A07163:710
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 the Angel carried […] way in the spirit, •o a great […] hie mountain, and he ••e wed••e the great City holy Hierusa••• descending out of heaven […] God, having y• brightness of God. And her shining wa• like unto […] ⟨p. 507⟩stone most precious, even like a Jasper, clear as Crystal, & had walls great & hie, & had xii. gates, & at the gates .xii. angels, and names written, which are the names of the .xii. Tribes of Israel. On the •ast side .iii. gates,1 and on the north side .iii. gates, and towards the south .iii. gates, & from the west iii. gates, and the wall of the City had .xii. foundations, & in them the xii. names of the Lambs .xii. Apostles & he that talked with me, had a golden read to measure the city withal & the gates thereof, and the wall thereof. And the city was built iiii▪ square, and the length was as large as the breadth, & he measured the city with the (golden) read .xii M. furlongs, & the length, and the breadth, & the height of it, were equal. And he measured the wall thereof, an. C. xliiii. the measure that the angel had, was after the measure ⟨p. 508⟩that man useth. And the building of the wall of it, was of Jasper: And the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass, & the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones▪ The first foundation was a Jasper, the second a Sapphire, the third a Chalcedony, the .iiii. an Emerald, the .v. a Sardonyx, the .vi. a Sardius, the .vii. a Chrysolite, the .viii. a Beryl, the .ix. a Topaz, the .x. a Chrysoprases, the xi a Jacinth, the .xii. an Amethyst. The .xii. gates, were .xii. pearls, every gate was of one pearl, and the street of the City was pure gold, as through shining glass.. And I saw no temple therein. For the Lord God almighty, and the Lamb,