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A fruitful treatise of fasting wherin is declared what ye Christen fast is, how we ought to fast, [and] what ye true vse of fastyng is. Newlye made by Thomas Becon.
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Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567.
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&_o unbeleve_v be_v nothing_o pure_a but_o even_o the_o mind_n and_o conscience_n of_o they_o be_v defile_v why_o do_v not_o those_o blind_a guide_n remember_v this_o say_n of_o our_o saviour_n christ_n xv_o &_o cease_v to_o condemn_v the_o innocent_a that_o which_o go_v into_o the_o mouth_n defâ—leth_v not_o y_z t_z man_n but_z y_z â—_o which_o come_v out_o of_o the_o mouth_n defile_v y_fw-mi â—_o man_n for_o what_o so_o ever_o enter_v in_o at_o the_o mouth_n go_v into_o the_o belli_fw-la and_o be_v cast_v out_o into_o y_o e_o draught_n but_o those_o thing_n which_o proceed_v out_o of_o the_o mouth_n come_v from_o the_o hart_n &_o they_o defile_v y_fw-fr â—_o man_n for_o out_o of_o the_o hart_n proceed_v evil_a thought_n murder_n break_v of_o wedlock_n whordome_n theft_n fall_v witness_v blasphemy_n these_o be_v the_o thing_n which_o defile_v a_o man_n ¶_o the_o ten_o chapter_n again_o at_o night_n albeit_o the_o popish_a faster_n eat_v no_o meat_n night_n yet_o make_v they_o such_o 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be_v praise_v for_o our_o abstinence_n the_o myghty_a fastis_fw-la water_n and_o bread_n but_o because_o it_o have_v no_o glory_n nor_o notable_a fame_n &_o because_o we_o all_o live_v with_o bread_n &_o water_n it_o be_v not_o count_v as_o the_o public_a &_o common_a fast_n will_v god_n y_fw-fr t_o all_o they_o that_o fast_o yea_o &_o so_o many_o as_o profess_v christ_n will_v remember_v &_o continual_o set_v before_o their_o eye_n this_o say_n of_o s._n austen_n detempote_n it_o nothing_o profyte_v say_v he_o to_o have_v pass_v a_o whole_a day_n in_o long_o fast_v if_o afterward_o the_o soul_n be_v oppress_v with_o dylyciousnes_n or_o superfluitye_n of_o meat_n for_o so_o be_v the_o mind_n much_o fill_v soon_o dull_v and_o the_o earth_n of_o our_o body_n so_o water_v will_v bring_v forth_o thorn_n of_o wicked_a lust_n let_v therefore_o our_o meat_n be_v temperate_a &_o no_o more_o than_o be_v sufficient_a &_o let_v our_o belly_n never_o be_v to_o full_a and_o let_v we_o always_o 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same_o so_o far_o be_v it_o of_o that_o they_o have_v any_o sorrow_n in_o their_o heart_n for_o their_o syn_n commit_v against_o god_n which_o shall_v earnest_o move_v they_o to_o forsake_v their_o meat_n and_o to_o give_v they_o self_n whole_o to_o be_v reconcile_v unto_o god_n by_o repent_v and_o call_v on_o the_o name_n of_o god_n for_o mercy_n in_o christ_n jesu_n our_o lord_n their_o fast_n therefore_o be_v abomination_n before_o god_n forasmuch_o as_o in_o the_o time_n of_o their_o fast_v they_o gyve_v not_o over_o their_o wickedness_n and_o earnest_o seek_v to_o please_v god_n moreover_o the_o christian_a fast_n rise_v also_o of_o a_o heart_n fervent_o give_fw-ge to_o godliness_n in_o this_o behalf_n also_o y_z â—_o popish_a fast_o agree_v nothing_o with_o christian_a abstinence_n consist_v for_o the_o papists_n mind_n be_v set_v on_o no_o true_a godliness_n in_o the_o time_n of_o their_o fast_v but_o altogether_o on_o superstition_n &_o hypocrisy_n their_o godliness_n yea_o 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