Gluttonie a vice ill befeeming a Ruler. the third Sondayin Lent. Ser. 23. or coucr ofthisWell. His Difciplerwerezone intotheCitie isbuymeat . Saint Chryfoflome harh obfer- ued, Thatour Sauior Chrift and his Difciples had butlittle careoftheir bellie yet itbeing nowhigh noone,andhauing hadfo long and painfulla journey,they wereinforced togoe buy themfome viétuals. Woe veto that land wbsf Princes eatbetimes in themorning, andWoeveto them that rifevp early to !Wowdrunkennefe . lie thathath not broke fàft at one of the Clocke in the afternoone,what will he fayorthinkofhim that rifes vp to eat by day-breake Seneca faith, That Glut- toniebath reached farther than poffiblythe wit ofman could reach. Nature makes gold and pearles ; Art, money and jewels ; &ofall this, Gluttonymakes a daintie di(htopleafe thepalate. And inanother Epiftlehefaith,That we need not fo much wonder at our many fickeneffes and infirmities , hauing fo many Cuokesand KitchenBookes, fo manyinuentions of fundrie fortsofdifhes and feurrall kindsof feruices, euerie one ofthem beeing it felfea fickneffe. Philon paintsforth a Glutton,inthe Serpent,towhom Godfaid,Terram comeder. Firft, Becaufehe trailes his breft vponthe earth,whichis his food. Secondly, Inregardofthepoyfon which he alwaies beares inhis mouth ; fo the Glutton hark alwaies his mind on that which heis to eat;andpoyfon inhis mouth,becaufe he goeseatingofthat which (hortens his life. Thirdly,For that God admitting theexcufe of .Adam and Eue, didnot allow of the Serpentsexcufe : c.Maledi 7uafuper omniaanimantia, Curledart thou atone allthe Creatures, &c. Whichwasall one as if heIhould haue faid , That others finnes might receive, excufe, but to forhke God for to fill the bellie , is inexcufable. Tbeywent into the Citic to beymeat . Saint Chryfoflame faith, That it is fuper- fluous prouidence in aTraueller,tocarrie withhim an Alforiaa,or a Wallet,be- caufehe (hall neuer want vpon the way,that which (hall be fufficient to fatisfie hishunger ; and he farther addeth, That it is a needleffe care in the Souldiers ofkfus Chrift. The fierccftbeaft dies notof hunger, nor the Corke tree inthe Defer, though neuerfo much pilled, at any time ftarueth. All the trees of the fieldfhandefilled, be. And canthe Seruant of God then want When 1font yet forthwithout afiri ,roan thereany thingwantingvetoyou l If there be anyneed at all ofprouifion(faith the faidChryfoffome) it is for our journy for that other life for,befides that it is a long one andanarrow one, there is nobaiting placebythe way, no Inne, noViEtuallinghoule, no Fountaine, noWell, no Brooke, nor Sheepheards : It is a Sea voyage wherein youmuff carrie all yourMa- talotdgeandprouifion with you readiekilled,&powdred vp. Therich Glutton, when hewas gonehence, becaufe he madenothis prouifion before hand,could not meet with fomuch as onedrop ofwater. . It was about thefixt hours . Saint Cyrilfaith, That the Euangelift Pets down this word L/1bout, in token that cuen inthe leaftthings we (hould haue a great care of thetruth,confidering howhatefulla thing a lie is. And here heegiucs a reafonofhisSedebat,whyhe fate there. The one was,His extreamc heat and wearineffe. Theother, (whichwas themaine caufe)His cxpe Pingofthewomanof Sa- marias commingto theWell ; waiting there forher, as an Huntfman for his Game ;andhet want of water makes theway for her to come thither, Terns fit- ting there all thewhile. Saint Augufine faith, Sedebat iuxtapeteum,fed non qui- efcebat, Hefateby the Wel,bat Cookenogreat cafe; hisbodierefted it felfe, but not I his foule. ['kilosfaith, That amans fittingdothnotargue cafe, but to fit,and to lean 395 Ginty&eam. pared to Ser- pent) fordi. va s =tons. No Trauellers in this life can want that which isfuf8- tient.
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