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mercy_n	father_n	lord_n	redeemer_n	2,002	5	9.8210	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00614	The maner to dye well An introduction most compendiouslie shewinge the fruytfull remembrance of the last fowre things: that is to say, death, hel, iudgement, and the ioyes of heauen. Gathered out of manye good authors, both comfortable and profitable to the dilligent reader. Learnedly instructing howe to prouide for death.	Soto, Pedro de, d. 1563. aut; W. B.	1578 (1578)	STC 1075; ESTC S120489	42,232	138

needeth not to feare death so as hee be founde according to this instruction it shal suffice ¶ Wholsome admonitions to dye WHatsoener things at the howre of thy death thou wouldest haue to bee done doe thou the same presently and whatsoeuer thou arte by duety bound to doe commit not the charge thereof vnto others For if thou thy selfe wast negligent and carelesse of thine owne wealth and busines howe thinkest thou that others wyl take any heede or regarde to thy health Beleeue not vncerten thinges and vaine promises neither commit thyselfe to doubtful chaunces Liue so behaue thee selfe that thou mayst be so quieted in thy conscience as though this were thy dying daye Neuer go vnto thy bedde before thou hast accoumpted with thy selfe the maner state of thy life Examine thy selfe calling thy harte with al thy sences to iudgement and knowe whether thou be the better or the worse for this daye Neuer go thou to bedde with such a cōscience wherein thou fearest to dye If thou doest finde thee selfe in such state as thou doest feare to die search out the cause therof for peraduenture there be some sinnes of the which as yet thou hast not perfectlie repented thy self or else thou forsakest to acknowledge confesse them or peraduenture thou doest refuse to abstaine frō the occasions thereof or thou liuest vnder the daunger or obedience of some man or as a peruerse mā thou dost continue in malice or in the vniust withholding of other mennes goodes or thou art too much addicted bent to the couetous desyre of worldly wealth carnal sensualitie or rauished with the vnlawful lust of some creature or being so deepelie drowned in the greedy desire of earthlie visible thinges in such sort as thou canst by no meanes be withdrawen from them coueting for nothing of that which belongeth to the Soule foolishly looking and lyking in al external things lothing and vomiting out al heauenly thinges The cause that mooueth thee to feare death is that thy guyltie conscience foretelleth thy feareful minde the torments whiche are prouided for thy sinneful soule after thy death Which soeuer of these resteth and raygneth in thee cutte them off persecute them and with all thyne endeuour doo what lyeth in thee to deliuer thy selfe from them Imbrace my crosse and folow my footesteppes and they shal be a great furtheraunce to thee in this thine attempte and with rigour of minde holy hatred against thy self proclayme thou open warre against al vyces with a determinate wyll not to sinne renewing oftentymes this holy battayle without ceassing And least thou shouldst be ouerthrowen for weaknesse and want of courage contemplate and earnestly beholde the examples of me and of my Saints commending thy selfe to the prayers exhortations of good mē reposing thy selfe with inwarde and wholsome inspiration be occupied in prayer and godlie reading be neuer ydle loue solitarinesse and sylence These and such like driue away euyl thoughts frō the harte banish the feare of death When thou cōmest to the ende of euery day say vnto thy self Now my life is shortned by one day And when thou rysest in the morning saye O God I am by one night neerer to death then I was ¶ An Exercise to be vsed in the Morning or at other times when you thinke conuenient ALmightie and eternall God my Creator and louer I praise adore and blesse thee for that in mine offēces and vngratefulnesse thou hast so mercifullie and leysurelie forborne suffred me to liue euen to this houre wherunto by thy benefits thou hast brought me geuing to me thine vnworthy reprocheful seruaunt both life necessaries therunto belōging appointing Angelles to be my keepers O good God who knoweth whether tyll euening my life shal be prolonged or what death is appointed forme O merciful Lorde God heauenly father graunt that I may with harty repentaunce truly repēt ●●y sinnes inwardly bewaile that ●●et I offended thy godly maiestie Suffer not my soule to departe this body before it be through thy mercie perfectlie reconciled and adopted vnto thee by thy grace bedeckt with thy merites and vertues inflamed with perfect charitie and acceptable vnto thee according vnto thy wyl O mercifull Lorde Iesus Christe if those thinges whiche I desyre doo stand with thy pleasure graūt them I beseeche thee although I be not worthy to be heard yeelde and geue I beseech thee of thine infinite mercie that by the merites of thy passiō I may be purged from al my sinnes And that at the howre of my death I maye be striken with true and vehement contrition and being knitte with thee in perfect charity I maye immediatly flit vnto thee my sweete Redeemer safelie and freelie