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Of the Four Last Things of a Man

1. Which are called the foure last things of a man?

THese surely: Death, Iudgement, Hell, and the Kingdome of heauen: called certes the last1 things, because that amongst all the things that can chance vnto a man, they chalenge vnto themselues the very last place. For death, according to the common saying, is the last line of thinges. After Death followeth the Iudgement of God, as S. PAVL also hath declared in these wordes: It is 2 appointed to men to die once, & after this, the Iudgement. To wit both that3 particular which euery one hath at his death; and that last and generall Iudgement, which expecteth all men at the end of the world, as we haue alreadie4 declared.

And some are iudged, (those that die in mortall sinne) to be deliuered to euerlasting5 paines in Hell: others, who departing this life, are adorned with the mariage6 garment of charitie; that they may enioy the most happie life in the kingdome of heauen. That is it which the Euangelicall veritie affirmeth; They 7 that haue done good thinges, shall come forth into the resurrection of life, but they that haue done euill into the resurrection of iudgement. For 8 the sonne of man shall come in the glory of his Father, with his Angells: and then will he render to euery man according to his workes.

2. What instruction doth the scripture giue vs of death?

AS,9 by one man sinne entered into this worlde, and by sinne death: and so vnto all men death did passe as S. PAVL affirmeth. Therefore although nothing be more vncertain vnto vs then10 the houre of death, for a man knoweth 11 not his end: yet nothing can be more sure than death it selfe. For which cause it is written: All 12 of vs die, and as waters we fall into earth, which doe not returne againe. And Ecclesiasticus confirming the same. And 13 a King (saith he,) is to day, and to morow he shall die; and when a man dieth, he shall inherite serpentes, and beastes, and wormes.

And because it concerneth vs much, in what manner, and how well prepared we die: therefore so often in the Gospell is this repeated vnto vs: Be 14 watchfull: Also, be ye ready: 15 for at what houre you thinke not, the sonne of man will come. 16 And we shall be watchfull and ready to entertaine death, if euery man doe for his owne parte, earnestly and in all his life meditate that which is written: Before 17 death worke iustice, because there is not in hell to finde meate. As also Christ himselfe hath saide: The 18 nighte commeth when no man can worke: 19 walke whilest you haue the light, that the darkenes ouertake you not.

But fittely doth the Prophet put a difference betweene the death of the good & the euill. For of these he saith: The death 20 of sinners is very euill. To wit, of them, who like the obstinate Iewes doe die in their sinne without penance, and for that cause doe so perish that they are to be tormented perpetually21 in hell with the rich Glutton. But of the other he testifieth:22 Pretious in the sight of our Lord is the death of his Saintes. For to23 such this death of the bodie is nothing else, but an end of this earthly peregrination, & a conclusion of the miseries of this mortall life, a quiet sleepe and a secure repose, the begining of true life, and a wished passage to most happie immortalitie: with the desire whereof the Apostle burning, and being weary of this life:24 I desire saith he, to be dissolued and to be with Christ. 25 Blessed are those seruantes that when the Lorde commeth he shall finde watching. And blessed 26 are the dead which die in our Lorde. And 27 a iust man if he shall be preuented with death, he shall be in a refreshing.

3. In what sorte doth holy scripture admonish vs of Iudgement?

IT is horrible to 28 fall into the hands of the liuing God, and of Christ the Iudge, before whose29 Tribunall we must all be manifested, and euerie man30 must render accounte for himselfe: For all 31 thinges that are done God wil bring into iudgement, for euery faulte: whether it bee good or euill. And therefore not only vnto sinners, but also vnto32 Saints often-times the expectation33 of this iudgement is terrible. This did holie DAVID feare, so that hee did earnestlie pray: Enter not 34 into iudgement with thy seruaunt O Lorde. This feared IOB also notwithstanding hee was innocent,35 and his feare he expresseth in these wordes:36 What shal I do when God shal arise to iudgement? And when he shal aske, what shal I answere him? as swelling waues 37 ouer me, I alwaies feared Almighty God, and his waight I coulde not beare. I did feare al 38 my works, knowing that thou wouldest not spare him that offendeth.

