be no neglecting or contempt of the sacrament but faith and a readie good will is therevnto Of the sacrament of the lords supper LEt the sicke body earnestlye desire to haue the most royal sacrament of thanks giuing to bée brought Eucharistia and ministred vnto him after the his minde is purged by a true and a perfite confessiō made vnto almighty God as is aforesaide and let him especially beware that he come not to that banquet or heauenly table with iniurous handes and spotted conscience For we may not thinke that those gréeuous threatnings are vaine and of none effect 1. Cor. 11. which saint Paule maketh mention off Therefore after that hee hath examined and prepared himselfe for that purpose according to his power and capacity let him deuoutly record and speake these wordes O lorde thou art the wayfaring cottage of our pilgramage A prayer wherewith we are refreshed and nourished as long as we host in the deserte of this worlde and runne in this course Bring mée therefore O lorde Psal 27. into the lande of the lyuing into the region of the quick by the receyuing of this thy body whereas I may beholde thée face to face in the glory of the father When we haue thus prayed let him with a sure fayth receyue the sacrament of Christ his body in the remembrance of his death and passion And when the communion is ended if it be perceiued that no skil of phisick may cure his disease then let the elders pray ouer the sick body Ioan. 5. not vsing any magicall prayers as the heathen were woont to doe but earnestly calling vpon the name of Iesus Christ wherevnto there is no kinde of inchauntment comparable or lyke effectuall and sée that he haue a confidence and affiance in your prayers then will God héere you and preserue him that is sicke and he shall not onely haue the health of his body restored vnto him againe if it so be good expedient for him Bodily sicknesse do spring out of the wickednesse of the minde but if he haue happily committed sinne as commonly the sickenesse of the body doe spring out of the enormyties and naughtinesse of the minde they shall be forgiuen him at the prayers of the elders if that both they which praye and he for whom they do pray bée of a stedfast and constant fayth The sorow which many take more then is requisite for the death of there parentes and friends ought to be tempered by the right rule of reason IT is the parte of an heathen gentile rather than of a christian man to giue himselfe onely vnto teares refusing all temperance and moderation of reason in sorowing the which thing is conuinced and manifestlye reproued by thys reason especially bicause that they which are sorowed for cannot be reuoked and called backe againe vnto lyfe by wéeping be it neuer so much or neuer so long continued and vsed Therfore those teares are vaine and of none effect bringing no fruite or commoditie with them 2. Reg. 12. The which thing king Dauid hath declared vnto vs by an example worthie of memory which fasted and wept abundantly As long as the childe borne vnto him of Bersabe was sicke and languished he gat himselfe alone and lay flat on the grounde praying vnto the lorde for the health of the childe But as soone as he vnderstoode by his seruauntes which whispered togithers that the childe was deade he casteth off his sadde and mourning garmentes and apparelled himselfe in freshe aray hée washed his face and when the table was layed he did eate chéerefully Whereat his seruants marueyled and thought that when hée had vnderstoode of his childes death that he would the more afflict himselfe which whilest the childe was yet lyuing did pine himselfe with fasting and weeping He said vnto his seruantes demaunding why he did so I haue fasted and wept for the infant whyle he yet lyued For I said Who can tell if the lorde peraduenture will giue me the infant that he may liue But now seing that he is dead wherefore should I fast What can I call him againe I shal rather go vnto him then he shall reuerte and come againe vnto mée By the which wordes truely Dauid wisely declared that we ought not to lamēt and sorrow for him which cannot be reuoked and called back againe vnto lyfe ¶ This sermon of saint Cyprian is alreadie translated into english by the famous learned and worshipfull knight sir Thomas Eliote Wherefore I did ommit the same least happily the prouerbe shoulde be verified on mee Cornicum oculos configere to endeuor to prick out the crowes eyes And saint Cyprian in his sermond entituled of mortalitie testifieth that he was often admonished by diuine reuelation wherin God commaunded him that he shoulde openly warne all men and should teache them by preaching that the breathren which depart out of this worlde by Gods calling ought not to be lamented and that such wayling is lothsome and hated of God Yet notwithstanding it is méete that we should sometime participate our teares cōming of a naturall zeale of the minde and the syncere affect of compassion but moderated by the right rule of reason least we should séeme to haue an hart as hard as an adamant stone to haue looued our fréend little or nothing at al. For Christ our lord the absolute perfite figure of all vertues louingly lamented dead Lazarus And Marie and Martha were highly commended for that they lamented their brothers buriall And those fréendly women Ioan. 11. which diligently stoode by Christ Luc. 23. Math. 27. when he suffered