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A09316	An excelent comfort to all Christians, against all kinde of calamities no lesse comfortable, then pleasant, pithy, and profitable: Compendiously compiled by Iohn Perez, a faithfull seruant of God, a Spaniard (in Spanish) and now translated into English by Iohn Daniel, of Clements Inne, with diuers addicions by him collected and therevnto annexed.; Epistola para consolar a los fieles de Jesu Christo. English	Pérez, Juan, d. 1567.; Daniel, John, of Clements Inne.	1576 (1576)	STC 19626; ESTC S111936	128,141	335

holy body of Christ in general he dooth testify say the same to euery one of them in particuler And therefore euery one perticulerly ought to apply and assure himselfe to him in none other maner nor forme then of him onely it was sayde and spoken by Sainct Paule who saythe we haue not receiued the spirit of this world but the spirit which commeth of god bicause we might knowe the thinges which are of him that he doothe geue vs and not be ignorant therein nor yet doubt thereof Of Purgatorie and the causes of calamitie c. Cap. xv BIcause we that are of the nūbre of the faythfull are suche a perticuler worke of GOD that of his goodnesse he wyll not that there be any thinge in vs which he loueth not but that we be wholly cleane also that with our holinesse and cleannesse of lyfe and doctrine we dooe declare our selues to be his children and therefore wyll destroy in vs all the workes of the diuell which are so repugnant vnto him as are the wicked inclinacions of the fleshe and all whatsoeuer els that doothe let our true obedience to his holy heauenly will. To ende and consume it altogether he dooth laye his crosses vpon vs to be as it were a Purgatory in this world to purifie vs and he will there with that we take it as a testimony of his loue and that we be his verye familiars and fréendes I sayth the Lorde dooe reprehend and chastise those whome I loue And hereof it groweth that the more he loueth vs so much the more he hateth abhorreth the sinne that is in vs and also so much the more he will correct and chastise vs And as there is none that he dooth more loue then those which he hathe called and incorporated in Iesus christ so is ther none that is more afflicted in this world Euen as a carefull Father that hath many children and one among thē more beloued then the rest whom he will make his heire and the more he loueth him so much the more vigilant he is to kéepe all vice daunger from him that might depriue him of his inheritance yet the sonne with dolefull dollour griefe that he dooth féele dooth bewayle and thincke in féelinge his fatherly correction that it doothe procéede of ire and doothe not consider his fathers pure pretence but rather taketh it for a signe of hatred which for a most sure certeintie is a true testimony of loue good will. Euen so it dooth fall out betwene god the celestiall father and vs for that we doo not vnderstande the intent of him in his fatherly reprehensions and chastisements the which of truth deare fellow membres are bicause he doth loue vs most singulerly as childrē to dispose vnto vs his most inestimable and blessed inheritāce and to destroye in vs all the vices that should let or hinder vs frō the same We do sorrow gréeue at his friendly fatherly correctiō we doo not estéeme it as we ought to doo nor as instruments the tend to so ioyful an ende And therefore let vs heare follow the counsel of the holy ghost spokē by out of the mouth of the apostle S. Paul. My sonne despise not the chastinīg of the lorde neither faint when thou art rebuked of him for whome he loueth him he chasteneth and scourgeth euery sonne that he receueth If we can endure his correctiō he offereth himselfe vnto vs as vnto his sonnes for what sonne is that whom his father chastiseth not is beloued He that is not vnder correctiō wherof we all be partakers is a bastard not a sonne Wherby it appeareth we may plainly sée that it is he the scourgeth vs bicause he loueth vs dooth certeinly assure vs that we are his children for that by his crosses and calamities with the which he scourgeth vs he will distinguish vs frō those which are none of his but are reprobats So that if we should be frée frō his paternal or fatherly correction we should also be set voyd frée from the inheritance of his blessed kingdom And moreouer it were then made manifest vnto vs that we were bastterds illegittimate and not sonnes lawfully begottē of our louing father But sith that by his singuler infinit mercy he hath made vs legittimate Let vs like lawfull loouing children put aside all pusilanimitie weakenesse and cowardise and withall earnestie and firme zeale submitte our selues to the ordinaunce will of the eternall God our heauenly father and let vs vnderstande further the saying of S. Paule We haue not receiued the spirit of bondage to feare any more but we haue receiued the spirite of