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C0NTEM P LATI0
M oR r I s, *
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IM M o R T A L 1 T A T I s.
Éɧ® H 1 L os o p H E R s,
ζῆ ST a T E s M £ N,and
£ D I v I N E s doe
Ê$$ali hold, that in this
world thereare but tria generavi
te ; vma ef A C T 17 AI, altera
C o VTE AM P LAT 1 PrA.rer.
tia VO L J^PTVARI A,
Which ofthefe is beft, gae.
ritur.
Aífio Contemplationi, expers, is
vita impolita; Contemplation,ifit
take vp allamanstime, makesvi.
tam ßerilem.
Voluptuariavita, though itbee
not gtiofè, becaufeitis inääu, yet
itis but deßdiofaoccupatio.
Amongft thefè,who fotries ali,
l
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A 3 2$
 -i
Contemplatio Mortù,
as I haue done, (hall finde, that
a£tion profits moft, but Contem
plationpleafes beft : fpecially that
which indebts a man to aétion.
Other Contemplations haue ge
nerationem longam, fruitionem bre
aem,are fo nuch in thinking, as
they feldome come to enioying ;
alwayesin conceit,neuerin a&t.
: Man was not made for con
templation onely,his part isto do
as wellas vnderfand; In earthly
thingsto be an a&or,ofheauenly
thiygsto bea Speétator. There
fore his felicity confifts neither in
reftnor aétion , but in a fit mix
ture ofboth. -

The Counfellor faith, A

Statefman fhould bethus reparti
ted;his will to God,hislouetohis
mafler, his hearttohis Countrey,
his fecret to hisfriend,his time tò
bsfineffe.
Itis true, retiredneffeis more
fafe then bufinelfe, Periclitatur
[esim anima in negotiir. And yet
theleffeyou doe, the more you
fuffer.
 & Immortalitatit.

fuffer. Butas he isnot happy that,'

isalwayes bufie ; So a publique]
man fhould not alwayes be ffiut
VP inthoughts»pleafinghis lifein ta.
thefweetn;iIe ofthinking. *
True Contemplationhätesidie
Speculation. Tó be alwayes, or
irieueralone isidleneffe. But'
| The delight of thoughts, and
'vefije of £gyjjg lies in
theright choice gf aa good
g fub- | *

ie&t to contemplate : For cuery

knowingman i$ foinquifitiue by
nature, and offo bufiea fancy,as
in thisitishappy for him td fall
vponthat fubieëtwhich is fitteft
for him.
Someancient Fathersandfome
late Writershaue fixed vpon the
loue of God; Some wpon the
paffion ofChrift; Somevpon the
ioyes of heauen; fome vpon
contempt of the world 3 feuerall
others vpondiuersotherfubie&ts;
All opining, that fome one is to
[be chofen.TFor who fo will viae
re fibi, muft vacare T)eo. Anda
A 4 wife
 (mtemplatio Mortù,
a wife man faith, Sapientia fçribem
daeff inTempore otj;2giminoratur]
aêiw,Hecannottendit.
Ego in meo [olito receffw à ne
gotjspublicù vacamt, (which was
butfeldome)foundit fruitfull,vfe
fulland delightful',
Cogitare de Nouiffimo.
„ggatur fùnt Nouiffima, fàythe |
Fathers;Heauenand Hell, Death
and Iudgement,
Alifubie&is large enough.
But confidering I haue paffed
| fo much imployment , fo many
offices, fo longpraétice in feué
rallprofeffions, (as euery publike
manis owing his abilities, cares
andyeares tò the feruice of his
mafter.) I nowthought ittime to
feize on death beforeit fèized on
Πη€. -

After long Meditation this I

found,that when Meditation had
begottendeuotion,thenit applied
it
 ej• Imiser AE.
itfelfè te Contemplation, which
requireda fettlement vpön fome
diuineobie&.
Andwhat more heauenly then
the thought of Immortálity ?
What fè neceffäry asthe thought
ofdeath? Hereinjthereforeicóm
plred with my ownedefires, and
made choice of Death and Im
Jortality.for the fübie& of my
Contemplation.
Meditation, Ifaw, was but a
reiterated thought,properto pro
duétion ofgood ofeuiil; but' Di
uinesdoe well dedicateContem
plation to holy Myfteries onely.
'We meditate to know God,we
contemplate to loue God: when
God fiimfelfe had feene the
things created in feuerali pieces,
he faid,They were good ;
But when hee confidered the
vaiuerfe,asit werein Contempla
tion sthen hefaid, Loe,they were
exccedinggood. : For Meditation
confiders her obie&s piece by
piece, But Contemplation fumis
A 5. them
 Contemplatio AMortit,
themaltogether, and fees, asin*
große, alîthefeueralibeautics of
MeditationsObie&s.
Meditation is with a man , as
hęhat fmcls the Violet , the
Rofe,the Ietfamie;andtheOrenge
dowers diuidually.(My Meditati
oms oftheLordarefwéetofthem
felues, faithwatcr
platiónisa Dauid) but Contem;
compounded o£
them all. ;'
This is more elegantiy denoted 1
inthecanticles,wfiere,tfieSpoute
plaits vpher häire, truffingit VP
in oneknot, to fhew that wee
fhould not diffufe our thoughts
into variety of confiderations,
but recolle&t them into one by
Contemplation.Herewitha mans
foulebeingonce affe£ted » hardly
(haH heeTobtaine leaue of his
thoughts to returneagaine to im
ployments.
É¢ ne ego multis occupatu, mihi
met ipß ■amerem, incognitu : (for
the öld word is a true one) mi!
profunt leéia nes intelleäa, mififeip
fwm,
 & immortalitati.
fùm lega & intelligau. . .
I therefore applyed my felfe
admeam Nouiffimwm,*hat man/i.
meth, and/hali motfee death ? And
ifafter death, Iuffu vix /alvabi.
tur, we may wellbefearefull, and
had needbecarefull that wge bee
not taken vnprepared. ' '
Iteimparati imparatum, \

. Willoneday beadolefullfy
Ing.
When I wasayoungman.faith.
Semeca, my care was to liuewell,
I then praétifed Artem bene vi
uesdi. When age came wpon me,
Ithen fludied Artembene moriem
di: How to diewell.
It is true, Iter vita occupatitnom,
apparet miß in fine. Yet when I was,
£££; hoc me dulciobleíia-,
,bam folatio, aliqmamdo me vitiu-,
rum mihi: hoping to hauefweete,
leafureto enióymiy felfe at laft. ,
And this lam now come to. ,
IDijonendo,non mutando me.
A6 - The
 - contemplatio Mortù, .,
The couenant of the graue is
fhewed to no man, faith the wife
man,butthe watchword is giuen
to all men. -

Sint lumbipræcinéti,
Lucernæ ardentes,
Sempervigilantes.
1Lord,let mee be found in this
pofture,when Ifhallbeto dye.
In thecourfesof mylife I haue
had interchanges ; the world.it
felfeftandsvpóåviciffitudes : Ad
uerfi, & Projerù contexuit Deus
vitam meam : When I firft tooke
mee to a gowne, I put on this
thought, fortumam, vt togam ap
peto,non longam fed concinnam, Fit
for my condition; finding by o
thers, that a contented kinde of
obfcurity kept a man free from
enuy:althoughany kind of fupe
riority bee amarke ofEnuy ; yet
nottobe fo high, as to prouoke
anilleye, norfo low as tobe tro
dem
- &* Immortalitatù.

den on,was the height of my am

bition. But I muft çonfeffeíhaue
fince had a greater portion ofthe
worldsfauour, then I looked for:
e<tamen ego numquam fortune
credidi , etiamfi videretur pacem
agere.
To checkerepining at thofe a
boue me,Ialwaies loöked at thofe
below me ; Nor did any prefer
mentsfo delight me,orabüfe me,
asto make me negleét preparing
for my dying day.
And now, I thanke God, I can
fay, -

Pomine, paratum e$t cor meum.

This I haue confidered, That,
guttatimper hora: & dies fluit vita:
And although the houre be not
paft tillall tfie glaffe bee runne,
|
Et memo multum ex Stiilicidio potef?
perdere 5 |
Yettheglaffe thenrunnes moft
fìintly, '
 Contemplatio AMortis,
faintly, whenit drawes necreftto
efHuxiom. Carefull CMartha was
fullbufie about nany things, but
was welladuifed ; There wasonly
vnum meceffarium :
one thig haue 1 deffred efthe
Lord, that 7 may dwellin hâ bom/?
for euer. -

This was Tauid, vnam, aad,

Godwilling,/hallbee mine.
Phyficiafisexclaimey Vita bre
uix, Ars longa: But Diuines teach,
Jaers optimúeff,viuendo difcere ar
tem bene moriendi. -

If this be to bee begun when

pre foribus mors eft,Then the Sin
ficke Scule will fay, Infelix ego
homo, quis me liberabit à corpore
mortà huius ! But if thou haft
learned it betimes , it will then
reioyce tofay,
„Mihi vivere Chrißus eff , &
mori lucrum : -

Welcome death more bleffed

then my Biith. ' - -

I
 & Immortalitati.
1 haue euer thought the right
way todie well,was, to liue well :
And the way to liue well inthe
world, was to die betimesto the
world. -

AMihì//wmdus crucifixu, &ego

AMundo, yet Ifoundit Rem diffici
lem in mundo viuere, & mundi bona
contemnere. Therefore for affi
flance I tooketo sine thefe three
Coadiutors, Faith, Hepe,Charity,
Caritatem ex Corde pwro, Spem ex
comfeientia bona, Fidem momfiiiam-:
And for my foules health often
vfedthis preparatiue,
Examen Confcientie mea.
A'am quicumqwe erä bata fa- '
/utem fuam , let him euery day,
C*Manè & vefperè, examine his
heart,quid,noíte vel die precedemte,
Hathheethought, Hath he faid,
Hath hee done, Et im quo peccati
labem inuemerit, let him mend it,
cum propofito efficaci, fimik wom
peccare. v

This
I2 (hmtemplatio Mortù,
This, ifit be donedaily, I dare
boldly fay, Vixfieri poterit vt qui*
moriendo peccet, aut peccando mori
4t%7^. -

Inter thefe thoughts , I had

thefe things in Con
templation.
1, Firfi,»hat deatbwas, andtbe
kindes ofDeati. -

2. Secondiy , what fearus er

ioyes Death bringt.
s. rraj, visu Dubito be
preparedfor,and hom.
4. Fourthly, Tbeath appreashing,
what our laßthowghts ßomld be.
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Ofthefethings Ithusrefolued,
T^Hat D E a r H was buta fall
which came by a fall. Our
là
-
framedfatherAdam fallingºin
- him
 & Immortalitatù. 13
him wee all fell. It was not the
man, but mankinde. Cecidimus
omnes , faith. S. Bermard, faper
acerbum lapidem in luto , vnde in
quimati & vwlnerati/wmuu. There
fore we neededwaterin Baptifme
to wafh vs, Blood in the Euchariß
to healc vs. Natures perfeétion
caught a fall when (hee wasyong,
as Mephiboßeth did, whereof fhe
hath halted euerfince.
Thisfalling fickneffeinfeéted
notonely the perfon, but the na
ture, ( Such is the infeétion of
euill, alwaiesworfethen thea&t)
■makingman, thatwasimmortall,
fubie&to death.

Heu triffà & lacrymofa mutatio !

Notwithftanding, as wee now
(tand, the fault i5 ours, ifthat
fällbee not ourrife ; The aduan
tage wee haue by Chriß being
morethen the lolfe wee had by
Adam.
Proud Nature would faine
re afpire }
 | contemplatio Mortù , 6,
I4
re-afpire to that it wa§. Ideò qui H;
íilea, ne cadat.
may turne vs againeFor
to relapfe
bee as
\th;
*isnof
Birges and Beafts, who haue no *gine
ioy but being, noforrow but dy
ing. Mansbetter beingisby dy
i3, for when man fiad made
hiífelfe miferable by finning »
Mercy made vs mortali ; Ve in
aternùm effemu miferi. There
fore weehaue reafon to account
Mercy, as it relieues mifery, to
bee the beß vertue , though it
workewpon the wor(t obiect.
AMifericordia vicina eß miferit.
|+4+++++++++%%%%%%% $tipi
fyhat 'Death à. ŠPaul
ilkco;
I F wee confider death aright, ii; £to,
It is tut a departed breath from
dead earth,imliuemedatfirff bybreath
caff vpom it. Mor*Tinea e/?, faith
Iob; ex veße oritur Tinea, ex corpo
re m0r *. -

Itisbuta point of time inter

ie&ted
 6* Immortalitatù. |
ie&ed betwixt two extreames;
A parenthefis, which interpofed
breakesnofenfè, whenthe words
meet againe. When Seneca was
asked, Q&ideff mors? heanfwered,
Aut fiwi, e/? , aut tranfitum. The
Emperour e~4driam , was told,
Mort eff eturnu fomnuu, diuitum ,
pauor, pauperum defiderium. Plato
faidit was, lex maturæ, tributum ,
mortaliwm ». Onetearmes it to be
but the ceffàtion of the Soules
funétions. O,faith Saint Auffune,
that I cowld fee Death , not asit
was, butas thou, Lord, haft now
made it! It is become the anci
ente(t King of the world. Death
hathreignedfrom e^dam to Afo/es,
faith S.Paul, yet at laft this King
[hallbe conquered,The laß ememy
to be deffroyed,á death. •

The

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The mature ofT)eath.
VV; is the mature ofit,
- V few know, though al
(häll fèele it. But that Tmuft
ineedes be nothing that hath no
'caufe efficient,bufáeficient : Po/?
mortem mihil eft, ipfaque mor* n*
bil. It hath no effènce , itis no
fubßance, but priuation ; no crea
ture, but creaturaram fepultwra.
Therefore curioufly to fearch the
efficientofit, weréto labour the
eyeto fée darkne((e. god made it
inor, faiththebooke of wifedeme,
mor ù it mentioned au any of hà
| workgr.God that made all things,
faw that all things which he had
made were gooö. omne en; be
' mum,& omne bonum eff ems. There:
fore good Saint Augaffine faid
finely, Lord, thou haj mot mad*
'death;»berefore,1 befeech thee,ßf
fr mot that which thom haff pof
wade, to raigne ouer that whichtho*
haß
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| 17
haf* made. Yetit is no errour to
\ ßy that man made death for
Curiofity(theitch of mans foule)
affe&ting to know that whicâ
God neuer made,(which wasthe
$uill of death ) thinking it had
£eenego9dtoknoweuiiI, by de
firing to knowit,madeit.
He that knew allother things,
knew not thisonething, tha:fié
\new enough. But fó diuinea
thingis knöwledge, (whichis
Hot giuen t9keepè,butioimpart)
that wee fee Ifinocency iffiá
was ambitious ofit.
Lifedid not content (thatwas
thought but thes a& of know
ledge) knowledge wasthelifethe
foule looked at* Andtharas yet
begets a ftudious fcrutinyEoâÉ
$uerthings we can neuefknow.
By which wefee, that although
$ature her felfe bee moderatejn
her defires, yet conceitisvnfatia
$* neuertfiíleifenoriííçes
fo much bueiii through igno
**••• tháthedothfoili£• $•
-~_ -
feiem*
18 Contemplatio Martis,
- (ciem malu, andas one faithwell,
there is now nofeare ofknowing
too mush,but thereis much feare
of pra&ifimg too little. Since
Codhath reuealed more then we
can know , enough to make vs
happy, letvs learne fober knew
ledge,and contentedignorance.

zb, Author efT)eath.

W7 Hothen was the author
ofDeath ? Solim caelo, Sal
\\
| in terra:thetwo great regents,one
in Heauen,the otheron earth, yet
neitherofthefè producedit : whe |
leuer was the Father of it, Sinne
was the mother; for faith Saint
| Iames,Simbeingfimißed, trauaileth
in childbirth Tlike a mother to
ôringforth Death. Adam falling,
Sinne followes him. Man being
tempted, Death attempts him,
and by Sinne death enters.
Good Saint Awffim puts the
Deuill this queftion, Satan,quare
imui
 c* Immortalitatis. | 19

inuidrfii homini fanti, te cadente?

Death hadno intereft in nian till
fin had difpoffeffèd him of the
freehold hee had in God. There
wau me trw/? in Gods /eruants, {aith |
Elipbaz, but euen Angels were
chargedwith folly,
Therefore doetheDeuill right,
hedidbut perfwade,not compell:
itwas in mans choice to ßandor
fall.
Adamacceperatpoffe quod vellet,mom
velle quod poffet. Nos accepimu&
poffe quod volwmu,& velle quodpoft
fumua;Ille poffenon mori,nos nompoffe
mori, Sic e^aguffumus.
Power offlanding, man had
from God, but poffibilityoffal
ling' from himfelfe. Therefore
though wee may thanke our firft
parents for our birth, finne; yet
wee may thanke our felues for
improuing it. Wherefore theold
Letamie faidwell, A me falaa me,
T)omine. ,
All mans vertues were giuen
himbutintruß, andvndera con
dition
 there is now nofeare ofknowing|;s.
too much,but thereis much feare]s*
of pra&tifimg too little. Since|:.
God hath reuealed more then we},,,
can know , enough to make vs|s.
happy, letvs learne fober know>}.
ledge,and contentedignorance. ].

Zrbe Ambor efT)eath.

-

V. Hothen was the auth

\\
ofDeath ? So/im caelo,Sai\
in terra:thetwo great regentsjone],
in Heauen;the Otheron'€arth, yexy
neitherofthefè producedit: Whe\?
*euer was the Father of it, Sinn
was the mgther; for faith Saint $.
£an£;$imbeingfiwißea,
in crauailet ,
childbirth`like a mother I

%ringforth Death. .A ' … faiii--,

Sinne followes hi
tempted, D
and by c*
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P. __ :'
 G* Immortalitatù. | 19 | at
inuidiffi homini ffanti, te cad...; |
Deathhadnointereft in man tiII
fin had difpofíéïòd him ofïe,
fieehold heéhadin God. tí,
*4* trmffiaGadi/erunt, uiih!
#λας , but euen Angelí mere]
chagedwithfolly. .

ThereforedoetheDeui] right,
hedidbutperfwade,not compell:
îyuin mans choice to®.
fäll.
AdamaeceperatP/* quod vltae.
[*44*4poffet. Vê acco-M3.
| Mffequod volumu,& velequdpof.
| fimui;lepoffenm mariyrojsesp•[e
[mori, Sic e^agufinu,
| Power of fhnding, man h…
[fiomgod, but pofibilitjoff.j.
ling' ftom himîlfe. Therefore
Ithóugh wee maythankeour 5r£
parents forour bini, •finne; fe
| wee' may *'**ke. 'T7I2
P* £z<
*- -

**-
-r- ?ed.
-

-
T~_
2O Contemplatio AMortis,
dition ; hee abufed the truft, and
brake the condition , fo in
curredthe penalty. Such is mans
'nature, euer fubie&tto extremitie,
either dullin want,or wanton in
fruition. Ne moriemimì was , a
faire warning, buthecared notfor
it. With men counfels are like
faces, that which is faire, pleafes.
But had the minde gouerned the
eye , the Apple could not haue
beguiled, though it was faire to
looke to. The proude afpiring
thought was hatcht in man, The
Dauill was the promooter,Sinne
was the author, and wee being
partners in thefinne»(haredinthe
punifhment.Facimua,quos inqwimat,
equat. *

Siththen Death by finne ßole

in at the window ;(för the eye al
wayes recoyles vpon the heart,
whea it beholdes that which is
pleafing) cr rather at the eare,
which is apt to liften toill coun
fell;
Let vs caft out finne by the
eares, !

|
 & Immortalitatù. | at
eares, in hearkening to Gods
Word, the Word oflife, the life
of Death. -

+++++++++++++++++*
The mame ofT)eath.
Or the nameof Death, Saint
Iohm callesita fleepe : e^micw |
moffer Lazarum dormir. Of Saint
Stephem it was faid, Wbem heehad |
thmù ffokem, he flept. The Patriarks |
and Kings of Iudahare fáid to
fleepe with their Father*. CA4am,
faith Iob , jeth dowme and rifeth
mot. Hee fhall not beawaked out
ofhis fleepe till the heauens bee
no more. Tranfitum ad vitam ali
qui appellant mortë,faith S.Bernard
Sed ideo fcriptura dormiemtes appel
| lat,vt euigilaturos mimimè deffere
mum : Hee is mot dead,faith Dauid,
but fleepeth, whofe fle/ò doth reff im
hope.
Death is but a dormitory for a
day. Saint Pauli myftery is, Wee
' ffallnot allfleepe, but wee fhall all be
- B changed.
' 22 Contemplatiat*Mortus,
changed, The night fauours 9f
| mortality, and flcepe is but the |
fhadowöfDeath ; afidwhere the
fhadow is, the body cannot bee
| farre off : Vmbra fwgit fequentem,
fequitur fugiemtem.
'Acquiritur terra procnmbentibus.
Well faidSainteAagafime, Im
1
vita vigilant inffi, ideo im morte
dicumtur dormire.
When God made a helper vn
to man, hee fènt a fleepe vpon
him. Somnium ægrotantiwm, vt mo
uimus, falutá effindigiam.
Butlétitbe Mors â mor/wwhich
our firß parents tafled, orQ%ors
;à mora, which yet tarries for vs
all, letherbeßiléd Lady,Miflreffe
of the world, that will not bee
courted, noryet caft vff : Yet is
(hee but vox tantum, A thing next
to nothing, fòlo timenda fone.
Betterisit called, atransfigura-,
tion or tranfmigration, from life
by Deathto life againe: Exitu,
non ?Tranfitu ; Tranfitus quem ire
non intelleximus, tranfiffefèntimua. .
'i he
i* & immortalitari.
The Graueis bur a withdraw
ingroometoretirein forawhile,
a goingtobcdtotake reftfweeter
then fleepe. * And wherrit is time
to rife,Cameexpergißar,7hem/al!
I âee/atffiad, faith the Prophet
Tamd. -

* ..

&%%%%%%%%%%%»%
Teath commom to a//.
| T TN the meane time it is c6mon
| ■ to ali. Àfortetiam f&xi, nomi
| więaß, venit. All mefi muft pay
this debtto Nature, though they
cannotpay their creditours : andf
itis a fauourafforded by Nature,
Α•dgrauiffimum fecit, fecit com
| mune ; vt crudelitatem fati com/3/a-
| *erareqwalitau. h^bo liwer and/3a#
| wot fee Death ?
7he Fatheri haue eatem Mamma,
ama! are dead. Nay, euen Chriff
him(elfe, beingfouidimfa/iomaia
mam, humbledhimfe/fe, amdbecame
obedient to death. It is as natural!
| to die, aetobe borne ; Yet when
/
• -
B 2 vyee

-
24 Contemplatio Mortis,
wee fay a man dyes naturally,wee
fpeake improperly 3 for a man
dyes notas a beaft,per amnihilatio
nem Vatmre, but per fatwtum ;
Statutum eff omnibus femel mori :
Itisthe municipall Law of the
Earth, todie once 3ofHeauen,to
liue euer; ofHell,todye for euer.

vs, nofooner borne,butgoingto

bee buried. Semeca faies truely,
Wee are borne crying, wee liue
laughing, and dye fighing.
ForalI this manis euen with |
Death. Numquam enim magnâ in
gemjs charaincorpore mora eß: The
goód foule egré fert hau angwffias.
Therefore whatgreat thing doth
death in haßening dayes? This
fhewesinfirmity, rathér then po
wer. Age doth more ; Wil emim ,
mom longa demoliturvetuffa; Death
onely fhortenstime, not life : for
lifes time fhortens by lengthe.
ning. A/orimmr , quod mortibus
viuimua : morieris , nom quia egro.
f44
 & Immortalitatis.

tau, ßd quia viwis. -. -

But thisali menare toknow,

That A{ortis meritwm , is Pecca
ti debitum ; Both impofed on
man forfinne.

