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A06799	An amulet or preservative against sicknes and death in two parts : the first containing spirituall direction for the sicke at all times needfull, but especially in the conflict of sicknes and agonie of death : the second, a method or order of comforting the sicke ... / collected and set forth ... by A.M. minister of the Word of God in Henley vpon Thames ; whereunto is annexed a most pithie and comfortable sermon of mortalitie, written by the blessed martyr S. Cyprian Bishop of Carthage, translated into English by A.M. ; together with sundry prayers needfull in time of sicknesse.	Man, Abraham.; Cyprian, Saint, Bishop of Carthage.	1617 (1617)	STC 17238.5; ESTC S2803	74,681	345

then it is seene how much we loue God how much wee trust him and put confidence in him when we are oppressed and vexed with some greeuou● crosse and affliction Her● then before all things se● that thou turne vnto Go● with all thy whole heart mind and vnderstanding and with all the powers o● thy soule vnfainedly repenting of thy euill waies and bewailing confessin● before God thy manifol● sins and offences for whic● thou hast iustly deserue the wrath of God together with all his plagues and punishments to bee powred out and to be inflicted vppon thee Then shalt thou reape and receiue plentifull comfort and consolation euen a perfect discharge absolution and remission of thy sinnes from the promises of the Gospell which as an infinite treasurie euery day standeth open and is offered vnto thee and that by Christ his own appointment and ordinance giuen vnto his Church Ioh. 20.22 Receiue ye the holy Ghost Ioh. 20.22 whosoeuers sins ye remit they are remitted vnto them and whose sinnes soeuer ye retaine they are retained Now when thou hast thus prayed for obtained pardon for thy sinnes doubtles the punishment whether it be of sicknesse or any other affliction that lyeth heauie vpon thee shall either ceasse and leaue thee altogether or else shall by Gods good will and pleasure turne to thy euerlasting welfare and saluation For this assuredly perswade thy selfe and nothing doubt of it that the punishmēt which thou sufferest how heauie a yoke and burden soeuer it seemeth to the flesh is in deed a fatherly rod wherby God recalleth thee home vnto himselfe being his child and withdraweth thee from sinning securely God with a tender affection loueth vs he willeth and wisheth well vnto vs he doth all that be doth to this end that he might reforme vs make vs better Hebr. 12.6 for whom he loueth him he correcteth and chasteneth and he punisheth him here that after this life he may not be condemned with the world 1 Cor. 11.32 nor tormented and punished euerlastingly in hell And do not thou feare nor doubt but assuredly perswade thy selfe that God thy heauenly father entirely loueth thee and ten le●●th thee howsoeuer he rec●●ueth for the time to bee displeased with thee This his w●●●● and displeasure is not the wrath and rage of a tyrant or tormenter but of a father that dearely loueth vs who would not that we perish but that wee should repent and amend so be saued This is so sure that there is nothing more certaine if so be that we who are of so little faith could beleeue it First of all therefore desire aske pardon and forgiuenesse of all thy sinnes but see it be done through Christ and that it be done with a true repentant heart that so thou mayest bee at agreement with God and being reconciled vnto him thou mayest haue him friendly and fauourable vnto thee Then afterwards thou mayest also desire and pray to be deliuered from the present affliction that molesteth greeueth thee This aduice the sonne of Sirach giueth Chap. 38. My sonne Eccl. 38.9 faile not in thy sicknesse but pray vnto the Lord and hee will make thee whole Esay 38.25 and 2. Kin. 20. Thus Ezekiah turned his face vnto the wall and prayed in his sicknesse and his prayer was heard and he recouered Esa 38.25 and 2. Reg. 20. And thus Dauid prayeth in his great affliction Psal 39.8 c. Psal 39.8 c. Deliuer me from all my transgressions and make me not a rebuke vnto the foolish and verse 10 and 13. Take thy plague away from me and againe Stay thine anger from me that I may recouer my strength before I go hence and be no more seene Likewise Psal 79. Psal 79.8 Remember not again● vs our former iniquities b● make haste let thy tender mercies preuent vs helpe vs 〈◊〉 God of our saluation and f●● the glorie of thy name deliu●● vs c. In the which place● and the like Dauid fir●● prayeth for remission of h● sinnes that by Gods fr●● grace he may bee iustified and then he intreateth Go● to stay his anger to turn away his plagues and punishments from him an● to deliuer him And 〈◊〉 mayest thou pray for eas●ment and deliuerance fro● thy sicknesse or trouble but thou must alwaies add this condition If it be t● will of God seeme go● vnto him following here the footsteps of Christ himselfe and saying Father if it be possible let this cup passe from me notwithstanding not my will but thy most holy and blessed will be done For indeed wee cannot better prouide for our selues then our most faithfull and louing Father doth