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

And therefore here now, we give a new charge upon the Popish Fast, a great deal more hot then the former: For seeing that they with the proud Pharisee, boast of the merit of their fasts, setting these fasts (as other works) in the place of the Blood of Christ. It is manifest, that their Fasts are so far from humbling them, that through the opinion of them, they rise up ⟨p. 32⟩against the Lord, and do their best to set them selves, even in the throne of God: so that unto the childishness and brutishness of their Fast abovementioned, here they have added an horrible and blasphemous sacrilege. To the compassing of this true humbling of our sins, is annexed necessarily, an information and meditation of the filthiness of our sins, and of the just vengeance of the Lord against them, declared in the threatenings of the Law, and execution of the judgements of God against the wicked; and namely against our Saviour Christ, who putting upon himself our wickedness, suffered Hell pains for it: and specially ⟨p. 33⟩an information and meditation of those, both sins and punishments, which the present time and persons do give occasion of. And thus far touching the first part of the inward virtues in Fasting, standing in the casting down of our selves before the Lord.

And therefore here now, we giue a new charge vpon the Popish Fast, a great deale more hotte then the former: For seeing that they with the proude Pharisee, boast of the merite of their fastes, setting these fastes (as other workes) in the place of the Blood of Christ. It is manifest, that their Fastes are so farre from humbling them, that through the opinion of them, they rise vp ⟨p. 32⟩against the Lord, and doe their best to set them selues, euen in the throne of God: so that vnto the childishnesse and brutishnesse of their Fast abouementioned, heere they haue added an horrible and blasphemous sacriledge. To the compassing of this true humbling of our sinnes, is annexed necessarily, an information and meditation of the filthinesse of our sinnes, and of the iust vengeance of the Lord against them, declared in the threatninges of the Law, and execution of the iudgements of God against the wicked; and namely against our Sauiour Christ, who putting vpon himselfe our wickednesse, suffered Hell paines for it: and specially