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The Protestant religion truly stated and justified by the late Reverend Mr. Richard BaxterThe Protestant religion truely stated and justified by the late Reverend Mr. Richard Baxter
The Protestant religion truly stated and justified by the late Reverend Mr. Richard Baxter ; prepared for the press some time before his death ; whereunto is added, by way of preface, some account of the learned author, by Mr. Daniel Williams and Mr. Matthew Sylvester.The Protestant religion truely stated and justified by the late Reverend Mr. Richard Baxter ; prepared for the press some time before his death ; whereunto is added, by way of preface, some account of the learned author, by Mr. Danel Williams and Mr. Matthew Sylvester.
London: printed for John Salusbury, 1692
Protestant Religion Truly Stated, and Justified, &c. › The Five and Fortieth accused Point.
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 Five and Fortieth accused Point.
That Fasting and abstinence from certain Meats, is not grounded on Holy Scripture, nor causeth any Spiritual good.
Ans. Still deceitful Confusion: Protestants hold, 1. Fasting is a needful Duty to several Persons in several cases. As, 1. To take down the Flesh when it groweth too strong in Lust. 2. For the cure of many Diseases from fullness. 3. To exercise our Humiliation in times of public Danger and Calamity, or of personal repentance for some great Sin, or under some affliction that calleth for great Humiliation.
Ans. Still deceitful Confusion: Protestants hold, 1. Fasting is a needful Duty to several Persons in several cases. As, 1. To take down the Flesh when it groweth too strong in Lust. 2. For the cure of many Diseases from fulness. 3. To exercise our Humiliation in times of publick Danger and Calamity, or of personal repentance for some great Sin, or under some affliction that calleth for great Humiliation.
2. They hold that Abstinence is needful in it's time and place, as Fasting is in it's: And that all Eating and Drinking is unlawful, which gratifieth the Appetite by Quantity or Quality against Men's health, and the just Rules by which we should judge what is healthful: Yea, that bare Eating and Drinking to please the Appetite, which doth not some way conduce to fit us for our Duty, is Sin.