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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B07402	The godly and Christian decease of the illustrious and high-borne Prince, Mauritius of Nassau, Prince of Orange, of happy memory. For the comfort and edification of all true Christians. / First written in Dutch, by master Iohn Bogerman, minister of the word of God, at Leeuwarden: and now translated into English..; Het christelijk overlijden van den prince Mauritius van Nassau. English	Bogerman, Johannes, 1576-1637.	1625 (1625)	STC 3204.5; ESTC S91125	20,527	33

my bounden duty in regard his Excell hath obliged vs so much vnto him I omitted that which I had in hand and presently I went with the same messenger that came for me Beseeching the Lord to strengthen me and to grant his blessing that it might bee for his honour and glory for the comfort of his Excell and for the edification of all good men Being come to the Court and hauing somewhat rested my selfe I was by the aforesaid Lord Secretary and the Chamberlaine brought into the Chamber where his Excell lay who very kindely entertained mee putting forth his hand and bid me welcome and made me to sit downe at his Beds side Whereupon the people dismissed the Chamber except the aforesaid Secretary Doctor Rumpf and the Chamberlaine who remained at the Beds-side to heare and take notice of all the speeches that happened although vnseene of his Excell his P. Excell demanded of me how I did what sickenesse I was troubled withall and whether I amended as also of my appetite meate drinke and sleepe Of which when I had satisfied him his Excell begunne to speake of his owne sickenesse demanding of me what Doctor Rumpf thought of it Which when I had told him his Excell answered I am of that opinion also Complaining of his Ague and hot Feuer which did much trouble him and it seemed his Excell bewayled them that were constrayned to vse much Physicke Whereupon I said we must looke vnto God without whose pleasure there cannot one hayre fall from our heads and in regard of his diuine decree our time cannot be shortened Whereupon his Excell answered I hold it to be so also and I am resolued Hereby I tooke occasion His Excell faith of Gods prouidence to shew vnto his Excell the misery which man is subiect vnto in this life and how happy we are that we haue that sure comfort which the Lord hath so abundantly reuealed vnto vs in his Gospell Whereupon his Excell said It is true Then I said further You may please to consider the great mercy God shewed vnto your Excell all the time of your gouernement making you an incomparable Prince of your time whose actions the whole world admires and specially in regard the Lord hath freed you from so many eminent perils and dangers and doth now so mercifully shew this great fauour and mercy vnto you in visiting you with so Fatherly a chastisement leading you as it were with his hand vnto a blessed end giuing you so long and moderate a sickenesse wherein hee doth continue your vnderstanding and perfect speech not onely to serue the Countrey as your Excell yet doth but also to practise that which is for your euerlasting saluation where to the contrary that good Lord of happy memory Count William Lodwicke of Nassau at the beginning of his sickenesse did loose his speech his strength and his vnderstanding whose last words were vpon the comfort which I spake vnto him Count Williams last words in his sicknes LORD be mercifull vnto me for thy beloued Sonnes sake which we miserable wretches doe not in due time consider Now I doe not doubt but your Excell doth make a good vse of this affliction that you may enioy the perfect fruits of the Christian Religion which your Excell hath so long maintained and propagated and this fruit is a comfort both in life and death vnto our consciences consisting herein that we wretched sinners may haue a reconciled and mercifull God If the fauourable countenance of a King be the life of the Subiects as Salomon saith how much the more said I is the mercifull fauour of God Then I said further considering his Excellencie did hearken so attentiuely vnto me Gracious Lord the reformed Religion doth most clearely and profoundly set forth vnto vs our misery and doth giue vs the onely and soueraigne remedy against the same with the onely way for our reconciliation with God through Iesus Christ his onely beloued Sonne our Sauiour who doth bestow all his benefits on them that lay hold vpon him in true faith and repentance of whom God doth testifie in the holy Scriptures Matth. 