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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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Phi. The Lord our God be praised. Our brother hath made a godly end. He hath given up a good spirit, into the hands of the living God. He is, I doubt not, of the number of them,1 of whose death it is written: Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.2 Blessed are they that die in the Lord. His life before men was unrebukeable and blameless. He lived justly, and uprightly ⟨p. 539⟩with his neighbours. He was friendly to all godly men, and enemy to no man. He was both a sincere favourer, and a diligent follower of Gods most holy word. He abhorred all sects, Papists Anabaptists, Libertines. &c. Not withstanding alway praying for their amendment, that they knowledging their errors, might with us confess one God, & one truth in the unity of the spirit. He was a dear friend to such as were studious of good letters, to widows, to fatherless: children, to pore young maids marriages, to young men that had not wherewith to set up their occupations, to the prisoners, to those poor people which were not able to get their living, to pore householders, to the repairing of hie ways & such like. What a will he made ye know. His end also ye know.
Phi. The Lord our God be praysed. Our brother hath made a godly end. He hath geuen vp a good spirit, into the hands of the liuing God. He is, I doubt not, of the nomber of them,1 of whose death it is written: Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his sainctes.2 Blessed are they that die in the Lorde. His life before men was vnrebukeable and blameles. He liued iustly, and vprightly ⟨p. 539⟩with his neyghbours. He was frendly to al godly men, and ennemy to no man. He was both a sincere fauourer, and a diligent folower of Gods most holy word. He abhorred all sectes, Papistes Anabaptistes, Libertins. &c. Not withstanding alway praying for their amēdment, that they knowledging theyr errors, might with vs confesse one God, & one truthe in the vnity of the spirit. He was a deare frende to suche as were studious of good letters, to widdowes, to fatherles: children, to pore yonge maides mariages, to yong mē that had not wherwith to set vp theyr occupations, to the prisonners, to those poore people which wer not hable to get theyr liuing, to pore housholders, to the reparing of hie wayes & such like. What a will he made ye knowe. His end also ye know.