adoption by the which we crye call Abba father the same spirit certifieth vs that we are the sonnes of god and therby heires with Christ therefore let vs suffer with him that we may bée also glorifyed together And forasmuch as we dooe knowe the effect of the benefit of his amorous and louely correction let vs suffer as sonnes and heires to the Imitacion of his eldest sonne our head eldest brother Iesus Christe which being best beloued dyd suffer most excessiue paines passions And as the greatnesse of the same was a true testimony of the loue with the which he loued was beloued of the father Euen so how much the greater our afflictions troubles calamities are so much the more testimony haue we of his excéeding loue good wil towards vs. For it is written by Iesus the son of Sirache that the crosse is mercy So that the more greater that our crosses calamities are so much more the clearer demonstracion haue we the god doth loue vs the more profoundly hath the more pittie of vs maketh vs liue in disdaine with the diuel all his workes From whence it springeth that how much more we be oppressed with persecucion or any kinde of calamitie so much the nigher are we at an ende of the consumption destroy of all the euil mischiefe that is in towards vs against the which the Lord our God dooth make batteile warre fight for vs And for this cause in the most extremitie of al our troubles and calamities whatsoeuer We ought to haue greatest content comfort ioye bicause then our most franke frée ful libertie for the knowledge of God draweth neare whereby we shall sée him face to face shal know him as he doth know vs Let vs not thē as yonge babes blush feare stoppe or staye from the feeling of those troubles calamities which are present in the world But let vs passe to the consideracion that god doothe pretend by them which is to make vs wholly rightuous and that there remain not one spot of vnrightuousnes nor corruption in vs but that we should be the irreprehensible sonnes of god without spotte or wrinckle So that we might come to

compell me to kéepe my bed and chamber viij or ix wéekes I had read this booke in Spanish diuers times before and had begunne to translate a parte thereof the which with the whole matter deare friendes in the booke contayned was no small pleasure for mée to remember Surely it was my excéeding comfort I vowed then to finish the translation therof the which now I thanke God is done ended with a generall publication therof among you beséeching you and euerie of you to whose handes it shall come to pervse it diligētly ouer that ye may perfectly haue the same in mynde so that if néed be you may therby receiue cōsolation answere in my behalfe against as many as shall reprooue mée in myne absence for my trauail therin I am sure that some will reprooue me and say quam quisque norit artem in hac se exerceat let euerie man exercyse him selfe in the arte or facultie which he knoweth Sed stultus stulta loquitor but a foole speaketh foolish things And therfore as one that passeth not greatly what be sayd against me by any of them I doe banish all feare and waxe sturdie considering that Audaces fortuna Iuuat fortune helpeth men of good courage for Timidi nunquam Statuerunt ad tropheum cowerdes neuer got victorie And therefore as one thus imboldened I rest to abyde the batterie of any assalter whatsoeuer trustyng of your ayde as necessitie requyreth the which if I haue you make me yet more boulder to gyue a greater attempt Thus fare ye well Iohn Daniell Faultes escaped in the printing Leafe lyne page fault Correction 7 9 1 Ioquitor Ioquitur 14. 16 2 not our selues we our selues 15 20 2 satissie satisfie 16 24 2 know knew 18. 11 2 is mercy his mercy 36. 14 2 see him see in him eodem 27   vnhappie happie 40. 3 2 tosse toase 50. 5 1 as vs 52. 9 1 dootst dooest 57 8 1 we depriued we be depriued 87 6 2 captiuitie captiuate 110 8 1 tryed tiered 112 6 2 so to be poped so all to be poped 113. 6 1 masters master 215. 25 1 were are 128 6 1 we die it die 132. 2 2 by their by the 134 10 2 deserneth deserueth 137 17 2 blasphemie blasphemors 142 23 1 Hrophet prophet eodem 20 2 cares cares from vs 145 5 2 triant tirant 148 22 2 perisheth perished 152 11 1 also and also 153 20 1 There is we be not ignorant of that which is superfluous bicause it is printed twise 154 9 1 doeth he he doeth 155 27 2 sodaine so disdaine 157 10 2 sheetes sheates 158 3 1 by●ause bicause 159 14 1 Membrothe Nembrothe eodem 5 2 much is much 160 2 1 to the Israelits his Israelits The Argument of the Booke THe Aucthor heereof was a Spanyard and liued in Spaine a coūtrey of great persecutiō by the spirit of God he did rightly vnderstand the scriptures beeing greatly persecuted hee doeth verie diuinely comfort hym selfe giuing heereby the lyke vnto others in any kinde of calamitie exhorting therwith patience and doeth proue that patience bringeth experience and that experience bringeth