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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

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

† Sirach 6. If thou sée a wise man go thou vnto him early in the morning and let thy foote tread the path vnto his gate For this counsell is not only good for them that cannot reade but also for them that can For many there be which read and know not what they read Take héede therefore that thou doe not little regarde the * 2. Cor. 6. grace bestowed on thée by the frée gift of Christ but be thou carefull to séeke how thou mayest please the lorde that thou mayest procure and get vnto thée the blisfulnesse of his saintes For it is written Blessed are they Psal 119. which keepe his testimonies and seeke him with their whole hart See that the enimie let thée not that when thou wouldst read he make thée slouthfull and put other businesse in thy heade which shall pull thée awaye saying First finishe thou these small affaires and so shalt thou reade without trouble of minde For howe often sendeth he in those things that maye encourage thée vnto handie labour And he obiecteth such matters that he may the sooner withhold thée from reading being the greater profite For as much as the deuill perceyuing man to be disposed to reade setteth against him by these and other lyke occasions seeking if he may by any meanes possible let him yet co●●ent thou not vnto him but be euen as the Hart Psal 42. which thirsteth and desireth to come vnto the water springs that is to say vnto the holy scriptures that thou mayest drinke out of them such things as are méete and profitable for thée as for example When it is giuen thée to know any sentence let it not escape thée but pouder vpon it in thy minde write in thine hart and thou shalt kéepe it neuer able to bée rased out of thy memorie For it is written I will thinke vpon thy righteousnesse Psal 119. And againe I haue hidde thy words within my hart that I shoulde not sinne against thée And in an other place Wherewith shall a yong man clense his waye Euen by ruling himselfe after thy worde For who is he that is mindefull of the worde of the lorde and amendeth not his wayes Is not hée alwaies a reprobate a cast awaye caytife which remembereth nothing but rather forgetteth that which he once knew Truely God sayth vnto such an one Psal 50. Wherefore talkest thou of my righteousnesse and takest my testimony in thy mouth Whervpō he commaundeth that thing to be takē from him which he séemeth to haue Math. 25. And what was there commaunded to bée taken from him which he séemed to haue Faith For he calleth himselfe a christian Tit. 1. but denyeth it in his déedes and he is worse than an infidell And therefore he commaundeth the holy ghost to be taken from him which he receyued in the daye of his redemption and that he séemed to haue also And such a man shal become like vnto a wine vessell thorow the which the wine is spilte and lost they that sée him know it not supposing him to he full but when wine shoulde be drawen out of him then he appéereth vnto all men to be emptie Therefore euen so such a man shall appéere emptie in the daye of iudgement and his déedes shall be manifest vnto all the world And such are they which wil saye vnto the king in that day Math. 7. Lorde haue not we prophesied in thy name and haue done many great things in thy name And the king will answere and saye vnto them Verily I saye vnto you I knowe you not Thou seest déerely beloued that such a man hath nothing at all Be thou therfore mindfull of the worde of God and amende thy lyfe Beware thou suffer not the birdes to descende and deuoure the seede of the sonne of God For he himselfe saide that the séede is the worde which ye haue heard Math. 13. Therefore hide thou the séede in the sorowes of thy lande that is to wit hide the worde in the middell of thine hart that thou mayest bring forth some fruit vnto the lord in feare And when thou readest read diligently and boldly and handle eche lyne moderatly considering thereof Endeuor not to reade ouer many leaues but if any obscure sense happen vnto thée let it not gréeue thée to pervse the verse twice or thrice vntill thou vnderstande the meaning and force thereof Furthermore when thou preparest thy selfe to sit downe and read or to heare an other first praye vnto God saying thus Scripture is attenttyfely to be reade with prayer Psal 119. O lorde Iesu Christ open myne eyes and the eares of my hart that they may heare thy words and vnderstande them and may O lorde fulfill thy wyll hide not thy commaundements from me bicause I am a