4+++++++++++++&&&&
Life buta dying Death. .
Ith then itis a ftatute madein
Heauen, Omnibus /emel mori,
and that life is fo momentany,
death fo certaine;$plendemum licèt,
Heu quàm cite frangimur, corpora
vitrea ! Sincelifeitfelfe isnotrue
liuing, but,a djing being, and
fuch a being as euery day pants
for breath, which Nature fännes
vpon it.for a while ; And fince
death is no death 9 but a going
vnto Heauen,and Heaüens com
ming vnto vs, abitus mom obitw ;
How can A manbut thinke it a
well fpent life,alwaiesto be me
ditatingvpon Death ? • * .
But, faith Zemephom, Cwr vitam
contemnendam pwtas, & habes ? !
* * B 3 * ' 'will
26 Comtemplatio Mortù,
will not enquire , nor require
more of Death but Death. ' Er
ras emim qui interrogas, 2uidfit |
mors, & propter quod mortem pe
tam ? Qwerà enim, aliquid fapra
fwmmwm. .

������������������
JLife after Death.
BY; ifa man dye, fhall he line
againe? yes, faith Saint Paal,
1 h*e thatare in thi, Tabernacle,ßgh,
amdare burtbened, becaufe we would
mot be vmclothed, but clothed vpom,
that mortality might bee fwallowed
vp oflif. ' ' * • . .
Phænix fponte crematur,
Vê redeat, proprioque folet pubefee
… , re letho.

Sie tueorpua coa£tum,

Difcere, wwtata melior proted,fi
- - gara, - - ··· • • . -. .

'The 'brightef dyes dye into

- darke
 &• E. 1
- -*

darknights,but rifeagine amor

nings : Though the bodyfleepe a
while indufyetfhallitiifeagine
after thy likeneffe. The foule
•. which departedfor a feafim , fhall,
as S. Paul faidof Omefimmu, come
againe, and bee receiued for
eüer. Thatbodywhich waufòwew
a naturali body, ßall rife a Spi
| ritnali. Sow im tearet, reape im ioy.
h^befogoe fworth werping jcarrying
precioar feede, ßali retarne with toj,
amdbringtheir ßeaue* with them.
Thus we fee God will be in no.
mans debt : Sceke God,and pro
fper. - j
Yet forall this, Caro iffa pulue
rier;this clodof éarth muft lie a
while in duft,Sed refurget tamdem,
as a Qaeemet danghter, allgloriou
vithim. ' For ifinthis life holi
neffemaketh theface ofa man to
[hine , by an irradiation from the
heart, wfiat fhallbethe beauty of
thebody glorified! furely though ;
itbe not deified yetfhalt itbe pu
-
rificd,perfeéled, &immortalized;
B4 0gr.
28 (omtemplatio Mortù,
our vile bodie, [hall be changed,and
faßioned like his glorious body.
Such glory haue allhù Saimts.
' Iftheh the change bee fuch,
who would not bce willing, yea
glad to dye ? -.

INil minus eff bomimis occwpati,

quam viuere ; 2aps autem felicita,
grauat, exclamant illi, Mihi viuere
hom licet. Itisagood minde in a
man, to be content to dye, and
willing to liue : But to bee Wil
lingto dye, and content to liu$;
is the minde of a ftrong Chri
ftian,
Diligimu mortem pariter, pari
terque timemu :
Ipfe metus te mo/fer amat.
&&&&&&&&&&&&&%*%%
Death defirable for three
reffetts. '
VVili, the Senatour Cato
wasasked a queftion có;
cerningDeath,Si Deù(inquit ille)
mihi largiatur,vt repuerafcám,
- - …. -
•;46
— -
 & Immortalitatir. , 29

de recufem ; nec tum me vixiffè

panitet, quia bene vixi; nee timieo
mori, quia ex hojitio , mom domo,
difcedam. , , ;.'i ^^ :
: Could we as, innocently wifh
Qur Qwne death ,„as, the Saints
doethe day of Iüdgemient, wee
mightfafely defireit(for who can
blame the defire of aduantage.)
Butill circumflances,vitiate $ur
defires; collateralirefpeétsto our
owne eafe, as tobee fid:oftrou
bles, freed of griefes, difcontent
ments, and the like, thefe com
monly beget fuch a wifh in vs.
It is thefayingofthe Preacher,
'Deathis mot to be7oaght imbe error
ofjoutb, jet for fême reje&is it
may be defired.
?ortui eß aliquando petendum ,|
namquam reca(andia,;;,, . , , ,
ga. As firß, that fo wee maybe
tiniesleaue offto finne;Since finne
liuesinvs, and feaues, vs not till
death.Dixit Socrates,Appropinquäte
morte;rmulto es diuinior: Ifthefoules
vnder the Altar cry, V7que quo, do
B 5 mine ?
 3o contemplario A£ortis,
[■ iftheyfolicite forthe day
offudgement, why noti fòrmy
day of Death,íinceDeaths Dayis]
buit the Eue ofGods Day, ?
a. Secondly, the {δύle that
foone departs, faciliùs ad fùpere?
iter faei*, quia minus fecis pomde
rifque traxit. And what's the
diáance t'wixtlife and death ? So.
iittle, as with the Anciehts , the |
Embleme of life was ocula* aper
itau; Mortis,claufar, non extimäur:
nec plus intereffè patamerant iwfer \
mortem, & vitam, qwäm iäume ee*-
ti. Manis onely â winke of life,
his life and death ioyfed as neere]
as ioy and-griefe 5 where teares |
• '*. (the1imbeck ofthe Heart ) ex- |
preffe both,
3. Thirdly, that {owee might]
thefoonercome to- liùe indeede;
bein Patria , where now weeare
butin via. Prefent lifeis not vita,
/edviaadvitam, For which caufe,
faith Saint Bermard, præcipitat
quifque vitam fuam, futuri defide
| rio laborat,pr«fentium t«dio.'
Yet
 &• I»mortalitat&.

Yetitis a woiiderto fee, how

wee loue the prefènt, and leffe e
fteeme the future. -

Mendoe commoniy fiy,There

is mallum tempus prater mune ; let
thatbee truein time,yet it holds
not in Diuinity ; For man muß
chiefely minde his foule. The
prefèntis notthat which contents
the foule; Nimù anguffat gamaia,
quiprafentibw acquiefcit: They are
onely creatures of inferiour na
ture, thatare pleafed withthepre
fent.Manis afuture creature, the
eye ofhisfoulelooksbeyond this |
life 3 Serwtatwr quodvliramundä,
Fwtwra & prateritaiilwmw deteííant;
H*e expeäatione, Illa recordatione.
h Ζ fo feeles not a defirein
is foule of formiethir nd,
thisfife, Ę
ofimmortality ofthe Soule? for
in euery fùpernaturall. man there
is imprinted an vndeterminable
defire o£ more then prefènt life
can yeeld. Thereforewe doetor
determine : our contentment in
things
32 - contemplatio AMartü,
things prefent, but expeét future
things, more and grcatcr then
hereweare capable of. .'
Speramtigrandia, mediocria/unt
ingrata, - - -

******************
The Soulet excellem cy.
vt whatis this Soule that fo
delights in futures? Though
it be fhapeleffe and immateriall,
yet it would makeamanheauenly
proud to contemplate of how |
äiuine a nature, quality and. e£
fenceitis ! T)eificatur Anima, If
(heebe confideredin her effentia
lity: $ecumdum formam eß Deus,
fecumdam materiam eff Anima,faith
Saint Bermard. Her amatiue ver
tuesvniteherto God, all vertues
elfeto her. Therefore faith Saint
Ambrofe, 2uàmpulchra es,0 Ani
ma , peccata deffruendo ? Pulchrior
mundum, comtemplando? Pulcherri
ma Deo amorosè adhærendo ?
Shee partakes of the good
which
 ^ &* Immortalitatù. 33

whichisin God, which the body |

doth not , but by participatioh
withthefoule ; • ' ' '
... Faciamus hominem ad Aemilitu.
dinem noßram_. -

, Thebody, thoughit hauethe

Honor to bé compaiiionwith the
fuleyetit isbuther drudge Hea
thens could fay, The foule was
diuine particulâ aura. Somewill
haueit,affirutmixt ofFire and Aire;
Qthers , a felfe-moaing number ;
Senecafàith, 2uid alijâeß animâ
quäm deum in corpore humano ho
fitam? Neuerahy could giue it
fücha definition ; that eitfier an
other,or himfelfe could conceiue
it. And no wonder, for it felfe
cannot conceiue the owne felfe
excellency, becaufe it fuffered a
Compofufe before it- felfe was.
!twäs thelife ofbreath that gaue
it the breath of life : Theréfore
admiration,ratherthen fearch,be
comes a man in fuch a fecrct.
Taly faid, C^Mihi quidem mun
-_
quam I.
 Contemplatio AMortis,
34.
- quamperfùaderipotait, anima, dum
j, corjoribus effentmortalibus, vige
re; cùm exíffent ex ijs, emori, Saint
Beruard (àith better, Anima non
exuit formam matiuam, fèd fùperin- |
iduitperegrinam; illi addita, jffa non
perdita." Andyet this fpirituali
æ{{ènce of the föulewas therefore
cloggedwithan earthybodythat
icfïuld not grow próud;asthofe
i Angelsdid that fell.
íét me euer worfhip the great
Godofthis little god, my foule,
Et me plwvltra. -

öiìythis iknow, that to no |

creaturéelfe Godhathgiuena rea
fonablefoule,noris there hopein
any creatureelfebut
hopeis giuen him forman, ywhich
the fuften
tation GÉ his foule. Anima enim |
non eß inßar Cameleontis, vtpafe*-|.
turòentò, it, cannot be fed with
fancies, norall thefauours of the
world. Sheis ita generofa, as n9:
thingbutthat famimum bonumewill
fatisfie her. -

Hee that contemplates thefe

things,
 & Immortalitatâ.

things,wilJbeate himfelfe toolof.

tily, and thinkehimfelfetoo good
tolooke folow as to thefe fublu
nary things.
•Aaguftu eß animu quem ter.
rema deleëìamt.

How them can this beauty bee

pleafedtoinhabitekong contuber
mio iffo? *••. .

Monfumvbi nuncfum, faiththe

Soule.
As for thebody, allit cares, is
but fepulture : for although the
carkafe be infenfible of any po
ftureor pofition,yet honeftfepul
ture is a bleffing. That body
which hadthe honour to be the
i Templeoffuch a gueftas the Ho
[ly Ghofbdeferues this fauour.
i 7 But becaufe many times the
' houfes ofthe dead, and the vr-]
' ned bones doe meete with foule
'hands, for this alfo Nature hath |
prouided, ©t diferte ait A4acemau,
; Nec tummlum quero. .
Se
 Contemplatio Martù,
* !
Sepelit matura reliétos.
Itis one ofthepetitions ofeue
ry good foule, -

Adueniat Regnum tuum, Thy

&ingdome come,OLord ; yet faith
Saint Au£ìime, Hoc mitimwr & re.
luétamur. 2* *om gemems , quù
nam recw/am* exit ? 2ai, cum ac
cefferit,non tergiuer(atur,timet, plo.
rat ?.

++++++++++++++++++
AMantcroffe Nature.
I` all things e!fe obférue how
contrarily we carry our, felues;
Thelaborer frö his work haflens
tohis bed, The Marriner rowes
hard togaine the Port, The Tra- |
uelleris glad, when he is within |
kenning of his Inne ; yet weé,
when death comesto put vs into
our Port, (hun itas a Rocke, wee
fcare what wee (hould wifh, and
wifh thatwe (hould feare.
O fortamatiorem A4arcellum, eo
ter/-
 & Immortalitatâ. 37

tempore quo exilium fuum Bruto ap

probauit,quàm quo Populo Romano
Confulatwm :
άφ#$% %®®®®®®®®®
λMam* better choife.
HÉ O Chriftian what the
Pagam faith,
2uid mi non timeat qui mori
fperat ? - -

It is harder tomake a true Phi

£*
death.
patient of life, then of

Hicffe mortàpatiemter dolet,

Et tædio dolorü libenter moritwr :
Hunc fert,illam expe£tat.
Sed expečta,mors tardè venit.
Thereforefaid Saint Paul, 1 am
in affraight betwixt two , whether
toliue inTthe fleß were profitahle
for me, and which to chufe, 1 wot
not. Yet at la[t refolued, Liue or
die,Chriß was to him aduantage :
Thereforeto be loo/ed amdto be with
Chriß, was beft of all. Ti11'
1
38 Comtemplatio AMortis ,
Till then,God grant,
That I may haue vitam im patien
tia,mortem verò im defiderio.
So fhallI fulfill my courfe with
ioy ; Life not deare , nor Death
gricuous,
&&&&&&**&*&*#*#}**®
Life and Death compared.
N elder times, both wifemen,
great men, andvaine men,had
death in fuch eflimation, and {o
vnderualuedlife , as they fondly
fàid, Hadman beene worthy to,
know what life was, beforehcel
receiuedit, he would haue beene
lothe to accept it. Nemo vitam, | |
:| acciperet , ß daretur /cientibu.
Life would haue kept vs in flaue
ry, butthat death freed vs. The] ,
| Heathen gods held death to be|| !
| mans fummum bonwm. Therefore] ;
17rophomimu,when hehadbuilt and
dedicated that goodly Templeat
Delphos, asked of e-jolo för his
| recompence » that thing which
WaS
 & Immortalitatis. 39

was beft for man ; The Oracle

bad him goe home, and within
three dayes hee fhould haue it,
within whichtime hedyed. They
counteddeath but the retraite of
lifè, Optimum matwra inventum , :
For by it eueryman mightmake
himfelfehappy,nomanbelonger
miferable théri he will, Placetmé
vita? viue : mom placet ? licet eò
reuerti vnde vemiffi. They thought
no ftate miferable,but that which
death could motremedy: where
fore, fay they, A wife man liues ,
but folöng as he (hould, not fo
longas hecan. ' . .

ÍÉdeath were not in our pow

er, we (hould defire it more then
now we feareit ; Photiom in L4
theni being condemned to dye,
the Executiöner refufed todoehis
office, vnleffe hee had twelue,
Drachmau paid him in hand :
Photiow we wiora fieret morti, bor
Ę itofa friend and gaue it
1Πn. - - - -

guemadmodum Alheni,inquit,
me
 -_-.

' 4o Cantemplatio CMortis,

memorigratis licet. A4agiftra rerum
TRatio taught them, that common
fafety lay in death, Et inuitum qui
feruât, idem facit occidenti. Life
was fubie&t to many fortunes;
Sedim eo qui fcit mori, nil peffe for
tamam. This made them cherifh
thefedefperate conceits , nil refer-|
re,faciatne finem am recipiat; Ihin
kingit brauery to vfe mifchicfe
fora remedy. Thoughlife be not,
yet deathis at a mans command ;
AMors mihil aliud eff quam velle ,
in which refpeét no man could
conaplaine of life, 2uia meminem
| tenet. If any any mafi did com
| plaine, this was their wifh ; Mors
· | vtimam pagidos vita fubducere mol
/et, $edvirtua hanc fola daret. In
fcorne fome faid, Ego ne expeëiem,
vel morbi crudelitatem, vel homi
mis, cum poßim medio exire tormem
to & aduerfà difcutere? But their
braueft conceit was worfe, that it
was genu mortis generofum, for a
man to be author of his owne
| death. Ifitbe permitted to defire
'death,
 & Immotalitatú. 4t .
death why is it ill to giue it to
themfelues. Sed furor eff,me mo
riare,mori. -

Tomaintainebyreafon,as well
as courage, this was their afferti
on. Death wasnaturall,therefore
welcomeany way, viuere moluit,
qui mori mom vult : He is forry that
hewas a man, thatis not gladto
die. Itis ineuitable, therefore we
muftbe refolute. Ferau,non cmlpes,
quod vitarinom poteff.Fooles flie it,
old men attendit, wife men wifh
it. Nay, fome fo prided them
felues in this way, that for care,
feare, orgriefe , they would not
dye: Non inferam mihi manuprop
ter dolorem ,, nor yet for feare:
Stultum eß timoremortis mori: nor
yet through threats oftorments:
Sic mori vinci eff. Sed fi ceperat
fuffeéta effe fortuna, fi multa oc
currebant, moleffa, tranquillitatem
turbantia ; Thenit was fortitude
to difpatch them, how, or with
what,it mattered not ;

Scalpello
 Contemplatio 44ortis,
Scalpello aperitur ad illam mag
mari, libertatem via, & pum&io
fecuritas comffat, fáid Semeca
whenhebled todeath.
cato willdie, becaufetheCom
mon-wealth declined: Nerua, | !
becaufe thelaweswere not kept : |
Siluiamum, becaufe he would not |
liue at the mercy of his enemy : |
Lucretia to couer a difhonour :
Thus may folly doe that which
Nature cannotdefend.
Butwhereare thefe T)iffufers ef]
the world,fàithSaint Paul? Others
thoughtdeathwasto beexpe&ed
till Nature called forit, or Iuftice
tookeit: For dcfence of a mans
Countrey, Lawes, or Religion,
men might pomere anima,fuaq; but
not for oftentation, orim difcon
• | tef}tn}€nt.

Eoma reseff mori/ua morte.

Life was giuen to maanage te | |
the vtmo(l. T -

Euery one is heere fet Centi

nell, '
 &* Immortalitatis. 43

nell, andnot to leaue the place

till his Captaine callhimoff.
A'on e$$ optima qwe placet, fed
qmedecet.
That death was beß , which
waswell recolle&ted, quietly fuf
fering whatit couldnot poffibly
preuent. -

Fortiter ille facit, quimifreffepo-|

teff.
Itisnot enough to dye with a |
Roman courage, nor to beas re
foluteas Cato,Who told Cafar, hee f
feared his pardon more thcn thc
paine hethreatned; nor yet that
the caufe of death be iuft ; but
it muft bc alfo neccflary, vn
fought,ineuitable.
Butlet goe this difcourfe, my
Contemplation liesanother way. |
Onelythislet me fay, Diuines |
need notbeafhamedto weare the |
Mewels& the Earc-rings ofEgyp- |
tians : they lay in many things |
| fò full oflufìer, and fo excellent. 1

- Many
44 Contemplatio Mortis,
Man inthis world liues by ap
pointment,and God for his owne
pur pofes makes life fwcet, and
death terrible.Manythere are that
fearenot fo much to be dead,asto
die. Aßiduè variaturHomo per ad
uerfa & proffera, & mefcit quando
7720rtat &r.

Tolabournotto die, islabour

in vaine. To liue- without feare
ofdeáth,is to die liuing: Secura
vita eff mare mortuum. -

Thislet a wife man doe , 2uod

neceffe eß me timeat ; 2god incer
tum eff, femper expeétat, But hee
neither feares nor feeles death,
that hath hishopesin heauen.
Seeke not confolation againß
death, butlet deathbethy confo
lation 5 In death there is comfort
againft death. Mortem , optare
m,1lum, timere Ę : Butto make
death eafie,looke through death
at glory, thinke not fo much of
death , as of the glory that fol
lowesit : at the wörft, Mors mom
aufert vitam, fèd tm meliuu tram/^
fert. ]
 - &»mortalitati. | 45
fer** life giues waytodeath, and
£££; Ifit be fharpe
forthetimie,?mer •/ fi wuw …
'•ere infamygmám midiciwamffi,
ger*miramj A man will §afiy |
£wa{3* a bitter piiïê íé
ihealth. The Phyfitiam belpes
vsnot without paiiie, andyet we |
reward him fof it. Io4 {ὰh o£
?Peath, from fixe rroubler ieaiu,.
*c*j»fpmma, thatis at point
' ofdeath non tanget te malum;. Fit
vour feife foritändyou will ii€
uerfareit * d6ebyit asyouçe
in othershings 3wfien yoù woAij
ggs;to fleepè, yeu, pöt offyou;
clcathesyoùôriwthêcertaines,
pu£;out the Gandie, and go€§
bed : Thus as it were a&ing [.
fleepe, beforeyou goe to ßëçí
ffp addretfeyoüt feliéto death;ând
then asaFäther fifh, s.T*"*
- - - - f'*.. _ ! - - • •.

Erit fomnu. dileäü initiuw,

„ refigerj. . . . '
- Scala?fonti, lamua vit. » Im.
2 ^ -
–=-- C Bing
 contemplatiot^Martis, :
TBring your felfe. acquainted
with dêáth, that when it conss
youmayentertaineit genvt hofù,
] fedvt hoffes; notas a fùe, butas a
] friend; notas a ßranger , butas
a gueftthatyou hadlong looked
föï, and 5id welcome death
Βάebleiiedthenyourbirth.
Tiìs did Solimom vpon his
Throne, extollhis Cofin ab9ue
ĘCróne. What a griefe them
íít of&e greatmen inthefèdare*
íííííouís of that ftrengh and
1 ā€, Asif they (hould. alwaye§
Ęandyetfoiiue, asifthey had
5.i.Tmortall foules? Patres ?***
res habitabant in cauernis;Caimve
r, edificauit ciuitatem interra,fed
perdiäit Calum-.
ieis good counfell3effce ***
rem tibi familiarem, vt poffit càm
fors iulerit, illi letus & alacriter ob
„iam exire. Though death beter
lible,yetinnocencyisbold.;
AÉÉhethought ófdeath daunt;
anil1liuer ; So it makcs a good |
Íiam,Humilior,cautior & cordatior:
 & Immortalitati, , | 47
. ' Yetdoe notasthe Duelifts and |
|, Gallants ofthetimedoe , goein-|
lito the ficld to feeke death, and |;
'finde Honour : Swift A/ähel,
, had hce gone but flowly, might
[haue oueitakendeath,bütherüns}
to fetch it : So doe Combatants
iiihef. hye;, vbi infelix vitfo
; riacùm vičtorfùccumbit vitio: nam
aut morieri pro homicidio, aut vigia
' homicida :'£; doé not. as the
i Witsofthet imedce, putafcornel.
vpon death, and.to beaccgunted
good company., dare abufe God,
defpite deathändtalke £# .

ly 5 yet hojiian for[offending

• . $. fellowfhip, mufìréprooue
tncm; butinthis cafe, faith Saint
fe^aguffine, It is a fault notto find
fauli,'Nam quemadmodum malu |
if rmo ducit iu peccaium , ficfilenti.
$um relinquit? fccate; A man may |
|be ihanhçrlyiii the forme, büt
iroundin thémiatter ; Fora fiicnd
[cannot make a more improue
ment of his fiendfhip, thén by a
Ε;i— it •
His fiiend vp
*' ' C z ` ` ` Om
l 48 TcETiAMortis, | '
δnfuch ad occafiofi: ,„, „, !
*öïéfaithwell, Siangdgthil |
in Tííçeye, but worfè in the
congue: 1*noy ngt faith anc
|ÉÉÉÉÉthetthefiiaiiteiaggot
|ííeáßeüiH, be fiofwgrfe then |
lÉçôïíìon of the gt*a-
ceft,for this maybe $ię thât
ãgùes obßinaèy. Likewite pro
faííe fpeeches hgy “Tharpe foe
[úéeuerhatefùlt63gdodeatsi
§íerefore play nbt the waftor, |
ôïíïeruin;take tiopattwithwt
igit ggdliuetfe; fùchite£y:
{öhs ggödneffè,biingsfàdheííèåt
thefàft. ^.j - v ''. ; ¥.
* •

*7$a öbferviag thatiffmei,

intheir conuerfätiön, arid good
άem in their prayers fade ouer
bold withGoâ, gaue this coun
fèii,sodealewitfifiërias if Gog
Ęheejfofpeäketo God;as,if]
fíéfìThéård* thee : Büt fày the
gόodfefiowesoftheworld,affen:
datnr Deus h, contriffetur ánicui;
iervsenioy out félues; to what;
ääääääääöíôùí,
>'_ tunes ?
-
 T & Immortalitatis.T Aor
funes? buthe counfelsbetter that
fàith,?emperanda efffelicita, mus.
4itmeditatione morti,vt vinara aqua,
dilutum, füch an allay profpeíity,
requires. ' * * ** * *
, To this end good Io(eph buift
His [epi]ghfe inTis garden, and
ßme?hilofòphirihaátheir graues,
[alwayes ofieh before theit gates,]
[thatgoingqut änd.cqmmifigiri,
;;;*;? alwayes ÉÉÉ !
[death : For in life they found
[comforts tobe rare, cröfes fre-|
quent , pleafures moraentany,
»ginespermanent, ' _ . *
r;itr world weeare all Bemo
nie£,thefonnes offorrow;thewa
to heauen, isby weeping croffé,
* * H$ motu awiworum, atque h&;
^ certamine tanta, . . . . .,
?ulaerâ exigui iaäw campreffè
qwiefcunt. - -

' Itisobferued that mo(}ofother

creatures liuelong, butdyingpe
'rifh all to nothing; Mafi tfiât is,
[/hortliued.yet hedying,liues eter
. C 3 nally :
& - - ------
 48 | TCEETETET -ττ
on füch an occafion: .,.,
~onefaithwell, Simnedothili
in the eye, but worfe in the
tongue: íknow ngt faith anc
theíwhether the niàihtematiceot
tfie íeáßeuiH, be fiofwgrfe item
iiie commiffion of the gt;a-
teft,forthis maybe $ig; that
argües obßinaéy. Likewife pro
faííe fpeeehes hoy harpe foe*
ueraré euerhatefült6agóodeare;
wherefore play nbt the wantof
withheauim; take nopatt withwit
againft ggdlineffe; É oy.
|£ggäneiì;btingsfidię
theläft. o. ì
-*-* {. i * _* .

