Two treatises. 1. The holy exercise of a true fast, described out of God's…

finally to condemn the eating of a piece of smoky and reasty Bacon, and to justify the banqueting and junketing Dishes, which are before mentioned. That I speak nothing of some of the poorer sort, which upon the Thursday at night, and Friday at dinner, would fill their bellies the fuller, that they might pass over their abstinence, with less feeling the want of their accustomed diet. All which things, as we condemn in the Papists; so we must carefully take heed that they be not found in us:¹ unless we have forgot, that in judging them, we ⟨p. 21⟩condemn our selves, when as we do the same things, which we find fault worthy in them.

finally to condemne the eating of a peece of smoakie and reastie Bakon, and to iustifie the banqueting and iunqueting Dishes, which are before mentioned. That I speake nothing of some of the poorer sort, which vpon the Thursday at night, and Fryday at dinner, would fill their bellies the fuller, that they might passe ouer their abstinence, with lesse feeling the want of their accustomed diet. All which thinges, as wee condmne in the Papistes; so we must carefully take heed that they be not found in vs:¹ vnlesse we haue forgot, that in iudging them, wee ⟨p. 21⟩condemne our selues, when as we doe the same thinges, which we finde fault woorthy in them.

1. 1Rom. 2.1.

An other of these corporal exercises is watching, or a cutting short of our ordinary sleep: which we may apply to the furtherance of this exercise. For beside that this Abstinence, is a removing of ordinary pleasures and commodities; it appeareth, that some thing also should be pared from it. For beside that, it is meet that there should be a certain conformity and suitableness of our whole behaviour, all the time of the Fast. The Prophet Joel exhorting the Priests to this holy exercise of Fast,