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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A69169	[Certein workes of blessed Cipriane the martyr, translated out of laten by J. Scory]	Cyprian, Saint, Bishop of Carthage.; Scory, John, d. 1585.; Cyprian, Saint, Bishop of Carthage. De mortalitate.; Cyprian, Saint, Bishop of Carthage. Ad Fortunatum.; Cyprian, Saint, Bishop of Carthage. Epistola ad Thibaritanos.	1556 (1556)	STC 6152; ESTC S111012	40,894	104

Thes 4. We will not saieth he haue you to be ignozauÌ„t brethreÌ„ touching them that are aflepe that you should not be sorowefull as suche that haue no hope For if we beleue that Iesus died rose againe eueÌ„ so God shall also brig with him theÌ„ that haue slept in Christ He saieth the they are sorowefull in the departiÌ„g of theirs that haue no hope But we which liue in hope beleue in God truste in Christ that suffred for vs and rose againe abiding in Christ thorowe him rising againe in him why do we our selues either refuse to departe heÌ„ce or mourne sorowe for our freÌ„des departing hence as thoughe they wer lost Seing that Christ him selfe the Lord and our God doeth warne vs saieng I am the resurrectioÌ„ he that beleueth in me althoughe he die yet he shall liue Ioan. 11 â–ª euery on that liueth beleueth in me shall not die for euer yf we beleue in Christ let vs geue credite to his wordes promises and we shal not die euerlastingly but we shall come to Christ with a ioyfull safety with whome we shall liue reigne alwaies But wher as in the meane tyme we die we doo but passe by deathe vnto immortalitie neither can a man attayne eternal life except he happeÌ„ to go out from heÌ„ce it is no end but a passage after this teÌ„poral iorney is finished a going ouer vnto euerlasting lyfe Who wil not make hast to go to better thinges Who wil not desire to be chaunged and fashioned a newe after thymage of Christ to coÌ„ spedely vnto the dignite of the heaueÌ„ly grace accordiÌ„g as Paule thapostle preached safeng our conuersacion is in heauen from whence we also loke for the Lord Iesus Christ Phi. 3. which shall transforme our vile bodye make it like vnto his gloriouse body The Lorde Christ also him selfe doeth promise that we shall be such whan he praieth the father that we maye be with him and liue with him in theuerlasting seates and reioyce in the celestiall kingdomes father saith he I wil that where I shall be those whiche thou hast geuen me maye be with me also Ioan. 17. and maye see the glory which thou hast geuen me before the worlde was made He that shall com to the seate of Christ and to the glory of the heauenly kingdomes ought neither to mourne nor tament but rather according to the Lordes promise and the beleaue of the truthe to reioyce in his translation and iorney Thus do we finde that Enoch which pleased God was translated For thus in the boke of Genesis Goddes worde testifieth and saieth And Enoch pleased God and was not afterwardes founde bicause God had translated him This was the reward of pleasing God to obteyne to be caried out from the infectyon of this worlde This the holy Goost teacheth also by Salomon that they which please God ar plucked quickly hence spedily deliuered Sapi. 4. least that they tarieng long in this worlde might be defiled with the handelinges of the same He was caught awaie saithe he lest thorowe malice his vnderstaÌ„ding should chaunge For his sowle pleased the Lord â–ª therfore he made hast to briÌ„g him out from the myddes of wickednes Thus the sowle it self being addicte vnto God maketh hast in the psalmes also vnto the Lord thorowe spiritual faith as it is writteÌ„ Psal 83. O Lord of hostes how louing at thy dwelling places my sowle desireth and maketh hast vnto the courtes of God yf is his parte to desire to dwelle long in the worlde whose delectacion is in the worlde whome the flattering and deceitful worlde doth allure with enticemeÌ„tes of earthy pleasures Furthermore forasmuche as the world hateth the christian why louest thou him that hateth the and doest not rather folowe Christ which hathe redemed the and loueth the Iohn in his epistle crieth speaketh and exhorteth that we shuld not folowiÌ„g carnal desires loue the world â— Ioan. 2. saieng loue not the world neither the thinges that ar in the world Yf any man shall loue the worlde the charitie of the father is not in him bicause all that is in the world is the lust of the fleshe the lust of theyes the pride of the worlde which is not of the father but of the lust of the world and the worlde shall passe awaye with his lust but he that shall do the wil of God shall abide for euer euen as God abideth for euer Furthermore let vs most dearely beloued brethren be ready with a ê‘fecte mynde a stedfast faithe stroÌ„g power to obey all the will of God let vs banishe the feare of deathe and thinke vpoÌ„ immortalitie that foloweth Let vs shewe our selues to be that that we beleaue So that we neither mourne for the departure of our deare freÌ„des and whan the daie shall come of our owne calling hence we may without delaye and gladly go at the Lordes call This thing forasmuche