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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02735	Deaths aduantage little regarded, and The soules solace against sorrow Preached in two funerall sermons at Childwal in Lancashire at the buriall of Mistris Katherin Brettergh the third of Iune. 1601. The one by William Harrison, one of the preachers appointed by her. Maiestie for the countie palatine of Lancaster, the other by William Leygh, Bachelor of Diuinitie, and pastor of Standish. Whereunto is annexed, the Christian life and godly death of the said gentlevvoman.	Harrison, William, d. 1625.; Leigh, William, 1550-1639.	1602 (1602)	STC 12866; ESTC S117329	105,988	243

the comming of the holie Ghost for so dainelie it fell and shall we surmise a delay after the dissolution after wee haue fought the good fight finished our course and kept the faith No ●o there is a crowne of righteousnes laide vp for thee Paul and for all them that loue his appearing I meane Christ who standeth readie with a crowne in his hand ouer the head of all his saints euen when the flesh is off to put it on To goe by the streame of all the Fathers to wash out this errour would carrie me to a sea of matter for the time impas●ible and therefore I am enforced of much to take a little and of manie a few Leonem ex vnguibus Ignatius bath these verie wordes truelie translated Alwaies reasō requireth that whilest we haue space and time wee should amend and correll our faults whilest in this life wee haue occasion giuen of repentance for it is truelie said after death there is no place nor time to confesse our sinnes whereunto accordeth that of Ierome Whilest we are in this present world either by prayer counsel or comfort we may help one another but after not Iob not Daniel or Noah shall obtaine by any intreatie but euery one shall beare his owne burden Chryso●l●●e giueth the reason of both hoc eni● cunaorum tempus est illud verò coronarum retributionum praemiorum this is the time of swadles bands and bicke●ings but that of crownes rewards and garlands Cyprian in his first treatise against Demetrian doth fullie subscribe to the same truth where hee saith that after we be once departed our of this life there is no more place of repentance there is no more effect or working of satisfactions life is here eyther lost or won euerlasting saluation is here prouided for by the due worshipping of God and fruits of faith Augustine vpon his first conuersion sauouring of gentilisme was doubtful said of purgatory it may be there is such a place and it may be there is none but being further grounded in doctrine and confirmed in faith is resolute at the last and said Let no man deceiue himselfe there are but t●● places and as for anie third p●●●● there is no● at all he that reigneth not with Christ shall perish with the diuell without all ●●●●● And in his booke Hypognosticon he is yet more plaine morefull more abounding in the ●●●ting backe of that deuised 〈…〉 be these The first place the 〈…〉 by Gods authoritie beleeueth to be the 〈…〉 of heauē the second place the 〈…〉 faith beleeueth to bee hell where al runnagates whosoeuer to without the faith of Christ shall tast euerlasting punishment As for any third place we vtterly know none neither shal we find in the holie Scriptures that there is any such And as if he would neuer off this groūd till he had built vp the truth and remoued all rubbish he is yet vpon that againe and againe There be two habitations or dwelling places the one in fire euerlasting and the other in the kingdome that neuer shall haue end There is no other place to correct our manners and conditions but onlie in this life for after this life euerie man shall haue that that hee hath purchased vnto himselfe in this world So then with these few to shut vp the streame of the rest that still runne in the same current and to close with their rectified spirits in triall of the truth I conclude with themselues In quo quemque inuenerit suus nouissimus dies in hoc comprehende● mundi nou●ssimus dies quontam qualis in die isto quisquis moritur tales in die illo iudicabitur And againe vnusquisque cum causa sua dormit cum causa sua resurgit Wherein euerie mans last day shall leaue him therein Gods day shall finde him as we die so shall we be iudged and euerie man shall sleepe and rise againe with his owne cause As for that our aduersaries straynd distinction of good to heauen bad to hell and meanely mannerd to purgatorie it is a heathenish help a Pan●●s Poêm found in the Schoole of Plato and there first forged vpon the anuill of errour who maketh by the report of Eusebius himselfe in his booke of the soule three degrees of men Some in the Elisian fields who liued well and vertuouslie blessed soules in blessed places Others in Tartaro whom he calleth 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 past hope of amendement cursed soules in cursed places But 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 such as are curable and veniall he casteth into burning flouds there to make perfect their repentance and after their purgation receiue absolution Virgil describeth it at large in his sixt booke of his AEneidos Alijs sub gurgite vasto infectū eluitur scelus aut exuritur igne Donec long a dies perfecto temporis orbe concretam exemit labem c. Englished thus Some fleeting bin in floods and deepe in gulfes themselues they tire Till sinnes away be washt or clensed cleare with purging fire Till compass● long of time by perfect course hath purged quite Our former cloddred spots and pure hath left our ghostly sprite c. And hereat no doubt Augustine aymed when hee said that purgatorie was one of Platoes doctrines as also some of their greatest Clarkes and Iesuits who doe not let to confesse that purgatorie is found there And for conclusion of all these points of doctrine controuersed betwixt vs and our aduersaries I say of popish pardons and indulgences which lastly they pleade in releefe of their dead and ease of soules departed that rest should come by thē I say though they be nearest to their true game yet are they furthest from their due proofe as may appeare by their owne Doctors to too doubtfull yet doting vpon the doctrine ex ore tuo c. Siluester Prierias hath these very words Pardons saith he are not knowne vnto vs by the authoritie of Scriptures but by the authoritie of the Church of Rome and of the Popes which is greater then the authority of the scriptures Desinat in piscem mulier formosa superne A milde beginning but a wild and woodie ending Iohn Maior is no lesse doubtfull when he a●oucheth that of pardons little may bee said of certaintie for the Scripture expresly saith nothing of them Touching that Christ said vnto Peter Vnto thee will I giue the keyes c. We must vnderstand this authoritie with a corne of salt Alphonsus de Castro in his eight booke of pardons saith There is nothing in the Scriptures lesse opened or whereof the olde Fathers haue lesse written then pardons of pardons there is no mention Let Bernard of Clunice blaunch the deuise and tell the truth of this toy The deuising of pardons saith he is a godly guile a hurtlesse deceit to the intent that by a deuo●● kinde of errour the people may be drawne to