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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13179	Disce mori. = Learne to die A religious discourse, moouing euery Christian man to enter into a serious remerbrance of his ende. Wherein also is contained the meane and manner of disposing himselfe to God, before, and at the time of his departure. In the whole, somewhat happily may be abserued, necessary to be thought vpon, while we are aliue, and when we are dying, to aduise our selues and others.	Sutton, Christopher, 1565?-1629.	1600 (1600)	STC 23474; ESTC S103244	111,652	401

Christian estate wherein the seruant of God once setled need not to feare To speak with his enemies in the gate Faith is the staffe wherevpon we stay both in life eath the which faith telles vs that God thorough Christ is become our welfare By faith we are blessed in the third to the ●alathians and fourth By faith we reioyce in tribulation in the fift to the Romans and second By faith we haue accesse vnto God in the thirde to the Ephesians and twel●t This is the shield whereby wee quench the fier it darts of Sathan This is the meane whereby wee resist his power Nahash the Ammonite woulde make peace with the men of Iabesh Gilead but vpon condition that he might thrust out their right eies This ol●● Ammonite our enemie wou●● offer peace to Gods children but it is vpon condition for he would haue their right eye 〈◊〉 that blessed faith that behold● Christ crucified put out But will the true Giliadites yeelde to such a condition No not for ten thousand worlds of riches Haue we any thing to do at the throne of God in heauen there wee haue but two pleas the one of innocencie the other of mercie Faith bids boldly pleade the plea of mercy and tels vs the iudge is reconciled What shall sepearte vs once confirmed in faith from the loue of God in Christ Iesus Shall powers or principalities thinges present or thinges to come no neither life nor death What manner of faith Christ commendeth in the Gospell wee reade by that of Mary Magdalene who after sorrowing and weeping f●r her sines Christ tels her Thy faith hath made thee whole as if he shold haue said Mary this weeping this repenting faith is faith indeed When hee had seene the religious duetie of the Samaritan that came backe to giue God praise and fel downe at Christes feete he faith vnto him also Thy faith hath made thee whole as if this humble faith this religious faith is a sauing faith Go in peace The blind man that cried Sonne of Dauid haue mercy vppon mee And being reproued would not leaue Mercie vntil he obtained Mercie Christ said to him as to the former thy faith hath made thee whole as if this praying faith of thine is a good faith Receiue thy sight What made many old Saints to endure bondes and imprisoment to bee stoned to bee hewen a sunder it was faith saith the Apostle This was no pals●e faith but firme and constant vnto the end that comforts the languishing mind and sayes if we liue we liue vnto the Lord it we die we die vnto the Lord Whether we liue or die wee are the Lords To this faith is adioyned Hope which is called by the holy Ghost the Ancre of the soule The anker lyeth deep and is not seene and yet is the stay of all So hope reacheth farre is of thinges vnseene and yet holds sure anuds the surging waues of a boistrous world This hope maketh not ashamed abideth with patience reioyceth in afflictions is as S. Austen calleth it the very life of life For why it biddes vs go comfortablie to the throne of grace and not to refuse the chaunging of these mortal badies that we may receiue them in a better resurrection In the third place Charitie the indiuisible companion of faith may be considered God in the creation did seperate light from darknesse we may not in the state of iustification ioyne the workes of darknesse as enuyinges strife and contentions with the light of faith In the second booke of Kings and the tenth Chapter When Iehonadab came to wardes Iehu as if hee had some earnest intent to be his follower Iehu saide is thy hearte vpright with mine he aunswered it is then quoth Iehu giue mee thy hand Our noble Iehu whom God hath set vp to pull downe the power of darknesse sayes to all that would professe his name Is your faith vpright to me then giue me the operations of your hands The children of God as they shal differ from the children of this world hereafter so must they differ from them here by good works which doe manifest themselues by Christian charitie Christ sayes vnto his as the Lord of the vineyard said vnto them in the market place Quid statis oriosi why stand ye idle Faith like Rachel mourning for her children lamenteth the defecte of good works and saith as Sara giue me fruit or Idie Our Sauiour Christ saith to his disciples by this shall men know you whose you are In that you loue one another Caine offered bad offerings which was a token that the loue of God waxed colde in Caine it was not long after that he laid violent hands on Abell which shewed that he lost withall the loue of his neighbour But O Caine saith Saint Ierome what doest thou what cause hast thou of this cruel hatred and desire of shedding innocent bloud Quid commeruit frater quam vim intulit what hath thy brother deserued what violence hath he offered hath thy solitarie brother displeased thee because hee pleased God thou knowest not what a losse thou shalt haue in the misse of so good a companion But enuie puffes vp blinds the vnderstanding where it once entreth If you will heare how Lamoch that was an euill man speakes If ●aine were auenged seuen folde I will bee auenged seuentie seuen fold Here is nothing but a mind set vpon reuenge But if you will heare how Dauid the man of God speaks Is there any of the house of Saul that I may shew mercie vnto them He speakes of loue and kindnes towards his verie enemies And so Ioseph when hee forgaue his brethren because saith he I my selfe am vnder the hande of God All that we can or do forgiue our enemies are 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 offences or some final trespasses but that which God forgiues they are 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 debts of great importance we some few pence he talents and those ten thousande too Thrasibulus● heathen man to renew amitie lost amongst men made a law 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of forgetfulnesse of all wronges and iniuries that had beene offered it is nor a lawe of Th●asibulus but of Christ Iesus Forgiue and it shall bee forgiuen you What hath heauen more glorious then the vnion of the Trinitie What hath the earth more heauenly then consent and vnitie When one riuer runneth towardes the Ocean it is a good course and goes as it should but when it meeteth with another riuer then they make a current in deede When the loue of God doeth carrie vs along wee go well but when this meeteth with the loue of our neighbor then wee set forward with a main streame into a sea of all blessednes A special meane to increase this double loue in y● hearts of al beleeuers is a frequent participation of the holy