straunger on the earth but open and discouer mine eyes and I will consider the maruellous things of thy lawe For in thée Oh my God haue I trusted that thou shouldst lighten mine hart Also I beséeche thée so praye vnto God alwaies that he will illuminate thy minde and open vnto thée the effect and force of his worde For many haue erred Rom. 1. counted themselues wise they became fooles not vnderstanding what was written and falling into blasphemies haue therein perished Therfore if thou in reading finde any thing hard to be vnderstoode take héede the enimy teach thée not to say within thy selfe it is not so as this word expresseth for how should it be so and suche lyke But if thou beléeue God beléeue his word also and say vnto the enimie Come behinde me sathan For I know thée not The worde of God is a pure worde as tryed siluer clensed Psal 11. and purged from the earth seauen folde and in it is no peruerse matter other else haulting as the prouerbe is but all things therein séeme good in the wise mans sight and are righteous before them that finde knowledge and I truely am a foole and knowe not the scriptures but well vnderstande they are spiritually written For the apostle sayeth Rom. 7. that the lawe is spirituall Then looke vp towardes heauen saying these wordes Lorde I beleue thy worde and doe not gaine say it but I trust in the worde of thy holy spirite Preserue me therefore O lorde that I may finde fauour in thy sight For I séeke none other thing but only to be saued Oh mercifull father that I maye obtaine thy grace and fauour For thine is the kingdome and mercie for euer and euer Amen Peroratio I Beséeche you therefore brethren déerely beloued in the lorde that ye endeuour your selues to haue these things daylie in memorie I meane faith hope charitie and humilitie that they may be sealed vp by prayers vnto God and meditations of holy scriptures For if you haue those things and doe abound in them they will not leaue you emptie and barren touching the knowledge of Iesus Christ For the 〈◊〉 man which hath not those things but neglecteth his owne saluation is blind groping the waye with his hande 2. Petr. 1. forgetting that he is cleansed from his olde sinnes and it shall happen vnto him as it is sayde in the true prouerbe 2. Petr. 2. The dogge is returned againe vnto his domite and the washed swine vnto his dur●ie puddle They therefore 2. Petr. 2. that haue escaped the pollutions of the worlde as it is written and haue renounced them in there baptisme and are come vnto the knowledge of our lord Iesus Christ and are afterwards againe entangled with them there ende shall bée worse than there beginning For it had bene better for them not to haue knowne the waye of truth then when they haue knowne it to returne backe againe vnto the things which were forsaken Let vs therfore being the déere and faythfull seruauntes of God and his christian chosen souldiours diligentlye and earnestly take vp the foresaide armour in oure hartes and not haue them in minde by an outwarde showe that we battayling well and treading downe al the power of the enimie Ephe. 5. Collos 3. may be deliuered from the curse to come vpon the children of vnbeléefe and that we maye finde grace Hebr. 4. and mercie in that horrible daye before the iust iudge Rom. 1. which will rewarde euerie man according to his déedes to whome with the almightie father and the holy spirite belongeth honor and glory now and for euer world without ende Amen FINIS The Table PHisick for the soule verie necessarie to be vsed in the agony of death and in these extreme and most perillous seasons c. folio 1. Faith is chiefely necessarie for the sick to abide the paines of the bodye and the temptations wherwith he is pestered folio 3. The articles of our faith are diligently to be considered of the sick folio 5 Wherefore sicknesses are sent vnto vs from God folio 5 There be three things which torment vs most greeuously and cruelly and doe trouble oure mindes in the agonie of death that is to wit sinne death hell or damnation folio 8 ¶ A prayer for the same folio 8 What is to bee done when sinne doth vexe and stirre our consciences folio 9 The testimonies of scripture for the remission of sinnes through Christ must be diligently repeated vnto the sick c. folio 11 Whether the sick may lawfully seke the phisitions helpe and vse phisicke or no. folio 18 What is to be done when death bringeth terror and feare vpon vs. folio 18 The testimonies of scripture for the resurrection of the dead folio 20 We will adde also other sentences of scripture conteyning plentifull comfort folio 23 What is to be done when hell or eternall damnation cōming in our minds doth feare vs. folio 25 Of the making of a testament and confession of sinnes vnto God folio 34 Of the sacrament of the lords supper folio 35 The sorow which many take more then is requisite for the death of their parents and frendes ought to be tempered by the right rule of reason folio 37 A precept contayning an exhortation vnto al them which professe the name of Christ folio 39 Peroratio folio 40 A fourme and methode or right order to comfort the sick folio 41

