Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

Thar worldly rbiog$ are vaproJiiradle. 50; reth that riches doe neither preferue health, nor cure difea- fes; yea rather it may bee truely Paid, that the halles ofthe ma'boratr de.. rich are the chiefe harborrowcs where difeafes inhabit. For rxìcìriame3ldi- aswormes foonef} breed in foftrft woods, and cankers mot} attuas aula. commonly gall and Fret the goalefl trees, which are fullefl of Cap : fo fickneffes moll eallie feafe vpon filch bodicsasare made moli loft and effeminate with cafe, wantonneffe, and luxurious abundance; they hauing all difeafes incident to others,common vnto them, and certaine kinds offickncffes proper and peculiar to theinfelues, with which a man fhall feldome heare that any Poore man is troubled, as gouts, pal - lies, apoplexies and fuck like,which are commonly the fruits oftoo great cafe and plenty. The like all() may be faid of worldly pleafures, which be- 4.Sec`f.$. fng immoderately loued, acid exceffïuely vied, may well for Pleafuref due the time delight the (cke, but can neuer cure the fickneffe. ",'""4" Yea rather ifweaskcthe phyltians they will tell vs, that as caes. temperance and abflinence from thefe voluptuous pleafures isa fpeciall meanes both to preferue and recouer health ; fo the ouermuch vfe of them is the chic fe caufe of all ficknefles and difeafes, and a notable hinderance vnto the recouerie of ourhealch,when by any other accident it is impaired. For as one faith,he that inureth a weake and fckly body to ex- ád Plc ar- ceffeofvoluptuouspleafures; is like vn to him who launceth chum. a leaking and rotten fhip into the maine,for they doe not cure hi's maledies, but making open paffages to let in a whole flood ofmore defperate difeafes, they doe in the end wracke andlncke him. Hence it is thatthe Grecians (as one well Intern peran- obferued) called the intemperate, and they who wanted tesr1omnc,va health by the fame name, onely with the difference of one terudmarsos letter, to note the great affinity that is between fickneffe do'r "oappel. and intemperance.The which as it is true of the immoderate llarurn Alax- vfe of all kinds ofpleafures, fo efpecially ofchofe whichcon - awn d.pædag. Cif} in eating and drinking: for howfoeuer the lober and lib.s.cap.t. moderate vfe of meats and drinks is a meanes ordained of God toprefertte and recouer health and flrength, and to e- re& vs allo with honeft delights; yet when men fer their heartsvpon there pleafures, and place a kind ofhappineffe K k 4 in