~Seneca bbferuing thatilfmt;

intheir conuerfätiön; aiid good
menii?heir prayer§ made?ue]
bold with God, gauethis £01"
fèll,So deale Witfiìéìás*^
£yth££*£**
A- A*** ut*

/
/ 2 .
'^ s 4 •,
 T & lmmortalitati, T 49
tunes? but he counfelsbetter that -

fàith,Temperanda efffalicitas mun

di meditatione mortis,vt vinar aqua
fdiluium, fuch an allay profpefity
[requires. ' ' * ' 'I'
To this end good Io(eph buift
his fepulchre in his garden, and
fome?hilofòphershadtheir graues,
alwayesopeh before theit gates,
$ * and.cqmmitigin,
they migh alwa thin
' t yes ke
[death : For in life they found
pmforts tobe rare , crôffes fre
: [quent , pleafures momentany,
aipes permánent,, . . _, I.

*ï íïíssis I p.
niet offò
,thefonnes rrow;thewa
heau
[ta si, isby* « ctof,
t * H$ matu a/
£* ._ certam*
* *
 _*

so Contemplatio Afortù, _.
nally : Thinkebutofthis,andyou
| will thinke as Saint Bernard did,
| that life were little better then
] hell, wercit not for the hope of
T heauen. . . - - -

§îij Chrif would not haue

| dyed,but that we may $: in fafe
| ty; hee by death indeath, dcliue
redvsfrom death. '
AnddidChrift die for me,that
Imight liue with him? I will not |
therefore defiretoliue longfrom
him.Who would not goe out of
himfelfe togoeto God?
Itis a tokeri of little loue to l. l
God, tobeloathtogoe to God.
All mengoewillingly to fee him
whom theyloue. Öürbrother Ie
fèph liueth;thereforethough with
Iacob Icannot{ay, I will goe (ee
himbefore I die; Yet Lord let me ;
1 dyeythat I may fee himwhom my
fouleloueth : liuing I cannot.but :
.dyingI [hall. * i| ,
Tfie dangeris, left difficulties
and delights hinder our refolu- !
tions : Difficulties fhould not ;'
For
 A.
& Immortalitativ. 51
- - _• .

For fince e~fdam, fall none

paffes vnto Paradife , butbybur //

hingSeraphins. We cannot goe

out of Egypt , but through the
Red fea. Thofe children ofIfra
el before they came to Hierufà
lem,tookeintheir way thevalley
ofTeares, and croffed the fwift
riuerJordan,beforethey carneto
the fweet waters ofSiloam. Plea
fures may hinder : For euen that:
good Saint e^fuffim was once of
the mind, thathe would not leaue
prefent pleafuresforfuturehopes;
But afterwards faidwith forrow,'
'Pudeat viuere in delitjr,cùm Chri
ßu vixit in periculü. Profperous
fortunes many times hinder a
cheerefull dyingbut this petulant ,
world mu(tbeleft: Confcience
offin muft not be exchangedfor
the fenfe of pleafure. TheHoly
man exclaimes, 0 quàm multifant
qui mundum damnamt, & tamem;
pauci relinquunt.Eueryfenfe about:
vs,vpon the leaft temptation, is a,
traitor tothefoule. The body it
C4 felfe,.
$z* άumpatieAari,_
flè, if you£&t too higaa pice
vponit,will make a cheapefoule
„Magna carperi&cmr^w«gwa mentis
incúria. Afpruce Roman, ridiag
onaleane fade, was asked by the
Cenfor his reafoa; he anlwered,
£go cure me ipfam »Statis verò
ejwm, I look£ to my $lfe, but
ni$y man to my horfe. Se yaipe
menlooke to their bodies, looke
who liß te his foule. 'Domima»
'aecillare & anciüans dominare «**-
fo ef£,faith Stell4, -

Alfo high fortunes leadgmen

to frangefafhions ; but. if wec
wouldbe ofthe Court ofheauem, |
wee muß,fa£hion our falucs asl
the Countrey-man doth , who,
when hecomesto Court, .

(hakes off his, clowmith trickes,

and getsaciuillbehauioiir : £w*
dum cum fui&friuohis, agood man
• mufl contefmne,
If you would liue well, liue
in awë ofalleyes » and efpecially
takeheed where you liue, for the
very place of pleafure is dange
• . * _ - ' rous ;
 - `¢ insertalitati. } 53
rous ; In Paradif. •* could |
notbeinnocent, but out of Para
diß, he was a gQod fyan, 4dam.
was fetvpon in Paradif*», Ioáon
the dunghill; yet Ioá was fortior
inffercore, quàm Adamiu Paradifa;
Weeare noTauid, now adayes, |
therefore lgtvs nqtbe top vpritw- ]
rous : Dauid when he had $;
the magnificency and ftate of
court, yet thought neucr the |
worfe of his retyfed life, but lo- |
ued his hooke the better ; And.
whcn afterwards he came from
keeping Sheepe to bee a Sheep
herd of men, hee changed his |
Statewithoutchange ofliis difpo- |
Gtian;But thisis not our conditi
qn now adayss. Judge not of
thipgsby thefìce of thing;, for | '
life and death haue deceiueable
vizards ; vnder the faire face of
life lurkes grecfe, ynder the foule
feature of I)eath ( which is but |
faricy ) lyesfclicity; fake offthe |
maske and you will change your |
minde, loath thyauloüed
C 5 agg
loue
t
 - - -
-

54 comtemplaiio Mortit, +

loue that you loathed:

- --- -- .
“ –
. . t

J'ita habitu cafio cùm hom fit

eaffa, videtur: '* ' ' **** ***
Afor, prater cwltum nil meretri
sit habet.

+++++++++++++++++++)
The kinde, efDeath.
He kindes of Death as of
J l lifeare two; one bodily, the
other Spiritual! :
Bodilylifeisthe coniun&ionof
fbodyanid foule,bodilydeathisthe
feparation ofbody&Soule, And
as agodly manhath three degrees
oflite, Thefirftin this life when
Chri(! liues in him; The fecond, |
when his body returnes to earth, ||
and his Souleto Godthat gaueit.||
Thethirdat the end of the world ||
when body and Soule reunited
fhallenioy heauen : .-^ . . | |
Solikewife a wicked män häth
three degrees of death ; Dead in .
finne while hee liues, Dead in
Soule
 ——

& Immortalitatù. 55

Soule whenhedyes; Deadinbo

dy andSoule,when both (hallbe
adiudgedand condemned. -

AMalùfit mors fie »orte,

Finis fiwe fine,
Defeäu fine defe£iw.
A$siâ mer* viuit,finis femper incipit
& deficere defe£fa* meféit.
++++**++++++++++++
Freedome by Death.

He freedomes wee haue by

[ Death are many. . .
1 Firftfrom all worldly. Iniu
ries. Here good men doe but
liueandfuffer: Bene agere,.& male
pati, thats their portiop ; Suffe
ringsare greater trials then a&i-
ons, but they preparcto happi
nefle : It is good for me tháí I
haue beeneafHi&ed, faith Dauid.
: Non fentiremala,mem effet homini.;.
nomferre,nom effet viri.
C6 z secondiy,
46 contemplatis Mortù, ,|
]

a secondly, itends sll; Mifery

is a priuatiue good puttingapeni
odtoallill; Man in mifery'faith
Iob, longes for T)eath, and dig* for
it, more them treafure ; AMors fimis .
eff,non pæna: nay faith one, Nec
[fiait nec poemaybariù lex efi, nonparma
perire.
It endsfins,notlife;it reformes,
but doth not deflroy nature ;
Vitiorum eff Sepultura virtutum.
Refurreâi4. ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' '
3 Thirdly,itfreesfrom allcor
porall infirmities.
AMors omnium dolorwmfolwtio.
Lifeit felfe is a difeafe, and wce
dye by corruption of humours,
whether they bee of body or |
manners, whofo thinkesto heale
all infirmities with an eafier plai
fter then Death , Deliaimienta
potià,quàm
*tf,
remedia podagrafwepo
4 Fourthly, it freesvs from all
[bodilylabours; Manisthefubieâ
of
 & Iwmortalitatâ. .| $7
oftheearth by labour, ofheauen
by fuffèring. The Spirit faith ,
'Bleffedare they that die in the Lord,
they refffrem their labo*rr. &4deo
.
iuuat occwpatum mori:Heere I haue
labourwithout refl: There I fhall
haue reßwithoutlabour..
5 Fifthly, it eafes ws of all
cares and troubles : Refrigeries eß
amime, Refe&tion to'the Soule ;
Were wee but in a throng, wee
would thinke that man at eafe
who getsout fir(t. Noah, when |
heehad beene to(fcd but a yeere
vpon the waters, then Mount
Ararat was to bim a gladfome
place ; folikewife miferable man
after many wearifomeyeres tof{ed
vp and downe the world as in a
troubledfea,will be glad ofdeath, | ^
as ofMount4raratarefting place
forhis tyredSoule.

Old Chaucor, Epitaphis a good |.

OI1€ 3

-AMors arammarum requiet. ,

The'
58 Comtemplatio Mortis,
Thelongficke man wrote vp
on his graue ftone, Hicere fammu.
6 Laftly,Death dothvs not the
leaft pleafure in freeingvs from
phantafmes and vaine pleafures :
Periclitaturemimcaffitau in delitjs,
Pietauimnegotjr, Verita, in mwltilo
qwie, Charitauim ßeculo.
Andyet fomie pleafures may
(land with innocency ; For God
loues to fee his creatures happy,
but commonly the pleafures of
thebody are the poyfons of the
Soule : a manfmothered in Rofes
meetes with Death, though in
fweeteneffe; Delicata, enim mem
tet emeruat felicita4: In vaine mirth
thereis no true ioy, noryet glad
neffe in laughter : Nam res eff
feuera verum Gaudium , : The
onely obieét oftrue Ioyis God,
Delight in pleafures, and you
lfhalifiìde your greateft pleafures
become your bittereft paynes.
//i/er
 & Immortalitati.

A4jfer homo, cuiugaudiwm cri

| men habet,
- **s ' ' .
But cherifh that Synterefis,
thenaturall power in the Soale,
and that will ftirre you vp to a
cheerefulneffe in goodneffe : Ne
quarau Deum in hortis &pafcuì de
/itiarum : AMofe* eum inuenit in
£finis & afieritate vite.
A man whofe Soule is conuer
fànt with god, (hall finde more
pleafure inthe defartandindeath,
then in the Palace ofa Prince.
Soueraignty reaches notto the
affaires ofnature; Euen Princes
muft dye; Ihaue faidyou are godt,
Autjou ßalldie like mem,

7he
 contemplatio â€rti,

******************
the benefits by Death. '
ITÉ benefits, that come by
, Death : Fulneffe of Grace
which here we haue but in part ;
viuere velimt homines ?* perfe£ft |.
fint, mori volunt & perfeíii fùnt.
Here we haue but Arrham Spiri
tur, tbere we (hall haue pretiwm , ;
| Sedete à dexteris, will bes Qui wel
| G0MMY€. . • , . .

Secondly,perfe&ion ofGlory: |
now I knów but in parte , but
then I (halknow as I am knowne:
There fhalbe new Heauens, new
Earth ; The world [hal} beenade
better, not nothing. Safeipit enim
meliorationem , mom interitum :
The Heauensyoubehold fhall be
fuperinuefted with new indow;
ménts, made euerlaftinghabitati
ons for the Saints depärted; Eri ;
muw participes, mom taniùm ffe£tato-l
res glorie,'Enioy with thêfe eyes ;
vifionem illam beatificam, Ioy vn- I
fpeakeable,
•*
 άIwmrtalitatä,
fpeakeable , and this ioy faith
Saint Iohm, Nomam/hall take fram

I, Thirdly;infeparablefellowfhip
with Chrift:They fòllow the Lambe
whitherßemer hee goetb. There we
(halbemarriedto him,here webe
but contraéted; 'Peffonfabo te mi.
hi, faith the 'Prophet. Thofe- fa #
uors and loue tokens I haue here
receiued, doebut infame, not fà
tisfie ; Andthefe I am willing to
part with, leaft they (hould make
me lothe to depart to him that
gaue me them.
Meretricium eff amor,plùs annulum
quàm fponfùm amare.
Laßly, it brings mee where I
wouldbe: fnto my own Countrey,
into Paradife, where Ifhall meete, -

notas in the Elizium , ofthe Po

etu, Catones, Scipione, & Sceuola'*,
Bute~£braham,Ifaac,and Iacob,the
Patriarchs my fathers, the Saints
my brothers, the e^ngeli my
friends ;
 C.omtemplatio Mortú ,
| 6.
fiends , My wife children and
kinffolkes that are gone before
mee,anddoe attend miee,looking
and longing for* miy arriuing
there.
Therefore I will fay, Lord, when
[halii come and appeare bcfore
theea Luke a, the Hart pamteth for
ìbe water brookeryo pamtet mySowle
frtbre, o ged: I had ratherbee a l.
aoore gepár in thy homfe, them dwe!
here,`though : in chambers of]
pleafure. -

Touching
 `` & Immortalitatâ. '63

##################
Touchingthe fecond
generall Diuifion.
I I.

The Feare, or Ioyes that

Death bring/.
The feares ofDeath,
2; $eß? Imor eff dolor, 7he
king offeare, is Death;
For nothing is abfo
lutely fearefull , but
what tends to Death. 7 he liwiwg
degge, faith Solomom, jbtter them
tffTde ad jom. The bafeft life cx
cells the beft bare being, Natural
ly men feare Death ,Tbecaufe it
ends being , which nature would.
preferue. omnü dolor fùrgit ab 4:
vore: Rachel momrned £.7j.
dremand would mot be comforted be
cauf? they were not.
Very
 - -

64 | Centemplatio C*Mortis,
Very not being is fufficiently
abhorred by nature, … . .
Chriftians. were wpbt. to bee
of that courage that they feared
nothingbut finne ; Timait `mor
tem Petrus,& negauit Chriffum.But
why (hould a man feare Death.
| thatdoth but reflore him to him;
that made him? Tímeat mortem qui,
deámom timet;fedfifferare defiderat»,
defime timera.Yet iuft feare breeds
| but care,and fcare mixt withfaith.
] folicites vnto goodneffe: but di
ftru(full feare, as aaer confident,]
hope, areboth alikehurtfull.
+ | Sunt autem qui, Deum nec ti-,
- ment, nec fjerant ; Thefe men are,
defperate: Feare vice fpccially in,
Age; l*a(t the peerer you geme
| todeath,thcfarther yqu goefrQm
life. The Conuert faid well, Perüß'
fem mifi perjffem. '
It is'trjg, thgnamgof Psath]
to moß is fearefull; ¤;
mortùnwagà terret quàm ipß taor*.
Grones, Convultións , difcolou
!
red faces, thefe fhgw Death
--
$;
e:
 '& Immortalitatù. , 65

ble; Becaufe God loues at firf

to make way for himfelfe by
terrour, butatlaft conueyeshimi
{efe tovs in fweetneffe.
: That Philofopher is not to bee
followed ; who to prepare him- }
felfethe better for Death, did fet
forth death mcft fearefully : nor
yetis that Emperour tobee prai
fed who folittle e(leemed death ,
ashe died in a complement.
i The feare of Death, is worfe
then thepainesof Death : Timor
wortit, ipfâ morte peior ; Becaufe
feare of Death kilfs , vs oftem,
wheredeath itfelfe candoe itbut
once-Andwhenthatis done,{àith
Iob,the hrombe wiiforget thee,and
the wormerfeedfiveet/yom thee. '
, ^There is nothing more mifè
rableior foolifh then alwayes to
feare. uos : i*' - • ••,

The Philofopher thought, that

ifDeath (asbadas men countit)
were nöt mingled with bitternes,
mieri &giild füito it withdefire
andindifcrctioii.'*
• £rgo | --
66 Comtemplatio 44ortâ,
Ergo mortem concwpifcentes ,
& timontes eqnè obiurgat Epicurms.
It is true, Life would not bce
troublcd with too much care , l !
mor Death with too muchfeare;
becaufefearesbetray, cares difor
der thofe fuccours which reafon
wculd afford to both : But he is
more forrowfullthenis neceffàry,
that is forrowfull beforethere be
, neceffity. Nor will I euer thinke
f my foule in goodcafe,folongas I
fearetothinke of dying. -

' Feares, multiply euils, Faith

;diminifhes themi ; yet moft men
wi{h, vt mori potiùs femel incidat,
quäm femper impendeat, becaufe
inothingisfo painefullas to dwell
long vndcr the expeétation of
fomie great euill. Of themflues,
paines of Deathare only throwes
oftrauaile thatbring foorth ioyes
in fuffetingpaines. T ''^
-Abfoluitur anima, refòluitur cor-| !
put 3 gamdct quòd ab/oluitur, quòd
refoluitur nonfontit.,.-;*· · · · ,
** . . … - -The -

+-
-- - - - - -- -
1
 Q^- aeaarza9rpaAgyápA. | o7

The Heathen man could lay,

Mam negepgnam effe quibw/lam pá]
mortem*;/ed quid ad mortem, quid
geß mortem ? Iftherebe anyfeäres
in Death, 2gare iuuenes moiìtiment
fieri femet? Butit is the natare of
feare; to make dangers greater,
helpes leffe then they are.
When Anaxagorâ, had word
brought him thát his deare and'
9nelyfonne was dead : Scio, faid,
hec, me genuiffe mortalem. The
fonnes çondition fàtifficd the fa
thers paffion. -

Thereis no fuch gentle remo

uallofgriefes,orlife? difcontents,'
as the right fenfè of Death ; nor
can thatmian either liüe at eâfe,or.
yet contentedly, thatfiues conti
nually in fearé of Death. Ni/ in
norte metuamu4, fi nihil timemdum,
vita noßra commifit. Neuer feare.
what you fhall fuffer when you
are dead, if you haue not defèrued
it while you liued.
In learning toliue, ftudy how
to dye. Wcetake greatcarétobe
A. flow
68 Contemplatio Mortis,
flow ourtimewell while weliue ;l ,
but hee lcefes all his time, that
] knowes not how to end. his
time. · · · ·

Nefcire morimiGrrimum.,
8ocrates de morte diffutabat vfque
ad ipfam.When Othoánd Cato had
preparedallthingsfortheir death,
they fetled themifelues to fleepe :
when they awaked ,-and- found
1ttnemfèlures vpon theftroke ofex
ecution, alithey faidwas,/iia/âp
plicio data eff, mors remedio. Ty
| rants haùe beene töld tò their fa
ces, That their mortall woundes
| made thesafferersimmortall.
Viuere mem poteff,qui mori non
audet. -

There is no man fò valiant as

thebeleeuer. . . *.; ;
[Tiíiííeate 6f Death Gas ,
tributeduetonature)isa weaknes;
yetfeares be not alwaies ill fyrnp
tornes before death, nor in death,
At that inßant nature will relu&
- - --- Tto |
 & Imwmortalitatis. 69

to keepe ftill her being, vnto

| which death is repugnant, life
pleafing.
| But heither life nor being are
aliketoallmen: To anill manthe
beft had beene,notto haue been,
Λ'om nafci optimum ; His next beft
| were,toliuelong: It was ill with
| him that hee was borne , worfe
| thathe muft dye. Therefore not
' being fure ofä better life, hee
would faine make much of this.
Heeis confcious tohimfelfe, that
this dyinglife willbringhim to a
liuing death; yet thinkes, Dam,
£piro, fjere , and fo flutters inter
mortis metum, & vita tormentum ;
molit viuere,& nefcit mori. A good
man is otherwife minded, hee
counts his end the beft of his
beeing,forthat bringshimto the
fruition ofhis hope. Quid huiu
viuere e/?, but dju mori? His word
is, Càm expiro, fero ; my bod
onelyliued $pirando,myfoüle liues
3j5erando : When his breath failes
him, hishopefaintesnot, Patien
£e?
, 7o I Contemplatio Martâ,
terwiuit, deleéiabiliter moritur. To
this man , mori quamprimùm is his
rather, therefore hee faith to his
foule, hJhy art thou caß downe,0my
f&ule;vhy art thoafo difquieted with
in me? waite om God.

+++++++++++++++++++
The différence effoales a, well
in dying a, liuing.
Oule and Soule aredifferenced
Xindyiag , as well as in beeing.
TheAtheiftdares not dyefor feare
ofnom effe, The illliuer dares not
dye foffeare of malè effe ; The
doubtfull confcience dares not
dye mefeiendo, whether he (hallbe,
notbe, orbe damned; Onely the
Igood man dares and defires to
dye. Hee is affured of his hope,
his hope is full of immortality.
h/hat cau I feare, whem I kgow im
whom Ibeleeue,faid the holy Mar
tyr ? I am thy faluatiom,faith that
Sauiour of man.
Could Death end mifery, the
greateft
 & Immortalitatù. 7r
greate(! happineffe a wicked man
would wilh , were the. A&t of
Death : But his confcience will
{not let him lye ; he knowes the
end ofhis prefent miferies, is the
beginning of worfe, yea fuch as
Death it felfe cannot terminate ;
| for that wouldbee happinelfe e
nough, had he hope there would
beanend at the laft.
Tophet is prepared for the bad,
and Paradife for the good ; e^!
the tree falleth,/0 it jeth; As death
leaues him, fo iudgement [hall
finde him.
There was neither death nor
life but had fome goodin it,could
he hauefeeneit. In life there was
fome eafe , in death an end ; But
in Amfermo thereis neithereafe nor
end.
Prima mors animam dolentem
pellit de corpore ;
„Secumda mors animam , molen
ter» temet » corpore.

There is no Annua Platonicu!»

