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A22663	Saint Austins, care for the dead, or his bouke intit'led De cura pro mortuis, translated for the vse of those who ether haue not his volumes, or haue not knowlige in the Latin tungue; De cura pro mortuis. English	Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.	1636 (1636)	STC 918; ESTC S118839	23,389	68

afore by prophetical spirit reueling it was afterwarde to come to passe that he should promisse it For if he was present to the dreamer certainely he had power to doe it by admirable grace not by nature by Gods donation not by his owne proper forces But if he ether being in other matters imployed or else in a dreame and busied with other visions the woman sae him in her sliepe verily some such matter was effected as that which we riede in the Acts of the Apostles where our Lord Iesus speikes to Ananias touching Sanl signifies to him that Saul sae Ananias coming to him when Ananias himselfe did not knowe it Whether euer o'theise that man of God should haue anserd me I would also prociede to inquyre of him touching the Martyrs whether they ar present in sliepe or to those who sie them in anie other facion in what forme they please chiefely when the Deuils confesse they ar tormented by them in peoples bodies praye them to spare them or whether theise matters are performed at Gods commande by Angelicall powers in honor and comendation o' the Saints for the profit of men they remaining in soueraine rest and attending to an other much better vision separated from vs and praying for vs. For at Milan at S. Geruasius Protasius Martyrs as they mentioned in the same sort other people deceased by expression o' their names the Deuils confessed S. Ambrose Bishop yet aliue obsecrated him that he would spare them whyle he was about other matters quite ignorant o'th is when it passed Now whether some tymes theise matters be performed by the presence o' the Martyrs some tyme by the presence of Angels whether by what signes they can be discerned none can be able to knowe determine this but hee onely who has that guifte by Gods Spirit diuiding to euerie one as he pleases I conceiue the prenominated Iohn would resolue me all these points according to my desyre to the end that ether I might lerne them by his instruction knowe theise things to be true which I should heare or else bilieue those things which I should not know he teiching me who knowes them And if perchance he should ansere me out of holie scripture should say inquire not hyer matters than thy selfe search not stronger matters than thy selfe but euer cogitate those matters which God has commanded thie I would also receiue it gratiously For it is no smale comoditie at the least to knowe for certaine cleare that such matters are not to be exquyred as are obscure incertaine which we are not able to comprehende that which anie one desyres to knowe imagining it is profitable for him to knowe it let him lerne it preiudices him not if he ignores it Now since these matters stande thus let vs not imagine that anie thing arriues to the ded of whom we haue care saue that we solemnily supplicate for them ether by sacrifices o' the Altar or prayers or of almeses how be it they profitte not all those for whome they ar performed but those only to whom during their life it is acquired that they should be profitable yet in regarde we know not in particular who they bee we must performe all these things for all the regenerated to the end that none o' them be pretermitted to whome thiese benefits may ought to acrue For it will be better they should superabound in respect o' them whome they nether profitte nor disprofitte than that they should be defectiue to those whome they profitte neuerthelesse euerie one performes thiese matters more diligently for his owne intrinsicall friendes in regarde the like is performed by them for him But what euer is expended in the inhumation o' the bodie it is no succor for saluation but an office of humanitie conformable to the affect according to which none euer hates his owne flesh Whence it is that as much as is in his Power one must haue all the care he can for the bodie of his neybor when he who ruled it shall thence departe An if they who bilieue not the Resurrection o' the flesh performe thiese things how much more ought those who bilieue it to performe them to the intent that an office thus performed may be to the bodie ded but yet to ryze againe to remaine in eternitie in some sort a testimonie o' the same faith But that some are buried niere the monuments of Martyrs this onely siemes to mie to profitte the deceased person that the affection of his prayer who commendes him to the patronage o' the Martyr may be increased You haue now such a responsiue resolution of myne to those points which you estiemed conuenient to inquyre of me as I coulde aford you Which if it is larger than may suffice perdone me for it was in regarde o' the desyre I had to discourse longer wi' you wherfore I praye let me knowe by your rescriptiue letters how your venerable Dilection accepted this bouke which doutelesse the Messinger will render more gracious vnto you vizt Our brother compresbyter Candidianus whom as knowne by your letters I receued most affectionately dismissed inuoluntarily For he comforted vs much with his prsence in Christs charitie I must confesse I obeyed vnto you at his sollicitation For my mynde is with so manie matters distracted that vnlesse he by his continual admonition had not sufferd me not to forget surely my responsal had bin wanting to your