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A19420	The mirror of martyrs in a short vieuu lively expressing the force of their faith, the feruency of their loue, the wisedome of their sayings, the patience of their suffrings, etc. : with their prayers and preparation for their last farevvell : whereunto is added two godly letters written by M. Bradford, full of sweet consolation for such as are afflicted in conscience.	Cotton, Clement.; Bradford, John, 1510?-1555.	1613 (1613)	STC 5848; ESTC S756	48,602	243

certaine all the haires of your head are numbred Be certain your good Father hath appointed your bounds over which the devill dare not looke Commit your selfe to him hee is hath been and will bee your keeper Let Christ be your marke and scope to prick at Let him be your patterne to worke by Let him be your ensample to follow giue him as your heart so your hand as your mind so your tongue as your Faith so your feet And let his word be your Candle to goe before you in al matters of Religion Blessed is he that Walketh not to these Popish praiers nor standeth at them nor sitteth at them glorifie God both in soule and body ¶ Fifteene short sentences left by Robert Smith Martyr to ANNE SMITH his wife 1 SEEke first to loue God deere wife with your whole heart and then it shall be easie for you to loue your neighbour 2 Be friendly to all creatures but especially to your owne Soule 3 Be alwaies an enemie to the Deuill the world but chiefely to your owne flesh 4 In hearing of good things ioyne the eares of your head and heart together 5 Seeke vnitie and quietnesse with all men but specially with your conscience for it will not easily be pacified 6 Loue all men but specially your enemies 7 Hate the sinnes that are past but especially those to come 8 Be as ready to further your enemie as hee is to hinder you that yee may bee the child of God 9 Defile not that which Christ hath cleansed least his blood bee layd to your charge 10 Remember that god hath hedged in your tongue with the teeth and lippes that it might speake vnder correction 11 Be ready at all times to looke to your brothers eye but especially to your owne eye For he that warneth an other of that hee himselfe is faultie giueth his neighbour the cleere Wine and himselfe the dregges 12 Beware of riches and worldly honor for without vnderstanding prayer and fasting it is a snare like to consuming fier of which if a man take a little it will warme him but if too much it will consume him 13 Shew mercie to the Saints for Christs sake Christ shall reward you for the Saints sake 14 Among all other prisoners visit your owne Soule for it is inclosed in a perillous prison 15 If you loue GOD hate euill c. Your Husband RO SMITH If yee will meet with me againe Forsake not Christ for any paine CERTAINE deuout Prayers which some of the godly Martyrs made at the hower of their death ¶ The Prayer which M r. HOOPER Bishop of Glocester made at his death LORD sayd he I am Hell but thou art Heaven I am swill and a sincke of sinne but thou art a gracious GOD and a merciful Saviour and Redeemer Haue mercie therefore vppon me most miserable and wretched offender after thy great mercie and according to thine jnestimable goodnes thou art assended into Heaven receiue me Hell to be partaker of thy joyes where thou sittest in equall glory with the Father For well thou knowest Lord wherefore I am come hither to suffer and why the wicked doe persecute this thy poore seruant not for my sinnes and transgressions committed against thee but because I will not allow of their wicked doings to the contaminating of thy blood and to the deniall of the knowledge of thy truth wherwith it did please thee by thy holy spirit to jnstruct mee the which with as much diligence as a poore wretch might being called thereto I haue set forth to thy glory And well thou seest my Lord God what terrible paynes and cruel torments be here prepared for thy poore Creature such Lord as without thy strength none is able to beare or patiently to passe But all things that are jmpossible with man with thee are possible Therefore strengthen me of thy goodnesse that in the fire I breake not the bounds of patience or else asswage the terrour of the paines as shall seeme most to thy glory Heere the party who heard thus much of his prayer beeing espied of the Maior was commaunded away and could be suffred to heare no more ¶ The Prayer of Doctor CRANMER Archbishop of Canterburie when it was thought he would haue made his Recantation O Father of Heauen O Sonne of GOD redeemer of the world O holy Ghost three persons and one GOD haue mercy vppon me most wretched Caytiffe and miserable sinner I haue offended both against Heauen and Earth more then my tongue can expresse Whether then may I goe or whether should I flee To heauen I am ashamed to lift vppe mine eyes and in Earth I find no place of refuge or succour To thee therefore o Lord do I runne to thee do I humble my selfe