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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

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

Ah my Lord Iesu I come vnto thee thou wilt not cast me away Besides this hée said vnto the Preacher of the old Citie Now I seele your comfort the vertue of Christs blood doeth now refresh my heart I feele now the forgiuenesse of my sinnes and that I am a childe of God and heyre of life eternall The next Morning his Excellencie desired to be remoued into a large roome newly built because as he had told vnto his Chamberlaine the dead body might the easier be prepared by the Phisitians for the buriall In this new roome came vnto him his wife with the aforesaid Lady of Orange and there he subscribed and sealed diuers Letters ●… The sixt of August before the breaking of the day came vnto him at his request the Lady of Orange and he spake with her about the Prince Palatins widow at Herdelberg the Duchesse of Bouillon and other friends telling her what he would haue said and written vntothem hereupon he said vnto her in french Ah my louing and vertuous Lady I am a sicke man Rehearse vnto me some comfortable sentence She answered My déere Lord and Brother I sée you so richly furnished with the comfort of Gods holy spirit that I cannot comfort you any further His Excellencie vrging to haue from her out of Gods word some sentence she aleadged the words of our Sauiour Iohn 3 16. God so loued the world that hee hath giuen his onely begotten Sonne that whosoeuer beleeueth in him should not perish but haue euerlasting life and added comfort your selfe héerewithall my déere brother his Excellencie answered well sayd my Lady This is the greatest and surest comfort of the faithfull with this comfort will I dye happily I beseech my louing God from my hart for such a blessed departure through the vertue of the satisfaction of my Lord Iesus Christ Whatsoeuer you shall aske the Father in my name hee will giue it vnto you O Lord Iesus Christ I commit my Soule into thy hands now and at all times His Excellencie caused the Germane Bible to be giuen to me and desired to heare some obseruations on the 91. Psalme but the french Preacher entring drew him some comforts out of the 90. and 91. Psalme Then his Excellencie said vnto the Preacher Ah I am a very sicke man I haue had a heauy night but I confesse that my sinnes haue deserued this and more then this yet I comfort my selfe with the mercy of my Lord Iesus Christ by whose vertue and intercession no heauier crosse shall be layd on me then I shall be able to beare hee knowes what is best for vs hee dissembleth not with vs I relye on him The Preacher answered your Excellencie be comforted and be patient Christ is that good shepheard that giueth vnto his shéepe euerlasting life hée hath receiued them into his hands from his Father and kéepeth them faithfully that none of them be taken out of his hands your Excellencie hath heard beléeued and followed the voyce of the said Shepheard That is it said his Excellencie which now the diuell setteth before mée and troubleth me because I haue not heard and followed the voyce of my Shepheard The Minister answered The Diuell alwayes followeth his old custome from whence hée is called a Lyar and a Murtherer for hée lyeth accusing your Excellencie not to haue heard nor followed at all the voyce of Christ your shepheard It is plaine that your Excellencie neuer despised the same but heard and followed it though it may be not alwayes with such earn●●nesse and zeale as was required And what if your Excellencie had not yet heard nor followed the voyce of that good shepheard it is not yet too late to doe the same you read in the 95. Psalme 7. 8. To day if you will heare his voyce harden not your hart This present howre and moment is promised in the holy Scriptures Pray yet in Christ Iesus his name for the pardon of your sinnes and this day they shall be pardoned vnto you for so speaketh and promiseth God As true as I liue I desire not the death of sinners but that they repent liue The Lady Emilia being present his Excellencie said vnto her this night I could not vnderstand nor receiue consolation but now I vnderstand and receiue it very well Héerevpon I answered The Lord be praysed that now your Excellencie receiueth the same Confirmet Deus quod operatus est Psal 68. This day his Excellencie caused certaine little Prayer bookes with which hee often had vsed to exercise himselfe to be brought to his bedde