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A02229	A notable and marueilous epistle of the famous doctour, Matthewe Gribalde, Professor of the lawe, in the Vniuersitie of Padua: co[n]cernyng the terrible iudgemente of God, vpon hym that for feare of men, denieth Christ and the knowne veritie: with a preface of Doctor Caluine; Francisci Spirae. English	Gribaldi, Matteo, d. 1564.; Aglionby, Edward, 1520-1587?; Shepherd, Luke, fl. 1548. Godlye and holesome preservatyve against desperation.; Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564.	1570 (1570)	STC 12366; ESTC S115661	48,478	114

without all hope of your saluatiō and suppose that the spirite of God is no 〈…〉 cleane taken from you to whom he aunswered What comfort can happen to cursed and damned man yea whatsoeuer I speake heare see tast or féele all 〈…〉 turned vnto my confusion and cursse to whom the Lord Vergerius said Ah dea● Maister Francis why should ye not hop● of the goodnesse and mercie of God Do 〈…〉 not the Lorde leade doune into Hell and bring backe againe Consider Dauid the Prophet who beyng brought downe 〈…〉 Hell and to death yet praied vnto G 〈…〉 with gronyng and teares to graunt hym the renuyng of harte and spirite And hee made aunswere Dauid was alwaies elect and in Gods fauour and although he fell grieuously yet the spirite of God neuer departed from hym Yea hee praied vnto God that he woulde not caste hym from his face and that he would not take the holy ghoste from hym But I am in farre vnlike estate neither elected nor in Gods fauour but haue béene alwaies reprobate and cursed neither can I pray ●nto hym not to take awaie the holy Spirite from mee for hee is quite taken awaie alreadie and neuer shall be resto●ed I know that god doth raise vp again ●hose that are bodily dead and restoreth to 〈…〉 fe those that are brought vnto hell that 〈…〉 to their Sepulture as Christ raised vp ●azarus and brought hym againe from 〈…〉 ll But I that am condemned to eter 〈…〉 ll death haue no hope left of bringyng 〈…〉 gaine but so that I could conceiue neuer 〈…〉 little hope or trust of the mercy of god would moste gladly those to liue ten 〈…〉 〈…〉 ousand yeres and more in all the pai 〈…〉 s and torments of hel so that at length might hope for some ende But I dooe ▪ moste firmely beleue that I shall thus long remaine in life and in al cursing and desperation that the iudgement of God may be fulfilled in mee that I maie be an example to all the worlde of Gods vengeaunce and iuste indignation againste a reprobate man would God I were dead ▪ and in the place of any dampned person Then said I Maister Frauncis here me a little I cannot vtterly dispaire of your saluation For I dare take it in good part ▪ that the blessed GOD hath so grieuously tormented you in this present life and hath not reserued your punishment to another worlde so that I haue some hope ▪ that God will haue mercie vpon you And he made aunswere Nay I knowe moste assuredly my refusing and reprobation ▪ and that he hath not corrected my synne with corporoll punishment but rebuking mée in his anger and furie hath condemned my soule harte and spirite with perpetuall hardnesse and confusion Wou 〈…〉 God he had sodainly vexed my body and had left my spirite frée What shall I say more We talk 〈…〉 with him till it was night of manye 〈…〉 ces of Scripture and of the marueyl 〈…〉 iudgemēts of god Amōgst other things I demaunded of him what he thought of the sleeping of soules And he aunswered Although a certaine Doctour of Germany supposeth that this is not manifestly ynough declared by the scriptures yet I beleue that the soule of the elect doth 〈…〉 raight way ascend into the place of e●erlasting blisse and doth not sleepe with the buried body Then the reuerēd Lorde ●ergerius taking his tale by the ende ●f this sayde he ought we in no wise to ●oubt There be for this many places of 〈…〉 ripture as this day thou shalt be with 〈…〉 e in Paradice and it is also manifestly prooued by the story of Lazarus and the 〈…〉 h man and Paule desired to bee dead 〈…〉 at he might be in heauen with Christ 〈…〉 t the length beholdyng the vncurable 〈…〉 ague as me thought of this desperate 〈…〉 lowe I was so bolde to aske him thys 〈…〉 estion Maister Frauncis I praye you answere me for as much as through 〈…〉 er desperation ye saye that in this 〈…〉 e ye are worse than if ye were with 〈…〉 dāpned folke in hell and for as much I sée you cōtinually to wish for death 〈…〉 t ye might go to hell as though now ▪ bothe your body and soule were in more painefull torment as yée doe opēly wytnesse I demaūd of you if ye had a sworde in your hande would ye kyll your selfe as all desperate persones for the moste part doe that haue sticked themselues with weapon or strangeled themselues by hanging Then saide he giue me a sworde and ye shalt see what I will doe Nay sayde I I doe but desire you to shewe vs your will I can not tell saide he neyther can I saye what my will t 〈…〉 should be And when he had thus saide ▪ the reuerende Lorde Vergerius obtayned of him againe with much a doe 〈…〉 saye the Lordes prayer But he sayde 〈…〉 no more with such affection of hart