saying O Lord my GOD my sinnes be great but yet haue Mercie vppon mee for thy great Mercie The great mistery that God became man was not wroght for small or few offences Thou didst not giue thy Sonne O Heauenly Father vnto death for little sinnes onely but for all the greatest sinnes of the world so that the sinner returne to thee with his whole heart as I doe heere at this present Wherfore haue mercie vppon mee ô GOD whose property it is always to haue mercie haue mercie vpon mee ô Lord for thy great mercie I craue nothing for mine owne merits but for thy names sake that it may be hallowed thereby and for thy deere Sonne Iesus Christs sake And now therefore O our Father c. His repentance for subscription vttered a little before his death And now I come to the great thing that so much troubleth my conscience more then any thing that ever I did or sayd in my whole life and that is the setting abroad of a writing contrarie to the truth which now I heere renownce refuse as things written with my hand contrary to the truth which I thought in mine heart and written for feare of death and to saue life if it might be and that is all such bils and papers which I haue written or signed with mine hand since my degradatiō wherein I haue written many things vntrue And for as much as my hand offeded in writing cōtrary to my heart mine hand shal be punished therefore for may I come to the fire it shall first be burned which accordingly he did For being at the stake whē the fire began to flame hee put his right hand vnto it which hee held so stedfast and jmmoueable saving that once with the same hand hee wiped his face that all men might see his hand burned before it touched his body ¶ The Prayer of Steven Knight made vppon his knees at his death O Lord Iesus Christ for whose loue I willingly leaue this life and desire rather the bitter death of the Crosse with the losse of all earthly things then to abide the blaspheaming of thy most holy name or to obay men in breaking thy holy Commandemēt Thou seest oh

pleased then most Gratious Lady for the matter belongeth vnto you to receiue vnder your favorable protectiō this Mirrour or memorial of the Martyrs who living had the protection of Angels and when the Lord shall haue perfourmed to your Grace all the good that hee hath promised and of all loyall hearts is earnestly expected it shall then bee no offence vnto your Princely mind that you haue so doone That great GOD who by his Omni-presence filleth Heaven and Earth with his Glorie fill and replenish your Graces heart with all the gifts and graces of his blessed Spirit which may beautifie and adorne your person in the sight of God and Man in this life and heereafter Crowne you with jmmortall Glorie for ever and ever in his Kingdome of Glory Amen Your Graces most humbly devoted In all humble and dutifull affection CLEM COTTON THE MIRROR OF the Martyrs ¶ In a short view liuely expressing and shewing the force of their Faith the feruencie of their Love the wisedome of their Sayings the patience of their Suffrings their Constancy Comforts and sweet meditations in the middest of all their Conflicts ¶ With their Prayers and preparation for their last farewell Bishop Hooper THE Godly Bishop HOOPER being brought vnto the place where he should suffer seeing a Pardon lying vpon a stoole to be tendered vnto him if he would recant cryed to them that stood by If you loue my soule away with it If you loue my soule away with it A blind Boye being suffered to come vnto him after much entreaty to conferre with him M r. HOOPER hearing his talke the water stood in his eyes Ah poore Boy sayd he GOD hath taken from thee the sight of thy bodilie eyes for what cause he best knoweth but hee hath giuen thee another sight much more pretious for he hath endued thy soule with the eye of knowledge and faith GOD giue thee grace that thou loose not that sight for thē should'st thou be blind both in body and Soule The day before his Martyrdome he spent the most of the day in prayer vnlesse any were licenced to speake with him amongst the which S r. Anthony Kingston was one who being brought into his Chāber found him at prayer and at the first view of him burst foorth into teares M r. HOOPER at the first blush knew him not Then sayd S r ANTHONY why my Lord know you not me an old friend of yours Anthony Kingston Yes M r. Kingston I know you well sayd M r. HOOPER and I am glad to see you in good health doe praise GOD for it KINGSTON But I am sorie to see you in this case for as I vnderstand you are come hither to die But alas consider that life is sweet and death is bitter Therefore seeing life may be had desire to liue for life hereafter may do good HOOPER Indeed it is very true M. Kingston I am come hither to die and to end this life heere because I will not gainesay the former truth I haue heeretofore taught in this Diocesse amongst you and I thanke you for your friendly counsaile though not so friendly as I could