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Secondly, it hath been the care of all Gods dearest servants to keep down their bodies, to deny contentment ¹to the flesh, and wilt thou give it all the content thou canst? Daniel was afraid of taking liberty to his flesh, in eating the Kings meat; and the time when he had his, […] heavenly visions, he ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in his mouth, neither did he anoint himself at all. You know the mean provision that John the Baptist, the Forerunner ⟨p. 116⟩of Christ had, his fare was locusts and wild honey, and yet there was not a greater born of a woman before him. St. Paul was careful to beat down his body, to club it down, even till it was black and blew, so the word signifies. Timothy although he was ²sickly, yet would not take liberty to drink a little wine, but only water, till Paul wrote to him; and in that liberty there was but a little granted, and that for his stomachs sake, and his often infirmities, not for his lusts sake, and to maintain riotousness. If I should tell you of the mean provision for the flesh, that many of the Ancients, who were the most worthy instruments of God, the most eminent in all true excellency, were contented withal, and that before the superstition of Popery prevailed, it would be even incredible unto you.

Secondly, it hath been the care of all Gods dearest servants to keep down their bodies, to deny contentment ¹to the flesh, and wilt thou give it all the content thou canst? Daniel was afraid of taking liberty to his flesh, in eating the Kings meat; and the time when he had his, 〈…〉 heavenly visions, he ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in his mouth, neither did he anoint himself at all. You know the mean provision that Iohn the Baptist, the Forerunner ⟨p. 116⟩of Christ had, his fare was locusts and wilde honey, and yet there was not a greater born of a woman before him. St. Paul was careful to beat down his body, to club it down, even till it was black and blew, so the word signifies. Timothy although he was