Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

That theft earthly things abuftd become fnares veto vs. 151 feene women dancers fhorne and polled,yonthes with their long locks ceerioufly curled ; cruditie of feaffers, vnfaeoourie belching ofgluttons,infetiablethtrfl ofdrunkards,yefterdaies ferfer, to daies drunkenne.r,the pots emptied of their drinke,ard aQatne fil- led with theftithie vomiting of the drinkers, their drunkennef calling forth a greater fent,then didtheir Wines, when they *ere newlypreffed. Pleafure her felf fiandmgin the middle oftbe rout, cried out,Paying;Drink;yeyour fill,enentellyesbe drunke; and let emery one o f you fall doune,and neuer aril. He is chief with 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 and pernicious to him le lfe.The golden cup of the whore of Babylon is in mine hand, Ierem. Si . which maketh drunke the whole carth,with my wine haue all the nations furfetted. He that is vnwif , let him turne vnto me, and him that lacketh wifedome doe I command,Paying; Eatefauour- 1y your hidden bread, and drinke your waters,Which arefweeter becaufe they areflatten ; let vs ease and drink ,for to morrow wee Efa.ix, fhall die. Our life pafetband vantfhethlike a chorde. Come let vs enioy ourknownegood,and vfe thecreatures quickly as in the Wifd.zo time of youth. Let vs glut our feint's with precious wines and oyntment,andlet not the flower of our dates vnpleafantly paffe a.. way. Let vs eremite ourfelues with rotes before they wither; let there bee no pleafant medo' which our luxurioufnes Both not pate otter, and let vslease emery where fignes of ioy andmirth. For all thefe are left behind vs, and no man(hall carrie any thing with him,but that which he bath imparted veto himfelf,in thefe plea [ares of thefief h.Finally,lam the.1ftflreffe of true Philo.. fophie,neit her is there any to this,which teacheth that to be good, which is fwetteandplealaut. And thus haue I briefly (hewed how dangerous thefe 4,Seöl.7, earthly things are vnto vs ,teeing they are the grounds and In what refßetts occafions ofSatans tentations whereby he allureth and per- thrfcearthly fwadethvsvetofinne :not (as Ihaue proued)in their owneehi:ftsare oobe nature,but as they are abufed through the diuels malice and rohate fieti, to our corruption, whereby it commeth to paffe that wee neg becontemoede 1eóì thofe cautions required to their lawfull vfe, of which I haue before fpoken. So that in a word, if wee would knew how thefe things are to be defired,and in whatrefpeóìs they are