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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	believe_v	church_n	know_v	4,058	5	4.1423	3	true

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68585	A dialogue of dying wel. First written in the Italian tongue, by the reuerend father Don Peeter of Luca, a chanon regular, a Doctor of Diuinitie and famous preacher. VVherin is also contayned sundry profitable resolutions, vpon some doubtful questions in diuinitie. Translated first into French, and novv into English; Dottrina del ben morire. English	[Pietro da Lucca].; Verstegan, Richard, ca. 1550-1640.	1603 (1603)	STC 19815; ESTC S114608	35,811	112

I can to winne it And so calling to him a multitude of deuils in diuers manners they procure his damnation laying wait euen vntil the end of his passage First they temp him with impatience whervnto for sorrow and payne hee is much inclined When they cannot ouercome this way they take an other and tempt him with his owne pleasing of himself and his proper reputation desirous to perswade him that hee is one of great perfection and constant in his aduersities and that hee hath done many good woorkes woorthy of great recoÌ„pence with this temptation deuout men are speciallie vexed and this temptation is much to be feared because many haue bene brought in peril by it and many damned Wherefore it behoueth them to haue recourse to humilitie and to consider our owne faultes which in deed be many and to acknowledge the mercie and goodnes of our Sauiour from whome all goodnes proceedeth without any proper merit or deseruing of ours more ouer by diuers wayes and meanes they endeuour themselues to make him think that hee shal not dy of this infirmitie and this they do to the end hee go not about to prepare and fortifie himself against them and that they may take him at vnawares But yf thow wilt bee wyse and prouident thow shalt prepare thy selfe in euerie least sicknes as yf thow weart out of all doubt thow shouldest dy of that disease And yf they see they cannot deceyue thee this way then they set hand to greater blowes and with false arguments beginne to cal thee back from the truthe of the christian faith In this case yf thow be not verie warie thow art like to bee catched in their nettes therefore I giue thee warning that thow giue not eare to their deceitful arguing nor dispute with them in any wyse because so thow shouldest bee sodeynlie bound and takeÌ„ The best remedie in this straight wil bee with tongue hart to say the articles of our faith that is the Creed to confesse thow beleeuest all that our holie mother the Catholyke Churche beleeueth and so cause the gospels to be red vnto thee with this temptation the learned are more troubled then the vnlearned therefore it is good to submit our vnderstanding vnto obedience of faith and not to search out the truthe therof by reason but with humilitie to referre our selues to the iudgement of our fore-fathers and the Catholyke Churche Yf in this temptation of infidelitie thow shalt make due resistance then with their last battayle they wil tempt thee with desparation perswading thee that in this lyfe thow haste not vsed thy selfe in such wyse as thow deseruest to be saued and to put thee besyde all hope they wil bring to thy memorie all thy defects and wants and tel thee thy confessions haue not bene good nor thy communications meritorious and that thow hast not done euerie thing for the loue of God but for feare of hel and for thyne owne profit Then it wil be tyme to runne to the infinite mercie of our louing and sweet lord God and remember thy self that his sonne for our saluation did become man and as man suffered hunger and thirst paynes and torments and finallie vpon the crosse for our saluation an opprobrious and shameful death Thow shalt answere then to the enemie it is true thow doest not deserue paradise nor diddest woork in all thy lyfe by which thow couldest merit so great blisse but thy merciful lord is hee that of his infinite mercie and goodnes hath merited for thee and purchased thee paradise when hee died on the crosse for thy redemption Yf thow say this they shal remayne confounded like hellish beastes not knowing what more to do against thy saluation except God permitting it they appeare vnto thee in verie horrible and feareful shapes to geue thee some payne and to make thee afeard to the intent they may more easilie take thee in their malitious trappes whylest thy mynde is occupied with such trouble and greef But yf thow wilt runne for refuge to the help of our blessed Ladie and of thyne angel and of thy heauenle aduocates they wil reddilie geue thee succour and