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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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Who so euer doothe so feare God and stande in awe of hys indygnacyon and heauye displeasure that he is loth to offende hym and therefore seeketh al meanes possible to please hym and if at anye tyme thorow fraylenesse of nature hee chaunceth to offende hee is strayghte-wayes angrye wyth hym selfe repeÌ„teth of his former misdedes and conceiueth suche an inward sorowe in hys hearte that hee delyteth in no worldlye thynge neyther in meate dryncke apparell rychesse pastimes pleasures c. but contynuallye soroweth for hys dysobedyente vnkyndenesse and vnkynde dysobedyence against God our heauenly father so that the verye trouble of hys heart wyl not suffer him to eat or drynke tyl thorow continual callyng on the name of the Lord he feeleth in hys mynde some token of Gods goodnes grace and fauour toward hym and is thorow faythe in Christes bloude fullye perswaded that all hys synnes are forgeuen hym and he again receyued into fauoure the faste of suche one is an acceptable sacryfyce vnto God Of thys inwarde sorowe of the hearte dyd the fastes of manye good menne heretofore ryse as the holye Scryptures do declare and therefore dydde they hyghlye please God in so muche that God graunted theym theyr requestes and was theyr merciful and most louing lord Examples hereof are the Israelytes that were gathered together aâ— Mispha the Niniuites Either her companye Iudith wyth the citisenses of Bethulia Achab diuers other whose fasts God allowed because they proceded froÌ„ the heartes of suche as humbled them selues in his sighte repenpented them of theyr sinnes asked forgeuenesse and promysed amendmente of lyfe The .viii. Chapter NOwe as touchinge that fast which springeth of a minde geuen to godlynes it canne not be disalowed of God For hee that seeketh to please God and to auaunce hys glory by any godly meanes and that hâ— may haue the grace soto doo fasteth prayeth studieth laboureth his fastiÌ„g his prayinge his studyinge hys labouringe canne not but please God and haue good and fortunate successe On thys maner fasted Daniell that he myghte be the more apt to receiue the knowledge of goddes misteries which were afterwarde declared vnto hym of the aungel So lykewise dyd Esdras Of thys godlie maÌ„ner of fastynge spake Christe wheÌ„ the Disciples of Ihon came vnto hym and demaunded whye hys Disciples fasted not as they and the Pharises dyd To whome Christe aunswered and sayde Canne the brydegromes chyldren mourne so longe as the brydegrome is wyth theym But the dayes wyll come when the brydegrome shall be taken from them and then shall they faste Accordynge to thys Prophecye when Christ whych is the bridegrome was taken from them I speake concernynge hys corporal presence for by hys spirite he is wyth the faithful vnto the end of the worlde they mourned fasted and praied for the gift of the holy Ghost whych was promised to be sent vnto theÌ„ for to be theyr Comfortour and teacher and to lede theÌ„ into al truth the holye ghoste was geueÌ„ vnto theÌ„ accordiÌ„g to y â— promise of Christ their expectacioÌ„ They fasted also and prayed after they had receyued the holy Ghost that they myghte worthelye fulfyl that offyce whiche was commited vnto theym that by theyr preachynge manye thousandes myght be conuetted and saued and it so came to pas The holy and deuoute wyddow Anna fasted and prayed continaallye in the temple for the commyng of the promised Messias she sawe him before her death Corâ—elius that godly maÌ„ beyng troubled in his mynde as it may be thoughte wyth the multitude of religions whych at that tyme reygned in the world as the religion of the Gentyles of the Iewes of the Pharise is of the Saduces of the Essees and the late sprong vp religion of the Christians humbled hym selfe in the syghte of God mourned fasted gaue almesse and prayed that it woulde please God to declare vnto hym whych amonge theym al was the true relygyon that he myght obserue the same frame hys life according vnto that and so please God And to obtayne thys thing of God he continued long fastyng and praying God therfore accepted hys fast heard hys prayer and graunted hym hys request The Prophets and Preachers at Antioche fasted prayed that bothe they them selues might preach wyth frut and that other also myght be sente of God and appoynted vnto that offyce that the glorye of God myght be set forth that his word myght be receaued and that all nacions of the earth myghte beleue in hym and in hys Sonne Iesu Christ. Theyr fastyng and praying wer alowed before god and theyr desyres were fatisfied For the holye ghoste sayde vnto them separat me Barnabas and Saule for the woorke whereunto I haue called them And when they had fasted and prayed and layed their handes on them thei lette them go Paule and Barnabas also fasted when they praied for the congregacions of Listra Iconium Antioche and Pisydya and when they ordayned them elders in euery congregacion to teache and instructe them in their absence and to confirme them in the faythe and doctryne whiche they had all readye receiued And God gaue good succes to theyr doctryne and ministracion Al these fasted of a minde feruentlye geuen vnto godlinesse Hitherto haue we learned oute of the holye scryptures what the true and Christen faste is Nowe let vs se in fewe woordes whether the Popyshe manner of fastinge whiche we haue so manye yeares vnfruitefullye obserued be lyke vnto that trade of fasting which we haue so many yeres vnfruitfully obserued be lyke vnto that trade of fastinge whiche the word of God hathe painted and setforthe vnto vs. The .ix. Chapter THe true and Christen fast is done frely and willingli and commeth froÌ„ the feruent mocion of the spirit The popish and supersticious faste serueth the custome onli and is done at the commaundemeÌ„t of man with a grudgynge and vnwillinge mynde which beinge lothe to faste if the custome mans ordinaunce wer not wisheth both the fast and the commaunder of the fast at the deuil And if any in so great a multitude do willinglye fast yet is it done partly to satisfy the custome partly because they wil be couÌ„ted good deuout catholike meÌ„ partly to honour some sainct partli to deserue remiscion of theyr sins to win euerlasting life Can thys kinde of fasting plese god They worship me in vain saith Christ teachinge doctrines that are the coÌ„maundements of men Sainct Paule also saith Whatsoeuer is not of faith is sinne The true christen fast during y â— time of fasting is to abstain froÌ„ al kinde of meates drinkes except very necessiti requireth y â— coÌ„trary froÌ„ al those things wher in the flesh deliteth For y t was y â— maner of fasting amoÌ„g y e fathers of the old law as we herd aforeâ— Hierome confirminge the same The Iewes saithe he on those daies y