Phisicke for the soule verye necessarie to be vsed in the agonie of death, and in those extreme and moste perillous seasons, aswell for those, which are in good health, as those, which are endewed with bodily sicknesse. Translated out of Latine into Englishe, by H. Thorne.

A fourme and methode, or right order to com∣fort the sicke.

THou muste for a surety determine with thy selfe, O Christian, which art troubled and gréeued with sicknesse, that thou art not afflic∣ted by hap, or chaunce, but by the purpose, and permission of God. Whatsoeuer disease there be, calamitie, heauinesse, or infelicity, which happeneth vnto the godlye, it com∣meth all by the determination, and will of God, which gouerneth all things. For in him we liue, moue, and haue our being. He made vs, and not we our selues. And doubt not, but he sendeth this sicknesse, whatsoe∣uer it be, of his good, and fatherly loue, not to the entent that he would thereby destroy thée, but that he myght call thée to repen∣tance, and that he myght stirre vp, and ex∣ercise thy fayth. For afflictions are the sure, and vndoubted signes, and tokens of Gods great mercy, and fauour towards vs. Salo∣mon

sayth:† † † Whom he loueth, him doth he correct, he scourgeth euery childe whom he receyueth. Thy most mercifull heauenlye father, which loueth thée earnestly accor∣ding to his good purpose, and zeale towards thée, doth withholde, brydell, and mortifie thine olde man by this sicknesse, like as it were tyed with chaynes, that thou mayest the more gladly, and with the better good will, as it were fasten thy body vppon the crosse, as a sacrifyce offered vp with Christ. Therefore this thy disease, wherewith thou art troubled, is a fatherlye correction sent vnto thée, not for that purpose, that thou shouldest be lost, or cast away, but that thou shouldest be made the better, and be quick∣ned. God thy father peraduenture doth sée, that thine olde Adam waxeth vntractable, immoderate, and vnruly, and ouermuch gi∣uen to affections, not able to gouerne, ney∣ther to inhabite, or withhold himself. Ther∣fore he layeth this band or collar vpon him, he bindeth him fast with these fetters, and chaynes, he shutteth him into this pryson, and dungeon, he tyeth him with this clog, that he may bridel, that he may kepe down, and restreiue him, that he do not seduce, and

cast thy most déere, and precious soule into perill. The flesh, and blood doe resist, & are more strong in thée, than the spirite, & here God is present with thy spirite, & doth ayde him against the fierce, and vnbrideled will, and rebelling fleshe, that he maye subdue, vanquishe, and bring it in subiection. If so be that thou shouldest haue good, and perfite helth of body, perchaunce the fleshe, as it is prone, and ready vnto nothing but euil, had brought, and seduced thée into many, & grée∣uous sinnes against GOD, whereby his wrath stirred vp, & prouoked against thée, should make a waye for thy soule vnto hell, and malediction. Thy heauenly father pre∣uenting this dammage, and peril, carefull, and prouident for thée, and thy saluation, doth kéepe downe, and restraine, as it were with putting on a bridell vpon thy fleshe, & leadeth it away captiue, raging, & rebelling against y^e spirite by all meanes possible, that it be not tumbled into the sinck, & puddle of sinne, but that it be brought vnder, and be∣come obedient vnto the spirite. Seing that this is the will of thy moste louing father, and seing that all things shall redownde vnto thy profite and saluatiō, take very good

héede that thou striue not against the good will of God, and that thou be not contrarie to him, but suffer thou paciently, and pray, that his fatherly will bée done, that hée vse thée at his pleasure, and that thou wilt no∣thing, but that shall séeme best vnto him, that al things may bée done vnto the lande, and glorie of God, & that thou mayest haue his grace quietly and moderately to suffer his crosse, layed vpon thée. For pacience bringeth experience, experience bringeth hope, and hope maketh not ashamed. Here thou hast matter, and occasion to learne, and exercise pacience in all afflictions, and troubles. First, thou doest learne, that God afflicteth, and punisheth thée with a fatherly correction, and that thou learnest by experi∣ence. For except thou shouldest knowe by proofe, & experience how wholesome a thing it is for man wholy to commit himselfe vn∣to GOD, and to be obedient vnto his good will, and pleasure. Euen as Dauid sayeth, it is good for mée that I haue béene in trou∣ble, thou were not able to conceiue certaine, and sure hope of him, thou shouldest not know his fatherly loue, & good will towards thee, which is hidden in secret, if thou did∣dest

