A25478:1197
A supplement to The Morning-exercise at Cripple-Gate, or, Several more cases of conscience practically…
A supplement to The Morning-exercise at Cripple-Gate, or, Several more cases of conscience practically resolved by sundry ministers
London: printed for Thomas Cockerill, 1676
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.
Thus much for explication: And because my subject is about fasting, I shall not consider Christ in the relation of a Bridegroom as he is here styled, of which might be made a long discourse, which would rather lead me to speak ⟨p. 251⟩of Christian Festivals and spiritual joy, than a religious Fast, which is the subject I must attend unto.
Thus much for explication: And because my subject is about fasting, I shall not consider Christ in the relation of a Bridegroom as he is here stiled, of vvhich might be made a long discourse, vvhich vvould rather lead me to speak ⟨p. 251⟩of Christian Festivals and spiritual joy, than a religious Fast, which is the subject I must attend unto.
Neither need I make any logical division of the Text. But instead thereof shall propose these three observations.
Obs. 1. There are some times that are more particular seasons for Fasting.