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.

Title

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.

Author

Draxe, Thomas, d. 1618.

Publication

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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Subject terms

Catechisms, English.

Consolation -- Early works to 1800.

Sick -- Prayer-books and devotions -- Early works to 1800.

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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." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A20806.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 22, 2024. content_copy

Contents

• title page
• TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFVLL LEAR∣ned, religious and Martiall Gentle∣man, Sir Richard Warbarton Knight, grace, peace, and plentifull in∣crease of all holynesse and happinesse.
• A Table of the principall points contained in this Cate∣chisme.
• The Sick-mans Path-way.
  • The first Chapter, concerning sicknesse.
  • The second Chapter. Sinne the cause and originall of all dis∣eases and sicknesses, must be found out confessed and bewailed.
    • The second Section.
  • The third Chapter.
  • The fourth Chapter. Of Death, and the cause of it.
  • Chapter the fift, Of death, his causes and kindes.
  • The sixt Chapter. Of the diuers sortes of death, and of the degrees of spirituall death.
  • The seauenth Chapter. The benefites and priuiledges of death.
    • Section 1.
    • Section. 2.
  • The eight Chapter. Touching the way whereby wee may attaine to blessednesse.
  • The ninth Chapter. Of the manner of preparation.
  • The tenth Chapter.
  • The xi, Chapter. Of entring into the first degree of eternall life.
  • The xii. Chapter. Of accustoming and enuring a mans selfe to dye well.
  • The xiii. Chapter. Of the speedinesse and carefulnesse of Preparation.
  • The xiiii. Chapter. Of Particular preparation.
    • The second Section.
    • The 3 Section.
  • The fifteenth Chapter. Of the seuerall duties and branches of particular preparation.
    • The second section.
  • The xvi. Chapter.
    • The 2 Section.
    • The 3 Section.
  • The xvii. Chapter. Of Physicke, and preseruation of bodily health.
    • The second section. Of the manner of vsing the meanes.
  • The xviii. Chapter. Of the duty that the sicke person is to performe to his neighbour.
  • The xix Chapter. Of the second maine proposition, to witt the right disposition of a man in death.
    • The 2. Section.
    • The third Section.
    • The 4 Section.
• A prayer to be vsed of a sick man.
• A thansgiuing to be vsed of a sicke man if he recouer.