not proue it before, by this crosse and rodde. But when thou hast learned it before by experience, and hast now some tast of that matter alreadie, thou doest not faint, and fall into desperation by any afflictions, but thine hope moreouer encreaseth, when thou hast oftentymes tyred Gods present ayde, and helpe. And although he sometime for a season, as it were winking at the matter, doe suffer thée to sticke fast, and sinke in∣to daungerous places, yet at the length not withstanding he reacheth thée his helping hande, he taketh thée vp and doth preserue thée. He suffereth thée sometimes to swim and to be ouerwhelmed with waues of this lyfe, but he will not suffer thée to be vtterly drowned. Hereby thou mayst ascerteine thy selfe, that he will not forsake thée, or cast thée awaye, seing that he hath so often pre∣serued thée, when thou wast in daunger. Therefore by afflictions thou doest learne to conceiue, and nourishe sure, and vndoub∣ted hope of God, that thou mayest trust vn∣to him in most gréeuous diseases, & punish∣ments, where there appéereth no succour at all, being now instructed after what mea∣nes he delyuereth, & preserueth his seruants.

Thou hast learned that God sendeth afflic∣tions vpon thée, not in his wrath, but in his fatherly loue. The which thing when thou art thorowlye perswaded, and art taught by experience, thou mayest pacient∣ly looke for Gods ayde and succour, and not dispaire, but constantlye trust, that in the ende he will help thee, although he hide himselfe, prolonging, and deferring thine ayde, and deliuerance neuer so long. And by this meanes thou shalt perceyue and vn∣derstande at the last, that disease, or af∣fliction is not sent vnto thée for that pur∣pose, that thou therby shouldst be destroyed, but that the glorie of God mought be mani∣festly shewed, and that all things mought turne vnto thy saluation. He that can after this maner commit, and giue himself wholy vnto God, beleuing, & trusting in his promi∣ses, shall neuer die. The which thing euen Christ himselfe affirming w^t an othe, least happily we should somwhat doubt, doth say: Verily, verily, if a man kéepe my worde, he shal neuer sée death. And in an other place he saith: I am the way, y^e verity, and the life. He that beleueth on me, shall lyue, although he were dead. And whosoeuer lyueth, and be∣léeueth

on mée, shall neuer dye. Sée that thou diligently kéepe these words of Christ, fastened in the bottome of thine hart, and herewith thou shalt lift vp, and strengthen thy wauering minde. He that beleeueth on Christ, shal not taste of death. He that bele∣ueth on me (sayth Christ) hath eternall life, and this is eternall lyfe, that they acknow∣ledge thée, to be true God, and him whome thou hast sent Iesus Christ. Eternall lyfe first beginneth in this worlde.† For he, that hath Christ, hath the true life. For Christ is lyfe, and is the victoritie it self. Therfore he will not deceyued vs,† but all the promises of God in him are yea, and are in him. Amen.

And to the ende, that thou shouldest no∣thing doubt, but that God wil performe his word, and make his promise good, he hath assured, and bounde himselfe vnto thée, by a certeine peculiar league, and signe, put, and added vnto thy body. For he coueted, and de∣sired thy saluation, when he sent his sonne into the world, to the intent he should offer himselfe, vnto death for thée. He did fore∣make, and assure a league of grace through Christ, that he would fréely giue thée euer∣lasting lyfe, if thou beleue, and art baptised,

that he woulde neuer forsake thee, that he will be thy father, that he will crowne thee with grace, and mercie. And thy baptsime is the seale, and token of this league, wher∣vnto his promises being added, it is requi∣site, that thou stick fast vnto them. For he gaue this singe, that thou shouldest nothing doubt of his couenant, and promised grace. Thou art baptised into the death of Christ, as saint Paule sayeth, that his death should be made thine, and that he should make sa∣tisfaction in all things for thée, and thou hast put him on in thy baptisme, that thou shouldest wholy be in him, and hée in thée. Therefore baptisme is a league, lifting vp, making merie, and quieting thy conscience before god, as saint Peter beareth witnesse, that hee wyll neuer condemne thée for thy sinnes. For thou iustified by fayth, art at peace with God. A quiet, calme, and paci∣fied conscience, is the true peace. And thou hast receiued baptisme as a most sure token, and certeine seale of this iustification, and remission of sinnes, that thou shouldst sted∣fastly beléeue, that God will haue mercye on thée, that hée will preserue and delyuer thée.

