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A14944 A moste frutefull, piththye and learned treatise, how a christen ma[n] ought to behaue himself in the dau[n]ger of death Werdmüller, Otto, 1511-1552.; Coverdale, Miles, 1488-1568.; Grey, Jane, Lady, 1537-1554. aut 1555 (1555) STC 25251; ESTC S100738 68,910 312

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meanes of synne i● synne ouercome and vanquished of Chryst Yf it greued vs from our heartes that we dayly se and fynde howe we continuallye vse our selues against the most swet● wyll of oure moste deare father and were assured withal that in death we ceasse from synne and begin to bee perfect ryghteous howe were it possible that we should not set litel by death and pacientlye take it vpon vs Oute of suche a feruente gelousye and godly displeasure Paul after he had earnestlye complayned that he founde another lawe whyche stroue agaynste the law of God syghed and cryed romanes 7. Oh wretched man that I am who shall deliuer me from the body of this death Agayne so long as death hath so euil a tast in vs and we will perforce continue styll in the lyfe of the flesh we bewray oure selues that we doe not well nor sufficiently vnderstande our owne defaultes neyther fele them deepe inough nor abhorre thē so muche as we shoulde Yea that we bee not earnest desyrers of innocency nor feruent louers of our heauenly father ¶ That the dead is deliuered from his vicious world hauyng not onely thys aduauntage that he synneth no more but also is discharged from other synnes The .14 Chapter WHoso leaueth nothing els worthy behinde him but that he is quyte from vicious people may wel be the gladder to depart hence partly for that he can bee nomore tempted of them nor enticed by their euill ensample partly for that thoughe he could not be deceaued by others yet it greueth hym at the heart to see other fo●kes practyse their wilfulnes Now hath vice sinne eueri where gotten the vpper hande the trueth is despised god hymselfe dishonoured the pore opprest the good persecuted the vngodly promoted to auctorite Antichrist tryumphing Great complaining there is that the worlde is euer the longer the worse Forasmuch thē as thorowe death we be discharged of so vicious a world whō should it delite to lyue heare any more Thys meaning doeth the preacher set forth in the .4 chapter of Ecclesiastes sayinge So I turned me cōsidered al the violēt wrong that is done vnder the sōne And behold the teares of such as were opprest there was no man to comforte them or that woulde deliuer and defende them from the violence of their oppressours There is at thys daye by the grace of God many a worthy Chrystian that desireth rather to dye then to bee a loker vpon such deuelyshe wylfulnes as commonly goeth forwarde ¶ That the dead obtayneth saluacion The .15 Chapter AS for vicious vnrepentant people whan they dye I knowe no comfort for thē Theyr bodyes in dede shal ryse at the last day but foule and marked to eternall payne Theyr soules shal be delyuered vnto the deuill to whom they haue done seruice An ensample hereof standeth of the rich man Luke 1●● agayn there is thensample of good Lazarus that al Christians are taken vp of the aungels into eternall ioie and saluacion We must not fyrste be purged in purgatory but thorow death we escape the deuill the worlde and all misfortunes that thys tyme is oppreste wythall Yf we nowe shoulde lose oure bodies and not haue them again then were death in dede a terryble thyng neyther precyous nor much worth But our body is not so litle regarded before god for euen vnto the body also hath he alreadye prepared saluacyon Yea euen for thys intente hath he laied vpon our neckes the burthen of naturall death that he myghte afterward clothe vs with a pure renewed and cleare body and to make vs gloryous in eternal lyfe Therefore death also whiche is a begynnyng of the ioyful resurreccyon ought to bee estemed deare and precyous in our eyes After death verely is the soule in it self clensed from all synnes and endewed with perfect holynes wysedome ioye honour and glory for euermore Similitudes that death is whole some The .16 Chapter IF an olde siluer goblet be melted and new fashioned after a bewtiful maner then is it better then afore neyther spilte nor destroyed Euen so haue we no iust cause to complayne of death whereby the body beeyng delyuered from all fylthynesse shall in hys due tyme be perfectly renewed The egge shell thoughe it bee goodly and faire fashioned must bee opened and broken that the yong