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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

THE SICKE-MANS Catechisme OR Path-way to felicitie Wherin is contained great variety of sound directions and most s●●●●●e cosolations Collected and con●ri●ed 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 LONDON Imprinted for Henry Holland and are to be sold by I. W. at Christ Church dore TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFVLL LEARned religious and Martiall Gentleman Sir Richard Warbarton Knight grace peace and plentifull increase of all holynesse and happinesse AMongst all the temporary and ordinary penalties and punishmēts of mās transgression surely sicknesses diseases malladies aches yea most of all death it selfe together with all their seuerall accidents and temptations are most grieuous yrkesome and vnwelcome For they are simply in themselues and in their owne nature cōsidered plagues and curses they produce fearefull effects in the vnregenerate namely impatiency vnquiet nesse horrour blasphemy desperation and the practise of vnlawfull cures and remedies Wherefore it is right worshipful a worke of no meane art skil experience soundly to catechize the sick to rectifie their iudgements to bring thē to a true sense confidence of sin to begette faith in them to cause them in hope and patiency to wait vpon God to prepare them to dye well and blessedly but it is opus labor It requyreth the tonge of the learned and a messenger or interpreter one of a thousand such as haue bin of late times M r Spineus and M r Perkins two bright and glo rious stars in the French and English Firmament but now Saintes in heauen who haue learnedly and largely trauaild in this point Wherefore it may s●…eme a needles matter for any man to write further of this subiect my self may bee thought morebolde then wise in presuming to put forth any newe matter or to change or ad ought yet because no mans worke is absolutely perfect and for that variety of treatises is both delightsome and desireable and because the fraile memory and the simple capacity of very many cannot comprehend large and profound discourses but best profiteth by short and easy instructions I haue vppon these groundes drawne and contracted the large treatises of the aboue-named Authors into plaine and compendious questions answers with diuers additions and illustrations of mine owne hoping that in the dilligent reading hereof the ignorant shall get knowledge the wauering finde resolution the distressed receiue comfort the presumptious bee humbled the tempted armed against Satans assaultes and all that are well affected bee prepared for God and directly guided to eternall glory Wherefore vppon this expectation also induced by the earnest request of a much respected friend I haue thought good to publish it and vpon due consideration to consecrate and commend it to your fauourable protection patronage For first you are very learned and wil iudge well you are most kind and curteous and wil take all in good part and you are vnfainedly relligious and wil giue intertainment to any matter of godlynesse Secondly you in an heroicall zeale and r●…solution haue both in the time of Queen Elizabeth a Princesse of most renowned memory of incomparable excellency sithence fought for Christ his blessed Gospell and therefore what thing more pleasing vnto you then matters of religion consciēce Lastly hauing receiued so manifold kindnesses from you I can by none other meanes better testifie my thankful heart Thus intreating your worshippe to read accept off and make vse of my Catechisme and yeelding you many thankes for all your fauours I heare most humbly take my leaue God almighty who hath giuen you recouery of health and increase of spirituall comfort in a religious Cittie perfit both the one and the other in you blesse and protect you and your most godly and vertuous Lady grant you both a long and blessed life in this world and consumation of holynesse and happinesse in the world to come February 12. 1609. Your Worships in the Lord at commaund THOMAS DRAXE A Table of the principall points contained in this Catechisme The 1. Chapter Sicknes described The causes of it Obiections answered The way to find out secret sinnes The ends why God ●…mposeth sicknesses The diuers effects of them according to their subiects Certen rules of comforting the sicke The first rule what The benefite of it The 2. Chapter Sinne the cause of sicknes Sinne to be confessed Sinne of omission The knowledge of the lawe a meane to find out sinne Gods iudgements to be made knowne to the sicke To bee sencelesse of Gods iudgements how dangerous The 3. Chapter Perswasion of Gods loue and presence in sicknesse necessary The greatest sinnes pardonable and pardoned in them that repent Obiections of other mens vnworthines Obiections against want of feeling Faith neuer wholy lost Generall calamities no preiudice to the saluation of the Godly Obiection of a mans owne vnworthynesse answered The 4. Chapter The sicke to be prepared against death What death is How brought into the world Why were Adam and Eue spared Why Enoch and Elias were translated aliue into heauen The 6. Chapter Bodily death what Why the time is vnknowne Why the Godly die Q. What spirituall death is The seuerall degrees of it Sundry obiections and exceptions against death confuted Q. Whether sudden death bee simply euill Q. Whether all that kill themselues be certenly damned The 7. Chapter The priuatiue benefits of death or the euill it freeth vs from The positiue benefit of it The temporary death of the body no curse to the Godly The body shall rise and why Whether it be lawful to mourne for the dead and how The 8. Chapter The way to happinesse conteined and declared in the scriptures Preparation against death what The necessity of it When to be performed The example of some that repented at their death is no rule for vs to delay our repentance The 9. Chapter The meditation of death necessary It is very profitable The obiectes of it The 10. Chapter Wherein the sting of death lyeth Quest. How knowne and taken away The 11. Chapter The first degree of entring into eternall life The diuers kindes of it The 12. Chapter Why and how a man must enure himselfe to die well The 13. Chapter Preparation must be speedy and hearty and why The 14. Chapter Offalse preparation Auricular confession superstitious needeles impossible For ●…he sicke man to receiue the Sacrament it is not simply necessary Obiections answered Extreame vnction not now necessary The 15. Chapter Reconciliation and the renewing of faith and repentance towards GOD necessary Thankes-giuing necessary The 16. Chapter The sicke must haue a care of his soule Feare of death how good How we are to be armed against it Practises and Meditations against it The 17. Chapter Phisike lawfull and necessary It is meanes of preseruation of life What Physitions are to be chosen Preparation of soule and body in the