and ordayned for euery Childe one for a remembrance writing therein their sundry names and adding there vnto his Christian vow and fatherly admonition The eldest Sonne Philippus Mauritius receiued from his Father the Germane Bible which his Excellencie had taken along with him in Bohemia France England and other Countries and in the which hée did reade or caused to be read euery Morning and Euening certaine Chapters whereof hée noted with blacke greene or red Incke the chiefe heads and on the Margine wrote the true vses thereof in short words as a faithfull Minister should doe in his calling Hence it appeareth that his Excellencie hath sought the Lord Iesus his Sauiour according to his commandement Iohn 5. in the Scriptures only and hath found him and in him life eternall and true saluation The words written for his eldest Sonne were these MY Sonne PHILIPPVS MAVRITIVS Count of Hanaw Feare GOD and keepe his Commaundements I haue beene this night in great anguish I haue thought on many things which I wish you could know my Childe yet this I tell you Keepe thy selfe all thy life time close vnto thy God his helpe and assistance is necessary vnto thee would to God that I could write the great richesse of his mercy goodnesse and faithfulnesse experimented by mee these former dayes I haue the foretaste of the eternall glory The Lord helpe thee vnto mee in due time Amen In these pangs of death I doe desire to be deliuered and to be with my Lord Iesus Christ O Iesus Christ thou faithfull Sauiour how doe I loue thee thy promises are true thy loue is great thy heart is faithfull towards me I commend my Spirit into thy hands thou faithfull God thou hast deliuered and sanctified mee Lord I waite on thy saluation Thy faithfull Father PHILIPPVS LODOVICVS The second Sonne Willelmus Reynhart receiued his booke with these wordes MY deare Sonne serue thy God with thy whole hart in spirit and truth I haue destinated thee therevnto Esteeme it not to be a shame for thee to serue GOD and his Church GOD is the greatest Lord thy Creator Keepe in honour the true seruice of God Obay and serue thy deare Mother vnder whose hart thou hast line Honour and serue thy eldest Brother as thy Lord for such is the ordinance and also my will Beare with him if thou be in the right then art thou happier then he if thou

dost not walke vprightly in thy wayes then art thou not happy Loue thy Brother and Sisters from thy hart Loue thy house doe good vnto the poore according to thy abilitie then shall the Lord blesse thee Beware of drinking dissolutenes and vncleane speaches as of fire Honour thy state Be industrious in all things Reade and practise continually the 119. Psalme Let thy Astrologians be the 28. Chapter of Deutronomium PHILIPPVS LODOVICVS Thy faithfull Father vnto death The eldest Daughter Lady Charlotte Loisa receiued her booke with these words FEare Honour and loue thy GOD from thy hart haue his Commaundements continually before thine eyes take thy delight therein Honour with a filiall obedience thy louing Mother Keepe thy mouth close with a locke Esteeme honesty and modesty aboue all the treasures of the world God blesse thee my louing Childe Thy faithfull Father vnto death The second Daughter Lady Amalia Elisabetha receiued her booke with these words HAue GOD before thine eyes Honour thy Mother with obedience Keepe honesty and modesty that will be thy best iewell and riches Thy faithfull Father vnto death The youngest Daughter Lady Catharina Iuliana receiued her booke with these wordes DEare Childe be vertuous Haue thy Creator before thine eyes Feare thy God all the dayes of thy life Loue thy Sauiour who shed his precious blood for thee Breake thy euill will Be humble and obedient Humilitie Honestie and Silence doe more adorne a Lady then either Pearles or other costly iewels Thy faithfull Father vnto death His Excellencie caused also the lately borne Lord to be brought before his bedde he sighed heartely ouer him touched him with his hand and prayed that the Lord would also blesse that Childe and giue it grace to be well and Christianly brought vp These Children being thus blessed by his Excellencie and committed vnto God I doe not doubt but that these sighes and prayers are pierced through the clouds and come vnto God yea are written in his booke and that we shall see in due time the effects thereof abundantly according to the true promise of God Esa 65. 23. My elect shall not labour in vaine nor bring forth in feare for they are the seede of the blessed of the Lord and their buds with them Also Psal 145. 