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The sick mans salve Wherein the faithful christians may learn both how to behave…The sycke mans salue VVherin the faithfull christians may learne both how to behaue…
The sick mans salve Wherein the faithful christians may learn both how to behave them selves patiently and thankfully, in the time of sickness, and also virtuously to dispose their temporal goods, and finally to prepare them selves gladly and godly to die. Made and newly recognised by Master Tho. Becon. 1561.The sycke mans salue VVherin the faithfull christians may learne both how to behaue them selues paciently and thankefully, in the tyme of sickenes, and also vertuously to dispose their temporall goodes, and finally to prepare them selues gladly and godly to die. Made and newly recognised by Maister Tho. Becon. 1561.
London: printed by John Day, 1561London: printed by Iohn Day, 1561
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¶TO THE RIGHT worshipful Master Basil Fielding Esquire, Thomas Becon wisheth the favour of God, continual health and prosperous felicity.
¶TO THE RIGHT worshipful Maister Basil Felding Esquier, Thomas Becon wysheth the fauour of God, continual health and prosperous felicitie.
Christ our Lord and Saviour, considering what and how great carnal security and fleshly quietness reigneth in mortal men of all ages,1 yea, and that in them, that profess godliness, that is to say: Christians, which by their profession are dead unto the world, and have their life hidden with Christ in God, insomuch that they being occupied about worldly and transitory things, which soon perish and come to naught, do utterly neglect the things that appertain unto the salvation of their souls: in many places of his holy Gospel admonisheth us to watch and to make provision for our latter end, least we be found unready wham we shall be called out of the world. In the Gospel of blessed Matthew he hath these ⟨image 3⟩words:2 watch, for you know not what hour the Lord will come. Of this be ye sure, that if the good man of the house knew what hour the thief would come he would surely watch, and not suffer his house to be broken up. Therefore be ye also ready. For in such hour as ye think not, will the Son of man come. In S. Marks Gospel also he saith. Watch, for ye know not when the master of the house will come,3 at even or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing or in the dawning, least if he come suddenly, he find you sleeping. And that I say unto you, I say unto all. Watch▪ Yea take heed, watch and pray, for ye know not when the time is. Again in the Revelation of blessed John he saith. Behold I come as a thief.