A27107:757
The practice of piety directing a Christian how to walk, that he may please…
The practice of piety directing a Christian how to walk, that he may please God / amplified by the author
London: printed for Edward Brewster, 1695
No title page in the transcription: set from the catalogue record.
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.
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Theb holy Scripture appoints no Time under the New Testament to fast; but ⟨p. 290⟩but leaves it unto Christians own free choice, Rom. 14. 3. 1 Cor. 7. 5. to fast as occasion shall be offered unto them, Mat. 9. 15. As when a man becomes an humble and earnest suitor unto God for the pardon of some gross sin committed; or for the *prevention of some sin, whereunto a man feels himself by Satan solicited: or to obtain some special blessing which he wants: or to avert some Judgment which a man fears, or is already fallen upon himself or others: Or, lastly to subdue his flesh unto his spirit, that he may more cheerfully pour forth his soul unto God by prayer. Upon these occasions a man may fasta a day orb longer, as his occasion requires, and the constitution of his body, and other needful affairs will permit.
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