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B07402	The godly and Christian decease of the illustrious and high-borne Prince, Mauritius of Nassau, Prince of Orange, of happy memory. For the comfort and edification of all true Christians. / First written in Dutch, by master Iohn Bogerman, minister of the word of God, at Leeuwarden: and now translated into English..; Het christelijk overlijden van den prince Mauritius van Nassau. English	Bogerman, Johannes, 1576-1637.	1625 (1625)	STC 3204.5; ESTC S91125	20,527	33

tares and therefore we must not bee offended at it for such there hath beene in the Apostles times and euer will bee Verywwell said his Excell those haue it not in their hearts but when they repent they shall be saued These people are dead in their sinnes said I they haue no spirituall life and are not yet borne againe and if they will be saued they must bee made aliue by the spirit of God and be borne againe But it is otherwise with them that haue a good resolution in their hearts and thereupon vowe to performe it although the deed doe faile them they may stumble and fall but the one more then the other yea they may fall heauily whereof wee haue examples in the word of God these haue the spirit of God and are borne anew but they are feeble and weake like vnto a weakely man he hath a good will to goe but hee cannot so fully performe it and they are grieued for these imperfections and are sorry for them The Apostle himselfe sheweth vs the inward combats betweene the flesh and the Spirit for what I would that doe I not but what I hate that doe I. Rom. 7. The spirit of God is not alwaies a like for as the winde doth sometimes blow harder then other so it is with the spirit of God and God doth deale thus with his children to humble them and make them know that it is not in their strength but that it is a speciall gift of his grace The seed that falleth into the ground doth bring forth a seuerall quantity of fruit in some a hundred in some sixty and in some but thirty Christ will not breake a bruised reed neither will he quench smoaking flaxe and therefore the Lord doth not despise such We are all weake and are to striue with flesh and bloud all the dayes of our life but this fight doth not happen alwayes alike sometimes when wee trust too much to our owne power and doe neglect the meanes which the Lord hath ordained to preserue vs the Lord doth giue the Diuell leaue to tempt vs and this the Lord doth doe that we being lifted vp againe might confesse our weakenesse and be the more carefull of our wayes as wee may see by the examples of Dauid and Peter and in the meane time they that turne vnto the Lord and beleeue in him haue eternall life Hereupon his P. Excell said So doe I vnderstand it also but there be some that thinke they can haue faith and repentance when they please they thinke it is in their power but I know it must all come from God and it is he that must giue it It is true said I your Excell saith very well and hee vnto whom the Lord doth giue it doth feele it and doth shew it according to the measure as he hath receiued it but they that let themselues be perswaded they can haue it at their pleasure are deceiued for who is he that hath a sparke of Gods grace in his heart that would not be willing to be released from his sins and to doe good continually if hee could doe it at his pleasure The daily experience teacheth all good Christians that doe throughly examine their liues that many times they cannot doe as they would doe I haue a little before shewed vnto your Excell the example of the Apostle Paul vpon this subiect who complaineth that he cannot doe what hee would doe It is the Lord that worketh in vs both the will and the deed for wee haue not one good thought of our selues Christ saith Without mee you can doe nothing wee haue not so much as the power ouer our naturall body much lesse ouer our spirituall Then his Excell said There bee some that would faine haue Repentance but they cannot obtaine it whereupon I answered they that haue a true and hearty desire vnto repentance that is the spirit of newnesse of life those haue it already and shall haue their desire such hungry and thirsty soules the Lord will satisfie saith Christ partly here in this life and perfectly in the life to come And to this purpose tendeth that sweet call of Christ Matth. 11. Come all vnto mee yee that are weary and heauy laden and I will ease you Hereby I tooke occasion to relate vnto his Excell the examples of two men the one a Minister who in his sicknes could not in his hart be perswaded to relye vpon the mercy of God which he would so faine haue done the other of a man who in his sicknes complained of a hard stony heart not being able to repent of his sinnes which formerly hee had often done His Excell demanded how it went with them the first said I was of a Minister demanded if he could not remember whether in former times hee had reioyced in the mercies of God he said yes many times then said the Minister vnto him Be of good comfort when that darke cloud and houre of tryall shall bee past it will come againe and you shall haue your desire at which words the man so reioyced and presently praysed the Lord and thanked the Minister who spoke this comfort vnto him saying this comfort could not come into my minde The other man had a Minister to come vnto him and intreated him to pray vnto the Lord for him and he himselfe would pray also as much as he could which he hauing diuers times done found himselfe to bee altered wherefore he praised God this said his Excell was well done Then his Excell demanded for some Chapters which treated of the Lords Prayer and of the ioyes of heauen whereof hauing satisfied his Excell I tooke my leaue of him wishing him ease in this affliction and a blessed successe from the same wherefore his Excell did thanke me saying that hee could very well endure to haue mee come oftner vnto him This action lasted aboue an houre hee being yet reasonable strong and able to speake and was very desirous to heare the word of God BEtweene the first and the second visitation on the fasting day being the 6. of Aprill I vnderstood of Doctor Rumpf Doctor vnto the King of Bohemia that his Excell had his Bible lying open before him of which I was very glad and considering that when I was with his Excell hee was twice desirous to haue some places of Scripture read vnto him not knowing if euer I should see his Excell any more I thought good to send vnto him a note of certaine Chapters for him to reade in regard he found himselfe to bee reasonable well that so he might imploy his time in this exercise and whereas the said Doctor at that time was to goe vnto his Excell I requested his worship to take this note along with him and deliuer it vnto his Excell intreating him to take notice of his Excell disposition and accordingly either to deliuer or detaine it A note for his Excell Examples of comfort for repentant sinners Luke chap. 15. and chap. 7.

