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A20739	A true relation of the right Christianly departure, or death, of the most Noble Earle Philippus Lodouicus Earle of Hanaw and Rieneck, Lord of Mutzenbergk, &c. Vncle to the Count Palatine. Who blessedly deceased, in the Lord, on Sunday the ninth of August 1612. betwixt eight and nine of the clocke in the morning, being returned from his great ambassage for England. Faithfully penned by Ioannes Appelius preacher at Alten-Hasell. Translanted out of the Germane tongue by S.R.	Appelius, Joannes.; S. R.	1612 (1612)	STC 712; ESTC S100203	16,541	36

praise God as they did at Bethlem And when I would comfort his Excellencie with the hope of recouerie of his health hee answered very earnestly these words My louing Minister can you counsell me with a good conscience that I should thrust my selfe againe into this wicked and troublesome world On Friday Morning his Excellencie charged to shut all the doores and to admit no man vnto him that hée might not be séene vncouered because of the excéeding great heat But about the Euening beginning againe to speake very comfortably of eternall life hée cryed twise with a loude voyce Open all the doores let all my people come in that they may sée how ioyfully I dye that they all may be comforted by my example Hee thought also on his Wife in Childe-bed and said How well and wisely doth the Lord ordaine all things hee hath deliuered my Wife from the pangs and labour of Childe-birth that shée should not haue two griefes at once shée will the sooner passe ouer the griefe of my departure The Phisitians counselled his Excellencie not to ouer-weary himselfe by too much speaking wherevnto he answered Should I not speake of my louing God he hath giuen mée a tongue to that end They did likewise disswade him from taking the fresh Ayre by opening of a window his Excellencie answered Should I not behold the faire heauens whether I shal come anone When his Excellencie did sée through the window his new built Turret and spake of it I said This is a fayre Turret but your Excellencie knoweth well which is the spirituall Turret of our soules from thence shall you receiue helpe and consolation his Excellencie said héerevpon Good-night and caused the window to be shut and looking on his bed said Christ hath suffered for me at the fearefull Crosse I am not worthy of this ease I answered your Excellencie is worthy of it and seeing God hath giuen you the same receiue it thankfully Lying on his bed he stretched his right legge on the side stoke his hand on it and said O you deere legge you haue had a long time no rest your rest draweth néere One of his Exceilencies seruing-men going out of the Chamber his Excellencie commended vnto me his diligence and faithfulnesse His Excellencie did lift vp to heauen his hands and eyes very often and said O thou great and strong God Thou almightie God Thou holy God Thou good and true God and added alwaies therevnto some short and feruent prayer Docter Luther calleth such prayers Stossgebete that is thrusting or thronging prayers because they come from the zealous heart with force and are cast out before the mercie seate of God according vnto the speach of the 55. Psalme Cast thy burthen vpon the Lord. His Excellencie did also often repeate these sentences Psalme 50. verse 15. Call vpon mee in the day of trouble so will I deliuer thee and thou shalt glorifie mee Psalme 91. 15. Hee shall call vpon mee and I will heare him I will be with him in trouble I will deliuer him and shew him my saluation Philip. 1. 23. I desire to be loosed and to be with Christ Psalme 27. 14. Hope in the Lord be strong comfort thine heart and trust in the Lord. I depart in peace and in ioy should not I be glad I haue obtayned of my God what I demaunded yea more then I requested His Excellencie could not be satisfied with the 23. Psalm The Lord is my shepherd hée caused mée to reade the same thrée times and as once I read these words yea though I should walke through the darke valley his Excellencie said that darke valley is now vnto me reasonable light O Lord stay thine anger from me that I may be refreshed before I goe hence Hée made likewise very good vse with the two last verses of the 38. Psalme Forsake mee not O Lord bee not thou farre from me my God Haste thee to helpe me O Lord of my saluation Hence it appeareth that man consisteth of flesh and spirit that the old and new Adam dwelleth in him and that these two are alwayes in combat one against another as long as man liueth héere And when man is cast by the Counsell of God into the Ouen of misery and is tempted by the heate of the Crosse then Soule and Body Flesh and Spirit fight one against the other The worldlings haue no féeling of such a Spirituall combat but Gods children féele the same euery day and pray O Lord Leade vs not into temptation yet leade vs according vnto thy will but deliuer vs soone from the Euill-one and from all that might hinder our saluation Hence it commeth that the true beléeuers when they féele such a combat betwixt the Spirit and the Flesh or sée and heare it in others that they hould it for a good token according vnto the saying of Saint Iames Cap. 1. 