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A68828	The holie exercise of a true fast, described out of Gods word Seene and allowed.; Very godly and learned treatise, of the exercise of fastyng.	Wilkinson, William, d. 1613.; Cartwright, Thomas, 1535-1603, attributed name.	1580 (1580)	STC 24251.5; ESTC S120024	22,313	96

that will haue no part in the obedience of the commaundement giuen hereof to both the peoples vnder the Lawe and vnder the Gospell must haue no part in the promises made to any of them according as the Lorde threateneth that who so euer shall not afflict or humble his Leui. 23. 29. Luke 5. 35. soule with the rest that he will destroy them from among his people The time of fasting is the time â—f affliction either for want of some great benefite needfull or through feeling of some great iudgement present or to come Where the Popiâ—â— fast must passe an other condemnation which maketh no difference oâ— choice of time but appointeth euery Friday and other set euens yearely whether the time be prosperous oâ— vnprosperous whether it be peace oâ— warre health or sicknesse dearth oâ— plentie Which is al one as if the Physician shuld nowe appoint his patienâ— this day twentie or fortieyeres hence to take a purgation or to be let bloud In which case either he must be â— Prophet rather then a Physician tâ— knowe that he shall on that day hauâ— neede of it or else he must be a Physician of no value ignorant or vnfaithfull As therefore the Physiciaâ— openeth no vaine but with obâ—â—â—uation where the signe is giueth â— purgation without heede taking â— the time of the yeare whether it â— spring or fall whether it be hot â— colde so it behoueth the spirituâ—â— Physician to haue an eye vnto â—e time when this medicine is in â—â—ason And so much the more â—re rather then there as the daunâ—â—r is greater For as a newe piece â— cloth added to an olde garment â—â—keth something from the olde â—â—d causeth the rent to be worse Luke 5. 36. â—â—en before so fasting vnfitly apâ—lied to the state of those that are â—â—ioyned to keepe it maketh them â—orse then they were before the fast â—ea that which more is as the newe Luke 5. 37. wine put into olde vessels doeth â—â— onely make them worse but breâ—â— them all to pieces so this fast thrâ—â— vpon those which are not either ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ the time or for some other cause ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ for it doeth vtterly destroy them Whereby men may perceiue whâ—â— cause we haue to make a great coâ—science of the Popish fast as thâ—â— which is able of it selfe if there weâ—â— no other corruptions amongest them to driue a man to eternall destruction According also to the greatnesse of the affliction the time of thâ— fast is taken by the discretion oâ— Leuit. 23. 27. 28. those to whome it belongeth at the least for a whole day And if the wrath of the Lorde be hotter then two dayes or * Ester 4. 16 else three as it appeaâ—â— by the example of the Iewes in â—â—ters time and of Saint Paul Act. 9. 9. â—nd this time what so euer hath â— nature of a Saboth For therein Leuit. 23. 30. 31. â— are bound to abstaine from their â—â—ly labours according to the same â—ightnesse and with the same exâ—â—ions that they are bound to obâ—â—e the Saboth And therefore the Ioel. 2. 12. Leui. 23. 32. â—phet willeth them to sanctifie a â— And the Lord threateneth that â— so euer shall doe any worke on â— day him shall he cut off from aâ—â—gest his people The end whereof â— that men setting them selues a â— from their daily occupations â—â—t be wholy bestowed in the spiâ—â—â—â—all exercises aboue specified Whereby that we may knowe â—â— there was neuer a thread in the â— cloth of the Popish fast which â— not throughly infected with the â—â—â—rituall leprosie of disobedience vâ— the Lorde it is to be noted â—â— where they ordayned many â—â— wicked and vnnecessarie holie dayâ— this * one and besides the Sabâ—â— the onely holie day appointed of â— Lorde they quite rased out of tâ—â— Kalender And of the fast in geâ—â—rall thus farre The kindes or sortes of fastes â— followe which are either priuatâ— publique The priuate fast is that whicâ— vndertaken vpon some particâ—â— calamitie by the discretion of the â— against whome the calamitie is sent And it is either of a particular man â—â— houshold In the former whereof it â—â— to be obserued that for as much as â—he fast is ioyned with a separation â—â—om their daily occupations that â—either children nor scholers nor â—eruantes nor any other which be at â—he disposition and gouernement of â—thers can chuse any such day apâ—ointed for common occupations without the consent of those that haue commaundement ouer them Without which consent they must be â—orced to holde their fastes vpon the Lordes day or other dayes of rest established in the places of their abode For here the Lawe of the Lorde hath place that if the wife sonne or daughter vowe a vowe vnto Num. 30. 