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A dayly exercyse and experyence of dethe, gathered and set forth, by a brother of Syon Rycharde Whytforde.
Whitford, Richard, active 1495-1555?Date: An[no] M.CCCCC. [et] xxxvii. [1537]]- Books
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A description of the four last things, viz. death, judgment, hell, & heaven; in blank verse. The second edition. To which is added Three Spectators printed in the year 1715. on the following Subjects, viz. The Tombs in Westminster-Abbey; The Christian's Felicity; The Joys of Eternity. And Also A Meditation on the Works of the Creation, never before Printed. By the same Author.
Bond, William, -1735.Date: 1719- Books
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Saint Austins, care for the dead, or his bouke intit'led De cura pro mortuis, translated for the vse of those who ether haue not his volumes, or haue not knowlige in the Latin tungue.
Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430Date: M.DC.XXXVI [1636]- Books
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Here begynneth a lytell treatyse of the dyenge creature : enfected with sykenes vncurable with many sorowfull complayntes.
Date: [Anno d[omi]ni. M.CCCCC.vii. [1507]]- Books
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Time and the end of time : In two discourses; the first about redemption of time, the second about consideration of our latter end. By John Fox.
Fox, John, active 1676Date: 1671- Books
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A defiance to death : Wherein, besides sundry heauenly instructions for a godly life, we haue strong and notable comforts to vphold vs in death. By Master William Cowper, minister of Gods word.
Cowper, William, 1568-1619Date: 1616- Books
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A sad, but a true relation of a person who on Munday the 15th. of this instant February, was found dead in a wood near Highgate : being first discried by the dogs of some gentlemen that were there hunting.
Date: [1685/6 [i.e. 1686]]- Books
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A comfortable exhortacion agaynst the chaunces of death made by Erasmus of Roter.
Erasmus, Desiderius, -1536Date: Anno 1553- Books
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A discourse of death, bodily, ghostly, and eternall : nor vnfit for souldiers warring, seamen sayling, strangers trauelling, women bearing, nor any other liuing that thinkes of dying. By Thomas Tuke.
Tuke, Thomas, -1657Date: 1613- Books
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Preparation for death : Being a letter sent to a young gentlewoman in France, in a dangerous distemper, of which she died. By William Wake, M.A.
Wake, William, 1657-1737Date: MDCXCIX [1699]- Books
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A funeral gift: or, a preparation for death : With comforts against the fears of approaching death: and consolations against immoderate grief, for the loss of friends. By the author of The devout companion.
Seller, Abednego, 1646?-1705Date: 1690- Books
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The holy desires of death. Or A collection of some thoughts of the fathers of the church : to shew how christians ought to despise life, and to desire death. By the R. P. Lalemant, prior of St. Genovese, and Chancellour of the University of Paris.
Lalemant, Pierre, 1622-1673Date: Printed in the year, 1678- Books
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Staffords Niobe: or His age of teares : A treatise no lesse profitable, and comfortable, then the times damnable. Wherein deaths visard is pulled off, and her face discouered not to be so fearefull as the vulgar makes it: and withall it is shewed that death is only bad to the bad, good to the good.
Stafford, Anthony.Date: 1611- Books
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Here beginneth a lytel treatyse the whiche speketh of the xv. tokens the whiche shullen bee shewed afore ye drefull daye of judgement : And who that our lorde shalt after chenyng of euery body of his wordis, workis and thoughtes. And who oure lorde wyll shewe us other in tokens. of his pasion, to theym that been deyeth in dedely synne.
Date: [1505?]]- Books
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A description of the four last things, viz. death, judgment, hell, & heaven; in blank verse.
Bond, William, -1735.Date: MDCCXIX. [1719]- Books
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A spirituall consolation, written by Iohn Fyssher Bishoppe of Rochester, to hys sister Elizabeth, at suche tyme as hee was prisoner in the Tower of London. Uery necessary, and commodious for all those that mynde to leade a vertuous lyfe: also to admonishe them, to be at all tymes prepared to dye, and seemeth to bee spoken in the person of one that was sodainly preue[n]ted by death.
Fisher, John, Saint, 1469-1535Date: [1578?]]- Books
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Life after death : Containing many religious instructions and godly exhortations, for all those that meane to liue holy, and dye blessedly. With the manner of disposing ones selfe to God, before, and at the time of his departure out of this world. With many prayers for the same purpose By Francis Rodes.
Rodes, Francis, Sir, approximately 1595-1646Date: 1622- Books
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A christall glasse for christian women : Containing a most excellent discourse, of the godly life and Christian death of Mistresse Katherine Stubbes, who departed this life in Burton vpon Trent, in Staffordshire, the 14. of December. With a most heauenly confession of the Christian faith, which shee made a little before her departure, as also a wonderfull combate betwixt Satan and her soule: worthie to be imprinted in letters of gold, and are to be ingrauen in the table of euery Christian heart. Set downe word for word, as shee spake, as neere as could be gathered: by Phillip Stubbes Gent.
Stubbes, PhillipDate: 1608- Books
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Practical discourses upon the parable of the ten virgins : Being a serious call and admonition to watchfulness and diligence in preparing for death and judgment. / By Benjamin Colman.
Colman, Benjamin, 1673-1747Date: 1709- Books
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Comforts against the fear of death. Being some short meditations, composed by that precious gentlewoman Mrs. Anne Skelton, late of Norwich : Wherein are several evidences of the work of grace in her own soul, which were the stay of her heart, against the fear of death; from which may be discerned the name of a true Christian spirit. To which is added some short notes of a sermon preached at the burial of that choyce servant of God in St. Andrews in Norwich. By John Collings M.A. and one of the most unworthy embassadors of Jesus Christ for the preaching of the gospel in the late city.
Skelton, AnneDate: 1649- Books
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Death improv'd, and immoderate sorrow for deceased friends and relations reprov'd : wherein you have many arguments against immoderate sorrow, and many profitable lessons which we may learn from such providences / by Edward Bury.
Bury, Edward, 1616-1700Date: 1693- Books
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Euery dayes sacrifice : Wherein is comprehended, many comfortable prayers and meditations, very necessary for all Christians. : Also many comforts for the sicke which are afflicted by the sight of their sinnes, and the terrour of death: / written by D. M. Luther, a little before his end. ; With most true comforts out of Holy Scripture of the knowledge we shall haue of one another in the world to come. Translated by W.S.R.
Date: 1617..- Books
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Lettres sur la mort : de quelques personnes, insignes en qualite' [sic] et en merite, tant de l'un, que de l'autre sexe. Par Charles de Beauvais.
Beauvais, Charles deDate: M. DC. XLIX. [1649]- Books
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[The crafte to lyue well and to dye well].
Date: [1505]- Books
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Two discourses, the first, a Christian's exhortation, against the fears of death: the second, a brief and clear declaration of the resurrection of the dead : With suitable meditations and prayers touching life and death. Recommended as proper to be given at funerals. By W. S.
W. SDate: 1690