Ep:JleofS. Paul do Titus'. CHAP.2I 2. oflowdegree, in that he is exalted ; he is taught to be emptic as well as 16, full, and that fickneffe, loffes, croffes, (ifprefent) are the bell efface for Againe, ifprofperous eflate befall him, and the worldcome non him, this profperitie puffethnot him vp, but he canvie the world as tic t vfing it: this excellent grace hedgethhis hetrc, and fufferethit not tobe vnlimited in the greedie decires of thefe things , nor to feeke baffle ri- ches, nor to be coo fall in holding themwhen he hath them;it confineth his cares within the day ; and if the Lord keepe Mannah fweete but for the day,he is well contented,yea heartily thankful!. Thirdly, in the pleafures and delights ofthis life , wherein a number III are become as filthily drunke as others in beafily quaffing; this;race fill leadech the heart in wifedome , that proeue it with ioy and bid it take plcafure in pleating things, it can fay of laughter them art madne(/e, and to Ecctes.s.t. icy, what doff' shoo, ? If upon occafion a man glue his flefh towine , it preuentethleafi the plcafure of it, make him fenfuall and bruitifla, and drawe the heart from heauenly delires and heats: it fuffereth not a man to powre out his heart to pleafttre, nor to become a louer of plea- foremore then of God;but to reioyce as not reioycing , yea with tremb- r6,.2.er. bring. Fenrtbly,10thingtindiferent,asmeare, drinke, appareil, fleepe, buil- IV dings , marriage, &c. it keepeth withincompaffe , is putteth the knife to Ern v " ;r, the throate, looketh not at wine in she coop; eateth anddrinketh for flrengt h, and not for furfetting and drunkennef3e ; to fit a man vnto his calling, and not to make him more dull or beanie, and that in feafon : with watchfulneffe, andwith care of lofephs a/The/ions. In apparel! it fhun- neth pride, lightnes,confufion of fexes anddegrees,and idlenes,and re- duceth to comelines,decencie,inward decking rather then outward:yea to fuch attire as not onclybecemmeth bolines, but alto agreethwith the calling, cullomeofthe countrie, example ofthe grauer fort ofour rank, and the right ends of apparel!. Inbuildings it fuffereth not to wall the fubflance in building Babels , fo as a man is vntitted to helpe forward the building ofSion. It caufeth the fleepe to be feafonable and mode, rate, and fufferethnot to fleep till he be clnathed in rag ges. In mariage it holdeth from being drowned in carnal! delight, fo as a man cannot come to the Kings fupper, but fo moderateth the affeé}:on, as though he were freefrownwife: and fo in other things:all which fltewe the admits- ore eiceliencieofthis grace. Now thereforewe will come to the fccondpoint,narnely,the rules of ¢r r rtulcsof the pra&ife ofir, and they be three. F:rfi, dcisietbyldfe and thine one i'rat2.t_. wifèdome, and glue vp thy felfe toGods teaching and ordering,fubleri- s Bing tohis wifedome in euery thing:for fo fhalt thoudelire nothi:ig,and Gg a tcfk
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