question FINIS Errates THe chiefe errors committed in the printe be these page 24. line 8. menlate for lamente page 30. line 17. to haue this prouidence for a care to this to haue this prouidence page 35. line 7. They knowe them selues for they knowe not them selues line 11. they had them for they sae them page 46. line 19. consulted wi'them for were prouided for page 48. line 3. vnburied abiected for buried or abiected Other lesser faltes I remitte to the perusers discretion for him to correct mentally in his owne discourse euer caring in his mynde that by reason we Catholiques be not permitted to print in our owne Countrie but are forced to vse strangers it is impossible to haue matters exactely performed THE SOVLES SVPPLICATION AT THE HOVRE OF DETH Applyed by the Church to Soules departed as represented in that most terrible trance or in relation to the generall Iudgment THat day that day of doume and yre This corporall sphere will by fyre Conuerte to ashes senze delay Witnesse Dauid with Sybilla What feare and terror will be thiere When the iuste Iudge shall once appiere Attended on 〈◊〉 Angels thus All with great strictnesse to discusse A trumpet cansting a strange sounde On the Graues in euerie grounde With lyke constreinte by one one Will summone all afore his Throne Both Deth nature in a maze Wil stande when in those horrid dayes Al humane creatures shall arize Their Iudge to anser in this guyze A written bouke shall be produc'd To which all matters ar reduc'd In order according to which All shall be iudg'd both poure rich Wherfore whē the Iudge shal sit thiere All secret acts shall then appiere Not one offence shall wante its paine Nor irreuenged shall remaine What poure creature shall I then saye Or to what Patron shall I praye When in that most distressed case Euen scarce a iuste one will be safe O Prince o'formidable driede Of whose great Maiestie we riede Thou who saues the saued gratis Saue me founteine Pietatis Remember Iesu thie I praye That I am cause of this thy waye Thou haest rediem'd me from the praie Let me not perish in that daie Thou haest exquir'd me to thy losse Thou haest rediem'd me by thy Crosse Let this labor not be frustrate But wi' glorie me illustrate O thou great Iudge of iuste reuenge Since I 'm not able thy chalenge To indure grante me remission Afore I'm to render reason I sigh sob as one guiltie My face blushes at my filthie Faulte For thy pitie most intense Voutsafe to perdone my offense Thou whoe didest from sinne absolue That vitious Marie dissolue By thy perdon the thiefs offence Haest also gin me confidence My prayers I knowe ar not worthie For to obteine thy great mercie Yet pious Lord I thie desyre I be not burnte with endlesse fyere O diuyne sheperd thou me kiepe And place me once a mong thy shiepe Diuyde me from the goates stande Let me o Lord at thy right hande When thou shalt once confounded haue The male dicted from Graue Haest sent them to eternal flame Place me wi' those of blessed name To thie o Lord I supplicate With contryte mynde I now prostrate My selfe afore thy face bende To haue assistance at my ende O lamentable is the daye In which all people must obeye The Angels voyce ryze a gaine To iudged bee to Blisse or paine Spare vs therfore both great smale And free vs from eternall thral O pious Christ whose name be bless'd Giue vs them eternal rest Amen 1 Cor. 3. 15. in Psal 37. Iohn Calu. Instit lib. 4. cap. 14 ●i●e Marke merit ackowliged in this other places by Saint Austin yet reiected renounced by pretensiue reformers The Machabies ancient Scriptures Reflecte on the vniuersal Churches custome in S Austins time to praye for the ded in Masse AEn●d 6. Math. 10. Luc. 12. Psal 115. An argument founded in a contrarie absurditie Lacan Genes 23. Tob. 2. 12. Math. 26. Note praver to Saints for the soules of the deceased Obserue praver to Saints for the deceased Note the publique praier o' the Church for the ded befides the deuotions of particular persons Saints mediate for soules departed 3. Reg. 13. 1 Cor. 1● 2. Reg. 22 Psal 26. Cap. 65. Prayet for the ded is to be vsed althou we knowe not distinctlye the actions which they exercise in the other life The Iewes reiect the Ecclesiastique but S. Austin places it in the Christian canon lib. 2. de doctrin Christ cap. 8. Marke It is expedient to the edification of Christian faith for God to vse the mediation of his Saints for the cure conforte of his people in their necessities Eccles 3. Prouerb 15. Both the oblation c●the Masse other prayers almes diedes profitte soules departed Prayer to Saints in particular

they niede not such succors Whence it is concluded that it is the manner of life which one has exercised by his bodie which is the cause why theise matters profite or profite not him for whome they are performed after he has left his bodie For if no merit is acquired in this life by which these matters may profite one it is in vaine to procure it after this life Thus it is effected that nether the Church nor the care of ones owne frends exhibites in vaine what Religious acts they ar able to performe for the deceased yet is it true that euerie one shall receue according to that he performed by his bodie be it goud or be it euill our Lord rendring to euerie one according to his operations For it is acquired in this life which he led in his bodie that that which is exhibited may profite him after the deth of his bodie Now this my briefe responsion might sufficiently fatisfie your demand yet in regarde I haue other motiues which I iudge necessarie to ansere afforde me some longer