Phi. O how can we (most ⟨p. 541⟩loving father) render unto the sufficient thanks, for thine inestimable goodness toward thy faithful servants, whom thou calling out of this wretched world,1 vouchestsafe to place in thy heavenly kingdom among the glorious company of thy holy angels and blessed saints.2 O full precious is the death of thy faithful in thy sight. Blessed are the dead that die in thee O Lord: For they are at rest from their painful travails & labours. The souls of the righteous are in thy hand. O God: and the pain of death shall not touch them.3 In the sight of the unwise they appear to die,4 but they are in peace. They shine as the sparks that run through the read bush. They glister as the shining of heaven. They are as the stars world without end. They are as the angels of God. They are clad with white garments, ⟨p. 542⟩& have golden crowns upon their heads. They do service day & night before the glorious throne of thy divine majesty. They neither hunger nor thirst any more, neither doth the sun or any heat fall upon them, for the lamb which is in the mids of the throne governeth them, and leadeth them unto the living fountains of waters. They follow the lamb whithersoever he goeth, They have such joys,5 as eye hath not seen, nor ear hath heard, nether is there any heart able to think them. Infinite and unspeakable are the treasures, O Lord, which thou haste laid up for them, that depart in thy faith For these thy fatherly benefits toward the souls of the faithful, and for that it hath pleased the to call this our Christen brother from this vale of misery unto thy heavenly kingdom, we give unto ⟨p. 543⟩the most hearty thanks, humbly beseeching thee, that thou wilt take like care for us, & so govern us with thy holy spirit, both in sickness and in health, that we may live a good and godly life in this present world, and when soever it shall be thy good pleasure to call us hence, we may with strong faith in thee, & in thy Son Christ Jesus our Lord, commend both our bodies & souls into thy merciful hands, and through thy goods be placed in thy glorious kingdom, among thy faithful chosen people, and so for ever and ever praise and magnify thee our heavenly father, to whom with thy dearly beloved Son Jesus Christ our Lord and saviour, and the holy ghost that most sweet comforter, be all glory and honour, worlds without end.
Phi. O how can we (moste ⟨p. 541⟩louing father) rendre vnto the sufficient thanckes, for thyne inestimable goodnes toward thy faithful seruants, whome thou calling out of this wretched worlde,1 vouchestsafe to place in thy heauenlye kingdom among the glorious cō pany of thy holy angels and blessed saincts.2 O full precious is the death of thy faithfull in thy sight. Blessed are ye dead that die in thee O Lord: For they are at rest from their painfull trauails & labours. The soules of the righteous ar in thy hand. O God: and the pain of death shal not touche thē.3 In the sight of the vnwise they appeare to die,4 but they are in peace. They shine as the sparckes that runne thorow ye redde bush. They glister as the shining of heauē. They are as ye starres worlde without end. They are as the aungels of God. They are clad wt white garmēts, ⟨p. 542⟩& haue goldē crownes vpon their heds. They do seruice day & night before the glorious throne of thy deuine maiesty. They neither hō ger nor thirst anye more, neyther doth the sun or any heat fal vpon them, for the lambe which is in ye mids of ye throne gouerneth thē, and ledeth them vnto the liuinge foūtains of waters. They folowe the lābe whithersoeuer he goeth, They haue such ioyes,5 as eie hath not sene, nor eare hath heard, nether is there any heart hable to thincke them. Infinite and vnspeakeable are the treasures, O Lord, whiche thou haste laide vp for them, that depart in thy faith For these thy fatherly benefites toward the souls of the faithfull, and for that it hathe pleased the to call this our Christen brother from this vale of misery vnto thy heauenly kingdome, we geue vnto ⟨p. 543⟩the moste harty thankes, humbly beseching thee, that thou wilt take like care for vs, & so gouerne vs with thy holy spirite, bothe in sickenes and in healthe, that we may liue a good and godly life in this present world, and when soeuer it shalbe thy good pleasure to call vs hence, we may with strong faith in thee, & in thy sonne Christ Iesu our Lorde, commende bothe our bodies & soules into thy merciful hādes, and thorow thy gooddes be placed in thy glorious kingdome, among thy faithfull chosen people, and so for euer and euer prayse and magnifie thee our heauenly father, to whome with thy derely beloued sonne Iesu Christ our Lord and sauiour, and the holy gost that most swete cōfortour, be all glory and honoure, worldes without end.
- 1Psal. cxv.
- 2Dan. xiii.
- 3Sap. ii.
- 4Apoc. xxiii
- 5Isaiah. lxiii. i. Cor. iiiEsay. lxiii. i. Cor. iii
