The solace of the soule agaynst the bytter stormes of sycknes and deathe greatly encouragynge the faythfull, paciently to suffer the good pleasure of God in all kynd of aduersite, newly set forth in Englysshe by Thomas Becon.
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The solace of the soule agaynst the bytter stormes of sycknes and deathe greatly encouragynge the faythfull, paciently to suffer the good pleasure of God in all kynd of aduersite, newly set forth in Englysshe by Thomas Becon.
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Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567.
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[Imprynted in Loudon [sic] :: In Pauls churche yarde at the sygne of the Hyll by Wyllya[m] Hyll, and are to be solde at the west syde of pauls vnder Peter college by John Casse],
Anno. M.D.XLUIII. [1548]
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"The solace of the soule agaynst the bytter stormes of sycknes and deathe greatly encouragynge the faythfull, paciently to suffer the good pleasure of God in all kynd of aduersite, newly set forth in Englysshe by Thomas Becon." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A07355.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 17, 2024.
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A prayer to be sayde of the syck∣man,
beynge in perell
of deathe.
O Most mercyf••ll God, o fa∣ther
of al mercy the father of
our Lorde Iesus Christ, be
mercyful to me a synuer, haue pytie
on me, and quyckely helpe me poore
wretche for thy mooste bytter and
moost precious passion and deathe
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of Iesus Chryste thy onely begoten
sonne and oure onely redemer and
sauyoure. Amen. Entre not into
Iudgemente wyth thy seruaunte,
o Lorde handle me not accordynge
to my deserues and merites, neyther
rewarde me after myne iniquytie
but for thyne infynite and vnme∣surable
bounte and excedyng great
mercy receyue me. I miserable and
weake creature am in thy hande, I
am thy bonde seruaunte and thy
debter. O most gentle God, o moste
fauorable Father, forsake me not,
cast me not away pore wretche that
I am, I am thyn wyth al that euer
I can make. Noman is able to con∣firme
me, noman is able to delyuer
me, nomā is able to helpe me, but y•
alone. Thou art the true helper in
aduersite, y•are the moste sure & pre∣sent
cōfort iu al necessite, y• alone art
our helpe, our buluarke, our fortre∣sse,
& our most mighty & stronly de∣fence
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fence towre, y• o god, art our refuge,
thou art our strenght, thou art our
helper in al our tribulatiōs: In the
o Lord, do I trust, let me not be cō∣foūded,
let me neuer be put to shame
let me not be deceyued of my hope,
but preserue me for thyn righteous∣nes.
Bow down thin eare vnto me,
make hast to deliuer me. Be my de∣fēder,
o god, & my strong holde that
thou maist saue me: for thou art my
strength & my refuge, yea y• arte my
god, & my destenies ar in thy hādes
Lightē thy coūtenaūs vpō thy ser∣uaūt,
saue me for thy mercyes sake,
o Lorde. And forasmuche (o swete
Father) as it is thy godly pleasure
to call me from thys myserable lyfe
and wretched worlde, I moost enti∣erly
beseche the so to defende me in
thys agonye of deathe, that Satan
nor his ministers preuayle against
me, but that I contynue faythfull
and constante vnto the ende in the
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confession of thy holy name, lokyng
for full remyssyon of all my synnes
in the precyons bloude of thy wel∣beloued
sonne and my sauyour Ie∣sus
Christe, and that I departynge
in this fayth and perfecte trust may
be placed emong thy blessed saintes
and heauēly spirites, so for euer to
remayne wy••h the in glory. Graunt
this o most mercyfull father for thy
son Iesus Christes sake. Lorde re∣cyue
my spirite. Father into thy hā∣des
I commend my spyrit: for thou
that arte the God of truth haste re∣demed
me. To the be all glory and
honoure.
Amen.
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