4. the Lord that the husband or father shall haue power to breake it The publique fast is that which is vndertaken vpon some more generall calamitie of the Church at the appointment of them which vnder Ioel. 2. 15. Christ haue the gouernement of the places where the fast is holden In this fast bicause a publique assembly is commaunded it followeth that the chiefe instruction of the foresaid profession of repentance is to be fetched from the publique preaching of the word Now leauing the causes of the priuate fasts to the examinatioÌ„ of euery one which caÌ„ best iudge of their own estate let vs consider what causes there be of a generall fast amongest vs. Wherein that it may be seene that the trumpet of fasting is blowen rather by the breath of GOD then by the mouth of man let vs take a short vewe of the causes of the fastes mentioned in the Scripture The cause of the fast is the wrath of God against the Church where is to be considered that the people of God haue not onely regarded this wrath against them selues particularly but against others also of the same societie and fellowshippe in religion that they were of through a mutuall feeling and compassion which they haue one with an other as in the exaÌ„ple of the Church of Antioch whose fast Acteâ— â—3 2. appeareth to haue ben taken in hand rather for the miserie of the Church of Ierusalem then for them selues Now the Churches round about vs being fallen into great decay partly by the spirituall miseries as well of the heresies of Papists Arrians Anabaptists the Familie of loue c. as also of the schisme of Lutheranisme daily preuayling partly by bodily plagues of the pestilence almost in al places of the sword in our neighbour couÌ„tries and of the famine which waiteth coÌ„monly vpoÌ„ the same it is euident that therby groweth one cause of huÌ„bling our selues before our God And when this wrath is coÌ„sidered either in that which is alreadie come or in that which may be feared shortly to come to whether so euer of the causes we looke we shal find that we haue cause to fast For what spirituall euil is in

and meditation of the filthinesse of our sinnes and of the iuste vengeance of the Lord against them declared in the threateninges of the law and execution of the iudgementes of God against the wicked and namely against our Sauiour Christ who putting vppon himselfe our wickednesse suffered hell paines for it and specially an information and meditation of those both sinnes and punishmentes which the present time and persons doe giue occasion of And thus farre touching the first part of the inwarde vertues in fasting standing in the casting downe of our selues before the Lord. There followeth the other part which is a profession of our faith that we shall be lifted vp as high through the grace of the Lord our God in Iesus Christ as the conscience of our sinnes doth cast vs downe and that we shall obtaine the remouing of the euills tending to our destruction through the worthinesse of our Sauiour Christ which either presently presse vs or hange ouer our heads through our owne vnworthinesse For as true repentance casting vs downe with one hand both in sorrowe for our sinnes and confession of the same leaueth vs not in our downefall but through faith reacheth vs the other hand to lift vs vp againe so this solemne profession of our repentance carying vs first to the valley of trouble afterward bringeth vs backe againe to the gate of hope In which respest we alwayes finde in the holy Scriptures * Ezra 9. 5. Nehem. 1. 4. Dan. 9. 3. Iudg. 20. 26 Luke 5. 33. 1. Cor. 7. 7. that fasting is ioyned with praier * 2. Chron. 20. 6. Iames. 1. 6. Iohn 16. 23. which caÌ„ neuer be truly made without hope of obtaining the grace that is prayed for But for as much as prayer is a daily and ordinarie exercise of Gods children it is manifest * Ionas 3. 8. Esay 58. 