The Godly Man's Picture

4 A godly man sets bounds to himself in things lawful;¹ he abates in matters of recreation and diet, he takes only so much for the recruits of nature, as may the better dispose him for Gods service. Hierom lived ⟨p. 243⟩abstemiously, his diet was a few dried Figs, and cold water. And Austin in his Confessions saith thus, Lord, thou hast taught me, to go to my meat as to a ^*medicine: If the snaffle of reason, much more should the curbing-bit of grace check the^† appetite; the life of a Sinner is brutish; the glutton feeds without fear, Jude 2. and the drunkard drinks without ^*reason: Too much oil chokes the Lamp, whereas a lesser quantity makes it burn brighter; a godly man holds the golden bridle of temperance, and will not suffer his Table to be a snare.

4 A godly man sets bounds to himself in things lawful;¹ he abates in matters of recreation and diet, hee takes only so much for the recruits of nature, as may the better dispose him for Gods service. Hierom lived ⟨p. 243⟩abstemiously, his diet was a few dried Figs, and cold water. And Austin in his Confessions saith thus, Lord, thou hast taught me, to go to my meat as to a ^*medicine: If the snaffle of reason, much more should the curbing-bit of grace check the^† appetite; the life of a Sinner is bruitish; the glutton feeds without fear, Iude 2