as he was woont to doe Moreouer ▪ he did protest that his heart was quite from God and that he called hym not father with his heart but rather curssed and blasphemed him and therfore he sayde ▪ there was no cause why wee should labour any more in vaine to comfort and bring him home againe For it was euen as possible to bring him to any hope or trust 〈…〉 the mercie of God towardes him as 〈…〉 was possible to fill the whole worlde with one grain of Mill. Then all we honoring the wonderfull iudgemēt of God hade him farewell and departed And for as much as his kinsfolke had prouided a Chariot were purposed the next daye to conuey him from Padua to the place of Citadell we gaue them warning in no wise to forsake him but continuallye shoulde get him the companye of godlye men that the blessed God if it were possible by the continuall prayer and comfortyng of good men might vouchsafe to graunt him his mercie The next day after when the wretched man was readie to take his iorney and hauyng his apparell on was brought from his bed he behelde all the chamber with a fierce and cruell countenaunce horrible eyen and by chaunce espied a Woodknife liyng vppon the table which by and by he snatched to sticke hymselfe But his two sonnes that were alwaies by him tooke him sodainely by the hand and plucked the knife from him wherby we maye plainly knowe what we maye vndoubtedly thinke of that demaunde whiche we asked him the day before of kylling him to the which he would make none aunswere ●yding his intent And this did the reuerend Lorde Vergerius signifie vnto mée as an enterprise worthy to be noted being aduertised of the same by his forenamed kinsfolkes Thus was this miserable man conueyed to his house at Citadell But howe he doth and what ende hee hath I shall by all meanes go about to vnderstande and being aduertised of the truth I shall by Gods fauour declare you the whole ▪ Fare yee well From Padua the

xxvij of Nouember 1548. These things haue we séene and sensibly knowne and haue thought good to write them vnto you to the praise and glorie of the high God whose kingdome we earnestly desire to be openly knowne to the whole worlde ¶ Here followeth a godly Prayer against desperation A godly prayer against desperation OLyuing God and most mercifull father which alone of thy almighty power prouidence and wisedome diddest create heauen earth with all things therein in most comely forme ▪ and de●●●● order and that of verye loue that thou dearest chiefly towardes mankinde ▪ whome thou diddest not onely much safe to make after thine ●wne similitude and likenesse but also diddest ●●ke m●● Lorde and gouernour ouer 〈◊〉 thy other good creatures placing him in the Paradice of all felicitie ▪ forbidding him nothing ▪ but onely the eating of one ●●uite among many that this one commaundemēt shoulde be a meane for him ▪ to knowe his superiour and to practise his obediēce towardes his Creator But our father Adam nothing regarding thy fatherly loue nor inestimable benefites ▪ not waiyng the Royall state and felicitie that he was in did most vnthankfully nothing staiyng hymselfe by thy fore admonition trāsgresse and wilfully break 〈…〉 thy commaundement thereby deiectin● himselfe cleane out of thy godly fauou 〈…〉 vtterly losing all his former beatitude 〈…〉 felicitie making himself of the frée son 〈…〉 of God bondslaue to the deuill of immo●tall euer to haue lyued in all feliciti 〈…〉 mortall and subiect to death and all 〈…〉 serie And alas not onely casting away● hymselfe by his vnfaithfull disobedienc● but for that he hauing the sentence 〈…〉 death and dampnation layde vpon hy● begatte vs as the whole parent of ma● kinde he in his offense most iustly c 〈…〉 demned me all his posteritie Here 〈…〉 so haynously displeased thy Maiestie 〈…〉 so iustly procured thy wrath and i 〈…〉 gnation that all our deedes all our me 〈…〉 tes no not all the intercessions and 〈…〉 rites of all the creatures that euer liu 〈…〉 in this worlde coulde not once moue t 〈…〉 righteous iustice to pardon him nor 〈…〉 offence committed in him But as t 〈…〉 godly prouidence did frō euermore for 〈…〉 sée that miserable fal of manne so did t 〈…〉 mercy from euerlasting determine 〈…〉 redéeme man againe for thou so loue 〈…〉 the worlde that at the time appointe● thou didst sende downe thy onely begot●en sonne incarnate to suffer death for mākinde and by his death once for euer ●o make the frée sacrifice and omnisuffi●ient satisfaction to thy iustice for the 〈…〉 nnes of the whole world fréely to make ●ust in thy sight all that vnfainedly be●éeue therein Therefore for as much as 〈…〉 t hath pleased thee oh father so to open 〈…〉 y minde and darke senses that I doe ●ertainely knowe and vndoubtedly be●éeue all these things by that infallible ●estimonie of thy sacred and holy Scri●ture not onely that thou of thy mercie 〈…〉 oost fréelye forgiue me the offence of mine originall sinne for Christes sake ●ut also my manifolde and dayly sinnes ●ōmitted actually ▪ against thy maiestie 〈…〉 most humblye beséech thée here being 〈…〉 rostrate and lowlye submitting me be●ore the throne of thy mercie alwayes to graunt me thy peace