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Of Three Sorts of Good Works

1. In what good thinges doth Christian Iustice consiste.

THis Iustice extendeth1 so far, that it containeth in it selfe all the good thinges which are honestly, iustly, and deuoutly done; and proposeth the same vnto vs, as to be both desired and followed. Wherefore thus doth the Apostle admonishe the faithfull: Walke 2 worthie of God, in all thinges pleasing, fructifying in al good worke: Prouiding 3 good thinges not only before God, but also before all men. For this is the true vse, and proper fruit of our vocation, & of Christian Iustice purchased by Christ, as witnesseth4 S. PETER; That beeing dead to sinnes we may liue to Iustice: that is to say, as S. PAVL expoundeth it: That 5 denying impiety, & worldly desires, we liue soberly & iustly & godly in this world. To this effect is that of the Gospel proposed vnto vs: that without 6 feare beeing deliuered from the hands of our enimies, we may serue him in holinesse & iustice before him all our daies. For therefore hath Christ redemed vs from all 7 iniquitie that he mighte clense to himselfe a people acceptable, a pursuer of good woorkes. For8 wee are the worke of God himselfe, created in Christ Iesus in good workes, which God hath prepared that we should walke in them.

Thus doth S. PAVL constantly write, and warne all men about the obseruance and continuall practise of Christian Iustice. And for this cause also S. IHON doth wisely admonish & absolutely define:9 Litle children let no man seduce you. Hee that doth iustice is iust, euen as he also is iust. He that committeth sinne is of the Deuill. And S. IAMES expresly teacheth: By workes 10 a man is iustified and not by faith only. For euen as the body without the spirite is deade, so also faith without woorkes is deade. Then againe the same Apostle: He that hath looked 11 in the lawe of perfecte libertie, and hath remained in it, not made a forgetfull hearer, but a doer of the worke; this man shall be blessed in his deede. And noe other meaning then this had S. PAVL when he saide: Not 12 the hearers of the lawe are iust with God, but the doers of the lawe shall be iust.

2. What profite doe the workes of Christi an Iustice procure?

VEry singuler certes, and manifolde both in this life and in the life to come. For hereunto belongeth that speach of S. PAVL: Pietie 13 is profitable to al things, hauing promise of the life that now is, & of the life to come. Then in an other place we finde it written:14 Of good labours, there is glorious fruite.

1. For first these workes proceding from a liuely faith, that is, from a faith working by15 charitie, are not only signs of Christian vocation, but do also confirme & make sure the same in vs. And therefore S. PETER the Apostle, who in euery place exhorteth to good woorkes; hath added this also:16 Brethren labour the more that by good workes you may make sure your vocation, & election; for doeing these thinges you shall not sinne at any time.

2. Secondly they doe17 augment grace in the beleeuers and doe perfitte sanctification,18 as witnesseth the Apostle: In so much that hereupon Saint IAMES also affirmeth, that faith which doth worke with workes, is also consummate by the same19 workes.

3. Thirdly, they engender20 a con fidence of a good conscience, and doe the more incourage to pray, & to obtaine any thing at Gods hand, for it is written: Almes shall be a great 21 confidence before the high God to all them that doe the same. And againe: My 22 dearest if our heart doe not reprehend vs, we haue confidence towards God. And whatsoeuer we shall aske, wee shall receiue of him: because we keepe his commaundements, and doe those things which are pleasing before him. There is an example extant in EZECHIAS the King, who hauing confidence in a good conscience, and beeing approued therein by Gods owne voice; said: I beseech 23 thee o Lorde, remember I pray thee, how I haue walked before thee in truth, and in a perfect harte; and haue done that which is good in thy sight.

4. Finally they doe cause, that labouring in the24 vineyarde of Christ we may receiue the day penie, (to wit) the promised rewarde of life euerlasting, and the crowne25 of Iustice, which, keeping the commandementes of God in the26 Church, we doe in27 Christ28 deserue. Therefore our Lorde29 saith: Call the worke foulkes & paie then theire hiere. Holy DAVID saith: Thy 30 seruant kepeth them (to wit) the commandementes of God: In keeping them much retribution. And againe: I haue 31 inclined my harte to keepe thy iustifications for euermore, because of retribution. S. PAVL also saieth: I haue 32 fought a good fight, I haue consummate my course, I haue kepte the faith. Concerning the rest, there is laide vp for me a crowne of iustice, which our Lorde will render to me in that day, a iust Iudge: And not only to me, but to them also that loue his comming. Finally Christ himselfe saith: If thou 33 wilt enter into life keepe the commandementes. And againe:34 They that haue done good things, shall come forthe into the resurrection of life: but they that haue done euill, into resurrection of iudgement. Then in an other place:35 Hee that doth the will of my father which is in heauen, he shall enter into the Kingdome of heauen.