4. that by the prayer which is coupled with fasting there is vnderstanded a speciall or peerelesse kinde of prayer both in zeale and strength of prayer as also in continuance of the same Whereby appeareth that here is an other vse of the outward abstinence that it might be as it were a wing wherewith the praier that otherwise through earthly affections creepeth vpon the grounde might the easilier flee vp into heaueÌ„ and that it might be a grindestone to make a point of it that it may pearce and to set an edge that it may cut both the visible and inuisible enimies which we pray against And therefore the outwarde abstinence that pulleth downe the body helpeth to lift vp the minde and crucifying the flesh it quickneth the spirite and maketh it more liuely to this exercise Where yet againe the Popish fast is found insufficient which vpon the dayes of their fastes had no extraordinarie exercises of prayer more then other dayes which were not fasted To the better performance also of this part is annexed an informatioÌ„ and meditation of the gracious promises of GOD especially such as may serue for reliefe of the present occasions Wherin the better to correct our dulnesse and heauinesse to this so holy an exercise let vs remember that it is to obtaine some speciall grace at the hand of the Lord. Whereby it is giuen vs to vnderstand that vpon due holding of this fast vnto the Lord there be excellent promises a most singular reward Whereof the place of Ioel as it spake before for the commaundement of all the fastes â—oel 2. 13. â— 19. 20. which the people of God vsed so will it vndertake for the promises which the Lorde hath made to all those which submit them selues to the obedience thereof The truth of which promises is so manifest in the Scriptures as the Sunne at noone dayes can be no clearer For let all the fastes of the holy Churches and of godly men laid out in Scripture both of the olde and newe Testament be * Iudg. 20. 23. Ezra 19. 6 Hest 4. 16. 2. Chron. 20. 3. turned ouer and it shall be seene that the end of their fast which kept it in any measure of trueth and simplicitie was a feast and the issue of their mourning great reioysing For Dan. 9. 20. Ionah â— 10 albeit the ordinarie prayers of the faithfull returne not emptie vnto them againe yet hauing regarde vnto these which are ioyned with this exercise they may worthily seem to be barren which are otherwise Act. 12. 5. Act. 13. 2. fruitfull and to be blasted which otherwise seeme ful eared Yea the fast of the wicked king Achab ioined with 1. Regum 21 27. no true repentance nor so much as with any true knowledge how to serue the Lord but performed in some sort onely in keeping of the outward and bodily ceremonte went not vnrewarded from the Lorde For euen by the very shadowe of his exercise the execution of that iudgement which was awarded against him touching his vtter rasing from the kingdome of Israel was differred vntill his sonnes dayes Nowe if the comming within the shadowe of this exercise doeth heale some diseases what will it doe if wee come to touche the bodye thereof and if the leaues of it haue some vertue to preserue men from the vengeance of God howe soueraigne is the fruit to deliuer vs from the wrath to come And if the ordinarie obedience of the children of GOD goeth not emptie and vnrewarded from the presence of GOD this extraordinarie obedience and exercise in the worshippe of GOD must needes receiue speciall and extraordinarie blessinges from his hande When Benhadab 1. Regum 20. 29. the Syrian king ouercome by Achab king of Israel was out of hope of any safetie at the length by the aduice of his seruaunts he put him 1. Reg. 20. 31. to 35. selfe and his companie in sackcloth with ropes about their neckes thinking by humbling them selues before the king to obtaine pardon which came to passe accordingly If therefore men in hope of obtaining pardon will humble them selues to them of whome they haue no promise that they shal obtaine any thing howe much more ought we to doe it which haue so sure promises of good successe and if mercy was obtained of men in whom there is scanta drop of that pitie and compassion which is seafull in the Lorde we may be well assured that we shall not misse of it at his hande And if one enimie can looke for it at the hande of an other we may with greater assurance looke for it at the hande of the Lorde to whome we are already reconciled by the bloud of his sonne Tâ—erefore if the authoritie of the Lorde should not compell vs yet the most liberall and certaine promises should allure vs to this exercise Which if we doe not what remaineth but that such as will not fast with the châ—â—dren of GOD must eate and drinkâ— of the furious wrath of GOD with the wicked they that will not weepe with the one must â—owle with the other And finally they