whiche passeth al ●nderstanding that when or how soeuer ●he worlde doe rage against me The so●icitie or care of lyuing losse of goodes or ●riendes or any thing visible or inuist 〈…〉 le doe molest trouble me that I may 〈…〉 uer haue thy peace rest and quietnesse in my conscience and to put my wh 〈…〉 trust and affiaunce in thée and so to pr●serue mee from the subtill perswasio 〈…〉 and cruell assaults of Sathan that whatsoeuer my calamities my losses or min● aduersities bee or how great hainous 〈…〉 manifolde soeuer my sinnes be that 〈…〉 neuer fall into any kinde of desperation other of body or soule But that I maye alwayes remember and knowe thy bottomlesse mercie to surmount and passe the number and grauitie of all mine offences That I maye alwayes trust in thy mercie that thou wilte other preserue me frō sinne or of thy mere mercy fréely forgiue mee all my sinnes for thy sonne Iesu Christes sake And that tho● wilt neuer take from me thy spirite but euer graunt me grace that in all my necessities and troubles other of bodye or soule I maye truely repent my sinnes call vpon thée for helpe and aide and that I maye stedfastly beleue that thou lyke a mercifull father for thy sonnes sake wilt fauourably heare me mercifully forgiue me and mightily defend me against all my enimies and in all my troubles that I neuer commit nor consent to the destruction of my bodye or ●oule but euer to lyue here in thy feare and dreade vntill it shall please thée of thy mercie to call me to raigne with thée in glorie euerlasting Amen Here followeth the Godlye and wholsome preseruatiue against desperation c. I. PETER V. Be sober and watch for your aduersarie the Deuill as a roaring Lion walketh about seeking whom he may deuoure whom resist stedfast in the faith The Preface THis preseruatiue g 〈…〉 tle reader is prepar 〈…〉 for thy profite Th 〈…〉 thou readyng it at l 〈…〉 sure maiest chose o● suche cōfortable se●tences as maie bot● staie thyne owne conscience in the ty 〈…〉 of temptation and also quiet others w 〈…〉 the Deuill shall bee busie with them 〈…〉 we bee not ignoraunt of the thoughtes Sathan how he cōtinually furnisheth hy● self to bende his ordinaunce against m 〈…〉 And nowe with the consideration of t●● greatnesse and multitude of synne No● with the terrour of death and dampna 〈…〉 on d●oe labour to beate the buckler 〈…〉 Faithe out of our handes to strike the he met of hope from our heade and to wr 〈…〉 from vs the swearde of the spirite whi●● is Gods worde But here christian reader is thy swo 〈…〉 and buckler deliuered vnto thee her● thy helmet put vpon thy heade here th 〈…〉 shalte finde suche armoure and weap●● whereby thou shalt be able to withsta●● the force of our common enemie the D 〈…〉 〈…〉 and also by the counsaill to rescue 〈…〉 ers that thei perish not Yea here thou 〈…〉 lte finde choise of moste comfortable ●●ntences whereby mannes conscience 〈…〉 e bee staied from dampnable despe●ion ▪ Watche therefore stande stedfaste in the plaie the manne and bee of good 〈…〉 mforte Resiste the Deuill and he will 〈…〉 from thee Not for feare of thine owne 〈…〉 wer strength or holinesse but for feare Christe in whom by faithe thou art in●ffed For it is Christe through whom ●od hath giuen vs victorie against synne ●ath hell and the deuill Neither is there any other name vnder heauen giuen vnto manne wherein we maie be saued but the name of Iesus Christe our Lorde To whom with the Father and the holie Ghost be all honor and

perceiue mine ende to approache to the example of many that the iudgement and iustice of GOD maie openly be declared vpon me And when he had thus saide he turned his face awaie from vs turnyng himselfe on the other side then saide the reuerende father Vergerius Ah deare master Francis turne your face vnto vs I would wee praied to God togither and saie Our father c. Then he turnyng him began to say the lordes praier in his mother tongue with suche grauitie and deuotion that all wee did wonder and this vttered hee added these woordes I haue saide it with my mouth but my hearte is cleane from it God hath taken all his grace from mee My heart is vtterly hardened Ye labour in vaine And when we had spo●ken with hym all these wordes and many other we had hym farewell And so departed all thence with the Lord Vergerius to pray vnto God for hym entendyng to returne on the morow if the blessed God woulde vouchesafe to shew hym his mercie The next daye we came to the wretched man saluting him as the maner is to whom the reuerende lorde Vergerius sayde Right welbeloued Maister Francis is it any better with you by the grace of GOD haue ye receiued no comforte in your hart haue you conceyued any good hope to whome he aunswered nothing at all but rather cōtinually worse and worse Then began we to demaunde of him many questions and especiallye what time he fell first into that cōfusion and desperation and when that vnquencheable worme did firste begin to burne his conscience then recited he vnto vs the whole order and processe of his first and seconde abiuration as we haue declared in the beginning Which abiurations made by and by he perceiued himselfe to be smitten