from al dampnation Neuerthelesse in al these my requestes O best beloued Iesu I do fully and wholy offer and resigne my selfe vnto thee to be altogether disposed ordered according to thy wyl and to suffer for thy glorious sake desyring this one thing at thy hands that thou wilt remember my fragilitie vnworthinesse vnstablenesse miseries together with thine owne goodnesse and most charitable mercy praying thee neuer to forsake or leaue me but that thou wylt alwaies possesse and gouerne me according to thy wyl Amen ¶ An oblation of Christ and of his merites vnto his Father OMnipotent and benigne Father al the paines dolours checkes punishmentes rebukes and labours of thy onelie begotten Sonne Iesus Christ lambe immaculate which he vpon his owne body hath suffred for my sake his trauels with the afflietion of al his members for me his bloudshed and feete nayled for me his most noble and godly soule seuered from his delicate body for mee his infinite vertues and merites the strength also of his body soule and al thinges the hare lyfe in him yeelded to death for my redemption inseperately notwithstāding vnited with the Deitie Christ also thy blessed sōne God man omnipotent both weakned looking downe glorious working myracles and hanging vpō the Crosse I do here offer vnto thee in exaction satisfaction of my synnes al the worldes and in mortifying extinguishing of al my passions euil affections sinful vices in steede and supply of al my negligēce and in the laude and prayse of al thy graces benefites O heauenly father haue cōpassion vpon me for his sake haue thou mercie vpon me for the loue of thy beloued sonne Iesus Christ THere be● which doe prefixe a certaine kinde of exercise vnto them selues as death were present preparing themselues euerye fyue dayes continually in suche sorte as though they shoulde dye presently The fyrst daye they do remember death the presidentes and horror thereof to whom they do wyllingly yeelde The seconde daye they do thinke vpon theyr sinnes and them so busie and diligently they do confesse as though presently after theyr confessiō they should die passing ouer that daye in sobbes and teares The thyrde day with the greatest deuotion they can

the Minister or any other godly person 1 Wylte thou lyue and dye in the true fayth of Iesus Christe as a true Christian I wyl 2 Wylt thou aske forgeuenes of him for all thine offēces cōmitted against his holy maiesty for that thou hast not worthily honoured him I doo aske 3 Hast thou not determyned with thy selfe to alter thy trade of lyfe into a better if it shal please Gods goodnes that thou shalt escape this disease I haue determined 4 Dost thou not humblie craue and beseech him to graūt thee grace not to decline from this thy good intent that thou mayest repentauntlye bewayle thy former faultes and that thou mayst henceforwarde continue in al goodnes I doo requyre 5 Dost thou not hartely forgeue all offences committed against thee I doo forgeue 6 Wylt thou not earnestly aske forgeuenes of al them whom thou hast in any wyse offended I doo aske 7 Doste thou not clearely caste out of thy hart al enuie malice hatred whatsoeuer thou bearest to any creature and willingly be reconciled in perfect charitie to euery man I am willing 8 Wilt thou willingly restore what soeuer thou hast wrongfully taken or withholden from any man I wyl 9 Dost thou not paciently take in good woorth these paynes for the name of God I doo ¶ Prayers to be sayde at the howre of death INto thy handes O Lorde I commende my soule thou haste redeemed me O Lorde God of trueth Iesus Christe the Father of mercy make mee one of thy seruauntes helpe mee in my extreme necessitie Succour my needeful and desolate soule O Lord my god that it be not deuoured by helhoundes For the honour and vertue of thy bytter Passion most mightie Lorde Iesus Christe commaunde that my name may bee registred among the number of thine elect O my Creator redeemer Iesus Christe I yeelde my selfe vnto thee forsake me not be holde I flye vnto thee succor me and reproue me not O Lorde Iesus Christe the sonne of the liuing God put thy Passion Crosse and death betwixt my soule and thy iudgement Nowe O Lorde according vnto thy wyl haue mercy vppon mee and commaunde that my soule be receyued into thy peace Let that sweete voyce O Lorde sound in the eares of my soule This day thou shalt be with mee in Paradise The maner howe Howe to foresee that thinges goe rightly with anye when he dyeth IF the sicke man doe wauer stray or doubt any thing of the veritie of his fayth put him in remembraunce of the Apostles and holy Martyrs which for the defence of this true fayth haue suffered all kindes of tormentes and paines If hee be in dispayre then tell him that although his offences bee neuer so great and many yet the goodnes of our mercyful Lord is much more for his mercies do exceede the quantitie of all our effences which hee of his goodnes offereth in common to euery man lest hee himselfe doe wylfully refuse the same for his mercye is infinite and without number Al the offences that euer were committed since the beginning of the worlde may be numbred al which are clerly washed awaye with the least drop of the