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A Fruitful Treatise

by Thomas Becon · 1512–1567

Published: 1551
Length: 18,280 words
Reading: ~an hour
Divisions: 28

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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.

[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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Front matter
Title page
Epigraphs¶The sayinges of the holye Scripturee.
Dedication¶To the moste reuerende father in God, Thomas Archbishop of Caunterburie, Primate of al Englande and…
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Chapter 1¶The .i. Chapter.
Chapter 2¶The .ii. Chapter.
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5

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Chapter 6¶The .vi. Chapter.
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10¶The .x. Chapter.
Chapter 11
Chapter 12☞Howe we oughte to Faste.The .xii. Chapter
Chapter 13¶The .xiii. Chapter.
Chapter 14¶The .xiiii. Chapter.
Chapter 15¶The .xv. Chapter.
Chapter 16☞Of the true vse of fastinge. ¶The .xvi. Chapter.
Chapter 17
Chapter 18¶The .xviii. Chapter.
Chapter 19
Chapter 20¶The .xx. Chapter.
Chapter 21¶The .xxi. Chapter.
Chapter 22¶The .xxii. Chapter.
Chapter 23¶The .xxiii. Chapter.
Chapter 24
Back matter
Colophon

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Author: Thomas Becon (1512–1567)
Imprint: [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?]]
Extent: [144] p.
Language: English
Catalogue: STC 1722 · ESTC S114404
Source: TCP A06783
Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal (Text Creation Partnership)

A Fruitful Treatise

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