prouide who is of infinite power wisedome and goodnesse who neuer turneth away his eyes from vs but still hath a diligent care of vs 1 Pet. 5. Mat. 10.30 who hath numbred the very haires of our head that they perish not who giueth life vnto all things and who nourisheth and preserueth prouideth and careth for all things much better then the creatures themselues can wish or desire CHAP. II. The necessitie of Faith in tim● of Sicknesse and the meane● whereby to strengthen the same WHile a man lyeth vppon his bed o● sicknesse being in dange● of death he is cōmonly assaulted and set vpon with many sore and greeuous temptations as first of all i● is a very sharpe and sore temptation and triall when as hauing the horrible image of death before ou● eyes wee thinke with our selues how that very shortly we must needs relinquish and leaue the most delightfull and comfortable light of this world together with all our friends our kinsfolk and acquaintance and all other things which here are most deligntsome and pleasant and most deare vnto vs. By by after our deadly and manifold sins committed against the diuine will and commandements of God these will be readie to present themselues vnto vs and rushing in vpon vs with great violence will become new and fresh againe vnto vs wonderfully disquieting and troubling the conscience and appearing farre more in number and more hainous greeuous then euer they did before Then behold the horror and feare of death and the terrour of Gods iudgements of hell and damnation will as it were all at once be readie to vexe torment vs and to set vppon vs with most sharpe bitter assaults of griefe and sorrow causing our very hearts within vs to quake and tremble Now amidst these agonies and conflicts vnlesse our hearts be fortified and established with a constant and stedfast faith we shall be in great danger of falling into despaire being wearied with the multitude and greatnesse of the temptations For those things which offer and present themselues vnto vs in time of sicknesse appeare much more terrible and more heynous and grieuous then euer before and that for no other cause then this for that our faith is small and very weake and wauering not

AN AMVLET OR PRESERVATIVE AGAINST SICKNES AND DEATH IN TWO PARTS The first containing Spirituall Direction for the Sicke at all times needfull but especially in the conflict of sicknes and agonie of death The second a Method or order of comforting the Sicke Whereunto is annexed a most pithie and comfortable Sermon of Mortalitie written by the blessed Martyr S. CYPRIAN Bishop of Carthage translated into English by A.M. Together with sundry Prayers needfull in time of sicknesse Collected and set forth for the comfort of distressed soules most especially in time of sicknes mortality By A. M. Minister of the word of God in Henley vpon Thames LONDON Printed by R. F. for THOMAS MAN and Ionas Man dwelling in Pater-noster Row at the signe of the Talbot 1617. ❧ To the right Worshipfull and vertuous Ladie the Ladie Elizabeth Periam of Greenlands A. M. Wisheth a long happy life with health and prosperitie here on earth and euerlasting glorie in the highest heauens GOOD MADAM I Do vnfainedly acknowledg and confesse that in my priuate iudgment I haue alwaies distasted the too much forwardnes of this age in publishing vnnecessary bookes and pamphlets So farre haue I bene from once intending my selfe to offend in that kind First in consideration of mine owne weaknesse and insufficiencie best knowne vnto my selfe Next in regard of that great light of learning knowledge which shineth most brightly euery where at this day And lastly in respect of the great peruersnesse curiositie that reigneth in the minds of sundrie men whom nothing pleaseth and contenteth but that which they them selues do or at the least wise affect Howbeit notwithstanding after that I had for mine owne priuate vse collected and gathered these spirituall directions and consolations and also perceiued how that the same might be of some good vse to others not onely in time of sicknesse but also in all other afflictions and distresses whether of mind or bodie I esteemed it a part of that great dutie which I owe vnto the Church of God to communicate impart these my poore endeuours vnto such and for the benefite comfort of all such as shall stand in neede thereof in times of sicknesse and mortalitie in the conflict of death and other sharpe and bitter daies of triall and temptation whensoeuer their sins shall stand vp against them to vrge and accuse them or the vgly appearance of death shall affright them or the feare and horror of hell and damnation shall seeme to dismay them Against all which fearefull dangerous assaults of death of sinne of Satan here in this small Treatise are prouided selected out of the rich Armorie of the sacred Scriptures seuerall and peculiar weapons and armour of proofe both defensiue offensiue both for the withstanding and resisting and also for the repelling and quenching of all the fierie darts of the wicked Now I haue bene bold to dedicate and offer the same vnto your Ladiship being moued thereunto partly by the sundry fauours receiued from