A69054:1130
The institutions of Christian religion, written by the reverend father, M. John Calvin, compendiously…The institutions of Christian religion, written by the reuerend father, M. Iohn Caluin, compendiously…
The institutions of Christian religion, written by the reverend father, M. John Calvin, compendiously abridged by Edmond Bunny Bachelor of divinity; and translated into English by Edward MayThe institutions of Christian religion, written by the reuerend father, M. Iohn Caluin, compendiously abridged by Edmond Bunnie Bachellour of diuinitie; and translated into English by Edward May
London: printed for William Norton, 1580
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18 But fasting consisteth in three things; in time, in quality of meat, & sparing.
18 But fasting consisteth in thrée thinges; in time, in qualitie of meate, & sparing.
As touching fasting, truly I have read none, neither of the old, nor of the new writers that can satisfy me, or that may seem sufficiently to consider the nature thereof. For as oft as they speak of fasting, presently they fall to the abstaining from meat, and therein only they rest very much: but I think it should be otherwise: for as soon as we can, let us come unto the fountain it self, and after let us with diligence pursue the rivers: but this is the only fountain of fasting, a sincere and earnest, & a singular desire either of ⟨p. 228⟩Righteousness or newness of life, in general, or some part thereof: which doth either sufficiently appear by this one thing, that when the Disciples could not cast out a certain Devil, because they as it were, to a sporting bickering, descended rashly and unadvisedly: and a little after they enquired how it came to pass that they were deceived of their opinion.