And certes that iudge is39 to be feared, whose power we cannot escape, whose wisedome is infallible, Iustice inflexible, Iudgement vnreuocable. Of which it is thus written: The Zeale 40 and furor of the Man (to witte, of Christ the Iudge) shall not spare in the day of reuenge, nor yeelde to any mans petition, nor will take for redemption neuer so many giftes. Who also of himselfe and his iudgement (least any man should be ignorant) hath foretolde this vnto all men. When 41 I shall take time, I will iudge iustice. I the Lord 42 scarching the hart, & prouing the reines: who doe giue to euery one according to his way, & according to the fruit of his inuentions. I come 43 to gather togither their works, and their cogitations, with all nations and toungs; & they shal come & see my glory.

But of the day of the last iudgement,44 which is also called in Scripture the day of our45 Lorde, the day of anger, the great & horrible day; the Apostle Saint PETER teacheth in this manner. The day of our Lord shall 46 come as a thiefe, in the which the heauens shall passe with great violence, but the Elements shall be resolued with heate, and the earth, and the workes that are in it shall be burnte. Therefore, whereas all these thinges are to bee dissolued: what manner of men ought you to be in holy conuersations and godlinesses, expecting and hasting vnto the comming of the day of our Lorde, by which the heauens burning shall be resolued, and the Elements shall melt with the heate of fire.

And that wee may finde Christ then a gentle Iudge, and that daie wherein Heauen and 47 Earth shall passe, ioyful vnto vs: most excellent is this counsaile of the wise man: Before 48 sickenesse apply the medicine, and before iudgement examine thy selfe, and in the sight of God thou shalt finde propitiation. For if wee 49 did iudge our selues we should not be iudged. To 50 him that feareth our Lorde, it shall bee well at the last; and in the day of his death he shall be blessed.

4. And what of hell and the paines thereof?51

AS nothing is more miserable than death, as nothing also is more terrible than iudgemente, espeaciallie to the children of this worlde persisting obstinately in sin: so can there nothing be imagined more intollerable and vnfortunate, than hell and the paine thereof. For there (as witnesseth diuine52 scripture) is weeping and gnashing of teeth: there their worme 53 dieth not, & the fire quencheth not: there the lande is darke, 54 and couered with the mist of death: there, the shadowe of death and no order, but perpetuall horror inhabiteth: there, their 55 part shall be in the poole burning with fire and brimstone, which is the seconde death: there they shall be tormented 56 day and night, for euer and euer. There finally that shall be found true by experience which the iust Iudge hath foretolde in these wordes, to all those that are to be tormented in hell:57 Behold my seruantes, shall eate, and you shall be hungry: Behold my seruants shall drink, and you shall be thirsty: Behold my seruantes shall reioise, and you shall be confounded: Behold my seruantes shall sing praises, for the exaltation of their hart, and you shall cry for the griefe of harte, and because of the contrition of spirite, ye shall houle. Therefore the Kingly Prophet calleth vpon all Kings and Princes, & setteth before them the paines that are to come for the wicked; with this seuere admnnition: And now 58 Kinges vnderstand ye, be ye instructed, ye that iudge the earthe. For to the stronger, 59 there remaineth a stronger torment, & a most hard iudgement shall passe vpon them that are in auctoritie.) Serue ye our Lorde in feare, and exulte vnto him with trembling: apprehend yee discipline, least that our Lorde be angry, and you doe perish from the iust way, when his anger shall sodenly waxe hoate. Hereupon Christ himselfe also hath thus spoken to euery man: Feare him 60 who after he hath killed, hath power to cast into hell. Yea I say to you feare him. For as it is momentanie which in this life deliteth: so is it euerlasting, which in hell tormenteth.

