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A godly treatise, entitled the view and down-fall of pride Wherein is declared the…A godlie treatise, intituled the view and down-fall of pride Wherein is declared the…
A godly treatise, entitled the view and down-fall of pride Wherein is declared the cause of Babylons destruction, and Nebuchadnezzars subversion. Set forth by William Wheatley Master of Art, and preacher of Gods word.A godlie treatise, intituled the view and down-fall of pride Wherein is declared the cause of Babylons destruction, and Nabuchadnezzars subuersion. Set forth by William Wheatley Maister of Art, and preacher of Gods word.
London: printed by Thomas Creed for John Deane and John Baily, 1602London: printed by Thomas Creed for Iohn Deane and Iohn Baily, 1602
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.
Then what use is there of physic?
Then what vse is there of phisicke?
1. Even to preserve health, and to prolong thy days in ease, which else should be consumed in pain. For as thy end is appointed of God certain, so are the means unto the same end, and they must not be despised.
1. Euen to preserue health, and to prolong thy daies in ease, which else should be consumed in paine. For as thy end is appointed of God certaine, so are the meanes vnto the same end, and they must not be despised.
2. To help nature, to overthrow that disease in short time, which she her self will overcome, by good order and diet in the end. Therefore saith the wise man. Eccles. 38.4.7. Honour the Physician, with that honour which is due unto him, because of necessity: For the Lord hath created him, and the Lord hath created medicines of the earth, and he that is wise will not abhor them. For with such doth he heal men, and taketh away their pains. In ipso corpore alia praecipitur medicina ne bona valetudo amittatur, alia verò, ut amissa recuperetur. Aug. lib. 80. Quest. q. 45. In mans body one medicine is given to preserve health, an other to recover that which is lost.
2. To helpe nature, to ouerthrow that disease in short time, which she her selfe will ouercome, by good order and dyet in the end. Therefore saith the wise man. Eccles. 38.4.7. Honour the Phisitian, with that honour which is due vnto him, because of necessitie: For the Lord hath created him, and the Lord hath created medicines of the earth, and hee that is wise will not abhorre them. For with such doth he heale men, and taketh away their paines. In ipso corpore alia praecipitur medicina ne bona valetudo amittatur, alia verò, vt amissa recuperetur. Aug. lib. 80. Quest. q. 45. In mans body one medicine is giuen to preserue health, an other to recouer that which is lost.