wyth the mightie hād of God not with any affliction or infirmitie of the body which he right gladly would haue acknowledged for the chasticement and correction of sinne and would not vtterlye haue cast away hope and trust But the most wretched felow from that houre and that sodainly parceyued himself to be stricken in heart spirite and conscience for God from that houre sente into his harte a gnawyng worme an vnquencheable fire that sodainely he might be filled with errour confusion and desperation which worme and fire neuer since forsooke hym in so much that hée confessed himselfe to be in farre worse estate than if his soule were deuided from his body and he with Caine and other dampned persons desiring rather to be in the place of any deade and damned soule than so to lyue in his body and that death shoulde be much more welcome to him Then wéeping he began to declare vnto vs horrible visions how that he perceyued since that time cōtinually Deuils to come to his chamber yea to his bed making a noyse and businesse putting him in feare and sheauering sticking pinnes in the pillow vnder his heade and sayde that he cōceyued not these thinges by a false or corrupt imagination but euen as truely as he sawe vs all aliue and speaking with him Then sayde the reuerend Lorde Vergerius Ah deare Maister Frauncis yo 〈…〉 spirite vtterly corrupt representeth 〈…〉 to you these erronious illusions and f 〈…〉 imaginations But returne a while vnto the spirite of truth and direct your hart with hope and affiaunce vnto the blessed God mercifull and full of goodnesse and without doubt he will be good and mercifull vnto you he wyll cast from you all horror and confusion haue sure cōfidence swéete M. Francis we all haue good hope of you through the infinite mercye of God and if it please you let vs saye togither from the heart the Lords prayer Then sayde he in Latine the whole prayer with plētifull teares so deuoutly and grauely and wyth such inwarde affection as we thought that all we that stoode by did wéepe wyth hym And when I behelde both the teares the repentance and contrition of the man I sayde Maister Frauncis the blessed God be praysed Now are not these the tokens of vtter refusyng or castyng awaye You ●ourne ye cal for the fauor of God with ●ar●est desire Doe not vtterly dispaire of his pardon and say not with a desperate minde that God is against you and that ye beleue that yée were reprobate and refused from the beginning For no 〈…〉 a● can know as long as he is in this mortall lyfe whether he bée worthie the hatred or loue of God through the righteousnesse of workes And when we earnestly exhorted him that in no case he shoulde fall from all hope and trust and that euerie man that is borne although he had committed all the sinnes of the whole worlde ought yet to haue some hope of the fauour and mercy of God whose goodnesse mercie is muche more plenteous than mannes vnderstandyng can perceyue and that if any of vs were fallen into suche miserie yet shoulde he not dispaire of the mercie of the high and good god To the which hée aunswered I knowe all this and I beleue that the infinite mercy of God doth farre surmount all the sinnes of the worlde and that euerye man that beléeueth and hath fayth eastlye obtayneth pardon of all the sinnes of the worlde But this hope thys faith is the gifte of god And this one thing wante I that I can neyther hope nor beleue of the fauour and mercie of God towardes mée And I would God that he would graunt me this one thing that I coulde conceyue neuer so little hope and beliefe of forgiuenesse and pardon But this is euen as possible as to take the whole water of the sea in one spoone and to drinke it vppe at a draughte If Salomon had bene in suche case as I am and had some what knowne those thinges which I prooue nowe by manifest experience hee woulde neuer haue vttered that Sentence But I doe beléeue and this I knowe most assuredly that there was neuer any man that had more manifest experience in his lyfe of the hatred wrath and indignation of the righteous god against hym then I haue I would I were in the place of any damned person You that are in blessed estate suppose thys an easie thing to be done that a sinner reknowledging his fault may lift vp himselfe to hope and faith towards God ▪ and therefore ye exhort me for as much as ye sée me repentaunt and sorowfull that I would conceiue some hope and trust to rise againe ▪ The helthfull hath no néede of a Phis●tion and he that is whole can soone giue councell to the sicke But herein am I tormented this is my hel this is my confusion and desperation that I knowe all grace to be taken from me that I féele my heart hardened that I can not beleue nor hope any thing at all of the attonement and mercie of god Fewe there be whome iust Iupiter hath loued We comforted the miserable estate of this desperate man by such meanes as we coulde

