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Author: Holland, Henry, 1555 or 6-1603.
Title: The Christian exercise of fasting, priuate and publike plainly set forth by testimonies of holy Scriptures, and also of old and late writers: wherein is shewed how religious families priuatly, and the congregations publikely, haue humbled themselues before almightie God, making vse of iudgements past, auoyding euils present, and preuenting future calamities, &c. Together with sundrie abuses of fasting in three generations of hypocrites: the first in the dayes of the prophets: the second in the dayes of Christ: the third in the dayes of Antichrist. Hereunto also are added some meditations on the 1. and 2. chapters of Iob, to comfort and instruct all such as be afflicted with any crosse, either inwardly in minde, or outwardly in bodie. By H. Holland, minister and preacher of Gods word.
Print source: The Christian exercise of fasting, priuate and publike plainly set forth by testimonies of holy Scriptures, and also of old and late writers: wherein is shewed how religious families priuatly, and the congregations publikely, haue humbled themselues before almightie God, making vse of iudgements past, auoyding euils present, and preuenting future calamities, &c. Together with sundrie abuses of fasting in three generations of hypocrites: the first in the dayes of the prophets: the second in the dayes of Christ: the third in the dayes of Antichrist. Hereunto also are added some meditations on the 1. and 2. chapters of Iob, to comfort and instruct all such as be afflicted with any crosse, either inwardly in minde, or outwardly in bodie. By H. Holland, minister and preacher of Gods word.
Holland, Henry, 1555 or 6-1603.

At London: Printed by the widow Orwin for William Young, and are to be sold at his shop in Canon lane neere the great north-doore of Paules Church, at the signe of the white Horse, 1596.
Alternate titles: Christian exercise of fasting, private and publike Exposition of the first and second chapter of Job. Christian exercise of fasting, private and publike.
Notes:
Cf. Folger catalogue, which gives signatures: [par.]4 A-2G4.
"An exposition of the first and second chapter of Iob" has separate dated title page; pagination and register are continuous.
The last leaf is blank.
Reproduction of the original in the Harvard University. Library.
Subject terms:
Bible. -- O.T. -- Job I-II -- Commentaries.
Fasting -- Early works to 1800.
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The Christian exercise of fa∣sting, according to the Scriptures.