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A17731	The seaven trumpets of brother Bartholomevv Saluthius of the holie order of S. Francis; exciting a sinner to repentance. A worke very profitable for the saluation of all such soules, as are bound with sinne. Now lately translated out of the Latin, into the English tongue, by Br. G. P. of the same order and obseruance; Sette trombe. English	Cambi, Bartolomeo, 1558-1617.; Perrot, George, 1601-1670, of the order of S. Francis.	1626 (1626)	STC 4469; ESTC S115141	107,909	452

beloued spouse Christ Iesus Queene Hester when she would present her selfe vnto the King her husband the scripture saieth Circundata est gloriâ suâ Ester 15.4 she was adorned with all her glory that shee might find fauour in the fight of the King her spouse So likewise a soule that it may become acceptable in the diuine eyes of the King of heauen and earth had neede be adorned with that rich garment of diuerse colours Psal 44. which is the varietie of spirituall gifts and graces But before I shall declare what this grace is it will be needfull to speake of the common diuision of grace which all Doctors affirme saying that grace is two folde The one is Gratia gratis data grace giuen gratis and for no precedent merit the other Gratum faciens making the party acceptable vpon whom it is bestowed Graces of the first sorte are the fouours and spiritual gifts which are bestowed vpon men of which the Apostle speaketh of when be he saieth Alij quidem per spiritum datur sermo sapientia c. 1. Cor. 12.8 to one is giuen by the spirit the word of wisedome to another the worde of knowledge to another the grace of doing cures to another the working of miracles to another prophecy to another the discerning of spirits to another diuersitie of tounges to another interpretatiō of languages and all these worketh one and the same spirit diuiding vnto euery one according as he wil Grace of the other kind is a certaine spirituall qualitie created of God alone and infused into the soule which filleth and purifieth her essence as the subtile Scotus affirmeth afterwards redoundeth into the powers and faculties as the angelicall Doctor teacheth It is not our purpose to dispute of this matter it will be sufficient for you to know what you loose by your sinnes Now the grace of God being thus vnderstood that it is a certaine spirituall qualitie created and infused into the soule which of its owne nature is opposite to mortall sinne in so much that grace by no means can stand together with mortall sinne I say mortall sinne for grace is not excluded by veniall sinne although a soule should be blemished with a thousand venial sinnes yet notwithstandinge it might obtain● loue and fauour in the sight of God but it is true that when the soule is thus stained with the blemishes of veniall sinnes that the mutuall loue and amitie which intercedeth betweene God the soule waxeth more colde and tepidd that it cannot be eleuated with that ardent feruour of loue towardes God as it was wonte neither with that zeale doth shee seeke his honour and glorie as is requisite but so soone as one mortall sinne seaseth vpon the soule the grace of God immediatly vpon that instant departeth and leaueth that vnhappy soule which becometh thereby an enemie vnto God and appeareth abhominable in his sight Behold now Brethren your infinite detriment penetrate your great losse ponder well with your selues in what a state you are whē as you are hatefull to almightie God It is no small thinge to be depriued of the fauour of some earthly King or to purchase the displeasure of a worldly Prince but it is a farre greater thing to be destitute of the grace of God and to incurre the wrath of the King of Kings And yet this wretched world vilifying and dispising this seemeth to esteeme of it as a matter of small moment Oh vnwise oh foolish oh blinde world which folowest butterflies and fearest the stings of flies and gnats but tremblest not to thinke of the euer gnawing worme of cōscience and quakest not at the eternall furie and consuminge wrath of God Oh Brethren sinners feare God feare God I say and remember the saying of our B. Sauiour pronounced with his owne moste sacred mouth Nolite timere c. Math. 10.28 feare not those that kill the body but cannot hurte the soule but rather feare him that can cast both bodie and soule into hell fire Christ Iesus our Lord God for his mercies sake vouchsafe to infuse into your soules the holy feare of him for feare is the beginning originall of all our good works Beatus homo qui semper est pauidus Prou. 28.14 blessed is the man that alwaies feareth saith the wise man giue vs therefore sweet Iesu this holy feare of thee and illuminate and burne vs in the furnace of diuine loue Amen Of the terrible sentence which is giuen vpon a soule at the instant that it sinneth THE XI CHAPTER ANima quae peccauerit ipsa morietur Ezech. 