Spirit Fourthly The holy Catholique Church The mysticall body of Christ the head and them which the Spirit hath called out of the whole world To the beleife of the divine truth To a holy conversation To the mutuall participation of all the members of the body To the Communion of Saints and remission of sins in this world and hope of Resurrection and translation to life eternall in that to come I beleeve Lord supply the defects of my Faith That I may love thee the Father Reverence thee the Almighty That I may commit the keeping of my Soule to thee as to a faithfull Creator 1 Pet. 4. That I may ever give thankes to thy word and onely begotten Sonne as the purger of our nature in our conception and Birth As the Redeemer of our persons By his Passion By his Crosse By his Death As the triumpher over hell in his Descension over death his Resurrection As our forerunner in his Ascension As our Advocate in his Intercession As the Repairer of our Faith in his second comming That Christ may bee formed in us That wee may be conformed to his Image in good workes Conception in Faith Birth in humility For his Passion-sake to have sympathie with him as suffering for us To suffer for him when it shall please him to have an antipathie with sin as the cause of his Passions To Revenge sin in us To Crucifie sin in us To Mortifie sin in us To Burie sin in us To make us conformable to his Descension into hel by our often comming there by meditation To his Resurrection rising againe to newnesse of life To his Ascension seeking and labouring after those things that are above To his Judgment judging our owne selves that we may not be condemned with the world To make us remember when wee are cold in prayer and want any grace or heavenly comfort Thy Seate Thy Appearing Thy Intercession To make us never forget when wee burne through concupiscence and sinfull lust His dreadful and fearefull tribunall and often to thinke on the last trumpe That for thy Christ his sake the onely begotten of thee the Father wee may receive thine anointing the grace of Sanctification the unspeakeable gift of the Holy Ghost In a happy conjunction flowing knowledge fervent prayer diffusion of charity That I may not quench the Spirit or resist him or make him sad or at any time dishonour him That we may be called in thy catholick Church living members both by now and holy affection That we may be common partakers of holy persons actions prayers Liturgies or publique service to the full assurance of remission of sinnes Hope of Resurrection and translation to life eternall Lord increase my Faith as a grain of Mustard seed Not a dead Faith Not a temporary Faith Not a hypocritical Faith Destroying the Law But working by charity co-operating with good works subservient to vertue A living Faith A pure Faith A holy Faith Amen A Confession of sins Lord I confesse I was borne in iniquity and in sinne did my Mother conceive me Psal. 51.7 A roote of bitternesse A vine of Sodome A spawne of Vipers A wild Olive branch A son of wrath A vessel of wrath 1. A rebellious heart like a deceitfull bow 2. A mouth like an open sepulchre full of folly 3. Polluted lips 4. A tongue a world of wickednesse 5. Eyes full of adultery 6. Vncircumcised eares like a deafe Adder 7. A whorish forehead like brasse 8. A hard necke like an iron sinew 9. Hands slow to good 10. Feete swift to evill Whatsoever I have done either was a Spiders web or Basiliskes egge I have sinned before the Lord Thee the Lord and done this evill in thy sight I am by nature corruption a worme very dust By sin a slave of Satan and most vilde firebrand of hell I have sinned sins many in number more than there are drops of water in the Sea starres in Heaven haires on my head Of many kindes In many places on every greene field under every greene tree Often reiterated at severall turnes as a Fountaine casteth out her waters Ier. 6.7 Till they became habituall as skarlet Esa. 1.18 I sold my selfe to doe wickednesse 1 King 21.25 Till they became naturall like a Leopards spots or Ethiopians skinne I have sinned large sins Esa. 57.8 hard sins Ier. 30. 14. Great in quantity v. 15 Long from my Mothers wombe Psal. 24.11 Thicke cords of vanity Esa 5. 18. Deepe heavy as a burden Lead Psa. 38. 4. Having their cry reach to heaven I have sinned heinous sinnes because fruitelesly vainely for a handfull of corne for a peece of bread because with greedinesse Ephes. 4.19 One sin after another because with a whores forehead Ier. 3. 3. Because deceitfully Gal. 2.18 Iam. 4. 10. Because even to offence because I have been unthankfull Rom. 1.21 As a dog to the vomit as a sow to the wallowing in the mire 2 Pet. 2.22 But deliver mee from them O Lord because thou art righteous and upright are thy judgements Psal. 119.137 I eate the fruit of a lye For what fruite have I now of those things whereof I am ashamed Rom. 6.21 Broken cisternes which can hold no water Ier. 2. 