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A20806	The sicke-mans catechisme, or path-way to felicitie Wherin is contained great variety of sound directions and most sweete co[n]solations collected and contriued into questions and answers, out of the best diuines of our time, by Thomas Draxe minister of Gods Word. Wherevnto is annexed two most comfortable and powrefull prayers.	Draxe, Thomas, d. 1618.	1609 (1609)	STC 7186; ESTC S117551	39,347	134

our faith and repentance what particular duties must we performe An. Three especially first wee must make a new examination of our hearts and liues Lam. 3. 40. Psa. 119. 11 Secondly when God sendeth new corrections wee must make new confessions of our particular sinnes Psa. 32. 10. Thirdly we must make new and earnest prayers to God for pardon of sinne and for reconciliation with GOD in Christ. Psa. 6. 4. 5 2. Chr. 34 12 13. Que. What vse is to bee made hereof Ans. First hereby are iusily taxed and checked those that spend the whole space of their life in the Church and that many yeares and at lenght when their best and most daies are spent begin to enquire what faith and repentance should be and how their soules should be sau●… as though it were so easie a matter to know and obtaine it Secondly we must in sicknesse especially practise and put in vre these duties of examination confession prayer and of renewing our faith and repentance other-wise qui minus est hodi●… eras minus aptus erit Que. But what if the sicke person is not able of him-selfe to renue his faith and repentance Ans. He must séeke for helpe and direction of his fellow members who must like them that bare the man sicke of the palsie to Christ helpe and assist him by their counsaile aduice and prayers Que. What are the particul●…●…uties that are herein to be performed Ans. They bee of two sorts according to their obiects for they concerne either the sicke them-selues or their help●…rs Q. What is the duty that concerneth ●…e si●…ke man Ans. To send for helpers namely the elders and ancients of the Church who in Saint Iames time and after-wards were endewed with the gifts of healing and of miracles Q. Doth not this duty of comforting the sicke be long to the minister onely Obi. If a man sicke of the plague or p●…stilence send for his pastor is he bound in conscience to go to him in his owne person Ans. No except it may so be ordered that the Minister bee in no danger of infection Secondly the Pastor or Minister may and must not for the comfort of one particular person ●…ndanger his owne life and so bercaue the whole congregation of their guide and teacher more regard is to be had of the good of the whole then of one par●… of it Thirdly as the leprous person by reason of the contagion of the disease might not be resorted vnto so it fareth with him that is visited with the plague Fourthly if the pastor and preache●… should in person visite euery man thus visited he must separate himselfe from his owne family and neglect them and his people and congregation would shun his company Lastly the visited persons friendes and kinsfolke are to supply this dutie Obiect But Isaias visited Ezechias who was thought verily to haue the pestilence ergo ministers must now do the like Answ. The argument followeth no●… For first Isaias had an expresse commandement from God so to do and therefore could not be infected Secondly hee might for ought any man can obiect to the contrary stand aloofe off in some conuenient place Obiect But the plague commeth now by Gods immediate hand as it did in Dauids time and therefore a man may bee as secure with infected persons and infected places as any where else An. The plague in these dayes as experience verifieth commeth not immediatly by the immediate striking of Gods elect Angell as in Dauids daies For then no man might auoid the infected and the reason is they that are hundred of myles off from any place of infection might be as soone tainted as any other which to affirme is most absurd and crosseth all experience Secondly none is now infected but he that is in company with the infected or receiueth their clothes or some thing about them Lastly albéeit the pestilence infecteth not euery man that is outwardly in dangers yet this proueth not that it is not in it owne nature contagious but that all persons were not capable of it and that God in his mercy preserueth some from infect●… whom it pleaseth him as is to bee séene in all other infectious places whatsoeuer Ques But why are the elders who are no Pastors and Ministers of the Word to visite the sicke An. First because they are fitted herevnto beeing indued with the gift of knowledge and prayer Secondly it is a dutie of charity and therefore not proper to any one man Thirdly and principally that they may hereby ease the Pastors or Ministers heauy and difficult burden and charge Q What vse is to bée made héereof An. It condemneth the silence and ignorance of most friendes and neighbours who either speake neuer a word or to small or no purpose beeing not able to instruct and comfort him and yet they promise to pray for him when GOD knoweth they cannot pray for themselues Ques When must the sicke send for the Elders to instruct and pray for him Ans. In the first place before any physicke medicine or restoratiue For where the diuine leaueth there must the physitian begin Qu. What vse is to be made of this point Answ. It reprooueth their madnesse and folly who neuer send for the Minister vntill he be halfe dead or lieth gasping as though the presence of the minister before that time were not necessarie or as though Ministers could worke mirackles The second section Qu. What is the second duetie of the sicke Ans. To confesse his sinnes those especially which disquiet and trouble the conscience either to the Minister or to any other Christian brother that is both able and willing to informe and comfort the sicke Iames 5. ver 16. Qu. Is this duety simply necessary to saluation Answ. No but only conueniently profitable Que. What is the duty of the helpers Answ. To pray ouer him that is with him and for him and in their prayers to commend his whole person and state to God 2. Kings Act. 32. Act. 20. 4. Q. Why must the visiters thus pray for the sicke A. The better hereby to stirre vp their affection in prayer and to declare their charity and compassion to the sicke person Q. What if those that visite the sicke person find him impatient and full of griefe and wrath what must they then doe A. They must beare with humaine infirmities for being them-selues quiet with God they must learne to bee quiet with men Secondly they must shew vnto them how all things fall out by Gods prouidence and exhort him to wait vpon God by faith vntill he either take away or diminish the paine or at least a●…e to his strength and patience Qu. What other duty besides the seeking of reconciliation oweth the sicke to God An. He must praise God for his former mercies and declare this thankefulnesse euen for crosses and corrections for the Lord according to the proportion of our thankefulnesse will shew mercy vpon vs more or lesse And thus much

