A
TRVE
RELATION
of
the
Christianly
departure
of
the
Noble
Earle
Philippus
Lodouicus
,
&c.
Vncle
of
the
Count
Palatine
.
THE
Noble
Earle
of
Hanaw
and
Reineck
,
hauing
happely
ended
aiourncy
of
great
waight
,
and
being
by
Gods
grace
returned
vnto
his
Dominions
,
did
take
againc
in
hand
the
carefull
gouernment
of
the
same
.
The
Ayre
being
very
hot
,
his
Excellencie
,
towards
the
euening
,
went
diuers
times
,
in
his
Coach
,
into
the
Woods
to
recreate
himselfe
.
It
happened
the
29.
day
of
Iuly
last
past
,
that
his
Excellencie
went
with
some
of
his
Co●nc●●
and
Seruants
from
his
Court
to
a
Pond
(
called
Krebsbach
)
where
Lobstars
are
fedde
,
and
féeling
himsclfe
some
what
ill
did
take
his
rest
a
little
in
the
fields
.
The
next
day
notwithstanding
hée
went
to
the
accustomed
Wéeke-Sermon
,
and
vnto
publicke
Prayers
at
the
Church
in
the
old
Cittie
:
but
the
Sermon
being
ended
,
hée
felt
himselfe
not
well
,
and
went
to
rest
on
his
bedde
.
The
31.
of
Iuly
and
first
of
August
,
the
weather
being
very
hot
,
and
hée
féeling
great
heate
in
his
body
,
was
led
into
diuers
roomes
for
to
rest
and
take
the
fresh
ayre
.
The
2.
of
August
,
by
the
counsell
of
Phisitians
,
hée
was
let
bloud
,
and
tooke
Phisicke
,
whereby
hée
found
himselfe
so
restored
that
he
put
on
his
garments
,
and
went
to
visite
his
louing
Wife
,
lying
in
Childe-bed
,
who
some
few
dayes
before
was
deliuered
of
a
goodly
Sonne
.
On
the
same
day
his
Excellencie
called
to
him
one
of
his
Counsellours
,
and
reasoned
with
him
about
diuers
matters
,
but
chiefly
concerning
the
Church
of
Hanaw
.
The
third
day
of
August
being
Munday
,
his
Excellencie
fell
sicke
againe
,
and
began
to
prepare
himselfe
for
a
blessed
and
Christian
departure
,
with
a
wonderfull
constancy
and
courage
,
giuing
an
account
of
his
faith
with
a
singular
zeale
in
the
presence
of
his
Wife
and
Children
,
who
were
called
to
him
for
that
purpose
.
And
although
hée
had
comforted
his
wife
in
very
good
sort
,
admonishing
her
also
vnto
Christian
patience
,
yet
notwithstanding
(
shée
being
retyred
)
hée
tooke
his
leaue
of
his
Children
,
and
others
that
were
about
him
,
in
the
presence
of
diuers
of
his
Counsellours
and
Courtiers
,
in
a
very
religious
manner
he
spake
vnto
euery
Childe
in
particular
,
praying
ouer
them
,
and
giuing
his
blessing
vnto
them
,
adding
thereunto
his
fatherly
admonitions
vnto
true
pietie
and
vertue
,
thus
committed
them
vnto
the
protection
of
Almightie
God
through
Iesus
Christ
:
Euen
as
wée
read
Genesis
49.
of
the
holy
Patriarch
Iacob
.
All
this
hée
did
with
such
comfortable
words
,
and
resolute
minde
,
that
the
whole
roome
was
filled
with
the
sighes
and
teares
of
the
beholders
,
who
wondred
at
the
same
,
and
thankhd
God
for
that
rich
measure
of
his
spirit
bestowed
on
him
.
The
heauinesse
of
our
sorrow
made
that
wee
could
not
remember
the
very
words
of
his
prayers
and
admonitions
,
but
the
Christian
Reader
may
partly
vnderstand
what
they
were
,
by
that
which
followeth
,
and
happened
the
Thursday
following
.
The
spéech
vnto
his
Children
being
ended
,
hée
spake
vnto
his
Councill
in
generall
,
and
vnto
euery
one
in
particula●
,
of
those
things
that
concerned
the
Church
and
Schoole
,
the
Country
and
Subiects
,
and
so
tooke
his
leaue
of
them
.
The
Councill
being
retyred
,
diuers
Gentlemen
,
Courtiers
,
came
vnto
him
at
his
request
,
and
with
many
teares
and
sighes
,
taking
their
deare
Lords
hand
,
went
with
a
sorrowfull
heart
from
him
.
Diuers
Citizens
dwelling
in
the
old
and
new
Towne
,
came
at
his
citation
also
before
his
bed
,
hée
spake
very
comfortably
vnto
them
,
and
stretching
his
hand
out
vnto
them
,
with
much
sorrow
,
they
tooke
their
leaues
of
him
:
this
being
done
,
his
Excellencie
asked
whether
there
were
any
body
else
to
take
leaue
of
him
.
The
Preachers
of
both
the
Cities
were
likewise
called
for
,
and
hée
declared
in
their
presence
,
that
his
singular
desire
was
,
to
receiue
yet
once
before
his
end
(
with
his
house
)
the
holy
Supper
of
our
Lord
Iesus
Christ
,
euen
as
the
Lord
Iesus
had
ordained
the
same
shortly
before
his
death
and
Passion
.
Hée
added
hereunto
a
farther
exposition
of
his
demaund
:
that
his
request
was
not
grounded
on
Superstition
,
or
on
that
error
,
that
ex
opere
operato
,
the
same
were
meritorious
:
but
whereas
hée
had
béene
a
certaine
time
in
forraine
Countries
,
and
had
not
found
the
fit
occasion
to
receiue
the
same
in
the
Church
and
Congregation
of
the
faithfull
,
his
request
was
to
receiue
,
for
the
strengthening
of
his
weake
Faith
,
and
to
testifie
his
Profession
yet
once
againe
before
God
and
the
World
.
The
Preachers
had
nothing
to
reply
vnto
such
a
reasonable
and
religious
request
,
and
therefore
performed
the
same
out
of
hand
.
The
Confession
which
his
Excellencie
at
that
time
vttered
with
Christian
attention
,
was
after
this
manner
:
viz.
I
Thanke
my
GOD
from
the
bottome
of
my
heart
,
in
the
Name
of
my
Lord
Iesus
Christ
,
that
I
haue
liued
vnto
this
day
:
in
which
I
am
able
to
receiue
,
yet
once
againe
before
my
departure
out
of
this
world
,
the
holy
Supper
of
my
Lord
Iesus
Christ
.
I
neuer
had
a
more
ioyfull
banquet
then
this
:
I
haue
sitten
at
the
Table
of
great
Kings
and
Princes
,
where
all
things
were
costly
,
and
pompously
prepared
,
but
the
cheare
of
the
Crosse
of
Christ
,
as
now
it
is
set
before
the
eyes
of
my
Soule
,
appeares
more
glorious
vnto
m●
O
my
deare
Preacher
,
I
protest
before
thee
,
as
the
ordained
Minister
of
Iesus
Christ
,
that
I
doe
speake
these
wordes
without
hypocrisie
,
from
a
true
ioy
,
and
desire
which
I
haue
to
enioy
the
body
and
bloud
of
Iesus
Christ
in
Faith
,
through
the
operation
of
the
holy
Spirit
.
Afterward
he
continued
his
spéech
thus
:
I
Praise
and
thanke
my
God
,
that
he
hath
created
mee
a
man
,
with
reason
and
vnderstanding
,
that
hee
hath
preserued
my
body
,
Soule
and
limmes
vntill
this
houre
,
deliuered
me
from
many
sorrowes
and
dangers
,
bestowed
on
mee
very
much
good
,
exalted
mee
vnto
great
honour
;
and
chiefely
,
that
hee
hath
so
directed
the
going
out
and
in
of
my
late
Voyage
,
that
I
am
returned
vnto
mine
in
good
health
and
disposition
.
