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The fyrst chapitre is the lyf of saint ierom as it is take of legenda aurea The seconde is of his lyf also as saint austyn wryteth in hys pystill The thyrd is how saint Jerome apperid to sai[nt] Austin in grete ioye ...; Vita
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Winter, Simon, d. 1448.
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man a lyue knew the paynes by experyence he sholde rather chese to be tormented vn to the ende of the worlde without remedye with alle the paynes to geder that alle men suffred from Adam tylle now than be tourmented a day in helle or in purgatoyre wyth the leste payne that is there And thetfore yf thow aske me the cause of my grete wepyng it is for drede of paynes that are ryghtfully yeue vn to synners for I know wel that I haue synned ayenste god And I dowte not but that he is ryghtwis And therfore merueylle not thoughe I sorowe But rather thow oweste to be gretly merueylled why men that wote wel they shalle dye Atte the leeste by experyence of other lyue heer in grete sikyrnesse and thynke not how escape so grete paynes At these wordes I was so touched wyth inwarde sorowe so that vnnethe I myght speke and I sayde Allas what is thys that I heere But I pray the telle me what difference is there be twyxe the paynes of helle and of purgatore he saide there is no difference in gretnesse of paynes but in o wise ther may be difference for the paines of helle abydeth no ende but monyng at the day of dome whan the bodyes shal be tormented with the sowles and the paine of purgatoire hathe an ende for after they haue doo her penaunce there they shal be take vn to endlenes Ioye I asked be they that are in purgatoure tourmented alle I lich or ellis diuersly he sayd dyuersly somme more greuously and soÌ„me more eisely After the quantite of the synnes for in heuen alle blessid sawles be holde the face of god wherein is all blysse and thoughe eche of theym haue asmoche Ioye as they can wylle or thynke yette they be not alle eueyn in Ioye for some hath more and some hath lasse after there dedes that they haue dso And yf thow merueyle that there may be dyuerse Ioyes in saynctes while the only cause of they re ioyes is god hym self in whom may be no dyuersite The aunswere is thys that the knowyng of holding and vnderstandyng of god is alle the rewarde ioie of saiÌ„tes therfore though al soules in blyse know god as he is yet soÌ„ se vndèstaÌ„d lases thaÌ„ other so haue lase ioie soÌ„me so vndiystaÌ„d hym clerly than other and so haue more Ioie So it may be saâ—de of the paynes of dapned soules For though all dapned saules be in one place of paynes ytt they are tourmented wyth dyuerse paynes after the qualyte of the synnes for ther is so myche dyfference be twyx the paynes of crsten men and hetheen menne that the paynes of hethen menne in regarde of the that false crysten men suffer be as it were no payne And ther be vnspekable may not be thought of ony that lyueth in erthe and so it is worthy For crysten men receyue the grace of god in vayn and wolde not be amended of theyr synnes while they lyuid holy scripture cryeng vpon theym cÌ„tynuall and they set not there bye I saide it is ryght horyble that thou seyst And wolde god hit were bysylly festned in the myndes of alle that be alyue that they myght sece from synne for drede of payne yf they wold not for loue of Ioye ¶ Of the deyng of these thre men â–ª a reryd and how Sainct Ierome conforted theym in ther passyng NOw I praye the telle me how it was wyth the the laste day whan thy saule passid from thy body he seid whan the oure of my deth came there came so grete multytude of euylle spyrites eeÌ„des in the place ther I lay y t for multytude they myght not be noÌ„bred the lykenes of them was suche y t ther may not thyng bi thouÈt more paynefull nor me re horyble for eny man of lyue wolde Rather put hym self to brenne in hottest flames of fire than ye wolde see the formes of theym in twynkelyng of on eye Thes fendes came vn to me and brought vn to my mynde all the synnes that euer I dide sturyng me to truste no lenger in the mercy of god for I myght not escape nor wythstande theym to assente vn to theym Glorious Ierome came with a grete company of Aungelles aboute hym seuyn tymes brighter than the soÌ„ne and confortid me And whaÌ„ he saw