The Cattjes of Glttttony. hcalrhful man need not be fo curious as the ficl<: And the happy Plowman need not be fo curious,' as jlatt and expel1atioH fomewhat require the Noble and the Rich to be. 5· Atid _for le11gth ~f time, though unnecdT.uy fitting our rime at meat, be a fin in any, yet the happy poor_man_1s ~or obl1ged to , • fpend all out fo much this way, as the Ri.cb.rnay_ do. 6. And· it is nor all dehght mmeat, _or pleafing As ~tun•, , the appetite that is a fin : But only that wh1ch JS made rmnr end, and not re~ erred to a bzgher rnd_; pl,af:ant meat~ even when the Delight it felf doth not rend to healtbnor alacrity in dury, nor 1S ufed to that en~, bur Gcll. l.7· i· to pleafe the fldh and tempt unw excdS. 7· And it is nor neceffary that we meafure the profi_rable~ nefs of quantity or quality by thepre[ent and immtd~.1ft bcncfitJ ; bur by rhe more ;emote fomeumes; fo merciful is God, that healloweth us that which IS rruly for our good, and forb1ddeth us but that which doth us hurt, or at lea!l:, no good. 8. All fin i11 eating is not Glttttony ; but only fuch as are here defcribed. ~· { 11. The caufes of Gluttony are thefe: r. The chiefeJl is an inordin.Jte appetite together with a Non pot'"e~' :-t ji.e(hly mind and will, which is fer upon Flejh-ple!Zjing as its felicity : 7hey tb!Zt are after tiJe flefo do mind ;e'~peu!l112m, the thin~~' I of the ficjh, Rom. 8. 6, 7· This Gulofity which Clemens Alexandrinnr calletl1 1be 1hroat-Devil, (~~::;~~ and tbtBcUy- Devil is the firft caufe. ' num ponit iD1 volupt.:l.te. , Ell ~nim tcmpcranria libidinum inimica. cim11. Saith Arift.t~tll, He is temperate that' t::t~e~ ple:afure to de~i)- ffe!hly ptea(u.t~ bm be IS intemperate tb:u i~ troubled bccaufe hecannot have them. ErhJC. l1.. c. 3• 9· 6. 2· The next caufe is, 'fhe want of ftrong Rea[on ,faitH •nd a[piritual appetite and mind which lhould call off the Glutton, and take him up with higher pleafures; even fuch as are more manly, and' in which his real Happinefs doth confiO. 'fhey that are •fttr tbefpirit do mindtht thingr ofthe (pirit, Rom: 8.6. Reafon alone may do fomcthing to call up a man from this felicity of a beaO, ( as appeareth by 1he Philofophers affaultHtpon the Epicures:) but faith and love which feaft the foul with fweeter ddica~es, mull: do the cure. 9· 7. 3· Gluttony is much increafed byV[< : when the Appetite is ~fed to be fatisfied, it will be the more importunate and impetuous : whereas a cuftome of Temperance ma.keth it eafie, and makes' <xccfr a matter of no delight but burden. I remember my felf, that when l fir(\ fct upon the ufe of Cornario's and Le[JiU< dyer (as it is called) (which l did for a time for fome fpecial reafons, ) it (ecmed a little hard for two or three dayes; but within a week it'became a pleafure, and another fort '" more was not dolirable. And I think almofl all that ufe one dijh only and a fmall quantity do find that more is a troubk and aot "a temptation to them: fo great a matter is ufe (unlefsit be with very flrong and labouring pcrfons. ) 9· 8. ~· Idlrnefr aHd want of diligence in a caVing if agreat caufi ofLuxury and Gluttony :Though J~~.bbur caufe a healthful appetite, ye.r itcureth a beatUy fenfual mind: An idle perfon hath leifure to think of hi~ gut.s, what to cat and what to drink, and ro be longing after this and that : whereas a man that is wholly taken up in lawful bufioefs, efpecially fuahas findeth employment for the mind, as well as tOr rhe~body, harh no lei{ure for fuch thoughtS : He that is clofe at his fiudics, or other call– ing hath fomewhac .elfe to thillk on than his appetite. §. 9• 5· ~n.Qfhcr inccnriveof Gluttqny is the Pride ?fRich men, who to be a~couuted ~ood Honfe- Sllcram dix'ir·' k,fcpcr.r, and ro l1ve at fuch ratts .as are ?grceable to theu Grandure, do make thea houfes lhops of fin, eos qui pr.z-a– and as bad as .Ak-houfes, makth~lthCJr Tables afnare both to them{clvcs and others, by fuUnrft, cociam:~gno va~ietJ•, de/iciMtfn~f.r, coJ.flincji, and cHriefity of Fare: It is the _hontntr of their Houfes that a man may emerenr,de.. dnnk exceffi.vely m then c;ellars \V hen ht pleafe: and that ~heu Tables have excellent provifions for ~f~~t~~~[;t~cl. glmtony, and -pu-t.all tha! ht at ('h~m upon the rryal of the1r Temperance, whether a bait fo near rempus per– them and t0 l1ud1oufly titted, can tempt them te break the bounds and meafure which God hath fet vemuros. them. ft' is a lamenu.ble thing when fuch as have the rule: of others, and influence on the corn~ Lam. in Se~ mon people, tha1lthink their hono•r lieth upon their fin ; yea upon fuch a conftant coztr{t of finning? ~at. If · :md {hall think i~ a di01onour to them to live in fwect and wholfome Temperance, and to fee that :t~1 ;re:~~ et theft: about them do the 11'ke? And all this is, either becaufe they over-value the efieem and talk of divites, &, Eldhly Epicu~e.s, and ·cannot bear the-C-tnfure of a Swine, or elfe becaufe they are themfclves of the z.""~rippm m~ fame mind, and .ue{tich as Glory in their Chame. Phi/. 3. rs. I 9· ~~;:r~!:'~t c~o animo.= .Nam fiqui:em ~odcfii ~u~ frugiquc menfam non :'lfpernabuntur; Gn :tutcm intcrriperantes, nulla no'->is de lli~;~~~t~f.. .. nt. Idem JbJd. Atcl>at ahos V·lvere ut ederenr, te autcmcdere ut vivat. Ibid. · ~· IO· 6. &lether incentiTc is the cufieme of urging and importuning others to eat fiill more and1 more ; as if it were a neceffary alt of friendihip. People are grown fo uncharitable and fdti!h, that they fufpc& tme:another, and tbink they are not welcome, if they be not urged thus to eat : And· thofe that in?;te them think they muft do it to avoid the fufpicion of fuch a fordid mind : And r deny not bdt it is ti! to urge any to1hat which it is fit for them to do : and if we fee that model!)' maketh therri eat·lefs than is bell for them, we may perfwadc them to eat more. Bur now without any due ref~et to wh~t is ~bet\ for the.m) m~n th.ink it a necdfary complcm€nt to provoke others· more and tnore to eat, ttlt they pcrcmptonly refufe It : But amongH: the familiarefi friends there is fcarce aOy that will adm0niCh one another againtl excefs, and advife them to fiop when they have enough; and tell them how eafic it is to fiep beyond oqr bounds, and how much more prone we are to exceed, than to come Chort : And fo cuftome and complemrnt is preferred before temperance and. honell'
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