That theft earthly thingsabuftdbecomefnares veto vs. 151 feene womendancers fhorne andpolled,yonthes with their long locksceerioufly curled ; cruditieoffeaffers, vnfaeoourie belching ofgluttons,infetiablethtrfl ofdrunkards,yefterdaies ferfer, to daies drunkenne.r,thepots emptied oftheir drinke,ard aQatnefil- ledwith theftithie vomitingof the drinkers, their drunkennef callingforth agreaterfent,then didtheir Wines,when they*ere newlypreffed. Pleafureherfelffiandmgin themiddleoftbe rout, cried out,Paying;Drink;yeyour fill,enentellyesbe drunke; and let emery one o f youfalldoune,and neueraril. He is chiefwith me,who is moll defj erately wicked; he is mine,who is not his own; he ás moll gracious to me, who is molt wicked andpernicious to him lelfe.The goldencup ofthewhore ofBabylon is in minehand, Ierem. Si . whichmaketh drunke thewholecarth,with my wine haueall the nationsfurfetted. He that isvnwif , let him turne vntome, and himthat lackethwifedome doe Icommand,Paying; Eatefauour- 1yyour hiddenbread, and drinke your waters,Whicharefweeter becaufe they areflatten ; let vseaseanddrink ,for to morrow wee Efa.ix, fhall die. Ourlifepafetbandvantfhethlike a chorde. Come let vs enioy ourknownegood,andvfe thecreatures quickly as in theWifd.zo time ofyouth. Let vs glut our feint's with precious wines and oyntment,andlet not the flowerofourdates vnpleafantly paffe a.. way. Let vs eremite ourfelues with rotes before they wither; let there bee no pleafant medo' which our luxurioufnes Bothnot pateotter, and let vslease emery wherefignes of ioyandmirth. For all thefeare left behindvs, andno man(hall carrieany thing withhim,but thatwhich hebath impartedveto himfelf,in thefe plea[aresof thefiefh.Finally,lam the.1ftflreffe oftrue Philo.. fophie,neit heris there any to this,which teacheththat to be good, which isfwetteandplealaut. And thus haue I briefly (hewed how dangerous thefe 4,Seöl.7, earthly things are vnto vs ,teeing theyare the grounds and Inwhat refßetts occafions ofSatans tentations wherebyhe allureth and per- thrfcearthly fwadethvsvetofinne :not (as Ihaue proued)in their owneehi:ftsare oobe nature,but as they areabufed through the diuels malice and rohate fieti, to our corruption, whereby it commeth topaffe that wee neg becontemoede 1eóì thofe cautionsrequired to their lawfull vfe,of which I haue before fpoken. So that in a word, ifwee wouldknew how thefe things are tobe defired,and in whatrefpeóìs they are
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