5. What doe we learne out of holy scripture of the kingdome of heauen?

GOd hath prepared61 his kingdome for the electe from the beginning of the world: a62 heauenly kingdome, an eternall63 kingdome, a most blessed64 kingdome, whereof Sainte PAVL plainlye confesseth. The 65 passions of this time are not condigne to the glory to come. The eie 66 hath not seene, nor eare hath heard, neither hath in ascended into the hart of man, what thinges God hath prepared for them that loue him. O holy 67 Cittie IERVSALEM, newe, descending from heauen, prepared of God, as a Bride adorned for her husband. Whereof Saint IHON, very wel acquainted with diuine matters heard these thinges from heauen & wrote them: Behold the 68 Tabernacle of God with men, and hee will dwell with them, and they shall be his people: & he God with them, shal be their God. And God shall wipe away all teares from their eies: and death shall be no more, nor mourning, nor crying, neither shall there be sorowe any more, which first thinges are gone. There is heard the69 voice of the greate trumpet, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of greate thunders saying, Alleluia: because our Lord God omnipotent hath raigned, let vs be glad, and reioise, & giue glory vnto him: because the mariage of the lambe is come.

Blessed 70 be they that are called to the supper of the mariage of the lambe: but more blessed they that beeing71 called, doe come to that supper, all impediments being taken away, and bring theire wedding garment72 that they may sit downe in the kingdome of God73 with ABRAHAM, ISAAC, and IACOB. And we shall not need to aske,74 O Lord who shall dwell in thy Tabernacle? or who shall rest in thy holy hill? The answere is readie: He that entereth with out spotte & worketh iustice. Or if thou takest more delight in the speach of Christ: He 75 that doth the will of my Father which is in heauen, he shall enter into the kingdome of heauen. This is a holy cittie, and it also requireth holy citizens, there shall not enter 76 into it any polluted thing.

6. What is the vse and commoditie of the wholle doctrine concerning the foure last thinges?

77FIrst of all, to knowe, and seriously to meditate these thinges; it is profitable to this end: that we may the more easely be withdrawen from the care, affection, & loue of those thinges which are transitorie, vaine, and floating in this worlde. For78 vanitie of vanities saith Ecclesiastes: Vanitie of vanities, and all is vanitie. I sawe 79 all thinges that are done vnder the sunne, and behold all is vanitie and affliction of spirite.

Then they doe not only, being well considered, auerte a man from vaine cogitations and earthly cares; but also doe terrifie him from all80 libertie, custome and pronesse to sinne. Hence is that golden sentence: In 81 all thy workes remember thy last things, & thou shalt neuer sinne.

Moreouer they doe admonish a wise man, that in all affaires, he doe no thing rashly, but that first he set82 before himselfe the last thinges, and hauing foreseene the end, doe go on in the high rode way, that he may neither decline on the righte83 hand, or on the lefte, from that which is right.

But speacially the memorie and contemplacion of such things doth cause, that the feare of God which is the fountaine of true84 wisdome the guardian of all vertue, and a necessarie scholemaster in all the life of man: may confirme and sette vs forewarde in the zeale of Iustice & goodnes. For85 the feare of God expelleth sinne: And hee that is without feare cannot be iustified. They 86 that feare our Lorde will enquire what things are well pleasing vnto him, they will prepare their hartes, and in his sight they will sanctifie their soules. Finally, they 87 that feare our Lorde, will keepe his commandementes, and will haue patience vntill he beholde them, saying: If we doe not Penance wee shal fall into the handes of our Lorde.

But the children of this worlde, who loue88 vanitie and seeke after a lie: who 89 reioise when they doe euill & triumphe in things that be worst, before whose90 eies the feare of God is not: they doe nothing lesse, then thinke of these matters. It is a 91 people without counsaile, and without wisdome: woulde to God they were wise, and did vnderstand, and fore-see the last thinges. With them we see it fall out daiely by experience, that which holy IOB saith: They holde 92 the Taber and the Lute, and reioice at the sounde of the instrument. They passe ouer their daies in pleasures, and in a moment they descend into hell. So 93 laughter shalbe mingled with greefe, & the end of ioye is mourning.

