CHAP.II2 L.4 Comment- a vox the s 56 is worthmarking toobferue howaptly thePoet inyneth [hem together ldknes acid iv- . (which Geldomc arc difioyned) becaufethe one of chefe is the ground tePcrantc f,tn3'Jomt dir an ofthe other.And as it is [rue in all finnes whichwe fay ofcuills , that one ioyned. cornmeal nor alone/or they arc accompanied (lil with their fupporters; fo chefe two finites are offuch fpeciall acquaintance, that as we lay ofa paire of-turtles, Tookewhere one is, theother lightly is within beffe then acoytescaR : fo where the one of chefe is , it will not be hard to defcry the ocher. Ifthere be idlenes, there will be intemperance; and ifintem- perance, there mull needs be idlenes. And therefore ourSaviour hath combined them as ncare as the caufe and effe& which cannot be fun - deed ; Luk. t r. 34. Take heed leaf)your hearts beopprefed with fiafet- sting,drankenneffr,andfo that day come cayou ,nawares: implying that intemperanceopprel eth, andmaketh the heart dull and heauy; and when the heartis foaggraued,the whole man is vnfit either for hcauen- (yor earthlyexercife. In like manner the combinationof Sodoms finnes (hewcth the fame truth, Ezech.16, 49. Pride, fiilnefe of bread, and a- bundance ofidlencffe. And therefore Peeing a man can [euer fufñcient- ly perfwade diligence in the calling,til this intemperance be di(fwwaded: it fhall not be amiffe in few words to fpeake of this lime, and perfwade rntemperantt the contrary vertue, for thepreferuation ofit. And becaufe this kind of what, intemperance is refirained to the bellie, I defcribe it to be an inordinate appetite or immoderate delre , and vfe rf meate and drink! : and this is, when a due meane is exceeded, either in the cooly, andexceusprepara- tion of them for our felues or others ; or in the two liberali , and excef- fae vfeofthew foprepared; a vice which is a fpeciall enemie to all good duties towards God or man; making men unfit to the word of God ci- therto read or heare it,vnfic co pray,to meditate,to remëber the worker ofGod with praife and thankfgiuing: fo as a man given vp to this finne, is funke downe in Atheifine,nay in Idolatry, hauingno other God then hisbellie , a morebale idolatry of many ChriRians , then euer was any of the Heathen, who would worlhipthe funne,moone,(tarres,and gliRering mettait, but tohaue worfhipped the bellieand draught, they wouldhaue abhorred. And for the duties of theparticular calling,they muff lie lea, the bones of fuck full bodies had rather be at ref+ ; or to keepe them from fleep muff rife vp toplay, but altogether vnweldie to any more feriousbufines. And thus by this fin men make themfelues in Read ofGods Temples, Satans kitchins; filling their bodies with noy- fome luRs,and deadly difeafes; their follies with a number of dangerous i.Cor.ó,to. firnes,whichfhut them outofheauen:fratning their hues liker to thebruit betas then realonable men, and in their deaths for moll part no leffe brutifh then in their hues. Now
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