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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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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[Imprynted at London :: By Ihon Day, dwellyng ouer Aldersgate. These bookes are to bee solde at the shop at the lyttle Cundyte in Chepesyde,
[1551?]]
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Fasting -- Early works to 1800.
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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." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A06783.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed August 31, 2024.
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The .vii. Chapter
FUrthermore the true and chri¦sten
faste riseth either of an* 1.1
hearte contryte and sorowfull
for the sinnes commytted against
God, or elsse of a mynde feruent∣lye
geuen to godlynesse. As tou∣chinge
that fast, whiche commeth
frome a contryte and sorowefull
hearte for the synnes commytted
agaynste God, it is a worthy and
noble faste in the syghte of God,
and can not but hyghelye please
him.* 1.2 For the Psalmographe say∣eth,
A troubled spirite is a sacri∣fice
vnto God, neyther dothe hee
desyyse a contryte and humbled
hearte. And God hym selfe say∣eth
by the Prophete.* 1.3 Whome
shall I regarde and fauoure? E¦uen
hym that is poore, and of a
lowelye and troubled spirit, and
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suche one as standeth in awe of
my wordes. Who so euer doothe
so feare God and stande in awe
of hys indygnacyon and hea∣uye
displeasure, that he is loth to
offende hym,* 1.4 and therefore see∣keth
al meanes possible to please
hym: and if at anye tyme thorow
fraylenesse of nature hee chaun∣ceth
to offende, hee is strayghte∣wayes
angrye wyth hym selfe,
repēteth of his former misdedes,
and conceiueth suche an inward
sorowe in hys hearte, that hee de∣lyteth
in no worldlye thynge, ney¦ther
in meate, dryncke, apparell,
rychesse, pastimes, pleasures. &c.
but contynuallye soroweth for
hys dysobedyente vnkyndenesse
and vnkynde dysobedyence a∣gainst
God our heauenly father,
so that the verye trouble of hys
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heart wyl not suffer him to eat or
drynke, tyl thorow continual cal¦lyng
on the name of the Lord he
feeleth in hys mynde some token
of Gods goodnes, grace and fa∣uour
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 sa∣cryfyce
vnto God.
Of thys inwarde sorowe of
the hearte dyd the fastes of ma∣nye
good menne heretofore ryse,
as the holye Scryptures do de∣clare,
and therefore dydde they
hyghlye please God, in so muche
that God graunted theym theyr
requestes, and was theyr merci∣ful
and most louing lord. Exam∣ples
hereof are the Israelytes,
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that were gathered together a••
Mispha, the Niniuites, Either &
her companye, Iudith wyth the
citisenses of Bethulia, Achab, &
diuers other, whose fasts God al¦lowed
because they proceded frō
the heartes of suche as humbled
them selues in his sighte, repen∣pented
them of theyr sinnes, as∣ked
forgeuenesse, and promysed
amendmente of lyfe.