A supplement to The Morning-exercise at Cripple-Gate, or, Several more cases of conscience practically…

Or of a particular family, which the Apostle seems to speak of, 1 Cor. 7.5. Where husband and wife, being of the same family, are advised by the Apostle not to defraud one another, but by consent for a time to give themselves to fasting and prayer.

And when the Prophet Zechariah speaks of families mourning apart, Zach. 12.13, 14. It may probably be meant of fasting joined with mourning: And though the word family may be understood patronymically, and extend further than to a particular house, yet it may by Analogy be applied to particular houses and the inhabitants therein.

And when the Prophet Zachary speaks of families mourning apart, Zach. 12.13, 14. It may probably be meant of fasting join'd with mourning: And though the word family may be understood patronimically, and extend further than to a particular house, yet it may by Analogy be apply'd to particular houses and the inhabitants therein.

Again, a Religious fast is either stated or occasional.