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The second tome of homilies of such matters as were promised, and entitled in…The second tome of homilees of such matters as were promised, and intituled in…
The second tome of homilies of such matters as were promised, and entitled in the former part of homilies. Set out by the authority of the Queens Majesty: and to be read in every parish church agreeably.The second tome of homilees of such matters as were promised, and intituled in the former part of homilees. Set out by the aucthoritie of the Queenes Maiestie: and to be read in euery parishe church agreeably.
Imprinted at London : In Poules Churchyarde, by Richard Jugge, and John Cawood, printers to the Queens Majesty, 1571Imprinted at London : In Poules Churchyarde, by Richarde Iugge, and Iohn Cawood, printers to the Queenes Maiestie, 1571
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Fasting thus used with prayer, is of great efficacy, and wayeth much with God. So the angel Raphael told Tobias. It also appeareth 1by that which our saviour Christ answered to his disciples, demanding of him why they could not cast forth the evil spirit out of him that was brought unto them. This hynde (saith he) is not cast out but by fasting and prayer. How available fasting is, how much it wayeth with God, and what it is able to obtain at his hand, can not better be set forth, then by opening unto you, and laying before you some of those notable things that hath ben brought to pass by it.
Fastyng thus vsed with prayer, is of great efficacie, and wayeth much with God. So the angell Raphel tolde Tobias. It also appeareth 1by that which our sauiour Christe aunswered to his disciples, demaunding of him why they coulde not cast foorth the euyll spirite out of him that was brought vnto them. This hynde (sayth he) is not cast out but by fastyng and prayer. How auayleable fasting is, how muche it wayeth with God, and what it is able to obteyne at his hande, can not better be set foorth, then by openyng vnto you, and laying before you some of those notable thynges that hath ben brought to passe by it.
- 1Tobi. 12.
Fasting was one of the means whereby almighty God was occasioned to alter the thing which he had purposed concerning Ahab, for murdering the innocent man Naboth, to possess his vineyard. God spake unto Elia, saying: Go thy way and say unto Ahab, Hast thou killed, and also gotten possession? Thus saith the Lord: 1It the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth, shall dogs even lick thy blood also. Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy posterity: Yea, the dogs shall eat him of Ahab's stock that dyeth in the City, and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat. This punishment had almighty God determined for Ahab in this world, and to destroy all the male kind that was begotten of Ahab's body, besides that punishment which