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The whole works of W. Tyndall, John Frith, and Doct. Barnes, three worthy martyrs,…The vvhole workes of W. Tyndall, Iohn Frith, and Doct. Barnes, three worthy martyrs,…
The whole works of W. Tyndall, John Frith, and Doct. Barnes, three worthy martyrs, and principal teachers of this Church of England collected and compiled in one tome together, being before scattered, [and] now in print here exhibited to the Church. To the praise of God, and profit of all good Christian readers.The vvhole workes of W. Tyndall, Iohn Frith, and Doct. Barnes, three worthy martyrs, and principall teachers of this Churche of England collected and compiled in one tome togither, beyng before scattered, [and] now in print here exhibited to the Church. To the prayse of God, and profite of all good Christian readers.
London: printed by John Daye, 1573London: printed by Iohn Daye, 1573
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.
Thou therefore, if thou wilt fast, fast according to the precept of the gospel, and keep in thy fast, the laws of the gospel, in the which the Lord commandeth of fasting in this wise. When thou dost fast anoint thy head. &c. Wouldest thou that I should yet show thee what kind of fasting thou oughtest to fast. Fast from all sin, take no meat of malice, make no bankers of pleasure, wax not to hot with wine of sensuality: fast from evil arts, & practises, abstain from evil talk, stay thee from evil thoughts: Touch not the stolen bread of perverse doctrine, and thou shalt not lust after the deceivable food of philosophy, which may seduce thee from the trueth. Such fast doth please God. But to abstain from meats which God hath created to be received of the faithful with thanks giving (and this to do with them that crucified Christ) can not be acceptable to God. The Pharisees on a time were offended with our Lord, because his disciples did not fast: unto whom he answereth, that the children of the bridegroom can not fast, as long as the bridegroom is present with them. They therefore do fast, who have lost the bridegroom. We that have the bridegroom with us can not fast. Neither yet not withstanding do we say this, to let lose the bridle of christian abstinence. For we have the time of Lent consecrated to fasting, and we have the fourth, and the sixth ferry of the week, in the which we do solemnly fast. But Christians ⟨p. 375⟩have liberty to fast at any time, not by superstitious observances, but by the virtue of continency.