And
whereas
now
a
dayes
many
and
diuers
Religions
are
found
in
Europe
,
I
thanke
my
God
,
that
hee
hath
let
me
come
vnto
this
Religion
,
where
I
doe
seeke
my
saluation
onely
in
his
mercy
declared
vnto
vs
in
Iesus
Christ
.
For
I
know
by
experience
,
and
doe
also
testifie
the
same
openly
,
that
I
haue
found
in
all
my
griefes
and
temtations
,
a
firme
comfort
in
the
confession
of
this
my
Faith
,
being
grounded
onely
on
the
Writings
of
the
holy
Prophets
and
Apostles
of
the
old
and
new
Testament
I
am
therefore
assured
in
my
heart
that
this
is
the
true
Religion
and
Confession
of
God
,
whereby
sure
saluation
is
to
be
found
,
and
hoped
for
.
I
thanke
likewise
all
those
good
men
,
whom
God
hath
imployed
as
meanes
and
instruments
,
by
whosecare
,
seruice
and
diligence
I
was
brought
vnto
this
profession
.
I
will
also
that
my
Children
be
brought
vp
and
perseuere
therein
.
Besides
this
I
admonish
you
Pastors
to
be
faithfull
and
diligent
in
your
charge
as
hitherto
you
haue
beene
,
that
so
you
may
giue
a
good
account
vnto
God
.
And
now
I
place
my selfe
before
Gods
face
,
as
a
poore
sinner
that
hath
deserued
Hell
and
eternall
death
:
but
I
beleeue
firmely
that
Iesus
Christ
,
true
God
and
Man
,
is
my
Sauiour
:
(
who
as
the
Lambe
of
God
,
hath
boren
my
sinnes
vpon
the
Crosse
,
and
deliuered
me
out
of
the
power
of
Sathan
)
and
that
he
will
,
before
my
end
,
strengthen
my
weake
faith
with
his
holy
Supper
.
I
testifie
also
before
God
and
you
his
Ministers
,
that
I
haue
forgiuen
,
and
doe
forgiue
with
my
hart
all
those
that
haue
offended
me
:
and
I
pray
likewise
for
pardon
,
for
wee
are
men
,
and
the
righteous
man
falleth
seauen
times
a
day
.
And
because
many
men
haue
thought
that
I
beare
an
euill
hart
against
my
deere
brother
Count
Albrecht
,
&c.
I
protest
that
I
alwayes
was
truely
and
brotherly
affected
,
and
my
Conscience
doth
witnesse
vnto
me
,
that
concerning
our
controuersie
(
which
I
haue
submitted
vnto
the
Law
)
I
am
not
altered
against
him
:
and
I
doe
not
in
that
regard
feare
the
iudgement
seate
of
GOD
:
Haue
you
therefore
a
care
to
tell
him
thus
much
from
me
:
Pray
and
admonish
him
also
to
let
the
Law
haue
his
course
,
and
to
deale
faithfully
with
my
Widdow
and
Orphanes
,
the
Lord
will
reward
him
for
it
,
and
he
shall
keepe
a
good
conscience
.
Finally
,
I
testifie
by
this
holy
Supper
,
that
if
it
please
the
Lord
to
restore
vnto
me
my
health
,
(
which
I
doe
fully
leaue
to
his
good
pleasure
)
I
will
to
his
praise
and
honour
amend
my
life
,
endeauouring
that
which
is
good
,
and
shunning
all
wickednesse
;
yet
all
this
onely
by
his
help
,
grace
and
assistance
.
Thus
did
his
Excellencie
giue
a
true
and
constant
profession
of
his
Faith
,
not
with
one
breath
,
but
at
diuers
times
as
his
strength
would
permit
.
The
dutch
Preacher
of
the
old
Citie
,
before
the
Communion
made
a
short
Sermon
:
some
fouretéene
did
communicate
:
the
action
was
concluded
with
the
accustomed
thankesgiuing
and
prayers
.
Munday
about
the
Euening
,
his
Excellencies
Steward
came
vnto
him
,
and
conferred
with
him
about
matters
that
belonged
to
the
Court
,
and
the
education
of
his
children
:
but
that
night
he
could
not
sléepe
,
therfore
he
caused
godly
psalmes
to
be
sung
,
and
he
himselfe
sung
also
.
Tuesday
the
.4
.
of
August
,
hauing
passed
a
heauy
night
,
he
found
himselfe
reasonable
well
,
so
that
hee
cloathed
himselfe
,
intending
to
visit
his
wife
,
but
being
ouer-wearied
hée
left
it
.
He
caused
diuers
letters
to
be
brought
before
him
,
which
hée
sealed
with
his
owne
hand
,
and
went
to
take
the
ayre
at
the
window
:
toward
night
he
felt
himselfe
againe
weake
.
The
5.
of
August
,
hee
caused
his
last
Will
and
Testament
,
which
was
sealed
vp
,
to
be
brought
vnto
him
,
and
did
reade
the
same
,
and
willed
something
to
be
added
thereunto
,
concerning
his
Chamberlaine
,
which
being
done
,
he
gaue
the
same
vnto
his
Chamberlaine
,
charging
him
to
deliuer
the
same
vnto
his
Counsell
.
Next
morning
there
came
vnto
his
Excellencie
the
Noble
Lady
Emilia
of
Orange
,
Sister
of
his
wife
,
from
Heydelberg
,
whom
hée
receaued
with
teares
,
and
said
:
Many
haue
stood
weeping
about
my
bedde
,
but
none
could
breake
my
heart
,
and
prouoke
my
teares
but
your
Ladyship
.
About
the
same
time
came
diuers
of
his
seruants
home
from
the
Sermon
made
on
the
monthly
prayer-day
,
and
his
Excellencie
would
heare
of
euery
one
of
them
some
good
doctrine
,
or
comfortable
sentence
brought
from
thence
,
which
being
performed
by
them
,
hée
heard
it
with
great
contentment
.
His
wife
came
also
the
same
day
againe
to
visite
him
,
whom
hée
receaued
with
kinde
and
comfortable
words
,
and
shortly
after
she
went
from
him
.
The
euening
and
night
approaching
his
Excellencie
became
very
heauy
,
so
that
not
onely
the
Phisitians
with
their
Art
,
but
also
the
Diuines
with
their
consolations
had
enough
to
doe
:
at
his
Excellencies
request
diuers
penitenciall
Psalmes
were
sung
,
namely
,
the
sixt
,
thirty-eight
,
and
others
.
I
tooke
occasion
at
the
same
time
to
comfort
his
Excellencie
with
the
hope
which
yet
wee
had
that
God
would
prolong
his
life
,
and
make
him
ouer-goe
,
by
patience
,
the
smarting
paines
and
weaknesses
of
his
body
,
but
when
as
I
perceiued
by
his
words
and
countenance
that
such
comfort
was
not
acceptable
vnto
him
,
I
went
on
,
and
said
that
his
Excellencie
had
not
onely
to
looke
what
were
good
for
himselfe
,
but
also
for
his
Country
and
poore
people
,
affirming
,
we
doe
not
enuie
heauen
and
life
euerlasting
vnto
your
Excellencie
,
but
what
if
the
Lord
God
would
preserue
you
to
be
a
comfort
and
protection
of
this
Country
and
Church
yet
certaine
yéeres
,
as
it
happened
in
Ezechia
,
would
not
you
follow
this
will
of
God
?
The
King
Ezechia
himselfe
required
such
prolongation
chiefely
,
for
the
Church
and
Countries
sake
.