peradueÌ„ture appearing vnto thee in â—ouing gratious shapes sodeynlie from their presence euery deuilish vision wil be gonne The fourth â—ule THE fourth rule of the arte to dy wel that ought to be obserued in tyme of sicknesse is the election or prouision of two or of one faithful welbeloued companion or freind eyther seculer or religious which in the end of thy lyfe may be present with thee and assist thee whose office shal be principally about three things The first is that hauing committed the charge of thy soule vnto such in this extremitie they wil make thee some spiritual exhortations comforting and perswading thee to patience and constaÌ„cie to the end thow mayest haue the greater reward in heauen for conforming thy self to God his holy wil pleasure in this and euerie other affliction Also they shal exhort thee that all care and all loue of transitorie thinges of this world set a syde with all thy hart thow bee attentyue to the health of thy soule thanking our lord God continually for his innumerable benefites bestowed vpon thee Secondly that whilest they assist thee they do make thee many good and profitable demaundes First they ought to demaund yf thow firmelie beleeue all the articles of the christian faith and that our holy mother the Churche beleeueth and holdeth moreouer they ought to aske thee yf thow haue greef and sorrow for all thyne offences committed against God asking pardoÌ„ with an humble and contrite hart and yf thow purpose neuer to offend him more yf for his loue thow willingly pardonest all those that haue offended thee And they shal also put thee in remembrance that yf thow haue taken away the good name or the goodes of any person that thow actualy yf it be in thy power do without delay restore it And after they shal exhort thee to put all thy hope and set all thy loue in our moste mylde and louing redeemer beseeching him with feruent desire that hee wil giue thee perfect faith hope and charitie and that for the merits of his holy passion and for his infinite mercie hee wil giue thee the euerlasting glorie of heauen And yf the sick-man should not to these demandes answere like a good christian then his chosen freindes before mentioned shal with all diligence do their endeuour to remoue from him euerie il apprehension and disposition of spirit perswading him with louing sweet woordes how much it is needful at this tyme to prepare himself to receyue deuoutly all the sacraments of the Churche and wholie and thorowlie to do according to the demaundes and questions aboue specified To the office of this faithful and deuout freind or freinds it shal also belong to prouyde that the sick do not dy without the sacramentes and that the images of the Crucifix and of

a spiritual consolation and to fulfil without offence to God a desire to know such a thing that this is no sinne Notwithstanding hold thow that opinion which moste pleaseth thee so that thow haue the vertue of humilitie ioyned with godly and holy desire The sixt question THE sixt question was whether hee that hath alwayes liued il neuer hath made preparation for death being now at the point of death may at that instant sufficiently prepare himself to dy The Ermite answered saying sonne so long as a man liueth and hath the vse of reason hee may alwayes dispose and prepare himself to dy wel But in truth I say vnto thee that of ten thowsand men that delay it to the last instant their is not one saued This is the iudgement of S. Hierome and S. Augustine and verie wel knowne and manifest to other holy doctors therefore I wil not go about to multiplie wordes in vayne The seueÌ„th question THE seuenth question was whether the deuil do appeare to all those that dy The Ermite answered saying that ordinarily the deuils appeare to all in the end of their lyues as may be proued by the authoritie of diuers holy men The ordinary glosse explicating these woordes of Geneses Tu insidiaberis calcaneo eius that is Genes 3. Thow shalt ly in wayt euen at his heel saith that this is to be vnderstood to be at the end of mannes lyf To the same purpose Ecclesiasticus also saith Sunt spiritus qui ad vindictam creati sunt in tempore consummationis effundunt virtutem suam that is to say their be spirits which were created for reuenge and at the tyme of consumation they do shew their force which authority S. Vincent and other Doctors expound of deuils that appeare at the tyme of death And S. Gregorie saith that the deuil so much the more diligently tempteth a man in the end of his lyfe as he knoweth hee hath lesse tyme to tempt him Thesame S. Gregorie also wryteth that the deuil in the end of lyfe appeereth aswel to the good as the euil yea