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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B11418	The complaint or dialogue, betvvixt the soule and the bodie of a damned man Each laying the fault vpon the other. Supposed to be written by S. Bernard from a nightly vision of his, and now published out of an ancient manuscript copie. By William Crashaw.; Noctis sub silentio tempore brumali. English and Latin.	Crashaw, William, 1572-1626.; Bernard, of Clairvaux, Saint, 1090 or 91-1153, attributed name.; Fulbert, Saint, Bishop of Chartres, ca. 960-1028, attributed name.; Crashaw, William, 1572-1626. Manuale Catholicorum. aut	1622 (1622)	STC 1909.3; ESTC S105114	31,120	195

sheepe acknowledge thee for one of his true sheepe and receiue thee into his folde IESVS Christ absolue thee from all thy sinnes and place thee on his right hand amongst his elect that there thou maiest see thy Redeemer face to face and in the societie of blessed soules maiest enioy the comforts of heauenly contemplation and the blessed vision of God for euer and euer Amen A Meditation of Saint Bernard sweete and comfortable to fore-run a happy end DVlcissime Iesu Christe sit vltimum verbum tuum in cruce vltimum verbum meum in hac luce amplius fari non possum exaudi finale cordis desyderium In English SWeete Iesus Christ let thy last wordes vpon thy Crosse bee my last vpon my Couch and when I can speake no more Lord heare the vtmost desire of my heart To the Reader SEe Christian brother how in the worst times they were prepared to die commended to God if the Ancient Books did not proclaime this truth some would not beleeue but that they had beene made in this latter time But seeing the truth cannot be denyed I desire thee with me to obserue these few collections arising out of due consideration of the premisses 1 Here is answer to that great question how our forefathers were saued euen by the same faith as we are at this day 2 How truly Christ performed his promise namely that the gates of hell should not preuaile against the true faith for so we see that in the vilest times this faith hath beene preserued 3 Obserue how here is no touch nor once mention of Purgatory nor of any thing to be done for their good after this life 4 Here is no relation to any pardons or indulgences from the Pope 5 Here is no necessity laid downe of sending for a Priest to bring his hoste and his Pix and his Holy-Water and his Taper These matters it seemes are rather commanded pressed vpon the people by the Romish Cleargy then much regarded by the wiser and god her sort of our forefathers neyther are they commanded to stay till the Priest come but saith the booke let these prayers bee said and the commendation of his soule by one of the by-standers Lastly let it bee obserued that in all these prayers and commendations and questions and these saith the booke are all that be of necessity to be said here is not one smack of Popish Idolatry or superstition In these respects I haue thought it no needlesse labour to communicate these to thee deare brother I know there be store of godly Prayers and meditations already extant But these are of a speciall vse more then others and are venerable for their antiquity and are to be the more welcome because God preserued them in the hands of our very enemies And though they were mingled with other things not so good yet let vs know as S. Hierome tels vs that it is no small point of wisedome to seeke out gold out of mire and clay Make vse of these and helpe mee with thy prayers and thou shalt shortly if God permit be partaker of more Hereafter followeth an addition of some new and late formes and models of Prayer for sundry occasions and purposes At thy vprising thus or in like manner commend thy selfe to God saying GRant O good Father that of thy mercy hast brought me to the beginning of this day that in this same I may rise and so walke in my calling that thy name may be glorified my conscience discharged thy seruant comforted and all good men incouraged by my example for thy deare Sonnes sake Amen Before thy going out thus meditate Morning Meditation 1 THat many haue gone out of their houses abl● and well that haue neuer returned backe aliue as fo● ought thou knowest may befall thee 2 Remember that thy conscience shall bee the quiet●● in the night when thou sh●● call to minde thou hast beg●● in the Lord and so careful● discharged thy duty in t●● day 3 That to goe forth in ● the world is to encounter with many troubles to passe some dangers and to performe many duties and therefore rush not forth into such an vndertaking before thou hast thus or in like manner prayed to God to assist thee without whose blessings and fauour towards thee thou vndertakest in vaine for thy labour will not prosper That done thou maist thus further call vpon God in thy Morning Prayer MOst gracious God mercifull Father wee render vnto thee most humble and hearty thankes for all thy benefits thou hast from time to time bestowed vpon vs as for the quiet rest and repose thou hast this night giuen vs to the refreshing strengthning of our wearied bodies mindes so wee beseech thee likewise being thus renewed and taken vp from that image of death that laid vs in our beds the representation of our graues to consider the waste of time our owne liues and decay of all sublunarie things how with their easie lengths their spannes and fadomes since the commandement was first giuen Let there bee day and night and times and seasons they haue brought age and maturity the sithes sickles that haue reaped downe whole haruests of flesh and laid generations in the dust Teach vs O Lord with this remembrance