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A19311	Mnemosynum or Memoriall to the afflicted Catholickes in Irelande Comprehended in 2. boockes. in the one ther is a consolation for the sorovvfull, in the other a resolution for the doubtfull. composed by Iohn Copinger priest, bacheler of diuinitie, vvith an epistle of S. Cyprian vvritten vnto the Thibaritans, faythfullie translated by the said authour.	Copinger, John, b. 1571 or 2.; Cyprian, Saint, Bishop of Carthage. Epistle unto the Thibaritans. aut	1606 (1606)	STC 5725; ESTC S118020	76,240	344

knovvledge fortellinge and making protestation that he vvill confesse before his father suche as confesse him and deny suche as vvill deny him If vvee can eschevve deathe then vve may lavvfully feare deathe but seinge suche as are mortall must needes die let vs ēbrace suche à present occasiō of à blessed death that god his faithfull promise may be accomplished the revvard of immortalitie by the end of our death performed Let vs not feare to die vvhen by our deathe vve shall be aduanced vnto a crovvne let neither any be troubled if happily he seeth the people of Christ scattered or the holy assemblies of the church to be broken vp or the bishops or priestes not teaching according to the custome for if any brother be separated through necessitie from the flocke of Christ in body but not in spirit let him not be dismayed nothing at all thoughe he be alone in the vvildernesse let him not be afraid he is not alone vvho hath Christ for his companion and althogh in his flight he shall fall to the hādes of theues brute beastes should set vppon him hunger colde thirst should afflict him or the rage of the sea shoulde ouervvhelme him let him be assured Christ beholdeth the souldier vvhersoeuer he fighteth doth revvarde him vvhich dieth for his name sake In persecutiō it is no lesse glory for martyrdome to die alone thē to die publiklie amongest many for Christ is a sufficient vvitnesse to a martyr Gene. 4. that doth acknovvledge and crovvne the martyr Let vs therfore louing bretheren imitate the iust Abel Gene 22. vvhich vvas the first martyr that suffred for iustice Let vs embrace the example of the three children Ananias Asarias and Mysael vvhich neither being terrified by there tender yeares nor broken by there captiuitie in the thraldome of Iurie and the inhabitantes of Hierusalem vvith the vertue of a constant faithe refused to adore the image vvhich Nabuchodonosor the kinge caused to be made vvhose threatninge and tormentes coulde not force them to do against there conscience saieng vve ought not ô Kinge to displease god vvhome vve serue to please man for our god vvhome vve adore is able to deliuer vs from the furie of this fire and if not be it Knovven vnto you vve vvill not obey your vnlavvfull commande they did beleue that accordinge to their faithe they coulde be deliuered and if not that the kinge shoulde knovve that they vvere ready to die for his honour vvhome they vvorshipped for in this consisteth the strength and vertue of faithe to beleue that god can deliuer vs from this present deathe and yet not to feare the same nor to be ouercome by it that the force of faith may be knovven Daniel also vvhen beinge streightlie commanded to vvorship the Idoll in the defence of gods honour vvith full liberty of faith burste out sayeng I honour nothing but my lorde god vvhich made heauen earth vvhat should I speake of the most blessed martyrs mentioned in the Machabees the manifold paines and tormentes of the seauen bretheren and their mother comforting strēgthning them in the middest of there outragious tormētes her selfe likevvise dieng vvith her children Do not these great examples of vertue and faith vvitnesse and exhort vs to the triumphe of martyrdome vvhat shal I say of the prophets vvhich the holy spirit did inspire to foretell thinges to com as also the apostles vvhich god hath chosē do not the iust vvhich are killed for iustice teache vs also to die Christ had his begininge frō the martyrdome of the infantes that frō too yeares dovvnvvard vnder vvere all put to the svvorde vvhose age beinge vnfitt for the battaile vvas foūde fitt and made vvorthy of a crovvne that it may be knovvē that they vvere innocentes that vvere Killed for Christ by vvhich it is manifest that none is exempted from the danger of persecution vvhē suche doe suffre martyrdome vvhat a greeuous thinge it is for a christian that the seruāt vvill not follovve the maister disdaineth to do that vvhich his master hath don that vve vvill not suffer for our sinnes vvhich vvas the cause of Christ his sufferinge the sonne of god did suffer to make vs the sonnes of god and the sonne of man vvill not suffer that he may continue the sonne of god if so vve be troubled that the vvorld hateth vs it hated Christ before if vve sustayne reproches tormentes banishmentes more greuous thē these Christ did suffer beinge the lorde and maker of the vvorlde if the vvorld hate you saith he Knovve you it hated me first if you had bene of the vvorld the vvorlde vvould loue that vvhich is his ovvne but because you are not of