haue time and place to prepare out selues for eternall life Quest. Then long life is good Answ. It is a great blessing for herein men haue time to repent whereas after death there is no time and place for repentance and reconciliation Quest. What is the second reason Answ. That wee may referre and reserue the whole disposition of our liues to GOD for whose glorie we ought as well to line as to die Q. In preseruation of life what things are to be considered Ans. The meanes and the right vse of them Que. What are the meanes Ans. Good and holesome Physicke for it to an ordinance of God and whereof we haue sufficient warrant and practise in holy Scripture and therfore we must estéeme and vse it as a blessing of God Isai. 1. 6 7. Obie But Phisicke cannot change Gods eternal decrée or saue vs from his anger why then should it be vsed An. Because the ●…nd and the meanes are not to be diuided for God hath ordained the one as well as the other Wherefore as in war f●…ine pestilence which are Gods roddes and chasticements we may lawfully vse the meanes to lessen or auert them so wée may and must in Physicke but wée must commit the issue and euent to GOD alone Quest. Whome must wée entertaine for Physitions A. Not Sorcerers Wisards Enchanters or any that vse and practise any superstitious meanes for this is the ready and néerest way both to temporall eternall misery but onely men appointed for their sincerity of religiō learning conscience and experience Ob. But by charmes inchantments and the s●…ell of Wisards many recouer out of their sickenesse therefore we may lawfully vse them Answ. The consequent is not good namely the effect is good Ergo the meanes are good for Satan is very expert in Physicke and God many times partly for the triall of his seruants and partly the more to harden and blind the wicked permitteth c●…res to be done by the ministerie of Satan 2. The. 〈◊〉 10. And thus much of the meanes of health The second section Of the manner of vsing the meanes Que. In what things doth the right vse of meanes consist Ans In thrée Quest. What are those thrée meanes Ans. First the body is not onely to bee prepared by Physicke but the soule also by true humiliation prayer and repentance Q. Why must the soule be thus prepared Ans. Because sickenesse otherwise curable is by reason of the impenitency of the sick many times made vncurable Q. What is the second meanes Ans. Wee must be assured by Gods word that the Phisicke prescribed is lawfull and we must not depend vpon the Phisition as some doe but by praier craue Gods blessing Q. What is the third meanes An. The right and perculiar end of Physicke which is to continue mans life vnto his naturall period namely vntill the radicall heat and moisture be wholy consumed Qu. What is the Phisitians duty An. First he must in the absence of Ministers exhort the sicke to prayer and repentance Secondly when he perceiueth maninifest signes of death in the sicke admonish the sicke of death that casting of all confidence in outward helpes hee may wholy rely vpon Gods mercy And thus much of the duties which the sicke man oweth to him-selfe The xviii Chapter Of the duty that the sicke person is to performe to his neighbour Question VVHat duty doth the sick man owe to his neighbour An. Hee must fréely forgiue all that haue offended him and desire forgiuenesse of all for if hee doe not so hee cannot dye in peace of conscience Q. What if the person offended cannot be met withall or wil not be reconciled A. In this case the very desire of reconciliation is accepted with God as if it were reconciliation it selfe 2. Cor. 8. vers 12. Q. Is there no other duty that the sick is to performe to his neighbour An. Yes and that he is to performe is he is a Magistrate a Minister or the Maister of a family Qu. What is the duty of these three sorts in general Ans. They must do their vtmost endeauor that what in them lieth the people committed to their charge may be left in a good condition and state after death Q. What must the Magistrate be carefull of before he dies A. he must by the procuring defence execution of true religiō virtue ●…l iustice outward concord prouide for the godly and happy estate of town citty common wealth Deu. 31. 23. 1 king 2. 23. Qu. What is the Ministers duty A. he must after the Apostles example be careful labor what in him lyeth to prouide take order for the good estate of y e church wherof he is made ouerséer Qu. What good will come here of An. By this meanes Sh●…ismes errors heresies and other inconueniences will be preuented Qu. What is the maister of the family his duty Ans. Hee must set his family in order before his death Qu. What must hee doe that good order may bee preserued and obserued in his family after his death A. Two things First he must dispose of lands liuings goods Secondly he must commaund those that be vnder his charge to beléeue obey sound doctrine Qu. What must he doe that hee may rightly dispose of all his goods An He must following the examples of holy men in scripture make his wil Testament if it be not already made Qu. Is not the making of a will a thing indifferent An. No but a matter of great waight for hereby much hatred contention and suites in law are cut off Qu. What rules are to be obserued in making of a will An. First it must be made according to the order of nature the written word of God and the politique lawes and statutes of his country Secondly his vniust gotten goods are to be restored to the iust owners if they be knowne Qu. UUhat if they be vnknowne An. Thē they must be restored to their Executors Assignes kinsfolks friends and if none of these can be knowne then in way of ciuill satisfaction they are to be restored to the church or poore people Que. What is the second rule to be obserued in making of a will Ans. A man must bequeath the chiefest and greatest part of his goodnesse to his sonnes daughters and kinsfolk 1. Tim 5. 8. An. Who must haue the greatest portion An. His eldest sonne or his heyre Qu. Why so An. First that he may preserue the stocke and family Secondly that hee may performe some speciall seruice to the church or common wealth Qu. Must the younger brother bee neglected An. No but they must bee in some equall proportion prouided for otherwise many times for want of maintenance they fall to be théeues or take very ill wayes Qu. What is the last rule Ans. The Testament is of no force vntill the Testator be dead Qu. What is the second duty of the maister of a family An.