as it should be done of Goddes seruauÌ„tes alwaies muche more at this present it ought to be obserued Seing the world is now in decayeing and beseged with the blonsteriÌ„g teÌ„pestes of deadly euilles that we which doo see greuous thinges to be already begoÌ„ne and knowe that more greuous hang ouer our heades should counte it the greatest gaine if we maye departe hence quickly Yf the walles of thine house were so olde that they shoke and the roofe ouer the did treÌ„ble the house being now weried being now tired the buildinges falling downe for age did threateÌ„ an ouerthrowe to be at hande woldest thou not with all spede get thee out Yf a troblesome stormye teÌ„pest and the waues being lift vp with a violent winde did aforehande shewe the a shippewracke comming woldest thou not saile in to some hauen with out delaye Beholde the worlde shaketh and decaieth and doeth declare her owne downe falle not now with the age but with th eÌ„de of thinges and doest not thou giue thankes to God and reioyce on thine owne behalfe that thou art quickely takeÌ„ hence and deliuered from the daungers shippewrackes plages that are houeriÌ„g ouer vs We ought to coÌ„sidre most derely beloued brethren and often tymes to thinke that we haue forsaken the worlde the we liue here but for a tyme as straungers and pilgrimes Let vs embrase that daye which may appoiÌ„te euery one of vs his dwelling place which doeth restore vs to paradise and to the kingdome of heauen after that we ar taken hence and deliuered froÌ„ the snares of the world Who being farre out of his owne couÌ„trey maketh not haste to returne home Who making haste to sayle to his frendes and kinsfolke wolde not earnestly desire a prosperous winde that he might the rather imbrace his dearely beloued We reken that paradise is our countre we beginne now to haue the patriarches for our parentes why do we not make hast ruÌ„ne that we maye se our countrey hat we maye

A sermon of blessed Cipriane touching mortalitie exhorting meÌ„ to the loue of forsating this lyfe and shewing that notwithstanding the iuste and vniuste dye wyth out difference yet no man ought to thynke that the good euell come bothe to one destructioÌ„ Forasmuche as the iuste are called hence to refreshing and thoususte are caught awaye vnto punishment ALthoughe ther be many of you most dearely beloued brethreÌ„ which haue a souÌ„de mynde a stedfast fayth and a deuoute soule which is not moued at this great mortalitie but as a strong and stable rocke dothe rather break the troblesom assaultes the violent and raging wafes of this worlde it selfe beyng neither broken nor ouercome with temtacions but only tried Neuertheles because I perceiue that ther are certayne among the people The causes of incoÌ„stancy and departing from true religion â–ª which eyther thorow the weaknes of mynde or litelnes of faythe or swetenes of wordly lyfe or teÌ„dernesse of kynde or which is worse thorowe thignoraunce of the truthe stande not stedfastly nor do put furth the heaueÌ„ly and the inuincible strenght of their harte this thing ought neither to be dissembled nor to be kept in sileÌ„ce but that we to the vttermost of our power should with full force and wordes taken of the holy scripture suppresse and kepe downe the cowardnes of the deintie mynde that he which is now begonne to be the maÌ„ of God and of Christ myght also be counted worthy of Christ For he that is a soul diour to God most dearly beloued brethren and beyng put in the celestiall tentes do now hope for heauenlye rewardes ought to knowe him selfe so that we should in no wise either feare or staye for the stormes and whirle wyndes of the worlde forasmuche as the Lorde hathe tolde aforehande that these should come instructing and teaching with thexhortacion of his for seing voice and preparing strenghtnyng the people of his churche to all maner of suffering of thiÌ„ges to come hathe aforehande shewed and taught that warres and hongers Mat. 24. and earthquakes pestilences should spring vp arise euery where And that no sodayne and newe feare of hurtful thinges should violently shake vs he hath beforehande warned that aduersities and troubles shall growe vp thicker and thicker The lasâ— tymes artroblesum more and more in the last tymes They do nowe happen loo that were aforehande tolde and forasmuche as the thinges do now happen which were tolde aforehande all thinges that are promised shal also folowe after by the promise of the Lord hymselfe which sayeth but whan ye shall see these thinges come to passe Luc. 21. knowe ye that the kingdome of God is at hande The kingdome of God eâ—ternal life are at hand The kingdome of God dearely beloued brethreÌ„ beginneth to be at hande the worlde passing away the reward of lyfe and ioye of eternal healthe and the continuall gladnesse and possession of paradise lately loste are eueÌ„ now come EueÌ„ now do heaueÌ„ly thinges succede earthy great thinges lytell and euerlasting transitory and fading away What place is here left for troble and carefulnes Who amoÌ„g these thinges caÌ„ be fearful and sorowful except he wante both faith hope who feare