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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B07590	A winding sheet. Wrapped vp in a letter from an onely liuing brother, sent to his few suruiuing sisters. Denouncing vnto them the sad sentence of death and directing them how to bee prepard for the happie entertainment of it..	I. E.; D. W.	1626 (1626)	STC 7434.4; ESTC S126067	24,155	109

which I finde in Heathen men wanting the knowledge of GOD and of his Word touching this subiect But how speake they hereof Much as a Grammer scholler writing or declaiming on a Theme which hee doth not well vnderstand vttereth many things wittily and pretily to the purpose but they are such things as hee hath gathered out of some Authors or haue suggested vnto him by others or fell from him at vnawares more by hap as wee say then by cunning Amongst many shafts shot by a blind man it chancheth that some flye toward the marke Wee haue read of some ignorant man who in a trance or sleepe haue spoken Latine and Greeke made Verses and talked of wonders which for the present they minde not nor when they awake are they able to call to minde Such like is the Discourse of learned Heathen men concerning Mortalitie which they learned rather by Ocular obseruation then Diuine instruction and of which they let fall some true and graue speeches but without thorough apprehension or full vnderstanding of the point For they had but a darke glimpse of that future state which ensueth Death and knew nothing of the true cause of this our vanitie and frailtie which they pored after in the warre and contrarietie of the Elements whereof our Body is framed but was truely in sinne that hath put emnitie betweene GOD and vs and cut vs off from GOD which was our Life And for the vulgar knowledge of our Mortalitie what is it but a fleeting fancie and swimming conceit that maketh no deepe impression nor constant apprehension of Death and the issue of it in our hearts It is with vs as with a man viewing himselfe in a Glasse as Saint IAMES speaketh in another case who for the present doth see what his face and figure is but vpon the turning of his backe doth forget it Euen so if some spectacle or speech of our mortalitie bee offered wee entertaine some slight thought of it of the nature and sequell thereof but in a moment it doth vanish and is shlipped out of memory ere it can take any firme footing in vs. Finally there is a naturall knowledge of our Mortalitie gotten from experience of what wee see daily from the principles of nature and literall instruction of the word A carnall man doth attaine to this but with no benefit while it doth shew to him onely the out-side of this mysterie and giue him but a slight view thereof that doth neuer enter his heart nor enlarge it to a serious meditation of his fickle state And there is a spirituall knowledge also of this thing which doth lay open our Mortalitie with the circumstances of it to the full and doth present to our mindes with such a cleere and constant view thereof that wee cannot but thinke vpon it and lay it to our heart An Image of it doth still stand before our eyes and a silent voyce euer whispereth in our eares that wee dwell in houses of Clay haue our foundation in the dust and perish from the Morning vnto the Euening Job 4.16.19 20. Whosoeuer hath gotten this vnderstanding hee hath learned it of GOD who awaking him out of the spirituall sleepe that oppresseth carnall men hath giuen him eyes and senses to see beyond them and pry more exactly into the mysterie of Mortality then they can do who doe but superficially know and more slightly lay to heart their mortall case with the cause and issue of it This then wee may resolue for certaine that wee are in a good way of readinesse for Death if once wee bee come to a thorough vnderstanding of these things and doe deeply ponder them There is none of common sense that doth know and take speciall notice of the comming of a friend or foe and their intent therein that it is for his singular good or vtter vndoing but will looke about him to bee in some readinesse to receiue the one and resist the other Euen so if the LORD haue once well enformed our mindes of these things I meane the certaine comming of Death the vncertaine time thereof together with the blessed issue of a good end and miserable of a bad it will at once in some degree make vs ready for Death and awake vs to a speciall care more and more to prepare our selues See touching this a worthy passage in CALVINS Institutions Lib. 3. cap. 9. sect 2. A second thing which will further vs in this worke is to watch for and against this houre of Death If wee will not haue the day of the LORD come on vs as a Thiefe in the night saith blessed PAVL Thes 5.8 let vs not sleepe as others doe but let vs watch and bee sober And blessed is hee that watcheth saith the Holy Ghost Reuel 16.15 Watching is a word of larger sense in these and such places of Scripture But by Watching I heere meane which sense is also in them included an expectation of Death and such a one as that wee looke for it euery moment and make account that wee may nay that wee shall meete therewith wheresoeuer wee bee The flocke is quickly wearied of the Woolfe and the House is soone broken vp and spoyled of the Thiefe if the Shepheard and Good-man of the house keepe not good watch against them The Watch not well kept hath oft giuen an opportunitie to the Enemie to enter and sacke a Towne to surprize an Armie and cut the throates of the Souldiers sleeping but the Enemie which is well Watched doth much the lesse hurt Thus wee must make sure reckoning that Death will take vs at some aduantage and ouertake vs at vnawares to our vnspeakeable hurt if wee set not a good and continuall spirituall Watch against him As then the carefull Sentinell doth expect the Enemie all the night long suspecting that if hee come not at one houre hee may come at another if not one way yet another and dareth not let sleepe to seaze on his eyes no not for a moment so are wee to bee in a like watchfull expectation of our Death at all times and places Make wee account that if hee haue vs not by the backe in our Child-hood hee will in our Youth if hee baulke vs in youth that wee shall heare of him in our riper Age if not then yet surely in our Aged yeares Doth hee spare you at home expect him abroad Are you layd in your bed looke for him there to disease you Feed you at your boord looke for him there to bee a guest with you Bee it day or night bee you alone or in company in the field or in the Towne at your sport or about businesse let this bee your thought heere may Death come and arrest me This hath beene the ruine of many men that as sometime carelesse Souldiers stragling abroad without order or armour presuming not to meete with any Enemy haue beene caught in an ambush and cut off when they least expected so they not looking for Death then and

