The Practice of Piety

2 Of the Practise of Piety in holy Feasting.

HOLY Feasting is a solemn thanksgiving (appointed by authority) to be rendered unto God on some special day, for some extraordinary blessings, or deliverances received. Such among the Jews, was the Feast of the Passover, to remember to praise God for their deliverance out of Egypts bondage:¹ or the feast of Purim, to give thanks for their deliverance from Hamans conspiracy. ²Such among ⟨p. 662⟩us are the 5. of August, to praise God for delivering our gracious King, from the bloody conspiracy of the Traitorous Gowries. And the 5. of November, to praise God for the deliverance of the King and the whole State, from the Popish Gunpowder Treason. Such feasts are to be celebrated by a public rehearsal of those special benefits, by spiritual Psalms, and dances, by mutual feasting, and sending presents every man to his neighbour, and by giving gifts to the poor.

HOLY Feasting is a solemne thankesgiuing (appointed by authority) to be rendred vnto God on some speciall day, for some extraordinary blessings, or deliuerances receiued. Such among the Iewes, was the Feast of the Passeouer, to remember to praise God for their deliuerance out of Egypts bondage:¹ or the feast of Purim, to giue thankes for their deliuerance from Hamans conspiracie. ²Such among ⟨p. 662⟩vs are the 5. of August, to praise God for deliuering our gracious King, from the bloudy conspiracy of the Traiterous Gowries. And the 5. of Nouember, to praise God for the deliuerance of the King and the whole State, from the Popish Gunpowder Treason. Such feasts are to be celebrated by a publike rehearsall of those speciall benefits, by spirituall Psalmes, and daunces, by mutuall feasting, and sending presents euery man to his neighbour, and by giuing gifts to the poore.