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DeEL.
Ephefia,a,
Chapo5.
V
E
R.
18,
promifeth
us
pleafure,
but
doth
not performe
it
:
What
pleafure
is
that
which
leaveth fo
bitter
a
tang
the after headache,the
crudities which
follow
are
more irkfome,
then the drink
was delightful', the
end
of
it
ftingeth
like
a
Cockatrice.
Confider the tyranny of
it, this inordinate lulling,
it Both
neverreft
fatisfied, ferve it
once,
it will call againe and againe
,
and
if
it be
not
followed to the end, refteth
as
much difpleafed,
as
if
it had
at
the
firfi
beene denied, yea
it
giveth
no reft to
the thought,but when
the miede
would
be fequeftrcd
for other purpole
,
then
will thefe matters
bee
running
in
it,
a
bondage worfe then the Egyptian.
Confider what
a
fearfull thing it
is
to
have fuch an inordinate
lu-
fling,
Numb.r
r.
When
the cup
is
in
thy hand,
ferve left
the
wrath
of
God go with
it,
as it
is
faid,
While
the meat was
in
their mouthes, the
wrath of
God
came
upon
them.
Laftly,
confider how it excludeth from heaven.
The
Rules
of
Praólice are likewife foure.
r.
Avoid the companies
of
them
make
fuch
youths,as
like
Beadles
call fuch
curled Congregations,
and avoid
them.
z,
Thinke how fweetly thou goeft
on when
thou doeft
keepe
the
bonds
of
fobriety,
and compaffe
as
you
are
able
fuch
a
portion
(in
the
due feafons) which may give content.
For
we muft not fight
againft
inordinate appetite to
drink
and meare,
as
againft
fornication,
that
muft
be
fled
from
altogether,that
cannot be made good
in any
degree;
but
this mull have
the
exeeffe
reformed,
with
our libertie referved,
left we doe fight
with too
heavie
armour
:
Convenient food
in
the
fro-
tons,
is
a
good help
againft
exorbitant
appetite,
as
our own
fountaines
are
remedies againft unlawful' luftings.
3.
It
is
good
to
weane our
felves
fomething
in
that
we may
doe
:
He
that
will
frill
doe
all
he
may,
will at
length doe that
he may
not:
And
if
we have beene impotently
affcled
to
a
thing, labour
like Da-
vid,
when
thou
haft it
now
in
thy power, to
refrains
ir,
2
Sam. 23.
though but
for one rime
:
Little things
will
flefh us
to further
viélo-
ries; and
to
break
agues
from their
times
in
comming,
is
tome good
token
that they
will
he
removed.
4. A
Vow.
We
rather then
f'i'l
to be
infnared by
wine,
or this
and
that
circumftantiall
matter,
may
by vow
binde our
Pelves
to
be
abftinent.
I
have
fivorne to
keeps
thy Comn:andemente. But
this mull be
done with great difcretion,
left
it prove
as unfit
for
us as
Saals armour
was
for
David.
Now
followeth the reafon; In
which
is
exceyè,
that
is, which
bath
all kinde
of
riot
and lafcivioufneffe
going with
it.
Obferve
then
That
elrrmken
courfes
are
accompanied
with
a
prodigality
and
fitthine(f
-e.
When
men
grow into
drinke, they are
lavith
every way,
their
tongues have
a double
doore
opened to
them,
fuperfluous
fpcecha
daughter of
drunkenneffe.
Their
affections
are
as
exceflive
, then
no
difference
betwixt
mirth
and madnefi'e
:
then
Ifthe
humour
fo
worke, they
will
weepe
in kindtieffe.
Their
aE1ion
riotous ;
then come
call
in
more,
tome-