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A09945 A Godlye and holesome preseruatyue against desperatiƵ at all times necessarye for the soule but then chiefly to be bled and ministred when the deuill doth assault us moost fiercely, and deth approcheth niest. 1548 (1548) STC 20203.5; ESTC S1645 20,252 80

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saide to the thefe at his houre of death This daie shalt thou be with me in paradise The bodye thoughe it reste and pause for a while yet we be in certaine hope that at the laste daye it shal be raised againe to immortall and euerlasting lyfe And therfore scripture calleth the deathe of the body but a slepe for that this same fraile weke vyle mortal and corruptible bodye which we carie about which lieth sicke sore diseased which shortly shal be put into the earth burnt to asshes deuoured with bestes or foules drowned in water the same self body I say shal be raised again incorruptible glorious bewtifull stronge i. cor xv pure immortall to possesse a newe and euerlastinge lyfe where there shal neither be hūger thirst heat cold synne deth nor any kynde of calamitie but iustice innocencye lyfe ioye blesse world withoute ende For as the body of Christe laid in the graue rose againe the thirde day neuer more to die Euē so shal the bodies of al that beleue in christ at the later day be resuscitate to a lyfe after whiche shall folowe no death God who is of infinite power and infallible truth hath promised these thynges they muste therfore nedes be so And here it shal be profitable to call to remembraunce suche places of scripture as treatith of the resurrection of the flesh which be the wordes not of man but of god who is able will certainly fulfill what soeuer he hathe spoken No man can chaunge his wil no man can alter his purpose No creature can frustrate let or tarie his sentence He is omnipotēt he is true he is faithfull his goodnes and mercie is inexplicable Let no man therfore doubt of the treuthe of his wordes let no man doubt of the performaunce of his promise Herafter folowithe certayne places of scripture witnessinge the resurrection of the dead according to this article of our faith wherin we saie we beleue that this flesh shall rise againe Iohn vi THis is the will of my Father which sente me that whosoeuer seith the sonne beleuithe in him shall haue life euerlastinge and I will raist him vp againe in the last daye The houre comithe wherin all they that be ī the grauys shal here the voice of the sonne of God and shall go forthe thei that haue done good vnto the resurrection of life Iohan. v For if so be that the spirit of him which raysed vp Iesus from the dead dwell in you Rom. viii euin he that raised vp Iesus Christe from the dead shall also quicken your mortall bodyes because of his sprite that dwelleth in you God hathe bothe raised vp oure Lorde Iesus Christ and shal also raise vs vp by his power i. Cor. vi Christe saithe Lazarus was but a slepe where in verie dede he was dead and buried Iohan. xi But Christ is the resurrectiō and life as it is in the same place so that he that beleuethe on him thoughe he were dead he shall lyue In verefienge whereof he raised straighte waye Lazarus being foure dayes dead and stynkynge And because we be naturallye in the agonye of deathe verye fearefull weake and faintherted to th ende that we might be the easelier perswaded in the article of resurrectiō Scripture maketh mencion of manye whiche in the time of the prophetes Christe and thappostles were called from deathe to lyfe Luc. 7. Christ raysed the widowes sōne Luc. 8. He raised the ruler of the sinagoge his daughter Ioa. xi He raised Lazarus Act. ix Peter restored to life Tabitha Act. xx Paule raised again Eutichus iiii Re. 4. Elizeus the prophet called againe to lyfe his hostes sonne iii. re xvii Helias raised the babe of the woman of Sareptanie God toke also vnto him out of this frail and transitory lyfe Gen. 5. 