the vvorld and I haue chosen you out of the vvorlde and therfore the vvorlde hateth you remēber the speeches I had vvith you the seruant is not greater then the maister if they haue persecuted me they shall also persecute you vvhat soeuer our lord hath done or taught ought not to excuse the disciple if he shoulde omitt the same I meane suche as do learne and do not accordinglie Let none most louing bretheren be terrified for feare of future persecutiō or the cōming of antichrist let euery one be armed both by euangelicall exhortatiōs diuine preceptes against all occasions antechrist commeth but Christ shall ouercome Let the enimie exercise his mallice vppon vs our lord doth follovve to reuenge our deathe sufferinge our aduersary threateneth in his furie but there is one that can deliuer vs from his handes he is rather to be feared vvhose anger none can eschevve him selfe vvillinge vs not to feare those that killed the body but they can not Kill the soule but rather to feare him that can destroy both soule body in hell againe vvhoso euer loueth his ovvne life shall loose it vvho soeuer hateth his life in this vvorlde shall preserue the same for life euerlastinge Vvhen men do exercise them selues for a secular combat they thincke it a great honour glory if in the vievv of the emperour and presence of the people he be crovvned Behold an honorable vvourthy combat the revvard vvherof is no lesse vvorth then an euerlastinge crovvne god beholdeth vs fighting and casting his eie vppon suche that he vouchafeth to make his ovvn childrē doth enioy the spectacle of our strife In this chalenge of our faith vve be made a spectaclevnto god vnto Christ and his holy angels hovv great an honour is it to enter into the battell in the presence of god and to be crovvned by Christ the iudge of our chalenge let vs arme our selues most louing bretheren vvithall force and strength and let vs prepare our selues for the fight vvith an incorrupt minde sincere faith and deuout affection as the armie of god marched in the vantgard let those that did euer stand arme them selues least they should fall Let those that are fallen prepare them selues that they may recouer vvhat

church the consideration vvherof moued S. Basil before the iudge of the Emperour threatninge and cōmandinge him vnder paine of death ● Basil to forsake his olde religion and to conforme him self vnto the iniunction of the Emperoure to saye I vvould I had a better gift to be represented vnto him that vvould deliuer me out of this corrupte carcase out of this chaos of confusion out of the valley of teares and out of the shadovv of death then this poore life of mine vvhich god did lēd vnto me to serue him and novve this is the time that I ought to offer it in a liuelie sacrisiee for his honoure that gaue it and for his church S. Paule also vvritinge vnto the Romans obsecro vos saith he vt exhibeatis corpora vestra Rom. 12. hostiā sanctā Deo placentē rationabile obsequium vestrū nolite cōformare huie seculo I desire you most earnestlie that you offer vp your bodies a liue lie and holie hoste in a most seruiceable and pliāt māner vntogod vvhich must be gratefull and acceptable vnto him and do not cōfor me your selues vnto this vvorlde The reason vvhy vve should so do he giueth vnto the Corinth saieng Christus pro omnibus mortuus est 2 ad Corin. c. 5. vt qui viuunt non sibi viuant sedei qui pro ipsis mortuus est resurrexit Chriest vvas dead for all to the ende that such asdo liue should not liue vnto them selues but they should liue and die for his sake vvhich vvas dead and did rise for them Most noble christians descendinge from the loynes of Abraham from the familie and race of Iacob from the stocke of lesse from the victorious and triumphant lyon of Iuda like noble lyon behaue your selues in this combate of your faith in vvhich if you shrinke and shevve your selues base and couardlie soldiers vvhich god for bid it is not the temporal seruitude of 7 or 100 yeares or that of men vvhich though they be neuer so cruell haue some commiseration or some kind of humanitie tovvardes one another but it is the perpetuall and most miserable slauery and captiuitie of deuils vvhich hath no pitie or compassion of man that you do hazard and purchase vnto your selues neyther is it an Earthlye kingdome or temporall inheritāce you loose thereby but the euerlastinge glorye of paradice the societie of the blessed sainctes the consolation of Chriest and the vision of the blessed trinitie vvherin consisteth all our felicitie remember vvhat ouerthrovv your faith hath giuen vnto all the forces of Sathan and vvhat glorious victories it hath gotten against all the vvorld as S. Iohn saith haec est victoria 1. Io. 5 quae vicit mundum fides vestra by your fayth the victorie is gotten against the vvorlde Be not carried avvay vvith the false resemblance of the vnconstant promotions of this vvorld cast of all the vayne hope of the dangerous honoures of mortall men accipite as the apostle saith armaturam Dei ad Eph. 6. vt positis resistere in Die malo putt on the complete harnesse of god that you may resist in the euill