blood of our lord Iesus Christ which he shed at the time of his bytter passion Our Lorde God of his great clemencie was redy to cal vnto his mercy Iudas the wickedst man that euer lyued when he sayde vnto him My freende Yet for that he dyd dispayre he was condemned and so sinned more by falling into dispayre then by betraying of his maister our Sauiour Iesus Christ the immaculate Lambe and onely begotten sonne of God the Father And lastlye put in thy minde that the forgiuenes of sinnes is an Article of our faith by which is signified vnto vs that how often and howe greeuous soeuer our offences are yee by true repentance of our sinnes yet shal obteine true remission for them wherof whosoeuer doubteth he is no true Christian If you see that hee do not presently yelde vp the Ghost then reade to him the hystorie of the Passion or some other good and Godly hystorie wherein hee delighted most when he was in health or the commaundementes of God to the ende that hee maye with more perfectnes repent him selfe if hee haue oughte committed agaynst them If for lacke of speache hee bee not able to aunswere with woordes then let hym aunswere in mynde and with outwarde signes expresse his conscience for they are through Gods mercye sufficient to obteyne grace Put him no wise in remembraunce of his wife children freends or temporal wealth vnlesse it bee necessary for his spiritual health Put him not in ouermuche hope of bodyly health lest by that meanes he might withdraw his minde from the spirituall care that hee hath of his soule For by the health of the soule hee shoulde seeke for the health of the bodye onelye requiringe it at Gods hande if his goodnesse shall thinke it most meete and beste for his soule For God is a furtherer of the pacient and wel disposed and corporal diseases bring for the moste parte langour and grefe to the soule We should therefore first prouide for our soule and repent vs of our sinnes before we take any care of our bodily health ¶ Heereafter followeth a breefe Dialogue touching the day of Iudgement Betweene Raymundus and Dominicus I Haue my Raymundus all this long time since our laste communication bene very desirous to knowe howe our mercyful Sauiour Chryst wyl in th ende rewarde euery man Wherefore I praye you of your curtesie shew me somewhat touching this poynte Raym My freende Dominicus I graunte to thy request for it is not conueniente that we leaue man of whom hitherto wee haue conferred vnfinished Seeing wee haue treated of hys creation and seeing wee haue spoken of hys reparation wee wyll nowe talke somewhat touchinge his final iudgement God worketh three wayes concerning man that is to saye in creation reformation and in iudging him moste iustlye according to his workes Seeing then man is the liuely and magnificente worke of God and aboue al creatures moste lyke vnto his Maker he oughte not therefore to bee leste vnfinished and vnpertected And for that he can not come to the verie laste ende of perfection before his life bee examined and iudged that according to the quality of it hee maye receyue rewarde at the last retribution eyther to eternal payne or to euerlasting glory Therefore it is necessary to conferre in few wordes of this last and general iudgement and by certaine natural reasons to shew taa● is to come Domi. I beseech you so to do for I am determined with al my hart to heare you Raym. We wil proue that the iudgemēt is to come by the very nature of ioy gladnesse them selues It must needes be that the iust manne for his iustice shal so magnifycently reioyce that he cannot reioyce more perfectly And that the wickedman for his iniquitie be cast into heauinesse as there may be no●●reater

it shal please them Yet continuallye nothing shall please mee but thou my Lorde and GOD my hope and eternal health Blessed he thou O Lords which haste done this goodnesse vnto thy seruaunt according to the multitude of thy mercye What can thy seruant saye more vnto thee O Lord but humble himselfe in thy sight be alwayes mindful of his iniquitye and vnwoorthynes For in al the wonderful thinges of heauen and earth there is none like vnto thee Thy workes are excellent thy iudgementes are vpright by thy prouidence al thinges are gouerned O father of wisedome laude and praise be vnto thee My mouth my soule and al my powers shall prayse thee without ceassing ¶ The soule feruently wisheth to be in the house of the Lorde O Moste bright and bewtifull house of the Lord I am delyghted with thy comelinesse the habitation of the glory of my Lord the owner and builder of thee Al my wandring perigrination tendeth towardes thee both night and daye my heart coueteth to come vnto thee my mynde is fullye bent towardes thee my soule doeth feruently desire to come into thy blessed company I speake this vnto him who made mee and possesseth me in thee for he created both thee and me I do not aske thy companye and the syght of thy wonderful purenesse through mine own merites but thorough the bloud of him that hath redeemed mee whereof I doe not dispayre I haue erred I confesse like a straied sheepe and my dwelling is prolonged I am caste from the face of thee O Lorde in blyndnes of exile wherin I am expulsed