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.

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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.
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Sutton, Christopher, 1565?-1629.
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London :: Printed by [J. Windet for] Iohn Wolfe,
1600.
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"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." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A13179.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 7, 2024.

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The Contents of the Chapters.

I.
  • An exhortation moouinge e∣uery one to apply himselfe to learne to die.
II.
  • Wherein is shewed the cause, why men so seldom in these dayes, enter into a serious remembrance of their end.
III.
  • How behoouefull it is for e∣uery Christian man, soberly to meditate of his end.
IIII.
  • Wherein is shewed that the e∣state

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  • and condition of the life present, may instely mooue vs to this considera∣tion.
V.
  • That a meditation of the lie to come, may also mooue vs to the same remembrance of our ende.
VI.
  • That we need not feare Death, much lesse to meditate there∣of.
VII.
  • That the afflictions of minde, which are incident in the life of man, may mooue him to meditate of his ende.
VIII.
  • That the griefes of body, may also mooue him to this se∣rious meditation.

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    IX.
    • How it concerneth euery one, in time of health, to prepare himselfe for the day of his dissolution.
    X.
    • Wherein is shewed, the man∣ner of this preparing, or the estate and condition of life, wherin the Christian shoulde euer stād prepared for Death.
    XI.
    • How the Christian man should demeane himself, when sick∣nesse beginneth to grow vp∣pon him.
    XII.
    • How he shold dispose of world¦ly goods and possessions.
    XIII.
    • How necessary it is for the sick, leauing worldly thoughtes,

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    • to apply his mind to prayer and some godly meditation.
    XIIII,
    • How the sicke, when sicke∣nesse more and more en∣creaseth, may be moued to constancy and perseuerance.
    XV.
    • How they may bee aduertised who seeme vnwilling to die.
    XVI.
    • How they may bee induced to depart meekly, that seeme loath to leaue v orldly goods wife, children, frends or such like.
    XVII.
    • How the impatient may be per∣swaded to endure the paines of sickenesse and death peace∣ably.
    XVIII.
    • How they are to be comforted,

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    • who seeme to bee troubled in mind, with a remēbrance of their sinnes, and feare of iudgement to come.
    XIX.
    • How the sicke in the agonye of death, may bee prepared towards his end.
    XX.
    • In what maner the sicke should bee directed by those, to whome this waightye busi∣nesse doth properly pertaine.
    XXI.
    • Wherein is laide downe the manner of commending the sicke into the hands of God, at the hower of Death.
    XXII.
    • An exhotation to comforte those, who lament & 〈◊〉〈◊〉 for the departure of others.
    XXIII.
    • ...

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    • How those that vndertake a∣ny daungerous attempte ei∣ther by sea or land, wherein they are in perill of Death, shoulde deuoutly, before, make themselues ready for God.
    XXIIII.
    • A briefe direction for such as are suddenly called to de∣parte the world.
    XXV.
    • A Consolatory Admonition for those who are often ouermuch grieued at the crosses of this world.
    XXVI.
    • An admonition to all, while they haue time, to make speede in applying them to this les∣son of learning to die.
    XXVII.
    • The great folly of men in neg∣lecting this oportunity or

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    • time offered to learne to die.
    XXVIII.
    • Wherin is shewed, that this lear∣ning to die, may iustly mooue vs to leade a Christian life, in holy conuersation and godly∣nesse.
    XXIX.
    • Wherein is shewed in the last place, that a consideration of Christ his second comming to iudgemente, ought to mooue euery one to liue reli∣giously, & also to apply him∣selfe to this lesson, of lear∣ning to die.
    XXX.
    • A short Dialogue, between faith and the natural man, concer∣ning mans estate in the worlde, and his departure from the worlde.
    XXXI.
    • ...

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    • A Dialogue between Discontent∣ment and Hope.
    XXXII.
    • A Dialogue betweene Pre∣sumption and Feae.
    XXXIII.
    • A short discourse, wherin is she∣wed the great commenda∣tion of a peaceable course of life, vnto which wee are mo∣ued by a consideration of our ende.
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