Now therefore, seing that God fauoreth thée, and will be thy father, and will neuer forsake thée, and seing that thou hast recey∣ued an infallible token, and testimony here∣of, commende, and vtterly giue all the mat∣ter, and thy selfe also wholy vnto him, and be thou obedient vnto his good will & plea∣sure, and thou must paciently abide, and suf∣fer his hande, whether he will haue thée to dye, or lyue, so that his owne blessed will may be done, vnto his owne praise, & glory. Albeit it is not possible, that thou canst be damned, if thou consecrate, and dedicate thy selfe wholy vnto him, surely trusting in his mercie, promised for Christ his sake. For he hath condicioned, that he will be thy father. And bicause he is true, when thou doest ac∣knowledge him to be thy father, and doest looke for, and hope to receyue all goodnesse of him, he cannot but be thy father, and pre∣serue thée, by what meanes soeuer he sharp∣ly vseth thee for a little space. Seing there∣fore, he hath promised to be thy father, & thou trustest vnto his promises: without all que∣stion, he taketh earnest care of thee, and all thine. Wherefore thou shalt commend vn∣to him, not onely thine owne body, but also

thy wyfe and children, thy kinsfolkes and fréendes, and to be short, all that thou hast, and doubt not, but he will be vnto thée, in the steade of a verie father, a wyfe, a true fréend, and cosine. For hitherto he hath vsed thée, as a dispensatour, and steward in those things. But now séeing that he will haue thée to lay aside the function of this office: he wil appoint in thy roume an other steward for them, which shall diligently, and faith∣fully take care of them. If thou hope for this of him, and looke for it with a ful confidence of hart, there is no doubt, but he will do as I haue tolde thée. Wherefore put out of thy minde all care of them, and commit it vnto God. Be rather carefull for thy selfe, pro∣uide for thy soule, and thinke how to yéelde it vp vnto God.

And seing that God hath fréely forgiuen thée all thy sinnes for Christ his sake, he will require nothing of thee at all for this his great, and inestimable benefite, but that thou againe forgiue, from the bottome of thine hart all them, which haue offended thée. And he doth promise, that he wil remit all our trespasses, if we forgiue other men there misdéedes. Therefore when thou hast

so forgiuen all offences vnfaynedly, y^t thou neuer reuiue them, nor call them vnto me∣morie againe, praye also for them, which haue done thée harme, according to the doc∣trine, and example of Christ, and if thou re∣couer, help them néeding thine aide, as much as thou mayest. If thou haue such a minde voyde of strife, enuie, malice, and wrath, thou hast also a signe and token, that God hath forgiuen thée thy sinnes. For fayth whereby thine hart is purified, and clensed, exercising hir selfe, and bringing forth hir fruits, according to Gods infinite benifits, cannot choose but likewise forgiue, and doe good vnto hir neighbour. This fruit of loue, and charitie testifieth, and doth ascerteine thée, that thy faith is a true, & a liuely faith, seing that she bringeth forth good, and true fruites.† This is the thing, that saint Peter would haue, whereas he biddeth vs to giue the more diligence, to make our calling, and election sure by good workes. For he mea∣neth that those workes are witnesses, and signes, that thou art chosen, and adopted of God, to be his sonne, vnto the ioyes of e∣ternall saluation.

