1 MVltitude of prebends. 2 Multitude of priests. 3 Multitude of temples & chapels 4 Multitude of altars. 5 divers oblations and offerings 6 Worldly riches and pride. 7 Idleness and trwandisse of the shaven. 8 Multitude of harlots. 9 Feigned hours and prayers. 10 Detestable hypocrisy. 11 Devouring of widows, orphans, & the poor. 12 Renounsing and destructing of the death and passion of Christ. ¶ And so consequently of the other, which are infinite. TO make short the error of the mass is most deadly & hurtful, aswell to the goods as to the persons, in as much as it seemeth to have most sign of holiness and goodness seeing that it is all execrable or cursed. Truly the venom wherewith the pestilence is covered anoteth and grieveth more greater than that, that is seen open. Ite missa est. Amen 3. Esdras. 4. chap. ¶ Super omnia vincit veritas. Above all thing the truth overcometh. MDXLVII. ¶ Printed at Wittenberg by Hans Lufte. A Christian, exhortation very profitable gathered out of the holy scriptures, unto the great comfort, and utility, of every faithful soul, being in agony of death, unto whom, it ought to be rehearsed, with loud voice, divers and sundry times, if need so require unto the which is added, toward the latter end a godly prayer for the sick drawing to an end of this life, with a Catechism, not only to instruct the sick, but also to refresh his memory, with the great mystery of our redemption. Translated out of French into english by Robart Heasse Minister at Algate. Imprinted at London, by Thomas Purfoote, dwelling in Paul's Churchyard at the sign of the Lucrece. Anno. 1566. Death is end, and the beginning of life. Ecclesiastes xvii Ante lauguorem adhibe medicinam et ante judicium in, terroga teipsum, et in conspectu dei invenies propitiationem Apocalip. iii. Si non vigilaveris veniam ad te tanquam fur et nescis qua hora veniam ad te. Apocalip. xvi. Beatus qui vigilat et custodit vestimenta sua nenudus ambulet et videant turpitudinem eius. Math. 24. Luke. 12. Estote parati quia nescitis qua hora filius hominis venturus est. Unto the faithful Reader, greeting, in our Lord jesus Christ. dearly beloved Reader, I pray the take in good part this present exhortation, that I have here translated out of the French tongue, into thy vulgar tongue with great thought and care until I of my part had performed it, I trust to the great comfort of every faithful person, that feareth God, to use & practise, at the time of need, when as it shall please god to call him out of this mortal and wretched world. But be advertised that thou mayst use it right, that these three letters. B.S.N. The first signifieth brother, that is when thou speakest unto a man The second signifieth sister, a woman, and the third emporteth, that thou must name the party sick, by his proper name, for he ought not to be honoured, by names, either, of worldly, honours or worships, But rather to resist Satan the enemy of man's soul, in and through the power of our lord and god, the sick must be named, by his own name, that he hath received, in the holy sacrament of Baptism, and in so doing thou shalt obey the Lord God, whom I beseech of his infinite goodness and mercy, vouchsafe to be Good and merciful, both unto thee and me in the last judgement day. Amen. A Christian exhortation which ought to be recited with loud voice, before all faithful people, being in agony of death. ALL that is of God, John, seven. hear the word of God, Math, seven. and not only to hear it, but keep it, Hebre. i, and put it in execution for all things shall have an end and wax old as doth a garment, Esay. 40. but the word of God endureth for evermore, Rom, v, and seeing that it is so, that by one man sin is entered into the world and by sin, death and consequently all troubles and adversities following, it is by just occasion that the life of man, Rom, seven. is but a continual battle upon earth, in such sort, that the flesh fighteth against the spirit and the spirit against the devil the world, and the flesh, which are enemies unto our souls, but following th'apostles counsel, i, Peter, v. to obtain victory in this spiritual battle, you must resist constantly through faith. i, Ihon. v. For the victory which overcometh the world, Hebre. xi, is our faith which is a sure and certain knowledge of the love of God toward us as by his gospel he declareth himself to be our father and saviour, by the means of jesus christ. Having then such a steadfast