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A potacio[n] or dry[n]king for this holy time of le[n]t very co[m]fortable for all…A potacio[n] or dri[n]kynge for this holi time of le[n]t very co[m]fortable for all…
A potacio[n] or dry[n]king for this holy time of le[n]t very co[m]fortable for all penitent sinners, newly prepared by Theodore Basil.A potacio[n] or dri[n]kynge for this holi time of le[n]t very co[m]fortable for all penitent synners, newly prepared by Theodore Basille.
printed for Joha, 1542printed for Ioha, 1542
Title page typeset from the transcription.
¶ The potation for Lent. › ¶ Of Confession.¶ The potacion for Lente. › ¶ Of Confession.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
PHILEMON. After that ye have conceived in your hearts such true & perfect Contrition, as I have hitherto painted, than doth it follow in right & due order, which is Confession. It is requisite that a christen man be not only sorry for his often ces committed against God, but also that he knowledgeth and confesseth his sin. For the scripture saith, 1that they which came to be baptised of John, confessed their since. ⟨image 31⟩Likewise read we in the Acts of y• 2Apostles. But inasmuch as the scripture teacheth diners kinds of con fessiō, therefore will I here somewhat touch them all. First the chief & most principal 3Confession, is the Confession of our faith, wherein we confess unfeignedly, whatsoever the holy scriptures teach of God. This confession is so necessary, that without it no man can be saved. No menacing words, no imprisonment, no chains, no fetters, no sword, no faggot, no fire ought to pluck us from this Confession. No tyranny ought so to be feared, ye God & his trueth should not be con fessed. For every one, saith Christ, ye 4shall confess me before men, I shall also confess him before my father which is in heaven. But he that shall deny me before men, I shall deny him also before my father, which is in heaven. Of this Confession S. Paul ⟨image 31⟩saith, with the heart it is believed unto 5righteousness, but with the mouth confession is made to salvation. Also S. 6John. Hereby shall ye know the spy rite of God. For every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh, is of God. And every spy rite which confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh, is not of god. And this is that spirit of An techrist, of whom ye have herd, how that he should come, & now already is he in the world. But inasmuch as this confession is not that part of Penance, whereof we do now entreat, I will omit it at this present. Another kind of Confession is,