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A14944	A moste frutefull, piththye and learned treatise, how a christen ma[n] ought to behaue himself in the dau[n]ger of death	Werdmüller, Otto, 1511-1552.; Coverdale, Miles, 1488-1568.; Grey, Jane, Lady, 1537-1554. aut	1555 (1555)	STC 25251; ESTC S100738	68,910	312

them then muste we requyer hym to depart and let vs alone Whoso hath a trayne hanging vpon hym as father mother sisters brothers wyfe chyldren frendes the same is the sorer laid at For naturally we all are lothe to depart from them Math 10 Here muste we remember the words of Christ He that loueth father or mother mor thē me is not worthy of me And he that loueth sōne or daughter more then me is not mete for me And whoso taketh not vp his crosse and foloweth me is vnapt for me Therfore must thou breke thyne own wil take vp thy crosse and geue ouer thy selfe vnto the will of god Specialli forasmuch as euen they whom thou art loth to leaue behynde thee vpō earth shall shortelye come to thee And in the meane seasō whan thou departeste from thy frendes thou goest the nexte waye and spedest thee vnto better and more louing frendes And therefore the holye patriarke Iacob sayed Gene. 49. whan he should dye I shal be gathered to my people Item vnto Moyses and Aaron sayd god Thou shalt goe to thy people and vnto thi fathers Hereby is it declared that death is a passage to many mooe folkes and better frendes thē we leaue here There is God our father hys sonne our brother hys heauen our enherytaunce and al aungels and sainctes our brethrē systers and kinsfolkes with whō we shal enioie eternal goodes for euer Agayne whoso leaueth behynde hym a poore wyfe chyldren not brought vp and frendes that are in necessitie muste also dooe hys best commyttyng them to the protection helpe and cōfort of god wyth an earnest prayer that he wyl graciously take the gouernaunce of them For our wiues children and posteritie doeth the seconde commaundement sette in goddes tuicion whan it saith mercy and kindnes shew I vnto thousandes of thē that loue me and kepe my commaundementes Exod. 22. Psal 145. Item god wryteth hymselfe a father of the wedowes and fatherles and taketh them into his own proteccyon Nowe if thou receaue not thys godly consolaciō and comfort then to thyne owne greate notable hurte thou disquietst thy selfe so greuously that thou canste consider nothīg that is right and iust eternall or heauenly Preparacion concernyng gostly maters with what cogitacions the mynd ought most to be exercysed The .26 Chapter MOreouer the sicke must geue all other worldlye matters theyr leue that the soule be not tangled wyth any earthye busynes but directed vpwarde into heauen where it desyreth euerlastingly to liue Heare shal it be nedeful that our mynd haue an assured vnderstandīg of the holy gospel In this cōsideracion endure thou styll hang thou thereupon wyth stedfaste faythe where oute growe these fruites prayer ryghteousnes pacyence and all goodnes After the doctryne of the true gospell without thyne owne and religious mens workes without the merites of saynctes arte thou iustified made ryghteous and saued onely thorowe Chryst who alone is thy mediatour aduocat helper satisfaccion hope cōforte and lyfe It is Chrystes wyll to conueye thee awaye from synne from the world from the deuyll and from hell and to take thee to hys grace into the eternall paradyse though all creatures were agaynste thee Probacyon oute of the scripture Iohn 17. Thys is the lyfe eternall that they knowe thee to be the onely true God and whom thou haste sent Iesus Christ With this euāgelicall doctrine with nothing els must our heart be occupyed what temptacions soeuer happē whyche vndoubtedly will not tary behynde While we go about yet mery and in health it bryngethe excedynge great profit if we exercyse oure selues wyth the cogitacyons of death But in sickenes and whan we must dye that is whan the horrible ymage of death would make vs afrayed we must not vnquiet our selues with heuy remembraūce of death We should not beholde or consider death in it selfe nor in our own nature neyther in them that ar slayne thorow the wrath of god But principallye in Chryste Iesu and then in hys saynctes whyche thorowe hym ouercame death and dyed in the grace of god From thys syght maye not we suffer our selues to be dryuē though all aungels and all creatures yea though god hymselfe in our opinion would laye other thynges before our eyes whiche they doe not Howbeit the euyll sprete maketh such an appearāce For Chryst Iesus is nothyng els but lyfe saluacion Yea the more depely and stedfastly we do set prynt and beholde Christ before vs the more shal death bee despysed and deuoured in lyfe the harte also hath the more rest and maye quietly dye in Chryste Therfore sayth Christe Ion 16. In the world that is also in your selues ye shal haue trouble but in me peace Be ye of good comforte I haue ouercome the worlde Apoc. 14. Nu 21 Ion. 3. Blessed are thei that dy in the Lorde Thys aforetyme was figured and signified