The
same
night
I
propounded
vnto
him
the
words
of
our
Sauiour
Math.
11.
28.
Come
vnto
mee
all
ye
that
are
wearie
and
laden
,
and
I
will
ease
you
.
The
Doctor
rehearsed
the
sentence
Ioh.
6.
37.
Him
that
commeth
to
mee
I
cast
not
away
.
Whereupon
his
Excellencie
repeated
often
these
words
,
Come
,
and
Not
cast
away
,
resisting
therewithall
his
tentations
,
and
said
finally
,
Ah
my
Lord
Iesu
,
I
come
vnto
thee
,
thou
wilt
not
cast
me
away
.
Besides
this
,
hée
said
vnto
the
Preacher
of
the
old
Citie
,
Now
I
seele
your
comfort
,
the
vertue
of
Christs
blood
doeth
now
refresh
my
heart
,
I
feele
now
the
forgiuenesse
of
my
sinnes
,
and
that
I
am
a
childe
of
God
and
heyre
of
life
eternall
.
The
next
Morning
his
Excellencie
desired
to
be
remoued
into
a
large
roome
newly
built
,
because
(
as
he
had
told
vnto
his
Chamberlaine
)
the
dead
body
might
the
easier
be
prepared
by
the
Phisitians
for
the
buriall
.
In
this
new
roome
,
came
vnto
him
his
wife
,
with
the
aforesaid
Lady
of
Orange
,
and
there
he
subscribed
and
sealed
diuers
Letters
.
●…
The
sixt
of
August
,
before
the
breaking
of
the
day
,
came
vnto
him
at
his
request
the
Lady
of
Orange
,
and
he
spake
with
her
about
the
Prince
Palatins
widow
at
Herdelberg
,
the
Duchesse
of
Bouillon
,
and
other
friends
,
telling
her
what
he
would
haue
said
and
written
vntothem
:
hereupon
he
said
vnto
her
in
french
Ah
my
louing
and
vertuous
Lady
,
I
am
a
sicke
man
!
Rehearse
vnto
me
some
comfortable
sentence
.
She
answered
:
My
déere
Lord
and
Brother
,
I
sée
you
so
richly
furnished
with
the
comfort
of
Gods
holy
spirit
,
that
I
cannot
comfort
you
any
further
.
His
Excellencie
vrging
to
haue
from
her
,
out
of
Gods
word
,
some
sentence
,
she
aleadged
the
words
of
our
Sauiour
,
Iohn
3
16.
God
so
loued
the
world
,
that
hee
hath
giuen
his
onely
begotten
Sonne
,
that
whosoeuer
beleeueth
in
him
should
not
perish
but
haue
euerlasting
life
:
and
added
,
comfort
your selfe
héerewithall
my
déere
brother
:
his
Excellencie
answered
,
well
sayd
my
Lady
;
This
is
the
greatest
and
surest
comfort
of
the
faithfull
:
with
this
comfort
will
I
dye
happily
:
I
beseech
my
louing
God
from
my
hart
for
such
a
blessed
departure
,
through
the
vertue
of
the
satisfaction
of
my
Lord
Iesus
Christ
.
Whatsoeuer
you
shall
aske
the
Father
in
my
name
,
hee
will
giue
it
vnto
you
.
O
Lord
Iesus
Christ
I
commit
my
Soule
into
thy
hands
,
now
and
at
all
times
.
His
Excellencie
caused
the
Germane
Bible
to
be
giuen
to
me
,
and
desired
to
heare
some
obseruations
on
the
91.
Psalme
,
but
the
french
Preacher
entring
,
drew
him
some
comforts
out
of
the
90.
and
91.
Psalme
:
Then
his
Excellencie
said
vnto
the
Preacher
,
Ah
,
I
am
a
very
sicke
man
!
I
haue
had
a
heauy
night
,
but
I
confesse
that
my
sinnes
haue
deserued
this
and
more
then
this
;
yet
I
comfort
my selfe
with
the
mercy
of
my
Lord
Iesus
Christ
,
by
whose
vertue
and
intercession
,
no
heauier
crosse
shall
be
layd
on
me
then
I
shall
be
able
to
beare
;
hee
knowes
what
is
best
for
vs
,
hee
dissembleth
not
with
vs
,
I
relye
on
him
.
The
Preacher
answered
,
your
Excellencie
be
comforted
and
be
patient
:
Christ
is
that
good
shepheard
that
giueth
vnto
his
shéepe
euerlasting
life
;
hée
hath
receiued
them
into
his
hands
from
his
Father
,
and
kéepeth
them
faithfully
,
that
none
of
them
be
taken
out
of
his
hands
:
your
Excellencie
hath
heard
,
beléeued
and
followed
the
voyce
of
the
said
Shepheard
.
That
is
it
(
said
his
Excellencie
)
which
now
the
diuell
setteth
before
mée
,
and
troubleth
me
,
because
I
haue
not
heard
and
followed
the
voyce
of
my
Shepheard
.
The
Minister
answered
:
The
Diuell
alwayes
followeth
his
old
custome
,
from
whence
hée
is
called
a
Lyar
and
a
Murtherer
:
for
hée
lyeth
accusing
your
Excellencie
not
to
haue
heard
nor
followed
at
all
,
the
voyce
of
Christ
your
shepheard
.
It
is
plaine
that
your
Excellencie
neuer
despised
the
same
,
but
heard
and
followed
it
,
though
it
may
be
not
alwayes
with
such
earn●●nesse
and
zeale
as
was
required
.
And
what
if
your
Excellencie
had
not
yet
heard
nor
followed
the
voyce
of
that
good
shepheard
?
it
is
not
yet
too
late
to
doe
the
same
:
you
read
in
the
95.
Psalme
,
7.
8.
To
day
if
you
will
heare
his
voyce
,
harden
not
your
hart
:
This
present
howre
and
moment
is
promised
in
the
holy
Scriptures
.
Pray
yet
in
Christ
Iesus
his
name
for
the
pardon
of
your
sinnes
,
and
this
day
they
shall
be
pardoned
vnto
you
,
for
so
speaketh
and
promiseth
God
:
As
true
as
I
liue
,
I
desire
not
the
death
of
sinners
,
but
that
they
repent
&
liue
.
The
Lady
Emilia
being
present
,
his
Excellencie
said
vnto
her
,
this
night
I
could
not
vnderstand
nor
receiue
consolation
,
but
now
I
vnderstand
and
receiue
it
very
well
.
Héerevpon
I
answered
,
The
Lord
be
praysed
,
that
now
your
Excellencie
receiueth
the
same
,
Confirmet
Deus
quod
operatus
est
.
Psal.
68.
This
day
his
Excellencie
caused
certaine
little
Prayer
bookes
(
with
which
hee
often
had
vsed
to
exercise
himselfe
)
to
be
brought
to
his
bedde
,
and
ordayned
for
euery
Childe
one
,
for
a
remembrance
,
writing
therein
their
sundry
names
,
and
adding
there
vnto
his
Christian
vow
and
fatherly
admonition
.
The
eldest
Sonne
Philippus
Mauritius
,
receiued
from
his
Father
the
Germane
Bible
,
which
his
Excellencie
had
taken
along
with
him
in
Bohemia
,
France
,
England
,
and
other
Countries
,
and
in
the
which
hée
did
reade
,
or
caused
to
be
read
euery
Morning
and
Euening
certaine
Chapters
,
whereof
hée
noted
with
blacke
,
greene
,
or
red
Incke
,
the
chiefe
heads
,
and
on
the
Margine
wrote
the
true
vses
thereof
in
short
words
,
as
a
faithfull
Minister
should
doe
in
his
calling
.
Hence
it
appeareth
that
his
Excellencie
hath
sought
the
Lord
Iesus
his
Sauiour
(
according
to
his
commandement
Iohn
5.
