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

4 The effects; which are manifold and manifest. The throats pleasure did shut up Paradise, sold the Birthright, beheaded the Baptists; and it was the chief of the Cooks; Nehuzaradan that first set fire to the Temple, and razed the City. These effects are, 1. Crassitudo, grossness; which takes away agility to any good work: which makes a man move like a Tun upon two pottle pots. Caesar said he mistrusted not Anthony and Dolabella for any practises, because they were fat: but Casca and Cassius, lean hollow fellows; who did think too much. The other are the devils crammed fowls; like Aesop's hen, too fat to lay. Indeed what need they travel far, whose felicity is at home? placing Paradise in their throats, and heaven in their guts. 2. Macilencie of grace: for as it puts fatness into their bodies, so leanness into their souls. God fatted the Israelites with quails, but withal^g sent leanness into their souls. The flesh is blown up, the spirit doth languish. They are worse than [Greek or Hebrew], for [Greek or Hebrew]: they put a pleurisy into their bloods, and an apoplexy into their souls. 3. Consumption of their estates: for it is regius morbus, a costly disease: it makes way for either a writ or a mittimus. Gula gurges, their patrimony runs through their throat. Man that is the Lord of all creatures, hath the least mouth of all creatures: malum non imitari quod sumus. When Temperance that just steward is put out of his office, all runs to decay and ruin: if satiety go before, beggary will follow after. 4. Sickness to their bodies: they wrap up diseases in their full morsels, as pills in pap. Men desire strength of body, and length of daies: sed prohibent grandes patinae. Gluttony was always a friend to Aesculapius. But for the throats indulgence, Paracelsus for all his Mercury had died a beggar. Aches and ay-me's are incident to intemperate houses: Gouts, pleurisies, dropsies, &c. Quae nisi divitibus nequeunt contingere mensis, Horat. We complain the shortness of our lives, yet take the only course to make them shorter.

4 The effects; which are manifold and manifest. The throates pleasure did shut up Paradise, sold the Birthright, beheaded the Baptists; and it was the chiefe of the Cookes; Nehuzaradan that first set fire to the Temple, and rased the Citie. These effects are, 1. Crassitudo, grossenesse; which takes away agititie to any good worke: which makes a man move like a Tunne upon two pottle pots. Caesar said he mistrusted not Anthony and Dolabella for any practises, because they were fat: but Casca and Cassius, leane hollow fellowes; who did thinke too much. The other are the devills cramm'd fowles; like Esops hen, too fat to lay. Indeed what need they travell farre, whose felicitie is at home? placing Paradise in their throats, and heaven in their guts. 2. Macilencie of grace: for as it puts fatnesse into their bodies, so leanenesse into their soules. God fatted the Israelites with quailes, but withall