4. Reg. ii these two excellent and holy mē Enoch and Helias quicke bothe bodye soule to giue vs as it were a tast and representacion of the true lyfe to come lest after the opinion of the ethnickes and epicures we shulde thinke there were no worlde nor beinge after this wretched miserable life Let vs not forget what christ Iesꝰ lord of life deth saith in the .viii. of Luke wepe not the maid is not dead but a slepe Reason not cōprehēding the misteries of god nether perceiuing his power doth laugh this saīg to scorne but christ prouethe his saing true he raiseth by by the dead maid to life The .xv. chapter of the first epistle to the Corin. is replenished with moste godly pleasaunt and pithie consolacions Trulye it is more precious than anye golde For in that Chapit saincte Paule dothe so annexe and couple our resurrection to the resurcection of christ as though thei coulde in no wise be seperate or diuided after this forme Christ is risen from death which thing is certain ergowe al so shal vndoutedly rise For christ is our head and we his membres This head is neither without nether will forsake his membres Thē it foloweth that where christ is there shall we be For why we are the membres of his bodie and euin of his flesshe and bone Ephesi 5. what tonge what penne what witte is able to set forthe as it is worthy this ineffable inestimable glory of the mercy and grace of god that God hathe vouchsafe so lowe to humble him self as to become mortall man that this feble and fraile nature of man vnited and knit to the diuine nature by the power efficacie of the godhead might be inhaunced promoted to immortalitie For trulie the nature of all faithfull men which ether were before christ hathe be sens ar now or shal be to the worldes ende vndoubtedlie in christ verie god and man hathe optained imortality The consolacion therfore that riseth of christes resurrection is of great efficacitie As when sainct Paule saithe to the Corinthians Christ i. Cor. xv is risen againe from deade and is the first fruictes of theim that slepe for by one man truli came death by one man cometh the resurrectiō of the dead And as al die ī Adame euin so shall all be made aliue in christ but euerie one in his order The first is christ Thē they which are christes which hathe beleued in his commīg And saincte Paul dothe adde a similitude taken of naturall thinges wher by he doth set forthe and declare the resurrection of bodies The similitude is taken of sede which cast into the earthe by the husbandman dieth as it were and rotteth Neuer the lesse it is not vtterlie lost but at lenght springeth cometh forthe of the earth goodlie beautifull pleasaunte So our bodyes shall rise againe not feble vyle corruptible mortall but stronge glorious incorruptible immortal neuer to die again but euer to liue The way in to true and euerlastinge lyfe to our longe home as they call it and contrey is by corporall
tentacions First it is a greuous and vehemente tentacion when he seeth the most terrible image of deathe afore his eyes when he seeth he muste leue thys light leue this life leaue frendes leaue landes goodes kinsfolke father mother wife childern all thinges wherin he had here ether pleasure or comforte Then suche synnes as he against the will and pleasure of god hathe committed shall shewe and present them selues and shal appeare more in nūbre and more greuous then euer they semed afore and so shall wonderousely vex and torment the cōscience Then dethe iudgemente hell dampnacion as it were in a plumpe shall assaut and lay sege with diuers daungerous engins against the olde man of ours In these Agonies except a mā be armed with a sure and constāt faith it is to be feared leste he be weried tired and at last ouercommed For these tentacions which chaunce vnto men lyeng in extremes appere most houge feareful and daungerouse and that for by cause our faith is verye sclender and waueringe neither yet able to see perceaue or apprehend the incomprehēsible and inestimable riches of the childern of god whiche be remissiō of synnes through christe resurrection of the flesh communion of saintes euerlastinge life and all these geuen vnto vs in Christ and for Christ In these articles of our faithe we must dailye exercise oure selues These we must diligently reuolue and earnestly expende in our mindes For thoughe all the articles of our faith are diligentlye to be remembred and without al waueringe beleued yet in the Agonye and pointe of deathe these foure that is the communion of sainctes remission of sinne by the blood of Christe the resurrection of the fleshe and euerlasting lyfe are chiefely to be mynded expended and inculcated For like as deth is the paine stipend of sinne Roma 6. euen so for synne God dothe commenly punysh vs with diuers diseases and plages As it is to be sene ī diuers places of scriptur Io. 5. Ps 88. Deute 28. 