day Imitate the lyon vvho beholdinge the hunters comminge verie stronge against him and beinge not able to shunne them respecteth not their strength nor their vveapons least hee should be terrified therby beholdeth onlie the earth and striketh him self vvith his taile euen so in all our difficulties vvee ought to beholde our frailtie and proper miseries and the shortnesse of oure temporall life so vncertaine so oppressed vvith sundrie calamities vvherin the banished and forlorne children of Eua doe lye hovvlinge and groueling vvhich are deformed vvith so many spottes and blemishes of disloyaltie and dissobedience against god troubledvvith so many passions distracted vvith so many cares confounded vvith so many errors ouervvhelmed vvith so many temptations altered vvith so many humoures infected vvith so many diseases ex posed vnto all dangers of eternall vvoe if our soule be corrupted by sinne and not replenished or beautified by the grace of god or not mortified by the rod of discipline or not hated of such as before did loue it for as Chriest saith Luc. 14 Io. ●2 qui odit animam suam in hoc mundo in vitam aeternam custodit cam c. vvho hateth his life in this vvorld shall preserue it vnto life euerlastinge Accordinge to S. Aug. D. Aug. tract 51. in Ia. si male amaueris tunc odisti si bene oderis tunc amasti foelices qui oderunt custodiendo ne perdant amando if thou louest it ill then thou hatest it if thou hatest it vvell then thou hast loued it and blessed are they that hate it by keepinge it least they loose it by louinge it certainely he that hateth it is he that ouercometh the fearefull pangs of the second death It is said Apoc. 2 qui vicerit non ladetur a morte secunda vvho soeuer ouercommeth shall receaue no harme of the second death and shall also receaue the inuisible and hiddē māna and seinge our ovvne forces are so slēder and our aduersaries so innumerable and so strōge as vvee are not able to ouercome them but by supernaturall healpes and graces that our heartes may be inflamed vvith his loue and in kindled vvith blessed desires Psal 38. that vvee may say vvith the prophet concaluit cor meum intra me my heart did vvax vvarme in my bodie and vvith S. Aug. scribe domine vulneratua in corde meo vt ibi legam dolorem amorem cuncta aduersa propter te sustineam li benter O lord vvrite thyvvoundes in my hearte that therin I may beholde vvhat loue youe doe beare vnto me and troubles you suffred for me and vvill embrace all aduersities vvillinglie for thy sake and so I vvill neuer feare in domino speraui nontimeboquid faciet mihi homo vvhat man can do against mee Psal 55. TO BEGINN VVEL and not continue therin auaileth nothinge to our iustification CHAP. VI. GOD promised vnto vs a revvarde for our laboure a paye for our vvorke and a crovvne for the victorie vvhich neyther he vvill bestovve more vve shal receaue vntill our vallour be knovven and the battell ended vvhich beginneth against vs vvhē vvee haue the vse of reason vvhe vvee beginne to manage and dispose our actions according or contrarie to reason and continueth vnto the last moment of our life Our sauiour telleth vs qui perseuerauerit vsque in finem hic saluus erit Matth. 24. vvho so euer shall persist vnto the end shal be saued if vvee be faithfull in our promise made vnto god and patient in our laboures sustained for him he also vvilbe fayethfull and vndoubt full in accomplishinge that he promised liberall and bountifull in revvardinge vvhat vvee haue deserued This is it vvhich he said speakinge vvith his disciples you are those that do abide vvith me in my troubles and temptations Luc. 2● and therfore I haue

your innocencie giues you nothinge els but death praisinge god doth purchase nothinge els for you but tribulatiō so Tobias for seruinge of god deuoutlie and for his tribulatiōs by vvhich he vvas tryed Tob. c. 3. vvas reuiled by his vvife and friēdes vvho thought him to be most cursed and vnhappie as if god had no care ouer such as be in tribulatiōs but the prophet sayth Psal 33. oculi Domini super iustos aures eius in preces eorù god behouldeth the iust and heareth ther cōplaint the apostle declareth the same also Cor. c. 4. in omnibus tribulationē patimur sed non angustiamur a poriamur sed non dustruimur persecutionem patimur sed non relinquimur deii cimur sed non perimus In all t●inges vve suffer tribulations but vve are not perplexed vve are as it vvere brought vnto confusiō but vve be not destroyed vve suffer persecutiō but vve be not forsaken vve be in the brincke of all troubles but vve perishe not because Chriest for vvhom you suffer giueth you sufficient force to beare the burden of his crosse Phil. ● qui vobis dederat non solum credere in eum sed etiam pro illo pati vvhich gaue you the grace not onely to beleeue in him but also to suffer for him THE SERVANTE Of Chriest ought not to expect any true friendship of this vvorlde vvhich is the enimie of his master CHAP. IV. AS Chriest and this vvorlde are contrarie one to another so are also there seruantes and follovvers ther vvorkes and desires and beinge contrarie one to another they can neuer