to call for the performance of them And first we humbly desire thee to forgiue vs all our sinnes Thou hast saide that if we confesse our sinnes thou art faithfull to forgiue vs them We acknowledge the debte cancell therefore the obligation let not the multitude of them preuaile against vs but where our sinne hath abouÌ„ded let thy grace more abounde and as we haue multiplyed our sinnes so we pray thee to multiply thy mercies and although wee haue by continuaunce in them so soked our selues that thereby we are not onely lightly stained but also haue gotteÌ„ as it were the scarlet purple die of them yet let them all we pray thee being washed in the blod of thy deare sonne be made as whyte as the snowe in Salmon and as the wolle of the sheep which come from washing And â—o conclude as our sinnes haue magnified themselues in an infinit length â—readth depth and height so let thy â—ercies which passe all vnderstanâ—ing of all sides and all assayes out â—eache them Therefore also we most â—umbly desire thee O Lord that the â—inne being pardoned thy wrath whiche is alreadie declared may be appeased towardes all the Churches of our profession and especially towards vs that the manifolde breaches of the Churches and common wealthes may be made vp that those being receyued into the bosome of the Church which belong to thy election the rest of the Papistes and heretikes may be vtterly rooted out that the enemies in religion being slaine we may to the vttermost think all one thing in the honeste and peaceable gouernment of the common wealth Vpon which vniting of vs in all trueth and honestie the curses of the plague and barrennesse being remoued a way may be made to thy blessinges which as the hills do the valleis may make our land holesomely fruitfull And that not onely the wrath which is alreadie kindled may be quenched but that which hath beene lately threatned may be caused to retyre For the graunt whereof vnto vs we beseech thee to remember that howe vnworthy soeuer yet are wee thy people and the Sheepe of thy pasture whome thou hast redemed with thy most pretious â—lood watched ouer with a carefull â—ye defended with a mightie hand â—espise not therfore O Lord the worâ—es of thy hands And seing thou hast â—â—ued vs when we hated thee visited vs when we desired thee not then acknowledged vs when we knewe not thee now that there be a nuÌ„ber of vs which loue thee desire thine aboade acknowledge thee hold on thy loue still depart not from vs deny vs not O thou God of trueth which art the God that chaungest not And if thou wouldest or couldest forget vs calling vpon thee yet what should become of thy great name which is called vpon by vs And therefore for thy glories sake and for thy blessed names sake which in our destruction shoulde bâ— rent and runne through spare vâ—spare vs good Lord according to the vsuall dealing which thou hast euer kept with those which in prayer haue had recourse vnto thee and according to the olde and vnchangeable nature of a merciful kind sparing long suffering God Which mercie we do not O Lord desire to the end that we shoulde tumble and wallowe our selues in our accustomed neglect and contempt of thy holy worde but together with mercie for our sinnes and the rewarde of them we moste humbly craue vppon the knees of our heartes that for the time to come howe long or howe short soeuer we with deniall and detestation of our selues and of our wicked lustes may â—â—er vp vnto thee in Iesus Christe â—â—r selues our bodies and soules to â—â—e seruauntes at thy holy commaunâ—ement in that reasonable seruice â—hich the high reason of thy holy â—orde doth prescribe and to be weaâ—ons or instruments of righteousnes â—nd holinesse as they haue bene hereâ—ofore of the contrarie All which â—hinges as whatsoeuer thou knowest â—o be further needefull for vs or for any of the Churches we pray thee as our sauiour hath taught c. A CONFESSION OF sinnes with fayth and repentaunce O Mercifull and heauenly Father we thy seruaÌ„ts doe humbly prostrate our selues before thy Maâ—estie acknowledging here in thy â—ight our hainous offences committed against thy Maiestie seeing and beholding thy heauie wrath against them we feele our selues laden O Lord our God with a huge company of horrible sinnes whereof euen the very least beeing but conceiued in thought is sufficient in iudgemeÌ„t to throwe vs downe to the euerlastinge burning Lake Our owne consciences O Lorde doe beare witnesse against vs of our manifolde transgressions of thy blessed lawe of our securitie and sencelesse blindenesse running headlong to destruction coÌ„mitting sinne after sinne although not notorious to