13. My dayes are passed away in thy wrath my yeares are as a tale that is told Psal. 90.9 Thou hast given me up to a reprobate minde to doe the things that are not convenient Rom. 1.28 There is no soundnesse in my flesh because of thine anger neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sinne Psal. 38.3 Adde hither the confusion that is continually before me and the shame of my face that hath covered me Psal. 44.15 Moreover my troubled minde and feare because of thy judgements Lastly bitternesse worse than of death both because I have forsaken God and am forsaken by him Woe be to me revolter that I have done these things See O Lord how vilde I am become even abhorring my owne selfe I waste for very griefe What shall I say or how shall I open my mouth what shall I answer seeing I have done these things Esa. 38.15 To which of the Saints may I flee Wretched man that I am who shall deliver me from the body of this death Rom. 7.24 Since I can neither say or doe more I will lift up mine eyes toward thee Though I bee unworthy to looke towards thee yet I will looke towards thee Out of the deepe have I called to thee O Lord Lord heare my prayer Psal. 130.2 If thou beest strict to observe what is done amisse Lord who shall be able to abide Enter not into judgement with thy servant O Lord for in thy sight shal no man living be justifyed Psal. 143.2 I appeale therefore O Lord from thee to thee From thee being Just to thee being Mercifull From the throne of justice to the throne of grace From thee being a Judge to thee being a Father in Christ Accept O Lord this humble appeale Suffer me not
A MANVAL of directions for the Visitation of the sicke wth sweete Meditations Prayers to be vsed in time of sicknesse by Lancelot Andrewes late Bishop of Winchester LONDON Printed for Samuel Cartwright at the hand Bible in Duck-lane 1642 A MANVALL OF Directions for the visitation of the sicke with sweete Meditations and Prayers to be used in time of sicknesse Whereunto is added a Short confession of the Faith with a forme of Thankesgiving and Prayers for Morning and Evening BY LANCELOT ANDREVVES late Bishop of Winchester LONDON Printed by R. Cotes for Samuel Cartwright and are to be sold at the signe of the hand and Bible in Ducke-Lane 1642. TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE Sir EDWARD LITTLETON KNIGHT Baron Littleton of Mounslowe Lord Keeper of the Great Seale of ENGLAND AND One of his Majesties most Honorable Privy COVNCELL Grace Peace be multiplyed Right Honorable MAY it please you in these troublesome daies of ours to behold the man who though with open mouth he telleth not all things that every one hath done Yet by lively example teacheth what every one ought to be ready to doe Even for Kings and for all that are in Authority that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godlinesse and honesty His Person whilest hee lived wanted not the love and favour of a King to advance him to dignity let not this Posthume worke of his lacke your Honors protection and patronage to keepe it from indignity A Midwives care reacheth no further than the safe bringing the Infant into the world the maintenance and protection thereof she commendeth to the Father and other Friends This Orphan by my meanes hath happily seene the Light but wanting a Father as being deceased before his birth I presume to commend its defence and tuition to your Honour as a friend your Lordshippes selfe to the gracious protection of the Lord who grant you ever the continuance of your honour to you and your posterity for ever So prayeth Your Honours humbly devoted I.G. TO THE CHRISTIAN READER COurteous Reader I shall not neede I conceive to use many words by way of Preface The Authour of this Manuall and his former Workes have beene of such note and esteeme amongst us as that I doubt not but it may justly be said concerning them even to most men which Jehu of the Prophet that annointed him to be King over Israel 2 King 9.11 Ye know the man and his communication For this how like it is the rest of its Brethren I leave you to judge and yet I doubt not but some way may be made to your more willing entertainment of it by telling you it was conceived about that time the Reverend Authour was Parson of Saint Giles Creplegate and used by him in his ordinary Visitation of the sicke To this let me adde the love of publique good not respect of private profit hath moved him to fit this to the Presse who otherwise would never have seene his name in Print and now desireth the praise of the worke may be given to the right Author resting Yours in the Lord I.G. Inquiries to be made by the Minister The Parties THe Sex 2 The Age The condition of life 1 Whether learned structed 2 Sound in minde memory 3 The sense of heariâ—â— perfect 1 whether patient unquiet 2 Cheerefull of dejeâ—â— 3 If being well found comfort 1 Reading 2 Hearing 3 Repeating any particulars Whether any mateâ—â— all point whereof to admonished To take occasion out of â—is owne words VVHat man is hee that liveth and shall not see death Psal. 89.48 It is appointed for all men once to dye Heb. 9 27. I am a stranger and sojourner with thee as all my Fathers were Psal. 39 12. Wee have here no abiding City Heb. 13.14 The night commeth when no man can doe any worke Ioh. 9.4 Where the tree falleth whether to the North to the South there it â—â—eth Eccles. 