By all which it is made very manifest how much it standeth euery one of vs vpon, if we desire life euer lasting, to ponder those speaches of almightie God:36 He that is iust, let him be iustified yet: And let the holy be sanctified yet. Beholde I come quickely and my rewarde is with me to render to 37 euery man according to his workes. Therefore doing 38 good let vs not faile for in due time we shall reape not failing.

3. How many kindes of good woorkes be there, wherein Christian Iustice is cheifly seene and exercised?

39THere are three kindes as wee finde in holy scripture, to wit, Praier, Fasting, and Almes. For, other good deedes, for the most parte which doe proceed of a liuely faith, and doe sette forthe, increase, and consummate Christian iustice, are easelye reduced40 to these three fountaines. Heereupon was that notable speache of the Angell RAPHAEL: Praier is 41 good, with Fasting, and Almes, more than to hoorde vp treasures of golde. And Saint AVGVSTINE saith plainly:42 This is the iustice of a man in this life; Fasting, Almes, and Praier.

Of this doth Christ seuerally intreate in S. MATHEVVES Gospell,43 & addeth promises of the heauenly reward prepared for those who within the Church without hypocrisie44 doe syncerelye Fast, Praie, and giue Almes. Hence is that faithfull promise so often repeted: Thy Father 45 which seeth in secrete will repaie thee. And these be the very things wherein Christ, (to the intente that we may liue well and happely,) woulde haue46 our iustice to abound, and so to shine47 before men, that they may see our good workes & glorifie the Father. To the performance of these, we are48 created, & destinated in Christ: as the which thinges God hath prepared that we may walke in them. For these thinges done49 in charitie, the iust shalbe receiued into the euerlasting kingdome: And for neglecting of the same, the vniust shall be cast hedlong into hell fire.

And as it is Pharisaicall50 and full of vanitie, with the contempte of others to iustifie himselfe, and to trust to his owne51 workes: so is it Christian like and lawfull, that a man with humilitie diligentlye attend vnto good workes, and if at any time he will glorie, to glorie in52 our Lorde, who worketh in vs to will, and to accomplishe, as witnesseth the53 Apostle.

4. What is fasting?

THis worde hath not one simple signification. A greate and generall faste S. AVGVSTINE54 calleth, to abstaine from vices, and vnlawfull pleasures of the worlde. Then is there a philosophicall Fast, as some name it, consisting in a spare diet & temperance of meate and drinke, and morall sobrietie, wherewith the very55 Heathens according to the rule of right reason do liue temperately. Thirdly there is an Ecclesiastical Faste56 to wit, when according to the certaine custome & prescript of the Church we forbeare fleshe diet vpon some certaine daies, & are content with one only repast. Which kind of Fast is after a Godly & Christian manner57 vndertaken to performe Gods seruice more religiously: to tame the fleshe, and make it subiect to the spirite: to yeelde the worthy fruites of penance: to exercise obedience: & finally to obtaine any grace & fauor at Gods handes.

5. But What answere is to be made vnto those, that doe reprehend & contemn the law of the Ecclesiastical Fast?

FIrst such persons are to be admonished, that they doe not fasly attribute vnto Catholicks that which the Apostle doth58 detest, and the Church hath euer, in the Iewes, Maniches, & Priscilianistes condemned; for that, either according to the law of MOYSES, or of superstition, they do abstain from certain meats. For Catholicks, as S. AVGVSTINE aunswereth59 FAVSTVS the Manichee: Whereas they abstaine from fleshe: they doe it, for to tame their bodies, and to restraine the more their soules from such motions as be contrarie to reason, not for that they thinke the fleshe it selfe to be vncleane: neither doe they abstaine from fleshe onely, but also from some certaine fruites of the earth: either alwaies; as a fewe: or at certaine daies and times; as in the Lente, for the most part euery one. Thus writeth S. AVGVSTINE. And before him the same also EPIPHANIVS teacheth, where he confuteth the Aerian heresie, which will haue the sett60 Fastes of the Church to be at euery mans discretion, and no man to bee bounde thereunto. But in that the order of time is obserued in61 publike Fastes, as also in Praiers, & holy daies: that doth confirme, setforth, and aduance the order and publike concorde in the Church. Besides: priuate Fastes, fewe woulde impose vpon themselues, as being hindered from such endeuours, with a naturall loue of the fleshe; and care of the bellie.

