Ofthe /fiíritualleuílr?,hich accompany'trarldtÿ things. 761 any profit byreligion,he will rakeacquaintanceofit,and no man in outward Phew (hall be moe.deuout ; butffitwill notflandwith his wdrldly zduarìtage, he will withDemo, forfake it,and withDensetrtus perfecutz it. Finaily,nothing more thenvoluptuous pleafures do infatuate the vnderflan- ding,and blind theeyes ofthe foule,fo as they arenot able to iudge and determine any thing according toreafon, but meafnre all things by brutith fen (ualitie. And as thick and darke clouds doe hide from our bodilyeyes thelight ofthe Z4bibit rode funne; fothofe vapours and fumeswhich arife into the head fusi:;precut out offlomacksdiilempered with furfetring and drunken- hincdifcedite nes,doe fo intoxicate the braine, andhide the light ofrea-bonæe ntárs $on,and the illuminationofGods fpirit,:fiom the eyeofthe qui bibitisde foule,thar it isutterly vnable todifcerne offpirituall things, Jtrit.Ouid.4. or what is fit and requifitein ciuil wifedotne and difcretion, Fafontm. butgiueth it felfe wholly tobe guidedwith voluptuoufnes Pi" its telu? ue and carnaliconcupifcence. Towhich purpofe one faith,that mL5 t Le: afat belly feldome produceth anywittie inuention :andan Bernard. deor- other affirmeth, that thee deceiueth himfelfc who thinketh din.vira. that hemay cramhisbellywith daintiemeatesand drinkes, Heronib.t. andhaue any leaCure to fludiewifedome. Yeacuen thehea- aduerl. ?Quin. thenmancould teach vs,that voluptuous pleafure,asan ene- Cicer.de Se- mie vntoreafon,doth hinder wife counfell,and dazeleth the am, eyesofthe minde, nd that it can hold with vertue no ac- quaintance and corre pondence. And hence it is that the Wife man.calleth mirth madneffe; and the Grecians call EccleCaae ggluttoniethe throte or belly-frenzie ; becaufe they whoare tc.4,tr<& fubieál unto ir,áre moil fottifh and foolifh in all their cour- seg4(014. fes,meafuringall thingsaccording to their fenfuall appetite, and not according to the light ofreafòn. But aboueallplea- fures,lull and vncleannes doth infatuatethe vnderflanding; andquireputting out theeyes ofthefoule,doth leade aman in a headlong.courfeinto hell anddeflruélion : and therfore the lafciuiouswanton, and fiithie fornicatour, by acertaine kindeofproprietic or eminencie iscalled a foole,who is not leadby his owne reafon,but by thediredîion and comman- prou.7.7ss.x; dement ofhis harlot, followingher as anaxe that geethto tbeflavghter,andartfooletethejieelçsforcarreEtiorr,tila dart firikc
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