13.17 This is my beloued Sonne in whom I am well pleased Iohn 14.6 He is the way the truth and the life No man commeth to the Father but through him neither is there saluation in any other Acts 4.11 for there is no other name giuen vnder heauen whereby wee must be saued 1 Cor. 1.30 Who of God is made vnto vs Wisedome and righteousnesse 1 Cor. 3.11 Sanctification and Redemption For other foundation can no man lay then that which is laid which is IESVS CHRIST Acts 13.39 Rom. 3 24. Ephes 1.7 Col 1.14 Iohn 5.11 By him euery one that beleeueth is iustified By whom wee haue Redemption and reconciliation with God through his bloud euen the forgiuenesse of sinnes whereof Iohn witnesseth Hee that hath the Sonne hath life And therefore we can haue no other communion with God then through him and this is the onely ancient true and euerlasting Gospell which God himselfe hath reuealed vnto our fore-Fathers in Paradise and afterwards by his Patriarkes and Prophets hath published vnto his people by all the ceremonies in the old Testament and hath sithence in the new Testament so gloriously reuealed it vnto vs Gentiles which in fore times were not of the people of God and doe now through his infinite mercy so abundantly enioy it Hereupon I rehearsed vnto his Excell that the Memorable late Count William Lodowicke of Nassau in his sicknes receiued tydings that the Arch-duke Albertus being very sicke went vnto the shrine of our Lady at a place so called whereto many goe in pilgrimage Scherpenheuvel there to receiue according to the Popish custome remission of his sins wherat the Noble Count hartily laughed reioycing and praising God although in faint words that he had laid a better foundation in his heart and had receiued a better light Whereupon his Excell Notable words of his Excell said Count William had Scherpenheuvel continually with him His Excell thinking that I did not vnderstand him rehearsed them again more plainer I say said he beating two or three times vpon his brest Count Williā had Scherpenheuvel continually with him Iust said I Noble Lord Count William had no neede to goe to Scherpenheuvel for comfort for hee had his onely comfort Iesus Christ in his heart soe doe I meane too said his Excell After these speeches I shewed vnto his Excell the example of Hezekiah 2 Kings 20. Esay 38. whom God by his Prophet caused to be told That hee should put his house in order for he should dye not liue The King was deadly sick but yet did not dye for that was hidden in Gods diuine decree whereupon when the king had humbled himselfe before the Lord the Lord added fifteene yeares more vnto his life So said I if the Lord should tell your Excell so in this sicknesse which is a messenger

from the 36. verse to the end Psal 51. and 130. To comfort vs in the loue of Iesus Christ and to stirre vp our hearts vnto holy meditations Iohn 17. Rom. 5. To withdraw our hearts from earthly things to moue vs to the desire of the ioyes of heauen the two last Chapters of the Reuelation The next day the said Doctor told mee that hee had deliuered it vnto his Excell himselfe who presently layd it in his Bible The second Visitation ON the 12. of Aprill being Tuesday in the forenoone about tenne of the clocke her Excell the Princesse of Portugall requested mee by a Messenger to come vnto the Prince In regard it was not likely that I should stay there long I went and was presently brought vnto his Excell where I found not onely the said Princesse of Portugall but the Princesse of Orange that now is with a great company of Lords Nobles Officers the Lord Vosbergen and others vnknowne vnto me being come to his Excell and being set downe at his beds side I demanded of him how he felt himselfe whereupon he answered I am well resolued thrusting vp his Cap from his eyes he setled himselfe to talke with me and presently spake these words I haue read those Chapters which you sent vnto me they were very excellent Chapters I doe thanke you for them but I cannot remember them all I cannot repeate any particulars but I haue remembred the substance is not that well Yes gratious Lord said I but your Excell hath troubled your selfe too much and that was not my intent for which I sent them for if your Excell remember I told you you should haue a verse or two read vnto you of that which should come into your Excell minde that so you might imploy your minde in meditating on good thoughts and not to reade whole Chapters which were too tedious But sithence your Highnesse hath pleased so to doe the time is very well bestowed and I am sure it will doe your Excell good for it is the holy word of God written for our