faith for your principal foundation. Acknowledge and confess unfeignedly before the majesty of God that you are a poor and miserable sinner, Psal, li, Luke, xvii, conceived & borne in iniquity and corruption, inclined to do evil and that of yourself so unable to do any Good by your often transgresing the commandments of God, in which so doing, you have deserved by his just judgement, death and damnation upon you, yet notwithstanding you are displeased in yourself to have so often and many times offended him and therefore you condemn yourself and your vices with perfect repentance, desiring that the grace of GOD redress your calamity. Pray then with such a steadfast faith. Psal, li, If you cannot with the mouth, say it with the heart, that God our father most benign, and full of mercy, do not enter in judgement nor to reckoning with us, Psal. 142, but rather vouchsafe to have pity upon you in the name of his son jesus Christ our lord and to wipe away your offences and sins by the merit of the death and passion of the same jesus Christ, in whose name present unto him, his holy Prayer that he hath taught us, saying with a good heart. Math. vi, Our father which art in. etc. B. S.N Aknoweledge from the bottom of your heart your unrighteousness, be sorry for your sins, repent you uncessantlye, Math, iii and the kingdom of God shall draw near, acknowledge that their is neither, righteousness, Titus, iii, innocency nor any good works in you, nor from you, Ephe, two, Psal, li, but contrary wise, the son of wrath and Child of perdition, conceived and borne in the sin of the old Adam, you deserve eternal death and damnation, Rom, viii, yet not withstanding, let not this, nor all the sins of the world, if you committed them, once fryghte you. For jesus Christ the eternal and true Son of God, Rom, i, hath made himself perfect man conceived of the holy Ghost, Luke, i, borne of the virgin Mary for to sanctify and cleanse you, Math, i, he hath suffered under Ponce Pilate, Phllip, 2 divers afflictions, injuries, and wrongs, yielding himself as a slave and Captive, Acts, 3, for to set you at liberty, Math, 27, jesus Christ hath been crucified and accursed upon the tree of the cross, to deliver you from the malediction perpetual. jesus Christ, Esay, 53, is dead in shedding, his precious blood, for to wash you. Apo, i, For to redeem you, i, Peter, 1. for to deliver you wholly from death and hell fire, and from the might and power of Satan, Rom. vi, jesus Christ hath been buried in the Sepulchre, for to bury all your sins, the which he hath borne on his shoulders and hath wiped them out, Acts, i, jesus Christ is descended into hell suffering an extreme agony, for to deliver you, from all pains and griefs of death. jesus Christ is risen from death, i, Cori, rv, Acts, i. Colio. iii. for to make you rise in your proper body to a glorious immortality. jesus Christ is ascended into the Heavens, for to make you ascend after him. i. John, two, jesus Christ is set on the right hand of God his father almighty, Hebre, seven, being your advocate and intercessor towards him and the atonement for all your sins. Math. xv, Pa, ●i, We look that he shall come to judge the quick and the dead, Rom, viii, for to render to every one according to his deeds. But to his elect which believe in him, their Sins shall not be imputed, for he will justify them through his grace, Math, xxv, and make them to reign with him in the heavenly throne, world without end. B.S.N. Such is the great mestery of our redemption, the which through the power of the holy Ghost, you ought firmly to believe, it to be done for your salvation. And doubt not, Ephe, i, but that by the merit of jesus christ chief of his church you be a member incorporated unto the same, thanking him with great humility, that he hath vouchsafed to give you grace to have been associated in the fellowship and company of his faithful, Math, iiii, feeding you with his holy word, of his body, i, Cor, xi, and of his precious blood, acknowledging as fully persuaded, of the great mercy and compassion of God by the remission of all your sins, Rom, v, the which is done unto you, i, Cor, xv, by jesus Christ who will make you rise again in the last day, and their to reign with him in the life eternal, Mark, 16, which he hath promised to all those that believe in him being baptized in his name. B.S.N. Now saying you have such a faith doubt not to receive the promise of faith. For God