Whan the children of Israell betyng bitten of fyerye serpentes myghte not struggle with thē but behold the brasen serpente namely Chryst So the quicke serpentes fell away of themselues and vanyshed Whan we now beholde death and the panges of death in it self wyth our own feble reason with out Chryst without gods worde specially out of season that is to say in the daunger of death then hath death his whole power and strength in our feble nature and kylleth vs wyth the greater pain so that we forgette God and are lost for euer ¶ Of repentaūce and sorowe for synne The .27 Chapter TO the intent that our wil hearte and mynde maye ryghte and truly receaue and apprehende the lorde Chryste We must fyrste be throughly sorowfull for oure synnefull lyfe and confesse that there was no remedy but of oure selues we should haue been damned for euer Thys shryft or confession of synnes must not forth with be done to the priest but vnto god wyth harty sorow and repentaunce after the ensample of the poore sinner And of the Publycane Luke 7. ● 18. Therefore muste we also acknoweledge that wyth all our own power and workes we are able to preuayle neyther againste death nor other mischaunce For how were it possible that we pooresely wormes feble and weake in body and soule shoulde be able to endure the stormy waues and intolerable burthen of death yf the ryghte hande of god himself were not presente to helpe our infirmitie Ful truli spake a certain kyng in Fraunce whan he lay on hys death bed I haue been very riche I haue had exceding much honoure my power was passing greate and yet for all my ryches power and frēdes I am not able to obteyne of death so muche as one houres respyte ¶ Of trewe faith The .28 Chapter TO suche a confessyon bee longeth the Chrystian belefe that we turne oure selues awaye from al cōforte of man yea from all creatures to the only creator thorowe Iesus Chryst and to geue our selues ouer wholly vnto him Wyth all our naturall reason and wysdome

that they came of one father beyng borne vnder one motherly hearte broughte vp in one house eating and drinking at one table If it were els a mans companion he thynketh he was my faythfull deare frende he dyd no man hurt nor harme but desired to doe euery mā seruice and that so honestlye that a man myghte haue trusted hym with his owne soule If he were a good ruler we thynke he was to hys owne natyue country trew and faithfull and excellently well enclyned to the welfare therof who hath not then good cause to be sory for his departyng Thys is the cause that the bloud naturally gathereth together so that we are sorier for the death of suche one then of another priuate man Suche heuynesse pitie and compassion dooeth GOD alowe For he hath not created vs to bee stones and blockes but hath geuen vs fyue senses and made vs an hearte of fleshe that we myghte haue feling and loue oure frendes beeyng sorye whā they suffer trouble and dye Yea GOD hateth vnfrendlye and vnmercyfull people and whose heartes are not moued whan theyr frendes are vexed or taken awaye from them Therefore the holy Patryarck Abraham Gene. 23. lamented and mourned for Sara his wife whan she was dead Good Ioseph made great lamentacyon for Iacob hys father Gene. 50. Paull lykewyse Philip. ● wryteth thus My helper and felow souldyar Epaphroditus was deadly sycke but GOD had mercye vpon hym and not onelye vpon hym but also vpon me that I shoulde not haue one heuynes vpon another But as in all thynges so in thys there oughte a measure to be kepte that we continue not in fleshly vnordynate heuynes but styll resyste the sorowe and cōforte oure selues with thys accoūpt folowyng what dooe we meane thus to mourn and lamēt What wyll we dooe The Lorde is great and doeth no man wrōg And thesame is an honeste good wyll that conformeth it selfe to the wyll of god A notable saying For the good heathen mā Seneca wrote vnto his scholar Lucillus after thys maner a mā ought to bee contente with euery thing that god is pleased wythall only because it pleased god Nowe is euery thyng ordred by the prouidence of god as holi Augustyne de ciuitate dei saieth Lib. 5. cap. 11 without an orderly diuision and conueniente ioyning together of the partes hath not God lefte so much as the bowels of any best how vile or smal so euer the same be nor the fethers of a birde nor the floure of the herbe neyther the leafe of the tree so that there can nothynge bee founde that is not subiect to the prouidence of god neyther can there any litle birde dye wythoute his deuice charge and commaundemente Yf god now haue so diligent respect to such small things how then could thy frende whō thou mournest for departe awaye by death wythout the prouidence of god Therefore if we speake against the lordes works and cry agaynst hys wyll what is that els but euen as though we therefore lyued vpon earth that we as lordes rulers should prescrybe lawes for the almightie Which thyng to thynke I wil not say to speak were yet horrible Whan thou geuest foorth thy chyld to a nource she hath kept it long inough