s. Seft.s. 4. Luxurious ?ieenefe. g,.Sei.tS. F,Guriopy. Gz Ofthe means topreuent vniutanger. banifh out ofour hearts, if we wouldnot be ouercomewith vniuff anger ,fo (hall weenot gape after great preferments, nor expert much; and confequently , wr thall not be di(}ur_ bed with vngp.ietnetfe, nor incenfed with anger , when wee conic (port of our hopes . So (hall we not intermeddlewith euciy domef}icall trifle , but commit fome thing to thecare ofSeruants , forne thing to Children , and moll ofall to the Wife,who is a ioynt goucrnourin this little commonwealth,. And ifany thingmifcarry underany of their hands, we will not fo much looks to the meanes , as to thefupreame caufe, theprouidence ofGod, con(idering that if hebuild not the houfe,thcy labour in vaine that build it,ifhe Welknot their labours,they cannot profper. The fourth caufe is luxurioufneffe and curious niceneffe. iftherefore we would fubdue anger, we muff fubdue this vice alfo, and labour toattaine vntodecent hornclincffe,the Nurfe ofgood hofpitality, and the preferuerofpeaccand quictncffc;for if with our fir(i parents eArdam and Eue,we were clothedwith skinnes, that is, with meane attyre , we wouldnot be fo eafily prouckcdtoanger ifa (pot or wrinc® kle bee foundvpon our garment ; ifwith them wedid Iced vpon roots andhearbs,we wouldnot Bate with furfettedand cloyed appctites,and confequently(our meares being faufed with hunger ) our tafleswould not be fo wantonly curious, that noordinary cookerycan plcafe rhemifwithAbraham wedwelled in tents like Pilgrirnes, we wouldnot be fo nice in decking our houles, nor foangry for a copweb : Ifwith Jacobwe had the earth for our bed , a f}one forour pillow, andthe sky for our Canopy, we would not be fo rr:uch dif- plcafcd for thehardneffeof a fetherbed , or vneafinelTeola doune lodging take away therefore luxurious nicenefle, and youThal! rake awayalto the mofi common caufeofvn- luflanger. The fifth caufeof vniufl anger,is vaine curiofity indel- ring ro hears and fec all things . Iftherefore we would a- uoid anger, we are toabandon this troublefon acompanions ncedlde
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