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Title:  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.
Author: Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567.
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The Apostles of Christ lyke∣wiseActes i. ii. before they vniuersally prea¦ched the kyngdom of Christ, fa∣sted and praied, and as they wer fastyng and prayinge, the hollye Ghoste came downe vpon them and endued them with the know¦ledge of al languages, & taught them the true vnderstandynge of Gods holy misteries.To ende,. x. Cornelius being ve¦ry desierous to knowe y• true and approued religiō before God, fa¦sted & praied vnto the Lord, and god gracious satisfied his desireThe .xxiiii. Chapter.TThus le we that all godlye men both of the old and new Testament vsed abstinence for the most part,We muste com to the woorde of ed reue¦rentlye. whē they shuld eyther preach, heare or read the worde of God, that they myghte come the more reuerentlye vnto 0