A65285:2482
A Body of Practical Divinity
A body of practical divinity consisting of above one hundred seventy six sermons on the lesser catechism composed by the reverend assembly of divines at Westminster : with a supplement of some sermons on several texts of Scripture / by Thomas Watson ...
London: printed for Thomas Parkurst, 1692
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(10.) Take heed of Excess in Diet. When Gluttony and Drunkenness lead the Van, Chambering and Wantonness bring up the Rear. Vinum fomentum libidinis; any Wine inflames Lust: And Fullness of Bread is made the Cause of Sodom's Uncleanness, Ezek. 16.49. The rankest Weeds grow out of the fattest Soil. Uncleanness proceeds from Excess. Jer. 5.8. When they were fed to the full, every one neighed after his Neighbours Wife. Get the Golden Bridle of Temperance. God allows Recruits of Nature, and what may fit us the better for his Service; but beware of Surfeit. Excess in the Creature clouds the Mind, chokes good Affections, provokes Lust! St. Paul did [Greek or Hebrew], keep under his Body, 1 Cor. 9.27. The Flesh pampered is apt to rebel. Corpus impinguatum recalcitrat.
(10.) Take heed of Excess in Diet. When Gluttony and Drunkenness lead the Van, Chambering and Wantonness bring up the Rear. Vinum fomentum libidinis; any Wine inflames Lust: And Fulness of Bread is made the Cause of Sodom's Uncleanness, Ezek. 16.49. The rankest Weeds grow out of the fattest Soil. Uncleanness proceeds from Excess. Ier. 5.8. When they were fed to the full, every one neighed after his Neighbours Wife. Get the Golden Bridle of Temperance. God allows Recruits of Nature, and what may fit us the better for his Service; but beware of Surfeit. Excess in the Creature clouds the Mind, choaks good Affections, provokes Lust! St. Paul did 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, keep under his Body, 1 Cor. 9.27. The Flesh pampered is apt to rebell. Corpus impinguatum recalcitrat.