Nowe that it is of great importance, and of assured meritte, reuerently to imbrace and diligently to obserue such kinde of Fastes:62 S. HIEROME proueth it so plainlie against IOVINIAN, that none can doubte thereof any more. Vnto which may be added those thinges which we haue taught before concerning the obseruance of the precepts of the Church: & that, for the auoiding of63 Scandall, and retaining of publcike discipline, Neither only for wrath, but also for conscience sake, as the Apostle64 hath saide.

And it is manifest, as the writers65 in all ages doe proue that this is both the perpetuall Discipline, Custome, Tradition, and decree of the Church, and hath beene euer from the beginning; that vpon certaine daies, especially of the66 Lent, this Fast of the Church shoulde be obserued. So doe the67 Canons of the Apostles, and the most holie68 Councelles teach. The Councell of69 Gangra certes pronounceth them accursed, that doe contemne the common Fastes of the whole Church. And the Toletane 70 Councell willeth them to bee excommunicate, who without vneuitable necessity & euident weakenesse doe eate fleshe in Lent. And the holy Fathers zeal is most singular, in commending, vrging, & requiring71 Fasting, espetially that of Lent, which they will haue accounted as instituted by the72 Apostles. From this spirite of the Fathers, are they farre off that doe disburden themselues & others of the Lawe of Fastes, taking vpon themselues the Patronage not of Euangelicall liberty, but of licentiousnes of the fleshe. These fellowes will not haue the fleshe with the73 vices and concupiscences to be crucified, & therefore they74 sauor not those thinges that are of the Spirite, but doe rather extinguishe75 the Spirite, contrary to the Doctrine of the Apostle. They do also resist the holy Church our Mother, yea &76 Christ also, speaking & gouerning in the Church77 his Spouse: wherfore they purchase vnto themselues78 assured damnation, wheras they abrogate & reiecte the holy & holesome ordinance of Fastes, alwaies commended vnto vs by the Church.

6. What doth the holie Scripture teache concerning Fasting?

79IT is the voice of Almightie God himselfe, which by the Prophet IOEL cryeth out vnto sinners:80 Be yee conuerted vnto mee in your whole heart; in Fasting, Weeping, and Mourning. And a little after;81 Sound the trumpet in Sion, saith hee; Sanctifie a Faste, call the company, assemble the people together; or as others do reade; Sanctifie a Faste, preache the curing. That hereby we may learne, that Faste is sanctified by other good woorkes, and being sanctified, is 82 auailable to the curing of sinnes, as S. HIEROME doth83 interpret. For as the same holy Father gathereth our of holie84 write, by Fasting, DANIEL, a man of85 desires, knewe thinges to come: And the Niniuites appeased the wrath86 of God: And87 ELIAS, and88 MOYSES, with fortie daies hunger were filled with the familiarity of Almighty God, & our Lord89 himselfe Fasted so manie daies in the wildernesse, that he might leaue vnto vs solemne daies of Fasting: And hee taught that the fiercer sort of diuels cannot be vanquished but by90 Praier, & Fasting: the Apostle saith, that he91 Fasted often. And in the Psalmes the Penitent saith: I did 92 eate my breade as ashes, and did mingle my drinke with teares. And, when 93 they were troublesome vnto me, I did weare heare cloth I did humble my soule in Fasting. What is more manifest then that which Christ affirmeth shoulde come94 to passe, that when he, the Spouse most deare vnto his disciples should be taken away: then they, thoughe full of the holy-Ghost,95 shoulde Fast? Therefore S. PAVL exhorteth all the faithfull: Let vs 96 exhibite our selues as the ministers of God, in much patience, in watchinges, in Fastinges, in chastitie. For they 97 that be Christes, haue crucified their flesh with the vices and concupiscences.

