He Cure of Filt!Jy.Lrifl. 401 ferv.ttiadrc 1 ri laudiq; rlmtur? that is, And burp can there be an Adulterer at ?parta, where Riches, de~ lights and jfra11ge attire or qrnament are a difgracr or rt-proach ? and contrarzly J!Jam~factne[s, m_odeffJ and tbe obferv"nce of due obtdience to Magijlrates i1 aa honour and pr.Ji{t? And 1f R1ch men thmk tt their priviledgc to fare Jitmpt~oujly and fatisfietht:ir apperitcs, they ~u~t t'Jkc it for their pr~vilcdge to feed their Iufi? But God gtveth no man plenty for fuch ufcs; 110r IS It any excufe for t.Jtmg and drink.,ing much, becaufe y~u have much, no more than it would be to your Cooks to put much Salt 1e~ z 01 "·s in your meat more than m poorer mens, bccaufc you have more. He that obferveth the filthy and comp:triron andpernicio141. effeqt of that G!uttony which is accounted R~ch mens ho~our a~~ feli:iry, ~ill n~v-~r ~11 ~turt. l. ~· t:nvy them that rlllferable happmefs, but fay rarh7r as A~tijlbenet, Hojlu1m filtu co~ttngat m de!lCJtJ 1~ i.a~rt. l. ·6 • 'Vivere: Ltt it befaU the Children of nry enemiti to lweinde!tghts : but that the curfe IS tooheavy for a c, 1 • Chriftian to u[e toany of his enemies. But for himfelf he mull: remember that he is the Sewant of a Holy God, and hath a Holy work to do, and Holy facrifices to offer to him, and therefore.mull not pamper his flcfh, as if he were preparing a facrifice for Vem~<. f or as 1 Thef. 4· 3, 4· 1bir is the wiU of ·God, even your{a11ftijication, that you abjlain fromfornication, th.Jt every one of J OH foould k._now how topoffifi his veffel ift fa·nllification and honour) not in tht lujl ofc?ncupi{cence M the Gentiles that Jtnow not a.d. As the Philofopher anfwered AHtigonut when he asked h>m whether he fhould go to a merry feafi that he was invited to, Thouart theSon of a King, fo it is anfwer enough for aChrittian u rt.l.t. ' ·33. againfi Temptations tovoluptuoufnefs, I am the Son of tbem'!f! Holy God. If thou be invited to fealls where urgency or aUurement.is like to ma.ke ~hce break thy bounds, go not, or ~o ~ack when thou fedt the bair. As Epaminondar m Flutarcb tindmg e)J:cefs at a feall that he was mvucd to, went away when he f1w ir., faying, Egotefocrificare, non la{civire puraram : fo fay thou, I ca1nt todine and not to he rJ'antonsr /uxuriour; to fupport my body for duty, and not to pamper ic for lufl:. Plutarch mar· v'aileth at the folly of thofe men that detell the charmr of ..itclm left they hurt them, and [tar not hHI lovohe cbarm1 of dijhti which hurt a thoufand where witche1 hurt one. Withdraw the fuel of exccfs and the tire of lull will of· it felf go out : or at leal\ this enemy mull be befieged and jlarved ont, when it cannot be conqueredby ftorm. • 9- 4• Direct. 2• Takehud oJ_ Idlenefr, •.nd be ..bolry ta~en up iH diligem bufine[s,_ of_yn;tr /a,.ful c.U- g;;:t.i,; ing1, when you are not txercifed t.n the more zmmedzatt[trvtee of God. Duvzd m h1s zdlenefi or vacancy . e i~ catcht thofc fparks of lufi, which in his troubles and military life he was prdi:tved from. ldlenefs is ~~~i;r;u~~;, the foil, the culture, and the opportunity of Lu£1. The idle perfon goeth to School to the Devil : &c. He fets ~11 ot~er emp!oyment afide, that the Devi_l ma_y h~ve time to tea_ch him ancl tr~at with hl_m In v 2 cuo pe– and folhcit htm to evtl : Do you wonder that he ts thmkmg on lufiful ob)etl:s, or that he IS t~ken up m ftorc= regn:n feafting and drinking, in chamberingand .wantonnefs? why he bath nothing elfe to do. Whereas a amor. o~.