1.1.3 A MANVALL for the SICKE 1. Comfortable Scriptures to be used to the sicke party Esay 54.10 THe Mountaine may remove and the Hills may faldown but my mercies shall not depart from thee nor the covenant of my peace come to nothing saith the Lord that hath compassion on thee Heaven and earth shal passe but my Word shall not passe All the promises of God are in him Yea and Amen In whom wee have most great and precious promises that we should be partakers of the Divine Nature Ieremy 31.18 I have heard Ephraim lamenting thus Thou trast corrected me and I was chastised as an untamed Heifer convert thou me and I shall be converted for thou art the Lord my God Surely after that I had converted I repented I smote upon my thigh I was ashamed yea confounded because I did beare the reproach of my youth Since I spake to him I still remember him therefore my bowels are troubled for him I will surely have compassion on him saith the Lord I will visite their iniquity with a rod and their sinne with secourges nevertheles my mercy will I not take from him nor suffer my truth to faile Prov. 3. 11,12 My sonne refuse not the chastisement of the Lord neither be grieved with his correction for the Lord correcteth him whom he loveth even as the father doth the child in whom for all that he delighteth Ioh. 5. 17,18,19 Behold blessed is the man whom God correcteth therefore refuse not thou the correction of the Almighty For he maketh the wound and bindeth it up he smiteth and his hands make whole againe He shall deliver thee in sixe troubles and in the seaventh the evill shall not come nigh thee Heb. 12. 5. Forget not the consolation that speaketh unto you as unto children If you indure chastening God offereth himselfe unto you as unto a sonne for what sonne is it whom the Father chasteneth not If therefore yee bee without correction whereof all are partakers then are ye bastards and not sonnes Moreover wee have had the fathers of our bodies which corrected us and yet wee gave them reverence should we not much rather bee in subjection to the father of Spirits that wee may live For they verily for a few dayes chastened us after their owne pleasure but he chasteneth us for our profit that we might bee partakers of his holinesse Now no chastening for the present seemeth joyous but grievous yet afterward it bringeth the quiet fruite of righteousnesse unto them which are thereby execised Wherefore lift up your hands which hang downe and your weake knees Ioh. 16.22 And you now are in sorrow but I will see you againe and your heart shall rejoyce and your Joy shall none bee able to take from you Esa. 54. 7 8. For a little while have I sorsaken thee but in great compassion will I gather thee For a moment in mine anger I hid my face from thee but with everlasting mercy will I have compassion on thee saith the Lord thy Redeemer Modicum videbitis me A
assemblies without sufficient cause 2. I have not to thy sabbath or sanctuary broght that care which I should 3. I have not spent the dayes assigned to holy exercises upon them onely but have in them intended mine owne private businesse 4. I have been content in them with the use of the meanes onely without any practice at all 5. 1. I have not so reverently spoken of nor so dutifully carried my selfe toward some whom thou hast placed over me as was meete I should 2. I have not so carefully prayed for them as was requisite 3. Chiefly those who had mee in government touching my soule 4. I have not opposed to them who unreverently in termes have used them 6. 1. I have not wished or provided for the good of my Neighbor as I should but rather maligned been angry and quarelled with him and sought revenge upon every light occasion 2. I have not rejoyced in the good successe of my Neighbour but envied his welfare 3. I have not had due compassion on the poore nor ministred to their necessities 4. I have not defended them against the wrongs of others as I might 7. 1. I have suffered my fancy to wander licenciously 2. I have not eschewed the occasion of lust nor made a Covenant with mine eyes not kept mine eares and tongue as I should 3. I have not brought under my body nor kept it in subjection with abstinence but have wore studiously and with more cost intended my flesh then my spirit 4. I have not possessed my vessell in holinesse and honour nor preserved it from pollution as became the temple of God 8. 