7. What is Praier?

IT is a deuoute affect of our mind towards God wherby we do faith fully demand98 whatsoeuer things are holesome for vs and others: and whereby we doe praise & celebrate the grace and power of Almightie God: or by any manner of meanes, exhibite our selues99 deuoute before that soueraigne & eternall maiestie. So that heerunto belongeth not only beseeching; but also100 adoration,101 oblation or Sacrifice,102 inuocation,103 praise, and104 thankesgiuing.

The105 maner, and exact forme of praying, Christ hath106 prescribed, as we haue already declared.

And there is no worke more107 commended in holy scripture; none, more familiar with deuoute and holy persons; none, that of more persons, and more often, & with greater diligence, and more necessarily is to be exercised in this life, than is praier. It is a true saying:108 The praier of him that humbleth himselfe, shall pearce the cloudes. Also,109 it behoueth alwaies to praie, to wit, with a zealous affect of harte, and without hypocrisie, or respect of the praise110 of men, that is to saie, in spirite111 & truth. Notwithstanding they that doe praie, doe often vse an externall112 gesture and disposition of the body, together with many ceremonies. And therein they doe very well, as appeareth by the examples of holye Scripture. For euen Christ our Lorde sometimes with113 eies lifted vp to heauen, sometimes with114 loude voice, sometimes prostrate115 vpon the ground praied vnto his Father. The praier also of116 DANIEL and the117 Niniuites is the more commended, because it was not taken in hand without Fasting, Sackecloth, & Ashes. And it is not in vaine written of the118 Publicane, that he made his praier in the Temple, with an humble countenance, his eies cast downwarde and knocking of his breast. Which thinges certes though they seeme externall, & may be done euen by wicked persons for ostentation sake: yet do they deserue praise and commendation, in that they both exercise the body deuoutely, & bring it into the obedience of the Creatour; & stir vp the mind, confirme & strengthen it, in the interiour worshippe. These are moreouer certain testimonies of faith, humilitie, and pietie, in no case to be neglected; as being thinges that doe procure much edification, not only to the beholders, but also to the wholle Church.

8. Why is it, that it behoueth vs so diligently and dayly to pray?

FIrst because of the greate and infinite commodities that redounde to them that pray as they shoulde.119 Then also, for that praier is a proper & necessarie exercise of faith. Moreouer, it is euery where commanded in diuine120 scripture, and it hath a promise not only often repeated, but also such a one as is excellent & full of all consolation and sweetnes.121 I say to you, saith the trueth himselfe Christ, all thinges whatsoeuer you aske, praying, beleeue that you shall receiue, & they shall come vnto you. And againe: I say 122 to you, aske and it shall be giuen you: seeke and you shall finde: knocke and it shall be opened to you: for euery one that asketh receiueth: and he that seeketh, findeth: and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened: And again: If you 123 being nought, know how to giue good guiftes to your children; how much more will your Father which is in heauen giue good thinges to them that aske him? With such kinde of speaches, as well noteth Saint CHRYSOSTOME, and with such a 124 hope hath the Lorde of all thinges prouoked vs to pray. It is our parte, that being obedient to almighty God, we passe ouer our whole life in the praise of god & in praier, vsing more diligence & care about the seruice of God, then about our owne life. For so it will come to passe, that we shall alwaies leade our life worthy of a man. Thus farre Saint CHRYSOSTOME.

9. By what examples may wee gather, what the force and commoditie of praier is?

THe Apostle S. IAMES, to the intent he might explicate the vertue of praier, with an example, wrote thus: ELIAS125 was a man like vnto vs passible: and with praier he praied that it might not raine vpon the earth, and it rained not for three yeeres & sixe monethes. And he praied again, and the heauen gaue raine, and the earth yeelded her fruite. S. AVGVSTINE126 proueth the same thing with many more examples: MOYSES,127 and SAMVEL128 praying, the Iews ouercame their enemies, the Amalechites, & the Philistians. HIEREMIE praying, is129 comforted & strengthned in prison. DANIEL130 praying, triumpheth amongst the Lions. The three131 Children praying doe daunce in the fornace. The Theefe132 praying vpon the Crosse, doth finde Paradise. SVSANNA133 by praier is defended amiddest the Elders that accused her falsly. S. STEVEN134 praying is receiued into heauen, and hearde in the behalfe of SAVL amongst then that stoned him.

