.·., Of the Relig·i!Jus. I 25 dragged away to the tavern by thoft; whon1 he l.nufl call his friends; and thank then1 · who put that abufe upon him, '"";hich awi~e · and fober perfon will rather die than fuffer~ . . Further, the luxurious.would fain pr.eferv<? or recover his health; and to this end finds it requifite to keep a ten1perate and fober diet. No; but he 1nuft not. He is pre- ' fent at a feafi, and his fuperior appetite . calls for a large meafure of delicious fare; and his palate n1ufi be pleafed, though the whole body !hould fuffer for it: or he hath 1net with a lewd woman; and thoug1.1 his whole bones fuould rot, and a dart firike through his lh;er, yet mufi he obey the co1nn1~nds of his lufis: I-le goeth after her jlraightwqy, as the ox to the ./laughter, or as tt fool to the corre8io1z of the flocks. Now, there can be no greater evidence offlav.ery and bondage, than thus to do what thcrn– felves know to be prejudicial. It were cafy to illufirate this bondage and thraldom of the foul in all the other infiances of vice and impiety. And certainly what St. Pe– ter faith of fon1c falfe teachers, n1ay be w~ll applied to a1l wicked perfons, TFhile they promije freedom, they thenifelves are the Jervants ofcurruptio;-z: for of wbom a · · L 3 man
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