The Doirine ofMortijfcdtion, 29 1 rveforthegood of his body ; but if hee ufe thefe. inordinately,- that is, ifhee Bate to furfet, anddrinke to bee drunken, and ufe his pleafure to fatisfie . his laits by negleéling his place and calling, they are fo farre from being meanes of Mortification, that they become utter enemies unto the, worke thereforeif you wouldhave this outward meanes an helpeto Mortification,that is,ifyou would have them tobridle nature,thenlook that youufelawfull things moderately. Thefecond outwardmeanes are Vowesai2dPromsfes, The fecond and thefe in themfelves limply are good, and maymot nerdawes be a good meanes to Mortification , for they are and prornifes. as an Obligation to binde a man from the doing of fuch or fuch a thing ; for fo theproper fignifica- tionof a Vow is, to bindea man, as it were, to his goodbehaviour, alwayes provided, that it be ofindifr v"" lwhea ferent things ; that is, ofthings that bee lawfull, elfe Vowes bindenot amanto thedoing of that which is evill: now ifit be made in things lawfull, and to this end, forthe bridelingofour evill difpofitionof na- ture, that wee will not doe this or that thing, or if wee finde ournature morefubjed to fall, andmore inclined unto one fine than another, or more ad- dieted unto force pleafure than another, to makea Vow in this cafe, it maybee a meanes to bridleour aTeetion in this thing.But herewemufftakeheed,that,now cobi s weemake themnotof abfoluteneceflity, byafcribing íteemed of any divine power to them whereby they areable to and made. effea it,but to of eeme them thingsof ìndifferency, . I whichmayeither be madeórnot made,or elfe they be- come afnareuntous : Againe,ifthou ma eft avow in E 3 this
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