The Greatnefs of the fin of Gluttolry. I I!. 1hr Grwmfs •f t/Jt fi•; ofGfu;tony. ~· , 5 . To know tloe Greatnr/i of the fin, isthe chief part of the cure, with thofe that do but be- Rom. ro. r7~ licve that there is aGod : J £hall therefore_ ne~t tell you of its nature, eff~cts and acctdems whtch Th!J firut n;ts. make it great, and thc:rc:forc fhould_ make Jt odzoru_ to all. . . tlu Lo'ti fEj:J.i ~. 1 6. 1 • Luxury and Gluttony ts a fin e:x:cecdtng contrary to the Love of Gud; It IS Idolauy : lt bllttfuir own– harh the [-{eart which God fhould have : And therefore Gluttmrt arc commonly and well called BeVy· B_elJir!. GodJ, and God-bcbyi, becaufe that Love, that care, th~t delight, that fervice ~nd d~ligence ~hich G_11J lhould have, is given by the Glutton to his Brlly and hJS throat. He Lovctb the pleafmg of ~IS Appetite bett<r than the Plcaftng of God : His dijhl! are more delrght[ttl to lum than any holy exercife JS: HIS' thoughtsare more frequent and more fiveet of his belly than of God or Godline{S: His care and labour is more that he may be pleafed in meats and d~inks, t~an that he r:nay fccure ~1is falvation, and b.e jujlifird and fanl.tified. And indeed the ~cnpturc giveth them thiS name,, Phtl. 3: 19. whufe end W dejlrul1ion, roba[t God i4 their Belly, rvha glory :n tootJl:ame, who mmdeart~ly .thm.~s, b~mg tnemus to- tbe Crofs of Chrift, that is, tobearing.tke Croft for Chr1jl, and t~ tbe C.r~tci[p111, ~~ tbe f!efh, and to the. mortifying fi>ffcring parts of Rehg>on. Nay fuch a devourrng Id./ JS the B<Uy that It fwallowcth up more by In;emperaHce and exct{s than all other Idols in the worl~ do. And ~emembcr rhat the very lift of the finis in the Appetitt and Jl~art: when .a mans Heart ts fct upon h1s Belly, though he fa.re never fo hardly rhrough necdliry, he JS aGlutton mHe11rt: When Y?u make a Great matter of Jr, what you (hall eat and drink as to the delight, and when you• take 1£ for· a great Jofs or fuffaing if you fare hardly, and are troubled at it, and your thou~hts and talk are ~f your brUy, and you .of hove not that Indiffmncy whether your far.e be courfe or plrafan< ( fo It be wl)olfom ) as all Ttmptrate perfons have, this is the Heart of Gluttony, and is the Hearts forfaking of God, and making rhe Appttitt its God. . . . . . . ~· •7· 2. Glut<ony· ;, ftlfmurdrr: Though 1t k1ll not fuddenly! lt killeth furely : Like the dropfie It is, '?m– which J;!Utth as it ftUtth, by degrees. Very many of rhe w1fefl Phyhe~ons do believe that of tho[, that mon f,y>ng ovc:r-live their Child-h~od, tl~cre is f~ar~e 9.ne of ~Wt?ty, yea or of a. hundred that dyeth, ;~u~:;;~;;dit but Gltmony or txcrfs m eatzng or drmkmg JS. a pnncJp..lt caufe of tht)r death, though not qua<H r.l~di:ts, the mofi in~mtdiJte cau{e. It is thought to kilj <\hundred to(Oi.le of all that dye at Age. And it wiiJ ~l:q'1id at·f..: not let them dye eafily and quickly, but tormente~h the~ fi.rfi, with manitold difiafis while they ~~~~~. Vol!tat. . live : You eat more thannature can perfettly concoCt, and bCfauJC you feel it not trouble •you or quJc7m~ in{~~-~ make you fick, you think it hurts you not_: ~hereas it doth·b.y clegrccs firll: alter.and vitiate thotern-~:;;;:~~~~~· perarnent of the bJood and h~mours makm.g, x.t a crude ~nconcaGted unnatural th1ng) ~~fit for r_he due di[ch.rrit, no,!f~il nutrition of the parrs; turnmg the nounfhmg mafs mto a burdenfom excrementltJous mtxture, JtptUtr,r;:or.:n– abounding with Saline or tarrar~ous matr~r, and confifiiiJg. more ~. ~a pitui~ous. ~ime, or redundanc ::;/~fi(A~itq ferofity, tha_n of. that