thou takest it home agayne the nourse hauīg no reasonable cause to complayne vpon the for takyng agayn thine own Yet muche les cause haue we to grudge against god our creditor whā he by death taketh his own agayn For as for father and mother brother and sister wife and childe frende and louer yea and all other thynges that we haue what are they els but lent goods and free gyftes of god whych he hath cōmitted vnto vs whiche we as long as he lendeth vs thē ought to esteme as aduaūtage Whan a Lorde hath lente vs a fayer costelye table whether should we gladly wyth thankes restore it hym agayne whan he requireth it or braull wyth hym after thys maner O thou terryble lord how happeneth it that thou hast robbed vs of so costly a table How cōmeth it that thou hast taken it from vs agayn so sodenly Vpon such a complaynte might not he with good ryghte answer Is that now mi reward for lending you so costly a table whyche I did of loue vndeserued on youre parte that ye mighte haue commoditie pleasure ther of a while Yea the more worthi the gift was that I lent you to vse the more thākful should ye be vnto me Yea with rougher wordes myght god iustly rebuke vs that bee so vnpaciente When the house fell vpon Iobs x. lyuing childrē vii sonnes .iii. daughters and whan his .vii. M. shepe wer brēt wyth fyer from heauen and his enemyes caryed awaye hys fyue hundreth yoke of oxen and fyue hundreth asses as the other enemyes droue away three hūdreth Camels slew also his seruātes in al this misery hurt Iob comforteth h̄imself thanketh God who had lent him such thynges and taken them away again The lord saith he hath geuen thē the lord hath takē thē euē as it hath pleased the lord so is it com to pas blessed be the name of the lorde Let vs therefore also saye wyth Iob the Lorde gaue vs this father that chylde such a frende the Lord hath taken hym agayn blessed be hys name But whā thou shouldst laude and prayse god it hyndereth the exceadyngly if thou feare that god of a wrath and enemitie agaynst thee hath taken away frō thee thy sonne or thy wyfe c. Such an opinion cōmeth not of god but is euen a practyse of the deuyll And herewyth agreeth our feble nature what soeuer is song or sayed we thynke in trouble that god is angrye and that our wyll is good and profytable and not gods wyll Contrary hereunto are we instructed by holy scripture that thoughe we knowe not perfectly for what cause God sendeth vs thys or that punishmente yet ought we to bee satisfied in this that god is gracious and fauourable vnto vs for hys beloued sonne our Lord Iesus Christes sake Neuertheles to the intente that we maye both the better vnderstande and be the more glad to receaue the good wyl of God I wyll declare what profite such a death bryngeth to hym that departeth and to those that remain ¶ That vnto such as dye it is profitable to departe oute of thys lyfe The .2 Chapter IF thei that be dead from hēce hadde not suffered trouble in thys world whan thei were alyue it were no maruaill to se vs mourne out of measure for theyr departyng As for all their ioye and pastyme vpō earth thei are scace to be accōpted dreāes in comparyson of the true ioyes and treasures aboue Agayne who wyll vndertake to nomber the aduersities that al menne of what estate so euer they be must be possessours of We may well say wyth Iob man that is borne of a woman lyueth but a shorte time and is replenished with

feruente loue towardes vs in that he is gelous ouer vs that he taketh oute of our sight whatsoeuer we gape vpon besydes hymselfe And also to the intente we myghte perceaue that whatsoeuer is in the worlde it is but temporall and lasteth but the twynklyng of an eye and that onelye the father of heauen wyll can and maye helpe in all troubles Moreouer what a number is there of thē that of an inordinate loue towardes theyr chyldren parentes and frendes to make prouision for them and to bring thē aloft iopard theyr souls for thē fall into greate vnquietnes and fret within themselues beeynge vnmercyfull couetous brybers vsurers lyers disceauers Franciscus petrarcha wryteth Thou hast lost thy sonne yea but thou haste loste wyth hym also muche feare and an infinite matter of careful sorowes by reason of the whych cares that thou mightest be deliuered from thē it behoued either thee or thy sonne to die Therfore geue god thākes for hys grace whan he dischargeth thee of those thynges that hinder thee in hys free seruice and whā he taketh frō the thy wyfe child frende or others vpon whō thou haste hanged to muche and for whose sakes thou hast done wrōg many a tyme. That thou mayest vnderstād thys thyng the better take for ensample mercye towardes the poore We see that they whose children and frendes are departed geue almes richlye whyche whyle theyr wyues childrē and frendes were aliue woulde not haue geuen one penye for feare that their frendes after their death should haue had nede and ben destitute of mony thēselues Yea rich folkes whych as God sometyme appoynteth haue no chyldren nor heyers of their own bodyes become fathers