Thar worldly rbiog$ arevaproJiiradle. 50; reth thatriches doe neither preferue health, nor cure difea- fes; yearather it may bee truely Paid, that the halles ofthe ma'boratr de.. rich are the chiefe harborrowcs where difeafes inhabit. For rxìcìriame3ldi- aswormes foonef} breed infoftrft woods, and cankers mot} attuas aula. commonly gall andFret the goalefl trees, whichare fullefl of Cap : fo fickneffes moll eallie feafe vpon filch bodicsasare made moli loft and effeminate with cafe, wantonneffe, and luxurious abundance; they hauing all difeafes incident to others,common vnto them, and certaine kindsoffickncffes properand peculiar to theinfelues, with which a man fhall feldome heare that anyPoore man is troubled, asgouts, pal- lies, apoplexies and fuck like,which arecommonly the fruits oftoogreat cafeandplenty. The likeall() may be faid ofworldly pleafures, which be- 4.Sec`f.$. fng immoderately loued, acidexceffïuelyvied, may well for Pleafuref due the timedelight the (cke, but can neuer cure the fickneffe. ",'""4" Yearather ifweaskcthe phyltians they will tell vs, that as caes. temperance and abflinence from thefe voluptuous pleafures isa fpeciall meanesboth to preferue and recouer health ; fo the ouermuchvfe ofthem is the chic fe caufeofall ficknefles anddifeafes, andanotable hinderance vnto the recouerie of ourhealch,when by any other accident it is impaired. For as one faith,he that inureth a weake and fckly body toex- ádPlcar- ceffeofvoluptuouspleafures; islikevn to him who launceth chum. a leaking and rotten fhip into themaine,for they doe not cure hi'smaledies, butmaking open paffagestolet inawhole floodofmore defperate difeafes, they doe in the end wracke andlncke him. Hence it is thatthe Grecians (asone well Intern peran- obferued) called the intemperate, and they who wanted tesr1omnc,va health by the fame name, onely with the differenceof one terudmarsos letter, to note the great affinity that is between fickneffe do'r"oappel. and intemperance.The which as it is trueof the immoderate llarurn Alax- vfeofall kinds ofpleafures, fo efpecially ofchofe whichcon- awn d.pædag. Cif} in eating and drinking: for howfoeuer the lober and lib.s.cap.t. moderatevfe of meats and drinks is a meanes ordainedof God toprefertteand recouer health and flrength, and toe- re&vs allo with honeft delights; yet when men fer their heartsvpon there pleafures, and place a kind ofhappineffe K k 4 in
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