the worlde yet horrible before thine eye The thoughts of our heartes rise vp in iudgement against vs the vanitie of our talk before thy maiestie condemneth vs the wickednesse of our deedes from thy sight reiecteth vs all our wicked thoughts wordes and deeds with the inwarde corruption of our nature do altogether as it were a whole lumpe and loade of sinne lie heauie vppon vs with their intollerable weight doe euen presse vs downe to Hell Wee doe dayly grone vnder the burthen of them inwardly lamenting our owne follie so greedily running into them In heauen earth or hel we see none able to sustaine the weight of them but euen thy dearly beloued sonne Iesus Christ who in mercy infinite and compassion endlesse hath sustained and ouercome that endlesse punishment due vnto them in him therefore in him most mercifull Father and through him we come to thee being fully assured according to thy promise that thou wilt accept take that full recompence which he thy deare sonne hath made for vs as a iust ransome for all the sinnes of all those who with a true faith take hold on him In him therfore we see thine anger towards vs appesed thy wrath satisfied and our debts paide Increase in vs good Lord we beseech thee this liuely and feeling faith for we feele it oftentimes in vs very weake and troubled with many doubtes increase it in vs O Lorde that we may through thy holy spirite be assured that the punishment of our sinnes is fully in thy sonne discharged Make vs O Lord our God to feele this same in our soules and consciences that Iesus Christe is ours and al that he hath done that we are grafted into his body and made one with him and therefore fellow heires with him of euerlasting life Let vs not onely haue these wordes in our mouthes good Lord but through thy holy spirite let vs feele the comfort of them in our heartes fully sealed and setled in vs that we feeling our selues inwardly before thy iudgement seate discharged and our consciences towardes thee appeased may be swallowed vp with an vnfaigned loue toward thy heauenly Maiestie and towardes our brethren for thy sake Make sinne to dye in vs daily more

and more that we may hate detest and vtterly abhorre all sinne and wickednesse in all men but especially in our selues that we may strongly through thy holy spirite set our selues in open warre and defiance against all sin and wickednes that we please not our selues in our sinns but straightly examining sinne by the iust rule of thy holy lawes we may vtterly from the bottome of our heartes condemne euen the least sinne in our selues hauing our whole ioy comfort consolation vpon those things which be agreeable to thy blessed will alwayes being afraide to doe any thing contrarie to the same that we may euen from the bottome of our hearts examine and trie our thoughtes before thy presence that they be vpright and vnfained not hypochriticall in outward shewe only and appearance but that euen all corners of our hearts being opened and disclosed before thee we may euen as though it were openly before the face of the whole world bring them in shewe knowing that a double heart is detestable in thy sight and that we may walke alwayes as before thine eyes not only before the eyes of man being more carefull to walke circumspectly in this respect that we haue thee to be a viewer of our doings a thousande folde more then the eyes of man that thus we may walke as becommeth thy children not onely in outward shewe but also in sinceritie of heart abhorring euen the least sinne in our selues striuing resisting and fighting against sinne not delighting our selues in sinne nor nourishing the same in our brest but earnestly embracing and studiously seeking after those things which be pleasant in thine eyes that neither the feare of man nor losse of goods life landes possessions or friendes drawe vs away froÌ„ thee to do any the lest thing contrarie to thy wil and pleasure neither the fauour or friendship of man nor yet the flattering enticements of this world nor the vaine promotions of the same doe moue vs any whit from the true and endlesse ioy delight and pleasure which we ought to haue in those things which be agreeable to thy will and the constant performance of the same but that alwayes to the end of our life we may continue in thy pathes growing and increasing from faith to faith from strength to strength till at the length we shall come to thy euerlasting rest Amen A Prayer for the Queene O Gratious Lorde and most mercifull Father we acknowledge thee the Lorde of Lordes and the King of Kinges creating at the beginning