THE GODLY AND CHRISTIAN DECEASE of the Illustrious and High-borne PRINCE MAVRITIVS of NASSAV Prince of ORANGE of happy Memory For the comfort and edification of all true CHRISTIANS First written in Dutch by Master IOHN BOGERMAN Minister of the word of God at Leeuwarden And Now Translated into English LONDON Printed by T. S. for Nathanael Newbery and are to be sold at his shop at the signe of the Starre in Popes head Pallace and vnder Saint Peters Church in Cornehill 1625. WEe here vnder-written professors of Diuinity in the Vniuersity of Leyden hauing read and examined this Relation of the Christian decease of the Illustrious and High-born Prince Maurice of Nassau Prince of Orange written by the worshipfull Doctor Iohn Bogerman being the very words which his Princely Excell being deadly sicke spoke doe declare by these presents that we doe hold this Relation to be very necessary to bee published in Print not doubting but it will be very acceptable vnto all impartiall Readers and will bee read with great edification of all persons both high and low and will not onely serue them for a patterne but also as a motiue to stirre them vp vnto hearty Repentance and true faith in Iesus Christ to the glory of God and the saluation of their owne soules Datum 26. Maij 1625. IOH. POLIANDER ANT. WALaeVS ANDREAS RIVERTVS ANTONIVS THYSIVS To the High and Mighty Lords THE ESTATES GENERAL of the vnited Prouinces AND To the High-borne Prince FREDERICK HENRY Prince of Orange And also To the Illustrious Lord ERNEST CASIMIR Count of Nassau Catzenelnbogen c. MOst High and mighty and most gracious Lords I doe present vnto your Excell and by you vnto all faithfull Inhabitants of these vnited Prouinces the description of the Christian decease of the Illustrious and High-borne Prince Maurice of Nassau Prince of Orange c. Both whose life and death shall be of immortall memory This is a small matter in regard of my selfe and my labour but very great in respect of that great Prince who doth here speake his last words in a matter of greatest moment and who doth here fight the greatest fight that can befall and so doth finish the greatest worke that can be done on earth and after his labour is ended wee see him goe from misery into ioy and rest leauing the whole world in a tumult of vnrest It hath beene alwaies held a commendable custome to make knowne the last words and actions of great personages that it might serue for an example vnto others therefore all impartiall people shall vnderstand that it is more then reason to publish and make knowne vnto the world the last words and deeds of the High-renowned Lord the Prince of Orange especially since it is both of high and low so much desired and longed for that all true-hearted people who haue receiued the spirit of impartiality may iudge whether among all the words of his Excell any be to be found that are not very religiously spoken and ought of euery of vs to be followed We may well say the Lord hath loued this Prince vniill the end In his life he hath made him a patterne of all heroicke and Militarie actions and Politicke wisedome in his death hee hath in an extraordinary manner made him an obiect of his mercy and an example of Christian Piety and Godlinesse In his life time he gaue him the victorie ouer his bodily and outward enemies and at his death he made him extraordinarily victorious triumphing ouer his spirituall enemies So guiding him by his holy spirit that with an extraordinary resolute courage hee did despise all earthly things saying many times I will not be troubled with any worldly matters So that leauing the world and the heauy burthen of his weighty affairs together he did wholly apply himselfe to fight this spirituall fight as wisely and couragiously as euer hee did in temporall combats For in all his spirituall actions he did most looke at that whereat we most stumble when wee haue to doe with the Lord Our Sinnes which being put quite from vs wee obtaine free accesse vnto the Lord yea we become familiar with him as the child with the father Blessed is he that getteth the practise of this In this worke his P. Excell hath followed the steps of the most Valiantest Champions which haue beene among the people of God As Dauid Daniel Esay Ieremy and others Whereof we haue speciall examples in the Psalmes where we see that Gods children hauing to doe with God doe so often looke vpon their sinnes and so humble themselues therewith that thereby afterwards they come to receiue in their hearts a filiall faith feare and obedience His P. Excell did know that our spirituall enemy which wee beare about vs was ouercome and that death had lost her sting and hell her victory This enemy Sinne we doe ouercome First by true repentance and doe hate him as our deadlyest enemie Secondly when we by true faith cast them vpon the shoulders of that vnspotted Lambe Iesus Christ who can only beare them carry them away thirdly when on the contrary we become louers of righteousnes and whatsoeuer is acceptable vnto the Lord. These three perticulars may euery one finde that is any thing experienced in holinesse that the Holy Ghost hath in aspeciall manner wrought in this Prince His Excell knowing that there is but one way to heauen for the greatest potentate and the meanest subiect hath not flattered himselfe nor sought to iustifie his sinnes but hath as one of the least of Gods seruants with an humble hart and vnfained repentance confessed them before the Lord and hath in true faith taken his refuge onely to Iesus Christ in whom his soule found rest And thereunto hee so often declared his hearty desire to serue the Lord better then he confessed to haue done as the Lords great benefits vnto him did require And this is the speciall mercy of God which all good christians may boast of that the Lord who knew the good desire of his Excell hauing freed him from all worldly hinderances for a crowne vnto all his laudable deeds hath suffered his Excell to vse such a solemne and holy action as this is not onely for the rest and saluation of his owne soule but also for the edification of all good christians And therefore I doe not without cause say once more that the Lord hath loued this Prince vnto the end For I do from my hart confesse that in all the times I visited his Excell His Excell did so behaue himselfe that I did not once goe from him without being edified not doubting but it will doe the like to all good christians that shall happen to reade it Wherefore I doe comfort my selfe and doe praise the Lord that within this my weakenesse of body wherewith I did not thinke to haue done any more publike seruice he hath so strengthned mee to doe this spirituall seruice vnto this famous Prince and through him vnto