A09461:113
A salve for a sick man. or, A treatiseA salve for a sicke man. or, A treatise
A salve for a sick man. or, A treatise containing the nature, differences, and kinds of death as also the right manner of dying well. And it may serve for spiritual instruction to 1. Mariners when they go to sea. 2. Soldiers when they go to battle. 3. Women when they travel of child.A salve for a sicke man. or, A treatise containing the nature, differences, and kindes of death as also the right manner of dying well. And it may serue for spirituall instruction to 1. Mariners when they goe to sea. 2. Souldiers when they goe to battell. 3. Women when they trauell of child.
London: printed by John Legat, 1611London: printed by Iohn Legat, 1611
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Thirdly, if the day of death be so excellent, yea a day of happiness, then it is lawful to desire death, and men do not always sin in wishing for death. Paul saith, I desire to be dissolved and again, O miserable man, who shall deliver me from this body of death? Yet this desire must not be simple, but restrained with certain respects; which are these: First, death must be desired so far forth as it is a means to ⟨p. 189⟩free us from the corruption of our nature; secondly, as it is a means to bring us to the immediate fellowship of Christ & God himself in heaven. Thirdly, death may be lawfully desired in respect of the troubles & miseries of this life, two caveats being observed: the first, that this desire must not be immoderate: the second, it must be joined with submission and subjection to the good pleasure of God. If either of these be wanting, the desire is faulty; & therefore Job, and Jeremiah, and Jonah failed herein, because they desired death being carried away with impatience.
Thirdly, if the day of death be so excellēt, yea a day of happinesse, then it is lawfull to desire death, and men doe not alwaies sinne in wishing for death. Paul saith, I desire to be dissolueds and againe, O miserable man, who shall deliuer me from this bodie of death? Yet this desire must not bee simple, but restrained with certen respects; which are these: First, death must bee desired so farre forth as it is a meanes to ⟨p. 189⟩free vs from the corruption of our nature; secondly, as it is a meanes to bring vs to the immediate fellowship of Christ & God himselfe in heauen. Thirdly, death may bee lawfully desired in respect of the troubles & miseries of this life, two caueats beeing obserued: the first, that this desire must not be immoderate: the second, it must bee ioyned with submission and subiection to the good pleasure of God. If either of these bee wanting, the desire is faulty; & therefore Iob, and Ieremie, and Ionas failed herein, because they desired death beeing carried away with impatience.