The life of faith in three parts, the first is a sermon on Heb.…

3. It is sinful Fullness, when you needlessly strengthen either lustful or sluggish inclinations by the quantity or the quality of your food. I know nature must not be famished, nor our health and life destroyed, under pretence of conquering sin: But when necessity of life and health doth not require it, all that must be avoided, which cherisheth any vicious disposition. And these two are the usual effects of fullness. 1. Some, especially idle youths, abound with lustful thoughts and inclinations, which fullness greatly cherisheth; and pleasing their appetite, is the fuel of their lust: when as if they would drink water, and eat courser food, and little of it (and withal be laborious in some serious work) their lusts would be more extinguished: These persons are guilty of sinful Fullness, if they take but near as ⟨p. 467⟩•uch as other men may do; because for the pleasing of one lust, they seed another.

3. It is sinful Fulness, when you needlesly strengthen either lustful or sluggish inclinations by the quantity or the quality of your food. I know nature must not be famished, nor our health and life destroyed, under pretence of conquering sin: But when necessity of life and health doth not require it, all that must be avoided, which cherisheth any vicious disposition. And these two are the usual effects of fulness. 1. Some, especially idle youths, abound with lustful thoughts and inclinations, which fulness greatly cherisheth; and pleasing their appetite, is the fuel of their lust: when as if they would drink water, and eat courser food, and little of it (and withall be laborious in some serious work) their lusts would be more extinguished: These persons are guilty of sinful Fulness, if they take but neer as ⟨p. 467⟩•uch as other men may do; because for the pleasing of one lust, they seed another.