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…

Hitherto have I rehearsed the words of S. John Chrysostom, of whom we may easily learn, that the true & christen ⟨image 47⟩fast is not only to abstain from meat, but also from sin. But let ¹us hear the minds of some other doctors, Origene saith wilt thou that I show unto thee, what fast thou oughtest to fast? Fast from evell de des, abstayne from evil words, refrain from evil thoughts, touch not the thievish breads of perverse doctrine. Covet not, nor lust not after the deceivable meats of philosophy, that may seduce & turn the from the trueth. Such a fast pleaseth God. S. Austen saith, the ²fasts of christen men are rather to be observed spiritually than carnally. In consideration whereof, let us fast principally from our since, unless our fast be refused of the LORD, as the fasts of the Jews were. What a fast is this, that an ³impostor or deceivable person, I can not tell who, should abstain from meats, which the LORD hath ⟨image 47⟩created, & yet ware fat with the fatness of since? Have I chosen such a fast, saith the LORD? Read the eight and fifty Chapter of the Prophet Isaiah. And a little after ⁴he saith, the fast which the most highest doth approve & allow, is not only to leave of to refresh the body, but also to depart from evil acts or deeds. Also i another place ⁵he faith, the great & general fast is to abstain from •iquites & unlaw full pleasures of the world, which is a perfect fast, that we sorsakige ⁶ungodliness & the lusts of y• world, should live in this world soberly, righteously & godly. To this fast what reward doth the Apostle give It followeth & he saith, Looking for that blessed hope and the appearance of the glory of y great god, & of our Saviour Jesus Christ. In this world as a Lent of abstinence