2. My Brethren count it exceeding ioy when you fall into diuers tentations Also verse 12. Blessed is the man that endureth tentation The vnbeléeuing worldlings and Hipocrites who know not how wonderfully God dealeth with his Saints hold it for an euill signe or token and speake with derision of it which they would not doe if they vnderstood the example of our Sauiour Iesus Christ who was tempted thrée times by the Diuell Also if they knew that all things doe turne good vnto those that loue God Also that they must be made like vnto the Image of his Sonne Rom. 8. Hence it fell out that his Excellencie besides these excellent speaches of consolation feeling in his heart the testimonie of Gods holy Spirit did vtter sometimes words of complaint and sorrow by the frailtie of his sinnefull siesh and of old Adam yet sought finally the victorie Hée complayned sometimes of the miserie of this life of the manifold sinnes wherevnto the corrupt nature is subiect of the fearefulnesse of death of the paines of hell and said Ah I miserable sinfull man O Lord hast thou forgotten mée wilt thou shew no more mercy Is thy mercy turned to anger c. euen as Dauid speaketh in the 77. and 88. Psalmes Also my paines are too great I can suffer them no longer And whereas these words did séeme to come from vnpatience against the gracious helpe of God his Excellencie was comforted and admonished by me and other assistants with many good and holy sentences vnto Christian patience it is not néede to set them downe here His Excellencie did receiue this comfort and did correct his former vnpatience with these words Ah I doe prouoke my God vnto anger by my vnpatience I will doe it no more If I haue receiued from God good things I will beare patiently the euill hée will not forsake me he hath not forsaken me yet I will prescribe vnto him no measure forsake me not O Lord that I forsake not thée Besides went on thus Ah what a heauy battell is before me wherevpon I told him your Excellencie is now in the estate wherein your

Princes where all things were costly and pompously prepared but the cheare of the Crosse of Christ as now it is set before the eyes of my Soule appeares more glorious vnto m● O my deare Preacher I protest before thee as the ordained Minister of Iesus Christ that I doe speake these wordes without hypocrisie from a true ioy and desire which I haue to enioy the body and bloud of Iesus Christ in Faith through the operation of the holy Spirit Afterward he continued his spéech thus I Praise and thanke my God that he hath created mee a man with reason and vnderstanding that hee hath preserued my body Soule and limmes vntill this houre deliuered me from many sorrowes and dangers bestowed on mee very much good exalted mee vnto great honour and chiefely that hee hath so directed the going out and in of my late Voyage that I am returned vnto mine in good health and disposition And whereas now a dayes many and diuers Religions are found in Europe I thanke my God that hee hath let me come vnto this Religion where I doe seeke my saluation onely in his mercy declared vnto vs in Iesus Christ For I know by experience and doe also testifie the same openly that I haue found in all my griefes and temtations a firme comfort in the confession of this my Faith being grounded onely on the Writings of the holy Prophets and Apostles of the old and new Testament I am therefore assured in my heart that this is the true Religion and Confession of God whereby sure saluation is to be found and hoped for I thanke likewise all those good men whom God hath imployed as meanes and instruments by whosecare seruice and diligence I was brought vnto this profession I will also that my Children be brought vp and perseuere therein Besides this I admonish you Pastors to be faithfull and diligent in your charge as hitherto you haue beene that so you may giue a good account vnto God And now I place my selfe before Gods face as a poore sinner that hath deserued Hell and eternall death but I beleeue firmely that Iesus Christ true God and Man is my Sauiour who as the Lambe of God