A09461:38
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.
Thus much of the meaning of the text, now follows the uses, & they are manifold. The first & principal is this: In that Solomon prefers the day of death before the day of birth; ⟨p. 51⟩he doth therein give us to understand, that there is a direct & certain way whereby a man may die well; and if it had been otherwise, he could not have said that the day of death is better. And whereas he avoucheth this, he shows withal that there is an infallible way whereby a man may make a blessed end. Therefore let us now come to search out this way; the knowledge and true understanding whereof must not be fetched from the writings of men, but from the word of God, who hath the power of life and death in his own hand.
Thus much of the meaning of the text, now followes the vses, & they are manifold. The first & principall is this: In that Salomon preferres the day of death before the day of birth; ⟨p. 51⟩he doth therein giue vs to vnderstand, that there is a direct & certain way wherby a man may die well; and if it had beene otherwise, he could not haue said that the day of death is better. And wheras he auoucheth this, he shewes withal that there is an infallible way whereby a man may make a blessed end. Therefore let vs now come to search out this way; the knowledge and true vnderstanding wherof must not be fetched from the writings of men, but from the word of God, who hath the power of life and death in his owne hand.
Now that a man may die well, Gods word requires 2. things: a preparation before death, and a right behaviour and disposition in death.
Now that a man may die well, Gods word requires 2. things: a preparation before death, and a right behauiour and disposition in death.