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

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