I, ?heright tray manner andorderofmaking confeflìon. And for this caù fe we ;nunput a .great differencebetweene Popifh fhrift,and the cant-alienofwhich Saint Lames ípeaketh. For he requiresonely aconfcliion ofthat or thole finnes which lievpon amans confcience when he is ficke'but the.Popifh do6lrirac requireth a particular enumerationofall mans (inner. Againe, Saint lames enioynes confeffion onely as a thing neceffarie, meete, and conuenienr,, but thePapiGs as a thingneceff3ric to the rcuit1ionof Pinnes. Thirdly,Saint lamespermits that confcflionbe made toany man, and by one man to an other mutually ; whereas Popifh thrift is made onely to theprieft. 'The fe- conddutiè then is, that the ficke partie troubled in minde with the meme- rie and confederation ofany ofhis Cannes pafl,or anymanner ofway temp.: ted by the deuill, (hall freely ofhis owne accord open his cafe to filch as are both able and willing to helpe him, that hemay receiuecomfort & die in peaceofeonfcience. ' Thus muchofthe fickemans dutie :now follow theduties ofhelpers.The fitft is,topreyover hirm,that is, inhis prefcnce to praywith him and for him, and bypraierto.prefent his veryperfon and hiswhole efface vino God. The alking.aa 3 :. Prophet Elizeus,theApoflle Paul,and ourSauiour Chrifi vied this manner J,ftso, o. ofpraying,when theywouldmiraculouflyrelate temporallife:and therfore ;toh.a r.4a, it it is verymeete that the fame fhould beviedalfo ofvs , that wemight the better (litrevpour affet`lion in praier,andour compaflìon tothe ficke when we arc about to intreate the Lord for thercmiflìonoftheir finncs,& for the íalvationoftheir foules. The fecond duetie ofhim that comes as an helper , is to annoint the ficke partie withaile. Now this annointing was an outwarde ceremony which was ufed with thegift ofhealing,which isnow ceafed:and therefore I omit to 1peake further oftt. Thus much oFthe dutie whi>h the ficke man owes toGod; now follow the duties whichhe is to performeunto himfelfe,and they are twaf:ld: one c6cernshis foule, the other his body. Thedutieconcerninghis foule is,that he muffarme andfurnifh himfclfeagain( ' the .immoderate feare of prefent death. And the reafon hereof is plaine: becaufè howfoeuer naturally men #tarethrough the courfeoftheir hues more or leffe;yct in the time of fick- neswhen death approcheth,this naturall fearebred in the bonewill aloft of all lheweitfeife,cuenin fuch fort ,as it will aíoni(h the feules of the ficke partie,andfometimecaufe defperation. Therefore it is neceffarìe that we ufemeanesto flrengthen our felues again(} the feare ofdeathThemeansare of two forts:praelifes,andmeditations.Praaifes are two elpecially. The firft is,that thefickeman muff not fo much regard death itidle asthe benefitsof Godwhich are obtained after death. He mutt fixe Ms n indevpon thecon- fiderationofthepangsand tormentoFdeath; but ill his thoughts& affe li- ons naafi be let upon thatbletlëd eaate that is enioy aedafterdeath.Hethat is topafleouerforne great and deepe riucr, niufi not loake.downeward to the &reame ofthewater:but iflte would prevent feare, he rnu(l let his forte lure
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