But thou shalt not hope, déerely beloued,

that God will forgiue thée thy sinnes, for the payne and gréeuousnesse of thy crosse & sicknesse.† For there is none other saluatiō, ther is none other recompēce for thy sinnes, then the onely death of Christ. God truely respecteth none other thing in this case, hée accepteth none other thing, but his déerely beloued sonne. This is the lambe of God, which taketh away the sinnes of the world. And this thy sicknesse and paynes cannot make satisfaction vnto God so muche as for thy least offence, muche lesse, can it deserue saluation. As S. Paule testifyeth saying: I suppose that the afflictiōs of this lyfe, are not worthy of the glory, which shall be she∣wed vpon vs. No creature, neyther in hea∣uen, neyther in earth, no Angell coulde mi∣tigate, and pacifie the wrath of GOD the father, then this thy disease and tempo∣rall affliction, is much lesse able to aswage it. And farder it was requisite, y^t he, which should pacifie that wrath, and reconcile god vnto man, should be both God and man, as one ready to pleade, and make intercession betwéene God being offended, & man con∣demned. Therefore it behoued the sonne of God to be made mā, that he might appease

and satisfie the wrath of his father, & deliuer vs from it, as y^e prophet witnesseth saying: Hée taketh away our infirmities, & beareth our paynes. God hath layd our iniquities v∣pon him, I haue smitten him (sayth god) for the sinnes of my people. And s. Peter fayth: By whose stripes we ar healed. Thy sinnes therefore are forgiuen thée for this thy lord Christ his sake, and for none other thing in all the world. For none afflictiōs, be they neuer so bitter, and gréeuous, can helpe vs. Christ is our only iustification, redemptiō, satisfaction and saluation.

God hath made him to be sinne for vs, that knew no sinne, that we by his meanes should be righteous. Wherfore, if thou be∣léeue, thou art nowe becomme the sonne of God. If thou be the sonne of God, thou art also the heire of God, and the fellow heyre with Christ. If so be that eternall lyfe be the inheritaunce, and gift of God, as saint Paule doth call it, thou canst not deserue it by the paynes, and gréefe of thy sicknesse. But God woulde haue thée punished wyth this disease vnto this ende, & purpose, that thou shouldst therby keepe downe, breake, and mortifie this thine olde man, that at the

length he maye cease from committing of sinne, the ende whereof commeth onely by this corporall death. And for this cause wée muste dye, that our soules may depart vnto euerlasting saluation. For death is y^e gate, and entraunce vnto eternall lyfe, where, in the ende we are deliuered from all cala∣mities,† myseries, and wretchednesse, from all errours, and deceytes of the diuell, that we shall no more be defiled with the moste filthy spottes of sinne, neyther shall we be seduced into heresies, or errours, neither be cast headlong into desperation. Then there shall be an ende of all euills, of all aduersi∣ties, and discommodities. Then shall we rest in the lorde, and shall obtaine lyfe, and euerlasting ioyes. Death therfore is not to be detested, and abhorred, yea, rather it is earnestly to be desired, and imbraced, seing that we passe thorow it into eternall ioyes. And that is a most true saying, which saint Paule speaketh: That all things vnto the godly, shall turne vnto good. Truely death vnto the worlde séemeth to be a thing most odious, most horrible, and cruell, but vnto the beleeuers it is moste swéete, pleasant, and acceptable. Although our olde Adam

doth tremble at hir comming, abhorreth, & escheweth hir. Our inward man notwith∣standing is readie, chéerefull, quick, and wil∣ling to die, seing that he vnderstandeth and knoweth, that he shall be deliuered from al filthinesse of sinne, wickednesse, vice, and wredchednesse by hir, and shall go forth vn∣to eternall ioyes.

How those are to be comforted, which lye in the daunger of death.

GOD thy good and moste lo∣uing father, hauing compas∣sion on thée, déerely beloued, doth call thée out of this most miserable and wretched lyfe, wylling to translate & bring thée vnto himselfe, into the perpetuall ioyes of the celestiall life. Therfore giue and com∣mende thy selfe and all thine, wholy vnto him, and whatsoeuer he will haue done, will thou the same also. And say, thy wil be done O God my father, and not mine. Cry vnto Christ as the théefe did, which hanged on the crosse: Remember mée O lord when