〈…〉 ther too longe vpon our synnes But 〈…〉 ther lette vs haue the Image of Chri 〈…〉 moste healthfull and precious death 〈…〉 fore our eyes Let vs fixe in our mynd and bee full perswaded that Christe now burdened with our synnes that 〈…〉 hath nowe taken theim vppon his o 〈…〉 shoulders and so hath satisfied for t 〈…〉 〈…〉 d washed them awaie that he will ne 〈…〉 r charge vs with theim but freely for 〈…〉 e vs them as we professe in our Crede 〈…〉 ē we saie Credimus remissionem pec 〈…〉 orum wee beleeue the remission of 〈…〉 nes And that thou maiest be assured thereof g 〈…〉 ‑ 〈…〉 ell reader with a full perswasion of faithe I haue noted out of Gods holie woorde some places shewyng .i. Howe Christe our true Messias was promised from the beginnyng of the worlde and so from tyme too tyme .ij. The assuraunce that he is come 〈…〉 j. To what ende Christes commyng is GOD saied vnto Abam the Seede of the woman shall treade doune the Serpentes heade God saied vnto Abraham thy seede all the nations of the yearth all bee blessed bicause thou hast heard ●y voice Moises saied vnto the children of Is 〈…〉 ell a Prophet shall the lorde your God 〈…〉 I se vp vnto you euen of your own bre 〈…〉 en like vnto me hym shall you heare 〈…〉 all thynges whatsoeuer he shall sa●● 〈…〉 t● you God saied vnto Dauid I will sette vp ●y ●e●de after thee whiche shall procede out quities but accordyng to thy infinite ● botomelesse goodnesse and mercie ta● mee vnto thee I a miserable and wreched creature am in thy hande I am thy debte and daunger thou maiest do● with me what it please thee O mos● mercifull father forsake me not nor ● me of I am thine all that I am there t● no man comforte no man helpe no ma● deliuer me but thou alone Thou art th● true comfort the moste present help th● surest Bulwarke in all necessitie Th● God art my refuge my strength my hel● in all trouble Thou art my Lorde in th● handes resteth all my chaunce and aff●res Shewe thy louyng and mercif●● face vpon thy seruaunte saue me in th● mercie O Lorde but in any waies in o● extreme sickenesse and affliction let ● beware wee looke not to earnestly n●●ther too longe vpon our synnes But rather lette vs haue the Image of Christ● moste healthfull and precious death b●fore our eyes Let vs fixe in our mynd● and bee full perswaded that Christe now burdened with our synnes that ●●ath nowe taken theim vppon his ow● shoulders and so hath satisfied for the●● 〈…〉 d washed them awaie that he will ne●r charge vs with theim but freely for●e vs them as we professe in our Crede ●hē we saie Credimus remissionem pec●torum wee beleeue the remission of ●nes And that thou maiest be assured thereof gē●ell reader with a full perswasion of faithe I haue noted out of Gods holie woorde some places shewyng .i. Howe Christe our true Messias was promised from the beginnyng of the worlde and so from tyme too tyme .ij. The assuraunce that he is come iij. To what ende Christes commyng is GOD saied vnto Abam the Seede of the woman shall treade doune the Serpentes heade God saied vnto Abraham thy seede all the nations of the yearth all bee blessed bicause thou hast heard ●y voice Moises saied vnto the children of Is●●ell a Prophet shall the lorde your God ●ise vp vnto you euen of your own bre●ren like vnto me hym shall you heare ● all thynges whatsoeuer he shall sat●●nto you God saied vnto Dauid I will sette vp ●y seede after thee whiche shall procede out of thy bodie and I will stablishe th● seate of his kyngdome for euer and ● will bee his father and he shall bee m● sonne and my mercie will I neuer tak● from hym Dauid saieth in the spirit of God th● art my soonne this daie begat I thee Againe thy seate O God indureth fo●euer Beholde a virgine shall conceiue an● beare a soonne and thou his mother sh● call his name Emanuell that is to sa● God with vs. Vnto vs a childe is borne vnto vs soonne is giuen vpon his shoulder sh● the kyngdome lye he shall be called ● his owne name wonderfull the giuer ● counsaile the mightie GOD the euerlastyng father the prince of peace There shall a Rodde spryng out of th● kinred of Iesse a blossome shall spryn● out of his Roote and the Spirite of th● Lorde shall rest vpon hym Beholde my seruaunte vpon whom● leane my electe in whom my soule ● pacified Beholde saieth the Lorde the sy● shall come that I will raise vp a righ● ●s braunche vnto the house of thy ser●unte Dauid whiche kyng shall beare ●le and he shall prospere in wisedome The Aungell of the Lorde saied vnto ●●seph feare not to take vnto thee Ma● thy wife for that whiche is conceiued her commeth of the holie Ghoste she ●ll bryng forthe a sonne and thou shall ●l his name Iesus for he shall saue his ●●ople from their synnes The Prophete Zacharie saieth bles● bee the Lorde God of Israell ▪ for he ●th visited and redemed his people and ●th raised a mightie saluation for vs ▪ in ●e house of his seruaunte Dauid as he ●●ke by the mouthe of his holie Pr●●etes whiche hath been since the world ●●●ne that wée should bee saued from 〈…〉 enemies and from the handes of all ●t ●ate vs. Lorde now lettest thou thy seruaunt ●art in peace accordyng to thy worde ● myne eyes haue seen thy Saluation ●iche thou hast prepared before the face ●ll thy people to bee a light to lighten 〈…〉 Gentiles and to bee the glorie of thy ●ple Israell Sain● Ihon Baptist saieth Beholde the Lambe of God whiche taketh awaie the