your Ladiship by my selfe in particular and partly by those gracious works of pietie and charitie wrought and the great and manifold benefits from time to time conferred by your Ladiship in and vpon the whole Towne or Parish in generall ouer which God hath placed me though his most vnworthy seruant minister accept I beseech you this small present being as the poore widdowes mite which here I presume to offer vnto your Ladiship as a pledge and testimonie of my vnfeined thankfulnesse Almightie God who is rich in mercie grant that as you haue extended the bowels of compassion and mercie alwaies for the relieuing and comforting of many his poore children so also you may find abundant mercie in the last day may be filled with ioy and comfort at the glorious appearing of his Son Christ Iesus Amen Your Ladiships in all humble manner to be commanded A. M. A preface to the Christian Reader THe sicknesses and diseases which vexe and annoy these our mortall bodies together with the remembrance of death ensuing therupon how greatly do they cause both our bodies and minds to quake and tremble Insomuch that many times we shake and are afraid at the onely mention thereof Verily the nature of man being such as had rather not be at all then to be ill appaied or to be in miserie cannot whensoeuer these things befall but be much vexed and perplexed yea and sometimes readie to faint And yet behold the sicknesse and death of the soule farre more dreadfull and more horrible then which can befall vnto a man no greater miserie and torment There is no man but he doth feare and abhorre yea and by all meanes flie from corporal punishments and afflictions and from corporall sicknesses and deaths how much more then should we labour to eschue and auoid the causes of all these euils which are our sinnes and how ought we to feare the wrath and displeasure of almightie God which we daily prouoke against our selues by so manifold sinnes and offences If the bodie be neuer so little crazed we runne straightway to the Physition we spare no cost nor charge preferring our life and health before all things else yea we are content to disburse we care not what that we may procure remedies and preseruatiues for the same and all to patch vp this tattered garment of our flesh this rotten carcasse and clod of clay which notwithstāding must needs very shortly decay and perish and be brought to corruption Why then do we not with like earnestnesse and carefulnesse seeke for remedies against the sicknesses of the soule being farre more deadly and dāgerous For what should it profite a man to liue a whole thousand yeares and during that time to possesse all the riches in the world and to enioy the most exquisite pleasures of this life without being troubled with any sicknes or griefe or other calamitie and in the meane time to haue his soule tainted and infected with the leprosie of sinne and in bondage to the tyrannie of Satan and therupon to haue God alwaies his vtter enemie and his wrath and indignation raging against him and lying heauily vpon him so as he knew and were assured after this life to suffer and vndergoe the iudgement of eternall death and condemnation both of body and soule Hereof our Sauiour Christ admonisheth vs Math. 16.26 saying What shall it profite a man to winne the whole world and to lose his owne soule And therefore in another place he warneth vs to watch to wit ouer our soules watch for ye know neither the day nor the howre when the Sonne of man will come And lest we should without regard passe ouer farre better things and things farre more profitable and should pursue after toyes and trifles things base and contemptible therefore he sheweth vs the shortest and surest way whereby to come vnto true happinesse which willeth vs Math. 6.33 First to seeke the kingdome of God and the

Hell and damnation These things being thu● offered vnto our sight the at length a man begins t● feare lest haply he be qui● cast out from the face fauor of God beholding nothing else but eternal dead and condemnation He● therefore men haue need 〈◊〉 be couragious of a co●stant heart and mind th●● they faint not nor giue a● place vnto despaire Pra● we therfore in this manne● A prayer O most gracious God ● most mercifull Father gra●● we beseech thee that by thy grace and helpe while we are yet in health and prosperitie we may learne to feare thee to loue thy holy word to beleeue and embrace thy sweete and cōfortable promises to set thee before vs as the scope end of all our actions and that remembring alwaies this sharpe conflict and encounter which we are to vndergoe we may fortifie and arme our selues against this day of triall and so be saued preserued and defended that seruing and fearing thee we may direct all our doings to thy glorie and at the length obtaine and enioy eternall life which thine owne Sonne hath purchased for vs Amen CHAP. IIII. A Remedie against the feare and remembrance of our sinnes VVHensoeuer thy sins shall torment and trouble thee or terrifie thy conscience consider how that the Son of God himselfe for thy sake and for the purging and taking away of thy sinnes came downe from heauen and humbled himselfe to