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

Man hath a threefold appetite: Natural, which is common with plants: this insensibly covets nourishment. Animal, common with beasts: this sensibly desires needful nourishment. Rational, proper to man: this reasonably desires fit and proper nourishment. All these appetites desire drink: without which the spirits natural, vital, animal, would consume the firmamental heat; that would wast up the primogenial humidity; and so the spark of life would burn out; as the Lamp is extinct without supply of oil. The veins suck the stomach dry of moisture; hence comes emptiness; upon that sense of that defect; upon that, the desire of repletion; and this is Thirst. Drink is the good creature of God, whether it be wine, &c. It serveth Alimentally for the bodies strength,^s Drink no longer water but use a little wine for thy stomachs sake, and thine often infirmities. Physically, to refresh body and mind.^t Give strong drink to him that is ready to perish: and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts. Vinum moderatè sumptum, medicamentum: plus justo, venenum, Augu. moderate wine is physical; immoderate, banefull. Jucunditati, non ebrietati creatum est. It is made for pleasure, not for fullness. It is given^u to make glad the heart of man. Civilly, for show of honest gladness, and maintenance of amity. So our Saviour supplied the want of wine at a wedding, Joh. 2. Nehemiah bids ⟨p. 132⟩the people at their feast; to eat the fat, and to drink the sweet, Neh. 8.10. It was ill done of Lycurgus to cut down all the vines: and false of Mahomet, to say that in every grape there is a devil. Only in temperance makes the sin, abuseth the creature, offends the Creator: only against this bends my discourse. Herein for method, I desire only to consider two things; the dam and the Litter. Yet first before I show what brood this monstrous mother brings forth, consider how she is bred her self.

Man hath a threefold appetite: Naturall, which is common with plants: this insensibly covets nourishment. Animall, common with beasts: this sensibly desires needfull nourishment. Rationall, proper to man: this reasonably desires fit and proper nourishment. All these appetites desire drinke: without which the spirits naturall, vitall, animall, would consume the firmamentall heate; that would wast up the primogeniall humiditie; and so the sparke of life would burne out; as the Lampe is extinct without supply of oile. The veines sucke the stomach drie of moisture; hence comes emptinesse; upon that sense of that defect; upon that, the desire of repletion; and this is Thirst. Drinke is the good creature of God, whether it be wine, &c. It serveth Alimentally for the bodies strength,