to weigh our mortalitie and so to frame our liues and actions thereafter that whensoeuer thy good will and pleasure is to binde vp our bones in peace and rest wee may yeelde vp our soules and bodies into thy hands with full confidence and assurance that our sinnes are washed away in the bloud of that pure and immaculate Lambe Christ Iesus and shall not condemne vs. And to that end prosper vs wee pray thee in all our actions and giue good successe to our true endeuours and then wee shall not attempt in vaine and grant that this day and all the daies of our life hereafter may bee so accomplished by thy counsell fauour and direction that we may so beare our selues throughout this vale of misery that at the last we may raigne with thee in glory Amen Euening Meditations before thy going to bed 1 REmember that many goe to bed and neuer rise againe till they bee awaked by the sound of the last Trumpet and therefore presume not to close thine eyes till thou hast committed thy selfe into the hands of God by Prayer 2 At the putting off of thy cloathes thinke that the day is comming when thou must be as barely vnstript of al thou hast as thou dost now thy selfe of thy cloathes 3 Fixing thine eyes vpon thy bed let it put thee in mind of thy graue thy bed-clothes of the mold of the earth that must couer thee the sheetes of thy winding sheete thy sleepe thy death thy waking thy resurrection Then at thy lying downe thou maist thus addresse thy selfe vp to God saying Into thy hands most mercifull Father I commend my soule and body this night and euermore be mercifull gracious and good vnto

inserted 1. FEare God for not to feare him is to feare euery thing 2. Loue thy brother for if thou loue not him whom thou hast seene how shalt thou loue him whom thou hast not seene 3. Bee charitable to the poore which is to relieue Christ in his members and be not greatly curious so thou knowest them no notorious ill liuers for if Lot had beene so in the entertainment of his strangers he had not receiued Angels in stead of men and withall because it is better to giue many counterfeits then that one truly needy should depart vnreliued 4. Sweare not but what thou truly knowest as to manifest a doubtfull truth and that vpon vrgent occasion for by an oath may God be greatly honoured or dishonored Honoured as when we shall bring him to testifie a truth which is himselfe the God of truth dishonor whē we bring him to witnesse a falshood which whosoeuer doth the Lord will not hold him guiltlesse And to auoid this make conscience of thy word and it shall be to thee as a oath for it is the man that giues credit to the oath more then the oath to the man 5 Perswade thy selfe rather then thy friend to keepe thy counsell and whatsoeuer discord shall arise betwixt thee and him as thou tenderest the reputation of an honest heart neuer let malice in hatred make thee to reueale that which loue friendship before boūd thee to conceale 6 Hate no man no not thy enemy lest God loue him for to hate where he loues is a fearefull opposition 7 Whatsoeuer is deare vnto thy body forbeare it being any way preiudiciall to thy soule 8 Desire in any thing rather to bee in substance without shew then in shew without substance 9 Desire to liue godly though poorely in this world for hee that vngodlily dies rich shall haue many mourners to his graue but few comforters at his iudgement 10 Thinke of God with wonder speake to God with reuerence serue him in loue obey him in feare and doe nothing but as in his presence and sight thou shalt liue the life of the godly go the way of the blessed liue in his feare and die in his fauour In laudem operis Authoris VVHat attribute's worth thy deseruing paine Deare friend since thy endeuour blesseth vs Whose serious houres spent onely to reclaime The stubborne st●ffe neckt and idolatrous For what their fathers gathered with much care For holy penitentiall legacies Children peruert the deads will and prepare Hardnesse of heart for their Apostasies Goe boldly forwards though they iudge like Dan Our people with the gall of bitternesse Yet vnto them be a Samaritan Powre oyle into their wounds with cheerefulnesse And blest be thy endeuour and each thought Till to the promist Land thy spirit be brought W. Lort A conclusion to the Author and his Booke TRadition and antiquity the ground Whereon that erring Church doth so relie Breakes out to light from darknesse to confound The nouell doctrine of their heresie Which plainaby these most sensible degrees Doth point the wayes it hath digrest to fall Where each obseruing iudgement plainly sees From good to bad from bad to worst of all It is arriu'd so that it can aspire Obscure deface suppresse doe what it may To blind this truth to no step any higher By any policy it can essay These holy Hymnes stuft with religious zeale And meditations of most pious vse Able their whole to wound our wounded heale Free from impiety or least abuse Blot out all merit in our selues we haue And onely solely doe on Christ rely Offer not prayers for those are in the graue Nor vnto Saints that heare not doe not crie Then in a word since God hath these preseru'd From the Inquisitors most cruell rage Though in their worth they else might haue deseru'● To passe among the good things of this age Yet are in this respect of more regard Since God would haue them to these times appeare So many hauing perisht and be heard With more true zeale that God hath kept so deare By all which I conclude from thine owne heart Thou wicked seruant that might know would no● He hath discharg d himselfe in all and part That would haue cur'd your Babel but he could 〈◊〉 B. L. FINIS