comfortable walking withGod. 157 much more and farre better ferviceable to the Creator then thy felfe e Yet I denynot, but that there may bee another lawfull ufe of this Antipathy, for the deftroying ofhurtfulI, and enjoying ofufefull creatures ; fo that it be without any taint, or afperfion of crueltie onour parts, or needleffe tor- rnenting of the filly beafts. 3. Ingro{lers of time. Thoufands there are, . who plunge themfelves over head and eares in courfes ofpleafure ;. which they call recreations, wherein theyvery unworthily and wo- fully wane the fat andmarrow, as it were, of deare andpre- cious time, the flower of their age, the ftrength of their bodies ; emafculate andmelt the vigour of their fpirits, into effeminateneffe, fenfualitie, and lutt drowns the faire and goodly hopes oftheir education, the honour of their Fami- lies, the expeótation of the Countrey, the improovement of theirparts, in froth and folly ....As though they were placed upon the earth, as Leviathan inthe Sea, onely totake their fport and paftime atherein. Lovers they are of pleafures, a suns profeaay Mirth-mongers, men of this world, fworneVaffals tocar- huune viiran, addu- nall loofeneffe and riotous exceffe. They have their fooles cos re purant, ut Paradife heere, and therefore in theequineof a jutt and ho- dentiis vacent, str f venrrem difrumr ly proportion, mutt with the rich man looke for their pay- pant , &corpus meat andtorment hereafter. But Gods children mutt make ' mpinguent:arque Lie hint migrent confcience of medling at any time with recreations; with- vermibus largiv- out true caufe and a juft calling thereunto, andhold them of rem fam é fuá carne men inf}ru the fame account and confequence with fleepe and other atri. chryf 'Ser. - temperate refrefhings, which ferve onely to quicken the ërapa "X" mind revive the body , enlarge the breath, that we may returne withmore ligltefomeneffe and alacritie to ourwerke andCallings. The feafon then of comfortable recourfeun- to there repaires and reftoratives is , when weehave truely wearied our bodies with fon3e honeft imployment, or ti- red ourminds inworthy and noble exercifes, or both. And as wemutt net preffe upon them at our pleafure, andprevent . true neede, out ofanhankering humour after fportfall vani- ties, oldhaunts, good fellowmeetings, conformitie to the- m times, or foe.fuch;fenfuall and inordinate attractive fo in the!
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