deathe It is his ê‘t to fear death which wil not go to Christ it is his part to refuse to go to Christ which beleueth not that he shal begin to reigne with Christ Abac. 2. For it is written that the rightful maÌ„ lyueth by faythe Yf thou be rightfull and lyuest thorow faythe yf thou beleuest truly in God why doest thou not embrace and reioyce of this that thou shalt be with Christ be by the Lordes promise in saffetie inasmuche as thou art called to Christ and delyuered froÌ„ the deuell Luce. 2. To be shorte that iuste man Symeon that was a rightfull man in dede Thorowe faithe goddes commaundementes are obserued which thorow a perfecte faith obserued goddes coÌ„maundementes whaÌ„ he had receyued answer of God that he should not dye before he had sen Christ And whan the babe Christ with his mother was come into the Temple he knewe thorowe the spirite that Christ of whome he was tolde before was nowe borne whome after that he had sene he knewe that he should shortly dye He therfore being gladde of deathe that was now at hand and fearing nothing his calling hence that was hardby toke the childe in his handes and praisid God and cried out saing O Lord now let thy seruant departe in peace according to thy worde For myne eyes haue sene thy sauyng healthe In which wordes he proueth and testifyeth that than the seruauntes of God haue peace when and wheare we maye trust to haue sure rest and that than they haue free and quiet rest whan we beyng drawen out of the boistous tempestes of this worlde attayne the hauen of eternall reste and saffetie whaÌ„ this deathe beyng remoued we come to immortalitie For this is our peace this is the reste that a man maye truste to this is the stable the sure we haue here a contynuall battaile against vices and perpetuall saffetye Furthermore in the worlde what is ther elles but a dayly fyght against the deuell Howe hard daungerous and continuall is this fyght against his dartes and arrowes We must fyght against couetousnes against vnclennes against wrathe against ambicion against carnall vices our wrastlyng with the flickering intisementes of the worlde is laborious continuall and paynfull The mynde of man beyng besieged compassed in on euery syde with the assaultes of the deuel dothe hardly resiste any temptation Yf couetousnes be throwen downe luste ryseth vp Yf lust be suppressed ambicion foloweth Yf ambicion be despised wrathe bothe vexe pride is puffed vp dronkenesse calleth in enuye breaketh concorde zele cutteth of frendship Thou arte compelled to curse which goddes lawe forbiddeth thou art constrayned to sweare which is vnlawful So many persecutioÌ„s dothe the mynde dayly suffer with so many daungers is the harte dayly vexed and dothe it delyte vs to stande here long among the deuelles swerdes whan we ought rather to desire and wishe by the meanes of a swift deathe to make hast to Christ According as he instructed vs saieng verely verely I saie vnto you ye shall wepe and lament but the world shal reioyce you shall be sorowful but your sorowe shal be turned in to ioye Who maketh not hast to com vnto myrthe Ioan. 18. FroÌ„ hence we go to mirthe ioye Who desireth not to be wcout sorwe but whan our heuynes shall be turned in to ioye the Lord him self declareth saieng I wil se you againe and your harte shall reioice and your ioye shall no maÌ„ take from you Forasmuche than as the sight of Christ is our ioie neither can we haue any ioie but whan we haue seen Christ What blindnesse or rather madnes of mynd is this to loue the troubles and paines and teares of the worlde and

the boke of nombres saieng Num. 20. let theÌ„ cease to murmur against me thei shal not dye Wee maye not most deare brethren grudge in aduersites but quietly and stroÌ„gly suffer what so euer shal happen seing it is written that a trobled spirite is a sacrifice to God Psal 50. and that God despiseth not a contrite and an huÌ„ble hart In the Deuteronomy also the holy goost doeth warne vs by Moses and saieth Deu. 8. The Lord thy God shall vexe the and shall throwe hunger vpon the and thine hart shall be knoweÌ„ whether thou wilt truly kepe his coÌ„maundementes or not And againe he saieth The Lord your God doeth tempte you that he maie knowe whether you loue the Lord your God with al your harte with al your sowle Thus did AbrahaÌ„ please God Gene. 22. that he might so do he neither feared to forgo his sonne nor refused to kill him Thou that canst not be content to forgo thy soÌ„ne by the lawe and lotte of mortalitie deathe what woldest thou do if thou war coÌ„maunded to kill thy soÌ„ne The feare of God faithe ought to make the redye to al thiÌ„ges Be it that thou hast lost thy goodes be it that partes of thy body ar coÌ„tinually and greuously vexed with deadly diseases be it that thy wiffe thy children deare frendes ar most dolefully and heauely pluct from the by deathe lette not these thinges be stumbling blockes vnto the but batailes neither let theÌ„ weaken or ouerthrowe the faithe of a christian but let them rather declare strenght in the wrastling Forasmuche as all suffering of these present euelles ought to be dispised