his passion vpon the crosse were therefore worthily praised bicause they wept for him when he was deade and buried We reade also in the actes of the apostles Acto 7. of S. Stephan the first martyr that godly men prouided for him all that appertained vnto the funerall of his buriall Yea and furthermore Ecclesiasticus doth admonish vs to wéepe for the deade but not immoderately or any long time Eccle. 22. saying thus Wéepe ouer him that is deade bicause the light fayleth him Make but little wéeping for the deade bicause he is come to rest Also verye many epistles of the holy father saint Hierome comforting vs vpon the death of our fréendes are of great efficacie for the same purpose whereof I now entreate For they perswade by the authority of holy scripture strong reasons that they ought not immoderately to be lamented which chaunge their life with death As that epistle which he wrote vnto Heliodorus vpon the death of Nepotianus that which he wrote vnto Paula vpon the death of hir daughter Blesilla and that which he wrote vnto Tyrasius of the death of his daughter and the rest of that most reuerende father his epistles touching the like matter argument A precept containing an exhortation vnto all them which professe the name of Christ I Now humbly desire Paraenesis hartily beséech you by the mercie of God as manie as are called by the name of Christians that once in the ende yée forsake your olde darkenesse and horrible errors and returne vnto better proofe of lyfe and to harken vnto the wholesome receiued worde of God with great desire of a pure hart and deuotion knocking without ceasing and that ye call vpon the father of heauen through Christ that he wil instruct vs and lighten vs with the true knowledge of Christ Tit. 2. that we may liue soberly righteously and godly in this present lyfe refusing the wickednesse and concupiscence of the worlde looking for that blessed hope and appéerance of the glorie of almightie God Iesu Christ our sauiour which gaue himselfe for vs that he might redéeme vs from all our iniquities 1. Petr. 2. clense vs to be a peculiar people vnto himself and folowers of good workes That worde of grace light and all comfort hath shyned vnto vs by the excéeding benefite of God We haue verie many notable examples in holy scripture testifying the abundant goodnesse long suffering and clemencie of God towards vs whereby we maye easily perceyue how that hée woulde not haue vs to be cast awaye EZech. 18. but that we should be conuerted and lyue how soone his wrath be it neuer so iust waxeth colde how soone be letteth passe the punishment which we deserue when we thinke on the amendement of our lyfe earnestly repenting Let vs also déerely beloued flye vnto God in all our afflictions being moued therevnto by these things Let vs desire him with continuall prayers that he will vouchsafe mercifully to forgiue vs all our sinnes for that his welbeloued sōne Iesus Christ his sake and that he will vouchsafe to preserue nourish defend and comfort vs and to be briefe he will vouchsafe to be our present aide and succour in all necessities 2. Reg. 14. As soone as Dauid being cast into extreme perill when there died thrée score and ten thousande within fewe dayes by the fiercenesse of the pestilence did flye vnto God confessing his sinnes desiring pardon for them earnestly calling vpon the mercy of God building an aulter in the threshing floure of Arefnath the Iebusite and offered vp burnt sacrifice and peace offerings God tooke compassion on the lande the plague ceassed from Israell After this example call you also vpon the grace and mercie of God confessing your sinnes offering vp vnto God an acceptable sacrifice of a penitēt and contrite hart and he will be present with you and helpe you and will neuer forsake you Likewyse God sent the prophet Ionas Ionas 3. and threatened to ouerthrow destroy that moste famous and populous citie Niniue But as soone as the Niniuites did repent at the preaching of Ionas GOD tooke mercy on them forgaue their offences and did withholde his punishment Follow their example