By which135 examples, not only is declared the profite of praier; but also the loue and diligence of praying is commended vnto vs. Wherfore the Apostolical writings doe thus exhorte vs: Praie without intermission, 136 in all thinges giue thankes: And againe: Praie one 137 for an other that you may be saued, for the continuall praier of a iust man auaileth much. In like manner: This 138 is the considence which we haue towards God, that whatsoeuer we shall aske according to his will, he heareth vs. Moreouer: he that 139 knoweth his brother to sinne a sinne not to death, let him aske and life shall be giuen him.

Footnotes

  1. Chrys. in Psa. 4. & 14. & ho. 23. in Gen. ↩

  2. Col. 1. ↩

  3. Ro. 12. 2. Cor. 8, 21. Mat. 5, 17. 1. Pet. 2, 12. ↩

    1. Pet. 2.
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  5. Tit. 2. vide Bern. ser. 2. de resur. ↩

  6. Luc. 1. ↩

  7. Tit. 2. ↩

  8. Eph. 2. ↩

    1. Io. 3.
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  10. Iac. 2. Aug. in praef. in Psa. 31. & de fid. et op. c. 14. Chrys. ho. 2. in Gen ↩

  11. Iac. 1. ↩

  12. Ro. 2. ↩

    1. Tim. 4. Pro. 11, 17, 18. 2. Par. 15, 7. Mat. 10, 41. & 19, 21.29 Gen. 12, 1. & 15, 1. Eccli. 12, 2. & 36, 18. Hier. 31, 16.
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  14. Sap. 3, & 10.17. Mal 3, 14. 1. Cor. 15, 58. Heb. 6, 10. ↩

  15. Gal. 5. ↩

    1. Pet. 1. Cypr. ep. 57. ad Corn. in fine.
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    1. Cor. 9, 10. Col. 1, 10. 1. Pet. 2, 2.
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    1. Cor. 7, 1. Ro. 6, 22. Apo. 22, 11. Eccli. 18, 22. Trid. sess. 6, cap. 10.
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  19. Iac. 2, 22. ↩

  20. Io. 3, 20. 1. Io. 4, 17. Iac. 2, 25. Gal. 6, 4. ↩

  21. Tob. 4. ↩

    1. Io. 3. Io. 15, 7. Aug. in Praef in Psal. 31.
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  23. Esa. 38. 4. Reg. 20, 3. Psal. 7, 9. & 16, 1. & 17, 21, 25. et 25, 1. & 34, 24. & 131, 1. ↩

  24. Mat. 20. Aug. tra. 67. in Io. Greg. l. 4. dial. c. 35 ↩

    1. Tim. 4.8. Iac. 1, 12.
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  26. Mat. 19, 17. ↩

  27. Io. 3, 21. & 15, 2.4. ↩

  28. Eccli. 16, 15. Heb. 13, 16. Sap. 3, 5.6. 2. Thess. 1, 5.6. Apoc. 3, 4.5 Trid. sess. 6. cap. 16. Cyp. de vnit. Eccles. Aug. ep. 105. & l. demorib. Eccles. Cathol. cap 25. ↩

  29. Mat. 20. Sap. 5, 16. ↩

  30. Psal. 18. Heb. 11, 6. Luc. 14, 14. Col. 3.24. Ephes. 6, 8. 2. Cor. 4, 17. Aug. in Psal. 93. ↩

  31. Psal 118. Mat. 19, 12. Aug. in Psalm. 120. ↩

    1. Tim. 4. Aug. hom. 14. ex 50. cap. 2. & in Psal. 83. & 100. & tract. 3. in Io 2. Conc. Araus. cap. 38. Mat. 5, 12. & 6, 4.6.17. & 10, 41. Apoc. 2, 7.10.26. & 3, 11. & 14, 13
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  33. Mat. 19. ↩