7. What is the Summe of those thinges that are contained in this booke?

THe summe of the whole worke is comprised in two thinges: in Christian wisdome, & iustice. To wisdome are these pointes referred: to wit; of Faith, and the Creede; of Hope, & our Lords Praier; of Charitie, and the tenne Commaundementes. For Faith, Hope and Charitie, are those vertues, wherein the diuine scripture comprehendeth the true wisdome of man, as Saint AVGVSTINE94 hath noted. Then is there further annexed a discourse of the Preceptes of the Church, and of the Sacramentes. For as the foresaide vertues cannot stand without the Sacramentes, and perfecte obseruance of the Preceptes of the Church: so, being ioined with then, they are effectually grafted in vs; & being grafted, are confirmed, augmented and brought to perfection. Therfore in explicating those things which we reduce vnto wisdome, is the first part of the booke concluded.

The latter which treateth of Iustice, doth briefly demonstrate two partes thereof, belonging both to the fleeing95 of euill thinges, and the pursueing of those which are good. For to abstaine from euill (as witnesseth S. CHRYSOSTOME)96 is not sufficient for vs to saluation, excepte therewithall be annexed the following of good thinges, & the action of vertue. Therfore to either of these two partes, we haue applied some discourses, which doe chiefelie serue to the obseruing of the difference of good & euill. But the force and largenes of all iustice, TOBIE a man no lesse wise then iust, doth briefely comprehende: where he admonisheth his sonne & consequently in him all the children of God in particuler, with these wordes.97 Feare not my sonne; wee leade surely a poore life, but we shall haue many good thinges if we feare God, and abstaine from all sinne, and doe well. Thus finally wee learne the exacte duety of a christian man, which doth not only require faith, but a life also ordered according to the rule of Christian wisdome and iustice. For a wise harte that hath vnderstanding, as the scripture testifieth,98 will keepe it selfe from sinne, and will haue successe in the workes of Iustice.

But to the intent that wee may not passe the bandes of our intended breuitie, let this be the ende & conclusion of this Doctrine appertaining to the instruction of Christians, and those especially of the simpler sort. All which thinges we will close vp with one worde of Ecclesiastes, as with a notable seale of the whole life of man, making this conclusion:99 Feare God, and keepe his Commaundementes: For this, is all a man.

Psalm. 67. Confirme this O GOD, which thou hast wrought in vs.

Footnotes

  1. Eccli. 7, d 28, a 38, b Deut. 32, d Pro. 19, c Bern. in ser. de primord. medijs & nouissunis. ↩

  2. Heb. 9. g ↩

  3. Aug. lib 2. de anima & eius origine cap. 4. Item tract. 49. in Ioan. Chysost. ho. 14. in Mat. ↩

  4. In Symbolo. ↩

  5. Luc. 16, c Mat. 25, d ↩

  6. Mat 22, b Aug. li. post collat. cont. Donat. c. 20 Greg. ho. 38 in Euang. ↩

  7. Io. 5, c Mat. 25, d ↩

  8. Mat. 16, d ↩

  9. Ro. 5, b Sap. 1, d Concil. Mileuit. cap. 1. Aug. de praedest. & gratia. cap. 3. ↩

  10. Greg. ho. 13: in Euang. Aug. in Ps. 144. ho. 27. ex 50. cap 3. & cap 2. soliloquiorun animae. Hugo. Vict. lib. 1. de anima cap. 3. ↩

  11. Eccles. 9, c Iac 4, d Eccli 11, c 14, b Luc. 12, c ↩

  12. 2 Reg. 14. c Eccles. 2. c Ps. 89, b 101 a b 102, c Iob. 8, b 14. a 1 Pet. 1. d Aug. lib. 13. de ciu. Dei cap. 10. & 11. ser 21. de verbis Domini c. 2. & 3. Innocent de contemptu mundi lib. 1. cap. 24. ↩

