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XVIII. Ibid. [That for a man that is against commanding the Abstinence of Lent, and against obeying such commands as an Imitation of Christ's forty days fasting, and in all cases of injury to our souls, bodies, or others; yet to say that he is not able to prove it a sin to obey by mere abstinence,¹ when the Magistrate peremptorily commandeth it, merely in Commemoration, and not Imitation of Christ's fast, is a sin in him that saith it, though it be true: And consequently though it would do no harm to my self or others, I ought rather to die than to forbear flesh in Lent, if the King command it?

XVIII. Ibid. [That for a man that is against commanding the Abstinence of Lent, and against obeying such commands as an Imitation of Christ's forty dayes fasting, and in all cases of injury to our souls, bodies, or others; yet to say that he is not able to prove it a sin to obey by meer abstinence,¹ when the Magistrate peremptorily commandeth it, meerly in Commemoration, and not Imitation of Christ's fast, is a sin in him that saith it, though it be true: And consequently though it would do no harm to my self or others, I ought rather to die than to forbear flesh in Lent, if the King command it?

1. 1Read Rom. 14. and judge.

XIX. Ibid. [That Church Music (and consequently singing which is the prime Music) is no help to any man in the service of God?

XIX. Ibid. [That Church Musick (and consequently singing which is the prime Musick) is no help to any man in the service of God?