)
in
the
Scriptures
only
,
and
hath
found
him
,
and
in
him
life
eternall
and
true
saluation
.
The
words
written
for
his
eldest
Sonne
were
these
:
MY
Sonne
PHILIPPVS
MAVRITIVS
,
Count
of
Hanaw
:
Feare
GOD
,
and
keepe
his
Commaundements
.
I
haue
beene
this
night
in
great
anguish
,
I
haue
thought
on
many
things
,
which
I
wish
you
could
know
,
my
Childe
;
yet
this
I
tell
you
:
Keepe
thy selfe
all
thy
life
time
close
vnto
thy
God
,
his
helpe
and
assistance
is
necessary
vnto
thee
,
would
to
God
that
I
could
write
,
the
great
richesse
of
his
mercy
,
goodnesse
and
faithfulnesse
,
experimented
by
mee
these
former
dayes
.
I
haue
the
foretaste
of
the
eternall
glory
:
The
Lord
helpe
thee
vnto
mee
in
due
time
.
Amen
.
In
these
pangs
of
death
I
doe
desire
to
be
deliuered
,
and
to
be
with
my
Lord
Iesus
Christ
.
O
Iesus
Christ
thou
faithfull
Sauiour
,
how
doe
I
loue
thee
?
thy
promises
are
true
,
thy
loue
is
great
,
thy
heart
is
faithfull
towards
me
;
I
commend
my
Spirit
into
thy
hands
,
thou
faithfull
God
,
thou
hast
deliuered
and
sanctified
mee
.
Lord
,
I
waite
on
thy
saluation
.
Thy
faithfull
Father
PHILIPPVS
LODOVICVS
.
The
second
Sonne
Willelmus
Reynhart
receiued
his
booke
with
these
wordes
:
MY
deare
Sonne
,
serue
thy
God
with
thy
whole
hart
,
in
spirit
and
truth
;
I
haue
destinated
thee
therevnto
:
Esteeme
it
not
to
be
a
shame
for
thee
to
serue
GOD
and
his
Church
.
GOD
is
the
greatest
Lord
,
thy
Creator
:
Keepe
in
honour
the
true
seruice
of
God
:
Obay
and
serue
thy
deare
Mother
,
vnder
whose
hart
thou
hast
line
:
Honour
and
serue
thy
eldest
Brother
as
thy
Lord
,
for
such
is
the
ordinance
,
and
also
my
will
:
Beare
with
him
;
if
thou
be
in
the
right
then
art
thou
happier
then
he
:
if
thou
dost
not
walke
vprightly
in
thy
wayes
,
then
art
thou
not
happy
.
Loue
thy
Brother
and
Sisters
from
thy
hart
:
Loue
thy
house
,
doe
good
vnto
the
poore
according
to
thy
abilitie
,
then
shall
the
Lord
blesse
thee
:
Beware
of
drinking
,
dissolutenes
and
vncleane
speaches
,
as
of
fire
:
Honour
thy
state
:
Be
industrious
in
all
things
:
Reade
and
practise
continually
the
119.
Psalme
:
Let
thy
Astrologians
be
the
28.
Chapter
of
Deutronomium
.
PHILIPPVS
LODOVICVS
Thy
faithfull
Father
vnto
death
.
The
eldest
Daughter
,
Lady
Charlotte
Loisa
,
receiued
her
booke
,
with
these
words
:
FEare
,
Honour
and
loue
thy
GOD
from
thy
hart
:
haue
his
Commaundements
continually
before
thine
eyes
;
take
thy
delight
therein
:
Honour
with
a
filiall
obedience
thy
louing
Mother
:
Keepe
thy
mouth
close
with
a
locke
:
Esteeme
honesty
and
modesty
aboue
all
the
treasures
of
the
world
.
God
blesse
thee
my
louing
Childe
.
Thy
faithfull
Father
vnto
death
.
The
second
Daughter
,
Lady
Amalia
Elisabetha
,
receiued
her
booke
,
with
these
words
:
HAue
GOD
before
thine
eyes
:
Honour
thy
Mother
with
obedience
:
Keepe
honesty
and
modesty
,
that
will
be
thy
best
iewell
and
riches
.
Thy
faithfull
Father
vnto
death
.
The
youngest
Daughter
,
Lady
Catharina
Iuliana
,
receiued
her
booke
with
these
wordes
:
DEare
Childe
,
be
vertuous
;
Haue
thy
Creator
before
thine
eyes
;
Feare
thy
God
all
the
dayes
of
thy
life
;
Loue
thy
Sauiour
,
who
shed
his
precious
blood
for
thee
;
Breake
thy
euill
will
;
Be
humble
and
obedient
:
Humilitie
,
Honestie
,
and
Silence
doe
more
adorne
a
Lady
,
then
either
Pearles
or
other
costly
iewels
.
Thy
faithfull
Father
vnto
death
.
His
Excellencie
caused
also
the
lately
borne
Lord
to
be
brought
before
his
bedde
,
he
sighed
heartely
ouer
him
,
touched
him
with
his
hand
,
and
prayed
,
that
the
Lord
would
also
blesse
that
Childe
,
and
giue
it
grace
to
be
well
and
Christianly
brought
vp
.
These
Children
being
thus
blessed
by
his
Excellencie
,
and
committed
vnto
God
,
I
doe
not
doubt
but
that
these
sighes
and
prayers
are
pierced
through
the
clouds
and
come
vnto
God
,
yea
are
written
in
his
booke
,
and
that
we
shall
see
in
due
time
the
effects
thereof
abundantly
,
according
to
the
true
promise
of
God
,
Esa.
65.
23.
My
elect
shall
not
labour
in
vaine
,
nor
bring
forth
in
feare
,
for
they
are
the
seede
of
the
blessed
of
the
Lord
,
and
their
buds
with
them
.
Also
Psal.
145.
19.
The
Lord
will
fulfill
the
desire
of
them
that
feare
him
,
he
also
will
heare
their
cry
,
and
will
saue
them
.
The
Lord
,
according
vnto
his
great
mercie
,
grant
vnto
these
blessed
Children
,
euen
the
same
spirit
,
by
whom
they
must
be
blessed
,
that
they
may
alwayes
haue
before
their
eyes
,
the
zealous
prayers
and
sighes
of
their
father
,
for
to
stirre
them
vp
vnto
true
pietie
and
vertue
,
not
despising
and
leesing
(
as
wicked
Esau
did
)
the
blessing
,
but
kéeping
it
on
them
,
according
to
the
promise
:
I
shew
mercie
on
thousands
that
loue
me
and
keepe
my
commandements
.
His
Excellencie
being
risen
a
while
,
that
his
bedde
might
be
made
,
looked
on
his
new
Chamber-clarke
,
stretched
his
hand
out
vnto
him
,
and
said
,
I
haue
not
yet
taken
leaue
of
you
,
I
will
doe
it
now
.
Thinke
on
your
Oath
,
and
calling
;
hold
God
before
your
eyes
,
be
faithfull
vnto
him
,
and
you
shall
keepe
a
good
conscience
,
and
,
no
doubt
,
be
faithfull
vnto
me
and
mine
.
The
Lord
giue
thee
grace
therevnto
.
Due
of
his
Counselors
comming
into
the
Chamber
as
his
Excellencie
was
to
lye
downe
againe
,
his
Excellencie
stretched
his
armes
out
,
and
said
,
with
great
affection
.
Ecce
Diuinum
Miraculum
,
Hominem
iam
mortuum
,
viribus
tamen
adhuc
integrum
.
Loe
a
diuine
miracle
,
a
man
already
dead
,
yet
hauing
his
full
strength
:
for
his
Excellencie
did
féele
himselfe
yet
strong
,
thence
he
feared
a
heauie
departure
.
