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…

THEO. If this be to fast, I fear me that so many fast not before God, as pretend outwardly to fast before men.

THEO. If this be to fast, I feare me that so many faste not before God, as pretende outwardly to faste before men.

PHIL. This manner of fa sting teacheth the holy scripture, how so ever men use it. Therefore if ye will fast aright after the mind of S. John Chrysostom, ye must first anoint your head, that is to say, comfort the poor people with such goods as God, hath committed to you. For the riches ¹the ye have, be not yours only but they be Gods also, as he saith by ⟨image 52⟩y• Prophet, gold is mine, silver is ²mine. God hath put them in your han des, ye ye should distribute part of them to the poor people. Ye are the Ste ³wards of God, & the dispensators of his treasures that you living of them, should also comfort the poor members of Christ. If ye spend them otherwise than God hath appointed you in his word, ye shall render an accounts for it. Ye have nothing at all, but that ye shall be called to an accounts for it even to the uttermost farthing. If ye be not fos•d to have used your talent well, & unto the profit of other, ye shall with that unprofitable servant of the Gospel be cast into outward darkness, where weeping & gnashing of teeth shall be. If ye be proved unmerciful & negligent in the distribution of the worldly goods, surely, surely ye shall be carried away with the rich man, of whom S. ⟨image 53⟩Luke speaketh in the Gospel, unto