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A06799	An amulet or preservative against sicknes and death in two parts : the first containing spirituall direction for the sicke at all times needfull, but especially in the conflict of sicknes and agonie of death : the second, a method or order of comforting the sicke ... / collected and set forth ... by A.M. minister of the Word of God in Henley vpon Thames ; whereunto is annexed a most pithie and comfortable sermon of mortalitie, written by the blessed martyr S. Cyprian Bishop of Carthage, translated into English by A.M. ; together with sundry prayers needfull in time of sicknesse.	Man, Abraham.; Cyprian, Saint, Bishop of Carthage.	1617 (1617)	STC 17238.5; ESTC S2803	74,681	345

members This head neither is nor can be without the members neither doth he leaue or forsake his members Where Christ therefore is there also must we needs be Ephe. 5.30 For we are members of his bodie of his flesh and of his bones Eph. 5.30 Now who can sufficiently praise and magnifie according to the worthinesse thereof the infinitenesse of that inestimable vnspeakeable grace me●cie of God who vouchsafed so to debase himselfe a● to come downe from he●uen and to be made a mortall man in all things lik● vnto vs sinne onely excepted that this corruptible 〈◊〉 fraile nature of man being vnited and ioyned vnto h● diuine nature might by the infinite and incomprehensible vertue and power o● his diuinitie bee aduanced vnto immortall life and made partaker with it of the heauenly kingdome 〈◊〉 we did beleeue so great riches to be giuen vnto vs to be laid vp in store for vs and that so blessed and happie a kind of life shall hereafter befall vs how I pray you could we be daunted or troubled The humane nature of all the faithfull which haue bene before since Christ and which shall be hereafter in Christ who is both true man and also true God hath and doth put on immortalitie glorie Abundant then and of great force and effect is that comfort concerning the resurrection of Christ wherewith Saint Paule doth fortifie and establish the minds of the Corinthians when he saith 1 Cor. 15.20 c. That Christ is risen from the dead being the first fruites of them that are fallen asleepe for since by man came death by man also cometh the resurrection of the dead For as by Adam all die euen so also by Christ shall all be ma● aliue But euery man in 〈◊〉 owne order the first fruites 〈◊〉 Christ afterward they tha● are of Christ at his coming c. And after all this Sain● Paule addeth a similitude concerning naturall things wherby the resurrection of our bodies is most clearely perceiued verse 36. and plainely demonstrated The similitude or comparison is taken from seede which being drie when it is cast into the ground by the seedsman or husbandman it dieth as it were and rotteth in the ground But yet doth it not perish altogether but it sprouteth and cometh forth out of the earth fresh and new in an elegant and a delightfull shape and forme Euen so also shall our bodies arise not corruptible or subiect to corruption not fraile and transitorie not weake and feeble not withered and decayed and readie to die as now it is but comely and beautifull strong and lustie immortall and incorruptible and full of brightnesse and glorie This is the way by which we are to passe into our true countrie which is aboue euen by death vnto euerlasting life Flesh and bloud cannot inherite the kingdome of God wherein is nothing else but life and immortalitie For which cause 1 Cor. 15.33 This corruptible bodie must put on incorruption and this mortall bodie must put on immortalitie th●● shall come to passe the saying that is written Death is swalowed vp into victorie They that beleeue in Christ haue now vanquished sin death and hell And therefore cōtemning despising death and through Christ being now become bold and couragious they shall triumph and say Hos 13.14 1 Cor. 15.55 ● death where is thy sting O hell where is thy victorie The sting of death i● sinne and the strength of sinne is the law But thankes be vnto God who hath giuen vs victorie through our Lord Iesus Christ Hereunto also may be added other sentences of holy Scripture full of comfort as that 2. Cor. 4.14 He that hath raised vp the Lord Iesus from the dead shall also raise vs vp by the same Iesus And that to the Philippians Chap. 3.20 Phil 3.20 Our conuersation is in heauen from whence we looke for the Sauiour euen the Lord Iesus Christ who shall change our vile bodie that it may be fashioned like vnto his glorious bodie according to the mightie working whereby he is