5. Lastly Consider, what a base unmanly thing it is, for a man to be a slave to his sensitive appetite. As truly as the horse was made to be ruled by the rider, and all the brutes to be under man; so was the appetite & all the senses made to be ruled by reason; & no sense should be pleased till Reason do consent: a beast hath no rule for his eating & drinking but his appetite; and therefore mans reason is to moderate him: But a man hath a better guide than appetite or sense to follow: you should not eat a bit or drink a drop merely because the appetite would have it, but Reason must be advised with, and God must give advice to Reason. A Swine that will drink whey till he burst his belly, is blameless, because he knew not the danger, and had not Reason to restrain him: But a man that hath Reason, and yet will eat, and drink, and sleep, and use the Creatures merely to please the appetite of his flesh, is utterly unexcusable: What must the light of Reason be put out, or put under the cover of sensual concupiscence? must a nature that is kin to Angels, be enslaved to that which is kin to beasts? Unworthy is he of the honour or glory of a Saint, that casteth away the honour of his manhood, and makes himself a very beast. What else doth that wretch, that when he seeth a dish before him that he loves, doth never ask whether it be wholesome or unwholesome, but eats it as an Horse doth his provender, merely because his appetite would have it: Yea perhaps though he know, or be told that it is unwholesome, yet as long as ⟨p. 133⟩it pleases his taste, he cares not? And what else doth that wretch, that when he sees the cup, must needs be tasting: he loves it, and that's reason enough with him. What a base unmanly thing is it, (much more unchristian) to be a Slave to a fle••ly appetite! Would one of these Gentlemen-gluttons, Drunkards, or Whoremongers, or any of our voluptuous Epicures, that must needs have that they love, be contented to become a servant to a Beast? would you take a Dog or a Swine for your Master, and serve them, and obey them, and do what your brutish Master would have you? why what's the matter that many of our worshipful and honourable Beasts do not see that they do as bad? What is your own fleshly sensual Appetite any better than that of a Beast? A Dog hath as good a scent as you;
5. Lastly Consider, what a base unmanly thing it is, for a man to be a slave to his sensitive appetite. As truly as the horse was made to be ruled by the rider, and all the bruits to be under man; so was the appetite & all the senses made to be ruled by reason; & no sense should be pleased till Reason do consent: a beast hath no rule for his eating & drinking but his appetite; and therefore mans reason is to moderate him: But a man hath a better guide than appetite or sense to follow: you should not eat a bit or drink a drop meerly because the appetite would have it, but Reason must be advised with, and God must give advice to Reason. A Swine that will drink whey till he burst his belly, is blameless, because he knew not the danger, and had not Reason to restrain him: But a man that hath Reason, and yet will eat, and drink, and sleep, and use the Creatures meerly to please the appetite of his flesh, is utterly unexcusable: What must the light of Reason be put out, or put under the cover of sensual concupiscence? must a nature that is kin to Angels, be enslaved to that which is kin to beasts? Unworthy is he of the honour or glory of a Saint, that casteth away the honour of his manhood, and makes himself a very beast. What else doth that wretch, that when he seeth a dish before him that he loves, doth never ask whether it be wholesom or unwholesom, bute eats it as an Horse doth his provender, meerly because his appetite would have it: Yea perhaps though he know, or be told that it is unwholesom, yet as long as ⟨p. 133⟩it pleases his taste, he cares not? And what else doth that wretch, that when he sees the cup, must needs be tasting: he loves it, and that's reason enough with him. What a base unmanly thing is it, (much more unchristian) to be a Slave to a fle••ly appetite! Would one of these Gentlemen-gluttons, Drunkards, or Whoremongers, or any of our voluptuous Epicures, that must needs have that they love, be contented to become a servant to a Beast? would you take a Dog or a Swine for your Master, and serve them, and obey them, and do what your brutish Master would have you? why what's the matter that many of our worshipful and honourable Beasts do not see that they do as bad? What is your own fleshly sensual Appetite any better than that of a Beast? A Dog hath as good a scent as you;
