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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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Chri. Blessed Luke declareth in his Gospel, ye so soon as Lazarus was dead, (which in his life time, was diversly afflicted, and miserable punished with many sores and diseases,) he was received into the bosom of Abraham, where he enjoyed all pleasure, ⟨p. 154⟩felicity and comfort. Such as die in the Lord, are not to be mourned, but God is rather to be thanked for their Christen departure. For they are now in rest. They are with him,1 in whom alone, all glory, joy, comfort and felicity is. God hath wiped away all tears from their eyes,2 so that they are past all sorrow all mourning, all pain, why than should other mourn for them, ye are in so joyful state? The eye hath not seen,3 nor the ear hath hard, neither hath it entered into the hart of man, what joys god hath prepared for them that love him.4
Chri. Blessed Luke declareth in his Gospell, ye so sone as Lazarus was dead, (which in his life time, was diuersly afflicted, and miserable punished with many sores and diseases,) he was receiued into the bosome of Abrahā, where he enioyed all pleasure, ⟨p. 154⟩felicitie and comfort. Such as die in ye Lord, are not to be mourned, but God is rather to be thancked for their Christen departure. For they are now in reast. They ar wt him,1 in whom alone, al glory, ioy, comfort and felicitie is. God hath wiped away al teares from their eies,2 so that they are past al sorow al mourning, all paine, why than should other mourn for them, ye ar in so ioyful state? The eie hath not sene,3 nor ye eare hath hard, neither hath it entred into ye hart of man, what ioyes god hath prepared for them that loue him.