the lowest estate that may be that he being made man took vpon him thy sins and the sinnes of the whole world and of his owne voluntarie● will dyed for them vpon the crosse and made full satisfaction for them all by suffering most grieuous punishments in thy name and for thy sake This most precious bloud of Christ was shed euen for thee and for thy saluation Of this his death art thou also made partaker if onely thou shalt beleeue that he dyed as wel for thee as for Peter and Paul and others Neither oughtest thou any whit to doubt but that he died as well for thee as for Paule for in that thou art a sinner euen in this respect thou mayest and oughtest to bee comforted Math. 9.13 For Christ came not to call the righteous but to call sinners to repentance Mat. 9.13 and 1 of Tim. 1.15 1 Tim. 1.15 It is a true saying saith Saint Paul and by all meanes worthie to be receiued That Iesus Christ came into the world to saue sinners Yea admit thou were one of the greatest sinners in the world yet doubt nothing for such a one was Paule as he witnesseth of himselfe in the same place euen the greatest and chiefest among sinners an oppressor a persecutor and blasphemer Moreouer this may and ought to comfort thee and to confirme and settle thy mind Rom. 6.3 that thou art baptized into the death of Christ For seeing thou art baptized into the death of Christ Christ his death shall saue and helpe thee by Christ his death thou shalt die vnto thy sinnes by Christ hi● death thou shalt receiue vndoubted remission and forgiuenesse of all thy sins finally by Christ his death thou shalt rise againe vn●o a new life here and to a life eternall and euerlasting in the world to come Th● remission of our sins confirmed in Baptisme and in the Lords Supper For Baptisme is a sure token and pledge and a certaine couenant as it were of Gods mercie and fauour in which thou art reconciled vnto God So that by meanes of it thou mayest euermore haue a quiet and chearefull conscience by reason of the forgiuenesse and pardoning of all thy sins through the death and resurrection of Iesus Christ Verily it is vnto thee also that Christ speaketh in the institution of his holy Supper wherein he professeth and witnesseth that his bloud was shed for the remission of sinnes Now therefore howsoeuer the life which thou hast led hath not bene altogethe● faultlesse blamelesse no● in all respects pure and free from sinne yet despaire not but without delay flie for refuge succour vnto that bloud of his which was thus shed for thy sinnes and without ceassing call vpon his Name and thou shalt be saued according to his promise Rom. 10.13 Rom. 10.13 Cri●● out vnto him therefore and call vpon him in these o● the like words A Prayer O most mercifull God and father of al● mercies father of our Lord Iesus Christ be fauourable and mercifull vnto me a sinner Take pittie and compassion vpon me miserable wretch and speedily helpe me euen for that most bitter but yet most precious death and passion of Iesus Christ thy only Son our redeemer and onely Sauiour Amen Amen Enter not into iudgement O Lord with thy seruant Deale not with me after my deserts neither do vnto mee according to my sinnes and iniquities but for thy infinite and endlesse goodnesse and mercie receiue me vnto thy grace I miserable wretched weake and feeble creature am in thy hands in thy power and at thy disposing to do with me what it pleaseth thee ● most mightie and yet mos● meeke most gentle most gracious God and mercifull father leaue me not neither reiect and cast mee off as a wretch that is quite forlorne and forsaken I am thine whatsoeuer I am and there is none can comfort me none can helpe me none can deliuer me but thou onely Thou art the true preseruatiue and remedie against all euils and mischiefes and against all infirmities and sicknesses both of bodie and soule Thou art the surest and most present helpe refuge and succour a strong hold and a fortresse and castle in all necessities Psal 46. Thou ô Lord art our hope and strength in troubles Psalme 46. In thee O my God I put my trust Psal 71. 31. let me not be confounded nor ashamed as being frustrate and disappointed of my hope but deliuer me in thy righteousnesse Incline thine care vnto me and saue me and make haste to deliuer me be thou vnto me a strong rocke and house of defence that thou mayest saue me For thou art my rocke my fortresse thou art my Lord and my God Into thy hands I commend my spirit for thou hast redeemed me ô Lord God of truth Let the light of thy countenāce shine vpō thy seruant saue me for thy mercie O Lord my God Moreouer here thou must especially be admonished to take heed that the suffer not thy selfe to much to be possessed wi●● the cogitation and remembrance of thy sinnes in pa●ticular But rather if th● same shall at any time stan● vp against thee set befor● thine eye● the remembranc● of that most inestimab● price of Christ his death suffering and fasten th● same into thy minde diligently according to the aduice and counsell of Sain● Augustine Inspice vulner● pendentis sanguinem morie●tis precium redimentis Capa● habet inclinatum in cruce a● osculandum brachia extens● ad amplexandum totum