synnes of the worlde 5 Our heauenly father saieth This is my deare soonne in whom I doe delight heare hym Who saieth the whole neede not the Phisition but thei that are sicke for I come not to call the righteous but the synners to repentaunce The sonne of manne came not to bee ministered vnto but to minister and to giue his li●e for many He that beleueth and is baptized shall bee saued but he that beleueth not shall bee da 〈…〉 ed. God so loued the worlde that he gaue his onely begotten soonne that whosoeuer beleueth in hym should not perishe but haue euerlastyng life He that beleueth on hym shall not bee condemned but he that beleeueth not i● condemned alreadie because he beleued not in th● name of the onely begotte● soonne of God. He that heareth my woordes and b●leueth on hym that sente me hath euerlastyng life and shall not come into 〈…〉 nation but is escaped from death to life Christe saieth this is the woorke of GOD that he beleue on hym whom he hath sent Verily verily I saie vnto you he that ●eleueth

〈…〉 comfort oure selues in oure sickenesse calamitie and our brother being visit But in any wise and with all diligenc 〈…〉 is to be foreséene that we withdraw 〈…〉 mynne from the fearefull and terri 〈…〉 contemplation of synne death and da 〈…〉 nation And that wee fixe these of 〈…〉 minde and whole thought vpon Chr 〈…〉 onely that we cleane vnto him that call vpon him that we commit our sel 〈…〉 wholy to hym For in Christe wee s 〈…〉 espie nothing but innocencie iustice 〈…〉 saluation whiche all be deriued fr 〈…〉 Christe into vs so that we will ackn●●ledge him and receiue him for the 〈…〉 thor of our saluation and onely redée 〈…〉 if we haue Christe crucified afore 〈…〉 eyes if we imprint him in oure hart 〈…〉 wee flye to him with oure faithe if ●holye cleane to him Then shall hell 〈…〉 tes nothyng preuaile against vs then 〈…〉 all we be able to withstande all the 〈…〉 rcible assaultes of Sathan though they 〈…〉 neuer so sore neuer so fierce neuer so 〈…〉 rrible ▪ Let vs call to remembraunce with 〈…〉 hat lenitie what gentlenesse what hu●anitie what clemencie Christe as it is the euangelicall hystorie hath called to him and receiued all suche synners hath repented them and desired his 〈…〉 pe We shall finde Marie Magdalen 〈…〉 sinner that hong vpon the right hand Christ crucified the publicane Zache 〈…〉 h other mo whome Christe m●oste 〈…〉 yngly receiuyng pronounced cleare 〈…〉 synne though thei had synned grea 〈…〉 and the children of saluation Christe 〈…〉 erie grace mercie helpe comfort life 〈…〉 e and saluatio to al those whiche loke these thynges at his handes and put 〈…〉 r trust in hym And all these thynges 〈…〉 God who is truthe it self and can 〈…〉 lye nor wil not deceiue promised vn 〈…〉 for Christes sake ●inally when Death approcheth wée must do as Christ did vpon the crosse w● muste praie for our enemies and forgi 〈…〉 them with our hart If we haue offend 〈…〉 any man we must be hartely sorie for 〈…〉 we muste desire forgiuenesse if we ha 〈…〉 iniured any man we must make hym mendes or take suche order that amēd 〈…〉 maie be made vnto hym if it passeth o 〈…〉 power to make restitution amende 〈…〉 shal be inough that we desire forgiuene 〈…〉 And with our harts forgiue others wh 〈…〉 hath hurte vs either in name bodie s 〈…〉 staunce or estimatiō For if we truly 〈…〉 giue God hath promised we shal be fo 〈…〉 uen as it is in the 6. of Mat. but aboue haue an vnmouable faithe in the for 〈…〉 promises of God made in Christe Ie 〈…〉 our lorde It is verie necessary also 〈…〉 ●●ble for the confirmation and stren 〈…〉 ning of our faithe to receiue the i 〈…〉 blessed sacrament of the body and 〈…〉 of our sauiour Christ which we are 〈…〉 maunded to receyue in remembra 〈…〉 of his benefites that hereby wee 〈…〉 be truely certified in our conscienc● his body to be giuen for vs and his bloud to be shed for remission of our synnes Death OF our fleashe and fraile nature is so feared and abhorred that when he approcheth mannes hart ●e filled and laden with suche sorrowes panges 〈…〉 d anxieties as tongue is not able too 〈…〉 presse ¶ A medicine against the feare of Death WE muste call to our remembraunce Death to bee ouercommed and abholished by Christe So that nowe the soules of so many as truste Christ can not dye nor perishe but de 〈…〉 tyng from the bodie goeth straight to 〈…〉 rist For thus was it saied to the these 〈…〉 is houre of death This daie shalt thou with me in paradise The body though 〈…〉 est and pause for a while yet wee bee certaine hope that at the laste daie it 〈…〉 bee raised againe to immortall and 〈…〉 rlastyng life And therefore scripture 〈…〉 eth the death of the bodie but a slepe that this same fraile weake vile mortall and corruptible bodie whiche wee cary aboute whiche lieth sicke and sore diseased whiche shortly shall bee put into the yearth burne to ashes deuour 〈…〉 with beastes or foules drowned in water that self same bodie I saie shall be raised againe incorruptible glorious beautifull stronge pure immortall 〈…〉 possesse a newe and euerlastynge life where there shall neither bee hunger thirste ▪ heate colde synne death nor a 〈…〉 kinde of calamitie but iustice