  34. Ioan. 5. Mat. 25, 34. Aug. in Psal. 49. ↩

  35. Mat. . ↩

  36. Apo. 2. Eccli. 18, 22. ↩

  37. Ps. 61, 12 Mat. 16, 27. Rom. 2, 6. 1. Cor. 3, 8. ↩

  38. Gal. 6. Eccli. 51, 58. Aug. in Psa. 111. & q. 4. ad Dulcitiun. ↩

  39. Petr. Chrysol. ser. 43. Leo. ser. 1. et. 4. de ieiun. 10. mensis. Bern. in sententiis sect. 11 ↩

  40. Aug. de perf. iust. c. 8. respons. 17. ↩

  41. Tob. 12. ↩

  42. In Ps. 42. ↩

  43. Mat. 6. ↩

  44. Aug. ser. 60. de temp. ↩

  45. Mat. 6. ↩

  46. Mat. 5, 21. ↩

  47. Ibid. ver. 17. ↩

  48. Ephes. 2. ↩

  49. Mat. 25, 34. Io. 5, 29. ↩

  50. Luc. 18, 11. ↩

  51. Ro. 10, 3. Trid. sess. 6. cap. 16. ↩

    1. Cor. 1, 31. 2. Cor. 10, 17.
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  53. Phil. 2, 13. ↩

  54. Aug. tra. 17. in Io. & l. 2. quaest. Euang. ca 18. ↩

  55. Hieron. lib. 2. aduers. Iouin. c. 9. ↩

  56. Clem. Constit. Apost l. 5. cap. 12. 14. 17. 18. 19. Isid. lib. 1. offic. c. 36. & sequ. Raban. de instit. cler. lib. 2. c. 17. & sequ. Iuo. part. 4. cap. 25. & sequ. Burch. l. 35. ↩

  57. Cypr. de Ieiun. & ten tationibus Christi. Athan. de Virg. Chrys. ho. 1. & 2. in Gen. & serm. 1. & 2. de Ieiun. Bas. orat. 1. & 2. de Ieiun. Aug. de vtil. Ieiun. cap. 2. & 3. Amb. in lib. 1. de Helia. & Ieiun. & epist. 82. Leo. in ser. de Ieiun. 7. & 10. mensis, Pentecostes, & quadrag. ↩

    1. Tim. 4, 1. Ccl. 2, 16. Deut. 14, 3. Can. Ap. 50 & 52. Conc. Gang. can. 2 1. Tol. in assert. fid. Bracr. 1. can. 14. & 32.
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  59. Lib. 30. Con. Faust. cap. 5. & de mor. Manic. c. 13. & 14. Con. Adim. cap. 14. Theod. in epito. diuin. decr. cap. de Abstinen. Bern. ser. 66. in Cant. Isid. l. 1. de offic. cap. 44 Gen. 1, 29. & 2, 16. & 9, 3 Leu. 10, 8. Num. 6, 3. Iud. 13, 7.13 Hier. 35, 6. 18. Dan. 1, 8. & 10, 2. Mat. 3, 4. Mar. 1, 6. Luc. 1, 15. Act. 15, 20.29. Ro. 14, 20. 1. Cor. 8, 13. 1. Tim. 5, 23 6. Syn can. 56. Greg. ad August. teste Gratian. distinct. . et Iuon. par. 4. c. 29. Athan. in vita Antonij. Hieron in vita Pauli Erem. & Hilarionis. Epiph. in compend. doct. Eccles. Cathol. ↩

  60. Haeres. 7. & Aug. haeres. 53. Damase, de haeres. ↩

  61. Hieron. in ep ad Gal. cap. 4. Leo. ser. 3. & 4. de Ieiun. 7. mensis. & ser. 4. de quadrag. Ba. orat. 2. de Ieiun. ↩

  62. Lib. 2. c. 5 10.11. Aug. haeres. 22. & Amb ep. 82. ↩

  63. Aug. ep. 118. ad Ianuar. cap. 2. ↩

  64. Ro. 13, 5 ↩

  65. Aug. ep. 36. Epiph. in compend. Calixt. ep. 1. ad Bened. Leo. ser. 1. et 2. de Pent. et ser. 8. & 9. de Ieiun. 7. mensis. & ser. 8. de Ieiun. 10. men sis. Raban. l. 2. de instit. Cler. cap 24. Conc. Mog. cap. 34. Salegun. cap. 2. Bern. in vigil. S. Andr. ↩

  66. Ignat. ad Phil. Epiph. in compend. Theoph. Alex. lib. 3. Paschali. Maxim. in serm. de quadrag. Amb. Aug. Leo. Bern. de eadem. Orig. ho. 10. in Leuit. Isid. 1. offic. cap. 36. Aug. ep. 119. cap. 15. & in Psal. 110. ↩

  67. Can. 68. ↩

  68. Laod. c. 50. 2. Brac. c. 9. 4. Carth can. 63. Tribur. c. 35 Agath. c. 12 ↩

  69. Can. 19. Mogunt. can. 35. ↩

    1. Tolet. c. 9. vide Telesph. in epi. ad vniuers. Theoph. Alex. l. 3. Pasc. Aug. ser. 64. de temp. Niceph. l. 17. c. 32. Chrys. hom. 6. ad pop. & 1. & 2. in Gen.
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  71. Bas. ho. 2. de Ieiun. Aug. ser. 62. de temp. Amb. ser. 23. 25. 34. 36. 37 ↩

