A Salve for a Sick Man, or a Treatise on Godliness in Sickness and Dying

by William Perkins, C. Matthew McMahon (Editor), Therese B. McMahon (Editor)

Overview

This work is a treatise on being biblically instructed to live in a godly manner during times of sickness, and times of dying. Perkins uses Ecclesiastes 7:3 as his main text, “The day of death is better than the day that one is born.” He covers the doctrine that the day of death is truly better than the day of birth for the people of God, and why. He explains the duties of a sick man which are threefold: the sick man has duties that are in respect to God, to himself, and to his neighbor; and the sick should have a specific type of disposition before God knowing that Jesus Christ is completely sovereign over all things. God controls when and how sickness occurs, and specially controls the day of one’s death. This is an extremely helpful work to aid the Christian in their endeavor to glorify God in all things, especially the providences of sickness and death which people are faced with every day.

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Product Details

BN ID:	2940016023991
Publisher:	Puritan Publications
Publication date:	06/10/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	148
File size:	264 KB

About the Author

William Perkins (1558-1602) was a Calvinist minister and theologian who was one of the foremost leaders of the Puritan movement in the Church of England. His “Works” were originally published in three large volumes spanning thousands of pages. However, he wrote a number of individual treatises that are exceedingly biblically, spiritual and helpful for Christians today. The Works of William Perkins have not be published until now in these individual treatises.