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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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Phile Let us therefore go and visit our sick neighbour Epaphroditus, and comfort him with the ⟨p. 9⟩heavenly consolation of the holy scriptures, that he may bear this his sickness both the more patiently and thankfully. For to this end did I send for you, that we should go together unto him, and to comfort him.
Phile Let vs therfore go and visit our sicke neighboure Epaphroditus, and comforte him with the ⟨p. 9⟩heauenly consolacion of the holy scriptures, that he may beare this his sicknes bothe the more paciētly and thankfully. For to this end did I send for you, that we should go together vnto him, and to confort him.
Theo. We were to much unkind and unworthy the name of a Christian, yea of a man, if we should disdain to accompany you going about so godly a matter,
Theo. We were to much vnkinde and vnworthy the name of a Christian, yea of a man, yf we shuld disdayne to accompany you goyng aboute so godly a matter,
Phile. Well,1 then let us go. For as the preacher saith: It is better to go into an house of mourning than into an house of banqueting for there all men be admonished of their latter end, and the living considereth what afterward shall become of them, I pray the Lord our God, that we may find him at our coming, in his whole mind and perfect memory.
Phile. Well,