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…

PHIL. The true ¹& christen faith, as Basilius magnus doth define, is not only to abstain from meats, but also to eschew evil things. Of this definition ²do ye learn two things, y• is to say, that the true & christen fast consisteth not only in the abstinence of meats, but also in the eschewing of evil. Therefore saith ³our golden mouthed Doctor, there is a spiritual and a corporal fast. The corporal fast is to abstain from meats. The spiritual fast is to abstain from since. For as the flesh hath a pleasure in eating, so ⁴hath the spirit of the flesh a pleasure in sinning. In consideration whereof the wise men call every sin pleasure or lust, because we commit every sin with delectation & plea sure. Again he saith: He that abstaineth from meat, & not from evil works, he appeareth to fast, but ⟨image 46⟩yet he fasteth not in deed. For look ⁵how much he fasteth unto men, so much doth he eat before God, seeing he goeth forth still to sin. In another place also he saith, I ⁶call fasting abstinence from vices. For the abstinence from meats is received for this purpose, that it should refrain the rigour & ⁷fierceness of the flesh, to make it obedient even as an horse is to his keeper. He that fasteth, must above all thin ges refrain anger, learn meekness & lenity, have a contrite heart, & that may repel & put aback unclean concupiscences & lusts, set before his eyes alway the eye of y• everlasting judge, & the inpravable judging place, by his money to be made better & to have rule over it, to be liberal in giving alms, to admit & receive into his heart no evil against his neighbour, as Isaiah speaking in y person of God