in hope of the good thinges to come Except ther shall furst be a battayle ther can be no victory but whan a man in the ioyning of the battaile getteth the victory than is ther a crowne also geuen to them that ouercom For in a tempest the gouernour of a shipe is knowen a sowdear is tried in the battaile The bragge is but wanton whaÌ„ ther is no daunger The conflicte and fight in aduersite is the triall of the truthe The tre that is depely roted is not moued with the blustering windes and a shippe that hathe strong ribbes wel ioyned is beaten of the wawes and receaued no leake and whaÌ„ the corne is thressed on to barne store the good weghty corne regardeth not the windes but the light chaffe ar blowen quite awaie EueÌ„ thus thapostle Paule after shipwracke after scorges after many bitter tormentes of the fleshe and the body he sayeth not that he is greued with these aduersities but amended so that the more greuously he is afficted the more truly he is tried Ther is geuen me sayeth he the prick of my fleshe 2. Cor. 11. the messenger of Satan that dothe buffet me that I should not be exalted For the which I haue beseched the Lord .iii. tymes that it might departe froÌ„ me and he sayd vnto me my grace is sufficient for thee for power thorowe weakenes is made perfite Whan therfore either sicknes eyther weaknes or any destructioÌ„ dothe violeÌ„tly assaile vs thaÌ„ is our strengt made perfect than is faithe crowned yf she indure stedfaste in temptacion Eccle. 27. according as it is written The furnace trieth the potters vessell and the temptacion of troble trieth iuste men Furthermore this difference is betwene vs and other that knowe not God They complayne and grudge in their trobles but as for vs aduersities do not call vs awaye from the truthe vertue and faythe but do strenghten vs in sorowes For wher as nowe the bloody flixe dothe scrape the guttes taketh quite awaye the strenght of the body wheras nowe a fire inwardly coÌ„ceaued in wouÌ„des sores doth rage burne wheras now the intralles do shake pant with continuall vomite wheras the eyes are set on fire with the violence of blood wheras some mens fete or other ê‘tes of the body ar cut of that they should not corrupte the rest wheras thorow damages hurtes of the body after the disease once burste out either the goyng is weakened or the hearing stopped or the sight blinded al euery of those profiteth vnto the instruction teaching of fayth To fight against so many violeÌ„t assaultes of destructioÌ„ death with a stable miÌ„de what a noble courage is it how worthy auauncemeÌ„t is it for a maÌ„ to staÌ„de right vp among the myseries destructions of maÌ„kinde not to lye groueling on th earth with them that haue no hope in the Lord We ought rather to reioyce and embrace the gyft of tyme that whiles we stedfastly declare our faythe and by suffering of paynes go by the narowe waye of Christ vnto Christ we may he beiÌ„g iudge receiue the rewarde of lyfe faythe Let hym feare to die but he which being not renewed of the water the spirite is delyuered in boÌ„dage to hel fire Let him feare to dye who be they that feare deathe which is not inrolled in the crosse passion of Christ Let him fear to die which froÌ„ this death shall passe to the seconde deathe let him feare to dye whome after the departure froÌ„ this worlde an euerlasting flame shal torment with coÌ„tinual punishemeÌ„t let him fear to dye which by his long carieng here haue only this benefite that his sorowe torment is for the while differred Many of our brethren dye in this mortalitie that is to say many of our brethren are delyuered from this world As this mortalitie is a pestileÌ„ce to the Iewes gentiles that are Christes enemies euen so to goddes seruauÌ„tes it is an holsome departure Where as without difference of mankinde the iust die with thoniuste ye maye not thinke that both good euel are destroyed alyke The iuste are called heÌ„ce to refreshing thoniuste are caught awaye to punishment Defence is quickly geuen to theÌ„ that beleue but to thoÌ„beleuers paine We are moste dearely beloued brethren vncircuÌ„specte and vnthankful to Goddes benefites neither do we knowe what is geuen vnto vs. The virgins being in safetie lo depte heÌ„ce in peace with their glory fearing nothing the threateninges deflowringes brothel houses of Antichrist now coÌ„ming The childreÌ„ escape the daungers of their slippery age do luckely attayne the rewarde of coÌ„tineÌ„cy innocency The tender matrone feareth now no more tormentes which thorowe a swift deathe is escaped the feare of persecutyon and the handes and tormentes of the hang man Thorowe thextreme feare of mortalitie tyme the luke warme are made hote the dissolute are hard wrongen the slothefull ar reised vp the shrinkers are compelled to returne the heatheÌ„ are constrained to beleue the true faithfull people are called to rest and a newe a great arinye ys gathered together with a mightier force to the battayle to fight when the filde shall beginne without any feare of deathe which in the tyme of mortalitie came in to the warfare

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