734 Of the Cjuilleurlr rbat veluptu vpon them, make themoffice men to become vaf1als and ruepteafsrec feruants,fpen ding all their thoughts,flrength, and time,ei- makemen to ther in procuring,orìnioying them, if at leali they may be becomeflaw laid to inioy that, which in tnoft tyrannousmanner cloth andjeruants. inthrall and ouer-rule them : for they are content to lofe their liberty to haue their delight. They let all afide,which may either concerne their credit orprofit, thattheymay ferue theitlufls, and cannot fo well be faid to buy pleafures topleafe their carnall appetites,aswholly to fell thewíélues ouervnto pleafures, not caring to bee their flaues, fo they tnayinioy their company. And thus the glutton isa feruant to hisown belly,&the drunkard to his filthy appetite,fpen- dingall their time in furndhing and feeding at full tables, .and in procuring and drinking delicate wines, and molt pleating drinks.The which mailers they feruewith Inch fer- uile obedience, that the Apolile doubteth not to call them belly-gods, feting they not oncly haue all their fcruice bothofbody and mind, but altoperformedwith all deuo- tion. And thus alío the whoremafler becommeth a flaue, notonely to his filthy lull, which maketh him tonegleft all duty toGod,his neighbour,andhimfelfe,and not caring for health, perfon, nor ellate, to runnc at the commandof his concupifcence into all delperate dangers ; but alfobe. commeth a moll flauifh feruant to his harlot, beingwholly at her command, running when iheappointeth,comrning whenfhecalleth, going away when thee biddeth, gluing when theasketh, and fedi ing when (be threatneth. Neither is this feruitude to worldiy pleafures and ourownevoiup- tuoufnefTelight,or theculls few which they caufevnto vs : for no encmiecan be to tyrannous, or bring vpon any fo many and greeuousmifchiefes, as thefe carnall pleafures, when once they haue got men into their thraldome and fubieftion. For they doenot onely hold the body in mo(lcruell bondage, making it to spend it felfe,confume it farength,andexpoing it to innumerable ficknetfesand dif- cafes, butalfo tyrannize ouer the foule, infatuatingthevn- derflanding,and fo captiuing the will, heart, and affeh- ons,thactheyare in loùcwith their feruitude, and doenot fo
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