B07431:61
Two treatises. 1. The holy exercise of a true fast, described out of God's…
Two treatises. 1. The holy exercise of a true fast, described out of God's word. / Written by T.C. ; 2. The substance of the Lords Supper. / Written by T.W..Two treatises. 1. The holy exercise of a true fast, described out of God's word. / Written by T.C. ; 2. The substance of the Lordes Supper. / Written by T.W..
London: printed for I. Harison, 1610
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
To the right worshipful, and my very good friends, sir William Pelham Knight, her Majesties Lieutenant of the Ordinance; and the Lady Dorothy his wife, T.VV. wisheth in this life, all sound knowledge of Gods trueth, with an assured faith in the trueth of his promises: and after the wearisome days of this pilgrimage shall be ended, eternal bl ssednesse in the life to come, through Christ.
To the right worshipfull, and my verie good friendes, sir William Peliam Knight, her Maiesties Lieuetenant of the Ordinance; and the Ladie Dorothie his wife, T.VV. wisheth in this life, all sound knowledge of Gods trueth, with an assured fayth in the trueth of his promises: and after the wearisome dayes of this pilgrimage shall be ended, eternall bl ssednesse in the life to come, through Christ.
Amongest many reasons, (needless now to rehearse) inducing me, to offer this small Treatise unto your Worships; this was not the least, to wit, that thereby, I might testify, as my unfeigned good will ⟨image 55⟩towards you in the Lord, so the care that I have in all holy love, to build you up in the sincere judgement of the points and principles of Christian religion. For, though I doubt not, but that you are in some good measure endued, with sundry good gifts and graces form God, which should be continual spurs and provocations unto you, to employ your selves to the uttermost of your powers, in the service of his Majesty, and the obedience of his will: yet, in respect of the corruption of mans nature, and the stumbling blocks, which Satan our common adversary casteth in our way, to hinder us, in the race and course of godliness I know that all Gods children, and therefore you amongest the rest, have need of continual remembrancers, not only to put you in mind, but also to provoke you, to pass the days of your pilgrimage in the reverent fear of Gods great Majesty: and being sound in zeal, sincere in knowledge, and careful in practise, to finish your course in his faith, that so at the ⟨image 55⟩last, you may be made thorough Christ, partakers of eternal salvation, which is the end of our hope a d faith, yea, the very end of our life in this life: and therefore good reason, that we should employ our whole life thereto, and to the continual use & practise, of all the means that God hath ordained for our better attaining thereof, and namely that we should be often and earnest with him in prayer: that we should delight in, and labour to profit by the daily hearing, reading, meditating, and conference of & in his holy word; and that we should frequent the reverent and ordinary use of his Sacraments, appointed for the strengthening of our faith, in the trueth of his promises, growing, even to this narrowness and straitness of onscience, that we should think every day and every hour of a day ill spent, wherein we have not profited somewhat towards godliness and honesty.