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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13094	A christal glasse for christian vvomen containing, a most excellent discourse, of the godly life and Christian death of Mistresse Katherine Stubs, who departed this life in Burton vpon Trent, in Staffordshire the 14. day of December. 1590. With a most heauenly confession of the Christian faith, which shee made a little before her departure: as also a wonderfull combate betwixt Sathan and her soule: worthie to be imprinted in letters of golde, and are to be engrauen in the tables of euery Christian heart. Set downe word for word, as she spake it, as neere as could be gathered: by Phillip Stubbes Gent.	Stubbes, Phillip.	1592 (1592)	STC 23382; ESTC S104605	19,337	22

her but she beat her away and calling her husband to her sayd Good husband you and I haue offended God grieuously in receiuing this bitch many a time into our bed we would haue beene loth to haue receiued a Christian soule purchased with the precious blood of Iesus Christ into our bed and to haue nourished him in our bosoms and fed him at our table as we haue done this filthie our many a time the lord giue vs grace to repent for it and al other vanities And afterward could she neuer abide to looke vpon the Bitch any more Hauing thus godly disposed of all things she fell into an extasie or into a traunce or swound for the space almost of a quarter of an houre so as euerie one thought she had beene dead But afterward shee comming to her self spake to thē that were present as there were many both worshipful others saying Right worshipful my good neighbours friends I thanke you all for the great paines you haue taken with me in this bed of my sicknes whereas I am not able to requite you I beséech the Lord to reward you in the kingdome of heauen And for that my houre-glasse is run out that my time of departure hence is at hand I am perswaded for thrée causes to make a confession of my faith before you all The first cause that moueth me hereto is for that those if there be any such here that are not throughly resolued in the truth of God may heare and learne what the spirit of God hath taught me out of his blessed al sauing word The second cause that mooueth me is for that none of you should iudge that I died not a perfect christiā a liuely mēber of the mystical body of Iesus christ so by your rash iudgement might incurre the displeasure of God The third and last cause is for that as you haue béene witnesses of part of my life so you might be witnesses of my faith and beleeue also And in this my confession I would not haue you to thinke that it is I that speak vnto you but the spirit of God which dwelleth in me and in al the elect of God vnlesse they be reprobates for Paul saith Ro. 8. If any one haue not the spirite of Christ dwelling in him he is none of his This blessed spirit hath knocked at y e dore of my heart and God hath giuen me grace to open the doore vnto him he dwelleth in me plentifully And therefore I pray you giue me pacience a little and imprint my words in your hearts for they are not the words of flesh and bloud but of the spirite of God by whom we are sealed to the day of redemption A most heauenly confession of the Christian faith made by this blessed seruant of God Mistresse Katherine Stubbes a little before she died ALthough the Maiestie of God bee both infinite and vnspeakable and therefore according to his excellent dignitie can neither bee conceiued in heart nor expressed in words yet to the end you may knowe what that God is in whome I beléeue as farre as he hath reuealed himselfe vnto vs in his holy word I will define him vnto you as the spirit of God shal illuminate my heart I beléeue therfore with my heart and freely confesse with my mouth here before you all that this God in whom I beleeue is a most glorious spirite or spirituall substance a diuine essence or essential being without beginning or ending of infinite glorie power might and Maiestie inuisible inaccessible incomprehensible and altogether vnspeakeable I beleeue confesse that this glorious Godhead this blessed substance essence or being this diuine power which we call God is diuid●d into a trinitie of persons the father the sonne and the holy spirit distant onely in names and offices but all one and the same in nature in essence substance deitie maiestie glory power might and eternitie I beleeue and confesse that God the father the first person in this blessed Trinitie is from euerlasting before beyond all times not made nor created nor begotten of any but the onely maker creator and begetter of all things whatsoeuer I beleeue confesse that Christ Iesus the son of God is the second person in this glorious Trinitie not created or made of any but begotten of his father before all Eternitie time or worlds I beléeue the holy spirite to be the third person in this sacred Trinity not made of any nor begottē but proceeding both from the father the son as the very wisdome and inspiration of thē both I do beleeue confesse that this most glorious Trinity is cōsubstantial coessential together none before or after other none greater or lesser then another of equal power of equal maiesty of equal glory eternity as before I beleeue and confesse that this God this blessed Trinity not onely created all things both visible and inuisible spiritual and corporall where or whatsoeuer but also that he vpholdeth continueth and maintaineth them by his almightie power vnsearchable wisdome through the secret wisdome of his spirit I beleeue and confesse that this God ordereth and disposeth al things according to his good pleasure and will and that he also foreseeth all things by his prouidence and prescience so that nothing commeth to passe by Fortune chaunce or casualtie to him though so it seemeth fortuna●l or casuall to