His
Excellencie
caused
diuers
things
to
be
read
vnto
him
,
out
of
a
little
Song-booke
Printed
in
Lubeck
,
Anno
1607.
which
beginneth
thus
:
Ach
Gott
wenn
sol
ichs
klagen
.
Mein
Angst
vnnd
Ellend
schwer
Ich
mocht
wol
gar
verzaghen
Wann
Herr
dein
trost
nicht
wer
,
&c.
And
tooke
the
same
vnto
him
,
and
in
the
margant
wrote
these
words
,
This
song
haue
I
vsed
many
yeeres
:
and
commanded
as
soone
as
hée
should
be
departed
,
to
lay
the
same
(
the
booke
being
opened
)
vpon
his
hart
.
On
the
said
day
did
his
Excellencie
call
before
him
all
the
Ministers
of
the
old
and
new
Citie
,
wherevnto
were
ioyned
some
Country
Ministers
,
with
whom
his
Excellencie
did
discourse
of
the
true
faith
and
christian
departure
,
and
told
vnto
them
,
that
he
would
not
be
in
this
his
weaknesse
without
a
Preacher
.
His
Excellencie
did
often
sigh
,
and
pray
from
his
hart
,
for
mitigation
of
his
paines
and
shortning
of
the
pangs
of
death
,
as
also
for
an
vnderstanding
end
,
besides
this
,
vttered
many
excellent
and
comfortable
speaches
,
to
the
ioy
and
admiration
of
the
assistants
,
which
were
not
remembred
,
nor
noted
,
because
no
body
did
thinke
that
death
was
at
hand
,
yet
whereas
many
of
them
were
repeated
by
him
the
Friday
ensuing
,
I
haue
set
them
downe
in
writing
.
On
Friday
the
7.
of
August
,
when
his
Excellencie
no
doubt
did
féele
that
the
houre
of
death
did
approach
,
and
that
his
hart
was
full
of
Godly
comfort
,
his
Excellencie
began
againe
to
speake
with
a
singular
zeale
,
of
the
miserie
of
this
life
,
of
the
death
of
a
Christian
,
and
of
eternall
saluation
:
I
was
present
at
that
time
,
and
did
admit
no
other
then
my selfe
:
from
that
time
forward
,
the
chiefest
speaches
which
I
noted
were
these
.
Should
I
not
kéepe
that
which
I
haue
promised
vnto
my
God
?
I
haue
promised
to
follow
him
,
when
and
whether
soeuer
hee
doe
call
me
.
He
calleth
mée
now
,
I
am
now
vpon
the
way
,
should
I
turne
backe
againe
?
Should
I
thrust
my selfe
againe
into
such
vnquietnesse
?
I
thanke
God
that
I
am
thus
farre
deliuered
thereof
.
Should
I
polute
my selfe
againe
with
sinne
,
from
the
which
my
Lord
Iesus
Christ
hath
fréed
me
?
Ah
my
deare
friends
(
thus
he
spake
vnto
vs
the
assistants
)
how
well
should
your
matters
stand
,
if
they
stood
,
as
mine
doe
?
Ah
louing
Sirs
,
I
haue
seene
the
glorie
of
God
,
what
care
I
for
this
world
?
I
haue
kissed
the
hem
of
the
garment
of
my
Lord
Iesus
Christ
,
I
doe
now
clime
on
the
Ladder
of
Iacob
vnto
heauen
,
toward
my
God
and
Sauiour
,
should
I
be
so
sottish
as
to
take
a
péece
of
wood
for
a
péece
of
Gold
?
What
if
many
millions
of
Gold
were
giuen
vnto
mee
to
spend
,
I
would
account
it
nothing
:
worldly
things
doe
perish
.
Whilest
his
Excellencie
was
speaking
these
things
,
hée
cast
his
armes
from
him
,
and
said
,
all
things
doe
now
stincke
vnto
mee
:
tell
this
vnto
my
Children
,
and
chiefely
vnto
their
Steward
,
that
they
doe
not
endeauour
for
worldly
matters
,
but
that
they
put
their
trust
on
God
.
Ah
my
deare
people
,
how
much
trouble
haue
you
with
mee
miserable
creature
?
I
will
thanke
you
all
in
heauen
,
some
of
you
will
shortly
follow
mée
.
My
wife
gaue
mée
leaue
to
trauaile
into
England
,
why
should
shée
not
giue
me
leaue
to
goe
vnto
my
louing
God
,
yea
,
said
I
:
into
that
Celestiall
Engelland
where
the
holy
Angels
praise
God
,
as
they
did
at
Bethlem
?
And
when
I
would
comfort
his
Excellencie
with
the
hope
of
recouerie
of
his
health
,
hee
answered
very
earnestly
these
words
.
My
louing
Minister
,
can
you
counsell
me
with
a
good
conscience
,
that
I
should
thrust
my selfe
againe
into
this
wicked
and
troublesome
world
?
On
Friday
Morning
his
Excellencie
charged
to
shut
all
the
doores
and
to
admit
no
man
vnto
him
,
that
hée
might
not
be
séene
vncouered
because
of
the
excéeding
great
heat
.
But
about
the
Euening
,
beginning
againe
to
speake
very
comfortably
of
eternall
life
,
hée
cryed
twise
with
a
loude
voyce
,
Open
all
the
doores
,
let
all
my
people
come
in
,
that
they
may
sée
how
ioyfully
I
dye
,
that
they
all
,
may
be
comforted
by
my
example
.
Hee
thought
also
on
his
Wife
in
Childe-bed
,
and
said
:
How
well
and
wisely
doth
the
Lord
ordaine
all
things
?
hee
hath
deliuered
my
Wife
from
the
pangs
and
labour
of
Childe-birth
,
that
shée
should
not
haue
two
griefes
at
once
:
shée
will
the
sooner
passe
ouer
the
griefe
of
my
departure
.
The
Phisitians
counselled
his
Excellencie
not
to
ouer-weary
himselfe
by
too
much
speaking
,
wherevnto
he
answered
,
Should
I
not
speake
of
my
louing
God
?
he
hath
giuen
mée
a
tongue
to
that
end
.
They
did
likewise
disswade
him
from
taking
the
fresh
Ayre
,
by
opening
of
a
window
:
his
Excellencie
answered
,
Should
I
not
behold
the
faire
heauens
,
whether
I
shal
come
anone
?
When
his
Excellencie
did
sée
,
through
the
window
,
his
new
built
Turret
,
and
spake
of
it
:
I
said
,
This
is
a
fayre
Turret
,
but
your
Excellencie
knoweth
well
which
is
the
spirituall
Turret
of
our
soules
,
from
thence
shall
you
receiue
helpe
and
consolation
:
his
Excellencie
said
héerevpon
,
Good-night
,
and
caused
the
window
to
be
shut
,
and
looking
on
his
bed
,
said
,
Christ
hath
suffered
for
me
at
the
fearefull
Crosse
,
I
am
not
worthy
of
this
ease
:
I
answered
,
your
Excellencie
is
worthy
of
it
,
and
seeing
God
hath
giuen
you
the
same
receiue
it
thankfully
.
Lying
on
his
bed
he
stretched
his
right
legge
on
the
side
,
stoke
his
hand
on
it
,
and
said
,
O
you
deere
legge
,
you
haue
had
a
long
time
no
rest
,
your
rest
draweth
néere
.
One
of
his
Exceilencies
seruing-men
going
out
of
the
Chamber
,
his
Excellencie
commended
vnto
me
his
diligence
and
faithfulnesse
.
His
Excellencie
did
lift
vp
to
heauen
his
hands
and
eyes
very
often
,
and
said
,
O
thou
great
and
strong
God
,
Thou
almightie
God
,
Thou
holy
God
,
Thou
good
and
true
God
,
and
added
alwaies
therevnto
some
short
and
feruent
prayer
.