is true, Rom, iii, he is not a liar as man is, Heaven and Earth shall pass, Math, 24, but the word of god shall last evermore, God is your father and maker, Esay, 40, you are his creature & work of his hands he made you not to lose you. Gene, i, For he is the saviour of all men and willeth not the death of a sinner, 1, Timon, 2, but rather that he should turn from his sin, by faith full repentance and so be saved. Wherefore I hear pronounce unto you, jeremy, in the name of God, that by and through his great goodness and mercy: Titus, iii. you have full forgiveness and remission of all your sins, 1, Timon, 1, by the only merit of his dear son jesus Christ our Lord in the shedding of his precious blood. Acts, 4. For he is the propitiation, Apoca, 1, 1, Ihon. 2. not only of all your sins but of all the sins of the world. B.S.N. jesus Christ saith that all things are possible to those that believe. Math, 17, Believe then without doubting that jesus Christ putting on our flesh, hath made himself perfect man, dying for you, bearing all your sins on his body, to abolish and wipe them out. 〈…〉 Offer to god the precious death of his son jesus Christ and by the merit of the same death and passion, demannde of him mercy and forgiveness, in saying from the bottom of your heart in and with great humility and repentance. A Prayer. Almighty God and heavenly father, show mercy unto me, poor and miserable Sinner, Rom, iii, for the love of thy Son jesus Christ my Lord and saviour. John, xiiii, And by the mirite of his death and passion vouchsafe to receive my soul whom I commend in to thy hands. Math, 26, Psal, 30, Have your full confidence in God, Rom, viii, for seeing that God is with you, nothing shall be against you. For jesus Christ which is the inmaculate lamb hath vanquished all things for you, Esay. 6. he hath offered himself once for you, and by the same only oblation, hath wholly overcome all your sins he hath ouerc●…d all your infirmities: Heb. 7, &, 9 unrighteousness, abomination and obligation. With this good Lord jesus Christ God the father hath given you all things strengthen you in jesus Christ who hath called you, Rom, viii. by his Prophets, Apostles, Esay, 55, and Evangelists to come freely unto him saying. All that are thirsty come unto the great fountain. Math, xi, Come unto me all ye that travail and are laden, and I will ease you. B.S.N. Believe steadfastly that jesus Christ hath delivered you of all your sins, i, John, v, and hath reconciled you unto God his Father, unto whom with great reverence and hearty repentance say from the bottom of your heart. A Prayer. O Almighty and eternal Lord God, Rom. iii, John, xiiii, be merciful to me, poor and miserable sinner for thy son jesus Christ's sake, my Lord and saviour. And by the merit and worthiness of his death and passion, Mathe, 26, vouchsafe to receive my soul into thy hands. Psal, 3●…, Amen, B.S.N. Have hope: for truth it is, that he will receive your soul as his own, for the love of his Son jesus Christ which is the saviour and redeemer of all those that believe in him. Mark, 16, duty, 18, Psal, 11, Esay. 53, Ge, 3, &, 22, Moses and all the prophets have witnessed that all nations shall receive salvation and benediction only by and through jesus Christ the Apostles and Evangelists do testify that jesus Christ came not to call the righteous, Mathe, 9, but sinners to repentance. John, x, And to give his soul for the redemption of many. Luke, 21, For he hath shed his precious blood, for the remission of sins. Believe then, and doubt not at all, Hebre. i, for jesus Christ hath made the purgation for all your sins, promising that all those that shall believe in him, and in the Father, John, 5, who hath sent him life everlasting, and shall not come to judgement but shall pass from a short death to a long life. B.S.N. Take then a good courage in jesus Christ, for he hath loved you, and washed you from all your sins in his precious blood, Esay, 53, Apo, i, take hold in this sure faith, to fight tryumphantlye against the adversary, have no other shield to defend you withal than the precious blood of jesus christ, who by the power and might of his death and passion, Rom, v, hath reconciled you unto GOD his Father, unto whom from the bottom of your heart, in great humility and reverence say this prayer with me. O Almighty and everlasting Lord God, Rom, iii, Ihon. xiiii, Math, xxvi, Psal, thirty, be merciful unto me poor miserable