able to subdue all things vnto himselfe Againe Colos 3.3 Ye are dead Colos 3.3 and your life is hid with Christ in God but when Christ which is your life shall appeare then shall ye also appeare with him in glorie And 1. Thes 4.13 1. Thes 4.14 I would not saith Saint Paul haue you ignorant concerning them which are a sleepe that ye sorrow not as others which haue no hope For if we beleeue tha● Iesus is dead and is risen againe Euen so them tha● sleepe in Iesus will God bring with him In like manner doth S. Paul comfort his disciple Timothie 2. Tim. 2.8 Remember 2 Tim. 2.8 that Iesus Christ made of the seed of Dauid w● raised againe from the dea● according to my Gospell And verse 11. verse 11 If we be dead w● Christ we shall also liue wi● him If we suffer with him 〈◊〉 shall also reigne with him An● againe 2 Tim. 1.9 2. Tim. 1.9 God ha● saued vs saith he and calle● vs with an holy calling not according to our workes but according to his owne purpos● and grace which was giuen through Christ Iesus before the world was but is now made manifest by the appearing of our Sauiour Iesus Christ who hath abolished death and hath brought life and immortalitie And in his Epi. to the Heb. Chap. 2.14 he saith That Christ was made partaker of flesh and bloud that is Hebr. 2.14 was made true man that throgh death he might destroy him that had power of death that is the diuel and that he might deliuer all them which for feare of death were all their life time subiect to bondage S. Iohn likewise in his 1. Epistle Chap. 4.9 telleth vs that 1 Ioh. 4.9 In this appeared the loue of God toward vs that God sent his onely begotten Sonne into the world that we might liue through him to wit eternally and for euer and Chap. 3.14 and 3.14 We know that we are translated from death vnto life because we loue the brethren And to conclude in the same manner Iob comforteth himselfe in the middest of all his afflictions Chap. 19.25 Iob. 19.25 I am sure saith he that my Redeemer liueth and that he shall stand the last on the earth And though after my skinne wormes destroy this bodie yet shall I see God in my flesh whom I my selfe shall see and mine eyes shall behold and none other for me though my reines be consumed within me These testimonies of holy Scripture whosoeuer he be that pondereth well and meditateth on the same diligently he cannot but be filled with exceeding great ioy and comfort A most euident example whereof we haue in Saint Paul Phil. 3.10 Phil. 3.10 Where he professeth himselfe to reioyce glorie in nothing more then this that he knoweth Christ and the power of his Resurrection whereby our death was slaine as it were

a man exasperateth him pride and vaine glorie make him to swell drunkennesse prouoketh and allureth enuie breaketh concord and vnitie zeale and emulation cut off friendship and amitie Thou art moued and enforced to speake euill or to backbite slander which God in his law forbiddeth or thou art constrained to sweare sometimes falsly sometimes vainly which is a thing not lawful A mans mind suffereth euery day so many pursuits and his heart is vexed and molested with so many dangers And can it take pleasure to stay any long time here amidst so many swords When as rather we should wish desire by the helpe of death to hasten more speedily vnto Christ especially when he hath beforehand so instructed and forewarned vs saying Ioh. 16.20 Verily verily I say vnto you ye shall weepe and lament and the world shall reioyce ye shall sorrow but your sorrow shall be turned into ioy Now what man will not make haste to come vnto ioy What man would not wish to be free from sorrow And when is the time that our sorrow shal be turned into ioy This the Lord himselfe declareth afterwards saying verse 22. I will see you againe and your heart shall reioyce and your ioy shall no man take from you For as much then as in beholding of Christ there is true and perfect ioy and that we can haue no true perfect ioy but in beholding him what blindnesse and sottishnes of mind or rather what madnesse is it to loue the teares and paines and sorrowes of this world that are readie to torment and oppresse vs and not rather to make haste vnto the ioy that can neuer be taken away Now surely this cometh to passe well beloued brethren for want of faith because there are so few or none that beleeue how that those things shal assuredly come to passe which God promiseth who is faithfull and true and whose word vnto the true beleeuers is constant and firme eternall and euerlasting If some graue discreet man and one that all men did commend for his honesty and fidelitie