Docter
Luther
calleth
such
prayers
Stossgebete
,
that
is
,
thrusting
,
or
thronging
prayers
,
because
they
come
from
the
zealous
heart
with
force
,
and
are
cast
out
before
the
mercie
seate
of
God
,
according
vnto
the
speach
of
the
55.
Psalme
,
Cast
thy
burthen
vpon
the
Lord
.
His
Excellencie
did
also
often
repeate
these
sentences
,
Psalme
50.
verse
15.
Call
vpon
mee
in
the
day
of
trouble
,
so
will
I
deliuer
thee
,
and
thou
shalt
glorifie
mee
.
Psalme
91.
15.
Hee
shall
call
vpon
mee
,
and
I
will
heare
him
,
I
will
be
with
him
in
trouble
,
I
will
deliuer
him
,
and
shew
him
my
saluation
.
Philip.
1.
23.
I
desire
to
be
loosed
and
to
be
with
Christ
.
Psalme
27.
14.
Hope
in
the
Lord
,
be
strong
,
comfort
thine
heart
,
and
trust
in
the
Lord
.
I
depart
in
peace
and
in
ioy
,
should
not
I
be
glad
?
I
haue
obtayned
of
my
God
what
I
demaunded
,
yea
,
more
then
I
requested
.
His
Excellencie
could
not
be
satisfied
with
the
23.
Psalm
The
Lord
is
my
shepherd
:
hée
caused
mée
to
reade
the
same
thrée
times
:
and
as
once
I
read
these
words
,
yea
,
though
I
should
walke
through
the
darke
valley
,
his
Excellencie
said
,
that
darke
valley
is
now
vnto
me
reasonable
light
.
O
Lord
stay
(
thine
anger
)
from
me
,
that
I
may
be
refreshed
before
I
goe
hence
.
Hée
made
likewise
very
good
vse
with
the
two
last
verses
of
the
38.
Psalme
.
Forsake
mee
not
O
Lord
,
bee
not
thou
farre
from
me
my
God
.
Haste
thee
to
helpe
me
,
O
Lord
of
my
saluation
.
Hence
it
appeareth
that
man
consisteth
of
flesh
and
spirit
,
that
the
old
and
new
Adam
dwelleth
in
him
,
and
that
these
two
are
alwayes
in
combat
one
against
another
,
as
long
as
man
liueth
héere
.
And
when
man
is
cast
,
by
the
Counsell
of
God
,
into
the
Ouen
of
misery
,
and
is
tempted
by
the
heate
of
the
Crosse
,
then
Soule
and
Body
,
Flesh
and
Spirit
fight
one
against
the
other
.
The
worldlings
haue
no
féeling
of
such
a
Spirituall
combat
,
but
Gods
children
féele
the
same
euery
day
,
and
pray
,
O
Lord
,
Leade
vs
not
into
temptation
▪
yet
leade
vs
according
vnto
thy
will
,
but
deliuer
vs
soone
from
the
Euill-one
,
and
from
all
that
might
hinder
our
saluation
.
Hence
it
commeth
that
the
true
beléeuers
when
they
féele
such
a
combat
betwixt
the
Spirit
and
the
Flesh
,
or
sée
and
heare
it
in
others
,
that
they
hould
it
for
a
good
token
,
according
vnto
the
saying
of
Saint
Iames
,
Cap.
1.
2.
My
Brethren
,
count
it
exceeding
ioy
when
you
fall
into
diuers
tentations
.
Also
verse
12.
Blessed
is
the
man
that
endureth
tentation
.
The
vnbeléeuing
worldlings
,
and
Hipocrites
,
who
know
not
how
wonderfully
God
dealeth
with
his
Saints
,
hold
it
for
an
euill
signe
or
token
,
and
speake
with
derision
of
it
,
which
they
would
not
doe
if
they
vnderstood
the
example
of
our
Sauiour
Iesus
Christ
,
who
was
tempted
thrée
times
by
the
Diuell
.
Also
,
if
they
knew
that
all
things
doe
turne
good
vnto
those
that
loue
God
.
Also
,
that
they
must
be
made
like
vnto
the
Image
of
his
Sonne
,
Rom.
8.
Hence
it
fell
out
,
that
his
Excellencie
,
besides
these
excellent
speaches
of
consolation
(
feeling
in
his
heart
the
testimonie
of
Gods
holy
Spirit
)
did
vtter
sometimes
words
of
complaint
and
sorrow
,
by
the
frailtie
of
his
sinnefull
flesh
,
and
of
old
Adam
,
yet
sought
finally
the
victorie
.
Hée
complayned
sometimes
of
the
miserie
of
this
life
,
of
the
manifold
sinnes
wherevnto
the
corrupt
nature
is
subiect
,
of
the
fearefulnesse
of
death
,
of
the
paines
of
hell
,
and
said
:
Ah
I
miserable
sinfull
man
:
O
Lord
hast
thou
forgotten
mée
,
wilt
thou
shew
no
more
mercy
?
Is
thy
mercy
turned
to
anger
?
&c.
euen
as
Dauid
speaketh
in
the
77.
and
88.
Psalmes
,
Also
my
paines
are
too
great
,
I
can
suffer
them
no
longer
.
And
whereas
these
words
did
séeme
to
come
from
vnpatience
against
the
gracious
helpe
of
God
,
his
Excellencie
was
comforted
and
admonished
by
me
and
other
assistants
,
with
many
good
and
holy
sentences
,
vnto
Christian
patience
:
it
is
not
néede
to
set
them
downe
here
.
His
Excellencie
did
receiue
this
comfort
,
and
did
correct
his
former
vnpatience
with
these
words
.
Ah
,
I
doe
prouoke
my
God
vnto
anger
by
my
vnpatience
,
I
will
doe
it
no
more
.
If
I
haue
receiued
from
God
good
things
,
I
will
beare
patiently
the
euill
:
hée
will
not
forsake
me
,
he
hath
not
forsaken
me
yet
,
I
will
prescribe
vnto
him
no
measure
:
forsake
me
not
O
Lord
,
that
I
forsake
not
thée
.
Besides
went
on
thus
:
Ah
what
a
heauy
battell
is
before
me
?
wherevpon
I
told
him
,
your
Excellencie
is
now
in
the
estate
,
wherein
your
Lord
Iesus
Christ
was
when
hee
was
in
the
agonie
Luke
22.
44.
the
said
Lord
Christ
hath
ouer-wonne
,
he
calleth
now
vnto
himselfe
,
all
those
that
are
wearie
and
laden
,
Mat.
11.
28.
hee
is
the
Captaine
in
this
combat
,
follow
you
him
with
patience
and
faith
,
and
no
enimy
shall
be
able
to
hurt
you
.
His
Excellencie
did
not
feare
death
,
for
he
was
ready
and
willing
to
die
,
but
onely
the
terror
of
it
,
setting
death
before
his
eyes
(
by
the
weakenes
of
the
flesh
)
as
a
fearefull
Tyrant
,
and
as
the
Gyant
Goliah
,
who
terrified
the
Israelites
.
But
I
comforted
him
immediately
,
as
followeth
.
Death
indéed
was
terrible
because
of
our
sinnes
,
but
she
is
no
more
horrible
vnto
those
that
are
in
Iesus
Christ
,
for
he
(
as
the
true
Dauid
)
hath
vanquished
death
.
Did
not
your
Excellencie
hetherto
pray
for
a
blessed
end
?
Hath
not
Christ
promised
,
that
he
will
giue
whatsoeuer
we
doe
pray
for
vnto
the
Father
in
his
name
?
Ioh.
16.
Doeth
not
the
145.
Psalme
say
,
that
God
doth
what
the
good
demaund
?
and
the
12.
