Proportion the fast
Yes, the body may sometimes be afflicted too much, so as to be unfit for the works of our calling. This also we are diligently to guard against, for we ought to preserve our health as a good gift of God. Therefore care is to be taken whenever we fast to proportion the fast to our strength. For we may not offer God murder for sacrifice, or destroy our bodies to help our souls.
1771 text
4. Yea, the body may sometimes be afflicted too much, so as to be unfit for the works of our calling. This also we are diligently to guard against: for we ought to preserve our health, as a good gift of God. Therefore care is to be taken, whenever we fast, to proportion the fast to our strength. For we may not offer God murder for sacrifice, or destroy our bodies to help our souls.
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Catalogue & scope
Sermon 27 in the 1771 Works. Matthew 6:16-18.
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