the wicked spirites how harde thei troubeled me he was gretly sturid ayenste theym and saide with a feerfule voice ye spyrites of wickednesse and of alle cursidnesse whi come ye heder wot ye not well that he thus shuld be socored by my helpes leueth hym anone and with draw this wickednesse frome hym as ferre as the Este is from the weste and anone with thes wordes alle that companye of cursid spirites was aferde And with grete crienges and waylynges they weÌ„t out of the place there I lay ¶ And tht glorious Ierome bade some of the angelles that they shulde not go from me but abyde tylle he come ayen And with the other angelles in haste he weÌ„t his wayes whaÌ„ he was gone the Angelles that he lefte to kepe me Bigyne to conforte me behotyng me faire yf I wolde suffre and abide with stronge herte and these wordes of conforte an oure paste And than came sainct Ierome ayen And staÌ„dyng in the doore he sayde com in haste Then sodenly my soulle lefte the body so greuously And birterlly that no mannes mynde myght vndirstande what anguysshe and disseeses these were But yf he lernyd theym by experience as I haue For yf the vndyrstandyng of alle men shulde resceyue alle anguysshes and sorowes that they cowde they shnlde coÌ„pte theym at nought in regarde of the departyng of the saule from the bodi But while he tolde me this and many mo thynges fulle harde and dredefulle to alle men whyche I wryte not her for lengthe the day biganne to ende and therfore he must nedis leue to telle the thynges that by fylle hym after his dethe whiche I desyred moste to here ¶ How the saules of the iii men stode to fore the dome of god and how sainct Ierome hade theym to se the ioies of heuen the payne of purgatorie of helle and sith bade theym go ayen to ther bodies â—He next day after I clepid the other tweyne with hrm to wete how they acordid that by wytnesse of theym alle thre I myght be taught the more surely And whan they beganne to telle me y t that the other had cold me to fore I seide though thes thinges be profitable yet it is not veine to speke theym often yet leuyng thys that I haue herde I praye yow telle it forthe what by fyl you after ye were departed from the body than seid he that spacke on the day to fore what askest thow cyrille it is not possible to telle it fully for spirituell thynges may not be coÌ„prehendid in oure wytte thow knowest that thow hast asoule and yette what
a 〈◊〉 is thow knowest not Also thow knowest that god is but what he is thow mayst not knowe in thys lyffe but by example So it is of Angelles and of alle vnbodely thynges for whyche ther is many thynges know in kynde that for oure lytle vnderstaÌ„dyng we may not vnderstande heuenly and spyrtuel thynges that ben in alle wyse strange from the knowyng of kynde Than I seyde it is as thow sayst But I praye the telle as thow mayst than he seid as thyse men that ben hyer wyth me shalle here wytnesse that hadde experyence of the same thynges as well as I â–ª so shalle I tells as I may whan my soule was dyssoluyd from the body wyth so mauy anguysshes and sorowe as I sayd to fore sodenly and unspekably in twynkelyng of an eye hit was bore to fore the presence of god demyng But how or of whom it was boore I knowe not it is no meyrueyle for now I am in the heuy body and theÌ„ne was the sawle wythowt body of fleshe Ther to fore the Iuge god wer the sawles of ryghtwys men tremelyng wyth vnthenkable feere what the Iuge shulde doo Allas why know not they that be dedly to whom shalle befalle as then befulle vs Certeyn were not the vnknowyng ther of They shulde not synne in alle the tyme of oure lyfe that myght be hidde from the Iuge but all that euer we dyde was as clerli knowe to all that stode theere as yf they had be present In so myche that the leste of alle thoughtes y t euer we thought appereth there as it was By thenke that wyth grete feeres we were smyte with al at that tyme there stoode many fendes beryng wytnesse of alle the euylles that we hadde do declaryng the tyme the place and the manere And we oure self myght not sey nay to that that was putte vpon vs bothe for eche of vs knew well that it was true and also that the Iuge knewe all thynges and was most ryghtfull Allas allas what shall I sey what sentence abode we than for mynde thereof I quake yet I am aferde Oure wyckydnesse cryed after vengeaunce vn to the