fweet nurnn:ent~l m1lk of nature, q~Jckehe4 wtth thofe fp~rus and well proper- mori 4 mur? tioned heat, wh1ch Chould ~akc H ht to be .the Oyl of hfe. And·oUr Candle e1thcr fparklerh away .fi211ja 1 nouifn« with Salt, or runs away bccaufe there is fome Thief in it, or goeth out becau{e the Oyle js turned vi~imtu.Senec. into Water ; or prcfemly wa{lt:th and runs about through the inconliflent fofn"tt[s of irs Oyl: Hence it H~O"IJ>m f 2 ith is that one part is tainted wich corruption ; and auorher co~fu111eth as dcJhtute of .tit nutriment; ~~~~~:ef ~:;e and the vdTcls fecrc.tly obfim8ed by the groffncfs or other unhrnds of the blood to run its circle rh:u h:lrl bectt and perform its offices, are the caufe of a mulrlrude of lamenta,ble difeafes. The frigid diOempers fie~ ~frhe Ar– of the Brain, the fopo10us and comarous effects, the Lethargy, Cams, and Apoplexy, the PaUie, Con- zhrlfu and vuUion, Epilcpli.e, Vertigo, Catarhs, rh~ Head-ache, and ofr rhe .Pbrenfie and Madne!S, Come all from ~~~:;;;;1 dhbc thcfe effects of gluttony and cxcrfi, whtch are made upon the blood and humours. The Atlhrna ufu- b:iifg brough{ ally, and the PhthHis or Confumption, and the Plemiiie and Peripneumony, and the Hernopto~ck paf- ro poverty bf fion ofren come from h~ncc: Yea the very Sync.opeS or Swooning, P.alpiracions of rhe heart, and Faint- con!ifc21ion of ing;, which tnCll think rather COIDC from WCaknefs, do ufu"a\Jy COme either from nppreffion of natUJC th~J; eeltCSh by thefe fecret cxc~ements or Putrilaginous1BloOd , or elfe from a wcakneiS contraCled by ::a ;oo~d~«'~ the inaptitude of the blood to nourifi1 u•, . being vitiated by cxcc[s : Ti)e loathing of meat l and want of appetite is ordinarily from the crudities or diliernpcrs caufed by this elCcefs :' yea the very Canine appetite which would fiill haVe more, iscaufed by a vitioufnefs in the humours thus contracted: The Pains of the Stomach, Vomitings-; the Cholera, Hickocks, Inflamations, Thirlls, are ufually from this caufe: The Wind Colick, the lliack Paffion, Loofnefs and Fluxcs, the Tenefmus and Ulcers, the V\'orms and other troubles in thofe. parts, are ufually from hence : The obtTru&ions c' 'ifl of the Liver, the Jaur.dice, lnflamations, Abfccfli~s-and Ulcers, Schirrhus, and Dropfie, are commonly r~{~",h"~n~if.; from hence. Hence alfo ufual\y are Inflammations,. Pains, Obthuctions and Schirrhus of the Spleen : fcrence be– Hence commonly is the Scone, Nephtitick torments, and Stoppages of Urine, and Ulcers of the twixt f:uni~t~ Reins and Blad.der: Hence c?rnmonly is th~ Scorbute and moll of .the Feavers which are found_in the :h1:tfJC:n~ World, and brmg fuch multttud~s to the grave: Even thofc that Jmmcdb.tely are eaufed by Colds, kl!s men difiempers of the Aire or lnf~.dmns, are Oft caufed ptincipally by long cxc~fs which viriaterh the lob_ner ~ut of humours, and prcpareth them for the difeafe: Hence alfo arc Gouts and Hyllericil affects and di .. thmt:tm.and. feafes of the eyes and other exteriour parrs. So t~at we may well fay rhat Gluttony enriche;h Land~ ~~~ificd~~~ lords, fi1leth the Churchyards, and hafleneth mu1rnudes untimely to their ends. Perhaps you'll fay conhzmc them that the mofi temperate havedifeafes: To wh;ch experience teachcth me to anfwer, that ufually by.lon,; and Chi~drcn are ~ennitted to be Voracious and Gluttonous, cicher in qua~tity or in qua1ity, ea!ing raw ~~fi~~·};~;l:r. Fruits and thmgs unwholfom, and fo when Gluttony hath bred the diftafe, or laid inthe matter, than Hom. , 9 • a\~
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