  13. Eccli. 10, b Iob 17, d Psal. 18, b d Baruch 3, b Eccli. 41, a Aug. senten. vlt. apud Prosp ↩

  14. Mat 25, a 20. d Mar. 13, d Aug. ep. 80. ad Hesych. & quaest. 59. lib. 83. quaestionum. ↩

  15. Luc. 12, c ↩

  16. Apoc. 3, a 16, c Cypr. epist. 52. ad Anton Aug ser. 3. de Innocentibus & tra. 33. in Ioan. Greg. lib. 16. moral. c. 31. ↩

  17. Eccli. 14, c Eccles. 9, c 12, a Gal. 6, c Aug. de discip. Christiana cap. 11. & 12. Conc. Lateran can. 21. Trid. sess. 14 Neruens. c. 4 Greg. 4. dial. c. 58. Possid. in vita Aug. ↩

  18. Ioan 9, a Aug. in enc. cap. 110. & tract. 44. in Ioan. ↩

  19. Ioan. 12, c Luc. 19, c ↩

  20. Psal. 33, d Pro. 11, a Sap. 5, b c Psal. 10, b Aug. serm. 47. & 59. ad fratr. in Eremo. Hugo Victorinus lib. 1. de anima cap. 2. lib. 3. cap. 23. & lib. 4. cap. 13. Innocent 3. de contemptu mundi lib. 2. cap. 42. ↩

  21. Luc. 16, c f Greg. 4 dial cap. 38. & hom. 12. in Euang. Beda. lib. 5. hist. Angl. cap. 14. & 15. ↩

  22. Psal. 115, a ↩

    1. Cor. 5, a b Greg. 4. dial cap. 11. & sequent. Cyprian. de mortal. Amb. de bo no. mort. c. 2. & seq.
    ↩

  24. Phil. 1, d Luc. 2, d Psal. 41, a 83, a 141, b Num. 23, b ↩

  25. Luc. 12, c ↩

  26. Apoc. 14, c ↩

  27. Sap. 4, b ↩

  28. Heb. 10, f Bern. ser. 8. in Psal. Qui habitat. ↩

    1. Cor. 5, b
    ↩

  30. Rom. 14, b Luc. 16, a 12, f 19, d ↩

  31. Eccles. 12, d 11, d 1. Cor. 4, a Ro. 2, a b c Sap. 1, c Eccli. 11, c Mat. 12, c 16, d Apoc. 20, d 22, c Psal. 61, b 2. Tim. 4, b Damas. in orat. de def. Cyr. de exitu animae. Leontius in vita Ioanis Eleemosin. ↩

    1. Pet. 4, d Sephon. 1, c Psal. 74, a Ber. ser. 55. in Cant. Greg. lib. 8. moral. cap. 13.
    ↩

  33. Heb. 10, c ↩

  34. Psal. 142, a ↩

  35. Iob. 1, a ↩

  36. Iob. 31, b ↩

  37. Ibidem c Greg. 21. moral. cap. 15. & 16. ↩

  38. Iob. 9, d 24, b Eccles 9, a 1. Cor. 4, a ↩

  39. Aug. in lib. de decen chordis cap. 1. & 2. Prosp. lib. 3. de vita contempl. c. 12. Bern. ep. 1. Innocentius 3. lib. 3. de contemptu mundi c. 15. ↩

  40. Pro. 6, d ↩

  41. Ps 74, a Bern. ser. 55. in Cant. ↩

  42. Hier 17, b 11, d 20, c 32, c Pro 16, a Heb. 4, d 1. Par 28, b Mal. 3, a Ps. 7, b 43, d ↩

  43. Esa. 66, f Iudae. epist. c Mat. 10, c ↩

  44. Aug. 20. de ciu. Dei cap. 1. 2. 30. & lib. 18. c. 53. item ep. 78. & 80. ad Hesych. Hippol. de consum. mundi. Damas. lib. 4. orth. lid. cap. 27. ↩