Iuge And vnnethe appered there ony good wherby we myght haue hope of mercy alle that were there cryed that we were worthy to be in torment peyne And whan there fayled no thynge but onli to yeue the sentence ayenst vs that is yeue ayenst synners Gloryous Ierome that is bryghter than alle the sterrys wyth sayncte Iohan Baptyste And wyth peter prynce of the appostles and wyth a grete multytude of aungels come vn to the trone of the Iuge and prayed that oure sentence myght be tarytd a while And that we myght be yeue to hym for the reuerence of deuocyon that we had to hym for nede to destroye the sayd heresie And as he wolde so it was graunted to hym After this he with his blessed company led vs with hym and declared to vs where all crysten soules haue euerlastyng Ioye that maye not be spoke that we shuld bere wytnesse the And thenne he hadde vs to purgatorie and to helle And not oonlie he shewed vs what was ther But he wolde also we shuld assaye the paynes by experience And whan alle this was doo that tyme that wurshipfull Euseby touched our bodies with Ieromes sacke The same gloroê° serome bad vs tourne ayen to our bodies And that we shuld bere wytnesse of alle that we hadde seen and behotyng vs that yf we dide dew penance for our synnes we shuld on the xx daie after haue endlesse blysse with worshipfull euseby y t shulde departe from this world the same tyme and so were our soules ioyned ayeÌ„ to our bodyes O dere austyn many thynges lerned I of the thre men whiche yf they were Impressed to menis mynde they shuld vtterli leue a waye from them the loue of alle etherly thynges and the grete bisynes that is hadde ther aboute that make many a man to erre But for I bide thy coÌ„mynge to visyte the relyques of glorious ierome as thy lettres make mynde I leue of now and wille touche of the sepulture of wurshipfull euseby And sythe speke forth of the gloryous myracles of sainct Ierome ¶ Of tweyne myracles that euseby wrought Or hys body were buryed WHan this holy man was dede a boute mydmorowe a non ther shewed many myracles to bere wytnesse of the holynesse of his lyf of whiche I wylle tell tweyne ther was a monke of the same abbey that for wakyng for wepyng had loste hys sight a none as he touched the wurshipfull bodi of euseby he had his sight a yen as he had to fore Another maÌ„ ther was that had a fend with ynne him and was out of his witte come mette with vs as we bere the bodi of holy eusebi a none he was delyuered made hole thynke we here meueyle how holy this maÌ„ was in his lif y t myght do so gret myracles soo hastly after his ende thinke we on his holynesse with grete drede for sith that he y t was so holy had so ê‘ilous a trouble teÌ„ptacyoÌ„ at his eÌ„de how shal we sinful wretchis escape y t hour we wote not how sone we shal come therto â–ª thaÌ„ we buried the bodi of eusebi with worship but naked as his master was by the chirche in the whiche ierome was buryed in the cherche yerd of the same chirche the bodies were buried of the said thre meÌ„ y t died the same houre ¶ How an heretike called Sabynyan was mtruelously heded ouercome by myghte of ierome Ther was an heretike called sabynyan that sayd ther were two willes ni cryst soÌ„me tyme varying In so moche y t he said crist wold many thynges that he myght not doo and with this heresie he dide vs soo moche sorow that I may not tell it withe my wordes For he peruerted the folke that Is commytted vn to vs As a Rauysshyng wolf And for he shulde maynteyn his heresye the more effectuelly he made a tretyce therof And sayd that gloryous Ierome had made it to make vs yeue fayth ther to But I know well ierome made apistell ayeÌ„st the same errour a lytell afore he died And therfore I cleped the same heritike on a sonday with all his disciples in to the chirche of Ierusalem to dispute and preue his errour Ther was gadred also the same tyme all the bysshopes and many other true cirsten men And so our disputacyon from none endurid to euen And whan the said herytyke aledged ayenst vs the said tretice that he fadred vpon gloryous Ierome Siluayn archebysshop of nazareth myght not suffre so moche wronge to be put on saynct ierome for he loued wourshiped sainct Ierome with soo moche affectyon and deuocyon of hert that at the begynnyng of ony thynge that he dede he asked helpe fyrst of god and of gloryous Ierome And therfore he was