chicken maye slip oute of it None otherwyse doth death dissolue and breake vp our bodi but to the intent that we maye attain vnto the lyfe of heauen The mothers wombe caryeth the child seuen or nyne moneths and prepareth it not for it selfe but for the world wherin we are borne Euen so thys present time ouer al vpon earth serueth not to thys ende that we must euer bee here but that we should be brought forth and borne oute of the body of the world into another euer lasting life Hereunto behold the wordes of Christ Ion. 17. a woman whā she trauayleth hath sorowe beecause her houre is come But assone as she is delyuered of the chylde she remembreth nomore the anguishe for ioye that a man is borne into the worlde Namely lyke as a chylde oute of the small habitacion of his mothers wombe wyth daunger and anguishe is borne into this wyde world Euen so goeth a man thorowe the narowe gate of death with distresse and trouble out of the earth into the heauenly lyfe For thys cause did the olde Christians call the death of the sayntes a newe birth Therefore oughte we to note well thys comforte that to dye is not to perish but to bee fyrste of all borne a ryghte The death of the faythfull formeth in dede to be lyfe vnto the death of the vnbeleuers but verely thys is as great a difference as betwene heauen earth Our death is euen as a death Image made of wood whyche gyrneth wyth the teeth and feareth but canot deuour Our death should be estemed euen as Moyses brasen serpente whych hauynge the fourme and proporcyon of a serpent was yet wythout bytynge without mouing without poysōyng Euen so thoughe death bee not vtterly take nawaye Yet thorow the grace of god it is so weakened made voyde that the only bare proporciō remayneth Whā the master of the ship thynketh he is not wyde from the place where he must land discharge he sayleth on forth the more cherefully and gladly euen so the nearer we drawe vnto death where we must lande the more stowtly ought we to fighte agaynste the gostlye parels Lyke as he that goeth a farre iourney hath vncertayne lodgyng trauayll and laboure and desyreth to returne home to hys own country to his father and mother wyfe childrē and frendes among whom he is sureste and at moste quiete by meanes wherof he forceth the lesse for any roughe carefull pathe or waye homewarde euen so all we are straungers and pilgremes vpon earth Par. 30. c. ●sa 39.119 c Peter 2. b. Cor. 5. a. ●hilip 3. c. ●c 11. c. 13. b
frēdes louers of thys Fabius that stode about hym whan they heard thys wepte very sore But he alone being vnmoued wēt forward stoutly in the busines that concerned the cōmē welth Here because of shortnesse I leaue out a multitude of ensamples of sondry mē named Galli Pisōes Sceuole Metelli Scauri Marcelli whō in such pointes to folowe it is laudable worthy of commendacyon I wyll yet shewe one ensample of the vertuous woman Cornelia whych was daughter vnto Scipio Aphricanus Whan she vnderstode that her two sōnes Tiberius Gracchus and C. Gracchus who beyng Magistrates had honourably and well behaued themselues were slayn and she of her frendes was called miserable she sayed I wyll neuer thynke my selfe a miserable womā forasmuch as I haue broght forth such men Thys woman now ouercame her owne naturall feblenes and motherly heart should not thē a man whyche woorde noteth the stronger kynde and more valeāt stomack declare hymselfe euen as stout That an heithnish vnbeleuynge woman coulde despyse should that make a faythful Christen man so vtterly faynt herted That she wyllyngly gaue againe vnto nature wilt not thou suffer god to haue it whā he requireth it of thee She toke vpon her with an vnbroken mynde the death of many childrē and wilt not thou that forgoest but one chyld be cōforted agayne The heathny she womā knew none other but that after death there remayneth nothyng behynde yet made not she an vnmeasurable howlīge Thou knowest that after thys tyme there remayneth an euerlastynge lyfe so much the worse then besemeth it a Christen man to vnquiet hymself wyth excesse of heuynes ¶ The commoditie of pacyence The .8 Chapter VNsemely sorow for thee sakes that are dead is vnprofitable and hurtfull Vnprofitable for assone as the soule is once departed out of the bodye it commeth either into heauen or into hel and wyth no crying shall it bee called back agayne or altered Neyther canste thou serue the dead wyth any thyng more then that hys remembraunce be deare and had in honoure with thee The heithnishe Poete Sophocles writeth if the dead might with