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The Sick Mans Catechism

Published: 1609
Length: 18,720 words
Reading: ~an hour
Divisions: 36

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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.

London Imprinted [by G. Eld] for Henry Holland, and are to be sold by I. W[right] at Christ Church dore 1609.

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Title page
DedicationTO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFVLL LEARned, religious and Martiall Gentleman, Sir Richard Warbarton Knight, grace,…
Table of contentsA Table of the principall points contained in this Catechisme.
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Chapter 1The first Chapter, concerning sicknesse.
Chapter 2The second Chapter. Sinne the cause and originall of all diseases and sicknesses, must be found out…
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Chapter 5Chapter the fift, Of death, his causes and kindes.
Chapter 6The sixt Chapter. Of the diuers sortes of death, and of the degrees of spirituall death.
Chapter 7The seauenth Chapter. The benefites and priuiledges of death.
Section 1
Section 2
Chapter 8The eight Chapter. Touching the way whereby wee may attaine to blessednesse.
Chapter 9The ninth Chapter. Of the manner of preparation.
Chapter 10
Chapter 11The xi, Chapter. Of entring into the first degree of eternall life.
Chapter 12The xii. Chapter. Of accustoming and enuring a mans selfe to dye well.
Chapter 13The xiii. Chapter. Of the speedinesse and carefulnesse of Preparation.
Chapter 14The xiiii. Chapter. Of Particular preparation.
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Section 3
Chapter 15The fifteenth Chapter. Of the seuerall duties and branches of particular preparation.
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Chapter 16
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Section 3
Chapter 17The xvii. Chapter. Of Physicke, and preseruation of bodily health.
Section 2The second section. Of the manner of vsing the meanes.
Chapter 18The xviii. Chapter. Of the duty that the sicke person is to performe to his neighbour.
Chapter 19The xix Chapter. Of the second maine proposition, to witt the right disposition of a man in death.
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Section 3
Section 4
PrayerA prayer to be vsed of a sick man.
PrayerA thansgiuing to be vsed of a sicke man if he recouer.

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Author: Thomas Draxe (d. 1618)
Imprint: London Imprinted [by G. Eld] for Henry Holland, and are to be sold by I. W[right] at Christ Church dore 1609.
Extent: [126] p.
Language: English
Catalogue: STC 7186 · ESTC S117551
Source: TCP A20806
Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal (Text Creation Partnership)

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