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…

Name: A potacio[n] or dry[n]king for this holy time of le[n]t very co[m]fortable for all…
Author: Thomas Becon

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.

Thomas Becon 1512–1567printed for Joha, 1542printed for Ioha, 1542

[176] p. · 27k words · STC 1749 · ESTC S109686

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¶ The potation for Lent. › ¶ Of the Ceremonies ye are used in y• Procession of Palm sunday, &…: ¶ Of the Ceremonies ye are used in y• Procession of Palm sunday, & what they signify.¶ The potacion for Lente. › ¶ Of ye Ceremonies ye are vsed in y• Processiō of Palme sondaye, &…: ¶ Of ye Ceremonies ye are vsed in y• Processiō of Palme sondaye, & what they signifye.

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.

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PHIL. Forsooth to signify the victory that they have gotten by Christ.

PHIL. Forsothe to signifye the victorye that they haue gotten by Christ.

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CHRI. why I pray you, how could they get any victory by christ when he was not yet borne?¹

CHRI. why I pray you, how could they get any victory by christ whan he was not yet borne?¹

1Mark this well.Marke this well.

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PHIL. Eyes forsooth brother Christopher. For although Christ at that time was not come in the flesh & borne of the most glorious virgin Mary, yet did they believe undoubtedly, & were perfectly persuaded that he should come, & that they should be redeemed by his passion, & that he should pay their debts to God y• father, even with his most precious blood, deliver them out of cap tivite, & make them partakers of the ⟨image 63⟩glory of heaven. And although they did not see Christ with their corporal eyes, yet did they see him with their spiritual eyes, that is to say with y• eyes of their faith, yea & believe without any hesitation or doubting, as Christ said of Abraham to the Jews, Abraham your father ¹

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