comfort Your Excell doth very well to keepe the substance in your minde which is the point of true Repentance and the comfort thereof and therein consisteth all Repentance hath these three branches 1 A true and vnfained sorrow for sinne 2 Faith in Christ Iesus 3 A holy resolution to amend our liues Whereupon his Excell said His Excell doth confesse his sinnes and bewaileth that his repentance is not so well as it ought to be you doe very well sometimes to come and visite me And then his Excell spake with a speciall earnestnesse This is all that troubleth me whether my repentance be sufficient enough for my sins for I haue offended the Lord grieuously and I constantly beleeue if I haue true repentance that al my sinnes are forgiuen for Christ his sake I will pray the Lord to giue me true repentance more then I haue yet had Hereupon I said your Excell must not presume vpon your Repentance but with an humble and lowly heart confesse and bewaile your sinnes as your Excell also without doubt not fainedly but from your heart as it appeareth and GOD knoweth it and therefore your Excell repentance is conformable to the repentance of al true repentant sinners which are set downe vnto vs in the word of God Whereupon I did rehearse vnto his Excell the very words which the children of God had vsed at the time of their repentance Esay 6.4.6 Ierem. 14.20 of Dauid Psal 32.5.38.5.19.51 of the Publicane Luke 18.13 of the Prodigall Sonne Luke 15.18.19 c. And so I put his Excell also in minde of that which hee had read in the aforesaid Chapters I said further it is a great matter to trouble ones selfe in the perfection of our repentance the man in the Gospell said Lord I beleeue Marke 9.24 helpe thou mine vnbeliefe Your Excell knoweth that here in this world wee can haue no perfection neither of repentance nor of faith The godly lament their imperfections and so doth your Excell The most of our perfection in this life saith an ancient Father consisteth in the acknowledgement and the bewayling of our imperfections Therefore the more you are according to the example of all the faithfull seruants of God troubled with your sinnes as appeareth by the trouble your Excell hath of the sufficiency of your Repentance so much the more may you assure your selfe that your repentance is vpright and acceptable vnto the Lord Dauid saith I confesse my sinnes Psal 38. for there is no rest in my bones because of my sinnes for mine iniquities are gone ouer my head and as a waighty burthen they are too heauy for me Your Excell must also consider the subtilty of the diuell who as an enemie of our saluation commonly towards our latter end doth most of al striue with vs Esay 1 18. 1 Iohn 1.7 but your Excell must likewise know that although our sins were as Crimson they shall be made as white as Snow euen through the precious bloud of Iesus Christ which clenseth vs from all our sinnes and therefore consequently that our Faith and Repentance is vnperfect Vpon such repentance as this your Excell repentance is the Lord will without doubt worke in your heart a speciall ioy and comfort and so I shewed vnto his Excell from the Psalms of Dauid that his repentance was true repentance when I had rehearsed some places of Scripture to confirme it to comfort his Excell he answered I will pray the Lord to strengthen mee His Ex is well contented and is resolued I am now at rest and am resolued Whereupon I committed him to the Lord and tooke my leaue of him and before I went away her Excell the Princesse of Portugal requested me to come in the afternoone againe I said I was loath to bee ouer trouble-some vnto his Excell but I was the more emboldned because doctor Roseus Minister of the word of God at the Hage told me that he had beene with his Excell and found him very well at rest The third visitation THe same day about three of the clocke in the afternoone their Excellencies the Princesse of Portugal and Orange did let mee vnderstand that they were with the Prince and that they did expect me there Whereupon I went and comming thither I found the Prince very weake of body but of good comfort His Ex is of good comfort for when I asked his Excell whether hee was well at rest He answered yes as well as euer hee was Then I said the Lord bee praised for it vpon such repentance and faith as I haue found in your Excell I did expect this mercy from the Lord that according to the promise of Christ to ease them that are weary and heauy laden that come vnto him and to giue the victory to them that doe fight so well Such a quiet peace and rest is the life of our soules yea it is the