possesse one kingdome muchlesse reigne togither in one place 2. Cor. 6. For vvhat communicatiō can be betvvixt good and euill vertue and vice light and darcknesse heauen and hell god and the deuill For no sooner Chriest came vnto this vnthankfull vvorld to redeeme it from the slauerie of sinne from the captiuitie of the deuill then he vvas reuiled persecuted and banished of the same He vvas sold in Ioseph he vvas ssayne in the lambe he vvas crucified in man Ge●e 37. Ap● 12. Math. 20 he vvas fossaken of the proude Ievves that could not abide to see him in a poore distressed state he vvas hotlie pursued of cruell Herod that stood in competencie vvith him for the kingdome of Iurie vvhich vvas Chriest his right inheritance beinge rightlie descended from the tribe of Iuda and from the roote of Iesse of vvhich through the blessed virgine he tooke his humanitie of Iudas he vvas sold of his apostles he vvas forsaken and denyed let vs not therfore marveile if you beinge the scruantes of Chriest the vvorlde should hate and detest you for his sake vvhich vvas euer contrarie vnto him It is not conuenient that vve should ioyne league or friendshipvvith his prosessed enimie vvhose deceit is knovven and vvhose treacherie is detected Let vs not forsake Chriest thoughe vve see him poore hūble persecuted of manye and forsaken of all If Chriest came into this vvorlde to edifie the people to instruct them by his holie examples and to teache them vvhat they ought to do vve ought to receaue his instructions if pouertie had not bene good if the contempt of vvordlie honor had bene bad he vvould not haue giuen vs examples to embrace the one nor counsell to despise the other So as in his life vve see him poore bare naked and oppressed vvith all afflictions and troubles vvhose examples ought to moue vs. Vvee see that his gospell is full of admonitions and exhortations to forsake and denye our selues to mortifie all our passions and not to conforme oure selues vnto this vvorlde If Dauid to procure all his subiectes to do pennance 2. Reg. 75. that by that means gods vvrath shoulde be appeased and the people pardoned did ascend vnto mount oliues bare footed and bare headed to the intente the people beinge moued vvith that example should follovve him and so they did if Alexander the great in thevvarres of Persia as Quintus Curtius declareth his armie being muche troubled by the abundance of snovve that fell at that instant vvent him self a foote and so his armye by his example vvent after much more ought vve to follovve the example of Chriest and to follovve his steps thoughe vve see him poore in this vvorld and persecuted of the same The prince Abimelech did cutt a branche from a tree Iudi. 9. and did carrie the same vppon his ovvne shoulders and commanded his soldiours to do the like and to follovve him so Chriest the prince that vve ought to follovve did beare his crosse before vs to the end that not only vve should beare but also follovve it least vve should incurre the vvoe that is pronoūced against such that beare thecrosse and follovv not the same vae semel vae iterum portantibus crucem Domini D. Be● non sequentibus eam Si via crucis as Sanct Basil saith in caelum patriam tuam te ducit cur ab ea fugis if the crosse be your readie vvay to bringe you vnto heauen vvhy should you flye from it and as Isaias saith via tuta Is 26.30 Psal 118.5 proue● via regia via certa vt stulti non errent per eam it is the readie vvaye it is a safe vvaye and it is the kinges high vvay that fooles cannot goe astraye therin this is the vvaye that Chriest vvilled vs to follovve him he vvēt be fore vs bearinge his crosse vnto mount Caluarie vvhere vvee behold him crucified pittifullie vvhipped stripped of his garmētes and leaft naked to increase his paine and to augment his shame and confusion vvheare vvee see him crovvned vvith thornes and nailed vnto a crosse of infamie and malediction vnto vvhich they vveare subiect in those dayes that dyed after that māner vvhere I say vvee see him depriued of all comforte and cōsolation beinge a spectacle of shame and reproche vnto the vvhole vvorlde Thus to follovve him I must confesse is harde to be done to fleashe and bloode because vvee must first learne to denye our selues forsake the olde mā I meane oure old humors of concupiscense mortifie oure selues and our vnreasonable passions cast of oure proper vvilles and so take vp his crosse and to beare patientlie all the aduersities of this vvorlde and to suffer gentlie vvithout grudge all the despleasant accidentes of this life If This bee the vvay of a Christian vvhy should he gape after vaine honours of this vvorld and follovve the lamentable pleasures of this miserable life If the capitaine Vrias vvould take no rest at his ovvne house 2. Reg. 11. for that the Arcke of our lorde vvas abroad vnder a pauilion vvhat rest can the seruantes of Chriest take vvhen they behold him nailed vnto a crosse Quam de forme est saith Sainct Bernard spinoso capiti habere delicatum membrum D. Bre●a vvhat a deformed thinge is it that a head full of thornes should haue a delicate member If the