  45. Soph. 1, d Ioel. 2, a e g 3, a Esa. 13, b c 24, c d 66, c Hier. 23, d Mal. 3, a 4, a b Dan. 7, c d Apoc. 20. d 6, d Psal. 96, a 59, a Mat. 24, & 25, c d 13, f 3, c Sap. 5. a d ↩

  46. 2 Pet 3, c Aug. lib. 20. de eiu. Dei cap. 16. & 18. Chrys. ho. 46 ad pop. Antioch. & sequent. Ephrem. in lib. de ilidicio extremo. & lib. de vera paenitent. Aug. ser. 67. d c temp. Isid. de summo bono lib 1. c. 30. Cyr. catech. 15. Illum. Hier. ep. 1. ad Heliod. cap. 9. Greg. hom. 1. & 12. in Euang. lib. 26. moral. cap. 24. & 25. Aug. cap. 4. meditat. Anselmus de miseria hominis. Bern. de interiori domo, cap. 38. ↩

  47. Luc. 21, f 1. Cor. 7, f Apoc. 21, a ↩

  48. Eccli. 18, c 2. Pet. 3, c Luc. 21, g Tit. 2, d 1. Thess. 5, a Luc. 17, f Chrys. ho. 5. de poenit. ↩

    1. Cor. 11, g
    ↩

  50. Eccli. 1, b Greg. lib. 31. moral. c. 21. Aug. ser. 120 de temp. ↩

  51. Vide Chrys. epist. 5. ad Theod. lapsum & Cyr. Alex. de exitu animae. Prosp. lib. 3. de vita contemplatiua cap. 12. item Greg. lib. 4. dial cap. 28. 29. 42. & sequent. Isid. de summo bono lib. 1. c. 31. & 32. ↩

  52. Mat. 8, b 13, f g 22, b 24, d 25, e Luc. 13, f ↩

  53. Mar. 9, g Esa. 66, g 14, c Eccli. 7, b Iudith. 16, c ↩

  54. Iob. 10, d Iudae e Greg. lib. 9. moral. c. 45. & sequent. Cassian. in Confess. Theologica. p. 3. Ephrem. in l. de vera poenitentia cap. 7. & 8. ↩

  55. Apoc. 21, c 14, b c 18, b 19, d 20, c d Psal. 10, b 20. b Deut. 32, c Iob. 24, c Rom. 2, b Esa. 3, d Pro. 19. d Eccli. 21, b ↩

  56. Apoc. 20, c 9, a Iob. 7, b 20, c d Psal. 48, c Esa. 33, b Mat. 3, c 25, d 2. Thess. 1, c 2. Pet. 2, a b ↩

  57. Esa. 65, c Lu. 6, d 16, f Cyr. Alex. in orat. de exitu animae. Aug. in Euchir. cap. iij. & sequent. item ser. 181 de temp. c. 18. lib de triplici habitaculo c. 2 Cyp. ad Demetr. & ser. de Ascensione Christi. Bern. ep. 253 & meditat. cap. 3. item ser. 8. in Psal Qui habitat Hugo. lib. 8. de anima c. 13. Innocen tius 3. lib. 3. de contempt. mundi cap. 2. & seq. Conc. Flor. ↩

  58. Psal. 2, c ↩

  59. Sap. 6, ab Esa. 5, d ↩

  60. Luc. 12, a Mat. 10, c Chrys. lib. 1. de prouiden tia Dei. iten ho. 5. & 55. ad pop. Antioch. Aug. in Psal. 49. Bern. in ser. de conuers. ad Cler. c. 5. ↩