  72. Hieron. ep 54 cont. Mont. ad. Marcell. ↩

  73. Gal. 5, 24 ↩

    1. Cor. 2, 14.
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    1. Thes. 5, 19. Maxim. in Litan.
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  76. Aug. in ep 86. ad Casul. ↩

  77. Luc. 10, 16. Mat. 18, 17. 1. Cor. 14, 37. 1. Thes. 2, 13 Act. 15, 28. Hier. 35, 6.18. 2. Mac. 6, 19 & 7, 1. ↩

  78. Ro. 13, 2. Leu. 23, 27. 1. Reg. 14, 24. 3. Reg. 13, 16. Conc. Trid. sess. vlt. Aug. tract. 73. in Ioan. Amb. ser. 25. & 36. Chrys. hom. 12. in 1. ad Tim. Raban. lib. 2. de instit. Cler. cap. 25. ↩

  79. Iud. 20.26. 1. Reg. 7, 6. & 31, 13. 2. Reg. 1, 12. & 3, 35. & 12, 16. 22. 3. Reg. 21, 27. 1. Par. 10, 12 2. Par. 20, 3. 1. Esd. 8, 21. 2. Esd. 1, 4. ↩

  80. Icel. 2, 12 & 1, 14. ↩

  81. Ibid. 2, 15. Greg. ho. 16. in Euang. Maxim. ho. 1. de Ieiun. quadrag. ↩

  82. Aug. ser. 60. 62. 69. 230. de temp. Bern. ser. 4. de quadrag. Hier. in c. 6. Danielis. ↩

  83. Lib. 2. adu. Iouin. cap. 11. ↩

  84. Ibid. vide Aug. ser. 65. de temp. & Chrysost. in homil. de Iona. ↩

  85. Dan. 9.3.23. & 10, 3.11. ↩

  86. Ionae. 3, 10. ↩

    1. Reg. 19, 8.
    ↩

  88. Exod. 24, 18. & 34, 28. Deut. 9, 9.18. ↩

  89. Mat. 4, 2. Luc. 4, 2. ↩

  90. Mat. 17, 21. Mar. 9, 29. ↩

    1. Cor. 11, 27.
    ↩

  92. Ps. 101. ↩

  93. Psal. 34. ↩

  94. Luc. 5, 35. Mar. 2, 20. Mat. 9, 15. & ibid. Hier ↩

  95. Act. 13, 3 & 14, 22. ↩

    1. Cor. 6. Luc. 2, 37. Mat. 6, 16. Tob. 3, 10. Iudith. 4, 8. & 8, 6. Esth. 4, 3. & 14, 2. Hier. 36, 9. Bar. 1, 5. 1. Mac. 3, 47 2. Mac. 13, 12.
    ↩

  97. Gal. 5. ↩

  98. Damasc. l. 3. orth. fid. c. 24. Aug. l. 2. de ser. Do in Monte. c. 3. & ser. 230 de temp. Bas in Iul. Chrys ho. 30. in Gen Nyss. in lib. de orat. ↩

  99. Ex. 35. c d 2. Par. 29. g ↩

  100. Mat. 4. b ↩

  101. Mal. 1. c Esa. 56. c Ioan. 4. c ↩

  102. Ro. 10. c ↩

  103. Psal. 17. a & 145. a ↩

  104. Esa. 56. c 1. Tim. 2. a Aug. ep. 59 ad Paulin ↩

  105. Aug. tract. 73. in Euang Io. Bas. in cap. 2. const. Monast. Bern. ser. 4. & 5. de quadrag & in ser. de 4. modis orandi. ↩

  106. Mat. 6. b Luc. 11. a See before of our Lordes Praier. ↩

  107. Ps. 140. a Tob. 12. c Act. 10. a Ex. 32. c Ps. 105. d Hier. 7. c 27. d & ibid. Hieron. & epist 12. ad Gaudentiun. c. 3 ↩

