Christian religion

That the fast in Popery is foolish, which is holden at set times, whether the time be prosperous, or not prosperous; whether the affairs be common and ordinary: or whether they be special & extraordinary of all which it may appear, how small cause the Papists have to boast of their fasting, which in all the warp thereof have not a thread which is not full of leprosy.

That the fast in Poperie is foolish, which is holden at set times, whether the time bee prosperous, or not prosperous; whether the affaires bee common and ordinary: or whether they be special & extraordinary of al which it may appeare, how small cause ye Papists haue to boast of their fasting, which in all the warpe therof haue not a thred which is not full of leprosie.

But all this while there seemeth not to have appeared any necessity of this exercise of fasting?

But all this while there seemeth not to haue appeared any necessitie of this exercise of fasting?

Yes verily, in that it is necessary to humble our selves under the mighty and fearful hand of God; and to afflict our souls with the conscience of our sins, and the punishment due unto them: unto which, this outward exercise of fasting is a good aid. And our Saviour Christ doth expressly say, that the time shall come, when his Disciples shall fast: where both by the circumstance of the persons, and of the time, the necessity of fasting is enforced.

Yes verily, in that it is necessarie to humble our selues vnder the mightie and fearefull hand of God; and to afflict our soules with the conscience of our sinnes, and the punishment due vnto them: vnto which, this outward exercise of fasting is a good aid. And our Sauiour Christ doth expresly say, that the time shall come, when his Disciples shall fast: where both by the circumstance of the persons, and of the time, the necessitie of fasting is enforced.