thou commest into thy kingdome. Crie w^t the publican: O lord be mercifull vnto me a wretched sinner. Crie instantly with the woman of Cana, that heathen gentile: Oh sonne of Dauid, haue mercie on mée. And doubt not, but Christ will heare thée calling vnto him, and haue compassion on thée. He will forgiue thee thy sinnes, and thou shalt be with him in paradise. There∣fore, take thou holde by this Christ, sticke fast vnto him, and sée that thou commit thy soule vnto him. Crie thou with this Christ crucified vnto GOD, which is father vnto you both: In thée, O lorde, I put my trust, let mée neuer bée put to confusion, delyuer me in thy righteousnesse. Bowe downe thine eare to mée, make hast to delyuer me. Be thou my strong rock, and house of de∣fence, that thou mayest saue mée. Thou art my strong rock, and my castle, be thou my guide also. Into thy handes I commend my spirite. Crie thou with Dauid also: O lorde thou art my strength, the lorde is my stony rock, and my defence, God is my sa∣uiour, and my buckler, the horne also of my saluation. Vnto thée, O lorde, haue I lifted vp my soule, my God I haue put my trust

in thée. O let me not be confounded. Leade me forth in thy truth. For thou art the God of my saluation. Call to remembraunce, O lorde, thy tender mercies, and thy louing kindnesse, which hath bene euer of olde. Oh remember not the offences of my youth, but according to thy mercie, thinke thou vpon me O lord, for thy goodnesse. For thy names sake O lorde bée mercifull vnto my sinne, for it is great. Turne thée vnto mée & haue mercy vpon me, O bring thou me out of my troubles. Forgiue mée all my sinnes, O keepe my soule and deliuer mée. Let me not bée confounded. For I haue put my trust in thée. If thou call for Gods ayde, and succour after this maner, God will helpe thée in a conuenient time, and will say, as it is writ∣ten in the psalme: Bicause he hath set his loue vpon me, I will therfore delyuer him, I will set him vp, bicause he hath knowne my name. He shall call vpon me, and I will heare him, yea, I am with him in trouble, I will deliuer him, and bring him to honor. Wherefore, O thou christian, here fight a good fight, fight thou valiantly, stoutely, & constantly, as it becommeth a true christi∣an to doe.

Beware thou giue no ground, nor go back∣wards, there is no perill. Thou fightest not here alone. But the king Iesus Christ is thy captaine in this agony. Follow him go∣ing before thée in this conflict. This thy ca∣pitaine shalbe thy reuenger, & he shall saue, and defende thée in this battell from all thē enimiys of thy soule, from all perill, & from al calamitie. He is not a king as others are, but he is of infinit, and vnspeakable power. He hath vanquished, and subdued for thy sake, death, sathan, and hell. Death is swa∣lowed vp into the victorie. Christ died for thée. Therefore eternall death, hath no po∣wer on thée. Christ descended into hell, that he might deliuer thée frō this eternall dark∣nesse. Be thou therfore of a valiant, & stout courage, runne into the front of the battell with a bold hart, put away all feare, here is no daunger. There is no cause why thou shouldest feare the seuere, & streight iudge∣ment of God. Iesus Christ is thy mediatour before God. He is thine aduocate, & patrone. He is both thy bishop, & priest. He hath re∣cōciled thée vnto God, and hath restored vn∣to you his fatherly loue, which was aliena∣ted from thée, for thy sinnes sake. God now

is now thy father for Christ his sake. He ta∣keth care of thée. He entéerly loueth thée, as his most tender childe. Now séeing that this so mighty a king standeth on thy side: who shall be able to trouble thée? Who shall be able to assault & inuade thée? Who, I pray thée, shall be able to doe thée wrong? What daunger can there be? Harcken what saint Paule sayth: If God (sayeth he) be on our side, who can be against vs? Which hath not spared his owne sonne, but hath yéelded him vp for vs all, howe can it be, that he al∣so will not giue vs all things w^t him? Who shall go about to laye anye crime against Gods elect? It is God that iustifieth. Who is he then that can condemne? It is Christ that died, yea rather, which is raysed vp a∣gaine, and is at the right hand of God, and there maketh intercession for vs. Who shall separate vs from the loue of God? I am thorowlye perswaded, that neyther death, neither life, neither heigth, neither depth, neither any other creature, can be able to se∣parate vs from the loue of God, which is in our lord Iesus Christ. Séeing that therfore, Christ is giuen thee, with al his riches, with all his righteousnesse, innocency, and salua∣tion.