hope and so loue c. with a conclusion that great blessednesse is the ende of all Also he doth expresse by shadowes diuers kindes of cruelties practised by diuers Tyrants in parties beyond the Seas with a plaine declaration of the constancie of diuers Martirs that haue dyed by many kindes of death truely testified by aucthoritie sufficient so comfortable delightfull as is possible c. In Mundo in coelis in perpetuisque tenebris est labor est requies et sunt sine fine dolores hunc fer vt hanc speres illos conamene vites G. R. ¶ Of the wyll of God an entry into the comfort with a perswasion to know the will of God perfectly The first Chapter THe grace and peace of God our father and of our Lorde Iesus Christ be with you al that trust in his mercy and that call vpon him with a pure hart desire his comming and the setting forth of his glory By the which may it please him to comfort vs all and to geue vs strēgth by the vertue of his holy spirit againste all the common temptacions that we which are partakers of his reconsiliation are afflicted with in this world For that by thē we might not be discouraged but rather made constant til the end in the grace that god hath geuen vs to know his sonne Iesus Christe for the aucthour of our saluacion and euerlasting aduocat before his diuine maiestie bicause we might haue by his onely rightuousnes a firme sure hope to enioy wholly the eternall inheritāce promised to all those which are sātified by the word of trueth Amen God is so faithful that he wil suffer nothing to touch vs without his expresse wil whose potēcy might is without any determinate ende equal with his wil for that he may can all that he will wil nothing that doth not serue for his honour glory for the helth of his chosen which maketh that al things how aduersse so euer they be do serue vs for our helth welth prosperitie And for the god hath giuen vs of his clemēcy Iesus Christ his sonne to be our head made vs all mēbres of his holy body it is not possible so being but that one of vs shuld féele spiritually the pain trouble of another how far soeuer we be distant a sondre corporally bicause the spirite of Iesu Christ by the which we his mēbres do liue hath cōioined knit vnited vs more nigher closer togither thē is the soule to the body Forasmuch dearly beloued brethre according to my hope that I am partaker of the mercy that we all shal receue in the name behalfe of the lord that dyd giue his lyfe for ours I haue thought it good to cōfort you in your afflictiōs with the which you are troubled and oppressed in this world only bicause you wold liue faithfully in Christ Iesu For the quickned strēgthened by the word of trueth I am partaker of the ioy of your consolacion comfort also of the firmnesse of your faith for the I haue hope in his goodnes that he wyll make perfect his worke in euery one of vs in such maner sort that by all wayes meanes possible he may be glorified all be it we liue or dye bicause that in lyfe death he is our gaine we his glory The persecutiō that we suffer now at these dayes is cruel very perilous dangerous for that they which persecute vs are no Turks nor Pagās in their professiō but baptised as we are and that saye they haue a zeale and loue to god as we haue and in that they vse and put in vre to afflict vs with they doo it to serue god to merit or deserue Heauen But greatly deceaued no doubt wherefore we ought to

in their cōspiracies which they vse against vs to deuide apart and seperate vs therby from gods trueth But let vs laugh at their folly with our good father who dooth nothing but laugh at and deride them for the same Of gods exceding loue greatly to the comfort of his people c. The .xiiii. Chapter ANd also sith that those fonde foolish fooles cannot harme nor gréeue vs and that we cannot be harmed nor gréeued by any kinde of calamitie For that we be in such securitie with God and that we be not made by our naturall weakenesse to follow their vanities and so brought with them to be subiect to the wrath and ire of god Let vs assure our selues of the great loue that god hath towardes vs consider the causes of our afflictions and so giue him thanckes accordingly And also let vs loue him as his true children for the loue of Iesus Christ with the same loue that his father hath loued him Of all those that were and should be his disciples he spake to his father the night before he should suffer saying O Father thou hast loued them with the same loue that thou hast loued me The loue with the which God loued his sonne is perpetuall and euerlasting and yet with the same loue hath he loued vs As it is sayde by Ieremy the prophet I haue loued you sayth the Lord with a loue charitie euerlasting Though all thinges perish vanish consume vade away yet this loue neither perisheth nor vanisheth but indureth for euer in one most mighty force being whether it be in prosperitie or aduersitie God dothe loue and except