vs who see neither the beginnings the middles the endes the causes or effects of things before they come to passe I beleeue and confesse that the Lord our God hauing created the vniuersall engine and frame of this worlde with all things contained therein for the benefite and vse of man onely the last of all other creatures euen the sixt day created man after his owne similitude and likenesse holy pure good innocent and in euery part perfect and absolute giuing him also wisdome discretion vnderstanding and knowledge aboue all other creatures the holy Angels set apart And which was more hee gaue vnto him a certaine power strength and facultie which wee call freewill by force whereof he might haue continued and remained for euer in his integritie and holinesse if hee had would But hee had no sooner receiued this inestimable blessing of freewill of innocencie and integritie but by hearkening to the poysoned suggestions of the wicked Serpent and by obeying his perswasions hee lost his freewill his integritie and perfection and vs all his posteritie to the end of the world and so of a Saint in heauen hee and we in him became firebrands of hell vassals of Sathan Miscreants Reprobates Abiects and Castawaies before the face of God for euer Then when there was no other way or meanes for man to bee saued in the iustice of God I constantly beleeue and confesse that God the Father in the multitude of his mercies when the fulnesse of tyme was come sent

Patriarckes and Fathers yea to God himselfe After which words very suddenly she seemed as it were greatly to reioice and looke verie chearfully as though she had seene some glorious sight and lifting vp her whole bodie and stretching forth both her armes as though she would embrace some glorious and pleasant thing said I thanke my God through Iesus Christ he is come hee is come my good Iayler is come to let my soule out of prison Oh sweete death thou art welcome welcome sweet death neuer was there any guest so welcome to me as thou art Welcome the messenger of euerlasting life welcome the doore and entrance into euerlasting glorie Welcome I say and thrise welcome my good Iayler do thy office quickly and set my soule at libertie Strike sweet death strike my heart I feare not thy stroke Now it is done Father into thy blessed hands I commit my spirit Sweet Iesus into thy blessed hands I commend my spirite Blessed spirite of God I commit my soule into thy handes Oh most holy blessed and glorious Trinitie three persons and one true and euerlasting God into thy blessed hands I commit both my soule and my bodie at which words her breath stayed and so neither moouing hand nor foote she slept sweetly in the Lord. Thus hast thou heard gentle Reader the discourse of the vertuous life and christian death of this blessed and faithfull seruant of God Mistresse Katherine Stubs which is so much the more wonderfull in that she was but young and tender of yeares not halfe a yere aboue the number of xix when she departed this life The Lord giue vs grace to folow her good example that we may come to those vnspeakable ioyes wherin she now resteth through Iesus Christ our Lord to whom with the Father and the holy Ghost be all honour glorie prayse dominion and thankesgiuing both nowe and for euermore Amen FINIS P. S. Gent. Her Parentag● Her mariage Her godly ●eale Her loue of ●he word of God Her gentlenesse Her integ●●●tie of life Her demea●nour towar● her husban● Her little 〈◊〉 of the worl● ●er prophesie 〈◊〉 her death ●er deliuery of ●●ilde ●er sicknes Her desire to be with God Her absolute prayer for death Her godly meditation Her glorious 〈◊〉 Her request to her husbad for the bringing vp of his childe Her hatred to worthly Her extasie or swound The causes mouing he● to make co●●fession of 〈◊〉 faith ●otable 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 trinitie 〈◊〉 God is 〈◊〉 created 〈◊〉 things 〈…〉 〈◊〉 fortune or 〈◊〉 Mans perfection Man●f●s● Christ his incarnation Christ his sacrifice 〈◊〉 heauens 〈◊〉 holde 〈…〉 body til the 〈◊〉 of iudge 〈◊〉 ●hrist his ●omming to ●●dgement ●nd of our ●●surrection Whither the soules of the faithful do go after their departure out o● their bodies Purgatory of the Papists blasphemou● 〈◊〉 iustified ●y faith only Why we ●hould doo ●ood works ●he canoni●al scriptures ●he infallible ●ord of God Her faith in the predestination of Go● and what it is Our vocation or calling ●he Church ●wo folde and 〈◊〉 How when 〈◊〉 Church ●annot 〈◊〉 Christ is the ●●ole head of ●he Church Two Sacraments and what they are whereof they do consist and what they represent vnto ●s Neither the bread nor wine chang● in the Lord● Supper Sacraments d● not conferre grace 〈◊〉 onely to 〈◊〉 called vpon 〈◊〉 not Saints 〈◊〉 beliefe ●hither her ●oule should 〈◊〉 after her ●eparture We shal kn●● one an other the life to come 〈◊〉 wonderful ●emptation 〈…〉 in the ●ame Her dispu●● on with 〈◊〉 Her victory ouer Satan 〈◊〉 gard of ●ngels 〈◊〉 sweete ●editations 〈◊〉 request 〈◊〉 her hus●●nd not to ●ourne f●r 〈◊〉 Her talk with death and he● friendly welcomming of him Her last wordes Her death

