Flamma sine Fumo or, poems without fictions. Hereunto are annexed the Causes, Symptoms, or Signes of several Diseases with their Cures, and also the diversity of Urines, with their Causes in Poetical measure. By R. W. [i.e. Rowland Watkyns] |
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Fasting.
Jejunavit Christus non per necessitatem, sed per dispensationem, ut ostenderet, quàm bonum sit Jejunium.
Full Barrels make no sound, nor can they pray
With perfect love, who banquet all the day.
Fasting extenuates sin: it doth controul,
And check the lustful motions of the soul:
Fasting doth make our prayers flame more high,
And prayer doth our fasting sanctifie:
To fast from meat my body shall begin,
And then my soul shall sooner fast from sin.
Thy Saints and Angels, Lord, nor drink, nor eat,
Receive my soul, and I will use no meat;
Thou art the Well, and bread of life: on thee
I'le feed with Heavens blessed Hierarchy.
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