and mistrust not the mercy of God His arme is not yet abreuiated shortned He both can and will helpe vs so that wée call for his ayde and succour and will not refuse his grace when it is offered vnto vs. Doth he not cry out by S. Paule Rom. 10. plainly testifye that he is rich vnto all them that call vpon him Peroratio I Hartily desire you déerely beloued brethren in the Lorde to take this my simple tretise in good part whereby I a weake member of yours am desirous to doe you good being other members in the lorde as farre foorth as I might both for breuitie of time also the health of my body not being perfite I had léeuer comforte you face to face if it might so be But séeing it may not be so I will somewhat make amendes in shewing my ready good will and charity towardes you by prayer Wherefore I beseeche Iesus Christ that true and most approued meane the most plentifull apothecary that he will vouchsafe to make this phisick for the soule collected and atchyued out of his apothecaries shoppe that is to wit out of the riche storehouse of holy scripture to be effectual in your harts that true fayth may encrease in you the loue both towardes God and your neyghbour may be feruent in you that ye may be pacient in all troubles and aduersitie that ye diligently following Christ his example may cleaue and sticke fast vnto him euen to the yéelding vp of the last breath in sure hope of eternall life thorow Iesus christ Amen The ende of the Booke entituled Physick for the soule A fourme and methode or right order to comfort the sicke THou muste for a surety determine with thy selfe O Christian which art troubled and gréeued with sicknesse that thou art not afflicted by hap or chaunce but by the purpose and permission of God Whatsoeuer disease there be calamitie heauinesse or infelicity which happeneth vnto the godlye it commeth all by the determination and will of God Act. 17. Psal 99. which gouerneth all things For in him we liue moue and haue our being He made vs and not we our selues And doubt not but he sendeth this sicknesse whatsoeuer it be of his good and fatherly loue not to the entent that he would thereby destroy thée but that he myght call thée to repentance and that he myght stirre vp and exercise thy fayth Afflictions are the tokens of Gods fauour For afflictions are the sure and vndoubted signes and tokens of Gods great mercy and fauour towards vs. Salomon sayth † Prouer. 13. † Eccle. 30. † Hebr. 12. Whom he loueth him doth he correct he scourgeth euery childe whom he receyueth Thy most mercifull

greater then all and no man is able to take them out of my fathers hand And I and my father are one Wherefore O déerely beloued in Christ commend thy soule vnto God thy father which loueth thée singularlye Crie out with thy brother Christ Math. 27. Luc. 27. hanging on the crosse Into thy handes O father I giue and commend my spirite God the father of all mercie bring thée vnto euerlasting lyfe and preserue thée vnto the most ioyfull resurrection of his last iudgement Amen The ende of the fourme and methode or right order to comfort the sick ¶ A prayer to be sayde vnto God for the sick ALmightie euerlasting and most mercicifull God which art woont amōgst thy sundry disciplines and manyfolde chastisements wherewith thou doest prouoke and allure vs vnto thée to bridle our fleshe with diuers diseases the securitie thereof taken awaye by perillous sicknesse and doest both admonishe vs of the ende of oure naughtie lyfe past and also of ymminent death through paines which are hir fore messengers and likewise of thy iudgement in the last daye and of the eternall lyfe to come which shall be reserued for the good and godly vnto glorie and felicitie but for the euil vnto shame and condemnatiō of hell fyre Of the which things fleshe being let runne at hir owne will hath no remembrance But now we perceyue this seelye man is layed on his bedde by his impayred health vnto whome is stirred vp the féeling of his sinnes and the ymage of death often flyeth as it were before his eyes We wretches therefore which looke for the lyke houre of aduersitie acording to the condition of our nature doe beseeche desire thée togither with him that thou practise not righteous iudgement with him for his deserts for our lord Iesus Christ his sake which hath made satisfaction on the crosse for the offences of this sicke body and vs all But rather graunt hym as to one redéemed grace and strength of mind that he maye quietly take this thy fatherly discipline and visitation paciently beare it and that he may suffer wyllingly with perfite obedience himselfe to be subiect