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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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Epa. I have nothing to do with papists, nor with their doctrine. God bless me from them.1 For they are enemies of the cross of Christ, depravers of the holy scriptures, and corrupters of Christen souls. I believe that a man, even in this world, hath perfect and full remission of all his sins, or else he shall never have it. God in this world, doth ether forgive all the faults, & th• pain due for the same: or else h• forgiveth none at all. I fear nothing at all, the Popes boylyng• furnace (I mean purgatory) Christs blood, is a sufficient purgatory for my sins. The blood • Christ, Gods son, hath cleansed v• from all sin.2 The blood of Chri•• hath purged our conscience from dead works, to serve the living ⟨p. 177⟩God. We be sanctified, and made holy by the offering of the body of Jesus Christ done once for all.3 With the one only oblation of his blessed body, and precious blood, hath Christ made perfect for ever and ever: them that are sanctified. I require none other purgatory to purge & cleanse my sins, but the blood of Christ.4 For Christ hath offered him self a sweet smelling sacrifice unto God the father •or my sins, yea and that so perfect, absolute, consummate, and •n all points, so omnisufficient: •hat there can be found no imperfection in it. Christ hath borne away all my since on his body. By the stripes of Christs body, •m I healed. Christ died for my ••nnes,5