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Bishop Gunning on the Paschal or Lent Fast

THE

PASCHAL OR LENT FAST

APOSTOLICAL AND PERPETUAL

AT FIRST DELIVERED IN

A SERMON

PREACHED BEFORE HIS MAJESTY IN LENT,
AND SINCE ENLARGED.

WHEREIN THE JUDGMENT OF ANTIQUITY IS LAID DOWN.

PUBLISHED BY HIS MAJESTY'S SPECIAL COMMAND.

WITH

AN APPENDIX

CONTAINING AN ANSWER TO THE LATE PRINTED OBJECTIONS
OF THE PRESBYTERIANS AGAINST THE FAST OF LENT

BY

PETER GUNNING, D.D.
SOMETIME REGIUS PROFESSOR, CHAPLAIN IN ORDINARY TO HIS MAJESTY,
AND MASTER OF ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.

A NEW EDITION

OXFORD,
JOHN HENRY PARKER:
MDCCCXLV


ADVERTISEMENT

IN the present edition of Bishop Gunning’s Sermon on the Paschal or Lent Fast, the references have been carefully verified, and Indexes added.

In preparing the Work for the press in its present form, the Editor has not attempted to present it in a perfectly modern dress, or to rob it of the characteristics which connect it with the period of time when it first appeared. It being manifest that the composition would bear marks in every page of the date to which it belongs, the spelling of proper names and the like has been allowed to remain, and with such variety also as appears in the original Work. In the new matter, the headings of the pages, namely, and the Indexes, modern rules have of course been observed.

The best thanks of the Editor are due to the Librarians of the Bodleain Library of their unwearied kindness in assisting him through with their instructions and advice.

Oriel College, July, 1845.


Epistle Dedicatory

Sermon

Analysis of the text The author’s proposition concerning the observance of Lent Proof of it, 1. direct and simple 2. Indirect and complex Counter-evidence considered Notice of objections Rules of fasting Commendations of fasting in ancient writers Reasons for these commendations

Appendix

Chapter I Chapter II Chapter III Chapter IV Chapter V Chapter VI Chapter VII Chapter VIII Chapter IX Chapter X

Table of names of the chief days of Lent, &c.

List of Editions referred to

Index of Texts

General Index