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The sermons of Master Henry Smith gathered into one volume. Printed according to his…The sermons of Maister Henrie Smith gathered into one volume. Printed according to his…
The sermons of Master Henry Smith gathered into one volume. Printed according to his corrected copies in his life time.The sermons of Maister Henrie Smith gathered into one volume. Printed according to his corrected copies in his life time.
London: printed by Richard Field for Thomas Man, 1593
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Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
And first what gluttony and drunkenness offereth, and how many have been deceived with their sweet meats and strong drinks, till all have been turned into a belly, and so turned the body into sin, daily experience teacheth us.
And first what gluttonie and drunkennes offereth, and how many haue bene deceiued with their sweete meates and strong drinkes, till all haue bene turned into a bellie, and so turned the body into sinne, dayly experience teacheth vs.
Now by the way, the Apostle (we must note) doth approve sobriety & virtue, that as a man may drink and not be drunken, so he may eat that he loveth, and not glut himself; for he forbiddeth not to eat meat, but not to eat too much, lest thou surfeit, for the golden mean is good for all things. Solomon doth not forbid to eat honey, but eat not too much, lest thou surfeit. As the body may not offend the soul, so the soul may not injury the body, lest it be unfit to serve the soul.
Now by the way, the Apostle (we must note) doth approue sobrietie & vertue, that as a man may drinke and not be drunken, so he may eate that he loueth, and not glut himselfe; for he forbiddeth not to eate meate, but not to eate too much, lest thou surfet, for the golden meane is good for all things. Salomon doth not forbid to eate honie, but eate not too much, lest thou surfet. As the bodie may not offend the soule, so the soule may not iniurie the bodie, lest it bee vnfit to serue the soule.
Many there be that think they have not sinned in gluttony till they surfeit, but this is gluttony in excess, and punisheth it self with many diseases, as dullness of wit, want of memory, and shortness of life. Now that you may sin in gluttony, and not to surfeit, appeareth by the rich man in the sixteenth of Luke, who fared deliciously every day, and never surfeited, yet for all that he is called a glutton, to teach us that there be gluttons which do not surfeit. This kind of sin much