18.20 the soule that sinneth shall die Oh yee sinners how fearfull is the sound of this third Trumpet It seemeth like vnto the soūd of those trumpets which at the laste leaue behinde them a fearfull broken and terrible note Oh how horrid and vnpleasant is it giue eare The soule that sinneth shall die Oh fearful sentence but who pronounceth it the holy scripture the mistresse of truth in the person of God the Father the Sonne and the holy Ghost But that you may with more attentiō giue eare to the sound of this trumpet know yee that so soone as yee commit mortall sinne in the consistorie of heauen by the mouth of the moste holy and blessed Trinitie the Father the Sonne and the holy Ghost your sentence is denounced in these wordes Let this soule be accursed condemned and adiudged to death that shee may be tormented and burned in the euerlasting flames of hell fire in the companie of vgglie and terrible diuels in that detestable odious place of perdition And then all hope and means being taken away of euer returning if shee die in this state without penance contrition and it may be confession she is giuen into the hands and authoritie of diabolicall and hellish furies for euer to be consumed in not consuming flames Oh that fearfull and moste terrible sentence yet moste right and iust But giue eare a little further oh you sinners for euery mortall sinne that you commit the same sentence in the same heauen of the same God Father Sonne holy Ghost in the presence of the B. V. Marie Mother of God and the whole celestiall courte of heauen is againe pronounced against your soules and al the Saints and Angels in that celestiall paradise say Amen Oh deare Brethren take this councell of mee turne vnto almightie God neither be diffident or call into doubt the diuine clemencie and mercie for though you were ten thousand times by sentence condemned vnto hell notwithstanding so long as yee liue you haue time to change the sentence Si autem impius egerit penitentiam c. Ezec 18.21 if the sinner do pennance for all his sinnes which he hath wrought all his iniquities shall be done away which he hath committed saith God by the mouth of his holy Prophet Ezechiel thus thou seest oh sinnefull soule that God can wil change his sentence if thou please to chāge thy wicked course and

vngodly maner of liuing There be two thinges sinners that God do●h not remember to wit sinnes and good workes if one hath liued wel thirty or fourtie yeares and hath serued God with much feruour of spirit and maceration of his body with fastings watchings disciplines or other such acts and at last should sinne and decline from his former institution and manner of liuing God blotteth out of his memorie all his former good workes and meritorious actes and if he die in such a state he is for euer plunged into the pitt of perdition On the other side if any one hath liued thirty or fourtie yeares in sinnes be they neuer so great and at the last should be penitent and sorrowfull for them God will forgett them all were they as redd as scarlett he will make them as white as snow and dying in that estate without all doubt he should be made participante of the perpetuall ioyes of heauen The former ought to strike great feare trembling and terrour into the good but the latter much confidence hope trust into the wicked Therfore I beseech you and entreat you deare Brethren sinners for Gods sake and the honour and loue of him that died for you that you would leaue sinning be conuerted vnto your clement Redeemer not any longer to abuse his mercies but to giue his diuine maiestie infinite thankes for his long suffering expecting euen vntill this instāt of your amendment and conuersion and who is alwaies prepared fatherly to receaue you if euer by amendement of life you shall returne home vnto him Dixi confitebor aduersum me iniustitiam meam Psal 31.6 I said I will confesse against my selfe mine iniustice vnto our Lord and thou hast forgiuen the impietie of my sinne saieth the holy Prophet Dauid who is he oh Brethrē that would abuse this so great benignitie of God doe it not doe it not doe it not for Iesus Christ his loue and bitter passion who died