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INTRODUCTION.
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before her death she had given birth. The funeral sermon
preached for her by Bishop Peter Palladius is still preserved
in manuscript, and an excerpt from it has been published
by Rordam.1 It is to this solely that we are indebted for
the knowledge of these particulars about the later life of
her husband. I subjoin the touching memorial in full.
Concio funebris in funere Birgiitce uxoris D. Johannis Gau :
Sacellatii, D?
Charissimus meus comminister D. Joh. Gau vobis omni¬
bus et unicuique seorsim gratias agit pro extreme hoc
beneficio suae demortuae in Christo uxori exhibito. Sala-
mon Proverb, ult. dicit “ fallax est gratia et vana pulchri-
tudo, mulier timens Deum ipsa laudabitur.” Quae ultima
pars movet ut de sorore nostra,—quae nunc ex divina de¬
mentia et bonitate reliquit hujus carnis ergastulum, et ad
eternam requiem pro cordis desiderio ex hoc seculo mi-
gravit ad Dominum,—dicam id quod veritas ipsa postulat.
Primum est, Malmogiae nata ex honestis parentibus. Se-
cundo, parva adhuc pietate didicit. Tertio, earn per omnem
vitam amavit. Quarto, in ea ad extremum permansit con-
stanter. Quinto, tandem tunc post communem crucem
quam tulit cum exule suo marito his quindecim annis (ut
est nostra corrupta natura subiecta cruci) ccepit post gem-
ellos natos in ultimo puerperio gravissime laborare per
septendecem integras septimanas in hunc usque modum.
Sexto, morbum pientissime tulit, etiam cum praesentium
summa admiratione, ut recte didicerat et ipsa illud Esaiae:
“ In silentio et spe erit fortitude tua.” Item, “ commenda
1 ‘Ny Kirkehistoriske Samlinger,’ vol. i. pp. 683, 684, Kiobenhavn, 1857.
2 The first D. of course stands for Domini. The second D. might stand for
Doctoris, were there any evidence that Gau, like Alesius, had taken that degree.
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XXV
before her death she had given birth. The funeral sermon
preached for her by Bishop Peter Palladius is still preserved
in manuscript, and an excerpt from it has been published
by Rordam.1 It is to this solely that we are indebted for
the knowledge of these particulars about the later life of
her husband. I subjoin the touching memorial in full.
Concio funebris in funere Birgiitce uxoris D. Johannis Gau :
Sacellatii, D?
Charissimus meus comminister D. Joh. Gau vobis omni¬
bus et unicuique seorsim gratias agit pro extreme hoc
beneficio suae demortuae in Christo uxori exhibito. Sala-
mon Proverb, ult. dicit “ fallax est gratia et vana pulchri-
tudo, mulier timens Deum ipsa laudabitur.” Quae ultima
pars movet ut de sorore nostra,—quae nunc ex divina de¬
mentia et bonitate reliquit hujus carnis ergastulum, et ad
eternam requiem pro cordis desiderio ex hoc seculo mi-
gravit ad Dominum,—dicam id quod veritas ipsa postulat.
Primum est, Malmogiae nata ex honestis parentibus. Se-
cundo, parva adhuc pietate didicit. Tertio, earn per omnem
vitam amavit. Quarto, in ea ad extremum permansit con-
stanter. Quinto, tandem tunc post communem crucem
quam tulit cum exule suo marito his quindecim annis (ut
est nostra corrupta natura subiecta cruci) ccepit post gem-
ellos natos in ultimo puerperio gravissime laborare per
septendecem integras septimanas in hunc usque modum.
Sexto, morbum pientissime tulit, etiam cum praesentium
summa admiratione, ut recte didicerat et ipsa illud Esaiae:
“ In silentio et spe erit fortitude tua.” Item, “ commenda
1 ‘Ny Kirkehistoriske Samlinger,’ vol. i. pp. 683, 684, Kiobenhavn, 1857.
2 The first D. of course stands for Domini. The second D. might stand for
Doctoris, were there any evidence that Gau, like Alesius, had taken that degree.
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| Description | By John Gau [or rather, translated from the Danish "Den rette Vej til Himmeriges Rige" by Christiern Pedersen and Pedersen's treatise is itself a translation and extension of 'Die zwölff artikel unsers christliche glaubens', published by Urbanus Rhegius in 1534.]. Edited, with introduction and notes, by A.F. Mitchell. The glossarial index by T.G. Law. Edinburgh: printed for the Society by William Blackwood and Sons, 1888. Scots with English introduction and some Latin and German. A reprint of the only known copy of the edition printed at Malmö in 1533, with facsimile of original title page. |
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