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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Chr. The sentence whereunto they stick and cleave as unto an invincible bulwark is this: A man knoweth not whether he be worthy love or hatred, bu• allthings are kept uncertain unto the time to come.
Chr. The sentence whereunto they stick and cleue as vnto an inuincible bulwarke is this: A mā knoweth not whether he bee worthy loue or hatred, bu• althinges are kept vncerten vnto the time to come.
Phi. The kingdom of the Papists is not without a cause called the kingdom o• lies, and the Papists them selves may right well be resembled to the beast which rose out of the sea,1 unto whom was given a mouth to ⟨p. 459⟩speak great things and blasphemies, yea to speak blasphemy against god, to blaspheme his name and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. &c. But as concerning the text which they allege (although the learned in the Hebrew tongue know right well how greatly this text after the common Latin translation differeth from the truth of the Hebrew) it is abused of them, and wrested contrary to the mind both of the author and of the translator as the words that immediately follow, do manifestly declare. When Solomon sayeth, a man knoweth not whether he be worthy love or hatred, he speaketh not of the knowledge and judgement of the conscience toward God, for who knoweth not, that he is worthy hatred which sinneth against the Lord his god, contrariwise, that he pleaseth ⟨p. 460⟩god, & god loveth him, which doth that thing, that is pleasant in his godly sight, but he speaketh of the outward and carnal judgement and knowledge which men have of them selves, of their own strengths, wisdom or free will concerning things which chance to them outwardly. As though he should say. If a man should only behold and consider the outward face of things, and judge the favour or the disfavour of God toward any man of the things that outwardly chance unto any man, he were not able to affirm and to persuade his conscience, whether God loveth him or not. For God indifferently without any respect had to ether of the parties, giveth as abundantly to the ungodly, as to the godly, to the unfaithful, as to the faithful, to the saints as unto the wicked his