466 The Life of Faith. be pleated in order to a higher end, that is, t. So fat as it is a true direller what is for our health.. and will be bat digefled : 2. So far as by möderate and fcafonable exhilaration, it fitteth us by cheerful alacrity for our duty : and therefore it hathb:en good mens ufc to have holy feaf s, as well as holy falls. But the appetitemutt be reflraincd and dcnyed, t. When it is agaiuft health: And z. When it hindereth from duty: Or 3. When it would be theultimate endofour repaft, and there is no higher reofon for it, than the appetites delight. It is not laid that the Senfuahfl in Luke 16. did eat too much : but that he fared fumptuoufly every day, and that he hadbio good things here : that is, that he lived to the pleaftng of his fl fh. It is not Paid ofhim in Luke 12. 19,20. that he ate or drank too much; but that he Paid, Soul, take thy eafe, eat, drink, and be merry; that is, that he preferred the leafing of his appetite or flab, before theevcrlafling pleafures. The fin of the Ilrac- lites was, that they were weary of caring Manna only, fo ma- ny years, and defired flcch only to pare their appetite : and therefore is is Paid, that they askedmeat for their lull, Pfal.78.1 B. that is, to gratifie their flefh or fenfe. And the terrible threat- nings thunderedout by James againtl the rich, are on filch accounts, James 5. 4, 5. Ye have lived inpleafure on earth, and been wanton; ye have nourtJhed your beans as ina day of flaugb- ter. Ar.d we arc commanded to make no provifton for the fiefh, tofatirfie the was or Tufts thereof ; that is, meerly or chiefly to pleafe our finks. 3. It is fnful Fulnefs,_when you needlefly firengthen either luftful orfluggi(b inclinations by the quantityor the quality of your food. I knownature muff not be famifhed, nor our health and life de(lroyed,under pretence of conquering fm : But when neecfhty (Ableand health doth not require it, all that mutt be avoided, which cherifheth any vicious difpofition. And there two are the ufual tffe `Gls of fulnefs. a. Some, cfpecially idle youths, abound with luftfal thoughts and inclinations, which fulnefs greatly cherifheth ; and pleating their appetite, is the fuel (Admix lull : when as if they would drink water, and eat courier food, and littleofit (and withall be laborious in fome (trims work) their.lufis would be moreextinguifhcd : Thefe rufous anguilty of finful k'olneft,, if they take but near much
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