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This conscience is so deafed in the days of our jollity, with the loud noise of Music, Oaths, Carowsings, Clamours, Quarrels, Sports, that it cannot hear the Prophets cry, All flesh is grass. When sickness hath thrown him on the bed of anguish, and made his stomach too queasy for quaffs, too fine and dainty for even Junkets; naked him of his silks, paled his cheeks, sunk his eyes, chilled his blood, and stunted all his vigorous spirits; the Physician is sent for, and must scarce be let out, when the Minister may not be let in. His presence is too dull, and full of melancholy; no messenger shall come for him, till his coming be too late. How justly then should the Physician be a Divine, when the Divine may not be a Physician? How well may he mingle Recipe and ⟨p. 225⟩Resipisce, penitential exhortations, with his medicinal applications, and prescripts.

This conscience is so deafed in the dayes of our iollitie, with the loud noyse of Musicke, Oathes, Carowsings, Clamours, Quarrels, Sports, that it cannot heare the Prophets cry, All flesh is grasse. When sicknesse hath throwne him on the bed of anguish, and made his stomacke too queasie for quaffes, too fine and daintie for euen Iunkets; naked him of his silkes, paled his cheekes, sunke his eyes, chilled his blood, and stunted all his vigorous spirits; the Phisitian is sent for, and must scarce be let out, when the Minister may not be let in. His presence is too dull, and full of melancholy; no messenger shall come for him, till his comming be too late. How iustly then should the Phisitian be a Diuine, when the Diuine may not be a Phisitian? How well may hee mingle Recip• and ⟨p. 225⟩Resipisce, penitentiall exhortations, with his medicinall applications, and praescripts.

Thus, memorable and worthy to be our precedent, was that Italian Physicians course: that when dissol•te Ludovicus lay desolate in his sickness, and desired his help; he answered him in his own tune: If you shall live, you shall live, though no Physic be given you: If you shall dye, you shall dye; Physic cannot help you. According to the sick mans libertine and heretical opinion concerning Predestination. If I shall be saved, I shall be saved, howsoever I love or live. If I shall be damned, I shall be damned, howsoever I do or dye. The Physicians answer gave him demonstrative conviction, taught him the use of means, as well for his souls as bodies health, and so cured recanting Ludovicus of both his diseases at once. A godly practise, worthy our Physicians imitation.