The Sick Mans Catechism, Table of contents
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 louelove 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 vsus 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 vsus 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 hauehave 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 vse of the meanes,
The end of Phisike.
The 18. Chapter.
The sicke must sorgiue and desire forgiuenesse of others.
The Magistrats, the Ministers, and the masters of the familes duty.
The making of a will necessary.
According to what rules it must be made.
The 19. Chapter.
To die in faith necessary and what it is.
To die in obedience necessary and what it is.
The end of them that die well is blessed.
Consolations against the imagined calamities of our posterity, viz. wife & chilldren
Consolations against losse of honour, profit, and pleasure in this life.
Death how farre forth to be feared.
Q. How farre forth not to be feared?
Whether that a man may lawfully, desire death.
In what respects?
The summe of the whole treatise.