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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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And therefore must all they stand at variance with God,1 that are no members of this body of the which Christ is the head, to the which also he giveth salvation. This therefore is a great comfort to the faithful congregation, that although through infirmity of nature or otherwise they do fall, offend God & break the Lords commandments: yet in this company ⟨p. 276⟩there is remission and forgiveness of sins, so soon as ever they repent, be sorry for their sin, and believe to have remission of all their sins for Christs precious blood's sake. Sin we never so oft and never so grievously, yet being men bers of this holy company, we are straight ways forgiven and delivered a paena & culpa, from the pain and the fault,2 so soon as we turn unto the Lord our God. And these our sins be not forgiven of men, but of God alone, neither forgiveth he part and reserveth part, but he forgiveth all or else none at all. Again he forgiveth not the fault, and reserveth the pain, but with the fault he also forgiveth the pain due for the fault, that he may be an whole and perfect saviour, as s. John saith: If we say we have no sin,3 we deceive our selves, and the truth is not in us. ⟨p. 277⟩But if we confess our sins. God is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to make us clean from all iniquity. And God himself saith by the Prophet:4 I will forgive their misdeeds, and will never remember their sins any more.5 Again, I am he, yea I am he alone, which put away thy iniquities, yea, and that for mine own sake, and I will remember thy sins no more. And king Hezekiah in his prayer unto God said: it is thou (O Lord) that cast all my sins behind thy back.6 The Prophet Micah also saith: