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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

sorowefull euen in laughter Prouer. 14. and the ende of myrthe is heuynes Philip the kyng of the Macedonians whan he vpon one daie had receaued thre glad messages one that the victory was hys in the stage playe of Olympus the seconde that his captaine parmenio had wyth one battayle ouer come the Dardanes the thyrde that the Quene his wife was delyuered of a sonne he helde vp his handes towardes heauē and sayed O ye goddes I beeseche you that for so great and manyfolde prosperite ye wyl poynte me a competent misfortune The wyse prudent kyng feared the in constancye of fortune whych as the heathen talke therof enuyeth greate prosperite And therefore hys desyer was that hys exceadyng well fare myghte be sauced wyth a litle trouble Experience it selfe teacheth vs. Where dyd euer one liue the space of a moneth or one whole day in pleasure and ease so thorowelye but some what hath offended or hyndred hym Therfore earthlye ioye is not so greate so durable nor so pure but that the whole life of man may wel be called a vale of misery VVytnesse that thys lyfe is miserable The .10 Chapter TEstimony of the scripture Iob. 9. mā is borne to miseri as the bird is to fly Iob. 7. The daies of mā are like the daies of an hired seruaunt euen a breth nothing but vain Loke thorowe the whole booke called Ecclesiastes the preacher Augustyne wryteth Yf a manne were put to the choysse that eyther he must die or els liue again afreshe and suffer lyke thynges as he had suffered already afore he would rather dye specially if he thorowly consider how many daungers and mischaunces he scace yet hath escaped Whoso now knoweth likewise that God thorowe death dooeth make an end of miseri vpō earth It bryngeth hym greate comfort and ease Yea he shall rather desier death then feare it For euē holi Iob himselfe also whā he was robbed of hys health ryches and chyldrē and rebuked of his wife and frendes wished rather to die then to lyue 〈◊〉 19. Helyas beeing sure in no place desyred to dye Tobias beeynge stryken wyth blyndenes and misintreated of his wife praid thus O lord deale wyth me according to thy wyll and commaunde my sprete to be receaued in peace for more expedient were it for me to dye then to lyue If holy mē now by reason of their great troubles desyred death It is no meruayle if we that are weaker and of more imperfeccion be werye of this life Yea an vnspeakeable foly is it a mā to wishe for to continew still in the lyfe of misery and not to prepare himselfe to another and better lyfe ¶ That the consideracion of death afore hand is profitable to al vertues The .11 Chapter A Very mad and vnhappye man muste he nedes bee whych thorowelye considereth that vndoubtedly he must depart hence he knoweth not howe nor whan and whether he shall than haue hys ryght mynde directyng him selfe to God and desiring grace he cannot tell and wyl not euen nowe oute of hande beginne to feare God and serue hym more dilygently As the pecoke whan he loketh vpon hys owne fethers is proude but whan he beholdethe hys fete letteth the fethers downe euen so doeth manne ceasse from pride whan he considereth hys ende For in the ende he shall bee spoyled of al temporall bewtye strengthe power Iob. ● honoure and goodes Naked came I oute of my mothers wombe and naked shall I turne thyther againe Thorowe the consyderacion of death maye a man despyse all fleshelye luste and worldly ioye For euen the same fleshe that thou so pampereste wyth costly daintyes and vaine ornamentes muste shortelye bee a porcion for wormes neyther is there a more horryble caryon then of man Mani one thorow feare of death geueth almes exerciseth charitie doth his busines circumspectly To be shorte the consideracyon of death is euen as a scourge or spurre that prouoketh forwarde and geueth a man suffycient occasyon to auoyde eternall death whereof the death of the bodye is a shadowe Therefore the Niniuites Ionas 3. fearing their owne ouer throwe and destruccion repented and fell to a perfecte amendemente ¶ In death we learne the ryghte knoweledge of our selues and of God and are occasyoned to geue ouer our selues vnto God The .12 Chapter MAny a man in hys lyfe time can dissemble and shewe a fayer countenaunce but at the point of death no ipocrisie or dissimulacion hath place There verely shall we be proued and tried what maner of fayth loue cōscience and comfort we haue and how much we haue comprehēded out of the doctryne of Christ Then doth god let vs se our own strength howe that all worldly strength is a thousād times lesse thē we euer would haue thought al the daies of our life Then perceyue we seingly and felingly so to saye that we stande in the only hande and power of god and that he alone endureth stil lorde and master ouer death and lyfe Then learne we ryghte to fele the worthines of the passion death of