God
heareth
the
sighes
of
the
faithfull
?
and
the
34.
God
deliuereth
the
righteous
out
of
all
feare
.
Your
Excellencie
will
not
tread
vnder
féete
your
prayers
and
déepe
sighes
,
for
they
are
pierced
through
the
cloudes
.
I
will
saith
the
Lord
,
vp
,
and
set
him
at
liberty
,
Psal.
12.
Besides
I
propounded
vnto
his
Excellencie
the
comfort
of
the
1
Cor.
15.
55.
O
death
where
is
thy
sting
?
O
graue
where
is
thy
victorie
?
Hence
I
tooke
occasion
to
shew
to
compare
the
death
of
the
faithfull
,
vnto
a
bold
and
proud
Souldiour
who
hath
no
weapons
,
and
whose
threatnings
are
in
vaine
.
These
words
tooke
away
that
feare
of
his
Excellencie
,
&
after
diuers
gronings
,
kéeping
himselfe
quiet
,
he
said
:
One
combat
is
now
past
:
which
words
I
heard
with
great
ioy
,
and
thanked
God
for
it
.
The
Satterday
drawing
neare
,
his
Excellencie
was
desirous
to
speake
againe
with
his
wife
,
and
the
Lady
of
Orange
.
They
came
presently
,
and
with
them
the
Lady
Charlotte
Loyse
,
hee
spake
with
them
in
order
,
and
they
with
comfortable
speaches
and
aboundance
of
teares
tooke
their
leaue
againe
of
him
:
he
said
vnto
his
daughter
Charlotte
,
Well
,
my
deare
daughter
,
remember
mee
thy
father
,
who
alwayes
intended
to
doe
thée
good
,
feare
the
Lord
:
be
vertuous
and
honest
,
and
no
good
shall
faile
thée
.
On
Satterday
the
8.
of
August
,
did
some
of
his
Councill
aske
what
they
should
say
vnto
his
louing
Brother
Count
Albrecht
,
if
it
would
please
God
to
take
his
Excellencie
vnto
himselfe
,
hée
answered
:
Tell
him
good
night
,
and
let
him
know
that
I
haue
alwayes
meant
well
and
brotherly
,
though
he
and
some
others
could
or
would
not
alwayes
acknowledge
the
same
.
It
néedes
not
to
write
of
this
matter
any
further
.
His
Excellencie
charged
them
also
to
say
farewell
,
in
his
name
,
vnto
the
Archbishop
and
Prince
Elector
of
Ments
,
the
Abbot
of
Fulda
,
the
Count
Wolffgang
E●●est
of
Henburgk
,
&c.
and
told
his
Chamberlaine
,
by
whom
,
and
on
what
occasion
this
should
be
performed
.
On
this
Satterday
his
Excellencie
caused
,
for
a
time
,
all
the
assistants
to
void
the
chamber
,
and
I
remained
alone
with
him
,
hée
beganne
to
enter
with
mée
into
an
holy
discourse
of
the
estate
of
the
soules
of
the
righteous
in
heauen
,
and
how
farre
wée
are
bound
,
and
able
,
as
long
as
wée
are
in
the
militant
Church
,
to
pray
for
our selues
and
our
brethren
;
yea
,
for
all
men
:
I
made
along
discourse
hereof
vnto
his
Excellencie
,
wherein
hée
had
a
very
good
liking
.
The
greatnesse
of
his
paines
made
him
to
complaine
,
yet
by
my
comfort
did
gather
courage
,
and
said
in
Latine
,
Mors
mea
gloriosa
erit
,
my
death
shall
be
glorious
,
as
if
hée
would
haue
said
;
What
doe
I
trouble
my selfe
?
all
will
be
well
and
glorious
.
On
Satterday
night
,
the
Sunday
approaching
,
and
the
houre
of
death
drawing
néere
,
a
very
great
conflict
was
séene
in
him
,
and
said
in
his
lamentations
:
Ah
,
God
hath
forgotten
mée
!
it
is
vnpossible
that
I
should
be
succoured
,
I
cannot
hold
fast
your
consolations
:
thus
turned
himselfe
from
mée
,
&
complained
of
an
vnspeakable
heate
and
cold
,
&
how
hée
stood
with
one
foote
onely
,
vpon
a
high
mountaine
,
and
was
to
leape
ouer
a
water
that
sprung
out
of
the
mountaine
.
These
wordes
did
much
moue
the
hearts
of
the
assistants
,
and
of
mée
likewise
;
chiefely
because
his
Excellencie
said
that
hée
could
not
receiue
my
consolations
.
Héerevpon
I
tolde
him
that
hée
was
to
beare
those
suffrances
,
that
made
him
complaine
,
as
our
Sauiour
did
vpon
the
Crosse
,
My
God
,
my
God
why
hast
thou
forsaken
mee
?
and
the
Prophet
Dauid
,
Psalme
18.
The
sorrowes
of
death
compassed
mee
about
,
&c.
And
whereas
his
Excellencie
had
turned
himselfe
from
me
,
and
could
not
receiue
comfort
,
I
went
to
the
bed
,
fell
about
his
necke
,
and
spake
in
great
earnest
these
words
.
My
gracious
Lord
,
I
beséech
and
admonish
your
Excellencie
to
take
to
your
heart
my
consolations
(
which
I
shall
draw
out
of
Gods
holy
word
)
as
from
the
Minister
of
Christ
.
It
is
now
Satterday
,
the
Sunday
is
at
hand
,
then
doe
wée
speake
in
the
Church
,
in
the
exposition
of
the
Catechisme
of
the
crucified
Lord
Iesus
Christ
:
let
vs
now
also
speake
of
him
.
These
words
moued
his
Excellencie
to
turne
himselfe
againe
towards
me
,
and
to
giue
eare
vnto
those
comfortable
grounds
and
sentences
which
I
did
alledge
out
of
Gods
holy
word
,
as
the
Lord
at
that
time
did
put
into
my
heart
:
and
I
did
chiefely
draw
some
meditations
from
the
23.
Psalme
,
(
in
which
Psalme
his
Excellencie
did
much
delight
,
as
wée
said
before
)
saying
,
your
Excellencie
shall
now
bée
brought
vnto
those
gréene
Pastures
,
and
swéet
waters
,
that
refresh
the
soule
,
whereby
your
soule
,
to
the
praise
of
God
,
shall
also
be
quickned
.
It
is
true
that
the
way
vnto
those
blessed
Pastures
and
springs
,
is
a
darke
valley
of
death
,
full
of
thornes
,
the
doore
also
is
very
narrow
.
But
your
Excellencie
be
of
good
chéere
,
for
you
haue
hetherto
courageously
ouercome
the
thornes
of
sinne
,
and
the
darknesse
of
the
terible
death
,
through
Iesus
Christ
,
who
is
the
light
,
the
way
,
the
truth
and
the
life
.
Goe
on
fight
on
,
in
Iesus
Christs
name
,
you
are
almost
at
the
end
,
there
remaineth
but
two
steps
,
and
two
blowes
,
then
all
is
woone
.
Your
Excellency
setteth
now
his
right
foote
out
of
the
darke
and
thornie
valley
,
into
the
pleasant
pastures
of
God
.
Iesus
Christ
our
Sauiour
(
who
also
went
this
way
,
yea
,
a
farre
painefuller
)
standeth
in
the
middest
of
these
pastures
and
the
holy
Angels
with
him
,
they
wincke
at
you
,
and
call
you
vnto
them
,
and
doe
long
to
receiue
you
into
their
companie
.
There
is
prepared
a
Table
for
your
Excellencie
to
sit
at
,
with
Abraham
,
Isaac
,
and
Iacob
:
you
shall
drinke
there
the
ouer-flowing
Cuppe
of
Heauenly
Ioy
,
your
head
shall
be
annointed
with
the
true
oyle
of
gladnesse
,
séeing
you
haue
fought
and
ouer-come
so
valiantly
in
Iesus
Christ
.
