The young man's guide through the wilderness of this world to the heavenly Canaan…

Therefore, O Young Man, it concerns thee to be watchful over thy self herein. Let not thy Table be an Altar to thy Belly, lest it become a snare to thine heart. Beware of feeding thy Lust, instead of refreshing thy Body. Eat for service, more than for pleasure; to preserve Nature, rather than to pamper the Body. And when thou art feeding thy Body, forget not to refresh thy Soul by meditating of Gods goodness and bounty, and Christs sweetness, who is the Bread of Life.

That thou mayst be the more watchful against this intemperance, consider the manifold mischiefs which usually accompany the same.

1. It is exceeding hurtful to the body, filling it with crudities, noisome humours, and dangerous obstructions, the Mother of most diseases. If thou wouldst enjoy an ⟨p. 124⟩active healthful body, rise always from the Table with an Appetite. But oh the folly of many men, who for a short delight, which lasteth no longer than the meat is swallowing down, do endure many hours grievances, through the oppression of the Stomach, and pain of the Head! yea, oftentimes dangerous Surfeits, which hazard life it self. What pity is there to such who will sell their healths, and their ease, for a few Meals! let them smart for it, their sickness may cure them of a worse disease.

1. It is exceeding hurtful to the body, filling it with crudities, noysom humours, and dangerous obstructions, the Mother of most diseases. If thou wouldst enjoy an ⟨p. 124⟩active healthful body, rise always from the Table with an Appetite. But oh the folly of many men, who for a short delight, which lasteth no longer than the meat is swallowing down, do endure many hours grievances, through the oppression of the Stomach, and pain of the Head! yea, oftentimes dangerous Surfeits, which hazard life it self. What pity is there to such who will sell their healths, and their ease, for a few Meals! let them smart for it, their sickness may cure them of a worse disease.