  61. Mat. 25, c ↩

    1. Tim. 4, d
    ↩
    1. Pet 1, c
    ↩

  64. Luc. 14, d Aug. ser. 37 de Sanct Cyp de mortalitate. ↩

  65. Ro 8, d 2 Cor. 4, d Act. 14, d 2. Tim. 2, a b 4, b ↩

    1. Cor. 2, c Esa. 64, b
    ↩

  67. Apoc. 21, a d e f g 22, a Mat. 13, f 22, c Sap. 3, a b 5, c Dan. 12, c 1. Cor. 5, e f g Phil. 3, d Io. 14, a ↩

  68. Apoc. 21, a 7, d 1. Cor. 13, d 1. Ioan. 3, a. Esa. 25, c 33 c d 49, c 51, a d 60, d 65 c 66 d Ps. 16, d 26, d 30, c 35, b 86, a 114, b 149, a Chrys. ep. 5. ad Theod. lapsum. Anselm. ep. 2. in ib. de similitudinibus cap. 47. & sequ. Hugo. lib. 4. de anima cap. 15. & 16. ↩

  69. Apo. 19, a Ps. 83, a b d & ibidem Aug. item lib. 10. de ciuitate Dei cap. 16. & lib. 22. cap. 29. & 30. item lib 3. de libro arbitrio cap. vltimo, & lib. 3. de Symb. ad Catechum. cap vltimo lib. 1. de Trinitate cap. 13. & de Catechiz. rudib cap. 25. tract. 4. in ep. Ioan. lib meditat. cap. 22, & 25. Soliloquior. cap. 21. 35. & 36. Manual. cap. 6. 7. 16. 17. ↩

  70. Apoc. 19, b ↩

  71. Luc. 14, d Greg. ho. 36 & 37. in Euang. Prosp. de vita contemplatiua lib. 1. cap. 2. & sequent. item lib. 3. cap 32. Bern in ser. de triplici genere bonorum &c. 4. meditat. ↩

  72. Mat. 22, b ↩

  73. Mat. 8, b Luc. 13, f 12, c 22, c Greg. ho. 13. in Euang. ↩

  74. Psal. 14, a 23, a Esa. 33, c Rom. 2, b c Mat. 5, a Bern. in ser. de conuers. ad Cler. cap. 25. ↩

  75. Ma. 7, c 19, c 25, b c Apo. 2, b c g 8, b c d 7, d Bern. ser. 2. de verb. Apost. Non est regnum Dei esca & potus. ↩

  76. Apoc. 21, g ↩

  77. Vide Chrys. epist. 5. ad Theod. lapsum & Damasc. in hist Barlaam & Iosaphat ca. 5. 12. 13. 14. ↩

  78. Eccles. 1, a & ibidem Hier. item Greg. lib. 5. c. 2. in 1. Reg ↩

  79. Ibid. c ↩

  80. Aug lib. 2. de Genesi cont. Manie cap. 28. & serm. 120. de temp. Greg. hom. 39. in Euang. Isid. lib. 3. de summo bono cap. vlt. ↩

  81. Eccli. 7, d Bern. ser. 1. in festo omniun Sanctorum item in serm. de primordijs me dijs. & nouissimis nostris. ↩

  82. Deut. 32, d ↩

  83. Pro. 4, d ↩

  84. Eccli. 1, b Psal. 110, b Pro. 1, a 9, b Iob. 28, d Eccles. 7, c Pro. 14, c Chry. ho. 15 ad pop. Ant iten ho. 2. in 2. ad Thess. Aug tract. 9 in ep. Io. & in Psal. 127. ↩

  85. Eccli. 1, c ↩

  86. Eccli. 2, d Aug. ser. 13. c. 13. & 18. c. 8. de verb. Apost. iten l. de Sancta Virg. cap 38 & serm. 214 de temp. ↩

  87. Ibidem. ↩

  88. Psal. 4, a ↩

  89. Pro. 2, c ↩

  90. Ps. 13, b ↩

  91. Deut. 32, d Bern. ser. 2. in die Apost Petri & Pauli, item epist 292. ↩

  92. Iob. 21, b ↩

  93. Pro. 14, b ↩

  94. Lib. 2 retract. cap. 63 & in Ench. cap. 2. & 3. ↩

  95. Psal. 33, c 36, c ↩

  96. Chrys. in Psal. 4. plura vide supra. pag. 269. ↩

  97. Tob. 4, ↩

  98. Eccli. 3, d ↩

  99. Eccles. 12, d ↩

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