I. 286 tnt`EptlbtUt ed, on the Alcar;rhough yet the Scripture faith nor,r atru,i v'vis, Mtnit }ermay luxurioufly lavifh ir, but only live o ¿st de altar the Altar. The Scripture alfo permits feafting ant trcxurie,rs' merry making : But how eatly here doe we over (hoot our (elves ? not only the common fort in their guaffings, caroufrng healths,. and 'fcurrilous' mirth, but even the better fort alto, exceeding the ronfef7:1o.3r. bounds of moderation.Anil ine confeffeth his error crapula here. Lord faith he, drun tine le is arre from nie nunquarn jab- > > - , f f , rep. tlervo tuo. ht it not once come neere the : As for gluttony it 1eales foanetirnes upon thy fervant: I pray thee rerove it farrota tae. But who is there that fnrhetimesit not carried arra; beyond the meafure ofternperance ?Thus pare nts,becaufe of the lawfulnes ofnaturall affeeti- on, fill to cockering of their children : In all thefe and f :ich like cafes, we mutt be as jealous of our relves,as lob was of his children in feafting;For here the deceit is fo much the more eafre, by how much our f ufpition of it is the leffe, prefuming upon the lawfulnéffe. But we muft oppofe to this deceit that of the Apoftle, 4i /things are. latnfitll, but all things are not expedient.Circutnftances of time,place;per- Clem. Ions muft be codfidered : Ocherwife that laying is true : Ile that will doe all lawful' things, ail that he roay,cillgseiclfly come to doe unlawful' things, force- . thing that he may nor. VII. Deceit, The f 2;ertth deceitis,when upon force care ado: jutlling cat a ing a lefle good we juffle out the greater, and that greater good by :ilea. when it is moll feafonable. Martha was The deceitfuleelle of mans heart. He that attends upon thealtar,mav live ofthe altar°. But Bernard obferved it in fame of his time, that thence rook occafion to riot and ruffle it out up
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