19. The Lord will fulfill the desire of them that feare him he also will heare their cry and will saue them The Lord according vnto his great mercie grant vnto these blessed Children euen the same spirit by whom they must be blessed that they may alwayes haue before their eyes the zealous prayers and sighes of their father for to stirre them vp vnto true pietie and vertue not despising and leesing as wicked Esau did the blessing but kéeping it on them according to the promise I shew mercie on thousands that loue me and keepe my commandements His Excellencie being risen a while that his bedde might be made looked on his new Chamber-clarke stretched his hand out vnto him and said I haue not yet taken leaue of you I will doe it now Thinke on your Oath and calling hold God before your eyes be faithfull vnto him and you shall keepe a good conscience and no doubt be faithfull vnto me and mine The Lord giue thee grace therevnto Due of his Counselors comming into the Chamber as his Excellencie was to lye downe againe his Excellencie stretched his armes out and said with great affection Ecce Diuinum Miraculum Hominem iam mortuum viribus tamen adhuc integrum Loe a diuine miracle a man already dead yet hauing his full strength for his Excellencie did féele himselfe yet strong thence he feared a heauie departure His Excellencie caused diuers things to be read vnto him out of a little Song-booke Printed in Lubeck Anno 1607. which beginneth thus Ach Gott wenn sol ichs klagen Mein Angst vnnd Ellend schwer Ich mocht wol gar verzaghen Wann Herr dein trost nicht wer c. And tooke the same vnto him and in the margant wrote these words This song haue I vsed many yeeres and commanded as soone as hée should be departed to lay the same the booke being opened vpon his hart On the said day did his Excellencie call before him all the Ministers of the old and new Citie wherevnto were ioyned some Country Ministers with whom his Excellencie did discourse of the true faith and christian departure and told vnto them that he would not be in this his weaknesse without a Preacher His Excellencie did often sigh and pray from his hart for mitigation of his paines and shortning of the pangs of death as also for an vnderstanding end besides this vttered many excellent and comfortable speaches to the ioy and admiration of the assistants which were not remembred nor noted because no body did thinke that death was at hand yet whereas many of them were repeated by him the Friday ensuing I haue set them downe in writing On Friday the 7. of August when his Excellencie no doubt did féele that the houre of death did approach and that his hart was full of Godly comfort his Excellencie began againe to speake with a singular zeale of the miserie of this life of the death of a Christian and of eternall saluation I was present at that time and did admit no other then my selfe from that time forward the chiefest speaches which I noted were these Should I not kéepe that which I haue promised vnto my God I haue promised to follow him when and whether soeuer hee doe call me He calleth mée now I am now vpon the way should I turne backe againe Should I thrust my selfe againe into such vnquietnesse I thanke God that I am thus farre deliuered thereof Should I polute my selfe againe with sinne from the which my Lord Iesus Christ hath fréed me Ah my deare friends thus he spake vnto vs the assistants how well should your matters stand if they stood as mine doe Ah louing Sirs I haue seene the glorie of God what care I for this world I haue kissed the hem of the garment of my Lord Iesus Christ I doe now clime on the Ladder of Iacob vnto heauen toward my God and Sauiour should I be so sottish as to take a péece of wood for a péece of Gold What if many millions of Gold were giuen vnto mee to spend I would account it nothing worldly things doe perish Whilest his Excellencie was speaking these things hée cast his armes from him and said all things doe now stincke vnto mee tell this vnto my Children and chiefely vnto their Steward that they doe not endeauour for worldly matters but that they put their trust on God Ah my deare people how much trouble haue you with mee miserable creature I will thanke you all in heauen some of you will shortly follow mée My wife gaue mée leaue to trauaile into England why should shée not giue me leaue to goe vnto my louing God yea said I into that Celestiall Engelland where the holy Angels