and vpholders of many poore men Whych thing vnto them and vnto al Christēdom is more profitable and more worthy of commēdaciō thē .x. sōnes of a naughty lyfe such as cōmenly there be many among whom scace one of x. spedeth wel I meane of those that inherite their fathers riches and goods for shamefullye they waste and consume them to the hurt of themselues and of others Item though one know that he ought to loue no man in suche sorte as to displease god for his sake yet many a tyme is one moued thorow hys frendes to doe agaynst hys owne conscience if he wyl not displease them Therfore graciouslie doth God pluck awaye those frendes whose presence serueth vnto thy destruccyon Moreouer thou sayest howe shoulde not I mourne seeyng I am nowe robbed of suche helpe and sucour as I should stil haue if he were yet alyue Answere suche complayning commeth not of a free loue towardes the dead but of a seruyle and bonde stomack the loketh hath respect to it selfe and desireth to woorke hys own profit with another mās hurt Now if thy sonne or frende that myght haue been thy comforte in thyne age be departed god may sende thee others in their place Yea there be some at hande alredy that offer theyr helpe coūsayll to the and thyne wyl not fayle thee at thy nede And thoughe it were so that thou hadest none other chylde nor frende in theyr steade but werst destitute of all bodely helpe yet hast thou a gracyous god thorow Iesus Christ wyth the spirituall giftes which shall continue wyth thee for euer But some say and speciallye great yonkers mi mourning and sorow is because my kīred name and stock myne armes badge perysheth now that I leaue no heyres of my body behynde me O thou great ydiote thou lamētest that thy name and honoure perysheth in thys transytorye worlde and forcest litle how thy name and honour may continue for euer more in the kyngdom of heauen What is become of the mighty kynges emperours whyche foughte for the greatest honour and magnificence that they mighte neuer be forgotten vpon earth The memoriall of them is paste long ago they haue their reward already as our lord sayeth Contrarye wyse the deare worthy saynctes whych despysed al glorye of thys mortall lyfe haue at thys day greater honoure praise and commendacyon then they that trauayled to obteine the glori of thys world Now therfore wyll god helpe thee not to passe vpon temporall honoure and pompe but most of all to care howe thy name may remayne in remembraunce before god wyth those that vnto him haue done faithfull seruyce ¶ Companyons that suffer lyfe heuynesse of hearte The .4 Chapter IF any thyng were practysed agaynst thy chylde or frend that necessaryly must not com to pas so that he mighte well haue escaped it then haddest thou iuste cause to howle and lamente But now behoued it him as a mortal man to end this lyfe euen accordyng to the first ordinaunce of God Thou hast thousandes thousandes of companyons whose deare frendes departed hēce by death Why wilte thou then disquiete thy selfe What tyme as Abrahā was cōmaunded of god to sacrifice hys own onely beloued sonne what mynd had he thīkest thou whā he now drew the swerd thought to slay his sōne greater sorowe had he for hys sonne that yet was aliue thē thou for thi sōne that is dead In what case was the holy patriarck Iacobs heart whan tidings came to him that hys deare sōne Ioseph was torne of wild bests Where was there euer father in greater heuines then euen Dauid whan by hys own sonne Absalom whom he yet exceadingly loued he was expelled frō hys kyngdome Doubtles he was in none other case then as though the hert in his body shronck and melted lyke waxe These suche lyke ensamples oughteste thou to set before thyne eyes wherby thou shalt perceaue that thy sorowe is to be estemed but small towards these and therefore thorowe the contemplacyō therof vndoubtedly it shal be asswaged ¶ Thorowe gods helpe all hearte sorowe is eased The .5 Chapter VNhandsome phisicians are they that well can se the greatnes of the sickenes and braule wyth the pacyent for hys excesse but can not shew a remedy wherby the blemyshe may be healed Therefore nowe that I haue hetherto reproued vnmeasurable sorow heuynes I will not leaue the matter so bare but declare now also a medicine wherby vnreasonable mournyng if it bee not cleane takē away may yet be eased and minished The tyme of it selfe maketh al combraunce lyghter For there be many men and women which in tymes past haue set fynger in the eye knocked vpō ther brests pulled the heer out of their own heades ranne agaynst the wall disfigured their whole bodyes and horribly howled for the dead But now they haue their pastim in all kynde of minstrelsye as thoughe they neuer had ayled any thyng Not wythstandynge to wayte styll tyl heuines forget it selfe is a wynishe thynge and agayne to brydle it by tymes be semeth the naturall reason and sobernes of a man What is thē to be done It lieth not in thy power wythout the speciall helpe of god to expel sorowful mourning First principalli ponder thou the power grace