D 2 ImOr
 -_-

, 72 Contemplatio CMortit,
.nor yeere ofIubileinthis place.
* Could wee therefore fore
thinke what bitter paines our
fweet finneswill coft, wee would
be prouident, we durft notbutbe
innócent. . • * , ,

Butfoolifhmen giueaway their

Soulesfor nothjng: yetthofethat
would not feäie för loue, fhali
tremble forfeare;andfind,though
too late, how much preuentión
is better then confufion. In the
fenfe of paine, and horrour of
Confcience they will one day
cry, 0vos omne, qmi tranfitis, All
yee that paffe by, attendite, & vi.
aetefi eß dolorficwt dolor meu !
It is flrange that we will not
bewife by other mens harmes:
for though wee loue our felues
betterthen others, yet wee fee o
£ thers better then our felues. Rea
fon therefore biddes vs, if wee
would fee ourowne cafe, thento
fview it in another mans perfon,
and fo preuent that which hee
feeles.
Sel
 ΣΤΕ. 73

Seldome doth hee dye well,

that liues ill; therefore in the
coutfeofyour lifepra&ifeweldo.
ing;andat partingyou fhall haue
thecomfoft ofwèiidying. • -

Body and soil,partit. …

- Sit quàm amarum erit hoe tem
?ore corporá & amime/eparatio?
Wee feold acquaintancé cannot
part Without teäres. Quid facient
intimèfamiliaret,qualā]ìnt corpus
ej- $sima,4ue ab ipfè vtero ita iucum
diffimè vixerimt.'Í£ the Oxe low
cth whenhisfellowistakenfrom
him, that drew the Plough with
him » qaalem mugitam fìll wee
giue, when fouleänd body part ?
Sicsine feparat, amara CMärÄ?se.
cime feparas ? - ' ; • • •

When I goe in fumdum , there

fhall I fee wóírum nihil, faith the
Booke of Kings, Thé spirita;
<| fhigtime maybgwilling, burę
fiefhwill be ioath. •£grè amitti ;
f*,quod valdè amatar. T . . ,
D 3 ' Faith
 Contemplatio Martis, |
Faith will a(|ure Godis thy fa
ther;bur Naturewill tellthee,She}
is thy mother, and thou mayeft]
notyetleaue her. Inthis cgnfli&t
take heed the' mothers fide pre
uaile not ; Shcewillplay Naemie;
part, perfwade thec carneftly t9
fiay&enioythe delightsofMqab
yet a while longer; but refolue
íhou with Ruth tó{èe what enter
tainmentisfortheein Bethlehem,
fortherethoufhalt find a Boaz,.
Jn iffa hora, euery man will
make Balaams fuite, (for no man
wouldbe miferable, if it were e
| nough to delire to bc happy.)
Beafu vult homwo effe , etiam mo*
fic viuendo vt poffit effe. But fuch
wifhes willnát ferue, Death will
not be fatisfied with wifhes, nor
| with words. Heauen is full of
good workes, Hell full of good
Wifhes. Hee muft piè vivere,
thatwill fecurè mori. We all de
| fireto fhut vp our laft fcene of
life, with, Im manu twu , Domine,
commendo Spiritum memmL. Butit
1$ |
 & Immortalitatis.
| 7s
iis not the laft words a manvtters,
that doe- qualifie his Soule, Re
member how in thylife thou haft
lintettainedGodsSpirit : for as we
|vfed his in this life, fg he will vfe
[9ufs after Death. £2aalem quifg,
fe fecerit in hac vitâ, talemfe inueniet
exiens ab hae vitâ.
At this houre what would a
mam giue to fecure his Soule.
2uid dabú pro amimâ tuâ, qui pro
nihilo dat illam ? Poore man! neuer
was anyfo rich as could pay the
ranfome of his owne Soule, a
##£,
tisfa&tien.
mercy askes greater fà
And thisknow,thatwhen thou
dyeß thou goeft to giue account
ofthy Steward(hip, thatis,Tem
poris amiffi, Malicómiffi,Bomiomiff;
and thySoule already knowes in |
com/cientiâ twâ, whither it goes,
quamdo egreditur è corpore tmo. For
thy j? is a Iuflice Itime
rant with thee, and though thou
can({carry nothingelfe with thee, |
yet this thou canlt notleaue be
D4 hinde
 Contemplatio Mortù,
hindethee,that will tellthee whi
ther thou goeft,& whatthoufhalt
looke for Tune quafi loquentiataa
•pera dicent;Tw nos egifi:? aa opera
fìmu, non te deferemus: fed tecwm
íbimul ad Iudiciä.In thatday fhall
come into mens mindes (vi di
vina ) in thetwinkling gfan gye |
alltheir paßgoqd;or euillworkes,
Meniory the Magazine qf
the Soule Will then recount all
that thou haft done » faid , or
thoughtallthylifelong*forthere
needes no Š art of memory
forfinne,butmifery.
Manis a great fattererofhim
felfe,butcofifcienceis alwaies iuft, i
| and will neuerchide thee wrong- |
fully ; It alwaies takes part with
Goâ againft a mans felfe ; It is!
magifirátus domeßicua,thatwill relli
whätyoudoeat home ; itis well,
terméd, the Pulfe of the Soule :'
Therefòre if you wonld know |
the true ftate of your body or
Soule, feele how this beates;that !
will tell you yet take heede y9u
make]
 & Immortalitatù.) -
.77
makenotan idole ofyour confci
ence. The booke of Wißdome
faith, That wickedmeffe beingpref
fed with confcience,forecaßethgris
uou things.
Nemo feweriorem feipfò habet ia
dicem: Iherefore mom timere iwdi
cium,is adefperate things yet wee
pray daily, Domine, adwemiam Reg
α&λ £*#m ,• -

It [hewes a Chriflian courage,

RegnumT)ei poffulare : Buta man
had need of a good caufe, that
wifhesthe commingofhis Iudge.
Atpointofdeath, ifa man will
takehisaimeby the beft menthat
euerliued ordied:That of Dauid,
Ezekia, and of Chriß himf&lfe
(as hewas man)is able to amaze
any man, . when as our, Sauiour
Chrift, not many houresbefore
hefuffered, fáid. Anima meaturba
ta eff,& quiddicam ?andat theve
ry pointofdeath»faid, Father,fit
be thy will,let thù Cuppaffefrom we.
When Dauid faid, faue Lord for
thy mercies fake; for in death there à
$ amo
78 Comtemplatio Mortù,
me remembrance of thee. And Eve
chia, wept fore, when he was bid,
Put ebyhowßimorder, forthos maff
4ye. $j Patres, 6 Prophete, fi 4pe
fioli, fi Martyres, fi Cbrifus ipfe,
was thus ttoübledat the houre of
death, wretched mam that 1 am,
»bae pall1 doe ? We were all to
£ekelbutthat Ghri(tbidsvs, Be of|
good cheere, for I haue emereome]
äeath, _Mori morte redempta eff.
Nowthere isaduantage in death;
that which was thè wages of
finne, is made the rewird of
righteoufheffe. -

Mowthatdeath hath ouercome

death, andthat faith hath fecured
feare, Nec me tædetviwere,nec timeo
mori. For what can hee feare in
death, whofè death is his hope,
Timor timore pefiitwr,vt claum cla
uotruditur.Right preciom im the fight
efGod à the Ἀ, efbis Saimts.
See then what makesmenwil
lingor loathto die.
ôfecro te, Lueille, fáid Seneca,
(¥r timeat laborem vir, mortem,
homo ?
 6* Immortalitatù. 79

bomo ? Itis the prefènt condition

of men that makes them willing
or loathtodie.
Norlife,nor death are alike to
all men : Some cam as willingly
leaue the world,as others canfor
beare the Court. And count him
but vnwife, 2gi os fùum aperis
aeri, vt fefatiaret vemto. Some fay
vutothemfelues, Simce the Father*
felafteepe, al/things comtinue athey
were* Some pleafant their liues,
as if the world [hould alwayes
'laugh vpon them. Qaammis pe
ioreffmwmdus cùm blanditur, quàm
cum imdignatur. _

Some fay, Let v* eat anddrinke,

forto morro» we ßali die, Et poß
mortem nwlla voluptas.Thefewould
doe any thing rather then die.
Others thinking to pleafe God
by makingtbemfelues miferable,
liue as ifthey came into the world!
but to a&a fad mans partand die.,
De tamta letitia,quanta triffitta!
Thefewifh a change, hopingit ;
[) 6 {vi!1 ;
8o Contemplatio Mortit,
willbe a benefit, Allweake minds
feek eafe in change.Therfore well
faidthefonne of Syrach, O death,
how acceptable à thy remembrance
to him whofeffrength failetb. That
i* mow in his laff Age, and vexed
with all thing*; and to him that
| deffaireth and hath loff patiemce.
Contrariwife, O death how bitter
i, theremembranceofthee to a mau
that yeth at reff in hä poffeffom,
vmto the mam that hath nothing to
vex him, and that preffereth in al?
thing*. (Sed,0 feculum nequam,
quôd folor tuos ßc foles beare ami
cos,vt Deifaciauimimicos.) -

Certainlyto this man that thus

liues at eafeindelicacy with afflu
ence ofallthings, (forto vfehap-|
pineffe is as difficult as to for-|
beare it)to himitis a fàdandbit-|
ter meditation to thinke that
deathmuf}take hima from all thefef
ioyes , wherein his heart tooke
pleafure, though indeed pleafures
arebut paines in theirfoffe.
| , Thus as men differ in their
condition ;
 & Immortalitatâ. 81

condition 5 fo doe they in the

acceptation ofdeath,
Sed, O quàm amara mors mum
dum amantibu.
Euery poorecontentment glues
vs to that welike. And what are
thofe contentments ? Vaine
hopes, idle pleafures , falle ho
nours, vnfatisfying wealth , ftor
my contentments, all contempti
blc. Forall that fome good men |.
couet, Et T)eum, & mundum ßmul
comple&ii ; Butthat will not bee;
INam Deum non amat cor diuifum. A
man cannot looke vp to heauen
with one eye »and downe to the
earth withthe other.
If thy heart be fet on heauem,
thy foulewillhaue no pleafüre in
thefe low things, looke vpward.
Os homini fùblime dedit,calum, tu
eri. The minde contemplating
heauen;walkesbeyondeye-fight,
and at fofarre a diftance difcernes
God, as if he were at hand. To
conuerfe with Godistrue folace.
ÀMofe, was with God in the
- In nOUJn
8. | contemplatio Mortis,
mountaine, and came downe gli
ßering, his face fhining. 'Peter,
when hee was taken vp to the
mount, cryed, Faciamus hic tria
Tabernacula : Who euer they be
that dwell in Contemplation of
heauenly things, fee vifions, and
compeoffrich in thoughts. ln this
ftate , faid T)auid, II haue had
more ioy of heart , then they
whofewine and oyleincreafed.
Therefore ifthy heart be right,
thou needeft not feare : But-a
heartanda heart God cannota
bide. Cor extenfam, God loues. It
is notedin nature,that the feare.
fulleß creatures haue the large(l
hearts. Let thefcare of Godin
large thy heart, and then you
neednoffeare your dayof death:
Ἀam dies iße, quem tanqmam ex.
tremum aliqui reformidant, tibi e.
termifalutü erit. Noryet the face
ofdeath, for it will looke vpon
thee, Facie mom horrendà, fed blam
di; non terribili, fedamabili Heere
is the differcnce, the good mans
hope
l. & Immortalitatit.
| _-_

ihopeis euenin death;The world

iioüer ends his hope and happi
neífe, when he dyes: As e^hab
faidto Elias, fofaith heto death,
Haffthoufoumd me, Q mime ememy ?
whereastheotherfaith, as Dauid
faid to Ahimaaz, Let come apd
welcome,for he is a goodmam, and |
commeth with goodtidr^g*.
* Plato difcourfingvntooneyT)e
eontemptw mortis , Tand fpeaking,
frangélyvponit, was anfwered,
Fortiâ, loqùeris, quàm visâ : At
ille dicebat, non quemadmodum vi
aeres,fed quemaàmodum viuendam
affer. £ora weakemansrulesmay
babetterthenthe beft mans aéti
ons. But howeuer the Contem
lation ofdeath pleafeth, thefuf
fingof death wilpinch. Anan
fàtisfied, that deathis nothingbut
abridge to conuey ouer a tem
peftuöüswater to â calige fhgre;
et didnot the word, Ibù ad pa
$res, fweetentheContemplation,
as did that wood caft by Meß;
into the watersofMarah,turning
bittcr-l_
 1

Comtemplatio AMortis,
bitterneffe into fwcetneffe. The
thought ofdeath (though it bee
but a gathering to our fathers)
would beanvnpleafingftudy.
- But feares being paß, which
arebut fhadowes,fetoffioyesthe
better, therefore now to fee the |
ioyes thatdeathbrings.
|+++++++++++++++++++
. zbeige, browghn kydeath,
Er angwffa peruenitur ad aw -i

gw/fa. It was Sampfons Riddle,

out of the bitter came fweet. The
ood mans, quality is to looke
Š death at glory.. When
wethinkevpon the feparation of
bodyand fòule, thenitis a fweet
Contemplation to confider the
coniunétion of our bodies and
foules with Chriß; which being
madeby the bond ofthe fpirit in
thislife, fhall neuerafterwärds be
cancclled. For let death. wilde
beafts,
 & Immortalitatis. 85
beafts, or birds deuour and teare
thebody from the foule, yet nei
ther body nor foule are thereby
feueredfrom Chrift.
INom curo, faith Ignatiua, fifera
rumdentes me moluerint, modò pura
fiam farima Chrißo.
And yet the body thus con
fumed, liues not inthegraue, nor
belly of thebeaft, noryet receiues
lifeor fenfe from the foule, nor
hath aptitude in it felfe to reani
mation, wkileflit is in this Seate.
Thedeadtree, faith Iob, by the
femt of water will bud agaime , bwt
man à fick* amddyeth, andwhere is
h«e? Surely not loft, but layeda
whileat re(t.
But when the great Affifes,that
generall venite comes. Then
Iooke what the condition of
Chrift was in his death , the like
[hall beofhis members. Thebo
dyandSouleofChrift were feue
red as farre as heauen and the
graue were diftant; yet neither
of them were parted from the
- God
 ~*_-

86 Contemplatio CMortis,
Godhead: • So likewife our bo.
dies and foules, though rent and
pulled in funder millionsof miles
dißant; yet neither of them aie
feueredcjr difioynedfrom Chrift
our head. -

24ipradixit, Reuixit, andthis

hath wrought it. Humane wife.
dome cannot comprehend this :
Weake faith lockes for meanes,
and is put to fhifis, when fhefees
them faile, and yet reafon mini
| [lers helpeto faith, Nam fides non
| tollit, fed potiùs extollit rationem,
Reafon would, but cannot reach
fohigh. But omnipotency,which
workesbyimprobabilities,tellsvs, |
there is no ftrong faith where
thereis apparant meanes. Diffi
culties and improbabilitiesarethe
proper obie&ts offaith;Crede,quod
hom videt,& videbù,quodnon credü.
Philofophers fay,that credulity
vpon weak grounds,is the daugh
tér of Folly. But as opinion is
owing vnto reafon, fo is Faith to
Religion. With thcm,to beleeue |
nothing |
 6* Immortalitatà, 87
nothing for which they faw not
reafon,was counted wifedome.
In Nature wefee that in Win
ter feafon, trees which feeme as
gead, reuiueagainein the Spring:
becaufe the Body, Graines, aiid
Armesof the Treeare ioyned to
the root, where the Sap lies all
the Winter, and by mieanes of
coniun&ion it conueyesvegeta
tion to all parts ofthe Tree : Euen
fo mens bodies haue their Win
ter, when they are turned into
duft. Homo arbor inuerfa, cuiu ra
dixim cælis,rami im terra. Manslife
lies hidin Chrift with God, Yet |
in theday of Refurre&ion,by rea-|.
fon of this Myfticall Coniünéti
on,diuine and quickeningvertue
[hall ftreame from Chrift to his
Ele& , and caufc them. to Re
furge from graue tolifeeternall.
För thehead will not be without
themembers; where he is, there
they fhallbealfo.
Itis noted how in that tranf
figuration, the body of A4efet
which
| 88 ( . contemplabio Mortù,
whichwashidinthe valleyofMo-||
ab, appeared in the hill ofTabor,
which affures that this body of
ours, lodge it where you will, is
not loft,büt laied vptöberaifedto
glory, as itwas laid downin duft.
The incineration and diffipati
on ofthisdu(? fhall haue a recolle
i &tionin the day ofrefurreétion.
In the valley of deadbones,did
notthefpirit fay to Ezekiel, Pro- |
phefie vpon thefe bones, andfay,
oye dry bomus, I will caufa breath to
enterimtoyou, I willlayfiwewew vpm
yow,amd vilibringvp fieß, andjou
fal/ltwe. Awake themamd fing,yem
that dwellim dwff,fàith Efay, Fórthy
| dew isas the dew of herbes : and l
the earth (hall caft out her dead.
Ourbodies,youfèe,are notcaft off
by death,but put to new making.
Iherefore Saint Bernardvpon tfie
loffe of his friend, expößulates
thus with death; Occidißifpoffedi
, fffi, Sed,quid ? corpus, mom amimam :
& veniet aliquando Chriffum cum
poteffate, & maiefatecarmew iffam
- - quarere,
 & Immortalitatis.

' quarere,& uludcorpu •adawerofam

eonfigurare corpori claritatù/we.
|'• Itiswellfor man,thathis body
by death becomes putrid, refol
fued and.crumbled.to nothing,
| elfehow would fome mens corjs
behonoured, ifnot adored, afîer
| death. -

| Sleepefaith now vnto her Si

| fter Death, e…fwake thow that flee
peß,for now is your falwatiom meeror,
phem whem fow beleamed. -

Why thenfhould amanimmo-|- -

derately forrow, fince forrowis

goodfor nothingbutfor fiane;or
grieuefor the death of a friend;
fince, as Semeca faith, It is but
enuie,not forrow?. Now thatthe
childisdead, wherefore fhould I
faftorweepe, faid 'Dauid, Griefe
precedingeuill, ifit bcvfed fora
remedy,cannotbetoomuch: But
| that which followes an euill paß |*
remedy,cannotbee toolittle.The
areftofdeathfhalnotalwaieskeep
him thätlies downe in peace.
The bodies ofSaints, (aith Au
ffime,
9o Comtemplatio Mortù,
ßine,fhallberaifed;Tantâ faeilitate
quantâ felicitate,with asmuch eafe
äshappineffe : Vam mors tantùm
intermittit vitam,non eripit ;it doth
not difanull, butdifcontinue life.
And by our rifingwe are remit
ted to our better right: A life
which neuer dies, A morning
thathath no Eue norending.
Now me thinkes I heare death
fày of life , as Iohn Baptifffaidof
Chrift, Hee that commeth after me,
iè before me:*
O fweet word ! Life, the beft
Monofyllablein the world, Gods
owne attribute: Deum viuit, And
my foule(faith Iob)ßallliue, formy
TRedeemer liuetb. -

Andis this lifebut the child of

death ? then bleffed alfo be the
word death, the mother of life,
I willmo more call thee CMarah, but
Naomi 5 for thou art not bitter,
but fweet, more pleafant, though
fwifter in thy gate then the Róe
or Hinde. TheStoike could fay,
2Mors eff que efficit, vt mafei mem fit
- - - ß*p-
 & Immortalitatis. 9t
/applicium. But what faith Saint |.
John? I hearda voyce from beauem,
fajing.Write : Bleffedare the dead ||
mhich die im the Lord, they djemo
more,deathhathmo more power ouer
them. All teares are wiped from
tbeireyes. Petronella the daughter
of Saint Peter, febre moritur: roga
tu Petrua, cur non illi ficut alijs
fuccurreret , hoc iki præfare re
fpondit, It was better for herto
die.
Compare life with death, and
you will clearely fee, howdeath,
which feemes to difpoffeffe vs of
all, puts vsin poffèffion of more
thenthat all:

Per varier cafus, per tot di/crimina

rerum, - -

Tendimta in Latium,/edet vbi fata

quietas offendumt,

Itis butbeing which weehaue

by birth. A better being is by
death : Effe mature eff , benè effe
gratiæ, optimum effe gloria. Mans
happy
9z Comtemplatio 44 ortis,
happy bcing is Eternity. Gods
proper Name is, Being. Being is
our Chriften name.
Faine would man bee happy
whileheliues: Buttheworldwill
fcarce affordhim avacation vnto
forrowes. No man can fpeake
him happy,thathathaday toliue.
Mefcit enim quidferuvefper vehat.
There is diuine Philofophy in
thatfaying, Others bringfoorth the
beff winefirff, but thoubringeffthat
which is beff laff. Theendof man
is betterthenman.
Though we cannotbragofour
Parentage, becaufeour father waw
am e^{morite, eur motheram Hittite,
Yetit washappineffe tome, that
Godwrapt me wp in his Coue
nant, £í mee for a time of
truth, defiued me ofreligious Pa
rents, and made me a É; tO'

vertuous and gratious Kings. Yet ,

this birth brought me into a
world of mifèries, allowingno
ceafing from forrowes: Ne nata
| lem quidem excepit. For crying
vvaS i
 &i~rialitati. IT$
| wasthc firfk note of my bcing, |
calamitatijamreprophia.T*
|{ Heere Idwell cottaged:ina.
|;jyyjî
duß: but Death-brings me to an
habitatienmadewithout handes,
euerlaßing in the ,Heauens. Ad
excelfa fublatu inter felicet cwrrit || ;
aiia;excipia, iam atmjicë *

|yhereforLoües I{hall beâ, Son;

| for Birthright,an Heire; for Dig.] ;
nity, a King, Heere I haue coii
uerfed, and bad commerce with
menythere I (lallhaue communi
| bn with Saints, fellowfhip with
Angels ; enioy vifionem ullám , &.]
| atificam, the immiediàte fruition |
pfgQdandChriß., • *.. . . -l '
Q Happy atidfàféconditiofi off;
- Ê childfen, whom paine thus
£afeth, Deathreuiues, diifolution] -

vnites, finne glorifies, Y ?],

Old Father Iacob, when hewas
toldofhis fönne Iafeph* power in f .
Egypt» was not {atifíédíto heare;
9fhis hoäours, butenquires: of}
his life ; Intimating, that, life to !
: • . 1' .E con)e,
- 94® ΓEΣT
come, is better them all the ho
hours that areia Ê e* för
tuneöthagareon-earth.No£yetdid
Ie%p%äiife cofte* hian without
his being with him. (Fora good.
heartwiiibeconteattofhare with
othersintheir miferies vnbidden,
bu^canhot άndúte to-behappya.
lqne); thefèfore $it, Iwiil
goefeehith: Gouintingitbetterto.
É' with the. eye , then- to!
walke in defires : for indeede the
beß thiggs thae are, pleafure vs
É;
ioyingshem.beitig»
…
but in ouren
• :.. :. * {
*,

... Theioyefsanle and Body at

ii iiir mttiug, '^''''
VVi: theri fialibe theioy,
IV V when foule and body fe
parate for a feafon, ( £$£]
intheinterirn thaSoule doth riot
wanderc and obambulate), fhal]|
meeteagainein ioy, and mutual a^

iyenioyonethe othor ?... :

The J . ,
 TEET
T. fenfe of this delight and |.
contentmemt did:.wellapptare in,
that meeting betwixt iaceb and
Iofeph, Iwheiumutuali leffè andi]
fepáration for a while.did. mors |
| eiideere each toother, ' .
Intermiffion of comfort hath;
this aduantage, that it. fiweetens,
our delight more in the returne,
then was abatedi in theiforbea
fanC€, * : ,: -

Andwas Iacob gladtoleaue his

countrey, and the. landi o£ pro
j mife, to fee his younger fonne] : ,
Jofepb, though in Egypt?.What; !
thefi fhaii bee the Sgulcs ioy, to ||
end, a pilgrimage in a frange,
land, aridgostofae her elderbro
ther Chriftin heauen? Inithisre.
fpeét.Capio diffolui was Saiot Pauli |
wifh. Fórthis tedious mortality,
pleafànt it how man can, will
grow intollerable, if Death doe
not disburthen it, Long liuingfo
lodes vs with finne, as finne it
felfe tyres at laft him that loued
it beft.
? E2 It
--- - - - .
96 ; Contemplati•t^Mortis,
TFHAnimare hae viIIosí
with vs aslongas life affoordsit
] hou£roome, noryillit lodge a
] lone,büt filione finnewill Bring
in another. . . .
, But through Death, thevery
body of Death, and burthen df
| finne, ate caft out both toge
ther. : :
: Sith them thelife. I now leade
is befet with Death , tendes to
Death, ends in Death , I will no
longer miftake tearmes, cal
ling that Death which is life ,
| that life whichis Death: Hanc effe
mortem , » quam , mo* vitam pwta
mu : Illam vitam, quam mos pro
morte. timemus » but. will hold
with Saint Auguftine :. . . .
• ' Per vitam admortem trawfitus eff:
per mortem ad vitam reditwi eff.
-
.
- Deatb -
 -- A
& Immortalitatit. ] 97 ,
, , , • _ .' ` -

&φάφάθέφάφ&έφ%&&
* Doaib the Regemeratiom •f
• *• the Seule.
I#*; the Pagans had fome
fenfeofthis, who didcelebrate
the day oftheir death with mirth:
| and the day of their birth with
mourning. And thc conceite of
thofe Philofophers was diuine,'
who held , that although the
Soule of man was then infu
fed when man was made, yet is,
it new borne. when, man dyes.'
His body being the wombe,
Death the Midwife which deli
uers that to forrow, this to
gkory. -

Returme thow to thy refi, o my.

