Bathing and sweating, the cold strike suddenly into some principall member, and hurt it.
They that are of a hot complexion and open bo∣dy, ought not to tarry so long in the Bathe as they that are of a colder and faster complexion.
It is most requisite for such patients as have any disease in the head, as Catharr or Rheume, Palsies, or such like diseases, that the water be powred strongly upon the mould of the head, and upon the nape of the necke.
The clay or grounds of the Bathe is good for the dropsy, and likewise for shrunken, swelled, and hard places; which cannot be wel healed with o∣ther medicines: the manner of using it is, to lay the grounds upon the place and hold the same a∣gainst the fire, untill it be somewhat harde, and then to wash it away with the water of the Bath: likewise, those that cannot tarry long at the Bath, may carry some of the water, and grounds home with them, and use it there in the like manner.
If you be rid of your disease, by the Bathing, give God the Glory, goe thy way, sin no more, least a worse thing come unto thee: but if you bee not healed the first time, patiently waite upon God by prayer, and holy life, untill the next opportunity of using the meanes, and then if it conduce to Gods glory, and thy good, thou shalt assuredly bee healed, by the Grace of God, of whom commeth all health of soule and body.