~jd, laborious diligent perfon bath abody fubdued and hardened againfi: the moUities, the effeminatenefs of Dio 6 ms c:r1led the wanton ; and a mind tmploytdand taken up with better things : Leave thy body and mindno leifwe Love, D_riofo– to think of tempting filthy objeds, or to look after them. As Hierome faith, Facitoaliquid operi-1) ttl r11mmgotl:~m. femper Di.JboiUI invmiat teo~cupatum : Be ftiU doing fome work,. th.Jt the Devil may tJlrvay1 find thee bufi<· And do not for thy flelhly eaferenritthy labourr and indulge thy flcO>. Rife early and go late to bed, and put thy felf upon a Nwf!ity of diligmce all the day : muiertafi$ and engage thy felf, in as much bufinefs as thou art able to go through, that if thou wouldjl, thou mail\ not be able to give any indulgence to the flefh: for if thou be not 1\ill prdfed by nmf!ity, Lull will ferve it fdf by idlmifi, and thejlrfh wiU lye down if it feel not the ffiur: Therefore are the Rich and idle more lullful and filthy than the poor laboU<ing people. The fame Bed is the place of fl,th and Lujl. Hear a H" then Nul'mm;hi and refufe notto imitate him. Senec• faith, [No day pa.JJetiJ me in idlenefs : Part of the nigbt I re- p~r o:i~m firve for jllfdies: I do not purpo{tly Jet my folf to Jleep, b11t yield to it tf!btn it Dvtrcometh me : and dm exn : Jl'!ben my eye1 are wearyed wirh watching, and art falling, I hold them to their worl{,: ---I bad ra· h~rtc~l ~~7. ther it went iU with me than delicately r;r tenderly. If tho., be delicate or tender the mind by little and vc:~dj~0 ~ N:n little H ejfcminatr, and ~ diffolved into the fimiliutde of the idlenefi and Jlotb in w»ich it l}•eth. I v~co fvmno flttp very little, and tak,! but a Jhort nitp: It fuffictth mt tohave ceafed watching : fomctimtJ 1 k._now f-d fuccumbo, that I flrpt, fometime I d. but JufPea it.] Ari(lotle faith, Nature made nothing to bt idle: And Plato & 0.["1~' . calls Id/~mfs th_e Plague of Mvrt~lr. If thoh be refolved t~ ferve and pleafe thy ~eib, then never··;~~~s',!l,:~~-n7 ask advtce agatnfi thy lull:; for ns part of the~ pleafure of 1t : and then no wonder tf thou refufe this teftJUe in orere Phyfick as too bitter, and the remedy as too dear : But if thou be refolved to be cured and to be dctir.co. faved,llick not at the pains : give up thy felftotally to thy bufinefs, and lull will dye for want offood. ;;;;i,i;ff.:~~·;t. ter, fi .mollis cs, p:lUlatimeff~min:u.ur 2!1imut, atque in ftmilitudinem otii GJi,& pigritix.in qua j.icct folvitur: Dorttii~10~~~~~~~ & brevtllirho fomno ut~>r : f1us eH mshi VJgiWe defWli: : Aliquando dormiife fcio :aliquanJo fufpicor. ~· 5· Direct: 3• If thou wou/Jjl be free from luj!, kJep far enough from the tempting ohjeu. If pof. Virca. ·j. lible dwell not m the houfe w11h any perfon that thou feeleH thy felf endangered by : If that be not ·poilible avoid their company; efpecially in private: Abhor alllafcivious and immodcl\ actions, Doll thou give thy (elf the liberty of wanton dalliance, and lullful embracements, and yet think to be free from lufi ? wilt thou put thy hand into the fire when thou art afraid of being burnt ? either thou hall thepower of thy own heart, or thou hall not.: If thouhaft, why dolt thou ~Ot quench thy lufi ? if th?u. bajt ~ot, why doll: th?u caft.lt upon greater temptations, and pu( i~ farther ouc of thy power than 11 1S? tly from a temptmgobjcctforthy fafety, asthou wouldft 1ly from an enemy for thy life. Thefc: Loving enemie1 are more dangerous than hating enemi~1 : They get the Key of our hearts, and come in and fteal our ueafure With our confent, or without 'lcfifiance; when an open ecemy is fufpected and !but out; F'f 2 §. 6.
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