Soule, for Godhathdialt boumtjful
/y with thee,
Ican no otherwife ioy in my
Birth,then didtheProphet Ieremi
ah, who faid, Let not the day
vbereim my mother bare mee, bee
ble([ed.
[. E 3 2giae
98. 4%mremptamio Mortù,
ggi, pauet ? Qgi fit ? 2gis
eget? . . . . . -

guâ errat ? Solu (Heu /ortes )

Homo.
Sperat, •ptat, alget, voluit,explo
irae, jueri*ur. A (atorwm omniaplena.
Bütto aßürethere areioyes in
Déath,what faiththeScriptureto
| well dyingmen ?
Reijcejamdlif vpyo4r haad,for
mowyour Redemptiom drawethmeere.
7 hábody ßagrije aglorious hedy,4e
a Spirituallbody, nötia Subftahce,
butin quality: like that body of
the Sonne ofGod.
Vntoyouthatfeare God, faith
| the prophet AMalachie, The Somme
| of Rightegu/uß ßali ariß with
] healingim bis winget,

Thc
[-— |.
' ' The
' third generall »
diuifion. , ■ •

-|

1. • • • • - •u• - ..… . -*: *rr assi ,

4. ... : • " ' '-' I II. ( '.;; . * '

'h^hem Death & ro-be prepared:

fir randhww.
Thetiiriewhen,
ā€¢ Laio, that pauphiio.|
3)ífoíbí, áiih, Thereis
3 mulla falutari, Philofo.
5 phia,but perpetua mor
[tis meditatio. Andfine jfà medita.
[tione tranquillo $. 4aimo nemo po
jteff, Dreàdfül1D ath laughes at
the vaine conceitsand precepts of
fumane tranquillity. It is, faith
}Scipia, the möß bonourable Phi;
Jlofophy, to ßudya maas mortat |
- g;- -; 7-
-
- -
—
- - -
in 1oo ;
-_-
Comtewplatio AMortâ, …
lity: Martâ meditatio eff vit4(piem
tùs Politikesfay, 7rotávitá dífcem
dum eff viuere, But faith, Seneca,
Hoc magis miraberis, 7'otâ vitâ di- |
}| fcendum efi mori, The Diuine faith
beft, Cogita de fine infinito, & vi
uel in infinitam. „ . *•
Fooles would faine do at laß,
| that which wife men doe at firft :
Preparefor their end. Careleffe
menthinke the Signiory of time
isattheir command, te doe what
theylift, when they lift. Indeede ,
|yoüth and age are meafured by |
gouerngment, nqt by time: but]
Wemuft confider, wee haue little]
power ouer the prefent;leffe oueri
the future. T)auid* example is
the fallo
worths,Lord wing,who ciyed,
Betime ,/et mime emd,i
me kgow
'and the mea/are ofmy dayer, what it !
ù, and how long 1 hawe toliue. e^fli +
the dayes ef mime appoimted time, |
fàith Iob, fwill watch tiHmy chang- |
ing/bali come. . -

Time it felfe,'which couersall'

thatsp
.. •
afi, aoddifcouersali thatis
- • . -
,
... to,
-

!
 & Iwmortalitatù. : Io1 ' '

to come, hath now had all his

lchanges:Natures timeis paß,The
Law which, fucceeded is, aboli
fhed. Now is the Gofpells time,
after which there {halbeno more
changes. - -

Change, (the great Mafter of

the world ) that hath this time
for his Agent,abufeth many with
the hope ofTime. It istrue,There
is nothing our owne but time,
which is a feruant equal! to all,
holdespace,and fliesasfaftinidle
nefíe asinbufineffe :.
sotharthough time well fpent -

diminifhes our time,yetwhen it

isimploiedin timely preparation,
itlayes vp time, as treafure for a
futüre time: and thus is rather a I
husbanding, then confuming of
time.T)iemperdidimus, faid Oefp«-
fian.Heliues infafety,that watches
histime. Butinreckoningoftime
mo(t mcn mifcaft it, counting
for firft,thatwhich islaß,apdthat
laft,which is firß:, beginning the
account from the day of birth :
E 5 wkere
I : uox |. . .contemplatis aegrti, |
whereasourdeaths day,isour firft
'}days forthelaftofiife,is the firft |
}day toiife, wee thengeafimg to ||
dié,vwhen we leauetoliue.
Solebat dicere Fabiamw; Matria
tempora vita diuiditur : £eed eff,
Qjod fùit, 2uodfuturum e#: E*
λά, quod agimu* braue eff; 2asd
, }a£iurì fumat, dwbiwm »; 2spd egi
*w£*»«ertwm.
Reckon firftwith timepafi;and
you may make time to come cer
{311}©. - -

The Sceptickes puta fbrtaffèyp

on allthifigs in the world. But
faith Saint e*g*ffine, There is
noonethiog in the worldtobee
named, whére this word fortaffè
had no place, except you fpeake
ofDeatfi: Hiefolàm fortaffe locum
| habere nonpoteff.
It maybefaidofDeath,as is9f
the Kingdome of Heauen , It
comes nót by obfèruation. Hee
liues not, that knowes where,
when, or how hee fhall dye, Yet
noneliues,but knowes hee muft
dye. - ©Mors
[T&Iwrtalitati, SIS
Ζotibwifi,TriiirEl -
medium,quibafdam vatum : de mal- |
là muliùmerita, quàm quibu4cti -„^

dit,antequam vocaiefwr.?herefore
ßidon£Taementie eff, itisg2{e
í folly nottobe prepared£r|.
Death. Sèd fi mors venieiit pr«nf
ditatur,tunc fùperatwr, Theprepa
fîÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉiiiion
of life. Nemo propter" candt & |
rugas diu vixit ; yet: never ímán
préférued himiflfe from 'dy
ingby forgetting Death. Theye
ry Heathéhs through Natures in
fän&, prouided tfiemßlues for
Death6y Sacrificesto their gods.
frange zaros, Pete vina, Rofa*
cape, Tangere nardos ;
· · · · '. * • •'•-•. -* •• • !
| . ipfe iubet morti te meminiffè .
Deu. - -

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•*. ., ' -_* *, • , ' **• ….*

• •**. . •'. • -* *
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]
.**.**'• *«* **- -* -.
comtihijtatis Mártif,
— -==—
+++++++++++++++++*
| Afiire*®eféirgwri, |'
- S%;; fying, that the dy of
aath waçbeiter them the dj öf
Èirtb, inferred that there was a
faireway of$i;
' fto two things w Te poft requi
„ . - . ,•
i [fité. ' ` ` ` `` `' , . '.
, fj fiffi;atimely preparation be
foredeath was inoftrequifite.
,} mortem. . . . . . .
[**' That'Oracle of Morali men,
wife Seneca was wont tofay, Sepe
| debemus mori , mec volwmwuw ; mori
mur,necvolumus. Wee ought o£
• tento prepare for
not: atlaitwee diedeath, and will
indeede» and
wouldnot.
Preuious preparation becomes
a wife man, Sed in hoc errore om
'met verfammr , quòd mom putamus
mififenes admortem vergereyitamur
nec fenfà, necetate. Mors, quo fé
- ciliât.
 ** & Immortalitatä.

| ciliùs obrepat; [ab ipfò vitae nomine

/atet. ' ' ' •,
Procraflinationis the great e
\ ncmy to preparation. This vox,
i] Corwima, that alwàies cryes, Crae,
| cras, couzens many a man, ma
| king him perderehodiernum,truft
ingvpontomorrow. SaithTibul
i| lui, Iam malaj££; 2dgre;
| dula vitam ffera ìt,'& mefius era,
- -

fore, femper ait : but truft not to

| that : Ille fapit,quifquia, Poffhume,
vixit heri. Wee pray dayly, Lord
giue vsthis day our daily bread.
T)um dicitur,Hodiè,we fhould re
: | member, Life is but a day Dies ,
womfeculum. Whereforefaith Solo
mom, Talke not efto morrow , ne
fci« enim quidfùperuentura pariet |
diet.
- By deferringweeprefumevpon
thatwe haue not;and negleétthat
we haue.
Quod in mamw fortunae poftum
| eff, dijomimus ; quod in tua eff, di
mittij: which made the heathen
Poet,diuino furore inßinäum,vtter
hoe
 contemplatio Martù,
hoc /alutare carmem»
Optima quæque dies miferis mor
talibus auiprimafugit. i|

I. Therefore, noli tardare, delay

notthypreparefor death, till the
approaches of Death. Recordare
'|iiauiffimum , & non peribù iw «ter
num.>
| Ineuilstöbépreuented, delayis
åkinde of café, not fo in göod
things. - -

Döe thereforethe worke ofthe

day im die fae. No man can pro
| mifehimfelfe armorrow.
Fleret, fi fcires vnum tua fam.
pora meyem : -

* • . Rider, eàm nom fit forfitam ,

vma dies. -

Euery man hath his day. Ieru

falem, haddeßthou kyowne tbis bwt
in this thy day, Ihou wouldeftnot,
&c. E/? & dies , hominis, & dier
Domini. When mans day.is paft,
thenGodsday comes. Äam vita
•!
 c* immortalitatù., ' i ' ioy
-—
•ffniffvigilia, Theeue ofanother
daY. -

Aman,faith Luther,liuesforty | ,
yeercs before hee knowes hini–
£elfe to bee a foole; and by that
time hefees his folly, his 1ife is
finifbed. Somen diebeforethey
begin toliue, . . t -

The cafe therefore of thofe,

men is moft vnhappy, who after]
f9rtyor fifyyeeré§'ofdayes, in
their mißfpefit time (for it was
but tempus, not vita) and now
ready to die, are eueh then to
1carnehow todie, when they are
in the A&t of dying.
42ge tam /fulta mortalitati, ob
/iwio,
Inde velle vitam inchoare ; quâ
pauci perduxerimum ? -

Deferringas wellas prefuming,

;* many men implicite Athe
S.

It was a fweete fpeech, and

might well haue become an el.
der body, which a young inno
cent child of my owne vfed in
*-
extremity
- ic 8 Comtemplatio Mortis,

//
extremity of ficknef{e, Mother,
what (hall I doe?I fhal diebefore H
know whatDeathis.Ibefeech you
'l tellme whatis Death, and how I
(hould die. Certe multum interef,
peccare aliquù molit, ammefcit. But
| there is milmiferiu4 moriemti,quàm
mefeire mori; nay, faithone, 7'olle
rabiliu eß non effe, quàm mefcire
mori. ' • . . . •
Sith thenit is a thing as well
naturali,as neceffary foraman to
dye, it is nothankesto a manto
pay thatwilingly,which he muß
doe of neceffity. But in paying
of this debt, wifedome counfels
} two things ;
, . Firft, to confidcr the time
when, -

Secondly, the meanes, how,

For the time, feeke not Death
in the errour ofthy life. Remem
ber phy Creator in the dayes of thy
youtb , while the ewill daye* coame
mot, mor theyeers approach wherein
thom/$alt fay, I hane me pleafure in
fepe.
 . , &• immortalitatis. - • ,. u Q9

jou. 3efore the filuercora be loofed,

the goldem Ewer brokem. Before the
Alìendtree flouriß, and the graf
bopper be a burthem.Before the kef
per of the houß ßali tremble, the
j?romg mem bow, the grinders cea@,
theyìvaxe darke that looke outofthe |
wiìdowes,andthe daughter* ofA£a
ßckebe brought low.
Old Barzillaibeinginthisca(e,
refufed allthe pleafures of a kings
houfe,though hee was kindly im
treated by the Kinghimfelfe.
| Age or fickeneffe will make a,
| | maiivnapteither to compofe » ori
difpofehimfelfe to death. 7umc|
tibi tarda fluunt, ingrata% tempora.
Itis no fit timethento prepareto
dye, when itis a burthen to liue;
Soin the Law,God required the
fir£ fruits, nöt the Lées fer his
ortion. ° ° . _ _ ?
Old ageit felfeis a yong death.
Thybeß healthaffoordsbut time
goöd enough for this bufineffe.
íherfore dedicatenot althytime
to bufines,forthat aswela$floath
] -- ; may
I MO Comtemplatio c^Mortis, .
Ey robthee of thy time. Some
taléntsimprooue mof by laying |
|
vp. • - .

i +++++++++++*+++++*
Threefignes ofafproaching |
Death
Oe you defire fome fignes
of death, before you prepare
your felfefordeath?7 res famtmor
tis muntj, cafua, iwfirmitau,femeàfae.
Cafu dúbia,infirmita grauia, fene- |
| &iiu certa denunciat. Cafw nwntiat ||
mortemlatentem, infirmitas apparem
tem,fene&iupreßntem.
When Ezecbiah had been fickc
vnto death,he wrotethus. In the
cutting offmydayes, 1/ball goeto the
gates ofthe graue. 1 reckened te the
7mornig, Ijallwalke weak!) all ny |
yeares in thabtterneffe ofmy foale. ||
Ihus it fareth with cuery man ||
[in age erfickneffe ; whea a man
begifis tobe ficke, his fcnfès are]
wholly bufied about the difafe.
.The Phyfitianis then conferring
with hina oftheßateo£his body.
. The
| ' & Immortalitatù.

The Lawyer is then confulted |

with.about thy worldly (late.
TheMinifter touchingthy foules
health. Thyfriendsafe then vn
welcome: Strangers troublethee,
Vilites offendthee: thy ownefer.
uants cannot pleafe thee: Other
mensdifcourfes tire thee;to fpeak
thy fèlfefpends thee,and to be fi
Hent gieues thee, notto be told
how thou doeft;vexesthee : to be
¢old howillthou art, difcomforts
thee : but it moft of all affli&s
thee, to ßethywife and children
(thofepeeces ofthy felfe in ano
ther kind) weeping and laman
tingby thee. ' '
Thus miferably we poore men
at thistimc are diftre8ed, iamd di
£ra&ed, inade wnfitfor anything,
whenas Godknowes a due pre
parationfor death,requires allthe
faculties and ftrength ofa found,
perfe&t,and wholeman.
Thinkenotto ferue God with
-thy dotage, when thou haß fer
ued thypleafures withthy *g,
o
 ]
■ I2 Contemplatio Mortù ,
God for his (eruice will haue the |
young Ifaac of thine age. You
Íhall îotfee my face, faith Iofeph, {
except you bring your yownger bro
ther with you.
Euery man naturally,when hee|
comes neere the goale of death,
euen for fome intrinfecall caufe,
though vnknowneto himfelfe;is a
thenweary ofhimfelfe, andenter
taines lifewith a tedious diflike.
Tunc imiucunda effreipænitendæ re
cordatio, diftafting éuery thing;
negle&ing the very thought of
| allhumane affaires.
AVes iuueni lw/u qui placuere
iwwant. -

In theflraits ofdeath, thenhe

prayes, God deliuer me, then hee
thifikes, O how I am ftraitned till
it be accomplifhed, Abyffu abyf.
(wm inuocat,Sad words,brcathing||
forrowes.
But this (hould haue beene
-done, when ßrength ofwnder.
ftanding
•
ferued, Nam ferumf&mc
eff
 — -.

& Immortalitati*. | 1 13
-

tunc viuere incipere, cùm definem

fhe little Bee,fofooneas fiow r.

ersfpring,goes abroad, viewesthe ;

gay Diapery, and the diuerfity of
«
the flowery fields, fucks thefwee <î>
teft of them, fraights herthighes,
makesa cuiious combe, and fo !
betimes hoards vp Honey in!
Sommeragainft the Winter.
CAMors hyems eff ; orate me fiae
faga, veßra hyeme. Why is the
Twinter hardet to the Grafhopper
then to the Ant? Prudencie in
one, and imprudency in the other
differs them.
Thinkenotthou the winter of
thine age, a time fit enough for
this worke. Mamma muft be ga
thered in the morning; theori- i. *•

ent pearleisgeneratedofthemor
ningdew. - -

Itis toolate,whentime is paft,

before you begin. Happy is the
maf, who improues the dayes of
his youth to the preuention of
euill., It is, faid of Father Iacob,
who
i 14 | contemplatio Mortis,
--- - -||
who was agreat Trauellour , Est
before hedied,Pedes/uos adfe celle- |
git : Sic tu animipedes, Thefe co-||
]gitationsandaffeétions,quibu* vi.
iiems totum orbem peragraff/ : Ga- |
| therthem vp, and then repofeto]
{ reft. Beginnot then to turneto
• ] God, when thou canß not
1 turne thee, in thy bed. None
canbe good too early. Thefoure
Ages of men arerefembledto the
foürevigils of the night; Prima]
pueritiam , Secunda adolefcentiam ; |
7ertia virilem; Quarta (eme&tatem.
adumbrat: The firß and laftare
fleepy Ages; the otherare thevi.
goroustimes. Therefore paret fe
6omo præcingatfe fecunda & tertia,
Thefè arethe watches. Chriß
mentionsfor his comming.
++++++++++++++++++
Repentance whento be pra&fifed.
RĘg in the time o£
fickneffè is commonly as
ficke asthe partie, yeelding thera,
when
 , & Immortalitatú. iI5

when it cannot refift ; and then

|| preparing and repenting , . when
[allother helpes arid hopes faile.
Trufinot longlife,nór latere
pentance. Onefaith well,Playnot
the Courtierwith yourfoule.The
Courtier dothali things late,riies
late, dineslate, füps late, repents
fate. -

Serapænitentia rarò vera.

The endoftime affoords little
time»0mmù motu, maturalià veloci
åreff im fine. Holy Iob tels vs, If
thy bemes be full of the finme of thy
yowth,they will lie dowme with thee iw
the daß. Sed moriamtur amtemortem
vitia, & adiudiciummom fequamtur.
When death hath foulded vpthy
dayes,aHopportunitieis pafíThe
cocke crowed; but that Gallicimi.
vm, fofhrill avoyce could not a
wakethee. Therefore Cygnicimi
wm, that dolefull muficke muft
ead *he Scene. :
Doe thereföre by thy confci
ence, às rhen deafe with their
Stewards, call it to account amte?
*/orte* ;
I
—
1 16 ,
_
contemplatio amortis, |
- mortem,& audiet mortem dicemtem,
Λ'om poffis vellicare amplius ; Ply|
time while you haue it, Merca- |
tum hanc vitamputa,fed nec mam di-|'
ne poß hanc vitam mec qu«ßu
* l loci, . . • •
In alongmi£ledlife we amaffe
many finnes sit will aske great
laboür to quitthem. Great labour]
; andlittletifhe fuit not. Therefore]
workewhile itis day, The might
commeth whem no mam cam worke. |
Watch andpray, Sit oratio clauis |
diei, & fera mo&tis. Few and euilfj
'are the dayes of the longeft. liued |
man ; Yetto euery nian thereis
a Triduum, a fpace of threedayes
ilent,but fleepe not, vfque 2aatrí
duum, leftit be faid, Hee hath jem
foure dayes in the grafie : Iam fæ-| ,
it£t - ' ,^ "\ . ,

One obfèrueththat God refto

redlife to three men, to one in |
hisbed, to another, on the beare,
to the third,in the graue.', ….
They that conceiue finne in
their hearts, are like tohim that ,
- - WaS |
 & immortalitatis. | 117 ]
was dead in his bed. They that
bringit forth to aétion, äre like
himthat was brought forth dead
onhisbeare. Buttheythat deferre
and continuein finne,arelikehim
that was foure dayes.dead and
ftankein his graue. -

Thereisnofafety in procrafti
nating5 thereforeflatter not thy
felfebythetheeues example, who
repented, but in illa hora, That
isnot put for imitation , but to
keepe fromdefperation.
It is a £; thing to fee.
-

that old men will not fee death,'

though it be before their faces ;
noryoungmen» though it ßand.
at their backes. The old gray
headed manto feemeyoung, had,
|| coloured his haire blacke,but the
deuilltoldhimhe would not bee,
;| focozened.

e*
■' A'om omnes fällä,fcit te Proferpi
234 £4//////2,

H£ men markethingswell,
p. ^funda
1 18 [_Contemplatio Marti,
Mariuhofiifit,
The common fafhion istoput
menim mindoftheirdeath, when
we doubt they cannot liue: Till
the Phyfitian'findfomeilifymp
tomes,the patientmay notbe dif- ] ,
heartwed with the'nameofdeath,
Zenaw the Lawyer, and: Lmk* the
Phyfitian muft haue giuen vs o
| uer, before wewill „for Bar.
1 mabas the fonne ofConfolation :
But at this time draw not the
Curtainebeforetheficke, butlet
him fee his finnes, for he isthe
good Phyfitiam ofimy fjule, that
tels meofdeath, when hefées mel.
liue in finne. I . • .
Thereis not any man fo wic.
ked, who with his good will
woulddiein his finne; yet moft
men foliue, as if they beleeued,
permiffion were the Article ot
their faithal theirlife long : and
the Article ofRemiffion uffinnes
were referued till the point of
death. No man that truely re
pents
 & Immortalitatù. , I 19

pentsis tefufcdat any time , but |

mányaone finnes folong;thathe
cannot repent. ' ' ' ' ' ' • • ,
Terribfewill death be, when
the dyingman withgriefefor op
portunity loß, will repent th
èuer heliued, and would count i
happincffeenoughto dye, fohee
might thenceafeto be. Butthat
wilI not be, Quia mors eß fine
morte, femper viuit,femper occidit, |
fed munquàmpreoccidit.T
that which endsallis without |
end. Remember the foolifh Vir
gines:It will be toolatetoprepare
oyle, when the Bridegroome is
comming, The warning is gi-|
uen, Bejee readj, for the Somme of
mam comes at an houre: Non dicit
amnum, aut menfem,cùm me fecwru»
per horam conßet. Hefaith, Ecce
[venio ficut fur ; thatis, when you
fleepe beft;andthinkeleaft ofhim:
Dum nec mortem irruentem, nec la
.'dicem venientem,nec fupplicium hor
| rendum vidimu. F 2 Now
T12O castemplafiet^Mortis; |
75 £+++++++++++++*
setulement in Religioni thebef*
proparatiuefr dtath.
owasitis wifedome to be
preparedfor degth; foifyou
„iiiiie\iith peaceofcopfcien£e,
ÅŸithout trouble gf miad£,
ζγάirefoluedinpointof Reí
gionbcforeyoù die? playnotthe
ÉÉÉcrite,nóftheggiiti$$e; who
ÅŸvhat Religion
Ębe, whoferuleis, be, fo
Religio ad

moremyios ad rem pertiget.

fúethathóneftmen muli
haúe fomewhat of the Serg$nt,
Äçìïófthe Doue. For pollicy
Amáreligiondo aswell together,
astheydoe illafunder. Religiom
Κίδύt pollicy is too fin;?!££?
ÉÉÉÉÉollicy without Relig;
ÄTÉçóo fubtile to be good. |j
ὐδέ τhen both
Ne trality, is . prophans
or Laodicea* cold
Å£Néuéranyman was a loc
| ferbybeleeuingfo; faithis euer re
comipenfed with glory;while th9u |
liuedf,\.

|
 *;

& Immortalitatis. | 1z1 }

liuedft.it was notamiffetomake
doubts,forit [heweswit to moue
a queltion well , and it fhewes.
„iudgement to refolue well. In
multitude ofopinions,thereisbut
one, truth, and, among6 fundry
truthes, there is but onínecefíáí
t9 faluation._ But in points 6f
difference diflinguifh. forin re
concileable differences,nothing is
nmorefafethen indifferency. Éüt
in maine oppofitions benót new.
£er : for itis a leffe eye-fore to.
God to goe vprightifia wrong
way$thenfo haltinia rightway.
Thoughygumouedóubts, yet
gwellnofindqubt. For you íali
finde itafearefull thing,to dieis
doubt ; and. the coififortableß
thing vnder heauen, tobeeweli
affured. and cleerely refolued in.
the
die.
truthofyour faithbeföreyou
Someloue to fee-the obie& o£
thcirfaith, andfo are led toIido.
latry: Others to cooperateinthe
Worke of their faluation, and fo
F 3 - giue
 -_-

122 (amtemplatio Mortâ,

giue part to merit. Nil tibi tri
'bua,isfafeft. Thereis danger in
afcribingtoo little to grace, for
'that robs Godof honoür. But if
“weeafcribetoo littleto our felues,
thereis nodanger onthatfide.
| Whenthisis done, thenbee of
£j chcere, forthou fhalt heare
'Chrift (the life ofthyhopeheere,
and hope ofthylife É fày
s
vnto thy fickefoule;a he fáid vn
to thefinfullwoman,Goe im peace,
thyfaith hathfauedthee, enter thom.
imto thy Maffert ioy.
Andlet allconceited humanißs
rememberwhattheir maftér Ari
fotle fáid when hee died : Awximu
vixi,dubium morior:o Ens emtiwm ,,
miferere mei. -

Sedparum prodeff amodo mi{ere

remes.

