A riche storehouse, or treasurie, for the sicke, full of Christian counsels holesome doctrines, comfortable persuasions, and godly meditations, meete for all Christians, both in sicknesse and in health. Wherevnto is annexed a comfort for poore prisoners, and also an exhortation to repentance. Written in Dutch, by Gaspar Huberine, and Englished by Thomas Godfrie, esquire, late ... fruits and ... at the request of his dangter Marie, wife ... Iohn French, gentleman of the Inner Temple

¶ If the sicke body be any thing rich, then a bo∣dy may bee the more earnest and diligent, to exhort them to almes giuing: but so, that the sicke person be not persuaded to put trust in his owne workes, and bring him into a vaine hope, that he shal purchase heauen by his almes. Therefore consideration must be had to the soule, that it be not lead out of the right way, into the way that is full of briers and thornes.

Howe they that stand by, are to be ex∣horted to pray for the sicke.

Tenthly, beloued in Christ our Lorde, séeing we be at this present here ga∣thered together, I put you in remēber∣ance y^t ye will be mindfull of our true &

Christian duetie, that we are bound one to an other as members of Christe, that ye will diligently and earnestly re∣member the griefes and sicknesses of this our friend, and not onely haue an earnest compassion vppon him, but also earnestly and truely pray to our Lorde God for him, that our Lord God will be∣hold his owne sonne, in whom he doth much delight, that he will mitigate and shorten the great sicknesse, paines, and passions of this our sicke friende, and graunt vnto him a true Christian pati∣ence, that with all confidence, he may wholy put his affiaunce and comfort in Gods mercy, and continually vnto the end stedfastly abide in true faith vppon Christe our deliuerer, and in those thin∣ges that apperteine to our blessed hope, to remaine and abide willingly, and pa∣tiently take and beare suche his crosse layde vpon him, vntill our Lord God of his mercy do visit him, and deliuer him, and bring him at his appointed time out of this trouble and miserie, to euer∣lasting ioy and felicitie. Séeing then

that our Lord Christ hath promised vs, then we be gathered together in his name, he will gratiously heare vs, and graunt those thinges that we desire. Now let vs call vpon almightie God in true faith, and pray, in the name of Christ our Lord, so will he certeinly at the last heare vs, according to his father∣ly will & good pleasure, therefore make your prayer to GOD our heauenly fa∣ther, and say, Our father, &c. Almightie GOD, vouchsafe mercifully to graunt our prayer, through Christe our Lorde. Amen.