from the ioies of Paradise I doo with sorrowfull verse and vnmesurable lamentations daily bewaile the miseries of ●y captiuitie when I doo call thee to remembraunce O spirituall Hierusalem and whilest my feete stande in the excellent and beautiful Sion not yet able openlye to see the innermost partes of thee but yet I hope to be caried into thee vpō the shoulders of my Redeemer the verye builder of thee that I maye reioyce with thee in that venerable glory wherin they delight that are with thee in the presence of God him selfe our redeemer who hath dissolued al enmitye that was betweene God and man with his owne fleshe and hath with his precious bloud pacifyed al thinges in heauen and earth He is our peace who hath made al things alone who ioyning two walles in one in him selfe which before were disagreeing euerlastingly to continue in the felicitie of his blessednesse The same thinge hath hee promised vnto vs saying They shall be equall with the Angels of God in Heauen Let me reioyce and be glad in thee Let the sweete memorye of thy blessed name be a releeuing of my sorow and weerinesse ¶ An earnest prayer that thou being assisted by the grace of God maiest be alwaies bent to heauenly thinges I Would to God that that daye might once shine in the which I might see my redeemer and al these temporal daies would ende In thee O heauenly kingdome the saintes doo shine in perpetual and cleere charitie which we can not see whilst we wander here on earth The heauenlye Citizens knowe how muche they them selues reioice and the banished sonnes of the Eua lament feele how bitter werie and tedious this worlde is The dayes of this worlde are few shorte ful of euill and sorow where mā is defiled with many sins oppressed with grefes troubled with cares disturbed with thoughtes wrapt in vanities compassed with erroures molested with temptation drowned in sensualitie and crucified with pouertie O when shal there be an ende of these manifolde and miserable labours when shal I be deliuered frō the miserable bondage of wickednes When shall I onelye remember thee O Lorde When shal I fullye and perfectly reioyce in thee When shal I be out of al danger deliuered from al griefe of bodye and soule and come to true libertye When shal I rest in that quiete secure and vndisturbed peace When shal I come thyther where peace is both within without in althinges O Lorde Iesus when shal I stande vp to see thee when shal I behold the glorye of thy kingdome which thou hast prepared for thine elect frō the beginning A● poore wretche I am left banished in the lande of mine enemies where there is dayly warres and continual misfortune Comfort me in my banishment mitigate my sorowes I do moste feruentlye with all my heart require to come vnto thee For whersoeuer pleasure is offered vnto me in this worlde I thinke it noysome I doo inwardly require thy companie but I cannot obteine it I doo wishe to be ioyned to heauenly thinges but temporal pleasures and mortal passions keepeth me backe from them In minde I woulde faine vanquishe al wickednes and vice but yet I am constrained to be subiecte to the frowarde fleshe And I vnhappye man am at controuersy with my selfe and am become odious vnto my selfe for whilest my soule aspireth vpwarde my fleshe draweth downe warde O what passions doo I inwardlye suffer For when my soule beginneth to contemplate of heauenly things thē presently heapes of carnall thoughts withdraweth me from prayers O my God doo not linger from me depart not in anger from thy seruaunt Thunder forth thy lightning bolts ●isperse my worldly thoughts abrod shoote thine arowes amongest them driue away all the temptations of mine enemies Turne my senses vnto the make me forget al earthly things graunt I beseeche thee that I may caste off all sinfull thoughtes and phantasies O eternall veritie succor me to th end that no vanity do tempt or remoue me from thee O heauenly father helpe me for al vanitie and impurenes melteth before thy face An ardent desire of the soule to the blessed and immortal life AS the Hart desireth to come to the fountaines of freshe waters so doth my soule desire to come to thee O Lorde When shal I come and appere before thy face O wel spryng of louing water When shal I come to the water of thy sweetenes frō this desert pathlesse and barraine lande that I may see thy vertue and glory and coole my thirst with the water of thy mercye O Lorde the wel of lyfe satisfye me I thirste for thee O Lord God of life When shal I come O Lorde and appeare before thy face O moste cleere and excellent daye without night without ende wherin I shal heare these wordes Enter into the ioyes of the Lorde thy God. Enter in eternal glory into the house of thomnipotent God where there is great and wonderful ioyes without number Enter into the glory which is without sorrowe conteyning eternal gladnesse where all goodnesse and no euyl is where the sweete amiable way of life is where is no controuersy neyther flickering intisements where there is a perfect and certaine assuraunce an assured quietnes a quiet pleasantnes a plesaunt happines a happy eternity an eternal blessednes the blessed Trinitie and vnity of Trinitie deitie of vnitie