Eternall life is giuen thée also. Sainct Paule testifying the same, vnto the Corin∣thians, sayth: That Christ is made of God to vs, wisdome, and also righteousnesse, and sanctifying, and redemption. Therefore, sée that thou haue all thy hope, and confidence placed and fixed vpon this Christ, and vpon this corner stone. This stone is a sure, soūd, and firme foundation, wherevnto thou mayst leane, and safely commit thy selfe. No tempest, be it neuer so black, and boysterous, no shower, no stormes, are able to throwe downe, and ouerturne this foundation. Let all thy hope and aide (I say) be placed, and set on this Christ, cast thy selfe vpon him, sticke fast vnto him, let no temptation, or calami∣ty be able to withdrawe, and pull thée from him, although all things seeme to happen vnto thée very absurdly, and ouerthwartly. Although fleshe, and blood, doe interprete it farre otherwise, and reason thinke it contra∣ry, although the deuill doth nowe and then whisper in thy minde, saying: That thou art vndone, that God is highly offended with thee, that thou hast deserued the paine of hell fire, and that thou muste be damned. For faith is a substaunce, that is to wit, an

expectation of things hoped for, that is of promises, and 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, that is as much to say, as a sure argument, and knowledge of things that are not séene. Thou muste be∣leue with that holy Patriarch Abraham in hope, ouer and aboue hope. Thy faith, and hope muste resist, and set it selfe against all those things, which eyther blinde reason suggesteth, either that 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 our most subtile, and by all meanes most crafty enimy, going about to worke vs de∣ceyt, and our destruction, doth instill and poure into vs. Wherfore thou must learne well the maner and custome of God, which he vseth in preseruing those that are his. Looke whome he will lift vp into heauen, him will he first seeme to bring downe vnto hell. Looke whom he entendeth to quicken, him will he first mortifie and kill. Vppon whom he mindeth to shew his notable mer∣cy, and fauor, he first maketh semblance, tri∣ing him, as though he would cōdemne him. Wherfore whē thou perceyuest none other thing, but present death, when God sée∣meth to be gréeuouslye offended with thée, when that thou thynkest that he is gone most fardest from thée, and that he hath vt∣terly

forsaken thée, as one refused, and con∣demned: then is he most néerest vnto thée, ready to defend, and deliuer thée, he then lo∣ueth thee most especially, then thou art chief∣ly regarded of him. For when trouble, and affliction commeth vpon vs, then doth he re∣member his mercye, according to the pro∣phets saying: For his wrath endureth but the twinkling of an eye, he will not be an∣gry for euer. For like as a father pitieth his owne children: euen so is the lord merciful vnto them, that feare him. For he knoweth wherof we be made, he remembreth that we are but dust. But the mercifull goodnesse of the lorde, endureth for euer, and euer. The lord is full of compassion, and mercye, long suffering, and of great goodnesse. Wherfore submit, put vnder, giue, and commend thy selfe wholy vnto Christ, closing thine eyes, & reiecting the iudgement of thy senses, & rea∣son, take it in good parte, howsoeuer he in∣treateth thée. Thou must not estéeme, and consider death, and horrour, or the dolours of death, according to the iudgemēt of thine eyes, sense, and reason: but according to the worde of God. Dauid sayeth: Right déere in the sight of the lorde is the death of his

saints. Lykewise he sayeth: Blessed are the dead, which die in the lorde. Christ also say∣eth: He that beléeueth on mée, shall not tast of death. If any thing therefore come into thy memorie, which attempteth to turne thée away from Christ, and to cast thée into desperation, put all that out of thy minde, and stick thou fast vnto the liuely worde of God, meditate, and ponder thereon, print it in thy minde, repeating it now and then a∣mong. For thou canst neuer vnderstand by the consideration, and sharpnesse of reason, how it may be done, that by death thou shalt passe vnto the true lyfe, how thou yéelding vp thy ghost mayest depart here hence, how thy soule maye be preserued, and rest in the lorde, euen vntill the last day, and how also thy body being rotten, consumed, and de∣uoured with wormes, maye come forth at the last iudgemēt, with a new, and a beaw∣tifull shape. Reason cannot comprehende this, faith onely can. Therefore, often∣times thinke thou vpon the articles of thy beléefe, diligently consider, and attentiuely examine euery particular thereof.

