Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

That worldly things are vnprofiradle. 479 rich, becaufe their labour prouoketh their appetite, which is fatisfied at their meales without lùrfetting, either becaufe by reafon oithe fcantneffe of their prouifion they cannot,or in refpeCi of the courfeneffe of their fare they will not exceed due meafure : whereas the rich hauing their flomackes cloy: ed with infobriety and intemperance, into which they haue fallen,whilef their bewitching dainties, and variety of di- fheshaue alluredthem, by pleating their pallet to oppreffe their flomackes, and wanting the meanes of labour and ex- ercife to recouer them ; they haue fill their hunger preuen- ted with their prouifion, and fo cotnmingto their meales with cloied appetites, they rather loath then delight in their daintief fare, and not knowing whether it were bell toeateany thing or nothing of all their delicates,theyin- wardly fret that hauing fo good meate, they haue no better flomackes; and repent oftheir laf meales gluttonie, not be- caufe they hate their finne,but becaufe they haue loft their appetite,and nowarc depriued of all their pleafure, becaufe they had then too much. Neither haue they any greatbene- fitby theit brauery abone chofe thatgoe in plaine habits,fee- ingthefe noleffe then they attaine vnto the maine ends of appareil, which are to keep vs warme and to hide our fhame; whereas they by their fuperfluity gaine but more care and trouble, and by difplaying thefe enfignes of pride, expofe themfelues to the skornc oftheir fuperiours,and to the enuie ofthofe who are of meaner condition and ellate. Finally, theyhauenogreatpriuiledge abone the poore inrefpe &of their foft beds,rich couerings,and cofily canopies : for whet- as the chiefevfeofa bed is to fleepe in it, and take our ref+; the rich doe leafl of all attain veto it, though their lodging be neuer fo cafe and gorgeous, partly becaufe their fitlneffe and exceffe are as great hinderances to ref}, as hunger and want,and partly becaufe their headsare troubledabout their riches, whilefl they are thinking either of getting more, or of keeping and difpofing that they haue; whereas poore men which lie harder, doe fleepe much more roundly, after their fober meales,and their dales labour. And this the wife Salomon obferued : Theßeepe(faith he) of ham that trauelleth Ecclef . fr