vpon the crosse for you but turne your selues vnto so louing and fatherly a God which doth not only expect but also draw you that he might pardon free and redeeme you from sinne death and hell A lasse oh yee fooles wherefore do you any longer defer it Sweet Iesu Christ looke downe vppon these blinded wretches and infuse into their soules the light of grace which may bring them to the participation of thy glorie which for thy mercie and much suffering vouchsafe to make thē capable of that they may die to liue with thee eternally Amen That man may easily sinne but cannot of himselfe rise from thence THE XII CHAPTER SIne me nihil potestis facere Ioan. 15.5 without me yee can doe nothing and in another place Nemo potest venire ad me c. Ioan. 6.44 no man can come vnto mee vnlesse my Father who hath sent mee shall draw him therfore the spouse in the canticles cried out Draw me after thee Cantic 1.3 Now therfore oh sinner it is no smal euill that thou doest incurre by sinning seeing thou hast power to fall and that it is in thy free will to sinne or not but being once fallen canst not of thy owne forces rise againe without the assistance of diuine grace Tel mee I pray thee speaking of thy body that by all probability immediatlye after foote set vppon ground thou shouldest fall how careful wouldest thou bee in walking what diligēce wouldest thou vse for the placing of thy feete for the auoyding of danger and if thou chance to fall how willingly wouldest thou imitate the asse which with great difficulty i● drawne that way where hee fo●merly receued any hurt The case is the same oh sinner in respect of thy soule in the next moment thou art ready to fall dangerouslie in so much that thou hast not power and abilitie to rise againe what care oughtest thou to haue then in ordering thy footsteps what vnwillingnes to walke in that path againe in which formerly thou hast receaued so great hurt and danger But thou neglecting this perhaps wilt say God will helpe me True it is thou maiest hope and it is good that thou trust confide in his diuine assistance but with this hope there must be ioyned an holie feare to offend or sinne against so great a maiestie for otherwise thou shalt much aggrauate thy crime and delict and procure the displeasure of so benigne and louing a Father But who hath or can assure thee that the effectuall helpe of God will alwaies be at hand to assist thee Hee can doe or omitt this as it shall be thought fitt by his diuine prouidence and therefore thou hast great reason carefully and prudently to institute thy life to shunne and abandon all obiects and occasions that may any way distract or hinder thee from the vnion of so mighty powerfull a Lord. Furthermore whē as God hath administred vnto thee oftētimes his diuine helpe and raised thee vp againe but thou continuing in vices and still with the dogge returning to thy former vomit it may be I say then he will leaue thee as long as that sentence of thy damnation may be pronounced in heauen thou art neuer secure why therefore doest thou studie as I may say to sinne and to prouoke the diuine goodnes Leaue therfore Brother leaue I beseech thee by that life and pretious blood which Iesus Christ our Lord powred out for vs hanging vpon the holy wood of the crosse Brother sinne no more for assure thy selfe that so long as thou art polluted with the blemish of sinne thou art no other then an adulterate person and liable to eternall perdition Beholde vnfortunate soule if thou shouldest be in daunger to fal into some deepe lake or into the sea or any other depth or into the iawes of some cruel wilde beastes how vigilant and carefull wouldest thou bee for the auoyding of so great and imminent a perill and yet thou seemest nothing at all to feare or care for falling into hell out of which there is no redemption How good workes done in sinne doe perish and are of no merit THE XIII CHAPTER WHat dost thou not know that all thy good and meritorious acts and deeds shall not auaile thee any thing if thou but once sinne This only thing truly ought to be a sufficient motiue if thou wouldest admit it to thy serious cogitation to excite rouse thee vp to amendement and correction of thy life manners Vnderstand how great and ineffable the loue and benignitie of our Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christ is towards vs vngratefull soules who hath ordained decreed for the least thing soeuer done in the honor of him to giue and make vs capable of heauen for one fasting for one mortification of the body for one almes for one penny giuen for the loue of him for one submission and inflexion of the body proceeding and tending to his glory for pronouncing only of the blessed name of Iesus if it be done with due