sinner, for thy Son jesus Christ his sake: and by the merit and worthiness of his death and passion, vouchsafe to receive my soul, which I commmend into thy hands. B.S.N. Take sure hold thorough hope in this faith, john, x that our good god full of all mercy, will & shall receive your soul, as his own, into his hands for jesus Christ's sake: for there is no other name under heaven given unto men, Acts, 4. through the which we can or may be saved, or look for salvation but in jesus christ arm then yourself well with this our good Lord & master jesus Christ, Rom, viii, for he hath done all things for you, Rom, ● he hath accomplished the law for you, he hath over conned all things for you, go to them. B.S.N. Rejoice in God, Hebre. xi be evermore steadfast in this lively faith, follow the trace of the holy patriarchs, Prophets, and Apostles which are all saved in this faith, the which do all assure you that the enemy your adversary cannot annoy you at all, for your suit is won through jesus Christ which is your judge and advocate also. John, 5, John, 2, Psal, 23, Wherefore say evermore in this firm belief, yea although I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, yet will I fear none evil, for thou art with me thy rod and thy staff comfort me. B.S.N. Do never weary yourself to say from the bottom of your heart in this wise. O Almighty God and heavenvly father, Rom, iii john. xiiii, Math, 2. be merciful unto me poor miserable sinner, for jesus Christ's sake my lord & saviour, and by the merit and worthiness of his death and passion, vouchsafe to receive my soul the which I do most humbly commend into thy holy hands, Amen. A singular Prayer for a body greatly afflicted with sickness which seemeth to draw or approach more near to Death, then to life: with a little catechism expressly made to instruct the sick person, and to make him behold the great mystery of our redemption. Ecclesiasticus xviii GEt thee righteousness before thou come to judgement, learn before thou speak, & use Physic or ever thou be sick, i Cor. v examine thyself before thou be judged, and in the day of visitation thou shalt find mercy. The Lord doth admonish us evermore to pray: (specially, Mathe, 2●, when we are touched with his rods) wherefore all Parents, and faithful friends, which shall, or do visit the sick person ought not only to visit and solicitate the body, but also to seek and demand the spiritual medicine for the soul which ought to be done by good prayers, confession of sins, Mathe, 9 and Christian exhortation, according unto the word of God, without the which no man can live: Math, 4, and to th'end that all things may be done in good order, and with good zeal, it shallbe convenient and necessary to prostrate ourselves before the majesty of God and say unto him: our help and succour be in the name of God the Father, the Son, and of the holy ghost so be it, and then say this prayer following, confessing generally all your sins, from the bottom of your heart. Prayer. Math, xviii O Almighty god and most merciful Father, we being assembled in the name of thy well-beloved Son our Lord & saviour jesus Christ, we have under the self same jesus Christ, john. xiiii, presumed to present ourselves before thee: to call on thy holy name, having our only refuge in thy sovereign bownty, the which we do not only desire to feel & taste in ourselves, james, v but also in this the necessity of thy poor creature, being now afflicted with bodily sickness, and troubled in spirit, 1. Cor. xi we know O Lord that justly thou dost punish it in chastesing it with thy rods, for to make him understand thy fatherly affection, Psal, 78, but thy great mercies, which thou usedst toward our Fathers are not vanished nor consumed away, for thou art the great and eternal God full of all mercy, Math, 26, who never dost change: thy holy word instructeth us full amply, that all the earth is replenished with thy mercies, which do surmount far thy justice, wherefore we beseech thee O most merciful father, cease thy wrath and indignation towards this thy poor & wretched creature, have mercy & compassion of him for jesus Christ's sake: look not unto his sins and offences, but rather in the face of thy dear son jesus Christ, who hath sufficiently satisfied thee for the same, in offering unto thee the great Sacrifice of his body on the cross, for us miserable sinners: we therefore beseech thee (O God) that art full of mercy to let him feel