Chryste and in oure selues to haue experyence of the thynges wherof we neuer toke so diligēte hede afore in our lyfe tyme. Then come the fittes of repentaunce for sinnes committed that we thynke O If I had knowen that god would haue been so earneste I woulde haue lefte many thynges vndone whyche I alas therfore haue commytted Then were we forced to receiue loue the gospel which els here to fore might not come to such stout and ioly yonkers Then begyn we to runne to god to call vpon hym to magnifie and praise him faithfully to cleue vnto hym and vpryghtly to serue hym ¶ That the dead ceasseth from synne The .13 Chapter ALl Christians desyer to bee free from sinne for sinne and vice doth farre farre vexe the faythful more then al misfortunes of the bodye Nowe though one dooe kepe himselfe from synne Yet standeth he in a slipperye place the fleshe is weake strong is the deuyll of whom it is easelye ouercome whoso standeth let hym loke that he fall not 1. Corin. 10. Whyle the captayne yet fyghteth it is vncertayne whether he shall haue the victory tryumphe euen so thoughe a man doe valeauntly defende himselfe agaynst the lustes of the flesh temptacyons of the deuyll he maye yet fall and lose the victorye Yea if we alwaye lyued we should doe more euill synne ceasseth not tyl we come to be bleste with a shuffell Death cutteth awaye synne from vs and delyuereth vs from vnclene sēses thoughtes wordes and dedes For though death in paradise was enioined vnto mā ▪ for a penaltie of synne Yet thorowe the grace of God in the merites of Chryste it is become vnhurtefull Yea a medicine to pourge oute synne and a verye workehouse wherin we are made readye to euerlastyng ryghtuou●nesse Lyke as terrible Goliath with hys own sworde was destroyed of Dauid euen so wyth death ● came by the

valeaunt worthi and victorious man that sayd bee of good comforte I haue ouercome the world That is to say sine deth deuyll hell and whatsoeuer cleaueth to the world And verely verely Iohn 6. he that beleueth and putteth hys trust in me hath eternal life Wyth the whyche wordes the same deare valeaunt worthy and victorious man doth applye also vnto me his victory and power With him will I continew and kepe me to hys worde and comforte whether I lyue longer or must dy Here ought we perfectly to be sure that the greater the battayll of death is the nerer is Iesus Christ to crown vs with mercy and louing kindnes Euident ensamples out of the new and olde testament Paul reioyseth and bosteth agaynste the terrour of death Death is swalowed vp in victory Death 1. Cor. 15. where is thy victory Hel where is thy styng As though he wold say To the fayt●●full death is a comforte O death thou mayest wel make one afrayed as a death image of wood maye doe but to deuoure thou hast no myghte For thy victorye stynge and power is swalowed vp in the victory of Chryste And thorow Iesus Christ our lord hath god geuē vs the victory agaynst thee so that all true faythfull Christians are become lordes ouer death hell Out of suche a fayth is Paul not afrayed to say Whether we liue or dye Roma 14. we are the lordes And agayne thus he speaketh exceadyng comfortably Chryste is to me lyfe Philip. 1. Oh that these wordes were printed in our hartes and death is to me aduauntage For hereby goe we frō labour to rest from shame to honoure from heuynes to ioye frō death to lyfe 1. Iohn 5. We knowe that we are translated frō death vnto life Though I walke in the valey of the shadowe of death Psal 23. yet feare I no euyll for thou lord god arte with me Vnbelefe Therfore let them feare death that know not Christ neither beleue in hym euen suche as from temporal death passe vnto death euerlastynge For God geuethe charge and cōmaundement that we shoulde receaue coumforte in the lord Iesu as the words soūd be of good comforte How god 〈◊〉 blasphemed by our fear of death I haue ouercome the world Whoso now wil not be comforted wyth the lorde Iesu doth vnto god the father the sonne the greatest dishonour as though it were false that he byddeth vs be of a good comforte as though it wer not true that he hath ouercome the worlde The fearer o● death arme●● the deuyll agaynst hymselfe And by this whereas the deuil sinne and death is ouercome alreadye we strengthen them to bee oure own tirannes againste the faythfull true sauiour Trust in ou● own strēgt● is the way to desperacyon Hereof procede such wordes as these I wote not how to endure and abyde it alas what shal be come of me What is that els but to haue respect vnto our owne strengthe as thoughe Chryst were not at hande to take our part and to fynish the matter Item thorowe vnbelefe a man desyreth to remayne here longer whether god be content with all or no. In the sight of the worlde he is taken to bee no honeste man that vily forsaketh hys bodelye master doth not be then procure vnto hymselfe euerlastyng shame that in trouble of death pyketh hymselfe away from