and ruling all thinges euermore in heauen and earth according to thy wonderfull wisedome and power and our selues to be thy poore seruantes the worke of thy hands and the sheep of thy pasture subiected to thy Maiestic depending vpon thy fatherly prouidence for all things Neuerthelesse seeing thou in thy wisedome annoyntest Kings and Queenes appointing them to rule ouer thy people to sit as Lieuetenants in thy seat to minister iustice and most of all as Fathers and Nurses to maintaine cherish thy Church commaunding vs not only to obey and honour them but moreouer to pray for them as watching ouer vs for our good We therefore beseech thee for thy great mercies sake and for Iesus Christes sake to shewe thy mercy to all Kinges and Princes that maintaine thy glorious Gospell but especially we pray thee to blesse our gratious Queene in all spirituall blessings in Christ Iesus and in all temporall blessings according to thy good pleasure that in the great measures of thy effectuall loue she may more and more finde greate increase of vertue and wisedome strength in Christ Iesus to the faithfull and happie discharge of her duetie that her holinesse and ioy and zeale of thy house may be multiplied and euerlasting And seeing it hath pleased thee of thy singular mercy to giue her this speciall honour first to suffer for thy glorious trueth and afterward miraculously deliuering her out of the handes of her enimies to set a crowne vpon her head and to make her the instrument to aduaunce thy glory Gospell for which she suffered and to bring it out of darknesse into light out of persecution into this great and long peace As we giue thee most heartie thankes for this singular benefite so we be seech thee to make her and vs euermore thankefull for it and in thy good pleasure still to preserue her for the continuance of these blessings towards vs with all increase from time to time to thy glory the benefite of the Church and her infinite peace in Christ Iesus the prince of peace And further more we pray thee for her and the estate that such as be enimies of the Gospell and her enimies also for the defence thereof may not despise the peace offered theÌ„ to repentance but that they may account thy long suffring her peaceable vnbloudy gouernment an occasion of saluation to their soules and vnfeined loue to the truth and their mercifull souereigne Otherwise of they still remaine disobedient to the trueth disobedient to her highnesse and daungerous to the state then O God of our Saluation as thou hast discouered them so discouer them still as thou hast preuented them so preuent them still and let their eyes waxe wearie with looking and their hearts faint with wayting for the coÌ„ming of that which yet commeth not neither let it come O Lorde we beseech thee but a blessed and a long reigne to her and peace to Sion for euermore Also deare father so blesse so loue so in thy spirite sanctifie and keep her that she may in the spirit of counsel and fortitude so rule that other sister also namely this her coÌ„mon wealth that they may flourish together and growe vp together as palme trees in beautie and in strength giuing ayde and helpe one to an other that in the Church the glory of God may appeare as the Sunne in his brightnesse and that the lande may flowe with Milke and Honie and true peace abound therein as in the triumphant reigne of Debora These graces O Lord are great and we miserable sinners vnworthie of the least of them therefore looke not to vs but to thy selfe not to our iniquities but to thy great mercies accepting the death and passion of thy Sonne as a full ransome for all our offences throwing them into the bottome of the Sea and making his crosse and resurrection effectuall in vs to all obedience and godlinesse as becommeth thy Saintes that to all other thy good blessings towards our gratious Souereigne this may be added that she gouerneth blessedly ouer a blessed people a people blessed of the Lorde and beloued of the Lorde and â—hat thy graces may abound as the waters of the Sea in the Prince and in the people in the Church and in the Common wealth from day to daye till the day of our translation into thy kingdome where iustice inhabiteth where also we shall inhabite and reigne with thee according to thy promise for euer Graunt these thinges O mercifull Father â—or thy deare Sonne our Lorde Iesus Christ his sake in whose name we craue them at thy mercifull hand praying furthermore for them as he hath taught vs to pray Our Father which are in heauen c. 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