2Wow
 & Immortalitatis.
] 123
++++++++++++++++++
A'ow ofthe way te dye well.
0m eff res magna viuere : Hoc
omnes faciunt : fed pawci bene
moriantur. Et illi 44orrgrauä imcu
6at, qui netus nimá omnibua,ignotu
| moriturfibi, Manis readyto die
bcfore heliucs , but therefore!i-
ueth atime in the world, thathe
may diebetimes to the world. Hâ
yeeres come toam endas a tale that is,
teld: his dayes deceiue him, for
theypaffé as a fhadow by Moon-|
fhine, then appearing longeft,
$it. they draw acere(} : an
St}9; .< … .,.' . . ... , , , ,
#££; counfellvnto men,
better t en nien doto thethings.
Heerewe dwell but in Tents; and
Tents, we know,are fet vp to be- -

takendowne againe fhortl

Wee that liue ÉÉ. byi
death; for had not Chrift dyed, |.
wee had not liued; he dyed for
finne,we liuein finne. Therefor£
F4 with
124 . Contemplatio Mortâ, i
with S. Paul Iwill fay,' M% life à
aot dearevmto mee, fo 441 may finiß
mycourfewith ioy. -

'|,' Doe you defire toliue a long

time? Thefonne ofSirach faithy-A
mam that à made perfeít in a/bort
time,fulfil, a longtime. Et vita ip
fa, fifciam vti, longa eff.TheSpani
ard faith,yir bonus bù viuit.
Ampliatàtatùffatiumfibi vir bonu;
hoc eß ViuereTbis, vita poffe priori
frui. Heliues twicethatbeßowes
thefore part ofhis lifewell.
Viucere ßis Hanibal,vti vitioria
nefcit.
Alexander had a good account ;
ofhis age,reckoningby viétories,'
notby dayes;Sofhould good men
count their dayes by the good, ;
they doe, orthę finne they çon |
quër in that day, -

Numbringöfdayes,faith Saint,
Augußine,isnot mimerus dieram •,
qui fit,butquißt,thats the golden ; 1
number.
Tres fwmt dies hominum,faith Saint
Hierome,dies conuerfionü, dies com- !
#ez*- ;
 & Immortalitatù, 125

uerfationù, dies refùrreëiionù. And

thus doth one day certifie ano
ther.
Time lentvs flies away in the | . .
timethatis lent vs,euery moment
comming being thedcathofthat
is paft : Therefore weigh well
eueryleaft moment; for itisoffo
great moment, as that vponit de
pends eternity of time to come,
that eternity which is not boun
ded within the Kalender oftime. .
He Art ofdyingwell isbetter
learn't by pra&tife, then by
precept.
Vnto dying well three things
aremoft requifite.
1 Firft,tobeoften meditating
vpon death. . . -

2 Secondly , to bee dying

daily.
3 Thirdly,to dieby little and
little.

F 5 The
126. Comtemplatio £ortis,

+++++++*++++++++++
i . 7'hefirff ßep ofdjingwell.
Ften meditation of Death,
bringsa man to die in eafe;
| for it alleuiates paines , expels
feares » cafes cares, cures finne$,
corre&ts Death itfelfe.
| Quo modo mom morimur, cùm ,
viuitur mortuis ? weeliue with fo
imany deaths aboutvs » as wee
jcannot but often thinkeofdying.|
i . Euery humour in vs engenders |
difeafes enow to ki!I vs, Tfo that
our bodies are but liuinggraues,] .

and wee die, not becauféwee are]

'ficke, but becaufe we liue. And |
when we recouer from (ickeneffe, |
we efcape not fickneffe, but the|
difeafè,
Doe as the Preacher counfels;
What thou haft to doe, that doe
| quickely ; Forin the graue, whi
jther thóu goeft, there is neither
]
worke,nordifcourfe,nortrauaile,
| nor wifedome, nor conuerfàtion,
tnor !1
i
 & Immortalitatis. - 127
nor fruition of any thing;alIis.
entombed in fàdmeffe, daf eneffè.
ouerfhadowingit,_
Playthenthe wife mans part.
Meafure notlife, /patio, fedaEiu.
Life is ordained för A&ion, not
for fruition. If thou haß any
good to doe for the Church, the |
Common-wealth,orthy Friends,
fac citò : for though he behappy
e[tthatcan enioya little with the
peace of an honeft heart, yet if
thouhaftmuch goods laid vp im
ftore, make theéfriendswiththy
Mammon : mambona tuafuntboma,
fi tu fit bonus. But fing not a
requiem totby foule;nor fày vain
ly, Vivamu4, dum viuimu,fors for
tunâ,vt volet, ordinet: forfo doth,
a minde vncertaine of fucceffe,re
lieue it felfe with poffibility: Scd
fi cor tuum non effet fatuum » mom
credere, fatuum. Wifedomeis for
tunes miftreffe , waite on her,and
remember, Hac noéie , the day of
vanitie being paft, the night of
Judgement comes : when both
- 1ight
128 Contemplatio Mortit, | Y
fight and delight goe out toge-|
ther. -

Excellently doth the Booke

ofWifedom defcrie the thoughts
ofavaine voluptuous man. This
manreafoning withhimfelfe but
notaright,Saith,Our lifeis fhort
andtedious, againft Death there
is noremedy,fromthegrauethere
is no ieturning , wee are borne
at all aduentures, and hereafter
fhallbee asif wehadneuerbeene:
| Our breath is fmoake , a little
fparkein our hearts,which being
extinét,our body turnes to afhes,
and our fpirit vanifhes like foft
ayre. Come on therefore, let vs.
enioy the good things that are
prefent,letvs fill our flues with
coffly wineandoyntments: let no| ;
flowreof the Spring paffe by vs : |
Let vs crowne our felues with | .
Rofebuddes , leaue tokens ofour
iollity ; for this is our portion,
and our lot : let our fìréngth be
thelaw ofIuftice: forthat which
is feeble is nothingworth.
The
 & Immortalitatä, r29

Therighteous man is not for

our turne, he is alwaies contrary
to our doings, hee vpbraideth vs
with the law, obie&tsto our infa
mythe tranfgreffion of our edu
cation : He was madeto reprooue
vs: He is therefore grieuous to
vs,his life is notlike other mens,
his waies are of another fa
|!
fhion.
Such things thef. vaine men
kaue imagined , but they are
deceiued: when they caf. vp the
account of their owne Sinnes,
theyfhallcomewithfeare, andfay
with forrow, This washe whom
wee had fometimes in derifion,
and made aprouerbe ofreproach.
Wee fooles accounted his life
madneffe,and his endto beewith
out honour.
But how is hee now numbred
.] amongft the happy,and his lot a
mongtt the Saints ? what hath
pride profited vs, or what hath !.
richeswith ourvauntingsbrought
vs?Allthefeare paffedaway i;3
a•
i
 τ 3o j Contemplatio Mortâ,
{hadow, and asa pcfle, that run
nethby. Thisverifiesthatfaying,
Breue eff quod de/eéfat,fed eternum
quod cruciat.
Sadly amdfuddenly fhalt thou
finde allworldly pleafures turned
into waking dreames.
IDormierwmtfomnum fumm & mi
bilinwenerumt omnes viri dimitiarum,
faith the Pfalmift.
Notwithflanding, manwhilehe
liues,fancies manythings,and co
uets without end : butal! to no
end. Et quæ paraffi, cwita erunt ?
| Either they paffe from you, or
K [you frem then.$. mom habent finem
fuum,habebuntfinem tuum,} Allthe
| towers in the ayre thatthcu haft
| built,vnoiiiu proficrnentur.

Priuac,
 & Immortalitatâ. , i 31

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
ÉÉɧ® zy v

Priuacie with death, a [oue

raigne cordiallagainff death.
%$£% Herefore be acquain
©§ 53S ted with death be
$£íiíies, förtfirgüghäc.
δέδί quaintance deatfi will
: lofe his horrour ; like vntQ an il]]
face, thoughit be as formidable
tas a Monfter, yet often viewing
will make it familiar, and freeitf
from diftafle.Death is blacke,but
j comely. Philofrate* liued feuen}
yeeresin his tombe,that he might
beacquainted with it agaiaft his
bones came to lieinit, T .
Some Philofophers haue been
fowraptinthis Contemplation of
deathandimmortality, that they
- ' difcourfe.
1 32 Comtemplatio Mortâ,
difcourfe fo familiarly and plea
fingly ofit, asifafaire death were
to`bée preferredbefore a pleafant
life.
This is well for Natures part;
and Moralifts thinke this is e
nough for their part, to conceiue
fo : But Chriftians muß goe fur
ther, and fearch deeper: They
muft trye where the power of
death hies. They fhall finde that
rhe power of euery mans death
liesinhis owne finnes.
| Thatdeath neuer hurts aman,
íbut with his owne weapon: It
jalwayesturnes vpon vs fome fin
íit findes in vs. The ffing of death
, i, finne : Plucke out the fting,
' deáth cannot hurt vs. The way
{to dyewellis to dyeoften. Leta
'mari often and ferioufly thinke of
(ä;ij, then let him finneif hee
'cán, faid Picum Mirandula. And
„herainis our happineffe ; though
jweeliue in finne,yet we die with
'out finne. Therefore to mee
;death is welcome, not as an
*_ -_ end
 & Immortalitati*. 1 33

end of troubles, but offinne.

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7he / cond/fp.
TÉ fecond Step to dying
-1 well , is to dye daily.
AMorior me moriar, I dje dayly ,
faith S. Paul. Singulos diet,fingu
/at vita, puta ; qui emm omnes dies
tamquäm vitam ordinat, craffimum
nec optat, nec timet.
The old faying is a good one,
Doe that euery day, which thou
woulde(l doethe fame day that
thou dyeft. 3onum eff confumere
vitam ante mortem , : But moft
men de vita exeunt, antequam de
morte cogitamt.Letbedone willing
[ly what wemuß doe neceffàrily,
and what we can doe but once,
let thatbe done well : Yeeld that
readily as agift, which you muft ;
pay as a debt at laff. Did men
think that death wereonly an end
of life, and no more: euery r;
Or
 -.

r 34 Contemplatio CMortit,
for his owne, ends would bee a
diflurber of the worlds peace
whileheliued, and make his own $
peacebutiuft when hedygd.
Hee that diesdaily, feldome .
dies deieétedly : facile contemnit |
mortem, qui fé quotidiè moriturum
putat : likewife hee that will liue
when hce dies, muft dye while
hee liues. For if hee dye not to
finne whilehe liues; hisfinne will
liuein himwhenheeisdead.
The widow that liues im plea
fare (faidSaint Paul)á dead while
/άe liuis, Liue holily, and you |
fhalldie happily : Liuè asthough
there were no Gofpel, butdye as
though there were no Law. Stu
deto talem effe in vita, qualem, veliâ
reperiri in morta.

Tapo
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'—
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Two forts ofDeath whereto
euerymam liuing 24"
4Subieéf.

Liuing manis fubieét to a

double death : The one na
turall, the other fpirituail, Natu
rall Death deth but feparate the
body from the foule : But fpiri
tuall Death feparates the foule
from God. Ofallother, it is the
moft defperate ftate of life toliue
naturally, and to bee dead fpiri
tualiy:7 hom haffa mame toliui,but |
thou art dead, faid Saint Iohn of
the Church ef Sardiù. But of
the Prodigallchild returnedfrom
his euill Wayes, it is faid, This my
fom war dead:bat à mow aliue.
InSardis there grew an herbe
called Appium Sardis, that would
make a manlielaughingwhenhe
was deadly ficke:Suchis the ope
ration ofSinne. Beware therfore
ofthis Rifu Sardomicum.
Wee f
1 36 contemplatio Mortù , |
Wee countit a fearefull thing
for a man to bee author of his
own death,but a finfull life flayes
the foule, and fo while we liue,
wee kill or loofe our better life.
The commandement that fayes,
Thomffalt not kill, fpecially forbids
the murthering of our owne
foules.
Certainelythatwhich depriues
vs of our better life, makes of
all other the worft Death.
It is therefore holy , wifedome
for a man to lethis finnes dyebe
fore him. AMoriantur ante te vitia,
They aétually, thouvertually:
thatfowhen thou art to dye in
deede,thou haue nothing elfe to
doe, but die.
AMortem horres amaram,[wbitam,
turbulentam ; vis placidam , piam,
4uietam? in tua eßpoteßate,
p. »4qualem, | |
viâ, efficere.
if Riches,Honours, Pleafures,
haue taken thee, leaue them ere
theyleauethee:andfayvnto them,
as Iob faidto his friends, A4i/era
B/* 1 ,

|
 & Immortalitatâ. 137T
bte comforters areyowall.
Turbaejcitur,vt pwellaexcitetur,
faith S. Marke. Thy Soule lies
as that Damofellin trances of
Death, while fheeisin the cham
bers ofpleafüre, and is not raifed
tolife; -4ntequàm turba curarum,
& delitiarum mundamarum ejcitur.
There isnothingwhereinwife
dome is more feene then in the
temperate vfe of pleafüres and
profperity (which are but falfe
notes oftruth) noris therea tru
er argument of folly thenvaine
neffeand exceffe.
oculiffultorum femper im finibua
terre,but trayle notaftertheim.
Sufficit diei dolor fui : A dayes
fickneffe will make vs fenfible of
lifesgreefe; yet if life doe delight
theeT(becaufe Ironies doe deny
ftrógeftinaffirming)vtere et fruere.
But take my counfeli,keepelifein
exercifè of fome calling. For you
[hallfindethat exercifeisno more
wholfome for the body then the
foule;wherefore tofeewellborne
fnen
1 38 Comtemplatio Mortis,
mento defpifè honeft callings, as |
now adayes they doe, is a pride,
without wit. Ahd though É
and idleneffe haue at this iday
banifhed thrifty diligence out of
] great mens houfes, yet wefce gal
lant Abfalom was a great Sheep-,
mafter, Vzziah the potent king
of Iudah had not beene fo great
a King,had he not beenefo great
a husband : Good examples to
teach vs, That the fortunes of
great men , and the brauery of
Courtiers,muftbe built vponthe
groundes offrugality; were a cal- | |
lingbut to keepe aman from Hdle
neffe, it were a goodneffe : for
the induftrious manis feldome at
leafüre to {inne: whereas theidle
manhath neitherleafurenor pow
er to auoide finne. -

But howeuerthou entertayne(t

life, vfe itas a trauailour doth fiis
Inne, for a night, and away: Heri
appuliffi,Cras decedet. Andin thy
Iourney follow not the common
tracke, Nam ad Deumfaciens iter
 & Immortalitati. | 139 -

pertrita fìitur,longiùs abitur : But

doe as a doubtfull Pilgrime, aske
queftions ofeueryone you meet,
to fetyou on your way, Left, as
Saint Paul faith, A, promife being
madevs efemtringimtoreff, we come
ßort of it. Herein be as great a
queßionift,aswerethoferéligious
Ladies ofRome » who neuer let
Saint Hierome reft for queftions,
which was the readieft way to
„Heauen: yetin any cafebe none
of thofe Querifles, who muft
haue a reafon for euery. thing in
Religion, who thinketocometo
H Godby cunning, andby reafon,
not by Faith. As ifnone but good A.
wittes could euer cometo God.
* Be dying dayly, and you fhall
foone come to. God. If a man
would comparethe forenoone of
hisage with the afternoone, and
obferue how longthe oneis, and
how fhort the other is , euery
man would bc dying daily, and.
loathetolo!e a day.
'Palmarespofuiffi dies meos, the
longe(t
1 4o _contemplatio adortis,
longefliuerhath buta handfuil,
ofdáyes, & lifeit fclfelike a circle |
alwaies begins whereit cnds. !
Erat , qmandò non erat ; /ederit.
Time was,when man was not;but
howlatea beginning foeuer man
had,yet afterTdeath hce (hall bce
fure neuerto fee cnd.
With the Ancientofdayesthere
| are nodayes : And the time fhall
be,when time fhall be no more.
Supra eff quod fùpereff.

+++++++++++++++++++
Z?wocommow errourr.

Here are two common er

rours which deceiue mo(!
men :, . , ; -

Firft,thata manenters notinto

eternalllife till hee dyes : where
as his calling here begins his life
eternall. -

7 hù day à fàluatiom come vnto .

thy houfe, faid Chriß to Zacheu,

when '
 & Immortalitatis. | 141
when hee called him from the
Tree.
Faith preuentstime,and makes
thingsfuture, prefent. *.

Apious manfoliues heere,asif

his conuerfàtion were in heauen,
caryinghimfelfe not only honeft
| lyj ciüilly, and humanély ; but
beyond natuxall comportment
his prefent life feemes fuperhu
mane, diuine,and fpirituali ; and
foby leading a lif* heauenly, be
gins heauenheere.
Thefeconderrour is, howeuer
a man liues,yetifat laftheefteme
todie well, then all is well, and
his fouleis fùreto beefàued : this
| is a boldandadangerous conceit;
|| for though Miferybee the obieét
-
-

of Mercy,and Hópethemiferable
mans god y yet humane life asit
| hath nota greater fiend,fomany
| times nota greaterfoe then Hope.
Dilatio boni habet rationem mali ;
fufpended hopeis buta fad com
fort.
Yet many would dye, did not
G hope
 —

- - -
-

142 [_ contemplatio Morti,

hope fuftaine them : but more| \
haüe died flattered with vaine
hope.
Λ'ot euery eme thae faith, Lord,
Lord,ßali emter imto the Kingdome
•f heauem. Enter into the firft de
gree oflife eternall here, or thou
muft die eternally , with Lord
hawe mercy vpem vrin thy mouth.
Wherefore Idefireto haue my
partherein thefirft Refurre&iori,
which is from finto Grace : that
fo H may enioy the fecond Re
furreétion, which is from duff to
Glory.
7howhaßbrowght me, faith Da
uid;owt of the duff of Deatb.
�����άφφφφάφφάφ&&&
?ro die by /ittleand/itt/e,
the thirdffep.
TÉ third ftepto dyingwell;is
to die by little and little. Na
turally wee areeuery daydyingby
degreesithefacultiesofóufmìdé |
-- -_ the
\ - & Immortalitatù. ! | 143 |
the ftrength of our bodies, our
'commod fenfesare euery day de
Saying paulatim, by little & little:
'cuery finneis morethenadifeafè,
anda wicked life makes a conti
nuall Death. Impie viuere eff diw
'mori ; Thereforé faith the good
man;7'cto die mortificamwr.
Hethat vfeth thiscourfe euery
ay to dye by little and little, to
im let Death come when it will,
j; can neither bee terrible nor;
fuddaine. |

Hfwe keepe a Courferto runne,

a Race, we leade him daily ore]
the placeto acquaint him $yde
greés with all things in the way,
that when hee comes vpon his,
fpeede,hee doe not (tarte ör turne
afide for any thinghe fees. Solet
vs enureour foules, and then wel
[ballrunne with boldnes the racethat
us fet beforevi,
| Todyebyfittle and little, is firf
to mortifie our leffer finnes, and
notto fày wgh Lot, Iff notalittle
one?

T ££ c ; ve
„ *-. • *<-
144 Contemplatiot*fortis,
Wemay not wafh our hands of
cryingandfrom blcodyfins, and
hügij our bofomes belgued, and
hέodian finnes, Hoc eff tolerare,
non tollerepeccata : men common
ly difcarde thofe fimnes they gam
üeßfpare, but retaine thoß they
louebeft, andby changing, them
intobetter Termes, would turne
| chem frombeingfinnes,as Pride,
thatdifcontented finne,muft bce
l countedState, Vanity, Ciuility,
Diffimulation,Courtfhip, Anger,
| Courage,Wantonifingatrick; of
1 youth, Swearing, Genu quoddam
fermonis,non peccáti, but takehesd.
fpecially of thefefipnes,thatmake
ävertuê a fin, and finne to fcemie
1 a vertue.
AMulta enim vitia fe virtutem effe
1 mentiuntur.Aman,faith Plato,may
doeill,butto difguifeit, or defend
it, is to outface Truth, Sipnes
pfopertyis to worke vpon fone
vicé, büt to bee proude in that
you are not proud, is a Phoenis
pride. Soto be drunke for com
pany
 & Hmwmortalitatis. I
14$
pany isa finne worfe then finne,,
for other finnes mooue fhame,
\ but hide ita his difplaies it. There
fore forcedhealths at great feaftes
is abarbarous fafhion: At Affue
rw* faaft euery mans ruke washis
owne choyfe, and the ciuility of
very Pagans commanded liberty
9ftheir cuppes.
• It is hard to commit a fingle
l finne.yet offìnnersif cyther pár
ty be wife,both mayefcape.'
They cannot want retentiues
from finne, that liue either a
mongft friends or enemies, for
friends may notbe grieued, ene
mies may notbeprouoked. .
Be wife therefore in goodfel
lowfhip, no manis fo wicked as |
tobeaddi&ted to all kindofvices, |
for betwixtfome vices thereis an
Antipathy , nor is any man fo
lewdeas notto be fometimes in
good moodes, and diflike fome
[innes: the world were not to
liuein, ifallfinnes were affe&ted
byall men: But certainely great
G 3 {innes
146 -
(%mtemplatio Mortù, -
-

-.
-

finneswill neuer bee conquered,

iflittle finnes be cherifhed: for
mall penitents will eafily part
with fo much of their finne as
may abate nothing
profit. „• •
of their -

There bee alfo a fort of little

deaths, as ficknelfe of body, lolle
offriends,andthe like. Vfe thefe
intheirkinde,andyou may make
them
well.
kindly helpes to dying
Modeft beginningshaue hope
full proceedings, and happy end
ings ; proceede therefore by de
grees: the Prophet Dawid went,
fwffewfé gradu, fteppe by ßeppe,
andfo compaffed gods Altar, God
himfelfe made nothing abfo
luteat firft, ThisgreatGodloues |
to haue degreeskept.
Degreeingly to grow to great
neffeis thecourfe of the world.
Wherforetheyfay in Court,Heis
outofthedangeroffolly, whom
31 ger aduancement leaues
W11®.