2. Reg. 24. Neuertheles afflictions be many tymes laid vpon vs that our faith may be tried For than is it easy to be perceauyd howe much we loue GOD what faithe we haue in him howe we trust him when we be pressed greuyd with aduersitie In this case therfore we must bewaile acknowlege our synnes for the which we haue iustlie incurred goddes displeasure and deseruid most greuous paine We must turne to God with true repentaunce in all our hart mynde without all faynynge and conterfaitinge we must haue recourse vnto the Gospel where we shall fynd most bountifull cōsolaciō .i. absoluciō or remissiō of our synnes which christ hath instituted ī the churche Io. 20. Receaue saithe Christe the hollie ghoste whose siftes ye forgeue thei are for geauē This inestimable treasure is daily openyd offred vnto vs. When remissiō of sinne is thus desired optained vndoutedly thē the paine of sinne which is the disease or afflyccion shal sone ceasse and leaue vs or elles accordinge to the most beneficiall will of our heuenly father shall tourne to the profit and soule helth of him that is diseased or afflicted For this maye we be sure of that the paine and affliction of the body in this worlde seme it neuer so greuous a bourden or heuie yoke to the flesshe is comenly nothinge elles but a fatherlie rod Psal 88. wherwith god dothe drawe vs his childern frō synne and call vs home to him Truly our heuinly father dothe loue vs moste feruentlie he bearithe vs good mynde and dothe all thinges for our amendemente and profitte Heb. xii for whome God louithe him he chastisethe and correctith vs temporally here that we should not be punished in hell euerlastinglie 1. Cor. xi Thoughe he semith angrie he louithe singulerlye Nether is his Ire the Ire of a tyraunt or tormētour desyringe our perdycion but of a father sekinge our amendmēt and sauftie First therfore we must crye God mercy desire pardō forgeuenes of our synnes but by christ but with a hart trulie penitent that we may be at one with God and haue him mercyful vnto vs. This done we maye then desire GOD to deliuer vs from the Imminent and present affliction and disease For so teacheth ecclesiast Ecclesi 3 Sonne in thy infirmity neglect not thy self but pray to the Lord and he shall deliuer the. Also in the Ps Psal 70. remember not o lord god our old iniquities but let thy mercie spedely preuent vs for we be verie miserable helpe vs God our sauiour Lord God of power turne vs howe longe wilt thou be angrie shewe thy face and we shal be saued Here we be taught firste to desire remission of sinne that we may so be at one with god and after that to haue his wrathe and the tokens of the same takē away But when soeuer we desire to be deliueryd or to be eased of the crosse that presseth vs we must alwaye annexe this addicion Mar. vi Thy wil o heuenly father be fulfilled Neither knowe we so well what is profitable vnto vs. Nether cā we so well prouide for our selues as our most louing heuēly father Which is both of infinite powre and also of incomprehensible wisdom which neuer tournethe his eys from vs which caryth continually for vs which knowith the number of our heres which doth quicken norish fede kepe defend prouide for al his creatures much better than thei can wish or desire But to drawe to the more perticuler temptacions to shewe what thinges do most fiersly daungerously at the time of death assault vs. And how we shall wtstād thē ¶ There be thre thinges which at the houre of death doth wonderously vex trouble feare our myndes that is to saye synne death hel or dampnacion Synne WHerein we haue vngodlye mispent our life wherby we haue greuously offēded god and our neighbour This cōming to our remembraunce when we lie vpon our death bed doth driue vs to a wonderous feare Roma ii pensiuenes and anxiety As sainct Paule saithe wrathe indignacion trouble and anguishe against euerye soule of man that doth euill A medicine against synne vexinge and troubelinge our conscience LEt vs cal earnestly to remembrance that the sonne of God came downe from heuen became man toke vp on his backe the synnes of the worlde died for them vpō the crosse there makinge satisfaction for vs and paing our dettes This most precious blod of christ was shed also for vs and of this deth we be also partakers so we rightlie beleue in Christe Nether nede we to doubt but Christ died aswell for vs as for Peter and Paule Rom. 6. For we be baptized also as sainct Paule saith in the deth of Christ This ought to comfort vs this ought to erect and stay our myndes For seinge we be baptized in the dethe of Christe Christes dethe bringeth also vnto vs helth and saluacion By Christes deth we be also