Gluttonieofall vices the fécondSunday inLent. the muffdangerous Seral. . . but thefe their Feafts were modeftandmoderate,theywere grear,but not often. And neithercanor willany man makedayly Feafts,vnleffe it bee fuch a one as makes his belliehis God, and thinkes thathewas borne for noother end, but to pamper vp the flefh, andtomakemuchofhimfelfe. Euerie vicewhatfoeuer, is as a linke toachain, which drawes manyother after it : but that ofGluttony, ofall other isthe mofttyrannous andthemoft violent. Firft ofall, It drawes difhoneftie after it, as heretofore hath beeneprooued. Saint PaulBoth fo wedgeandglew thefetwovicestogether, as if theywere but one and the felfe fame thing; No in conuiugs 61 impudicitÿs. And in another placehefaith, That eatingprouoketh the bodie, and that the bodiedefireth and lufteth after eating. Secondly, Itfpoyles and marres the tongue , as Saint Gregorie prooueth it. There aretwo things ( faithSalomon) that are able to, nay, doeouerthrow the World ; a Slaue Iitingin the KingsThrone, thatis one of them ;the other a Foole, whole bellie isglutted withmeat, and whofehead is full ofwine. And if toomuch eatinganddrinkingmake themolt difcreet andbelt aduifedman to lofethe reyns ofreafon; what will it workevpona foole ' Thirdly, It dothdarken theVnderftanding, as Saint Chryfofiemehath noted it, 1 alledging the exampleofEfine, whoafter hehad eatenand drunken his fil,made light reckoningof the fellingofhisbirthrigh. The fogges and vapours ofthe earth,cloudHeauen ; thofeofthe ftomacke, Reafon. Whatgreater blindneffe (faithLucian) thanthat of theTaft, extending it felfeno further than foule fin- gersbredth inthepalate;,Earth, Sea, andAyre,are not fufficient tofarisfie the fame ' Arßotle reportsof Philogonau, That hee defired of the gods, That they wouldgiue him filchanecke as theCram eshaue, that the tafteand relifhof his meatmight continuethe longer init's going downe. Fourthly, It shortensmans life ; Propter craptelam,multiabierunt, Byfurfetbaue many perifhed. Et plures gala, quam gladiopertere , Andmore by rawer liaisedyed than by the fword. This is themaine caufeofyour Apoplexies,and ofyour fpee- die and fùddenDeaths. Clemens t_4lexandrinerarelateth,Tbat,Purpureamors,was aProaer'beof fudden death , becaufethofe that were cloathed in Purple, were commonly.Gluttons. Butfor violent deaths,whatexperience more notorious e ecctel:371b. Let Ammon, Daaids eldeft fonne fpeake this ; and Elah Kingof Ifraell,flaine by the hands ofZanbri ; Clytsu, Alexanderschiefeft fauourite; Menadab , King of Syria; Affuerua ; Haman,his Minion ; and oneof the Herods. Saint Baf llfayth, That theviceof eatingwell , is moredefperate, than that of liuing ill. Many bofeWantons come tobe reformed, but Gluttons neuer. OnelyDeath (fayes hee) ends thatdifeafe. This richman, Saint Luke fayth, That bee dyed a- midffhis continuall banquettings; hauing no Medium betweene his eating, and his dying. Saint Cbryfofiome,layes thisto this richmans charge, Thathe didnot beleeue the immortalitieof theSoule; nor theeternal'happineffes,and miferies ofthat other life. Md a great argument for the proofethereof, is,That heewas fo ha- ilkwith Abraham, That hewouldfend onefrom the dead, topreach this Do-- 6-trine to his Kinsfolke,and friends. And Abraham anfivering,. Thar they had Mofes,and theProphets; He replyed,Nenpater Abraham,Notfofather Abraham; I my felfe heardtheteftimonieof Moles, and theSermons of thofe other Pro- phets, but forall this I could neuer bee perfuaded, that Hellwasprouided for mee, andHeaven prepared for Lazarus. My Kinfmen,are liketobeofthe fame mind,as Iwas ; and the likewill fucceedvisto them, ashashbefalne mee , and there-
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