By
these
zealous
spéeches
,
and
other
,
was
taken
away
the
tentation
and
feare
of
Hell
,
through
the
grace
of
our
Lord
Christ
,
who
permitteth
vs
not
to
be
tempted
aboue
our
abilitie
and
power
.
His
Excellencie
laid
both
his
hands
in
my
right
hand
,
and
I
laid
my
left
hand
on
his
head
,
and
thus
gaue
a
very
good
attention
vnto
those
things
which
were
alledged
by
mée
.
The
Physitians
did
admonish
his
Excellency
to
sléepe
,
whereupon
I
said
,
in
the
name
of
the
Lord
Christ
doe
I
lay
my
hand
on
your
head
,
I
beséech
him
to
strengthen
and
refresh
you
.
Thus
hée
tooke
a
little
sléepe
,
and
I
went
out
of
the
roome
:
but
being
awaked
againe
,
I
was
called
for
,
and
his
Excellencie
said
vnto
mée
,
that
I
should
lay
againe
my
hand
on
his
head
in
the
name
of
the
Lord
Christ
,
I
did
it
,
and
hée
fell
in
sléepe
againe
.
On
Sunday
about
nine
of
the
clocke
in
the
morning
,
(
which
was
the
day
of
his
deliuerance
)
something
was
brought
vnto
him
for
to
eate
,
and
to
get
rest
,
the
Physitians
said
,
that
then
all
would
be
well
.
His
Excellencie
answered
,
if
it
should
be
better
after
my
sléepe
,
then
I
desire
no
more
of
this
,
onely
I
wish
for
so
much
strength
,
that
I
may
commit
my
soule
vnto
my
Sauiour
,
and
speake
yet
once
with
my
wife
.
Thus
did
wée
voyde
the
roome
in
hope
of
rest
,
leauing
onely
his
Steward
with
him
.
When
wée
thought
that
his
Excellencie
tooke
rest
,
Loe
,
his
Steward
knéeled
before
his
bedde
,
and
sayd
with
his
Excellencie
the
Lords
Prayer
.
Wée
being
entred
his
Excellencie
lift
vp
his
head
and
eyes
,
and
cryed
out
with
a
ioyfull
voyce
,
Now
am
I
once
deliuered
,
and
stroke
his
breast
with
his
hand
,
saying
:
O
déere
hart
,
how
hast
thou
béene
tormented
and
martyred
?
thou
shalt
now
be
comforted
.
Then
called
he
for
his
Wife
,
but
for
certaine
reasons
,
and
for
to
decline
those
heauy
lamentations
,
it
was
not
done
.
Then
sayd
his
Excellencie
vnto
his
Steward
,
bid
my
Wife
good-morrow
,
and
tell
her
I
leaue
this
world
ioyfully
and
willingly
.
The
Bell
rung
for
the
Sermon
in
the
olde
Citie
:
his
Excellencie
said
,
Neuer
did
that
Bell
sound
so
in
my
eares
as
now
it
doth
:
I
answered
,
This
Bell
calleth
your
Excellencie
now
,
to
the
song
of
Angels
,
of
which
you
told
mée
before
yesterday
.
Then
said
his
Excellencie
,
Well
,
Let
vs
sing
:
thus
layd
downe
his
head
,
and
began
to
sing
the
song
of
the
Angels
,
Luke
2.
(
which
is
vsed
in
the
Germane
Churches
)
Glory
be
to
God
in
the
high
heauens
,
&c.
Wée
followed
after
him
.
Then
began
his
Excellencie
to
sing
the
118.
Psalme
,
verse
24.
This
is
the
ioyfull
day
indeed
,
Which
God
himselfe
hath
wrought
,
Let
vs
be
glad
and
ioy
therein
,
In
hart
,
in
minde
and
thought
.
Wée
followed
againe
,
with
a
low
and
weare
voyce
.
Then
came
his
Excellencie
to
the
116.
Psalme
:
I
loue
the
Lord
because
my
voyce
,
And
prayer
heard
hath
hee
,
&c.
Thus
was
to
be
séene
the
Spirit
of
Adoption
in
the
hart
of
his
Excellencie
.
And
when
wée
spake
together
for
to
prepare
our selues
to
prayer
,
His
Excellencie
noted
the
same
,
and
commanded
vs
to
knéele
downe
,
and
to
pray
:
hee
repeated
euery
word
zealously
,
but
chiefely
the
Lords
Prayer
,
and
the
Articles
of
Christian
faith
:
and
when
those
that
were
about
him
did
comfort
his
Excellencie
with
some
good
sentence
,
he
repeated
the
same
after
them
,
as
long
as
his
tongue
could
doe
it
.
I
feared
that
too
much
speach
might
haue
hindered
his
Excellencie
,
therefore
I
brake
of
,
and
after
a
while
rehearsed
vnto
him
the
words
of
our
Sauiour
,
Ioh.
3.
God
so
loued
the
world
that
he
hath
giuen
his
onely
begotten
sonne
,
&c.
And
I
asked
whether
his
Excellencie
vnderstood
them
:
then
hée
turned
his
eyes
on
mée
and
sayd
the
word
,
I
haue
told
it
.
These
short
words
did
I
report
vnto
the
assistants
,
and
added
,
that
his
Excellencie
had
aboundantly
declared
which
was
his
Faith
,
Hope
,
and
Comfort
,
wherein
hée
liued
and
now
was
to
dye
,
namely
,
the
onely
begotten
Sonne
of
God
.
Besides
this
,
I
cryed
often
vnto
his
Ercellencie
these
words
.
O
Lord
Iesus
Christ
,
I
commit
my
Spirit
into
thy
hands
,
thou
hast
deliuered
mée
,
thou
true
and
faithfull
God
.
Whilest
this
was
repeated
vnto
his
Excellencie
he
rendred
his
spirit
quietly
,
and
blessedly
.
The
words
of
our
Sauiour
,
wherewithall
I
comforted
him
at
his
last
houre
,
were
before
(
without
my
knowledge
)
propounded
vnto
him
by
the
Lady
of
Orange
,
and
by
himselfe
written
in
his
Germane
Bible
,
so
that
by
Gods
prouidence
the
same
were
alleadged
by
mée
:
for
he
entended
to
dye
therein
both
willingly
and
happily
.
Thus
departed
his
Excellencie
,
after
the
ending
of
the
Sermon
in
the
old
Church
,
and
the
Prayer
conceined
for
his
Excellencie
and
other
Christian
Maiestrates
.
And
this
is
the
plaine
and
true
relation
of
the
blessed
departure
of
his
Excellencie
,
out
of
this
wicked
world
,
from
whence
wée
haue
to
take
instruction
and
example
to
liue
according
vnto
Gods
holy
will
,
preparing
our selues
,
as
he
did
,
tunely
,
with
true
Faith
,
Hope
,
and
Loue
,
that
when
the
howre
of
death
comes
,
wée
may
in
Christian
patience
depart
well
comforted
,
both
willingly
and
blessedly
.
This
graunt
vnto
mée
and
all
beléeuers
,
the
father
of
mercy
by
his
holy
Spirit
,
for
the
onely
propitiatorie
Sacrifice
of
his
deare
Sonne
,
and
our
Sauiour
Iesus
Christ
.
Amen
.
MATTHEW
10.
22.
Hee
that
endureth
to
the
end
,
hee
shall
be
saued
.
APOCCALIPSE
2.
7.
To
him
that
ouercommeth
will
I
giue
to
eate
of
the
tree
of
life
,
which
is
in
the
middest
of
the
Paradise
of
God
.
FINIS
.