comfort4 !f, calking with God. 199 than in the fweetnefíeofdoing vertuoufly; andbath abetter palate thanbrain. All the greaten perfonages of theworld, andthofe that have excelled any way, either inmanaging af- faires ofKingdomes, warlike exploits, heavenly, natural!, morali or manuall skill,&c.have beene fober. Even among(( the veryHeathens, as Cyrus, Caper, theRomane Curii and Fabritü,more ennobled and renowned for their frugality, than famous vi&ories. But now on thecontrary, 'the molt execrablemonfters for villany,cruelty,luxury,unnaturall im- puritie that ever lived, have beene gluttons, as theb Sodo- b Ezeeh. i4.90; mites, c Caligula, &c. As therefore thou wouldef} not cb, ,hut por., drowne, anddull the powersofrhy foule in the fottifhneffe teistor=ut qui offuchdung-hillexceffe:: but have them at command for the áßoháóieerts; readyexercife and improvementoftheir beltabilities,attime "off. ofneed,and for a comfortabledifcharge ofboth thy Cal- lings;eatemoderately.âoundfleepecommetti ofmoderate eating, faith the Wifeman, "bee rifetbearely, andbïr wits are withhim; towit,able, a&ive,andnrong for any undertaking. For as the foule ought not with carking thoughtfulneffe, falfe feares, unnecetfarydeje&ion,toaflli& and wane the body:fo neither ought the body by any fenfuall indulgenceand in- tenaperancy,to weaken and emafculate the foule : but both body andfoule thonld ferve one another in fobrietyandmo- deration ;that thewholeman may be more fufficiently and chearefullyferviceable tohim thatcreated both body and foulefor that purpofe. 5. The veryHeathens by the light ófreafon, did abomi- nate withmuch moral ignation, the fiiperfluous vanity Taurus rocs rs and curioíhies of this pith (inne. ABull, faith d Seneca; m®rum jugerum will be6ld with a panureofa few Acres : one Forreft will'Pafcuisi®pietur: fuffice many Elephants. But fcarce the Aire with all her npban;s pn iiaus Fowle,the Sea with all herfifh,the Earthwith all her rootes fuflicit ;homo & and riches, will fatisfie the infatiable Gutof a ` gluttonous 'Fteara Qufaatn& _ Epicure. And therefore, faithhe, we may well rank and reckon ma rapes non gufu,feddif&cni. tatibus afäienan- tor mfracula avium,longinqui marts pifces alieni texsporis pow, 'atiwánives, Hibernarow. lift mines itaque ventriobedientes, ániautiiumloco numeremus,non homimm : puofdam verype Ail; madamquudc In, fed mortnorum. 0 4 men
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