horrible aspect O Alas miserable sinners what sight will it be to see in hell innumerable diuels foule vggely running about hel with woful noise and clamours who with whippes and scourges shall now vexe this man another while that woman and so grieuously tormēt all that Dionisius an approued author saieth Teterrima quaedam in daemonibus phrenesis furoris amentia inest There is a most mischieuous franticknesse and madnesse of raging anger in the diuells The sixt punishment of the dāned shall be in an insatiable and most vehement hunger wherwith gluttons and all those shall bee tormented who like brute beasts place their felicity in banquets iunketts and merrie meetinges without any feare of God or remorce of conscience who breake the fasts instituted by our holy Mother the church neither doe they regard Lent and other times of pennance which she hath carefully ordained for their soules health saluation They eate often deuowre and consume not only their goods and estate but that also which should maintaine and relieue poore widdowes and fatherlesse children Herupon our B. Sauiour threatneth thē in the Gospell in these wordes Va vobis qui saturati estis c. Woe bee to you that are now filled because you shall be hungrie Luc. 6.23 In like manner God speaketh by the mouth of the Prophet Isaias saying Serui mei comedent vos esurietis c. Behould my seruants shall eate and you shal be hungrie Isai 65. Behould my seruāts shall drinke and you shall be thirstie my seruants shall reioyce and you shall be confounded my seruants shall praise with ioyfulnes of harte you shall crie for sorrow and for contrition of spirit you shal howle And the wise man giueth vs this counsel Ante obitum tuum operare bonum c. Before death worke thy good because thou shalt finde no meate with thē in hel Eccl. 14. Alas thou gluttonous companion cōsider that extreame hunger and thirst which thou shalt endure in hell where thou shalt haue nothing but thine own flesh to feed vpon Vnusquisque carnem brachij sui vorabit c. Isay 9. Euery one shall deuowre the flesh of his owne arme saith the Prophet Isay Speaking of the damned Doest thou know miserable glutton what thy fare shall be in hell wormewood and gall Ecce ego cibabo vos absynthio c. Behould I will feed you with wormewood and will giue you gall to drinke saith the Prophet Ieremie Ierem. 23.15 Doest thou know sinner for whom thou shalt bee meate for death it selfe Sicut oues in inferno c. They are put in hell like sheepe death shalt feed vpon them Psal 48. Alas foolish and madd gluttons what will you doe then when hauing nothing to refresh your selues with all you shall perish for hūger but although you might haue all the dainty dishes which the world could afford you they would in no wise satisfie your appetite The seauenth punishmēt shall be an intollerable thirst As wee read the rich glutton was her with cruelly tormented when he cried out Father Abraham c. Luc. 16. And it foloweth that I may coole my toung for I am tormented grieuously in this flame Vae qui consurgitis ad ebrietatem c. Woe to you that rise vp early to follow drunkennesse and to drinke euen vntil euening that you may be enflamed with wine Isay 5. and Salomon saith Be not in the feasts of great drinkers nor in their meetings which take flesh together to eate for they that are giuen to drinking and that pay shotts shall be consumed Alas wretched and couetous persons which would neuer giue so much as a cup of cold water to him that was thirstie nor a smal morsel of bread to the poore needy and hungry this hunger and thirst shall molest vex and torment you aboue all others Fili recordare c. Sōne remember that thou hast receaued good thinges in thy life time and Lazarus euill thinges Thus doeth Abraham speake to the rich glutton The same I may say to you rich couetous mē who will not show pittie or commiseration to any Alas how wofully shall all those pine away with hūger who in this world haue gorged themselues with wine and sugred soppes and haue enlarged their possessions with the goods of the needie and distressed with the rents and liuing belonging to te church Fumus tormentorum c. The smoke of their torments shall ascend for euer and they shall haue no rest day or night saieth S. Iohn in his Apocalipse Apoc. 14.11 And the Psalmist saieth Laborabit in eternum