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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
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

not to be tempted aboue our abilitie and power His Excellencie laid both his hands in my right hand and I laid my left hand on his head and thus gaue a very good attention vnto those things which were alledged by mée The Physitians did admonish his Excellency to sléepe whereupon I said in the name of the Lord Christ doe I lay my hand on your head I beséech him to strengthen and refresh you Thus hée tooke a little sléepe and I went out of the roome but being awaked againe I was called for and his Excellencie said vnto mée that I should lay againe my hand on his head in the name of the Lord Christ I did it and hée fell in sléepe againe On Sunday about nine of the clocke in the morning which was the day of his deliuerance something was brought vnto him for to eate and to get rest the Physitians said that then all would be well His Excellencie answered if it should be better after my sléepe then I desire no more of this onely I wish for so much strength that I may commit my soule vnto my Sauiour and speake yet once with my wife Thus did wée voyde the roome in hope of rest leauing onely his Steward with him When wée thought that his Excellencie tooke rest Loe his Steward knéeled before his bedde and sayd with his Excellencie the Lords Prayer Wée being entred his Excellencie lift vp his head and eyes and cryed out with a ioyfull voyce Now am I once deliuered and stroke his breast with his hand saying O déere hart how hast thou béene tormented and martyred thou shalt now be comforted Then called he for his Wife but for certaine reasons and for to decline those heauy lamentations it was not done Then sayd his Excellencie vnto his Steward bid my Wife good-morrow and tell her I leaue this world ioyfully and willingly The Bell rung for the Sermon in the olde Citie his Excellencie said Neuer did that Bell sound so in my eares as now it doth I answered This Bell calleth your Excellencie now to the song of Angels of which you told mée before yesterday Then said his Excellencie Well Let vs sing thus layd downe his head and began to sing the song of the Angels Luke 2. which is vsed in the Germane Churches Glory be to God in the high heauens c. Wée followed after him Then began his Excellencie to sing the 118. Psalme verse 24. This is the ioyfull day indeed Which God himselfe hath wrought Let vs be glad and ioy therein In hart in minde and thought Wée followed againe with a low and weare voyce Then came his Excellencie to the 116. Psalme I loue the Lord because my voyce And prayer heard hath hee c. Thus was to be séene the Spirit of Adoption in the hart of his Excellencie And when wée spake together for to prepare our selues to prayer His Excellencie noted the same and commanded vs to knéele downe and to pray hee repeated euery word zealously but chiefely the Lords Prayer and the Articles of Christian faith and when those that were about him did comfort his Excellencie with some good sentence he repeated the same after them as long as his tongue could doe it I feared that too much speach might haue hindered his Excellencie therefore I brake of and after a while rehearsed vnto him the words of our Sauiour Ioh. 3. God so loued the world that he hath giuen his onely begotten sonne c. And I asked whether his Excellencie vnderstood them then hée turned his eyes on mée and sayd the word I haue told it These short words did I report vnto the assistants and added that his Excellencie had aboundantly declared which was his Faith Hope and Comfort wherein hée liued and now was to dye namely the onely begotten Sonne of God Besides this I cryed often vnto his Ercellencie these words O Lord Iesus Christ I commit my Spirit into thy hands thou hast deliuered mée thou true and faithfull God Whilest this was repeated vnto his Excellencie he rendred his spirit quietly and blessedly The words of our Sauiour wherewithall I comforted him at his last houre were before without my knowledge propounded vnto him by the Lady of Orange and by himselfe written in his Germane Bible so that by Gods prouidence the same were alleadged by mée for he entended to dye therein both willingly and happily Thus departed his Excellencie after the ending of the Sermon in the old Church and the Prayer conceined for his Excellencie and other Christian Maiestrates And this is the plaine and true relation of the blessed departure of his Excellencie out of this wicked world from whence wée haue to take instruction and example to liue according vnto Gods holy will preparing our selues as he did tunely with true Faith Hope and Loue that when the howre of death comes wée may in Christian patience depart well comforted both willingly and blessedly This graunt vnto mée and all beléeuers the father of mercy by his holy Spirit for the onely propitiatorie Sacrifice of his deare Sonne and our Sauiour Iesus Christ Amen MATTHEVV 10. 22. Hee that endureth to the end hee shall be saued APOCCALIPSE 2. 7. To him that ouercommeth will I giue to eate of the tree of life which is in the middest of the Paradise of God FINIS

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