thy mercy & grace, which thou never didst refuse unto thy beloved ones, and because that thou art our heavenly father, Math, vi, which know'st all things necessary for our salvation: we beseech thee not to prolong his life, neither to shorten it, for we repose ourselves on thy holy will, unto the which desire only to accomplish and fulfil, Rom, xi. thou art wise without counsel to dispose with this thy creature, according to thy good will and pleasure, considering that if it be thy will O lord to call him, what is he that may resist it (again) if thou wilt resstore him to health, Rom, viii, who is he that dare reprove thee, for all things are in thy hands, John, i, and nothing is done without thy good will and providence: yet nevertheless O Lord if by thy grace thou dost prolong his days, Psal, 2●. this thy rod shallbe unto him, a chastising to amend his former life: and so be converted unto thee: and we all with him will yield thee thanks for ever: but if thy will be stayed, to make him pass unto a better life: we pray thee in the favour of thy son jesus Christ to forget & do away all his faults & sins the which thou haste vouchsafed to be washed in the shedding of his precious blood: Apoca, 1, Math, 26, vouchsafe O Lord by the merit and worthiness of the death and passion of thy dear son, to receive his soul in to thy holy hands, Psal, 30, Psal, 137, when it shall please thee to call it out of this world: despise not O lord the work of thy hands: for behold thy poor creature almost overwhelmed, yet calling on thy name, even in the midst of all his troubles and sorrows, offering thee a woeful and penitent soul with an humble heart the which we pray thee to accept, for the love of thy Son jesus Christ's sake our Lord in whose name thou hast promised to exalt our prayers, & humble requests: wherefore we pray thee, receive us in to thy holy tuition, illuminating our hearts and understanding to appear before thee, and to call on thy holy name as thy beloved some jesus Christ our Lord hath taught us to pray, Math, vi, for all things necessary, saying. over Father which art in Heaven, Hallowed by thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy willbe done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. etc. FInally O eternal god and most merciful Father, we humbly beseech thee vouchsafe, to strengthen us, by thy grace, and power, so that by and through the weakness of our flesh, we fall not, and because that of our selves we are so weak that we can not, nor may not remain steadfast, nor constant, no not a minute of an hour: vouchsafe we beseech thee to strengthen us with thy graces, and heavenly benediction, in such sort that we remain constant unto the end in the perfect faith, without the which it is unpossible to please thee, Heb, xi confirm this faith in us evermore, of the which we shall make confession with heart and mouth saying. I Believe in God the Father all mighty maker of Heaven, etc. THe prayers ended, then may be perceived how the sick and patiented doth: with inquisition of his health, with godly words and christian talk, and if the sick person decline from this life, & that no likelihood be seen in him then may a commodious hour be appointed to speak unto the said sick person, to know if he be willing to hear speak of god's word to his comfort, john. viii, whilst that he is yet in this world and of perfect memory, and if he be of God, this little and brief catechism may be recited as followeth. A brief catechism, not only to instruct the sick, but also to refresh his memory, with the great mystery of our redemption: the which well to understand and remember in his latter days, Eccle, 18, he ought to make confession of his faith before the assistance of the faithful: whereof one of those in the absence of the Minister ought to question with him as followeth. The Minister. Any man that knoweth well himself, B.S.N. and doth not omit his condition & quality, truly he also ought to acknowledge, Gene, 1, Psal, li, Ephe, 2, notwithstanding that he was created the Image and likeness of God, that he is conceived and borne in the sin of the old Adam, thorough the which he is become a poor and miserable sinner, ignorant, inconstant and full of iniquity, and consequently subject to all miseries, afflictions, adversities, and finally unto death itself, Rom. 5 and all this hath sin caused, that which god not leaving it unpunished. he daily afflicteth us by sundry manner