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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.
The other was bending the knee, called [Greek or Hebrew]
The other was bending the knee, call'd 〈non-Latin alphabet〉
The third was prostration of the body, called [Greek or Hebrew]
The third was prostration of the body, call'd 〈non-Latin alphabet〉
But where there is no particular gesture determined there Christians are left to their liberty, only it is to be guided by a due respect to the greatest ⟨p. 255⟩advantage of the duty, and with caution against any just offence.
4. Abstinence from secular affairs is requisite, for a fast is a solemn devoting a certain part of time to God, and to an extraordinary attendance upon him. And if meats and drinks are to be forborne, for to give advantage to the duties of the day, so also bodily labours and secular business upon the same account.