hath boren my sinnes vpon the Crosse and deliuered me out of the power of Sathan and that he will before my end strengthen my weake faith with his holy Supper I testifie also before God and you his Ministers that I haue forgiuen and doe forgiue with my hart all those that haue offended me and I pray likewise for pardon for wee are men and the righteous man falleth seauen times a day And because many men haue thought that I beare an euill hart against my deere brother Count Albrecht c. I protest that I alwayes was truely and brotherly affected and my Conscience doth witnesse vnto me that concerning our controuersie vvhich I haue submitted vnto the Law I am not altered against him and I doe not in that regard feare the iudgement seate of GOD Haue you therefore a care to tell him thus much from me Pray and admonish him also to let the Law haue his course and to deale faithfully with my Widdow and Orphanes the Lord will reward him for it and he shall keepe a good conscience Finally I testifie by this holy Supper that if it please the Lord to restore vnto me my health vvhich I doe fully leaue to his good pleasure I will to his praise and honour amend my life endeauouring that which is good and shunning all wickednesse yet all this onely by his help grace and assistance Thus did his Excellencie giue a true and constant profession of his Faith not with one breath but at diuers times as his strength would permit The dutch Preacher of the old Citie before the Communion made a short Sermon some fouretéene did communicate the action was concluded with the accustomed thankesgiuing and prayers Munday about the Euening his Excellencies Steward came vnto him and conferred with him about matters that belonged to the Court and the education of his children but that night he could not sléepe therfore he caused godly psalmes to be sung and he himselfe sung also Tuesday the .4 of August hauing passed a heauy night he found himselfe reasonable well so that hee cloathed himselfe intending to visit his wife but being ouer-wearied hée left it He caused diuers letters to be brought before him which hée sealed with his owne hand and went to take the ayre at the window toward night he felt himselfe againe weake The 5. of August hee caused his last Will and Testament which was sealed vp to be brought vnto him and did reade the same and willed something to be added thereunto concerning his Chamberlaine which being done he gaue the same vnto his Chamberlaine charging him to deliuer the same vnto his Counsell Next morning there came vnto his Excellencie the Noble Lady Emilia of Orange Sister of his wife from Heydelberg whom hée receaued with teares and said Many haue stood weeping about my bedde but none could breake my heart and prouoke my teares but your Ladyship About the same time came diuers of his seruants home from the Sermon made on the monthly prayer-day and his Excellencie would heare of euery one of them some good doctrine or comfortable sentence brought from thence which being performed by them hée heard it with great contentment His wife came also the same day againe to visite him whom hée receaued with kinde and comfortable words and shortly after she went from him The euening and night approaching his Excellencie became very heauy so that not onely the Phisitians with their Art but also the Diuines with their consolations had enough to doe at his Excellencies request diuers penitenciall Psalmes were sung namely the sixt thirty-eight and others I tooke occasion at the same time to comfort his Excellencie with the hope which yet wee had that God would prolong his life and make him ouer-goe by patience the smarting paines and weaknesses of his body but when as I perceiued by his words and countenance that such comfort was not acceptable vnto him I went on and said that his Excellencie had not onely to looke what were good for himselfe but also for his Country and poore people affirming we doe not enuie heauen and life euerlasting vnto your Excellencie but what if the Lord God would preserue you to be a comfort and protection of this Country and Church yet certaine yéeres as it happened in Ezechia would not you follow this will of God The King Ezechia himselfe required such prolongation chiefely for the Church and Countries sake The same night I propounded vnto him the words of our Sauiour Math. 11. 28. Come vnto mee all ye that are wearie and laden and I will ease you The Doctor rehearsed the sentence Ioh. 6. 37. Him that commeth to mee I cast not away Whereupon his Excellencie repeated often these words Come and Not cast away resisting therewithall his tentations and said finally