haue wished it Life indeed is sweet and death is bitter but alas cōsider that the death to come is more bitter and the life to come more sweet Therefore for the desire loue I haue to the one the feare and terror I haue of th' other I do not so much regard this death nor esteeme this life but haue setled my selfe through the strength of Gods Spirit patiently to passe through the torments and extremities of the fire now prepared for me rather then to deny Gods word and truth The night before he suffred his desire was to go to bed that night betimes saiing that he had many things to thinke on and so did at 5 of the clock and slept one sleepe soundly and bestowed the rest of the night after in prayer Being got vp in the morning hee desired that none should come vnto him that hee might bee solitary till the hower of his death Bishop Ridley WOrthie Bishoppe RIDLEY going to his burning at Oxford looking backe espyed M r. LATIMER coming after to whome he sayd Oh be ye there yea sayd Father LATIMER haue after as fast as I can Bejng come to the stake he ranne to M r. LATIMER jmbraced him and kissed him and as they that stood neere reported comforted him saying Bee of good comfort Brother for GOD will either asswage the furie of the fire or else strengthen vs to abide it Being at the stake he held vp both his hands to Heaven and sayd Oh heauenly Father I giue thee most heartie thankes that thou hast called me to be a professor of thee euen vnto death A Fagot being brought which was kindled with fire and laid downe at M. RIDLEYS feet Father LATIMER spake on this manner to him Be of good comfort M. RIDLEY and playe the man wee shall by Gods grace light such a Candle this day in ENGLAND as I trust shall neuer be put out By reason the fire was ill made M. RIDLEY continued long in his torments in so much as he often cryed I cannot burne I cannot burne for Christs sake let the fire come to mee Lord haue mercie vpon mee let the fire come to me I cannot burne M. Iohn Philpot. THE valiant servant of Christ M. Iohn Philpot having the newes of his death brought him by one of the Sheriffes men that hee must the next day bee burned at a stake sayd I am ready God grant me strength and a ioyfull resurrection And so went to his chamber and powred out his spirit vnto the Lord giving him most heartie thankes that had made him worthy to suffer for his truth As hee was entring into Smithfield the passage was somewhat foule and twoo Officers tooke him vp to beare him to the stake Thē he sayd merilie What will ye make me a Pope I am content to go to my iourneys end on foote But first comming into Smithfield hee kneeled downe there saying these words I will paye my vowes in thee O Smithfield Iohn Bradford HOly BRADFORD having newes brought him in great haste by the Keepers wife of the Counter that hee should be burned the next day and that his Chayne was a buying with that put off his Cap and lifting vp his eyes to Heaven said I thanke God for it I haue long looked for this time and therefore it commeth not to me now sodainlie but as a thing expected euery houre the Lord make me worthy thereof After which he went alone and prayed secretly a long time A little before they carried him from the Counter to Newgate he made a notable prayer of his farewell with such plentie of teares and aboundance of the spirit of praier that it ravished the minds of the hearers Also when he shifted himselfe with a cleane shirt that was made for his burning hee made such a prayer of the wedding Garment that some there

hath given you he open your eyes to see what how great benefits you receiued that you may be lesse covetous or rather jmpatient for so I feare me it should be called and more thankfull Haue you not receiued at his hands sight to see your blindnes and thereto a desirous and seeking heart to see where he lyeth in the midde day as his deare Spouse speaketh of her selfe in the Canticles Ah Ioyce my good Ioyce what a guift is this many haue some sight but none this sighing none this sobbing none this seeking which you haue I know but such as hee hath married to himselfe in his eternall sweet mercies You are not content with the Magdalen to kisse his feet but you wold with Moses see his face forgetting how he biddeth vs seeke his face Psalme 27. yea and that euer more Psa. 105. which signifieth no such sight as you desire to haue in this life who would see God now face to face whereas he cannot be seen but covered vnder some thing yea somthing which is as you would say cleane contrary to God as to see his mercie in his anger In bringing vs to Hell Faith seeth him bringing vs to Heaven in darkenesse it beholdeth brightnesse in hyding his face from vs it beholdeth his merry countenance How did Iob see God but you would say vnder Satans cloake For who cast the fire from Heaven vpon his goods who overthrew his house and stirred vppe men to take away his Cattle but Satan And yet Iob pierced thorough all these and