hee shall labour for all eternitie and shall liue yet vnto the end Psal 48.9 The eight punishment of the damned shall be to be fast bound and chained Our Lord affirmeth it in the Gospell Ligatis manibus Binde him hands and feet and cast him into vtter darknesse Iniquitates capient impium his owne iniquities shall ouertake the wicked and hee shall bee linked with the cordes of his sinnes saieth Salomon Prou. 5.22 Congregabuntur congregatione vnius fascis They shall be gathered together in the gathering of one bundle and shall be shut there in prison Isay 24.22 Alligate eos in fasciculos c. Binde them into bundels to burne saith our Lord speakinge of the Tares of the field Math. 13.30 whereby the damned reprobate are vnderstood Consider sinner what a multitude of bundles of men and women shall be in hel for they that haue beene participant of the same crimes and defiled themselues in the like offences shall be gathered together into the same bundle to receaue most cruell torments woe to you who will not pardon nor so much as looke vpon your enemies what will you doe then when you shall be fast chained to those to whom in this world you did beare deadly malice and hatred The ninth punishment shall be obscure darknes and thicke smoake Terra miseriae tenebraerum A land of miserie and darknes where the shadow of death is and no order but euerlasting horrour inhabiteth Although indeed there shall be great darknesse yet the diuine iustice hath so ordained that one damned shall clearly see another That of this mutuall behoulding of one another their torments may be the more encreased and augmented The tenth punishment is an intollerable filthines of that foule horrible and stinking hel that nothing can possiblie be compa-with it Goe to now sinner consider how thou shalt be shutt vp and bound fast in this place hauing no hope at all euer to come out againe O the calamity and miserie of mortall men who cast themselues headlong downe thither for iust nothing Quae videntur temporalia sunt quae non videntur eterna The thinges that are seene are temporall and transitorie but those thinges that are not seene are eternall and euerlasting saith the holy Apostle 2. Corin. 4.18 Your delightes and pleasures sinners are verie short but the torments of hel to which you hasten are of long continuance your

pasttimes vanish away like smoake but your punishments shal be permanent your sportes merry conceipts quickly consume and passe away like a cloud but your troubles afflictiōs shal neuer haue an end Alas therfore sinners returne at length to God why doe you not forsake your iniquities and transgressions why doe you not flie the diuell your cruell and deadly enemie woe to you sinners men and women who liue as if you should neuer die who take no care for the time to come but pursue your wicked and sinfull course of life euen as if you had no soules to saue neither were there any hell to torment you Sweet Iesus for his clemency and tender mercy open your eyes Sweet Iesus for his moste bitter death and passion sake chaunge and turne your hartes Iesus the true sonne of almightie God and the B.V. Marie his deare beloued Mother bring you backe againe into the right path of saluatiō that you may not be damned in the bottomlesse pitt of destruction Amen The Seuenth Trumpett of the society and companie which a sinner draweth with him in life death and after death THE XXXIV CHAPTER ET septimus Angelus tubâ cecinit And the seuenth Angell sounded the Trumpett Apoc. 8. Heare now at length the last Trumpet sounding which if it shall nothing moue thee thou giuest mee but smal hope of thy saluation Consider a while sinner whose companion thou shalt be so long as thou liuest Afterwardes wee will speake of thy company in death and after death Et societas nostra c. And our societie is with the Father and the Sonne saieth S. Iohn speaking of good men 1. Iohn 1.3 O happy and fortunate men wheresoeuer they goe they haue the Angels and God himselfe in their company for where two or three are gathered together in my name there am I in the midst of thē Math. 18.20 But sinner who shall associate thee Alas wretch the diuell shal be thy daily companion and attendant For what end and purpose That he may tumble fling thee downe headlong that he may kill and murther thee that he may enforce thee to commit all kindes of vices and lastly that he may carry thee with him into hell The Doctors affirme a certaine diuell to be assigned to euery man who doth continually watch and follow him nor euer leaueth him