§. 102. Of forbearing to eat and drink in the time of a Fast.§. 102. Of forbearing to eate and drinke in the time of a Fast.

§. 102. Of forbearing to eat and drink in the time of a Fast.

§. 102. Of forbearing to eate and drinke in the time of a Fast.

Under this phrase of cherishing the Body, ¹is eating and drinking especially meant: for thereby is the body more then by any other thing nourished and refreshed; nothing so absolutely necessary thereto as food. Besides, the general nature and matter of a Fast consisteth therein especially: and therefore the Scripture most usually expresseth abstinence from food when it mentioneth a fast. Fast (saith Ester) and neither eat nor drink. ²Let neither man nor beast (saith the King of Nineveh, when he proclaimed a Fast) taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water. ³Of David it is also noted, that in the day of his Fast,⁴ he would not eat meat.

VNder this phrase of cherishing the Body, ¹is eating and drinking especially meant: for thereby is the body more then by any other thing nourished and refreshed; nothing so absolutely necessary thereto as food. Besides, the generall nature and matter of a Fast consisteth therein especially: and therefore the Scripture most vsually expresseth abstinence from food when it mentioneth a fast. Fast (saith Ester) and neither eate nor drinke. ²Let neither man nor beast (saith the King of Niniueh, when he proclaimed a Fast) taste any thing: let them not feede, nor drinke water. ³