and that hee durst appeer to Christe himself beeing on the crosse If then this wicked spirit came to Christe on the crosse how much more boldly wil hee appeere to all other yf it be not that some through the spetial grace and priuiledge of almighty God be exempted from such a diuelish apparition as wee read of our blessed Ladie in some bookes of smalle authoritie that she asked and obtayned of her blessed sonne that at her death she should not see any wicked spirit or deuil The eight question THE eight question was whether our Sauiour Christe discend corporally to the particuler iudgment of all those that dy The Ermite answered that to some it seemeth hee doth and they confirme their opinion with authoritie of holy scripture in the actes of the Apostles where it is said of our Lord. Act. 10. Ipse est qui constitutus est Ã Deo iudex viuorum mortuorum that is to say it is hee that is appoynted of God the iudge of the quick and the dead And in S. Iohn the 5. Chap. it is written Pater omne iudicium dedit filio that is to say God the father gaue all iudgement to his sonne But to some other this opinion seemeth not credible because it happeneth that in one and the self same tyme diuers persons dy in diuers places and it is not conuenable that Christes humanitie in one instant should bee to this end in so many places and therefore they say our blessed Sauiour doth not discend personally to giue this particuler iudgmeÌ„t but rather committeth that office to the good Angel that is giuen vs for our gard giuing him authoritie as iudge to end and execute the proces and sentences to him appoynted and the Angel so made iudge condemneth or absolueth the soule according to iustice and after guideth it to the place assigned eyther in heauen in hell or in purgatorie according as it hath deserued But to the vniuersal iudgment our blessed Sauiour himself wil discend and iudge the quick and the dead And in this sence they expound the authoritie before aleaged The nynth question THE nynth question was whether our Sauiour Christe appeare at the hower of death generallie to all men good and il The Ermite answered that some great doctors haue said that hee dothe and to approue thesame they alleage the authoritie of Pope Innocent the third in the second book de conditione vilitatis humane that is of the misery of man where it is said that all men aswel good as bad do see Iesus Christe before the soule go out of the bodie The good to their great consolation and the euil to their great confusion to the end that by such apparance they may be ashamed to haue lost through their negligence the precious fruit of their redemption And albeit this bee the opinion of very famous doctors yet do I not fynde it sufficiently confirmed by authority of holy scripture for this reason there are others that do not concur in this opinion though yet very Godly and deuout About this matter then I wil make none other resolution but that I hold for certayne that our benigne and mercyful redeemer appeareth to many in the end of their lyues as by innumerable examples and approued histories it may be verefyed but that hee appeareth to all vniuersally I neyther affirme nor deny The tenth question THE tenth was whether the particuler iudgement bee immediatly after the soule is gon out of the bodie or that there bee some space of tyme before the sentence of the said iudgement be giuen The Ermite answered that ordinarilie without delay after the soule be separated from the bodie it receyueth his particuler iudgment with the sentence of damnation or saluation according to the condition of his merits But verie trew it is that Omnis regula patitur exceptionem euery rule suffereth exception Therefore some soules after their separation attend a good space before their particuler iudgement be giuen as wee read of a famous Doctor of Paris who was reputed a man of holy lyfe but beeing dead whyles they made his funeralles in the Churche hee lifted vp his head as he lay on the beere in the presence of many people a great nuÌ„ber of maisters Doctors in diuinitie and diuers schollers and said Ad iudiciam vocatus sum that is I am called to iudgement and then layd himself down againe wherevpoÌ„ it was ordayned that hee should not be buried vntil the next day and so the day following hee did the like for lifting vp his head againe hee said Iudicatus sum I am iudged And there vpon his burial was deferred til the third day when as hee in lyke manner as twyce before lifting vp his head said aloud Condemnatus sum I am condemned whereby it is manifest that this particuler iudgement continued for the space

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