Omnis
*
} & immortalitatis. _T*z -

i omnis mutatio eff quadam mortis |

j imitatio. Let a man gos out as
[he came into the world', which
iwas, fir(! by a life of Vegetatiom,
then ofSenfe, afterwards ofTea
i/om.
T)auid prefcribes vs this order,
when hee fayes, Doce me & duce
me , Domine. Heewill notrunne
till heebee taught to goe.
' 7'each mee to doe tby will, amd
leademe, o Lord,into the lamd.
What land is that ? There is
terra quam terimu* landon carth,
%? by labour ycelds ws alt
plcafure, that's notit:
There is terra quamgeriqu;£e
fined earth, beautified bodies
which we beare about vs , nor is
thisit.
Thereis, terra ft; quærimus:
the glorious land of promif* •
that'5theland we feeke.lnto this
land, TOwce me, Domine.
G4 Far
148 Contemplatio AMortâ,

•+++++++++++++++++] „
For the mammer ofajing. A
• . • | [A
A. Mongftmenitisa matterof]
chiefemarke, the mannerof]
;
Ii
a mans death : Summum hominù ! §.
bonum, bomuu ex hacvita exitu. n. Ä
Before youdye fet your houfe i |°
in order : Hee that fiath not a |
houfe yet hsth a foule : no foulej | w.
can wantaffaires to fetin order, | | C.
forthis finalldiffolution. |
The chiefegraceofthe Theater !
istâëiïsë`ÉÉÉÉÉÉ| \ |P
ningthat crownes the day, and : |
weëthinkeitno good figne of a | | | v
faire morrow, when the Sunne , •
fets in a Cloude: Finit coronat opu.'
\
Yet I perfwademiy fèlfe,that night ]

cann6t butbec happy, whofeday |!

hathbeeneholy. i
Dauid in a deepe contemplati |
on vpon themanner ofmans dy
ing,Ingeminatesthe word faying,
Demiwe, Domine, exitus CAMortâ, i
2 he iffues efdeath belong rothee. , .
- Liue. } ]

-
 & Immortalitatis. 149
'-
Liue religioufly and thou fhalt
die comfortably.
Allmen, as men, die naturally;
as Chriftians fhould die religi
oufly. The good mancan equally
fiue, or die; for he knowesif he
liue, God will prote&t him ; ifhe
dye, God will receiuehim.
Beefaithfall vnte death, ama 1
miligiue thee a Crowme oflifè,fàith
Chriß.
Moß men wifh a fhort
Death,becaufe Death is alwaies
accompanyed with paine, Aefori.
mur gementes,Toliebutan houre
vnder Deathis tedious, but to be
dying a wholeday wethinke be
yondtheftrength of humane pa
tience. Happy he that after É
preparation, dyesere hebeaware;
So is hec happy that by long fick
neffe fees Death afarre cfF; For
the one dyes likc Eliau, the dther
|| like Elißá,both bleffedly,
Thebeft pofture to bee found
in when Death comes, is in the
G 5 ex€r
 contemplatio Mortù,
| 150
exercife of our calling., Preffe
faith S. Paul, towards themarke,
for the prize of the high eal.
ling.
when thou art heauy vnto
Death, then fhew a liuely Faith;
for at that time a ftupid patience
isworfethen paffion.
, T when thoü artfpeechleffe, vf.
\\ that Silentium loquent,Tearesfrom
thy heart. Tacuit Petrat,fedflemit,
andit wascounted to him for e
loquence ; Nam affe£ium prodidit;
}Héthat made the mouth is not
A taken with words.
e4 brokenamda contrite heart 0
Lordthouwil, mot dejife.
When thou art dying, lye for
rowingfor thy finnes, yet notde
fpairijg; for thereisioy in griefe,
Wherethe forrow is for finnes.
Do&rpeccati makes gaudiam • de
/oris, 7 here is more ioy im heanem
fór one fnner that repenteth thew,
&c.
Before thou dy fl vow_thy
foule
-r—
6* Immortalitatú. | 15*
foule toGod,nä qui iubet vt voueat,
iuuat vt reddau. Offer fàcrifice vp
on the Altarofthy heart: Ifthou
A | haft nota Lambe, that is, meeke
| | neffe; or a Bullocke, thatisboun
tifulneffe, yet a Pygeon, that is
wellwifhing, or a paireofTurtles,
3 | | thatis Gemitu, a found offorrow
thatthou haft nobetter.
Thofe that haue moß ßudied
men and flories, doe obferuethat
the greate{t men, and befl wits,
when once they come to finde
their owne mortality, doe then
+ with ftrongeft refolution quit
the world,apply wholly todeuo
tion , & foend their dayes with
f | moftquietude in peace.
Agood man by his good will
would die praying, anddoeas the
' | pilgrimdoeth, goeon in hisway
- finging, and fö ads the paine of
i:? finging, to that ofgoing;Yet by
** | this furplus of paine, vnwearies
himfelfeofpaine. •

! But fomewretchesthinke God

*' l rather curious, thenthey faulty,
0! - - - - -
 f Contemplatio Mortù,
jifa few fighes,witha [Lord haue
mercievponvsjbenotenough at
thelaftgafpe.
ÉÉÉt. muft not argue,
butyeeld; Godhath fáid it, and
theyfhall findeit. -

Υot euery one that /aiih, Lord,

Lord, f&al! enter into the É
of heauem, but hee thatdoth the will
;ofmy Father which ùim heawem.
i° Commonly good men are
beft at laft, euen when they are
gying;fcrtheyfeldome
fihné-fickeneffe. .
dye ofa|
TTheficknefeofthefoulehath .
thisaduantageof the bodies fick-|
neffe.It neuerlanguifhesynder the
Phyficians hand: whenit£ens at
worf,thenitisbeft:nofoonerfäith
Dauid;I am ficke, but Watham tels
him , Thou art well'; no fboner |
fayes, I haue fimmed,& muft die,but
the Prophet tels him , The Lord
hatbpmt awaythy fim, tbom /bale mo*
dje. Thus dotfi repentance make
| pardon coetaneous with thefault.
Butitis iuftwith G~'thatthey
who !
 &• Immortalitatis. ' ■ 53
who liue without repentance ,
fhould die without comfort.
There is no fpe&acle in the
worldfo profitable,or more terri- |
ble,théto beholdadying man, to
ftand by, & feea mandifmanned.
Curiou(lydidftthoumake man im
theloweßpartoftheearth,faith'Da-|
aid:buttofeethofeelemêts,which
compounded, madethe body,to|
fee themdiuided, & the manidif- !
folucd, isa ruefuli fight. Sode
pendentis thelife ofman, thatit
cannot wantone element;fireand
ayre, thefè fiic vpward, waterand |
earth;thefefink downeward,foli-|
uingmanibecomesadeadcarcafe.
Euery dying manicarries hea
uen and carth wraptvpiin his bo
fome,and at this time each part]
returnes homeward.
Seneca thought a mam might
chufehis ownedeath, which was
fome eafè tohim. 2uemadmodum
mamim eligam mauigaturum, & do
mum habitaturus Ita mortem vtij,
quâ (um exitwuu è vitâ. Butbetter
- faith.
154 (omtemplatio Mortù,
fàithanother, Stultè hæc cogitantar;
vitam aljs approbare quifquam de
bet,mortem verò fibi.
But finceit is fo great a matter
to die,{o neceffary todie well, fo
dangerousto dieill, let y9ur life
beafi a&ing of death. rhat life
is well aduentured , where itisa
gaineto lofeit,
Certainely death hath great
dependency on the courfe of
mans life,and life it felfeisasfraile
asthe body which it animates.
\, * Auguffu Cefar Bomam mortem
putabatcelerem,& infperatam, quæ
inullâ egritudine pulfàrat fores : fo
oftenas he heard of a man that
hada quickepaffage, with little
fenfe öfpaineyhewifhedfor him
fèlfe that Euthanafie: While he li
ued hevfedtofethimfelfe between
his two friends, Sujiria & La
chryma ; when he dyed hee called
for his looking-glaffe, comman
ded to haue hisThaire and beard
kembed, Et Malau labenter corrigi,
his riueledcheekes fimoothed vp:]
Then
 &• Immortalitatie. 155

Themaskinghis friendsif he had

a&ed his part well,Cùm ita refpon
derint,vos omnes igitur inquit plau
dite. .
Alexander the Great didaske the
Indiam Philo{opher how long a
mam (liould liue;faith he,Vntiil he
thinke it better to die then liue: 1
but Saint'Paulis our be(l paterne,
who being weary of the world,
defiring tó bee dilfolued, cryed
out (voce tamen deßderantis , non
defferantü) o wretchedmamthat ?
aî apho [hall deliuer me from thê
body of death ! -

There be many that chufe ra

ther to die quickely , then to liue
long fickly, Vitam defiderant wom
longam, fedlatam, yet better were
it for them,aliquando «grotare,then
continuè valere. For vitiofafani
tau, will make them thanke Na
ture,and forget God.
Someontheother fidewill in
uitedeath to doe them the kind
ne({e to take them foone out
of the world » coun ng a
(horr
156 Contemplatio Mortis,
fhort death the happieft paffage
of a manslife. Iflife come once
to be a difpleafure, then death
comes to doe vs a pleafure, and
for this (faith Tuly) a man is
moftbeholdingto Nature. 2gòd
vmmm introitum ad vitam dedit,
exitus verò multos. Sed non fic
itur ad affra. Chriftians know
better waies, as how to liue in
grace, that they may die in peacc.
: In pace ad pacem ; and to whom
this grace is giuen,for them glory
is relerued. -

O faith a good man, how fafeis

the condition of Gods &hildrem,
whom very paineeafeth, death re
uiues,finne glorifies.
st theréis not the flronge(t
body,norholieft Saint on earth,
but at point ofdeath, isfubieétto
fometrepidations and qualmes of
feare. For the foule which comes
into the body without any fenfi
ble pleafure, gces notout of the
body withoutthe fen{e of paine.
And it troubles many a good
foulr
— -•
 &• Immortalitatù.
157
foule to fcemen of the beft liues,
tohauediflemperedandperplexed
ends ; Some rauing, fome defpai
ring, fome dying fuddenly, and
feldome any haue fo bitter f/
draughts, as thofe whom God
foues be(t.

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Ἀataralldiffemper.
T is fit thereforeto takenotice
ofthe naturall caufes. Defpaire
in dying, mayas well arifè from
weakenes ófnature,asfrom trou
ble of minde : but by neither of
thefe canheebee preiudicedthat
hath liued well.
Marke the righteous, and behold
the perfe&i , for the end of that
mam à peace: His body may be
ficke, but his minde is found,for
God maketh allhù bed im his ficke
meffe, andin theinftantofa (harpe
feparation his Soule findsit felfe
häppy,forhe knowes,Si duriufe
ponitur,meli*reponitur,thoughitbe
put
 -, -r-—=— —-

• - -_.
158 Comtemplatio CMortis,
putofpainefully, yetis it laidv,
ioyfully.
Rauing, and other frangepaf.
fions , are manytimes ratfier'the
£ffe&t 9fthe diftafe,then mouing
from the minde.For vpon deaths
approaches, cholerfumingto the
braine wil caufe dißempefsinthe
mof patient foule. Jn thefe cafes
the fáireft and trueft iudgement
to be made,is,thatfinnes ófficke.
neffe, occafioned by violence of
difeafe in a parient njan, are but
finnesof infirmitie, andnot to be
taken as ill fignes of prefages;
\\ Filimutamtarum lachrymarum,can- i
p9t but Ee faucd » faid the good
Matron, when (he faw her fönne
at worff: I will not defpaire in
refpeét of that mans impatient
qyings whom the worme df con
fcience had not deuoured li
uing.
Seldome any enter into glory
witheafe; forhe haue their íaffí
9nindeath, thatisbitter,becaufe
it is inwardy fome before deatb.
that ]
 ... & Immortalitatâ.
thatis better,becauf< it isoutward.
Dauid in this cafe, thebetter to
make his way, prayedand cryed,
Lord, ffare me a little, Offare mee
that 1 may recouer ßrength before
1 goe hemce amdbe momore.
Indeed to Ezechiau fomeyeres of
dayes were lent, but wceare not
| worthy ofthat fauor, we muft not |.
] expe&t that God will bring backe,
the (hadow ofdegrees when once
it is gone downe in the dyallof
Ahaz ; wee muft time it as wee
may,andbe contenttoliueanddie
at vnCerta1nt1eS.
Thereforeas a ficke man hear.
kens to the clocke,folet ws watch
death. For fodainc comming of
death, finding a weake foule vn
prepared, makesit defperate, and
!eaues itmiferable.

//hat
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¥hat death isto be accawnted |
fadaine,
- if.
Odaine death of it felfe is not
therefore euifl,becaufeit is fo
daine, but becaufeit may takews
awayfodainely, our foules vnpre
pared. The good man neuer dies
vnprepared, becaufè his perfeue
rancein goodneffe,is a prouidence
again[} fodaine death.
To a manwell prepared;£odain
death isbuta quicker paffage,and
is not to be accounted a fodaine
death,buta fodaine departure,be
caufeit camenotvnlooktfor.
Though therighteous be prc
uented by Death(faith the Booke
ofWi(èdome)yet (hall hee bee at
reft, becaufe hee hath made his
peacebeforehand. His departure] !
is no miferie, for his hopeisfull
ofeternitie. Ezekiel the Prophet
(fo often [liled Somme of mam) to
him God fayes, I takgaway from \ !
thee the delight ofthine eyet,(which
VVas '
 c* Immortalitatù. | n6I

was his wife) withaffrokefudden- !

|y, andyet thou ßalt mot weepe. |
Let not prefènt pleafures of
1ife allure , nor cares thereofpof
teffe thee, then cannot fudden !
deathfurprifethee.
Improuif& nulli Mors, cuipromida ;
f/ita; But ifa mando not prepare,
to die, he may liue fèuen'y«eres
in a confùmption , and yet die
a fudden death. For anytime is
- £n to him that is vnprepa
rCCl.

They take their marke anii.'

whoiudge a man by hisoutward |
behauiour in his death. If you |
Κnow the goodneffe of a mans
life, mif-iudge him not by any |
|
flrangeneffe of his death.
Though other mécanbeftiudge
of oura&tions, yet a mans heäit
can beftiudge ofhimfelfe. When
a man comesto beiudged;his life,
and not the manner of his death, | -

fhall giue the euidence with , or ;

againift him. Many that liue
vvickedly, would feemeto die Ę J
|
lily ; '
. 162 Contemplatio AMortus,
lily; more forfearetobe danned
inthe opinion ofpeople, then for
any loueto goodncfle, Tothefe
men there is malum trip'ex, quod
manet in feptima. Which is Hor
rorim exitu, Dolor in tranfita, Pa
dor in confpe£lu Dei, If my life
pleafe God, I am fure my death
[halpleafureme:Chriftneuerieaues
anyofhis at parting.Elißa would
notleaueEljah,thoughheput him
offtwice, bccaufe he knew there
was ableffingto comewhen they
parted.Itisagreat happines to die
in eafe. Ihat mans end is cafie,
whom death findes with a weake
body and a ftrong foule. 2gis
tàm facile, quando vult, dormit, as
he that layes dowme, his life in
peace? The ayre is comnmonly
calmeftat noone.
Arißotle giues the reafon ;
42aia tunc vincit amt vincitur : So
isit withthe foule ofman at the
|pcintofdeath.
Yet a good man doth not al
wayes die in exercife of his
good- ]
I.
-
 & Immortalitatù. 1 63

goodnefle , but as a wife man

When hefleepes , lcefeth not his
knowledge, no more doth a good
manhis graces , though hee die
in diflemper ; for habitudes of
goodneffedo notthen leauchim,
though they cannot then doe
theiroffice forhim.
But the vulgar opinion, if a
man die quietly, and goe away
likealambe(which in confumpti
onsand duldifeafes,moftmendo)
then fure hegoes to heauen, but
if hebe diflempred, and offran
tickebehauior(which happensto
manythrough extreame inflama
tions) then fure heegocs to hell;
This isaiudgement from Nature,
and notof Religion, and in this
cafetruft notnáturalliudgement,
for it is arted with fubtilties of
Phyficke: Man workes by likely 1.
meanes, God many times by con
trat16S.

He thatcan (hut his eyes euery

night with a quietconfcience, (hal
meet with leaftdi(burbamces when
death
 —
Comtemplatio AMortis, * |
164 ; -
– |
death fhall clofe his eyes at la[t,
nor willhecare whofhuts vp his d
earthen eyes, when death it felfe
1 opens his foules eyes, Then
| (hall we fee more with thefe fhut
] eyes,then euer we could doeopen
<yed: Saint Pawl was therefore
fíickenblinde, that the eyes of
hisfpiritmightbeopened. *

Serenitie, ioy,and peace ina

dying mam, is ahopefull behaui
our: Yet wec feethe cleere [larres l.
that arefo delightfull tobehold,
bringforththeir Rayesby fparke v

lings;and dartings,asthoughthey 1

were deliuered of thcir light by (

trauell abd hardaffayes: So good !

men in their deathhaue great va

rietieofaccidents,many languors,
] many agonies, many iterateden
deauours, trauailingof Death as
in a Childbirth, forrowes, tor
ments, painesbeingthen deathes
Agents ; But if the paffages of
the foule lye opento Godwithout
interpofition of worldly cares,
| v
]

| then it peaceably makes egreffe?

with |
+
|
|
 ._—_-
- - - 1

1 - 6* Immortalitatis. * .

with afweetnelIe,and that without

' difturbance. -

| Naturallcaufes will haue their

operations ; butit is the God of
| Naturethat commandsthem,itis
his propertie fometimestoworke
fupernaturallyby nature.
| Buttrufttöthis,Beleeuearight,
andliue as you beleeue, andyou
| cannot but dye in fafety. Ifyou
i would end life quietly, renderit
vp
willingly. -

| Letjo. contentmepts of the

[ world,fofixeyou to the world, as
todefire longer life ; Prolongati
on is no pleafure,but f3 longasit
| goes wellwithvs, Sæpè in hoc effe,
| 73enè, mom dià. Shortneffe of life
isnoynhappineffe,Cimùs mori vel
tardiùs , ad rem mon fpe£tat ; benè
| mori aut ma/è,adrem ffe£fat.
| Thebooke ofwifdome faith, He ?
| wau foone takem away, leaf? it ßould ;
alter his vmderffamding;or deceit be- !
guile his foule. +

Im principio mundi, cùm homines

viuerent in maiorifimplicitate, Deu
1 . .. . . . H . . . . de fit l _
 -
1 66 Comtemplatio Mortis, -I
dedit eis longam vitam ; poffquam
crefcebat hominis malitia &tempo
rù abufua,tumc abbreuiawitT)eum eo.
rum dies.
Had prefènt death beene euill,
or long life good, Caim had been
flaine,and Abel had furuiued ; but
death commonly begins fittt,
where God loues beft : Hù foule,
faith the fonne öfSyrach , pleafed
Cod; therefore haßed hee to take
him away.
Seldome is excellencie in any
kinde longliued; we fee the beft
menliuenot longeft: and indeed
it were iniurious to wifh that
goodneffefhould hinder any one
fromhappineffe. -

The beft cannot be happy but

[by diffolution, their dying being
| but achange going from cuill to
good;hopesputting in them fuch
a new life , as they care not to
change the old.
' The liues of all creatures elfè
| areloft tovs,ours but changedto
; God.
1 IF |
|
 & Immortalitatis. 167
Ifthe wicked man liue long. it
isbutto aggrauate his iudgement;
if he die foone, it is but to ha
ften it. -

One man feemesto die cafual

ly;another violently,both by de
[ftiny,all menby decree.
Etquem dederat curfum natura,
peregi , faid the Poet; but the
Diuinetelsvs,that vitæpræfentis fi
mem talem effe decet,qualefutura eff
principium: Noris the place mate
riall where we die, fowe die well.
AMofe, dyed vpon onehill, Aarom
vpon another hill, but both
wheretheymight fee the land of
promife; Felix confpeäu.
Be as ready t6 dye as CMofes
was,when therewas no more be
tweene God and hirn, but,C^Mo
/es, goe vp and dje. With fuch a
fociable `compéllation are good
{men inuited wnto death, as to a
feaft.

H2 AWec
 Contemplati•CMortis,
Mec mihi Mors grauis e/?
i|
a

pofituro morte labores.

— Mars mihi merce* erit.
- All motions tendto reft.

+++++*+++++++++++*
. Affurante oflife after death.
TOrreall affurance both to out
bodies and our fòules, there
are three bodily Inhabitants al;
ready gone toheauen.
Enoch before the Law , Eliah
vnder the Law, Chrift vnder the
Gofpel ; yetfor furtheraffurance,
Ipfe dixit, Chrift himfelfe bath
fäidit, Bacaufe. Iliue, yee ßal! liue
a//o. 1 am the Refurreëiion amd the
Lif.Qui credit in me, etiamfi mor
tuus fuerit, viuet. Although my
fie(libe eaten with wormes, thefe
wormes turned to duft, blowne
through the earth, yet after thou
fiaß turned all to deftruétion,
againe thou fàìft, Come againe yee.
chilárem ofmem.
Hi
 & Immortalitatir. 1 69

Hitherto fhalt thou come, {aid

Iob,butno further: heere fhall thy
proud waues be flayed: Moru vf-,
que ad corpu folum pertinget, vltra
monprogreditur. I know whom I
hauetrufed,faith Saint Paul, and
I am affured hee is able to keepe
that which I haue committed vn
tohim againft that day. *

£/
Refurgam, faid good Bifhop
King,nor will Ifeare how this b6
dy ofmine fhali appeare ariother ,
day. For I am promifed byhim
that will performe, it fhall not bee ;
found naked, but this couering |
*ofthe fielh beiiig caft off, it (haII,
beclothed with glory;as withan
other garment. -

The word ofaffurance is, Re

demptor metu, & %y Father andjour ;
father, faith the Gofpell: there is,
great diuinity in thefe pronounes,
λ{emm & tuum, they arewords of
affuranceto mensfòules, though i

in mens ftates they arethegrouiid|

ofall Controuerfies. I kwow that |
my Redeemer liues, but I doe not
H ; there
V 17o Comtemplatio Mortâ, * ||
"

thereforeknowthis,becaufe I will | ' '

know it ; For the will cannot in-| *
uade the vnderflanding. How . \
then doe I know it ? not by opi- | ,
nion,but byfaith ; Fides non cre
ditur,/ed cernitur, things are not
fo, becaufe wee are perfwaded
they are fo ; but becaufe they be
fo, thereforewearefo perfwaded.
The woman with child, knowes
fhee isfo, when (he feelesit ftirre I •
liuely:SotheSpirit ofGod affures] !
our fpirit,wheh weliucly feelchis| ' '
Spirit in vs. | |
Holy Iob faith, 7 hough afterthe
skynnewormes deffroy thebodyyet in
myfleß, Ißalfee God for my felfe,
ahd mine owme eyes ßall beholdhim,
amd motamother*.
Which numerall Identity giues
certaintie, that this foule of mine
imperfonatcdanew, andfo inan1
mating my body againe , fhall
giuea newbeing;anda better be
ingvntoboth,
That foule, the loft pearle,
whichto finde a man would haue
* giuen
 & Immortalitatù. || 17 i |
giuen all hee had, fhallthere bee
foundingrauenin a body of gold,
whereas heere it was poorely fet
in clay.
It dothnot yet appeare what we
fhall be, but we know that when
Chriß (hall appeare, we [hall be
like him,for we fhall fee himas he
is,faith Saint John. Come thenjee
6leffed of my Father , inherit the
kingdome preparedforjom; amdfeare
not/ittle flocke, for it ; your F.ithers
pleafure to giue you ihe kingdome.
A man,faith Chryfoftome,would
dwell in this Contemplation,and
be loth to come out of it. Nay,
fàith Saints^wffime, e^! mam might
Age him(elfe init, and foomer gro»
old,them weary.

