A commentary or, exposition upon the divine second epistle general, writtenA commentary or, exposition vpon the diuine second epistle generall, written

The third kind of Intemperance is in meats; in making those things Detrimenta corporis, injuries to the body; which God ordained to be Nutrimenta corporis, conservatives of the body. Good meat which is the creature of God, is offered to the art of the Cooke, who makes work for the mouth, which makes work for the stomach, which makes work for surfeit, which makes work for death, which makes work for the devil. A sin so genuine and natural to this nation; that pride is not more proper to Spain, nor lust to France, nor drunkenness to Germany, than gluttony is to England. For methods sake, let me dissuade you from it, by considering the manner, the measure, the matter, the Effects, the End of it.

The third kind of Intemperance is in meates; in making those things Detrimenta corporis, injuries to the body; which God ordained to be Nutrimenta corporis, conservatives of the body. Good meate which is the creature of God, is offered to the art of the Cooke, who makes worke for the mouth, which makes worke for the stomacke, which makes worke for surfet, which makes worke for death, which makes worke for the devill. A sinne so genuine and naturall to this nation; that pride is not more proper to Spaine, nor lust to France, nor drunkennesse to Germanie, than gluttonie is to England. For methods sake, let me deswade you from it, by considering the manner, the measure, the matter, the Effects, the End of it.

1 For the manner, this is merely circumstantial, and may thus be expressed. Too soon: too late, too daintily: too fast, too much, Is gluttony Too soon^y Woe unto thee Oh Land, When thy Princes eat in the morning: but blessed art thou Oh Land, When thy Princes eat in due season, for strength and not for drunkenness. ^zWoe unto them that rise up early in the morning to follow riot. Their matins ⟨p. 128⟩is their Junkets, and their morning sacrifice is offered to their belly. Too late, such are midnight revels: Nullum tempus occurrit ventri: Intemperance makes no difference of times. Too daintily; above the estate: and herein the poor may fault as soon as the rich; Tam latè, if not Tam lautè. Indeed men have Talem dentem, Qualem mentem. Every one hath an Eves sweet-tooth in his head, that longs for forbidden things. Too fast, that is with voracity; we call it Caninum appetitum.