sawe Gods working saying The Lord hath giuen the Lord hath taken c. In reading the Psalmes how often do you see that Dauid in the shaddowe of death saw Gods sweet loue And so my dearely beloued I see that you in your darknes dimnes by faith do see charity britnes by faith I say because faith is of things absent of things hoped for of things which I appeale to your owne conseience whether you desire not And can you desire any thing which you know not And is there of heauenly things any other true knoledge thē by faith Therfore my deare heart bee thankefull for before God I writte it you haue great cause Ah my Ioyce how happye is that state in which you are Verilie you are in the blessed state of gods deare children for they mourne and doe not you so and that not for worldly weale but for spirituall riches Fayth Hope and Charitie Do not you hunger and thirst for righteousnes And I pray you sayth not Christ happie are such How should GOD wipe away the teares from your eyes in heaven if on earth you shed no teares How could Heaven bee a place of rest if on Earth you did find it How could you desire to be at home if in your journey you found no griefe How could you so often call vpon God talke with him as I know you doe if your enemie should sleepe all the daye long How should you elsewhere bee made like vnto Christ I meane in joye if in sorrow you sobbed not with him If you will haue joye and felicity you must needs feele sorrow and misery If you will go to heaven you must saile by hell If you will imbrace Christ in his robes you must not thinke scorne of him in his ragges If you will sitte at Christs table in his Kingdome you must first abide with him in his temptations If you will drinke of his Cup of glorie forsake not his cup of jgnominie Can the head corner stone be reiected and the other more base stones in Gods building bee in this world set by you are one of his living stones in this building be content therfore to be hewen and snagged at that you may bee made more meet to be joyned to your fellowes which suffer with you Satans snatches and freats of the flesh wherethrough they are enforced to crie Oh wretches that wee are who shall deliuer vs you are of Gods corne feare not therefore the flayle the fanne milstone nor oven You are one of CHRISTS Lambs looke therefore to bee fleeced halled at and even slaine If you were a market sheepe you should goe in more fat pasture If you were for the faire you should be stalled and want no meate but because you are for GODS owne vse therfore you must pasture vppon the bare common abiding the stormes and tempests that will fall Happy twice happy are you my deare sister that God haleth you now whither you would not that you might come whither you would Suffer a little and be still Let Satan rage against you let the world crie out let your conscience accuse you let the law leade you and presse you downe yet shall they not prevaile for Christ is Emanuell that is GOD with vs. If God be with vs who canne bee against vs. The Lord is with you your Father cannot forget you your spouse loveth you If the waues and surges arise crie with Peter saue Lord I perish and hee will put out his hand and helpe you Cast out your ankor of Hope and it will not cease for al the stormie surges till it take hold on the rocke of Gods truth and mercie Thinke not that hee which hath given you so many things corporally as jnductions of spirituall heavenly mercies and that without your deserts or desire can deny you any spirituall thing desiring it For if he hath given you to desire hee will giue you to haue and enioy the thing desired The desire to haue and the going about to aske ought to certifie your conscience that they bee his earnests of the things which you asking hee will giue you yea before you aske and whilst you are about to aske hee will grant the same as Isaiah saith to his glorie and your eternal consolation He that spared not his owne Son for you will not nor cannot think any thing too good for you my heartely beloved If he had not chosen you as certainly he hath he would not thus haue called you hee would never haue justified you hee would never haue so glorified you with his gratious gifts which I know to be in you praysed be his name therefore hee would never haue so exercised your faith with temptations as he hath done and doth if I say hee had not chosen you If hee haue chosen you as doubtlesse deere hart he hath don in Christ for in you I haue seene his earnest and to me you could not deny it I know both where and when if I say hee haue chosen you then neither can you nor ever shall you perish For if you fall hee putteth vnder his hand you shall not lie still so carefull is Christ your keeper over you Never was Mother so mindfull over her child as he is over you And hath hee not alwaies been so Speake woman when did he finally forget you And will he now trow ye in your most need doe otherwise you calling vpon him and desiring to