After what sort he is to bee called vpon, which lyeth at the point of death.

NOw sée, déerely beloued in Christ, that thou fight a good fight. Sée that thou cōstant∣ly, and valiantly defende thy self, throughly fastē in thine hart, the promises of Christ thy redeemer. I am the resurrection, and the lyfe, sayeth Christ. He that beléeueth on me, shall lyue, and shall neuer sée death. Christ taking vpon him the nature of man, subiect to the infirmities of our estate, did offer vp himselfe to be a sacrifice for our sinnes, dy∣ing vpon the aultar of the crosse. He by his blessed blood, did purge, and clense the sinnes of all mankynde. This Christe will not forsake thée, he taketh a regarde of thée. Thou canst suffer no iniurie, or calamitie, seing that Christ doth preserue, and defende thée. The sure foundation of God standeth fast hauing this seale, the lorde knoweth which are his, my shéepe héere my voice, and I know them, and they folow mée, and I

giue vnto them eternall lyfe, and they shall neuer perishe, neyther shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My father, which gaue them me is greater then all, and no man is able to take them out of my fathers hand. And I and my father are one. Wherefore, O déerely beloued in Christ, commend thy soule vnto God thy father, which loueth thée singularlye. Crie out with thy brother Christ, hanging on the crosse: Into thy handes, O father, I giue and commend my spirite. God the father of all mercie, bring thée vnto euerlasting lyfe, and preserue thée vnto y^e most ioyfull resurrection of his last iudgement. Amen.

The ende of the fourme and me∣thode, or right order, to comfort the sick.

Notes

• Act. 17. Psal. 99.
• Afflicti∣ons are the to∣kens of Gods fa∣uour.
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  Prouer. 13.
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  Eccle. 30.
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  Hebr. 12.
• Rom. 5.
• Psal. 119.
• Ioan. 8.
• Ioan. 14. Ioan. 21.
• Iohn. 17.
• Eternall lyfe be∣ginneth in this worlde.
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  Ioan. 14.
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  2. Corin. 1.
• Iohn. 3.
• Baptisme is a seale of salua∣tion.
• Rom. 6.
• Gala. 3.
• 1. Pet. 3.
• Rom. 5.
• The true peace.
• Math. 6.
• A liuely fayth, bringeth foorth true fruites.
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  2. Petr. 1.
• Payne cannot merite, the re∣mission of sinnes.
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  Act. 4. Ioan. 1.
• Rom. 8.
• Peter sai∣eth. Act. 4 there is no salua∣tion in anye o∣ther than in Christ.
• Esa. 53.
• 1. Petr. 2.
• 1. Cor. 2.
• 2. Cor. 5.
• Ioan. 1. Rom. 8. Gala. 3. Rom. 6.
• 1. Cor. 15.
• Death is the ente∣rance vn∣to eter∣nall lyfe.
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  Apoc. 21.
• 1. Cor. 15.
• Rom. 8.
• Math. 26. Mark. 14. Luc. 22. Io. 6. Lu. 23
• Luc. 18.
• Math. 15.
• Psal. 31.
• Psal. 18. Psal. 25.
• Psal. 91.
• Esa. 25. Oscae. 13. 1. Cor. 15.
• 1. Ioan. 2. 1. Timo. 2. 1. Petr. 2. Rom. 5.
• Esay. 63. Iohn. 14.
• Rom. 8.
• 1. Corin. 1
• This stone is Christ. 1. Petr. 2. Esay. 28.
• Hebr. 11.
• Hypo∣stasis.
• Rom. 4. Gen. 15.17.
• 1. Reg. 2.
• Psal. 30.
• Psal. 103.
• Psal. 116.
• Apoc. 14 Ioan. 8.
• Ioan. 11.
• 2. Timo. 2. Ioan. 10.
• Math. 27. Luc. 27.