An Ample Declaration of the Christian DoctrineChapter 7. The declaration of the precepts of the Church
Chapter 7. The declaration of the precepts of the Church
Scholar. Besides the Commandements of God, I would know if there bee any other to bee obserued.
Master. There are the precepts of Holie Church, which are these.
1 To be present at Masse on commanded feasts. 2 To fast the Lent, the foure Imbre weeks, & cōmanded Eues of Feasts. Also to abstaine from flesh vpon Friday and Saturday 1. 3 To confesse at the least once in the yeare. 4 To receiue the B. Sacrament at the least at Easter. 5 To pay tithes to the Church. 6 Not to solemnize Marriages in times ptohibited, to wit, from the first Sunday of Aduent, vntill the Feast of the Epiphanie: and from the first day of Lent, till the Octaues of Easter. But of these commandements, I will say no more now, partly, because they are easie, partly for that of the Masse, of Confession, and Communicating, as also of Fasting we shall speake hereafter, when we shal declare the holy Sacraments of the Church.
- 1 Fridaye is also Fasting daye, where custome so bindeth, as it doth in England.