374 Difeaf~s and MijciJiefs caufed by Glrmony. all the temperance that can be ufcd is little enough to keep ir under all their life afrer; And~bun dance that have been brought to the doors of death by excrfi have been prtferved afrcr many ye • ro a competent age by abjlinence, and many rmally freed from their di{eafcs. Read Cornario's Tars tife of himfe!f, and Ltffii<J and Sr. WiOiam Vaughan, &c. ( Though yet I per[n>ade none wit~;•· necdlity to th6r exceeding 1\riCl:nefs.) Judge now what a murderer Gluuony is, and whar ~ . enemy ro mankmd. ~£!W:::l~~j; 9· 18•. ?· Glut.to?JY H alfo.a ~eatlly tntm) to the mind, and to aU rh~ noble ~mployments of Reafon Bus fr/m th(ir both R..~ltg_wH, Clvtl, and artifie~al: It unhts men for any clofe and (enous fiudJcs, and rherefort: tends Hiw, faith to noun~ 1gnoranc~, a~1~ keep men fools : It grearly unfits men for hearing Gods We>rd, or reading, Bafil. de !ejun. o~ praymg, or medltatmg, or any holy work ; and makes them have more rninJ to tlcep ; or fo un~ ~~£~t~~?~~~ dtfpofeth a~d dull~th them, that they ha~e no life or fitnefs f<?r their. duty ; but .a clear head not ~itllalgifts,aJtd troubled_with !heu drowfic vapours will ~o more, and get more m an hour, than a full bellied txu!Unt tJJB.eafi wtll do m ma~y. So that Gluttony .1s as much an enemy to all Religious and manly fiu.. d•.w,ww of d1es, as drunk,pmtft 1s an enemy to a Garnfon, where the drunken Souldiers are difabled to refifl: m1ntl. the Enemy. • S•ithBafil A 9· 19. 4· Gluttony is alf0 an enemy to diligence, in every honefi Trade and Calling: for it dullet! 1 Ship hravY the Bodyas well as the Mind : It rnaketh men heavy, and drowfic, and tlothful, and go about their bu– bden is unfit finefs as if they carried a Coat ofLead,and were in Fetters: They haveno vivaci1y and alacrity, and f~1 fa~e~l:ot~ are fitter to fleep or play, than work. any duty. 9· 20. 5· Gluttony is the immediate fyinptome of a carnal mind, and of the damnable fin of ft 1 Jhpleafing before defcribed : And a carnal mind is the very fumm of iniquity, and the pfoper name of an unregenerate flare: It Uenmity againjl Gotl, and neither U nor can be Jitbjell to hH Law: fo that they that are rhus in the flejh cannot pleafe God : and thty that wal~ after tbe fofh jhaU dye, Rom. 8. 6, 7, 8, 13. The filrhieft fins ofLeachers, and Mifcrs, and Thieves, are but topleafe thejlejh : And who fervech it more than the Glutton doth ? Se"!p~rfaturi- §.. 21. 6.Gluuonyis thebreeder andfeederof all other luLls : SineCerert & Bacchg frigetvtnUf! ;~'Y'II~ •fl It pampercth the flclh to feed it, and make it a facrifice for lufl. As dunging the ground doth make '"''"H"'"· it fruitful, efpccially ofWeeds, fo doth Gluttony fill the mind with the Weeds and Vermine of filthy thoughts, and filthy defires, and words, and deeds. Pmri obtdi9· 22• 7· Gluttony is a haft and beaf!ly j,Jnd of fin: For a man to place his happinefs in the plea– n.us ltlllmalium furc of aSwine ; and to make his Reafon ferve his throat, or fink into his Guts ; as if he were ::;,:• ""!": but a Hogshead to be filled and emptyed, or a Sink for Liquor to run through , into the cha111;11Hm 7;~ne~. nel ; or as if he were made only to carry 111eat from the Table to the Dunghill) how bafe a kind · of life is this ? yea, many beafts will not cat and drink exceflivcly as the Gluttonous Epicure will do. • 9· 23· 8. Gluttony is a Prsdigal<con{umtr and dtvourer of the creatures ofGod : what is he war– It isChrJfofltm•s thy of that would take meat and drink and cafi it away into the chanell? nay, that would be faying ; 11 Hehr. at a great deal of cofi and curiofity to get the pleafantefi meat he could procure, tO call away. Hom. 19. The Glurton doth worfe: lt were better of rhc two to throw all his exceffu imo the Sink or Jer. f·7· Ditch, for then they would not firft hurt his body. And are the Creatures of God of no more wonh? Arc they given you to do worf< than call them away? Would you have your Children ufe their provifions thus ? 9· 24- 9• Gluttony is a moll. unthanliful fin, that takes Gods mercies lnd fpews them as it were in his face; and c;uryeth his provifions over to his enemy, even to the ftrengthening of ftefhly lulls: and turneth them all againft himfelf? You could not have a I)it but from his liberality and blelliug; and will you ufe it to provoke him and di!honour him~ Magnap'-nli· 9· 25· IO· GluttoNy is a fin which turneth your own mercies, and wealth, and food, into your bertatu <fi fnarc, and to your deadly ruine ; Thou pleafifl thy throat, and poy{umft thy foul. it were better ~~::e:o;::~~ for thee a thoufand times that thou hac!fi lived on fcraps, and in the pooreft manner, than thus · to have turned thy plenty to thy damnable fin, Deut. 6. u, 12· When thou fhalt have eaten and be fuO, then beware ltjl thou forgrt tbt Lord. Prov. 30. ~· Feed me with food convenient for me, lej! I bt fuU and deuy thee, and[ay, Wbo if the Lcrrdl Pfal. 75· 2)>, 30. So thty did tat and were weUjiUtd, for he gave tbtm their own defire; they were not tjiraJtgtd from their luft. . . . . 9. 26. IJ. Gluttony is a great 'timt-wafling fin : What a deal of hrne JS fpent m. ge!ltng the money that is laid out to pleafe the throat? and then by fervants m preparm? for It ; a?d then in long fi~ting at meat and feaftings ; and not a little in taking Phyfick to carry It away agam, or to cafe or cure the difeafes which it cauferh ; befides all the time which is lofi in lan– guilhing ficknefs, or cut off by untimely death. Thus they live to eat, and eat to fruj!ratt, and to jhorttn life. . . . whenafrier.d 9· 27. 12. It is a 'thirf that robbeth you of your tjlaw, and dtvoureth t~at whiCh tsgtven of s~r~es you for better ufes, and tOr which you mull give account to God. It is a colHytm; and co.nfumet.h c~mplamed rt:l more than would fcrve to many better purpoifs. How great a part of the riches of rnofi Kmgdorns ~~~r,p~c~a~s a are fpcnt in Luxury and Excefs ? !!'~51?co~V~e much_, =.nd Honey fo much, :and Pur~le fo much: Socrdtts took him to the Meal-Hall, lo, f~ith he, you m1y buy ~ere half a Sexr:are of good Meal for a,hllf p~ny (~hieD boyled in water was hi~ fl)(lt) God b: thanked th~ M;arket 1s very ch~:ap: Then he to)k: him to an Oy!-fhop, where a meafure (Ch.-nix) was foh{ for two brafs dodkim. Then he led turn to a Bro~ers lhop where a m~n migh: buy a Suit ofClothes fo~ren~ums: You (ee 1 quo!h he, tiat tbe pen11y worrhs are rcafonabk, and t&111gs good cheaprhr?u~li.- · <lUt th~ Ciry. I'lJtarcb~ dt 1Ya111N1l. Amm.pll£..lf1. •
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