while he liueth that he may entrapp and ensnare his soule What then sinners doe you can you for all this sleepe and shorte seeing that the diuel euery day watcheth so narrowly for your destruction Can you so carelesly neglect your owne saluation and suffer the diuell alwaies to busie himselfe in the worke of your damnation wil you not yet take any thought vppon this matter Are you still delighted with so mischieuous a cōpanion Madd men and cruell against your owne sinnefull soules O wicked and senslesse creatures which are so in humane against your selues Ponder sinner that withersoeuer thou walkest there is a diuell ready to be thy lackie Thinke how sometimes he goeth before sometimes he followeth one time on the right hand another time on the left hand now he goeth before to ouerthrow thee now he followeth prouiding snares to catch thee now he standeth at thy left hand by calamities and distresses to bring thee to despaire and by and by he is on thy right hand by honours and dignities to puffe thee vp with pride and arrogancy thereby to giue thee a greater fal Consider when thou eatest he is about thee to make thee exceede by gluttonie When thou speakest that thou mayest stumble faulter in thy speech Thinke that when thou awakest he causeth thee to be drowsy whē thou sleepest he deludeth thee by strange visions and deceipts manie subtil deuices many deceipts and craftie sleights doth he imagine How many netts how many snares doth that tirāt lay for the miserable soules of sinneful men In how many wayes and comers doth that enemy sitt lurking to spoile robbe and murder all passengers Fratres sobrij estote c Brethren be you sobre and watch because your aduersary the diuell as a roaring lyon goeth about seeking whome he may deuoure saieth the holy Apostle S. Peter 1. Pet. 5.8 which worthy sentēce our holy Mother the church hath apointed to be daily sung at Compline in al places where the diuine office is said Circuiui terram c. I haue cōpassed about the earth and walked along through it saieth the diuel to God asking of him frō whence he came Iob. 2.2 What is the reason why the diuell so vieweth the world why he walketh through the earth so diligently for your soules for your soules I say God his Angells seeke to saue your soules the diuell with all greedines thirsteth after your damnation Da mihi animas c. Giue me the soules take thou the rest saith Abraham Gen. 14.21 The diuell saith the like to man the true seruants and worshippers of God are enflamed with desire to winne soules so likewise all the diuels hate them with extreame indignatiō neuer ceasing vntill they haue brought them as low as hel The Angells and good men and the diuells are marchants of soules but after a different manner For the first by all means endeauour to conduct them into heauen but the latter to make shipwracke of them in the bottomlesse pitt of hell That soule maketh an ill and an vnluckie iourney which taketh the diuell for her companion seruing him daily by sinne contemning God and reiecting his most sacred law But on the other side that soule maketh a prosperous iourney which followeth the Angels and Gods seruants for they will assuredly lead her into paradise shewinge her the way which they haue trodden namely the keeping and true obseruing of the diuine precepts commaundements Thine Angel Guardian sinner will neuer forsake thee so long as thy soule remaineth in thy body exciting thee to shunne euill and to chose that which is good The diuell a most cruell tyrant thy companion will not be idle about thee but wil prouoke thee vnto all sortes of wickednesse tragression Now then sinner how doest thou behaue thy selfe towardes thy good Angell how doest entertaine this thy most faithfull and louing keeper Alas sillie miscreant thou refusest thy good Angell and thy blessed Sauiour to ioyne thy selfe to the infernall Prince of darknesse whom thou seruest with all homage diligence and industrie Consider sinner with what streight obligation thou art bound to God and thy good Angell who cōtinually defendeth and accompanieth thee keepeth thee from the assaults and snares of innumerable damned spirits Thinke how many yeares are passed wherein thou hast liued in the sure custody of infernall enemies offending dishonouring and dispising thy God who al this time hath expected thee ready to embrace thee in his armes stretched out vpon the crosse there manifesting his benignity mercy loue and charitie towardes thee It is not long since sinners that the diuel would haue quite destroyed