Four things to show
In order to set this in the clearest light, I shall endeavor to show, first, what is the nature of fasting, and what the several sorts and degrees of it; secondly, what are the reasons, grounds, and ends of it; thirdly, how we may answer the most plausible objections against it; and fourthly, in what manner it should be performed.
1771 text
In order to set this in the clearest light, I shall endeavour to shew, first, what is the nature of fasting, and what the several sorts and degrees thereof: secondly, what are the reasons, grounds and ends of it: thirdly, how we may answer the most plausible objections against it: and fourthly, in what manner it should be performed.
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Catalogue & scope
Sermon 27 in the 1771 Works. Matthew 6:16-18.
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