his owne Sonne Christ Iesus foorth of his owne bosome into this miserable world to take our nature vpon him and that in the wombe of a Uirgine without spot or blemish of sinne and without the helpe of man by the wonderfull operation and ouershadowing of the holy ghost And as I constan●ly beléeue that Iesus Christ is come in the flesh according to the scriptures so I vnfaignedly beleeue that he hath offered vp his blessed bodie vpon the aulter of the Crosse as a sacrifice propiciatorie satisfactorie and expiatorie for the sinnes of ●he whole world and for me the chiefest of all sinners By v●r●ue power and efficacie of which Sacrifice and oblation onely I trust and beleeue to be saued and by the merits of the sh●ading of the bloud of this immaculate lambe Christ Iesus to be set free pardoned of all my sinnes whatsoeuer And whereas the professed enemies of GOD the Papists doo bragge of their good workes of their merits righteousnesse and deserts I here before you al in the presence of God his holy Angels do vtterly ren●unce abandon forsake all my own merits righteousnes and deserts as filthie dounge acknowledging my merits to bee the merits of GOD in Christ who is made vnto me righteousnesse holines sanctification and redemption For I am assured that if the Lord should wey my very righteousnes in the ballance of his iustice rewarding mee according to the same I should receiue nothing but iust damnation for my deserts I doo further beleeue and confesse that Iesus Christ hauing suffered death vpon the Crosse for me and all mankind rose againe to life the third day after by the spirituall power of his Godhead conquering thereby sinne death hel Sathan and al his hellish band I do also beleeue that the same Iesus Christ after his most victorious resurrection ascended into heauen in the sight of the Apostles and holy Saints a cloude receiuing him out of their sight there not onely to prepare a place for vs but also to make cōtinuall prayer and intercession for vs to God the Father at whose right hande hee now sitteth in equall glorie and blisse for euermore I do constantly beleeue that the Heauens must holde his corporall presence till the day of iudgement that his blessed bodie is circumscriptible and contained in one locall place and can not be present in euery place at one and the same time his Deitie and his Godhead notwithstanding being in euery place at once and fulfilling all places and yet contained in no place For it is against the nature of a true bodie to be present in many places at once And therefore the Papists in effect denie that bodie of Christ to bee a true essentiall and naturall bodie by teaching it to be present in their so many and sundry Pixes at once I doe beleeue and confesse that this Iesus Christ shall come at the latter day of iudgement when the number of Gods elect shall be fulfilled in the same likenes that he was seene goe vp into heauen and with the same naturall bodie to iudge both the quicke and the dead and to rewarde euery man according to his workes At which day I doe constantly beleeue that all flesh I meane of mankind onely shall rise againe by the omnipotent power of God whereby hee is able to subdue all things to himselfe not one hayre of our heads lacking Then death shall yeeld vp his dead the graue his dead the sea his dead hell his dead And then shall the soules of the godly of the elect and chosen of God enter into their owne bodies againe and be reunited together their bodies now being renued altered and changed for being before corruptible bodies now they shall bee made incorruptible being before mortall bodies now they shall bée made immortall being before filthy and vncleane now they shall bee made cleane and pure like to the glorious bodie of Christ Iesus shining as the Sunne for euer in the kingdome of heauen where they shall dwell for euer in such ioy as no heart can thinke no tongue expresse nor pen is able to write Upon the other side the soules of the wicked and reprobate shall bee vnited to their proper bodies and both together bée cast into hell fire where is nothing but weeping wailing and gnashing of téeth for euermore Further I beléeue and confesse that my soule and the soules of al the elect children of God immediately after their departure out of their bodyes doe goe into the kingdome of heauen into the hands of God being guided conducted thither by the ministerie of the Angels of God not into Purgatorie Lymbo patrum or any other place whatsoeuer For whither the soule of Christ was receiued when he cryed Father into thy hands I commend my spirit thither are all the soules of the children of God that die in the true fayth of Iesus Christ receiued immediately after their departure hence In the Gospell after saint Luke we reade that the soule of poore Lazarus of blessed Lazarus straight after his death was caried into heauen by the Angels of God and not into popish Purgatorie which was not hatched almost in 200. yeres after The soule of the penitent and faithfull théefe was caried straightway into Paradice for so Christ tolde him this day shalt thou be with me in Paradice that is in the kingdome of heauen and not in Purgatorie Salomo saith cap. 3. The soules of the righteous are in the handes of God and there shall no torments come nigh them Christ saith he went into heauen to prepare a place for vs then not into Purgatorie except they wil haue their Purgatorie to be in heauen He saith further that where hée is there shall his seruants be also But I hope they wil not say that Christ is in Purgatorie but in Heauen and thither shall al the soules of the faithfull ascend immediately And therefore is the opinion of popish Purgatory both blasphemous sacrilegious But the true Purgatorie in deede is this the blood of Iesus Christ which clenseth vs from all sinne no other Purgatorie doo I know of by the worde of God nor acknowledge I beleeue also and confesse that man is iustified that is pronounced iust before God freed from sinne and al punishments due for sinne by●r true and liuely ●aith in the bloud of Christ onely and not by his workes merits righteousnesse or deserts neither yet by any inherent righteousnesse in himselfe as t●e blasphemous Papists teach nor by any other meanes whatsoeu●r And therefore the Apostle to th● Rom. 4. was 〈◊〉 to say that if Abraham were iustified by works then had he wherein to reioyce but not with God for he saith afterward in the fift chapter Being iustified by faith we haue peace tow●rds God through Iesus Chrst. And therefo●e doo I constantly beleeue that wee are iustified by faith onely and not by the works of the law for if good