  108. Eccles. 35. d Ps. 105. c 36. alud. 9. d ↩

  109. Lu. 18. a Eccli. 18 c. 1. Thess. 5. c ↩

  110. Mat. 6. a ↩

  111. Io. 4. c. ↩

  112. Tert. in apol. aduers Gent. c. 30 Aug. in l. de cura pro mort. cap. 5 Hieron. adu Lu. if. cap. 6 & in vita Pauli. & de vir. illust. in Iacobo, ↩

  113. Io. 17. a 11. a ↩

  114. Mat. 17. c Luc 23. f ↩

  115. Mat. 26. d Mar. 14. d Luc. 22. c ↩

  116. Dan. 9. a ↩

  117. Ion. 3. c d Iudith. 4. b c d 9. a 1. Mach. 3. f ↩

  118. Luc. 18. c Exod. o. f g 17. c. Deut. 9. c d Num. 20. a Psal. 87. b 140. a 2. Par. 6. b 29. f 3. Reg. 8. f Dan. 6. c 1. Esd. 9. b Mat 2. b Exod. 7, g 9. g 20. g 21. a Ephes 3. c 1. Cor. 11. a Damasc. l. 4 orth. fid. c. 13. Of set times of Praier, See Aug. haeres. 57. Beda in cap. 18. Luc. Anselm. in c 5. epist. 2. ad Thess. Clem const. lib. 8. cap. 40. Tert. in apol. cap. 2. Cypr. de orat. Dom Athan. de Virgin. Bas ser. 1. de instit. Monach. & cap. 57. in regulis longioribus. Chrys. ho. 59. ad pop. Hieron. in cap. 6. Dan. & ad Eustoch. ep. 22. cap. 17. & in epitaph. Paula. cap. 1. Conc. Aquisgr. cap. 126. & sequent. Psal. 118.5. a 54. c. Dan. 6. c Act. 3. a 10. b 16. c ↩

  119. Isid. de summo bono l. 3. cap. 7 Aug. serm. 226. & 230 de temp. & ep. 121. ca. 8 & sequ. & ser. 5. de verb Dom. cap. 4 & sequ. Cypr. de or. Do. Amb. l. 3. de Virg. et ser. 93. de Nazario. & Celso. ↩

  120. Mat. 26. d Mat. 13. d. Luc. 18. a 11. a b 21. g Eccli. 18 c 21. a Ro. 12. c Phil. 4. b Col. 4. a 1. Pet. 4 b 1. Thess. 5. c f 6. c 1. Tim. 5. a Heb. 4. d Luc. 1. a 4. a 5. d ↩

  121. Mar. 11. c Mat. 21. b. 18. c d ↩

  122. Luc. 11. b Mat. 7. b Io. 14. b 15. a 10. d 1. Io. 3. d 5. c Psal. 49. c 144. d Pro. 15. d 2. Par. 7. c Eccli. 2. b 3. a 38. a Icuit. 4. f g 5. c d 6. a ↩

  123. Mat. 7. b Luc. 11. c ↩

  124. Lib. 1. de orand. Deun. vide etiam l. 2. & ho. 5. de incomprehensib. Dei natura, & ad pop. Antioch. ho. 71. & 79. Greg. ho. 27. in Euang. & in Ps. 6. Poenit. ↩

  125. Iac. 5. d 3. Reg. 17. a d &. 18. f g Luc. 4. d Eccli. 48. a ↩

  126. Aug. ser. 22. ad stat. in Eremo. ↩

  127. Exod. 17. c d Iudith. 4. c d ↩

    1. Reg. 7. c d
    ↩

  129. Hier. 32. c d f ↩

  130. Dan 6. c f ↩

  131. Dan. 3. c e ↩

  132. Luc. 23. f ↩

  133. Dan. 13. c ↩

  134. Act. 7. g. Hier. contra Vigilant. c. 3 Aug. ser. 1. & 4. de San ctis. ↩

  135. Gen. 25. c Exod. 8. c g 9. g 10. c 14. c d 32. c f Num. 11. a 12. d 14. c 16 c e g 21. b 1. Reg. 1. b d 12. c 4. Reg. 19. c g 20. a 2. Par. 20. a c e 33. c 1. Esd. 8. c Tob. 3. a b d Iudith. 9. a d 13. a Ps. 17. a 119. a Ionae. 2. a 1. Mac. 3. f 4. a b Act. 12. a ↩

    1. Thes. 5. c
    ↩

  137. Iac. 5. d ↩

    1. Io. 5. c
    ↩
      1. d
    ↩

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