A supplement to The Morning-exercise at Cripple-Gate, or, Several more cases of conscience practically…

And upon the whole shall make some practical use.

Use 1. It reproves such who instead of prayer and fasting when required of them, give up themselves to all excess of riot, who make their belly their God, so far they are from denying it for the service of God, who practise as it was said of Israel in case of the golden Calf, The people sate down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play: And say according to this licentious Proverb quoted by the Apostle out of Isaiah 22.13. Let us eat and drink for to morrow we must dye.

Ʋse 1. It reproves such who instead of prayer and fasting when required of them, give up themselves to all excess of riot, who make their belly their God, so far they are from denying it for the service of God, who practise as it was said of Israel in case of the golden Calf, The people sate down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play: And say according to this licentious Proverb quoted by the Apostle out of Isaiah 22.13. Let us eat and drink for to morrow we must dye.

Though God be visiting the world with his judgments, dashing the nations like potters vessels, one against another: yet they care for none of these things; they are loth so far to own God as to fast and pray under his rebukes; and their spirits are too high to stoop to the humbling duties of such a day, because fasting and praying have been abused, it may be by some in hypocrisy, they are glad of that excuse to lay it quite aside.

Though God be visiting the world with his judgments, dashing the nations like potters vessels, one against another: yet they care for none of these things; they are loth so far to own God as to fast and pray under his rebukes; and their spirits are too high to stoop to the humbling duties of such a day, because fasting and praying have been abused, it may be by some in hypocrisie, they are glad of that excuse to lay it quite aside.