teares be called agayne thē should wepīg be cōpted more worth thē golde But O my good olde mā it may not be that he which once is buried should come agayne to the lyghte For if weping myght help mi father had ben aliue agayn Hurtful herof hath the heithnish poet Philemon written ryght wisely many of them thorowe ther own fault increace misfortune to thēselues make the same more greuous then it is of nature Example whan one hath hys mother chyld or frēd dead if he thought thus he was a man and therfore he dyed thys aduersitie should be no greater then nature bryngeth wyth it But if he cry I am vndone I shall see hym no more he is gone loste for euer suche one heapeth vp yet more sorow to that he hath already But who so consydereth euery thyng with discrecion maketh the aduersity to be lesse vnto hymselfe and obteyneth the more quietnes It were a veri scornful thing if whan a man hath hurt on fote he would therfore marre the other also or if whan one part of hys goodes is stollen away he wold cast the rest into the see and say that he so bewayleth hys aduersitie No les folyshly dooe they that enioy not such goodes as ar presente and regarde not theyr frendes that be alyue but spyl marre themselues because theyr wyues chyldren or frendes bee departed Though one of the husbande mans trees doth wyther awaye he heweth not down therfore al the other trees but regardeth the other so much the more that they maye wynne the thynge agayne whyche the other loste Euen so learne thou in aduersitie wyth suche goodes as are lefte thee to comforte and refresh thy selfe agayne ¶ Vve oughte so to loue oure chyldren and frēds that we maye forsake them The .9 Chapter AL suche thynges oughte of vs to be consydered taken in hande and exercysed while our wiues and frendes are yet aliue Namely if thou haue father or mother husbande or wyfe chyld or frēdes lay not thyne heart loue and affeccyon to much vpon thē how good profitable and honest so euer they be Loue thy frendes beecause god hath commaunded the to loue them and not for affeccyon to them and thē wylt thou be contented wyth gods good wyll and pleasure Note the saying of an heathen man gretly to our shame but remember alwaye that they are transitorye thynges which thou mayest lose and forgoo whā time requireth Loue him most of all whō thou canst not lose euen thy redemer who to drawe the vnto his loue and to delyuer the from the loue of the world stretched oute hys armes and suffred the most vile death for thee vpon the crosse Seneca sayeth not vnwysely I lende my selfe vnto the thynges of the world but I doe not geue my selfe vnto thē He saith more ouer that nothyng is possessed as it ought to bee except one be ready at all tymes to lose it But if we fasten our heartes so to say vpon our children and frendes that is if we loue them to muche and not god aboue all thynges then hath our sorow no measure as ought as they are altered or taken awaye Therefore if thou hast not prepared thy self to aduersitie by tymes and arte once ouertaken wyth vndiscrete heuynes then let it be vnto the a warnyng from hēce forth to kepe thee from the greater loue of trāsitorye thynges whyche hath brought thee into such heart sorow to the intent that at other tymes thou mayst take the deth of thi wife and childrē in good parte and wyth more constanci of mind ¶ Of the death of younge personnes in especiall The .10 Chapter AFter the generall instruccyon concernynge death must certayne obiecciōs be answered that hetherto are not resolued If a yong man or if a yong daughter dye Lorde what a greate mournyng begynneth there to be alas he is taken awaye in hys younge dayes afore hys tyme he shoulde fyrst haue been maried and had a good wyfe vpon earth and in hys last age haue dyed in peace and rest Herof commeth it that we thynke the death of chyldren to be vnnaturall euē as whā the flame of fyer thorow water is violently quenched The death of the aged we thinke to be natural as whan the fyer quencheth of it selfe accordyng to the saying of Cicero Item the death of young persons is compared to vnripe apples that wyth violēce ar pluckt of from the tree the death of the aged is thoughte to be as whā rype apples fall downe of themselues Item As it is hard to vndoo two bordes newly glewed together but olde ioininges ar lightly broken a sunder so we cōplain that young folkes dye with greater payne then the olde Yea it greueth the fathers and mothers heart whan as they counte it the mater is turned vpse down that chyldrē depart out of this world afore olde