should promise thee any thing thou wouldest surely giue him credit and wouldest perswade thy selfe of him that he will in no wise beguile thee nor deceiue thee knowing him to be a man constant and steadfast both in his words deeds Now behold God it is that reasoneth the case with thee and that maketh such gracious promises vnto thee and doest thou with an vnbeleeuing heart like a faithlesse wretch still wauer and stand in doubt God promiseth vnto thee as soone as thou departest out of this world immortalitie and eternall life and doest thou doubt of it Surely this is as much as not to know God at all this is as much as to displease and offend the master of al them that beleeue Christ Iesus by the sinne of vnbeleefe this is as much as for one that is placed in the Church of God in the house of faith to haue no faith at all How greatly behoouefull and profitable also is it for vs to depart out of this world Christ himselfe the master and teacher of our saluation and the author of our welfare sheweth plainly who when his disciples were sorrowfull and grieued because he said that he must ere long depart and go away from thē he spake vnto them in this wise If ye had loued me Ioh. 14.28 ye would verily reioyce because I go vnto the Father Hereby declaring teaching that whensoeuer our deare friends whō we loue depart hence out of the world we should rather reioyce then be grieued Of which thing the blessed Apostle Saint Paule being mindfull Philip. 1. he layeth this downe for a ground and saith Phil 1.21 Christ is vnto me life and Death is vnto me aduantage accounting it the greatest gain and aduantage vnto himselfe that might be to be now no longer bound and held in the snares of the world to be subiect now no longer vnto any sinne or corruption of the flesh But being now exempted freed from all troubles and vexations and set at libertie out of the venemous lawes of the Diuell at the call and summons of his Lord and Maister Christ to passe vnto the ioyes of eternall saluation But yet for al this An obiection it is a matter that still troubleth some men That such weaknesses and sicknesses doe seize vpon vs Christians euen alike as they doe vpon other Heathens Answer As if for this end a Christian did beleeue in Christ that hee might be free from the touch and feeling of miseries troubles and might enioy this world and the time that he hath to abide therein at his own pleasure not rather that he might be reserued for the ioy to come after that he hath suffered heere all manner of crosses and afflictions patiently It greatly mooueth and troubleth some that this death and mortalitie is common vnto vs with other men And what is there indeed in this world that is not common vnto vs with others as long as according to the law and condition of our first birth this flesh still remaineth common In flesh we are all one like another but are seuered in spirit So long as we are heere in this world we are knit and ioyned together with all other men alike and are all one in flesh but are seuered in spirit And therefore vntill this corruptible doe put on incorruption and this mortall body doe put on immortalitie and that the Spirit bring vs vnto God our heauenly Father whatsoeuer inconueniences and discommodities there be of the flesh the same are common vnto vs with all mankind So that when as through some vnkind blasts and vnseasonable weather the ground becommeth barren and vnfruitfull the famine and dearth ensuing thereupon maketh no difference nor distinction of any And when by inuasion of enemies any Citie is taken all are spoiled alike and caried away into captiuitie Also when faire bright clouds put off and driue away the raine some long time the drought is alike vnto all And when the hard rockes breake in sunder the ship the shipwracke is without exception common alike vnto all that saile therein And so in like maner the paines sorenesse of the eyes the vehement heate of Feuers and the crazinesse and feeblenesse that is in all the members of our bodies the same are common vnto vs as well as others so long as in this world we carry this common flesh about vs. Nay rather in asmuch as vpon couenant and condition a Christian doth beleeue in Christ he must know and vnderstand yea and hold for suretie that he is to suffer more and to take more paines in this world then others hauing to wrastle and to encounter with the assaults of the Diuell more then others are Of this the Scripture doth forewarne and teach vs. My Sonne Eccle. 21.2 if thou wilt come into the seruice of God stand fast in righteousnesse and feare and prepare