attention We riede in the bouks of Machabies that sacrifice was offerd for the ded yet if in no place o' the ancient Scriptures it were red at all neuerthelesse the authoritie o' the vniuersal Church which clearely appieres in this Custome is not smale where in the Priests prayers which are vtterd to our Lord God at his Altar also the recomendation o' the ded has its place But we must further more laboriously inquire whether the place in which one is buried anie thing profites the soule o' the deceased And inprimis it is to be examined not according to a vulgarly knowne opinion but rather according to the sacred Scriptures of our Religion whether in anie respect it conduces ether to the inflicting or increasing the miserie of peoples soules after this life if their bodies be not buried Nether is it to be bilieued as it is red in Virgil that the vnburied ar debarred from passing the Infernal Riuer as if they were not permitted to be transported by those horrid coastes hoarce gulphes afore their bones were set at rest who can moue a Christian hart wi' these poetical fabulous figments since that our Lord Iesus to the intent that Christians might securely suffer deth by their handes who were to haue their bodies in their power assures vs that not euen anie one heire o' their hed shall perish exorting them not to feare those who when they shal haue killed the bodie haue no more to doe Whence it was that in my first bouke o' the Citie of God I spake that which as I suppose is sufficient to stop their mouthes who imputing to Christian times that barbarous ruine especially which Rome suffered obiecte that vnto thē that Christ did not thier succore his owne people who when it is anserd them that the soules of those his fidelious people were receued by him according to the merits o' their Faith then they insulte about their insepulcherd bodies For this cause I explicated this whole place of Scripture in such termes as thiese For nether indiede could they possible be buried in such a great ruine of Carcasses nether does a pious man imbracing the predicted sentence of our Sauiour much feare this nor that beastes deuouring them shall hurte those bodies which ar to be resuscitated an of which one heire o' theirs shal not perishe For veritie would in no sorte haue said feare not those who kille the bodie but cannot kille the soule if anie of that which an enemie would doe to the bodies of the Saints did anie way preiudice the future life Except peraduenture some one is so absurd as to contend that we must not feare afore our deth those who kille the bodie least they kille it yet that we must feare after deth least they should suffer it to be buried when it is a' redie killed Ergo that would be false which Christ sayes Who kille the bodie afterwards haue no more to doe if they haue so much to doe about bodies God defend that should be false which veritie pronounced It is said that they doe som ' at when they kille the bodie in regard there is sense in a bodie which is to be killed but that afterwards they haue no more to doe cause there is no sence in a bodie killed wherefore manie bodies of Christians haue not bin couerd with erth but none euer separated anie o' them from both Heuen and erth which he replenishes totally with his presence who knowes whence he is to resuscitate that he created It is indiede said in the 78. Psalme They exposed the bodies o' thy seruants for meite to the birds o' the ayre the flesh o' thy Saints to the beasts o' the erth they effused their blud like water round about Ierusalem there was none who would burie them Yet this was vtterd to amplifie the crueltie o'those who did thiese things not to declare anie infelicitie in those who sufferd them For althou ' thiese matters sieme cruel horrible in the viewe of men yet pretious is the deth of his Saints in the viewe of our Lord. For this cause all thiese particulars that is the prouision of a funeral the qualitie o' the sepulture the pompe of Exequies ar rather comforts for the liuing than helpes for the ded If a pretious sepulture profites the impious a poure one or none will preiudice the pious Agreat companie of seruants made a sumptuous funeral for the purpled rich one in the viewe of men but the Ministerie of Angels made the vlcerous poure one much more sumptuous exequies in the viewe of our Lord who did not exalte him to a marble tumbe but carried him into Abrahams bosome They against whome I interprised the defense o' the Citie of God laffe at these matters neuerthelesse euen their Philosophers contemned the care o'Sepulture often tymes in tyre armies when they died for their temporal Countries nether cared where afterwards their bodies were to lye or by what beasts they were deuoured the Poets had licence to say plausiblely touching this matter Heuen couers him who has no coffin How much lesse ought they to insulte ouer Christians touching their insepulchred bodies to whome the reformation o' their flesh all their members in respect o'th at which their decayed carcases had lost is promised to be restored redintegrated not only out o' the erth but also out o' the most secret bosome of other elements Neuerthelesse the bodies of the deceased ar not therefore to be abiected and contemned especially those of iust faithfull people which the Holie Gost has vsed as instrumēts vessels for all goud works For if the Fathers garment or ring or the like is so much the more deare to his posteritie by how much ones affectiō was greater towards his parents in no sorte ar the bodies themselues to be contemned which surely we