Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

°4 That worldly things are rotprofitable. in abundant and daintie fare, they impaire their heal th,änd bring vp on themfèlues innumerable dangerous and defpe. rate difeafes; for filling their flomaekes with crude and in- digefled humours, and their heads with fumes: they within a while are vexed withmegrims, palfes,confumptiotrs;aoues, gouts,and what not? fo that dearely doe they buy that fhort pleafure which they take in eating and. drinking, which at the fiirthefl extendeth but to the throace,whilefl their diuers kindwfdifagreeing meates being put into the fame bellies doe confli6 one with another, and fo ouerburthen and vexe the diflended flomacke with their ititefline diffcnfron,that they occafion thefe voluptuous epicures to complainof the E.,(0.31.19.=o. lafl weales plentie, or of the vnwholefo:nneffe or ill cooking offome difh the next day; whereas they might more iuf}ly eomplaine of theirowne gluttony and intemperance ,which prefent difconunoditie is commonly attended upon with grieuous and tedious difeafes,asI haue (hewed. Inregard asp ,;ae*r whereof the Grecians fitly call g'uttony the throat,or belly - y"spy<apx. frentie ; for what greater madneffe can bee imagined, then Sic C ex andnd.px l. fora fhort and brutifh pleafure to lofe the comfort of conti- dag.lib.z.éap.t nuall health., and to fuflaine the torments of tedious ficknef- fes? Yea in truth thek gluttonous epicures vnwittingly de- prive tkemfelues ofthcir main end,which is their pleafure: for as temperate diet and tneane fare is the mother, not on- 1 ofhealth, but allo ofdelight; fo contrariwife exceffe and fatiety, as it is the caufe ofmanydifeafes,fo altoofloachfome diflike; for where there is fulntffc there is no appetite; and where appetite wanteth, there can bee no pleafure in eating and drinking. But thefe voluptuous pleafitres which'confiff in meats& drinks, as they commonly depriue men of health and delight; fo alfo of life it felfe, whilefl their epicurifine and gluttony make th way for difeafes,and difeafes for death. The which doth not alone feldome fall out by fome rare - happening accident, but fo frequently and daily, that wife ©bferuers haue not doubted to affit me,tbat many more haue died through gluttonie, then by the fword.So the fonne of Syrach faith, that by fur fet many haue perijhed, hat hee that di- !acid 0.3e. raeth;hi,:rrfelfeprolaagerhhiilife.With vhom another agree- ing