Epif1l ofS. Pap'roTina. CHAP. I.12. Now for thebetter auoidingof this ónne ,I will propound fomerea- 257 fous, and after them fome rules of direaion. The reaftns are three : r. !tarot, apiofl The Lord is liberal', but not prodigal! of his creatures:and theyarehis, 'ntcmp s. and not ours, but by his leauc:neither dochhe euer giue kaue tovfe the' toour owne hurt : as manyriotous perlonsdoe, who (with the glutton faring delicioufly cueryday) in their feaRing and banquetting, betides the waft of many excellent creatures of God , t. look their time. s. fpend their goods , whichought to haue been orherwife employed. 3. neglect the duties of their generali calling of Chriflianitie, and omit the neceffarie affaires of their particularcourfe ()fife. a. This is one 2 of the practifesof thofe that are in thenight , whereas we profeffe our Roa.t;013, felnes tobeof the day,and is a weed or rather an olde ragge which mull be put off ,before Chritl can be put on. ;.The time called) vs rather; 3 to fafling weeping, and curry worke of repentance, then to eating, drinking,chambring, &c. For ifwe confider the workesofthe Lord,we (hall fee bis arme firetched out , andhis hand reuenging among many other Clones, cum thisof the abufeof his creatures : and this with luch lingring,lalling,aud ( harpe judgements, fo variable, and fo generail,as hath not beeneheard of in the dayes of our fathers :read Ifai. 5.11. Be- fides,we fee the afflirìionsof Iofeph, Amos. 6.6. the neceflities of many ofGods Beare leruants: the abundanceofpoore,their great want of re- leefe, their milerable complaints, &c. that woe (hall befall him that li- ueth to cate, when fomany of Godschildren cannot get that they may cate to liue. Now the rules ofdireEtion, are I.to moderate excelle in preparation a41isardr,c. for our (clues and others to know , that not abundance but fobrie- Q on ag;(t tie is the ornament of a table: a rule which feemeth to be dead with our 1nrcnpCt tó forefathers, who di(hes for fort, number, price , and feruing our were infcriour to our faucc ;and yet to ¡hew vs that man liueth not bybread, they were lironger, o(moreconflant health, and of longer life, then we are. 2. To moderare excelle in the vfe of meates and drinks prepared, vve mull take out the Apoflles leffon, s. Cor. I o. 3 t. whether yeeeate at. drinks, orwhatfoemerye doe ,doeall totheglorie of God: the glory ofGod mull be our white to aime at in all theaaions ot our life: of which none is fo ftnall,out ofwhich the Lord challengeth not hisowne glory : and thereforeas we flue not to our (clues but vnto.him,, fo we muff not Bate to our (clues but vntohim; and this we doe, when byour eating and drinking, we fit our feluesfor his (cruice and our own dutics,namelyby keeping the body vnder, anddaily fubduing it , rather then by pampe- ring and feeding is vp.3.To containe thy (elfe in compa(le in both , la- bour Rill toh^mger,and thirft after righteou(ues,rhat is ,after that meat which
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