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.
Author
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 li••e
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 exho••tation 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 Fea••e.
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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