vs as his owne The which is verified experienced and proued by the Prophet Dauid which being in the toppe and chéefe of his tribulacions GOD dyd knowe him and deliuer him So that hée puttinge hys truste in him sayde althoughe my fréendes haue forsaken mée and my parents haue cast mée foorth yet the Lord my God wil deliuer mée and take mée vp Iesus Christe was loaden with all the sinnes of mankynde and with paines and passyons moste bytter intollerable and cruell for the same he was forsaken of his fréendes ouerwhelmed with enimies and extréemely persecuted yet GOD dyd loue him moste déerely was alwaies with him and dyd not nor wyll not neuer forsake him but dyd heare him in all his agonies and troubles Also he sayde to his Disciples euery one of you shal be afrayed of mée and scattered awaye and I shal be left alone yet I am not alone bicause the Father is with mée Also the Prophet sayth sith god is on my right hande I will not faynt nor feare what men doo to mée Wherby it apeareth that God dooth loue them that be his and wil be alwaies on theyr right hande when they be in greatest agonyes troubles and distresses How Iesus Christ dooth loue vs he himselfe dooth testifie and saye as the father hath loued me euen so haue I loued you He loued me most dearely vpon the crosse euen so doo I loue you He dooth loue vs as himselfe bicause we all which beleue be membres of his body of his fleshe and of his boanes There is no man that will forget and abhorre his owne flesh for when any part or mēbre of the body is wounded and most sicke then yea euen then is his loue the greater and greatest of all with greatest tendernesse doothe shew his might loue without forgetfulnesse So that in our greatest calamities afflictiōs we are of him best beloued for that he cannot nor will not forget vs. By the Prophet Esay he sayth can the mother by possibilitie forget hir selfe of hir owne onely sonne which she dyd beare in hir belly and bringe vp with milke euen from hir tendre breast Is it possible for hir so to forget him that she should neuer more take pitie vppon him If she doo forget hir selfe yet will I neuer forget you Bicause I haue you written in my handes at my fingers endes O worthy wordes spoken with suche a maiestie let vs not be mistrustful of thē for that God dooth speake them himselfe and to vs he doothe directe his speache And therefore when we depriued of our wealth and worldly riches most cruelly afflicted and héeld and accounted for abhominable Let vs thincke that God dooth and wil gouerne and helpe vs and will not forget but remembre vs as a thing most dearely beloued of him He sayth that he dyd write vs in his fingers endes and handes bicause that as the hands fingers endes be alwayes in sighte and cannot be forgotten So thereby doothe be giue vs to vnderstande that he dooth alwaies looke vpon his elected and wyll neuer forget them Bicause he dooth loue them with an affection more tēder a great deale then is that of the Mother towardes hir childe The which he declared right well to his disciples when he should depart from them by death he made a great many of very louing comfortable countenaunces vnto them and dyd promise great consolacion comfort in all their griefes and calamities though they wer neuer so great after his departure And therefore as assured of this great loue and charitie that the Lord our God hath towards vs perpetually Let vs not giue place to any thinge that is contrary to vs against him for that our firmnesse cōstancy and perseuerance dooth concist therein The conformitie which god dooth pretende that we which be his should haue with Christ by meane of the crosses and afflictions that we are to passe through is a sure and manifest signe and token of this his great loue with the which he loueth vs Bicause the effect thereof is so admyrable that it cannot procéede but from so high principle grounde or beginning as is our election the vocation with the which God dyd call vs doothe procéede from the loue which he hath towards vs in Christ So that all the meanes practises that he dooth vse towards vs to bring vs to the ende of our election which is to be gloryfied with him of necessitie must néedes procéede from the same originall When he dyd open our eies to sée our perdicion in the which we were and did giue vs the power and vertue of his spirit to imbrace and receue his sauing health it was a perfect sure signe that he dyd loue vs that we should not doubt thereof bicause he had done so great a pleasure for vs And therefore let vs now not feare that which thē we wer put out of doubt of bicause that all those afflictions calamities which now wée suffer from our Lord god are fruits a confirmacion of our calling And bicause we are so called beloued of him we are therefore so afflicted hated of the world Yet let vs not faint nor fal● from the trueth bicause that which the holy ghost doth testifie to all the mēbres of the