1. I have not reckoned godlinesse great gaine nor been content with mine estate but wished an higher 2. I have not been so exact in paying and dealing with those I had to deale with all as in justice I was bound 3. I have by undue meanes interverted to mine owne use that which was not mine 4. I have not of that I had more then enough been willing to part with to the reliefe of the needy 9. 1. I have not been so studious of speaking the truth as I should 2. I have beene defirous to seeme and to bee reputed more then I was 3. I have not had that care of the good name of my brother which I was bound to have 4. I have not hated flattery as I should 5. I have not stood for and defended the Truth as was meete 10. I have beene full of wandring desires wicked affections unlawfull concupiscences evill suspitions and surmises and inordinate lusts touching my Neighbour and that which is his 15. Severall Remembrances of Gods Mercy God In his Mercy is {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} 2 Cor. 10. 1 Gen. 18.32 takes all in the better part If it will admit any good sense so he construes it {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Meeke 2 Cor. 10. 1. not irritable not easily stirred up or provoked {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Sees and sees not makes as if he did not see {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} overlookes beyond our sinnes not at them {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} passeth by or over them dissimulat peccata propter poenitentiam {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} When hee cannot but see yet he forbeares is patient M {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Forbeares long suffers long many times many yeares {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} When he can suffer no longer yet stands as over Ephraim asking how shal I stay yet Expect at ut misereatur When hee can stay no longer but punish hee must he doth it not from the heart Lam. 3.33 but against his will When he punisheth he doth it not suffering his whole displeasure to arise containing himselfe and his anger Not according to our deserts nothing so much Not long it indures but a moment in comparison Psal. 30.5 He thinkes every stripe two is quickly weary Esa. 54.7,8 In his wrath remembers mercy Hab. 3.2 Repents him of the evill is mooved with the fight of our misery Ioel 2 13. Psal. 106. Hath Mercy {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Great mercy multitudes of mercy Hath Compassions {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} the bowells of compassion the bowels of a parent of a mother Psal. 103.15 Esa. 49. Many Bowells {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Is soone appeared and easily Esa. 30. 15. Forgives pardons is reconciled Mat. 18.32 27. Takes into favour againe Receives to grace 2 Cor. 5.19 Luk. 15.22 Rom 3.25 All have sinned and are defective in giving glory unto God Rom. 3.23 In his Angels he found folly the starres are not cleane in his sight Ioh 25 5. 4.18 15.15 But God hath not made all men for nought Ps. 89 Yet if God should bee extreme to marke what is done amisse who were able to abide it Psal. 130. 3. If he should enter into Judgement with his servants no flesh should bee found righteous in his sight Psal. 147.2 None were able to answer one for a thousand no not Iob himselfe Iob 9.3 Therefore God hath shut up all under sinne that he might have mercy upon all Rom. 11.32 Hee would have none to perish but to come to him by Repentance 2 Pet. 3,9 He would not the death of a sinner but that hee should turne and live Eze. 33.11 Hee would have all to be saved 1 Tim. 2.4 All that know their sinne Psal. 51.3 Know and acknowledge it Psal. 31.5 Luk. 15.18 Acknowledge it and be sorry for it Psal. 38. Be sorry for it and bee ready to leave it Prov. 28. 13. Not onely to leave it but to judge themselves for it 1 Cor. 11.31 Eze. 36. And to punish themselves for it By the fruites of mortification Ioel 2.13 Ion. 7.5 Accompanyed with prayer Psal. 32.6 Aliens Esa. 58.7 Prov. 6.6 Dan. 4.24 At the estimation of the Priest who may forgive us in the person of Christ Ioh. 8.9.2 Cor. 2.10 Ioh. 20.22 Which his mercy is not onely for common and ordinary sinners but for the chiefe Such as Manasses Paul such as David Peter such as Ionas the thiefe on the Crosse such as Rahab Mary Magdalen such as the Corinthians 1 Cor. 5.1 Et eratis the Jewes his betrayers and murtherers Act. 3.15.19 David was a man according to Gods owne heart Christ is the sonne of David and David forgave Shimei and wept for his rebellious sonne Absolon 2. Sam. 19.29 The preface or Stile of the Law Exod. 3.46 The Lord the Lord gentle and mercifull patient and of much mercy which keepeth mercy for thousands and forgiveth The discourse of Elihu Ioh. 3. 23. Tast and see how gratious the Lord is Psal. 34. 8. 1 Pet. 2.3 His mercy is sweet Psal. 109. 10.69.17 His mercies are many there is a multitude of them Psal. 5.7 51.1 There is plenteous redemption Psa. 130. ult. The mercies are great they have a magnitude Psa. 86.5 119.