CHnP. a.r5. vlCommesstarie. vpon the 306 lawful! calling; as all gamefferr feeding themfelues by other mens kites: all afurers , who Bare vpother mens ffrenbch and fweate : all vniuftper_ t font, who gate the bread ofdeceit : allidle, lrtffic,androandring beggars, who ought not to cate ; noneofthefe haue right to a morfeli of bread gottenby fuchmeanes; and yet it is tobe feared that many among vs would looke but with !cane faces, ifthey fhouldcaceno more then they well came by :many a ffaruen facewould conuince many a oneof much (follen bread. a, Lone. Secondly, rhofe Bate not in (Dolt, whoBate anddrinke without regard ofthe godly poore,efpecially neere them:fuch.theProphet fpeakerh of, who drunke their wine in bowles, andannointed themfelues ;but cared AmoLI.ó. notfor theafJhltionroflofeph.Thus many a Diuesfarerh delicioufly cuery day,but poore Lazarus .cannot be befreinded with the crummes, We have an other rule,Nebem.8.ro.ggoe Bate thefatte , amddrinke, thefiweete, and fendpart tothem,for whome none is prepared. ;. Sobrietie. Thirdly They faile againft the rule of fobrietie. r. Whowatch not a ouer their hearts , but in eating anddrinking make themfelues heauy, andunfit to all good duties both fpirituall,& theoutwardduties of their z callings. z. That watch not ouer their affetlianr, but let them onmeat anddrinke, putting themfelues vnder the power ofthefe , but keep not theirowne power ouer them. As many cannot be without the pot at theelbow,and drinke for drinkes fake, and Batenot for Arength but for appetite. And hence men and women deuife new waies of flirting vp their appetiteboth to cace and drinke;a greiuousfinne,which aimeth at 3 nothing mote then at thedeffrué}ion of thecreature. ;. Thofe who watch not their abilitie,but breake out into fuperfluitie and exceffe,not onlybeyond the call ofnature,but their owne calling, abiliiie,and con. dition of life ; difabling themfelues not only from the duties of loue, and merde; but allo of equine and iufice that men with whom they deale cannot get their owne in any good fort out of their hands. The Romans had a law that eueryman fhould luppe openly; the intention of which was, partly to teffifie their fobriecte, andpartly to reffraine casette: were fuch alaw in force among(( vs, we should fee many poore men, whole perlons and effate, (paring would well befeeme, prodigally cenfuming that which ought to be referued , either for the dilcharge of debts, or the comfort of wife and children in time to come. q. Thofe who watch-not ouer their pra6life, but corrupt themfelues in thevie ofthe creatures : as drunken perlons; and rhofe who goebeyond thefe , namely fuch aswatch and delight tomake o- chers drunke; a fearefull finne, fo frequent as the moff thinke they can 11 fcarce teAifie their affe&ion; or are fhort in their entertainment,vnleffe they
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