H4 The
172 Comtemplatio AMortâ,
[-
®®®®§ || ;
- --- ------~~~~~ thy
Thefourth genera\
- -
(\ Y
diuifiom.
go
bre
- I III. |©t.
mrhat our la/ thought /)omld br. ! , [nou
i | wh
i\s, Ltimum optimum-: i
3 Dying words are ||;.
weightieft , and | |
£ make deepeft im- | i
F\/%Ê preffions: yet our
] 3X®ζ©* Iafi thoughts are
readieft to fpend themfelues vp- | | |3n
on fomewhät that we loued beft || [fòc
while we liued.Iezebelat laftwas | | |app
more taken vp with feeming faire, | | |flè
j then beinghappie, | Κ
Et tum? quoque verfu ad illam, [h3
becaufe fhec löued her face more\ ||We:
then her foule. | |[iie
The 1 |
-.
 &• Immortalitatú. 173

Thefoule it fèlfe,when itis en

tring into glory, breathes diuine
things : Atthistimea goodmans
tongue isin his breaft,not in his
mouth, his words are then !o pi f;
thy andfo"pe&orall.
Anatomifts doe fay, there are
ftrings in a mans tongue, which
goe to his heart ; when thefe
breake, man fpeakes his heart :
£timam/aperent & inteHigerent,&
nouiffimaprouiderent, faid AMofès,
when he was dying: Chri(ts laft
words inthe Bible are, Surely 1
come quickely. Our anfwere is,
Amen. Euen focome Lord Iefus,
&c. -

As in greateft extrernities
good Phyficians leaue $i;
and minifter onely Cordials :
fo deale by thy foule when death
approaches ; Laythee downe and
fleepe in peace , caft away all
worldly cares, entertaine onely
thoughts that will animate thy
weakebody, and refrefh thy thir.
ftie foule, as did that dem ofHer
H 5 7/40/3
|
-
174 -
Contemplatio Mortis,
mom falling vpon the Hill of
Siom. -

Rely notlonger on the Phyfi

tian: Earthly meanes were for
vfe,they are notfor confidence.
All the while Iliued, faidagood
man, I was going on ny iour
ney, Im via,but not impatria ; but
now that I am dying, I finde my
felfe neere home, Iam come to
mount Siom ; I wiil not therefore |
fit downe on this fide Iordan, but
haften to theheauenly Ierufalem;
whither when I come, I fhall
there fee my God face to face,
heare mySauiour fay, Euge bone
ferue, It is my Father* will to giae
thee a Kingdome.
Isit not enough that my Sa
, |uiour is gone vp to prepare a
place for mee, but `will hee giue
mee a Kingdome, and (hall not I
be glad when God fhall comeand
fetch mee,to enthrone me in this
Kingdeme? «-4bfit : IfChrift bee
goneyp to prepareaplace for me,
[Lordlet mebe prepäred for that
place.
 6* Immortalitatú. 175

place. Now me thinkes H heare

my foulefay, Cur nom accedit,Do
mime ? 2aid moraris ?
I haue too long dwelt in this
Sepulchre of earth, Ve mihi, quia
prolomgatus eff incolatus meum im ter
ra, woe is me that I ftill remaine
in Mefech, and dwell in the tents
of Kedar : It is enough Lord, as
Elia* fáid in the wilderneffe; Take
now away my life, for I am no
better then my fathers were. My
foule thirfteth for . thee : when
fhall I come and appeare before.
thee?Naymyfouleisnow growne
fo high minded, that (heefaith,
/Maior fum, & ad maiora genitus,
qaàm vt mancipium fim huius cor
porú: Bare Philofopny made fuch:
impreffion in Socratet , Ihat in
carcere dammatus egtt cam difcipulis
de corpore tamquam de alio ergaffule,
countingthe body to be a worfe
prifon to the foule, then that pri
fon wasto him.
'Plato when hee fàw one ouer
indulgent to his body by high
H 6 feeding
 I
l
Contemplatio AMortis, | - •
•

feeding it, asked what ne meant j

to make his prifonfo [trong ?
The body at be(tis but the li-i
uingCoffini of the foule, as the i -
graue is the dcad Coffin of the !
body.
Thus doth diuine Contempla
tion make ws high in $i;
rich in expe&ation; Therefore it
is but duety in Man to know! .
iiîigîofîsôïýì
is fo hcauenly ambitious , as it
will not let heauen alone, tilIit
may fee, as it is feene.
grauata eff anima mea, mybo
die is a burthen to my foule, It
hath had honour enough to ;
haue beene fo long companion!
withit : whereforenow;as Saint;
Hierome
redere, faith, Egredere anima, eW
What doft thou longer here on
earth, O thou my heauen-borne,
Soule ? |
1 he Hermite fitting on his |
turfe, faidro his foule , Sexagimta ,
annos feruiuiffi Deo , & nunc mori |
times ? i
 c* Immortalitatâ. 177

timet ? Goe out of this Arke of -

flefh,O myfoule, for I now fmell

thefauour ofreft.Celeritaumunc im
defiderio mora eff. As Chrift faid
to his Difciples, $urgite , eamus
hinc: Sofay tothy Soule; $urge
anima de mundo , eamus im cæ
lum ».
Though my fouie, as a bird, 1
for nece(fity fakehath beenefaine
toftay a whileheere vpon earth,
yet willingly wouldit befoaring
in the skie ; But Ifinde that Ißa
vita eff mihi impedimento ad id,
propter quod viuitur : Specially
when I heare mySauiourfày,Fa
ther I will that tho/e whom thou haff
giuem me, be with mee where I am,
that they may behold my Glory.
Sybilla beforé Chrift, and Plato
fince Chrift doe both agree,
that the vnion of mans foule
with God, is that true felicity
which all Philofophy aymes at.
Therefore Defiderio defideraui er
gaffuli huiu egreffum, that I may
| fee facie adfaciem him whom my
foule
178 (omtemplatio AMortù,
fouleloueth , and be,Lord,where
thou enioyeft thy felfe, and glo
rifiedfpirits enioy thee.
Qffende mihi Patrem, & fufficit.
Surely faithSaint Auguffine in his
meditations , Domine, creaffi mo*
ob te, mufquam erit cor quietum do
nec peruenerit adte.
Ehtertaine thy laft houres with
fuch likethoughts, Et hæ tibi da
bant ad ætermitatem iter, & in iti
mere fùbleuabunt, They will An
gelize thybody, and Emparadife
ihy foufe, béíórethou commeft
into Heauen ; yeeld a fweet
neffe beyond thé bittetnelfe of
Death. '
Certainely, a good Soule thus
imployingit felfe, in iffâherâ,will
notleâueíhe felicity it fhall haue
infuch an affured tranfmigration
fromdeath to life, for allrhe ioyes
that life paß did euer render it.
GoodSaint Auguffine , in ahi gh
fpeculation, endeuouring to ex
preffethis heauenly ioy , was af
kedby a graue old man » Father
e^/w
 & Immortalitatù. 179

Auguffime,quid agis ? A man may

as well draw in all the ayre in the
world with abreath,as expreffeto
thelife whatthou art now about;
notthat thereiswant of words,
but wantinwordsto exprelfcit.
As griefesconcealed , fo ioyes
expreífed grow greater ; where
fore though this ineffable ioy
cannot bee expreft, 2uantua, vel
qualis fit,yetisit Re* gemerofacoma
rialta, e* mente maiora comcipere,
quàm quæ effici poffumt.
Thereforethis we maydo,fome
way fample that, which no way
wee can expreffe : Im arduis volu
iffe fat eff , in fome things good
purpofesfupply aétions.
Likeas a Bird that hath beene
longencaged,then chautsit moft
merrily, when (he gets loofe into
the open ayre.
AWìtitur in fylua, quaeque redire
fuas :
Or as a ficke man, that hath
wearily
18o Comtemplatio A4ortis, *

wearily toffedandturnedhimfelfe
in hisbed all the dull night long,
isthencomfortedat the approach
of the day breake , when the
funne-beames guild the mor
ning:. • ', . . .
Or as a prifoner that fecles his
chaines heauy vpon him, longs
for releafement, T .

Liberaque à ferrà crura futura

T. velit:

So will it bee with thy Soule,

when thou fhaltheare thy Sauiour
fày, Iam thyfaluation: Comevmto
mee thou thát art weary and heauy
ladem, and I will refre/% thee.
“Paenitentibus & petentibua per
timet Regmum Cælorum : To them
that are weary of this durance,
and fue for deliuerance , belon
geth thekingdome ofheauen.
Wherefore asa wearied trauai
ler that hath pafíed a longiour
ney, though perhaps met with
fome dclights bythe way,is then
glad.
 *-
-

& Immortalitat å. | 18 1 |
gladdeftwhen hce comes within
&enningofhis Countrey ; -

I
AVatale folam dulcedine cmn?o; !
|
I

Euen fo thy foule after many

yecres pilgrimage in the wilde;.
neffe ofthis wretched world, be.
ing come with Moje; to Mount
Nebo,and beholding the pleafant
land 9f Canaan fröm thetop of
Pifgah»will then laugh forioy, as
doth the Horizon to fee the Sun
gomming a, a Bridegroome out of
hù chamber.

T)ile&fua meas defcendit ad hor.

tam , faum •, ad areolam , aroma- !

Of this ioy thy dazeled eyes

mighthaue fome glymps, while i
thou waft in health ; but then it
was,as theblinde mans vifion in
the Gofpel, to whofe firftfight
rmen feemed to walke like Trees ; |
but |
18z Comtemplatio Mortâ, .
'—
but in this thy new ftate thou fhalt 1'ty, iu
fee clearely men and Angelsftand Κ
beforethe Lambes throne, and | Sin
heare thy felfe inuited to the thouh,
Lambes Supper, where thow ßalt Withl
bee brought into the wineceller, amd totb
Loae will be the bammer oaer thee. Ä.
Itisthe beft eloquence to fpeake | D.
to God in the âî language he
yere
' his S
fpeakesto vs.
Come them,O Shunammite ffay enti.
me with Flaggons, and comfort mee <nd /
vith Apples,for Iam ficke of lowe : , £ana
Kiffe me witbthekiffes ofthy mouth,
{Qld
fortbyloueis better themwime; Shew Saui
mee, Otbou whom my foule lometh, [Lora -

»here thou feedeff, where thou yef

4t /400/?e.
Thus with So/omon in a Canti
cle, and with 'Dauid in a Pfalme
1et bethe Raptures of thy Soule,
which as in a trance, fhall bee
caughtvp to heauen,as was Pbi
lip by the Spirit, or Eze%iel by
the Angel.
And with an Heroicall alacrity
tempered with a gratious humili
ty»
 -

| 6° Immorta/itatû.
\

| ty, giucvpthy foule to God, and

| bid farewell to the world.
| Sing with Deborah, o my foule,
| thouhaff marchedvaliamtj, andfay
| with Dauid, Returm mowmy foulevn
| te thyreff,for the Lord hath rewar
| ded thee.
DyipgS.Steuem before hiseyes
wereclofed, had a faciall fight of
his Sauiour, Videbat Deum per eß
fentiam, lookedfedfaff/yinto heauem,
amd /aw the glory of God, amd Iefu,
ßamding at the right hamd of God.
Old Simeon after he had feene his
Sauiour , reioyced then to fay,
Lord,no» lettef? thou thyfèruant de
part impeace,for mine eyes hauefeeme
thy faluatiom.

Aoc videam, & moriar: AMorior,

vt videam.

The
 Comtemplatio Mortâ,

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T HE

RAPTVRE

É Apitur anima , càm.

cælefia comtemplatur ,
& comtemplando iucum.
datwr.

Thisis a kinde of Arreption tc

heauen ; when a man abftraét
himfelfe from earth,andby Con
templation growes into acquain
tance with God, for thefi hee
feemes
 <* Immortalitatis.

feemes to conucrfe with God,

and become diuinæ particeps matu
re, them he fends foortb ftrong
emanations ofDiuine loue. Thofe
affeëiiones extatice.are the fignals,
4moris liquidi:liquefcit amima cùm
deuotione calefcit. Such loue fuffers
not me tobe a louer of my felfe.
Et quid iffo* mifi Seraphins dixerim,
quorum cor converfum eff im ig
mem diuimi amorù ? Let him kjffè ,
me with the kiffes of hü momth ; fo
begins that Camticum eamticorum:
& iucundum quidem eloquium,quod
ab ofculo fumit principium, This
fruitiuus e^fmor by diuine Rap
ture vnites mee to God; for in |
Rapture a man feemes to walke
with God, as Emoch did ; talke ,
with God,as AMofes did; fee God, |
as Stephem did.
• Andbecaufè fight increafes de
light 3 Therefore Rapture would
faineafcendto vifioni, Vìdere illa,
mom quæ videntur.fed quae non videm
f£4*. * '
But
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186 Contemplatio CMortit, I
-~_
m fùbfiam
But that's a priuiledge for S.
| Paul; Vidi dominum, faith Iacob, ee

facie ad faciem, & falua faäa eff

amima mea. Holy Hieromjfweares * jiigh ;Ę
it : Teffor Deum,poß hebdomada 4, 4 I
rum ieimmia vifus fum mihi verfa atrefi,
ri inter agmina angelorum, to Iti;
haue priuate conuerfation with\. fideri fo tem
quiers of Angels ; Raptu ef fw-|-
premua gradu comtemplationis,faith Vp eu
Saint `e~4ugwffine , which raifes derfi,
in man towring thoughts , irra be tyr
diates his foulewith high ap thaç
prehenfions ; and fo eleuates (wh.
him to God, as it takes him ltbes
out of himfelfe, to liuc aboue uercl,
himfelfe. 15 ab]
The Soulebeing thus power-| heaue
fully attra&ted by the induce.
mefits of fo faire and diuine $eiue
delights, Shee on her part cor l§ th
refponds, and with a willing Ê
affent glides after thefe attra&s, boô
and as a vapour exhal'd by the lidos ;
Sunne, fhegoes out ofher {elfe, ùifht,
and would willingly draw brou
the body with her, Ibut that
fub
 m

& Immortalitatù. 187

fubftance is too fad ; wherefore
fhee quits it as not agll, nor
fprightfull enough to foare fo
high ; o that my Soule had wing,
as a Doue, that I mightfiy, and be
at reff, faith Dauid.
It is an admirable thingto con
fider that the eieofa man fo weak,
fo tender a creature,(hould looke
vp euery day to heauen, fo won
derfull in height, and yet neuer
betyred by the way : by this I fee
that heauenly Contemplation,
( which is the beft Opticke) if
} it bee ftrongenough, and noto
uerclogd with earthy thoughts,
is able to carry vs with cafe to
heauenly extafie.
Thewilltakes pleafure to per
ceiue the vnderflanding ( which
is the Soules king) taken into
;| Rapture; and when the faculties
] bofh of will and vnderftanding
1 doe intercommunicate their ra
] uifhments, then are wee fweetly
brought intodiuine extafie.
Ofthis fâcred extafie the Sera
phicall
188 Contemplatio Afartis, |

pbicali Diui es makethrse forts;.

όne , f vnderttanding, a fecond of
affe&tion,a third ot action.
A&tionis added, becaufe a man
is not to bee aboue himfelfe in
contemplation, and vnderhim;
felfe in'conuerfation. The firft
ofthe threeis,in fplendore; thefs
cond,inferuore ; the third, in l4*
hore , the one caufed byadumirati
on; the other by deuotion, the |;
laft by operation»
Inthéfe raptures, the Fatliers, ! !
who were flifedSaints, had fuch |
a complacency, as they ftrou£to
a& this as théway of a newlife, |
fometimes beforetheirdeath, in
fomuch as the votaries §öüid
fay, Neuer wa a Saint , but had
extafies, and rauifhment of life
before his death ; they laboured
by a liquefa&tion oftheir foulcs,
iiito Gog, to infoule themfelues!
in God, to put themfelues out gf
the naturall' comportment of É
body, andfo to liuein diuine ex
tafiewithout liuing inthe body,
This
 * & Immortalitatù. 189
This madeSaint?aut to fay, 1
knew a mam in Chrif? fourteene
jeereragoe;whetherim the body,orout
9fthe body, 1cammet tell.
Somefo liued, asit were doub
ted whether they were Iiuing
men dead » or dead men liuing.
Nay, fome with feruency of fpi
rit weretranfported into'fuch éx
tafie,that their foulesbeing whol.
ly conuerfànt in diuine cóntem-|
plation, they cared notto affoord
çommon affiftanceto nature, and
fo haue dyed through exinániti
om and want offtrength, concei.
uingthere wasnov£ofány crea- |
ture to them, that enioyêd the
Creator. • . '

...Thus did loue performe the

officeof death ; Lu- 22 /frong
a* death, faith Solomem ; nay,
with them it wrought more
thendeath could doe:Tfor death
onelyperformethby effc&t, that
whichloue operateth by affe&i-
9n 5 death did but fepaiate their
bodies fiomtheirfoules; butloue
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19b contemplati•t>Mortis,
feparated their foules from their
bodiesliuing. , .
'infich ? trance they report] !
Saint Bafiltófay,That Iacob,*bem
heehadfaßhol ££? tet himgoe
fèr ableffing: but theshumammite,
AMy foule willnot letthee $. {0; For
fhéfiowfcekesnomoreBefieüëï;
ons ofGod, butto enioy theGodl ;
ofBenedi&tions. '
S. Hierometofay;0my Samionrs |
diddoff thou die oflowe for mee ? Al.
| touehere dolorouìthem death, ba* fol.
mea deaih more loueff then longit
falfet tcannotliue, loiie thae, andb,
longerfrom thee.
É, SeuerimutheIndian Saint-

• was recouering from dying sitis

repoited hee was heä;d $9 £y,
0my Gad, doe notfar pittie,f ouer.
- É mw# fiili liue aid baue
áchcónfòlatioiiu;take me te heaaem.
Éor heibat hath once ta/fed thà and
thy fiveetneffe, muß meceffariô lia?
«fieriwards in bitterne//e. ' I.
Thisis the fateoflogeslif: in
| God, whichgiueth à fùper.hu
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mane beingvnto man»man being

yeton earth.
This ardent loueengraftingme
into Godby her vniting veftue,
makes me now to fay,Vago ego,
fednom ego, viuit verò in me Chri
fu. Mj life i.bid in Cbrif with
gad. And now me thinkes I fee
himfacetoface, Vifione illa beatif
câ,et iugiterreuelatâ facie,Sponfiglo
riamffeoulando, transformatur ani
ma de claritate intlaritatem: Aw
det & ip{a loqui,
Totapulchra..•et• •amica
i
mea.
1 now beholdthe dyffring frem.
high cometo vifitme. Sajther rothe
Märth, Giwe; amdto the Sowth » A'e-
pore; Ana fo emtord Iefu,eome
quick£ie.

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C. Vamiam wor* me quotidiè ex.

- QΣ,
expe&abo.
, ego worbem quotidiè
. . •
But before thou goeft hénce,
confider wellthofè föurethings.
1 vnavrni.
J * &vai,

\42sideri.
Vpon enquiry wdèvemio, Ians
told, Peccatores peccatorem me um
peccato genuerumt.

ae!
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—• 6* Immortalitatù. 193

-^ ] AMifèri miferum me in hame lue&

, | mjériamwiwdwerwnt.
*: Conceptw culpa, Naßi mifèria,
38.] viuere pama, meru angufia;. Et
3 [quantò eff vita mea longior, tamtü eß
3? culpa meammmerefior.T .
JL This makes me thinke, , … ,
•; • ,
, * 2uorfum commodata eß wihi
j** | vita humana ? *.

g: For this onely,

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LAdeomparandam vitam caleffem: |..

 Et hoc vult diwima clementia,
2gòd vita mea fit breuior,
Vt labor meus ßt lewior.

I3 * For
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 Eormy ®}vado.
T isffes poff, radere, to{ùëe l
\
and decay,
Tprado telstne,Iam in tranfftw,
Butitreioycethme tothinke,
Ee ad Patrer.
And this hope comfofts;
Sepelierîim etate bonâ.
] Theseiore nec me tadet vivere ,
nec siweo morì:
Mihi enim mors ferwis in folatim
i vitæ, -

vitam, habeo im patientiâ ,

AMortem verò imdefiderio.
'Plangam ergo paùlatim dolorem
msegm,
| Et twnc
oblitu exilij, ibo ad patriam;
| Mortuâ morte remertitur mibi
�/%f4,
Toi!
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άςζξ»
Te expreffè, 2aid/wm.
Q”Â* fanda explicare queat?
Pului, & Aer;this Iknow ;
Ee im pwlwerem reuertêrà. This
is füre.

That homo is morbidum, pawe,

caffùmv :
Et in nom homimem vertitur om
mithoma -

'This
•
196 contemplatio Mortü, 1 ! -

Thiseueryman findes.
, Our mettallis, de humore liqui- | .,
do,
I'And the mould no better,
In vtero impuro,
Damnatu antequäm natu,tha'*
our condition.
our beftstocke is, $emen 4-|
brahae 5
Dicán, putredini ; Thouar* *)
AMother, . -

And to the Wormes, 73* 4**

my Brethrem, .
Heereis ourgeat kindred.
Our dwellingis, Inter palice;
&- jice, amöngit Flyes and
Fleas.
Our qualitie vile, our waight
lighter then vanity , our worth $

et'\
nothing. \et {
Iwhätthenis ourbeing?
Somnium & dolor.
he
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Si matufiam ploram*,
Si moriorplamgemt,
Molo ego viweve ridens :
Hoc tamfwm vole,
Animam meam ormare quae Deo &
.
Angelè
AMox prae(entandaeß in cæliù,

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Nowfor Quid erà.
ThisafoIknow,
.2godfum,& memom effe/cio, |
Sed id effe & noffe deß lero.
Λ/am videre Deum,viuere cwm Deo,
Effe in Deo, & habere Demm , &
Hoc eß eterna fècuritas,& fecura
aetermita4.
fºhis maybe admired, hardly vn
'er(}ood :
"et better vnderftood, then can
beexpreffed.
'hereforeto my fouleI fay not,
2 Amimula,blandala,vagula : but
O
1 98 Comtemplatio CMortit,&c.
o AnimaT)ei infignitaiimagint;
Decorata fimilitudine,
Tbeffoffata Fide,
'Redempta Sangaine»
Z)otata Spiritw,
T)eputatacum Angeli,
„Quidtibi cum Carne?

But to contemplate,
guanta claritar, quanta faanit4,
quamta iucunditas maneat m* *
illa vifione, cùmfacie ad facitm
videbo Chriffwm ?

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