A09461:89
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.
The second duty is, that those which are rulers & governors of others, must have care & take order that their charges committed to them by God, be left in good estate after their death: & here come three duties to be handled; the first of the Magistrate, the second of the Minister, the third of the Master of the family. The Magistrates duty is, before he die to provide, as much as he can, for the godly & peaceable estate of the town, city, or common-wealth: and that is done partly by procuring the maintenance of sound religion and virtue, and partly by establishing ⟨p. 143⟩of the execution of civil justice and outward peace. Examples of the practise in Gods word are these. When Moses was an hundred and twenty year old,1 and was no more able to go in and out before the people of Israel, he called them before him, and signified that the time of his departure was at hand, and thereupon took order for their well-fare after his death. And first of all, he placed Joshua over them in his stead, to be their guide to the promised land: secondly, he gives special charge to all the people, to be valiant & courageous against their enemies,2 and to obey the commandments of God. And Joshua follows the same course. For he calls the people together, & tells them that the time of his death is at hand, & gives them a charge ⟨p. 144⟩to be courageous, and to worship the true God: which done, he ends his days as a worthy captain. When king David was to go the way of all flesh,3 and lay sick on his death-bed; he placed his own son Solomon upon his throne, and gave him charge, both for maintenance of religion, and execution of justice.
The second duty is, that those which are rulers & gouernours of others, must haue care & take order that their charges committed to them by God, be left in good estate after their death: & here come three duties to be handled; the first of the Magistrate, the second of the Minister, the third of the Master of the family. The Magistrates duty is, before he die to prouide, as much as he can, for the godly & peaceable estate of the towne, citie, or common-wealth: and that is done partly by procuring the maintenance of sound religion and vertue, and partly by establishing