a1618 J. Sylvester Mem. Mortalitie lxxxi, in (1880) II. 227 Mock-Saints, whose Soul-weal on your Works you lay.
1853 21 May 323/1 [The doctor's] leading aim is to do good to his fellow-creatures..in promoting their soul-weal.
1904 Oct. 322 If this be poverty, then all hail poverty! for it assures soul weal.