A09461:37
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
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.
Now then considering our conjunction with Christ is the foundation of all our joy & con fort in life and death, we are in ⟨p. 49⟩the fear of God to learn this one lesson, namely, that while we have time in this world, we must labour to be united unto Christ that we maybe bone of his bone and flesh of his flesh. This very point is as it were a flagon of wine to revive our souls when they be in a swoon at any instant. And that we may be assured that we are certainly joined to Christ, we must show our selves to be members of his mystical body by the daily fruits of righteousness and true repentance. And being once certainly assured in conscience of our being in Christ, let death come when it will, & let it cruelly part asunder both body & soul, yet shall they both remain in the covenant; and by means thereof be reunited and taken up to life eternal. Whereas on the contrary, ⟨p. 50⟩if men be out of the covenant and die out of Christ, their souls go to hell, and their bodies rot for a time in the grave, but afterward they rise to endless perdition. Wherefore I say again and again, labour that your consciences by the holy ghost may testify that ye are living stones in the temple of God, & branches bearing fruit in the true vine: & then ye shall feel by experience, that the pangs of death shall be a further degree of happiness then ever ye found in your lives, even then when ye are gasping and panting for breath.
Now then considering our coniunction with Christ is the foundation of all our ioy & cō fort in life and death, wee are in ⟨p. 49⟩the feare of God to learne this one lessō, namely, that while we haue time in this world, we must labour to be vnited vnto Christ that we maybe bone of his bone and flesh of his flesh. This very point is as it were a flaggon of wine to reuiue our soules when they be in a swowne at any instant. And that we may be assured that we are certainly ioyned to Christ, we must shew our selues to be members of his misticall body by the daily fruites of righteousnes and true repentance. And being once certainly assured in conscience of our beeing in Christ, let death come when it wil, & let it cruelly part asunder both body & soule, yet shall they both remaine in the couenant; and by meanes thereof be reunited and taken vp to life eternall. Whereas on the contrary,