190 Queffionsiand Cafes ofConfcience I. II. Iv. V. Chap i9 - Anfw. Without exercife the body becomes an unweildy bag of corrupt I humours : Great eaters need the more cxercife ,but the moll fober needTome: the naturallefl , andpleafanteft is walking , to which they that ufe a fedentary life, muff allow tome time : But if one be Phut up , or bath loft the ufe of his leggs , hemutt invent Ibftre other way inftead ofwalking to exetcifehisbody, and prevent fickneffe, and if he cannot ufe exercife, he mutt eat and drink the lefft. It's a wife courfe to harden the bodies of children , and young men efpe- cially, againft cold , which is the caufe of móft difeafes in aged perfons: But when one bathbeen tenderly brought up, it's imprudence ro go about to inure his body to hardneffe in his declining age , which is more then it can beare. Quea. Thefe aregood riles topreferve bodilj health, but how¡hall we mend it when its impaired r ffnfw. Firft, Phyficians mull beconfulted withal, and remedies ufed about which two rules thouldbe obferwed. r. Let it be betimes, before tickneffe bath taken root. a. Let it be feldom : For two manyremedies are worfe then thedifeafe. Phy- fick, and Phyficians fhould be ufedfor neceffty, not for :wantonneffc : thechief ufe of that Art is to prevent difeafes. But every man ought td have enough of it to know his own body , and tokeep off theindifpofitions CO which he is ob- noxious , and not to wear out his bodie with drugs without great ueceffity : There are certaine frmple, and eafiehelps which being ufed betimes wouldpre- vent great inconveniences ; and what wife man would not keep himfelf from painful difeafes, if ufe ofa little Sage,or Juniperberries woulddo it , what - foever remedies are ufed for the prevention of fickneffes , it's cer- taine that the abflinence from unwholfome things is better then. the ufe of wholfome. Secondly, let the body be well clad , not for commodity, not for thew, neither curioufly affecting the mode, nor oppofng it with a fantaftical fingula- riry. Let all that we weare be cleanly and wholfome , not to pleafe other mens eyes but our own : For he that is flovenly in his attire , will thereby grow fad and deje&ed before he be aware. Why thould fhould aman make him- felf contemptible to the world, and difpleafing tohimfelf by a wilful lazie nett lea ofhisperfon ? Thirdly, let there be order, and'futablenefle in our houfhold furniture, though it be never fo courfe. Let not any thing want hisproper place, though never fo little. Confufion is offenfíve to the minde, but order gives a ferret delight. Fourthly, let our habitations be lightfom ifit be potfible, in afree aire,and nee a garden. Gardening is an innocent delight : it was the trade ofman in the ¡tote of innocency. Fifthly,for exercifes, fuch fhould be chofen that bringa publick utility , as the hunting offuchbeafts as are an annoiance to the Countrey , as Foxes , Badgers, Wolves, &c. Or the ufe ofmilitary patlimes which fit men to ferve their coun- trey. It's a double content to a generous and well difpofed nature , when he doth good for his pleafure; whereas Games ofhazard do verymuch difcompofe the minde : they accuflom it tohangupon the future, and to dependon fortune (as they call it) to which everywife man will giveas littlepower over him as he can. Theyalto provoke paflion, and caufe much difturbance in the foul for things ofnothing. Games that contifl in dexterity of body, or mind are much to be preferred before theft. Chefs will tfarpenthe wit, but buzie it overmuch , and toile the fpirits infleadof recreating them, which is the properufe of play. Of all Gaming the leffe the better ; and when it diforders the pat ion, the leap is tooMuch. He
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