and obeysant vnto the good will and pleasure of thée his punisher Succour him in all his aduersities and be thou vnto him a refuge and a defence against this instant daunger wherewith he is now in perill especially of his reueled conscience the secret sinnes of his hart doe accuse him vnto thée Therefore set thou against it for his preseruation the moste bitter torments and voluntarie sacrifice of thy sonne Christ which did beare our infirmities 1. Pet. 2. and accomplished the paine due vnto vs beeing made sinne for vs 2. Cor. 5. Apoc. 1. Rom. 4. whilst that he died for our sinnes which he washed away with his precious blood and rising from the deade for our iustification was made our perfite redéemer Let him perceiue through faith the force of these fruits and benifites Let him being oppressed in this misery féele thine aide and let him tast in this moment of time some fruite of suche benifits and gifts in Christ Bring to passe euen nowe by true fayth that there maye be offered vnto him so great a treasure of felicitie that is I meane the forgiuenesse of his sinnes for Christ his sake which by the misterie of the preaching of his worde as is before saide and the vse of his sacramentes frequented in the church is offered vnto him that he maye effectually and of a suertie receiue it to his comfort ayde and defence against the troubles of his conscience gréeuously accusing him and the subtiltie of the deuill And also that the same faith maye be vnto him an armour wherewith he being defenced may enter through death into lyfe ●●●●n he taking hold may enioy the same for euer Therefore O heauenly father we doe wholy commit him vnto thée for thou shalt heale him bicause he is sicke Hée is weake thou shalt strengthen him he lyeth a long thou shalt set him vp he acknowledgeth his spottes and vncleanesse thou shall washe him he is wounded thou shalt cure him he is feareful thou shalt giue him courage And for bicause thou knowest all things and canst bestowe according to thy wil thou shalt satisfie him For he is greatly gréeued with hūger and thirst after thée Imbrace him For he straight waye flyeth vnto thée and make hym constant to fulfill thy commaundements And to be briefe forgiue him all things wherwith he hath prouoked thy heauie displeasure against him Graunt him in the steade of death life with thée in glorye But if we shall néede him in thy vineyarde in this mortall life and that he maye be imbettred vnto the example of Christ then preserue him vntill that he be increased with more ample benifites Thy will notwithstanding which alwayes is best be euer fulfilled Graūt all those things vnto vs and this sicke body through Iesus Christ only thy sonne our lord which is our only redeemer helper and which brought the théefe on the crosse with him into Paradyse for the example and great comfort of al sinners which liueth and reigneth with thée in the vnitie of the holy ghost one God world without end Amen ¶ A prayer to be sayd vnto Christ O Lorde Iesu which art the onlye health of all men liuing the euerlasting life of them which die in faith I giue and submit my selfe wholy vnto thy moste blessed will whether it pleaseth thée that this my séelie soule shall tary any longer in the mansion of this my wretched bodye to serue thée or whether thou wilt haue it to depart out of this world being assured that the thing cannot perish which is cōmited vnto thy mercy Willingly now I leaue this fraile and sinfull flesh in hope of the resurrection which shall restore it vnto me againe far better than now it is I besech thée that thou wilt strēgthen my soule with thy grace against all temptations and that thou wilt compasse me about and defende me with the shielde of thy mercy against al the assaultes of sathan wherewith in time past thou madest thy martyrs inuincible against horrible torments and moste cruell deathes I sée and confesse that in my selfe there is no help of saluatiō but all my hope and confidence is in thine vnspeakable goodnesse I haue no merites or good workes which I maye alleage before thée of sinnes alas I sée a great heape but through thy mercy and righteousnesse I shall be reckened in the number of the iuste Thou wast borne for my sake Thou didst suffer both hunger and thirst for my sake Thou didst preach and teache fast and praye for my sake Thou didst all good works in this life for my sake Thou gauest thy most precious bodie vnto death vpō the crosse for my sake Let all these things profite me which thou hast fréely giuen mée which hast giuen thy selfe for me Let thy blood washe awaye the spots of mine offences Let thy