Chryst the heauēly master Witnes he that beleueth not Mark 16. Iohn 3. shal be damned He that beleueth not on the sonne of god shal not see lyfe but the wrath of god abydeth on hym ¶ Of hope The .29 Chapter The worke strēgth of the lyuely fayth FAyth though it be no greater then a litle sparke gendreth hope which loketh and wayteth for the deliueraunce to come and shall vndoubtedlye not come to confusion Committe thy cause vnto the lord hope vpō hym Psal 37. and he full wel shal bryng it to passe Ipse faciet he hymselfe wyll be the doer The good Patriarck Abraham is set forth vnto vs for an ensample of fayth and hope Like as he hoped against hope that is to say there as nothyng was to hope euen so must our hope stande fast and sure agaynst al that our own naturall reason or the wycked enemye can obiect or cast in oure waye ¶ Of the Sacramentes The .30 Chapter TO the confirmaciō of faith and hope serue the holye sacramentes of baptisme and of the supper of the Lord. The vse or frute of Baptime Baptime is an vndoubted true token and euidēce of the grace of god fastened euē vpon the bodi wyth the which god promyseth byndeth himselfe that he wil be thy god father for hys sonnes sake and wyl also preserue the with hys owne sprete in thy greateste parels for euermore The sacramente of the body bloud of Chryst muste be exercysed and practised The place of the supper and persons onely in the commyng together of the whole congregacion and church according to the ensample of the Apostles Therfore let the sycke satisfy him selfe with the generall breakinge of bread whereof he was partaker wyth the whole congregaciō But let hym diligently consyder the frute therof after this maner The frute of the supper god hath promysed me his grace in Christ and geuē me an assured token from heauen in thys sacrament that Chrystes lyfe hath in hys death ouercome my death that hys obedyence in hys passiō hath destroyed my synnes Thys godly promes token and euidēce of my saluacyō shal not disceaue me I wyll not suffer thys to bee taken fro me to dy for it I wil rather deny al the world my selfe also then to doubt in gods token and promes Here the deuyl tēpteth a man to say yea but thorow my vnworthynes I may spil the giftes of god that are offered me by the worde token and so bee spoyled of thesame for euer Our worthynes to communicate Answere God geueth thee nothynge for thyne own worthynes sake yea he buyldeth thee vnworthy vpon the worthynes of his owne sonne If thou beleue on the sōne of god thou art and continueste worthy before the face of god Item forasmuche as thou hast gone heretofore vnto the supper of the lord thou art thorowe the same sacramēt incorporated and conioyned wyth al them that are sanctified in god and art already come in to the feloweshyp of the sainctes so that they with thee in Chryst dye and ouercome Of prayer The .31 Chapter NO man shoulde presume to exercyse fayth hope or other spiritual giftes out of his owne power but humbly to prai vnto god for all suche thynges Oure sufficiency is from god as are nedeful And seing we haue nede of one mediatour and aduocate god hath geuen vs hys sonne Iesus Christ Neither is ani of our prayers acceptable vnto god Hebru 1● but such as we offer thorowe Iesus

saidst into thī handes I commende my sprete Euen so now lord commende I my poore soule into thy handes O thou holy sprete Praier to god the holy gost Great is the anguish and distresse of my hert haue mercye vpon me for Iesus Christes sake I am afflicted so are many moe O vouchsafe thou to illuminate comfort strēgthē me and them vnto al goodnes cōuey thou and bryng vs out of all trouble and fayle vs not neither forsake vs for euermore Amen ¶ A fourme of prayse and thankes geuyng The .33 Chapter Thankes geuyng to god the father O Almightie eternal merciful god and father I laude and prayse the that thou hast created me a reasonable man and as a father haste preserued me to thys houre keping me from great daūgers euer sithens I was borne doing me more good then euer I was or am worthy Specyally I geue thee thankes for thy endles grace whiche thou shewest vnto me and all faythfull thorowe thy moste deare beloued sonne In that he for my synnes would be tempted so many wayes and suffer so vyle a death to the intente that I from hence forth myght be assured of faythfull assistaunce Magnified and blessed be thy name that thou sufferest me not to dye wythout knoweledge of the holy gospell I thanke thee also dearest father that thou visiting me wyth thys syckenes and daunger doest not forgette me For in the meane season also thou comfortest fortest and helpest and full graciously shalt thou bryng the matter to an ende Thankesgeuing to the sonne Honour prayse and thankes be vnto thee my most deare lord Iesu Christ for thy holy incarnacion for thy martirdom and bytter passyon wherby I am perfectly assured that thou art my redemer and Sauiour Vpon that