A WINDING-SHEET Wrapped vp in a Letter from an onely liuing Brother sent to his few suruiuing Sisters DENOVNCING Vnto them the sad Sentence of Death and directing them how to bee prepared for the happie Entertainment of it IOB 17.13 14. Though I hope yet the Graue shall bee mine house and I shall make my bed in the darke I shall say to Corruption Thou art my Father and to the Wormes Thou art my Mother and my Sister PHILIP 1.23 To bee loosed and to bee with CHRIST is best of all MAT. 24.46 Blessed is that Seruant whom his Master when hee commeth shall finde so doing LONDON Printed by B. A. and T. F. for F. C. and are to bee sold at his Shop on new Fishstreet-Hill 1626. A TO MY DEAREST AND MOST LOuing Sisters M.W. D.B. and E.G. an holy Life and a blessed Death in CHRIST IESVS SISTERS vnto your Brother all as deere As Sisters ought to bee vnto a Brother A token of my loue I send you heere True loue will flame or at the least will smother Though it bee but a slender paper-scrowle It further may the safety of your Soule Should J wish to you Coffers packt with Gold Or wish you noble Ladyes at the Court Should I you wish more dayes then can bee told And with long dayes all meriment and sport What would these great these glorious wishes proue But the vaine breath of a meere carnall loue Could J you make all these things which I write Nay should I you aduance to state of Queenes With Beauties grac'd procure you all delight With length of dayes the richest Judian Mines And yet the care of your poore soules omit This were nor loue nor honesty nor wit Life ends in Death and death will quite vndoe The goodliest frame of earthly happinesse What then would all this glory come vnto What come of vs and of our outward blisse All vanish would and in that wofull houre If wee preuent not Hell might vs deuoure From which most dreadfull dolefull dismall place GOD of his mercy deare your soules deliuer And you vouchsafe his rich and sauing Grace Jnto this gulfe that you doe tumble neuer Oh therefore while this gracious time doth last Make your saluation sure and hold it fast Make sure make fast and in your health prepare Against the houre of your most certaine Death Thrice happie you if you prepared are When you must render vp your fatall breath This I doe pray for this J doe contend For this to you this little Scrowle I send A Winding-Sheete 't is call'd which you I send Refuse it not let it as welcome bee As euer was from your best loued Friend Your Wedding-gowne your Ring or better fee The Wedding-gowne you must be hind you leaue The Winding-sheete your body must receiue The Wedding-gowne in time away doth weare And oft with it the wedding comforts fade Fresh springing comforts fall vnto their share Which in their Winding-sheet in peace are layde And there in peace who doe desire to lye Let them oft put it on before they dye Doe so with this vse it and on it muse Read it and to your reading practice adde So Death shall neuer bring you heauy newes But bee a welcome guest a message glad A day wherein to CHRIST you shall bee wed Your Sheet a Gowne your Graue the Marriage bed Your Brother in the flesh and in CHRIST J. E. A WINDING-SHEET DEARE Sisters wee haue all beene a good while vpon our journey to our long home and there is none of vs which is not past or at least come to the middle way of this journey though wee were certaine that wee should fulfill the Age prescribed vnto Mankind Psal 90.10 But of this it were folly for any of vs to promise or presume any thing The terme of this our mortall life is vncertaine and vnknowne Whosoeuer is most backward vpon this way by reason of yeares may by the sudden stroke of Death get the start of his or her fellowes Wee haue seene both of our neere Friends as our Brother W. E. and Sister D. C. some good while since more lately our Sister A. E. and these younger then our selues goe before on this way whose staffe standeth next the doore wee know not And certainly Death hath giuen lowd bounces at some of our doores who haue beene brought so neere vnto it that our recouery was beyond our owne and others hope You will say wherefore doe you write these things which wee all so well know Why but to tell you all and my selfe that we must make better vse of these things then I feare wee yet haue done It standeth vs vpon to labour our hearts that wee may be touched with some deepe and serious sense of our mortall case and not slightly to examine our selues how wee are fitted for that houre It is an ordinary fashion for vs vpon the death of Friends or others to breath out a sigh or two with some such words or wishes Thus wee see what wee are and whereto wee must or God make vs ready for him But I doubt our care to make tryall of our fitnesse and to make our selues fit doth vanish with our words and is nothing but the smoake of a suddaine passion But good Sisters wee must know that there is no trifling in a businesse of this nature Death is an aduersary with whom perforce wee must grapple and a thing which first or last wee must vndergoe And as once wee shall dye and that but once so vpon that once dying doth depend our euerlasting weale or woe Marriage is said to bee a mighty thing which wee are with much aduisement to thinke of ere wee attempt For oft our Wedding-day doth proue the first or last of all the good and pleasant dayes of our life but much more is it so with the day of our Death For haue wee beene vnhappie in our match If nothing else at length Death will vntie the knot and release vs of that misery but after Death no change or alteration of our estate can bee expected Dye wee well wee are for euer as wee say made men nay for euer blessed and glorious Saints in Heauen Dye wee ill woe be vnto vs that euer we were borne Wee shall for euer bee out casts from the Blessed presence of GOD and companions with all Damned wretches and Diuels of Hell Alas then that wee should make so light account of this houre that wee should spend so few thoughts about it and cast away so much of our precious time on other things of no moment Would wee not hold him a very sot and idle fellow who hauing some great businesse in hand whereon his whole Estate or his Life did depend neglecting that should spend his time and money in walking London streets seeing the Lyons Beares Exchange and other Monuments of the Citie Loe what is this but our owne case There doth lye vpon vs the most weighty businesse that can bee and whereon doth