innocent life ioye blesse world without ende ▪ F 〈…〉 as the bodie of Christ laied in the gra 〈…〉 rose againe the third daie neuer more 〈…〉 die euen so shall the bodies of all that beleue in Christe at the latter daie bee 〈…〉 suscitate to a life after whiche shall folowe no death God who is of infinite 〈…〉 wer and infallible truthe hath promise these thynges thei muste therefore 〈…〉 des bee so And here it shall bee 〈…〉 ble to ●all to remembraunce suche pla● of scripture as treateth of the resurr 〈…〉 on of the fleshe whiche bee the woor 〈…〉 not of manne but of GOD who is 〈…〉 and will certainely fulfill whatsoeuer 〈…〉 hath spoken No manne can chaunge 〈…〉 〈…〉 ill no manne can alter his purpose No 〈…〉 eature can frustrate lette or tarie his 〈…〉 tence He is omnipotent he is true he 〈…〉 faithfull his goodnesse and mercie is 〈…〉 explicable Lette no manne therefore 〈…〉 ubte of the truthe of his woordes lette 〈…〉 manne doubte of the performaunce of 〈…〉 s promise 〈…〉 Here after followeth certaine places of scripture witnessing the resurrectiō of the ded 〈…〉 accordyng to the articles of our faith wherein we saie we beleue that this fleshe shall rise againe THis is the will of my father whiche sent me that whosoeuer seeth the soonne and beleueth in hym shall haue life euerlastyng and I will 〈…〉 se hym vp at the last daie The houre commeth wherein all thei 〈…〉 t bee in the graues shall heare the 〈…〉 e of the soonne of God and shall goe 〈…〉 the thei that haue doe● good vnto the 〈…〉 rrection of life For if so ▪ bee that the 〈…〉 ite of him whiche raised vp Iesus frō 〈…〉 dedde dwelleth in you euen he that 〈…〉 ed vp Iesus Christe from the dedde 〈…〉 ll also quicken your mortall bodies because of his Spirite that dwelleth 〈…〉 you GOD hath bothe raised vp our Lo 〈…〉 Iesus Christe and shall also raise vs 〈…〉 by his power Christ saith Lazarus was but a s●e 〈…〉 where in verie deede he was dedde 〈…〉 buried But Christe is the resurrection and life ▪ as it is in the same place so th 〈…〉 he that beleueth on him though he w 〈…〉 dedde he shall liue In verefiyng whe 〈…〉 of he raised straight waie Lazarus 〈…〉 yng fower daies dedde and stinkyng A 〈…〉 because wee bee naturally in the ago 〈…〉 of death verie fearfull weake and fai 〈…〉 harted to the ende that we might bee 〈…〉 easelier perswaded in the Article of 〈…〉 surrection Scripture

thynges to our infirmitie Dooeth ● Christ speake to all men Dooeth he ● cal men when he saieth Come vnto ● all you that doe labour and are laden ● I shall refreshe yōu How can there ● any greater consolation Howe could ●riste speake more mercifull too vs here be many things that pinche vexe ● trouble manne gréeuously but what 〈…〉 ng is it that can trouble the consciēce ● synner more then when he doubteth ●he mercie of God then when he fea●h least God will cast hym of then whē can not perswade hymself to conceiue ● truste of Gods mercie but imagine ●t as a withered member he shal cutte and cast awaie Here we had neede of Christes present ● here we had nede of spedie comfort ●st this violent tempest ouerwhelme ●une vs But let vs not fear Christ is ●issembler he will stand by his worde wil performe his promise he wil help ●refreshe Therefore when we begin ●remble and feare in our consciente when we begin to doubt of Gods mer● when we perceiue our faithe to be f●●● Let vs forthwith call vpon God and t● feruently and that instantly euen fr●● the bottome of our harte that he tou● not his face from vs. Let vs poure before hym al that do● trouble vs Let vs disclose to hym all ● miserie our imbecilitie our increduli● Let vs crie with the Disciples Lorde ● crease our faiche And with the Father the lunaticke Lorde we beleue help● incredulitie And with the Prophet lo● make haste to helpe vs For thy merci● aboue all thy woorkes O moste louy● O moste mercifull father Lorde God our healthe our onely helpe and refu● Enter not into iudgement with thy ●nauntes Christ is our iustice our rede●ption and innocencie he for vs hath s●fered moste better and cruell death Let these thinges moue thée O fat● of mercie for this thy soonne our saui● Christes sake haue mercie vpon vs ●firme and strength our harte in faith● fort vs with the consolations of thy ●● spirite that we maie finally obtaine ●● euerlasting through Christ our lord AFter this sort if we labouring wrestyng and striuyng with our imhecilitie accusing before God and lamentyng our puci●itie ▪ and Incredulitie doe catche holde Christ and cleaue fast to hym earnest ▪ ●nd feruently destryng his helpe that wil vouchsafe to take our place and to ●lie that is lackyng in vs These thin● if we doe surely all thynges shall bee ●ll wee shall auoide and escape easely ●aunger and perill wée shall bee saufe ●ugh For these twoo to beleeue in ●ifte and with harte to desire faithe ●th not muche differ the one from th●●r For though wee féele yet greate ●kenesse and imperfection in our self ● this ought to comforte vs that God ●eth and commaūdeth that he should ●alled vpon that he hath promised to ●e and help these that call rightly v● hym Now as nothyng is more iust● necessarily destred then true faithe ●so God heareth