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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01450	The cognizance of a true Christian or the outward markes whereby he may be the better knowne: consisting especially in these two duties: fasting and giuing of almes: verie needfull for these difficult times. Diuided into two seuerall treatises. Published by Samuel Gardiner, Batcheler of Diuinitie	Gardiner, Samuel, b. 1563 or 4.	1597 (1597)	STC 11573; ESTC S102818	96,047	234

they giue and so they sell their wares and time too which is none of theirs to sell or else foysting in with a peece of money such wares as are vnprofitable and nothing fitte for our purpose which is nowe the common tricke of Vsurers and Brokers which are the Diuels right hand To these wee may ad●oyne false waights and measures which are an abhomination vnto the Lorde And if it were needfull I could rippe vp manie more such and lead you along with a large discourse and still say with the Prophet and yet beholde more abhominations then these Saint Ambrose in his Glosse Amb. tom 3 Serm 24 and explanation of this fast remembred by Esay descanteth vpon the particular woordes there vsed by the Prophet thus Quid tibi vis cum charta libro signaculo conscriptione vinculo iuris nonne audisti solue omnem colligationem Tu mibi tabulas affers ego tibi recito Deilegem tu atramento scribls ego spiritu Dei in scriptae repeto oracula Prophetarum testimonia falsa componis ego testimonium conscientiae tuae posco quia iudicem tuum fugere declinare non poteries cuius testimonium non poteris recusare in die quo reuelabu domia nus occulta hominum What doost thou meane by thy debt Booke paper and seale with the hand-writing and obligation of the law Hast thou not heard that thou must loose the bands of wickednesse Thou bringest to mee thy writing Tables but I rehearse to thee the lawe of God written in tables Thou writest with ynke but I repeare to thee the Oracles of the Prophets written by Gods spirit Thou producest false witnesses but I do appeale vnto thy conscience for a witnesse because thou canst not auoyde the Iudge whose witnesse thou must stande vnto in the day that hee shall vnfolde the secretes of all hearts These simster therefore and vngodlie practises must bee farre from vs otherwise our fast shall bee like the smoke which mounteth vp to heauen-ward but is repelled backe againe and commeth not to heauen As hee elsewhere sayeth That he will haue mercie and not sacrifice Hos 6 So generallie hee refuseth all outwarde duties and exercises of Religion not grounded vpon loue faith and repentance of our former sinnes Ieiunium magnum generale est abstinere ab iniquitatibus illi citis voluptatibus August tract 17. in Iohan. cap. 5. quod est perfectum ieiunium vt abnegantes impietatem saeculares cupiditates temperanter iuste pie viuamus in hoc saeculo This is saith Augustine the great and generall fast to abstaine from sinne and all vngodly lusts which is a perfect fast that wee denying all vngodlinesse worldly pleasures may liue soberly vprightly and religiously in this world The other fast is but a counterfeit vnto this Acts 5 and who so bringeth that without this vnto God dodgeth with him like to Ananias and S●phira his wife leaueth part behinde As the naturall mother which pleaded before Salomon would not suffer the childe to be diuided but would haue all or none at all so God our gracious and mercifull father will not haue vs to mince our duties which we owe vnto him but he will haue all or none at all at our hands And because hee is a spirit Iohn 4 hee will be worshipped in spirit and truth The flesh profiteth nothing it is the spirit that quickneth as all the outward sacrifice of the Iewes because their hearts and mindes were sinfull were execrable vnto God so shall all our externall actions fastings almes prayers and such like be odious vnto him wee still continuing and remaining in our sinnes Ieiunia Christianorum spiritualiter potius Aug. feria 3 in fouationibus quam carualiter obseruanda sunt vnde à peccatis principaliter ieiunenaus ne ieiunia nostra sicut ludaeorum ieiunia à Domino respuantur Quale enim est vitae cibis quos Dominus creauit mescio quis impostor abstineat peccatorum sagina pingue scat Christian fasts are rather spirituallie then carnallie to bee kept whereupon let vs chieslie fast from our sinnes least our fastes as the fastes of the Iowes bee reiected of the Lorde For what fast is that to absteine from such meates which GOD hath created for the maintenaunce of our life and like a dissembler to maste and fatte vppe himselfe with superfluitie of sinne Therefore as Daniel destroyed the Idoll Bell Dan. 14 and afterwardes slue the Dragon So let vs first of all subdue this I doll of our flesh which with ouermuch dieting and pampering of it wee make as it were a God and their let vs subdue therwith also our vilde and monstruous sinnes which the Diuell the olde Dragon hath made vs to commit Aulus Fuluius when he took his owne sonne in Catilines campe in the hoste of his enemies woulde haue put him to the sworde saying vnto him I haue not begotten thee for Catiline but for thy Countrey So are not wee borne of God to bee borne of sinne but that we shoulde bee holie as hee is holie not onelie outward ie but inward lie before him If wee woulde knowe yet more plainely howe wee shoulde fast from this sinne that so our fasting may bee pleasing vnto him wee must do as Paul counsaileth as wee haue heretofore giuen our mēbers as weapons of vnrighteousnes vnto sin so we must giue our mēbers as weapons of righteousnes vnto god Greg. hom 3. in Euan. And as Greg. saith of Marie Magdalen Quot in se habuit oblecta menta tot de si inueuit holocasta vt totum seruiret Deo in poenitentia quicquid ex se deum contempserat in culpa That howe manie motiues wee finde in our selues to intice vs vnto sinne so manie sacrifices wee shoulde take from our selues as Oblations for our sinnes That euerie thing might bee seruiceable vnto God in our conuersion which before did contemne God by wilfull presumption Saint Bernard largelie discourseth of this poynt by deducting and drawing out the particular partes perfectlie explaining the true order of this fast thus writing of it Ieiunet oculus à curiosis aspectibus Ber. Serm 3 quadrages leiunet auris ne● quiter pruriens à fabulis rumoribus ieiunet lingua a detractationibus verbis scurrilibus Ieiunet manus a non imperatis operibus c. Let thine eye fast from beholding vanitie Let thine eare fast it ching after lies and false tales let thy tongue fast from slanderous and scoffing speeches and let thy hande fast from workes that are not commaunded As the Israelites Num. 22 being stung of Serpentes were healed by looking vppon the brasen Serpent 1. Sam. 5 end 6 As the Philistines when they were punished with Emerodes in their bodies and with Mice in their land offered vnto God Emerodes and golden Mice to appease Gods displeasure As the people of Israell Exod. 32 Exod. 55 offered the Golde of Earerings