ways, in this world to th'end that we should not be dampened with the world. B.S.N. Have therefore patience in your sickness, and surely in so doing you shall possess your soul in joys everlasting. Acknowledge your sin, Psal, 31 and accuse yourself before the maiesti of God, the which you must behold and contemplate through faith, making confession of the same, with heart and mouth before all the assistance, for it is written: with the heart man believeth unto righteousness, and with the mouth man confesseth to salvation, hearken then unto these demands that shall now presently be asked, and answer faithfully according to the intelligence that you have received of the Lord, and if you cannot by reason of the weakness of your sickness, I will answer for you myself, and it shall suffice us to have understanding of your constant faith, in the which we all must die. Q. I demand. Wherefore, and to what end have you been created in this world. Math, 10 Sick. For to know God. Goe, 2 Minister. Was it not necessary unto you to know God. Sick. Yes truly, Psal, 17. for seeing that he is my sovereign LORD, without the knowledge of him I had been more miserable than the brute beasts. Psal, 61, 17 Minister. you know GOD, you know, that he is my wisdom, and all infinite goodness, one only God in persons three, the Father, the Son, and the holy Ghost, he is the only God, that Abraham, Isaac, and jacob have worshipped, Goe, 1, Ihon. i, Luke, i, Gene. 18 in spirit and truth, he is the only and eternal God, which hath made the heaven and also the earth, and all things which is in them contained: the knowledge that you have of GOD, is it not in this sort. Sick. yes. Minister. But may such a simple knowledge, of God, lead you unto the life everlasting. Sick. Very hardly: for it is life everlasting to confess and acknowledge one only God, Ihon. xvii. and he whom he hath sent, his eternal son our Lord and saviour jesus Christ. Minister. Wherefore is it necessary to acknowledge, and confess the Lord and Christ. Sick. Because, that I must recover in jesus Christ, Rom. 5 Psal, li, Luke. xxiiii Psal. 2, Rom, xi all that I have lost in myself, by reason of the sin committed by Adam our fore father, in the which I am conceived and born: so that now it was necessary for my salvation, that jesus Christ the son of God, both God and man, clothed with our flesh, should give me through his grace and free mercy, all that I had lost in Adam Minister It is very well said, that is the cause, Math, 1, why jesus Christ was conceived by the holy ghost and borne of the virgin Mary, for to purge and sanctify you, for all together contrary unto him, Ephe, 2, Rom, viii, are you borne and conceived in sin, and sinful Parents wherefore you must confess that without jesus Christ, you had remained a poor and miserable sinner in everlasting Death. Sick. Rom. 5 I truly, but I believe and confess, that jesus Christ hath reconciled me unto God his Father. Minister. How hath he reconciled you to God his father. Sick. Math, 26, By his death and passion, & by the shedding of his most precious blood, for I know & am fully persuaded, that jesus Christ hath suffered under Ponce Pilate, divers and many afflictions, Acts, 3. injuries, and tribulations to deliver me from eternal death it is jesus Christ which hath been crucified for me, Math. 2● and accursed upon the tree of the cross, to deliver me from the malediction of the devil, unto the which Adam had bound me unto, jesus Christ hath been truly buried, for to bury all my sins, because they may not be imputed unto me before God: it is mi Lord and saviour jesus Christ which is descended into Hell, suffering an extreme agony, for to deliver me from the eternal Pit. Minister. Is all that you have confessed of jesus Christ presently sufficient for to save you. Sick. Esay. 53, Math, xxvi, No, but that it was requisite that the holy scriptures, might in all things be accomplished, for what had it profited me, for jesus Christ to have been born crucified, dead, buried, and descended into hell for me only: with out the resurrection: wherefore I believe and confess that jesus Christ is risen from the dead for to make me rise with him as one of his little members, into everlasting life. Minister. It is consequently written, that he is ascended in Heaven, and their presently set on the right hand of God his Father, but what availeth this ascension unto you. Sick. My chief and saviour jesus Christ is ascended into heaven, for to make me ascend after him, for where the head is, there the members be also, and I believe that he being set on the right hand of God his Father, 2. john, 2 is my advocate, intercessors, and only mediator towards him, Rom, viii, assuring me that none can hinder me sith that jesus Christ is my mediator, John, 5, and my judge all together: wherefore I need not to fear the day of his coming unto judgement: when he shall come to judge the quick and the dead, Math, 2●, for I believe and also confess with steadfast faith, that there is neither judgement nor condemnation, towards or for those which be his faithful members in jesus Christ. Ministre. Who hath given you grace to know and understand all these things. Sick. It is through the grace of the holy ghost, one only God, with the Father, and the son by whose means we receive all good gifts, which are offered unto us through jesus Christ. Minister. Seeing that you have already confessed that you be the member of jesus Christ, it also followeth that you be incorporated unto his Church, the which you must believe to be holy, catholic, and universal. Sick. I believe steadfastly the holy universal church, washed and purified in the precious blood of jesus Christ, for the which most humbly I thank him, that he hath vouchsafed me to be as one of the little members of his church, and being baptized in his name, hath vouchsafed me to live in the communion, Math, 4. unity, and charity of the same, instructing me with his holy word and fed with his perfect body, & quenched with his precious blood in hope of everlasting life. Minister. Now seeing you be grounded on the lively rock, i Cor. x which is jesus Christ in knowing yourself, you must acknowledge & confess the principal benefit, that you have received of our Lord and Christ. Sick. It is reason and very necessary, for I will not be unthankful to acknowledge the gifts and benefits that I have received of God: Psal, li, wherefore I confess & acknowledge that I poor and miserable sinner, have offended divers and sundry ways, the goodness of God, in transgressing his commandments in the which so doing, I have deserved death & damnation everlasting yet notwithstanding flying unto the mercy of God. I crave and ask mercy believing and confessing undoubtedly, that full remission of sins is granted me, by the only death and passion of my Lord and saviour jesus Christ, and in the shedding of his precious blood, Hebre. i, in whom and through whom I assure myself to be wholly washed & purged, which is the greatest gift and contentation, Math, x, that ever could have happened unto me, and such is my faith in the which I will live and die, meaning the grace of the holy ghost. Minister. you have received so great gifts of God, by the means of his son jesus Christ it is also convenient and necessary, that you follow the commaundemenet, for even as he hath forgiven you, and made satisfaction for all your sins, so likewise you must forgive from the bottom of your heart unto all those that have offended you, else you walk not according to gods laws. Sick. In this I have known the law of jesus Christ to be the only holy and perfect doctrine commanding us to love our neighbours, friends, Math. nineteen, and enemies, as ourselves: wherefore I pray unto all those that I have offended by thought, word, or deed, to forgive me with as free a will and good heart, as I forgive all those that have offended or trespassed against me, being desirous to do them good as unto my lovers and friends. Minister. Seeing that God hath ordained that all men shall die, Gene. 3 we cannot resist his ordinance, & therefore we ought to be obedient unto his will, wherefore dear brother you may not think it strange, though I annouce unto you the words of Esay the Prophet te that he declared and spoke unto king Esechias, Esay, 38. saying in the behalf of God. Thus saith the Lord, set thy house in an order, for thou must die, and shalt not live: this good counsel ought to occasion you, to dispose yourself spiritually in your conscience, and first to persuade yourself to godward and weep and lament your sins, Esay, 55, as this good King did, crave his mercy, in ask him forgiveness, and evermore saying in your heart. O Lord God thou merciful and heavenvly father, be merciful unto me poor and miserable sinner, for jesus Christ's sake my Lord and saviour, and then you may not forget your house & family, that which