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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B07431	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..	Cartwright, Thomas, 1535-1603.; T. W. (Thomas Wilcox), 1549?-1608.	1610 (1610)	STC 4314; ESTC S91274	43,382	204

vengeance of the Lord against them declared in the threatninges of the Law and execution of the iudgements of God against the wicked and namely against our Sauiour Christ who putting vpon 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 Fayth that wee 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 wee shall obtaine the remoouing of the euilles tending to our destruction through the woorthinesse of our Sauiour Christ which either presently presse vs or hang ouer our heads through our owne vnworthinesse For as true repentance casting vs downe with one hand both in sorrowe for our sinnes confession of the same leaueth vs not in our downfal 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 respect wee alwayes finde in the holy Scriptures * Ezra 9.5 Nehe. 1.4 Dan. 9 3. Iudg. 20.26 Luk. 5.33 1. Cor. 7.7 that Fasting is ioyned with praier * 2. Chron. 20.6 Iames. 1.6 Iohn 16.23 which can neuer be truly made without hope of obtaining the grace that is praied for But for as much as prayer is a dayly 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 outwarde abstinence that it might be as it were a wing wherewith the Prayer that otherwise through earthly affections creepeth vpon the ground might the easier flee vp into heauen and that it might be a Grindestone to make a poynt of it that it may pierce and to set an edge that it may cut both the visible and inuisible enimies which wee pray against And therefore the outward 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 founde 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 information and meditation of the gracious promises of God especially such as may serue for reliefe of the present occasions Wherein the better to correct our dulnesse 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 and a most singular rewarde Ioel. 2.13 19.20 Whereof the place of Ioel as it spake before for the commaundement of all the Fastes which the people of God vsed so will it vndertake for the promises which the Lord hath made to all those which submit thē 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 layd out in Scripture both of the old and new Testament be * Iudg 20.23 Ezra 19.6 Hest 4.16 2. Chron. 20.3 turned ouer and it shall be seene that the ende of their Fast which kept it in any measure of trueth and simplicitie was a Feast and the issue of their mourning great reioycing Dan. 9.20 Ionah 2.10 For albeit the ordinarie Prayers of the faithfull returne not empty vnto them againe yet hauing regarde vnto these which are ioyned with this Exercise Act. 12.5 Act. 13.2 they may worthily seeme to be barrē which are otherwise fruitfull and to be blasted which otherwise seeme full cared Yea the Fast of the wicked king Achab 1. Regū 21.27 ioyned with no true repentaunce 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 ceremonie went not vnrewarded from the Lord. For euen by the very shadow of his exercise the execution of that iudgment which was awarded against him touching his vtter rasing from the kingdome of Israel was deferred vntill his sonnes dayes Now if the comming within the shadow of this exercise doth heale some diseases what will it doe if wee come to touch the body thereof And if the leaues of it haue some vertue to preserue men from the vengeance of God how soueraigne is the fruite 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 exercise in the worshippe of God must needes receiue speciall and extraordinarie blessinges from his hand 1. Regum 20.29 When Benhadab the Syrian King ouercome by Achab king of Israel was out of hope of any safety at the length by the aduice of his seruantes he put him selfe and his company in Sackcloth 1. Reg. 20.31 to 35. with Ropes about their neckes thinking by humbling themselues before the King to obtaine pardon which came to passe accordingly If therefore men in hope of obtaining pardon will humble themselues to them of whom they haue no promise that they shall obtaine any thing how much more ought wee to doe it which haue so sure Promises of good successe And if mercie was obtained of men in whom there is scant a droppe of that pittie and compassion which is sea-full in the Lord we may be well assured that wee shall not misse of it at his hand And if one enimie can looke for it at the hand of an other wee may with greater assuraunce looke for it at the hande of the Lord to whom we are alreadie reconciled by the blood of his Sonne Therefore if the authoritie of the Lord should not compell vs yet the most liberall and certaine promises should allure vs to this exercise Which if wee doe not what remayneth but that such as will not Fast with the children of God must eate and drinke of the furious wrath of God with the wicked they that will not weepe with the one must howle with the other And finally they that will haue no part in the obedience of the commaundement giuen hereof to both the peoples vnder the Law and vnder the Gospel must haue no part in the