onely set I my building thither warde standeth my hope there wil I be founde Rom. 6. b. rom 8. b. 2. Timo. 2. b Cherefully and gladli with thy helpe wil I depart hēce trustyng that as I am partaker of thi troubles so shall I also haue my part in thy euerlastyng glorye Namely that at the last daye thou shalt raise vp this my poore mortall body takyng my soule vnto thee immediatly at my departing hence Thankesgeuing to the holi goost O the holy sprete I rēder vn to the prayse and thākes for the true vnderstandyng belefe comfort pacience al giftes whiche thou graciously doest minister geue by the meanes of our Lord Iesus Christ That the praier is harde The .34 Chapter HEre vnto serue al psalmes of prayer and thankesgeuing Howbeit whatsoeuer cōcerneth prayer it is all cōprehended with few wordes in the holy pater noster if it be diligētly earnestly considered Notwithstādyng no Christian prayer can be done in vayne that it should not be faythfully heard God sayth Psal 91. He hath a desier vnto me and I wyl deliuer him Whan he calleth vpō me I shal heare hym yea I am with him in his trouble whereoute I wyll delyuer hym and bring him to honour He knoweth my name therfore wil I defende hym Wyth longe lyfe wyll I satisfye hym and shewe hym my saluaciō Yea the whole psalter is ful of such cōfortable promyses Luke 23. d. Ensample if thou pray with the murtherer vpō the crosse that Chryst wil remember thee in his kyngdome thou shalte also in thy heart he are the gracyous comfort thys day shalt thou be wyth me in paradyse Neuertheles whosoeuer is in trouble heuines or aduersitie ought earnestly to desyer the intercessions prayers of faythfull beleuers ¶ That the word of God oughte to bee practysed and vsed The .35 Chapter FArthermore he ought alwaye to haue gods word before his eyes and feruētly to exercise him selfe therin For wheras he faythfully calleth vnto god he dooeth it vpon hys worde and in the word of god he is taughte howe to behaue himselfe towardes al what soeuer commeth in his waye If a man now can not geue hymselfe true informacion out of the holye scripture whether it be cōcernīg synnes committed or other tēptacyons then ought he to aske counsayll of hys learned soule shepeheard or of some other mē of godly vnderstandyng The lord saith not for naught My shepe heare my voice and I know them Iohn 10. and they folowe me and I geue thē eternall lyfe and they shal neuer peryshe ¶ Amendement of lyfe necessarye The .36 Chapter THe trewe faith bryngeth wyth it naturally a stedfast purpose to liue from hence forth accordyng vnto all the cōmaundemēts of god Chryst lykewise exhorteth euery man rightly to exercise and well to vse the giftes of god Hereof bryngeth he in a parable A certayn man taking a iourney into a straunge countrye Math. 25. called his seruauntes and deliuered vnto thē his goodes And vnto on he gaue fiue talētes to another two and to the third one c. Vpon the same doth the lorde appointe the faythful seruaunt his reward and punysheth the slougish and euil seruaunt The righteousnes of faith cōprehēdeth the feare of god loue of thy neyghbour pacience all vertue Of thys feare Prou. 14. it is wrytten The feare of god is a foūtain of lyfe to auoyde the snares of death Neyghbourly loue doeth first and principalli require that we frendlye and vnfeynedlye for gods sake forgeue all them that euer haue offended vs and again to vndertake as much as lieth in vs to reconcyle al our enemyes Then dooeth charitie require to geue almes to comforte the heuy hearted and to practyse al works of mercy and loke who hath done the good in thi sicknes it is requisite that thou geue them thankes Among benefites this is not the lest whan one moueth and exhorteth another to kepe himselfe frō al filthines As for bodeli thīgs the sycke shoulde dyspatche thē wyth fewe woordes but such as concerne nourtour honesty the fear of god safegard in hym and the homage which is due vnto hym that ought to be done with more deliberacyon For loke what one speaketh at the poynt of death the same goeth deper to the hearte of such as heare it partly because it cannot be thought that a mā on hys death bed beyng in greatest trouble wyl vse ipocrisye or dissemble partly for that whan the soule begynneth to be discharged of the bodi it oft times sheweth some token of the fredome ioy wyth the which it shall euē now forthwith be perfectly endewed Ensample the deare worthy patriarkes in the olde testament before theyr departyng out of thys lyfe sent and called for theyr children and other folkes instructīg and exhortyng them to submitte themselues vnto the law of god and diligently to walke therein How faythfully dyd Mathathias at hys death 1 Mach. ● speake to his noble sonnes comfortyng them out of gods worde agaynst all theyr enemyes Exhortacyon vnto pacyence The .37 Chapter FInally we can not doe better than wyth gods helpe beeyng pacient in all aduersitie and stedfast