no praier soner nor ●● gladly then when man findyng no ●lesse in hym●elf doeth acknowledge ●wne infirmitie his owne miserie ●wne beggerlinesse doeth accuse and lamente his owne incredulitie and ●● deepe ●ighes and hartie desires calle● faithe These sighes these desires t● praiers this little sparke of faithe is ● very séede of God wrought in vs by ● whiche saieth of Christe by the Pro● Esaye that he shall not quenche the ●● kyng flaxe nor breake the brused Re● Therefore let vs stedfastly beleeue ● the least earnestly and hartely praie ● wee maie beleeue bewailyng afore ● our lacke of faithe whiche thynges i● doe we neede not doubte but we be●●ep●ed of God we bee taken for his ●dren For it is not for nought nor in ● that he hath laied our imbecillitie ● synnes vpon his onely begotten soo● backe ▪ In Matthewe it is saied bless● those that mourne for thei shall bee ●forted blessed bee those that hunger● righteousnesse ▪ for thei shall bee sati● These wordes are spoken also to vs● maie iustly be applied to vs we mo●● and are sorie in our hartes that we ● mispended our life paste Wée wish● desire yea we euen hunger and thi●●ter righteousnesse Lette vs bee o● cheare wee shall obtaine our desire ▪ ●ll bee comforted we shall bee compted ●e afore God for Christe our Sauiour ● sake Finally let vs after this exam● of Christe and saincte Steuen com●de our soules into the handes of God ● heauenly father saiyng euery one af● this maner O Moste mercifull Father I cōmende into thy holie handes my spirite yea thy spirite for thou hast created it thou hast committed it for a ●e to the bodie thou hast giuen it thy ●e Image and similitude Thou haste ●e for the redemption of it thy owne ●e dearely beloued soonne to shed his ●d This the spirite I resigne into thy ●es O God of all mercie I am thyne ●at I am I beseche thee refuse not ●y owne but receiue keepe and place me in euerlastyng glorie for the sake of Iesus Christ thy onelie begotten sonne Amen Esay 26. ● Ihon. 2. He had a tedie mynde to vnderstande the scriptures The holie ghost inspiryng Cōscience is a thousande witnesses The ●utter in remembraunce of our inwarde thoughtes Christian libertie Doe not become the seruauntes of menne The warnyng of the spirite Merites affianceof workes freewill Purgatorie intercessions of Sainctes Pardons of Bishops satisfactiōs c ▪ Whosoeuer denieth me be fore men I will also bee ashamed of hym Dooe not make the holie ghost sorrowfull He recanted thē in Maie Hister Nilus be greate riuers He ●●●led th● knowē truth for the peace of menne He knewe hymself to be foreknowne The principall ende of this matter You bee welcome and I ill founde He doeth alledge his reprobation or refusyng The seconde daies worke Eccle. ix Faithe is the gift of God. Fewe chosen The state of the desperate manne The iij. dayes woorke Roma xj Christ onely iustifieth He had not true charitie Often error ij Peter The rightuousnes which is in Christ iustifieth The beginnyng of a disputation The place of soules Mille is a small seede The .iiij. dayes woorke That maye ye see in the Preface ij Cor. ij Ephe. vj. j. thess. v. Ephe. vj. j. Cor. xvj Iacob iiij j. Cor. xv Actes iiij Matth. 25 ▪ Matth. 6. Rom. 6. Psal. 88. Heb. 12. 1. Cor. 11. Eccle. 3. Psal. 70. Matth. 5. Rom. 2. Rom. 6. Beleuyng the Gospell Rom. 10. Gen. 2. Christ our Messias promised Gen. 12. Deuter. 18. Actes 3. ● Kings ● ▪ Gen. 2. Christ our Messias promised Gen. 12. D●uter 18. Actes 3. ● Kings ▪ ● ▪ Psal. 2. Psal. 2. Esay 7. Esay 9. Esay 11. Esay 42. Ieremy 23. Matth. 1. Fyue wytnesses amōg many that the true Messias is come Luke 1. Ihon. 1 ▪ Matth. 9. 17. To what end Christes comyng is Matth. 20. Mark. 16. Marke 3. Ihon. 5. Ihon. 6. Ihon. 6. Ihon. 11. Ihon. 12. Ihon. 14. Ihon. 17. Actes 4 ▪ Actes 1● Actes xiij Rom. 1. Rom. 3. Rom 4. Roma v. Roma v. Roma vj. Roma viij Roma x. Corrin i. Corin. vj. Corin. xv Corin. xv Corin. xv Corin. j. Corin. iiij Corin. v. Gala. j. Gala. ij Gala. iij. Gala. iij. Gala. v. Gala. v. Gala. vj. Cala. vi Ephesi j. Ephe. ij Ephesi ij Ephesi iiij Philip. j. Colos j. Colos j. Colos ij Timo. j. Timo. ij Timo. ij Titus iij. Hebre. j. Hebre. ij Hebre. vij Hebre. x. Hebre. x. i. Peter j. Peter j. Peter iij. Ihon. j. Ihon. ij Ihon. iij. Ihon. iij. Ihon. iij. Ihon. iij. Ihon. iiij Ihon. iiij Ihon. iiij Ihon. v ▪ ●hon v. Apoca. j. Apoca xvi● ▪ Apoca. xxj Apoca. xxij The ende Exod. xij Ihon. j. Ephe. v. Peter ij Exod. xvj Exod. xvij Deut. xxj Ihon. ii●● Math. iij. x●●● Math. xviii Luke ● Luke xv Math. xi An exhortation Roma v. i. Cor. j. ij Cor. ● ▪ Gala. j ▪ j. Titus j ▪ j. Titus ij ▪ i. Peter ij Esay liij Qui proprio filio suo non sepercit Ihon. viij Math. vj. ● Cor. xv Ihon. vj. Ihon. v. Roma ▪ viij j. Cor. vj. Ihon. xj Luke vij Luke j. Ihon. xj Actes ix Actes xx iiij Reg. iiij iiij Reg. xvij G●●e v. iiij Reg. ii Ephe. v. j. Corin. xv Oze xiiii Esay xxv ii Cor. iiii Philip. iiii Colos iii. i. thess. iiii ii Tymot ii Hebr. ii ▪ ij Tim. iiij j. Ihon. iij. Ihon. iiij Ihon. xix Philip. iij. Ihon. viij ▪ Ihon. x. Hebr. xij Hebre. iiij Math. xxvij Esay liij Math. ij Psal. xvj Luke xvij Marke ix Plal. lxix Matth. v.