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z 44 That bodily health to net much to be elteemed. Pfal.73.4. ,7 obferue d, The wicked are¡allie andfirong, thep are not in trou- ble as other men, neither are plagued with other men, :heir eyes fland out with faenes, and they haue more then he Ort can milk, Yea it is communicated unto the bruit beafts,many of which enioy it longer, and in a much more perfeét and excellent AuçuR.Serm. manner then man cloth. To which purpofe one faith, why do in feRo pa(chq. ye !bonder becatefe theft men inioy health, *ben as ye heare the de Alleluia. Pfalmifl faying, O Lord thou maktil whole, orconferuell men tom.to,c. 1533 . and betas ? that men might not 'axe proud becaufe they haue Pfalm.36.6. temporallbealih, the heal/sare iaynedwith them: why therefore doeht thou reioyce O man becaufe of health, feeing the benefit it common to thee with thine of fe, &c,and therefore reit not in this, but rather fee kg to obtain theJJeciall benefits which are promi- fed to thefanner ofmen: for towhat purpofe (erne reafon and the excellentwit ofman, if he attains vnto nothing better then that which is common to him with the bears? §.Sea.3 Againe, how worthleffe and void ofexcellencie this bo- Thai boday dily health is, it may appeare, firlt, in that it is momentanie health is no- and vuceraine; for euen when it is at the height, eueryxrifc- mention and ling accidentdoth ouerthrow i ,too much heat,or too much vntcrtato& cold, want ofnourifhmentora littleexceffe, ouermuch la- bour or too much cafe,befides a thouf nd fecret and inward caufes, ouerturne health andmakeway for fickneffe and dif- 6regor.Moral..cafes.In which refpeét one faith, that this which wee vfuatly 1ib.8. cap.so. callhealth of thebodie, is in truth fcl(nefe; feeing eafe pip is fuftcient to bring it onto aconfumption, and labor alfoBath caul it to faile: being fßent with falling, it is refrelhed with meat,that it may continue, and being tiredandwalledwith ouermuch ea- ting, it ú relieuedwith abit ineuce, that it may grow fironger:the bodieis walledwithwater, that it may not be ouer drie,and then wiped with clot hes,t hat it may not be too much moifinedand foft- ned; it is refrefhedwith labour,that it may not grow f luggilh with safe; and cherifhedwith retl,that it may not links voider the bur - then oflabaur; it is *carted with watching, and repaired with fleepe, and being opprefed with too much fleepe, this finggilhnef is fhalZen ofweeh watchfulne ffe, left itAmid be litent and wearied more with rest then with it labour.lt iscoeeered with clothes,thai it may not feels the inissries of the weather, and fainting with otter-