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i. Temperance and Sobriety in the ufe 

 of Meats and Drinks : That this is a moft 

 effectual means to preferve Health, I appeal 

 to the general confent of Phyficians, who 

 are the moft competent Judges in this Cafe, 

 all unanimouily prefcribing a moderate Dirt, 

 not only as a principal means to continue 

 Health, but allb to cure many Difeafes, 

 Hence Hippocrates faith, 6 Efid. Sett. 4. 



. IO. Aai&frii C'ytrjg aLxAMpty T0c<pj}, dwviv} 

 : The exercife of preferring health is, 

 not to eat to fatiety , not to be Jlothful in 

 labor. 



That a very fpare and afcetick Diet con- 

 duces much to Health and long Life, may 

 be confirmed by many eminent Examples : 

 St.jFW/, the firft Hermit e (as ^.Jerome 

 in his Life reports) arrived to the Age of 

 115- Years, an hundred whereof he fpentin 

 the Wildernefs, ftiftaining himfelf daily the 

 firft forty with a few Dates, and a draught 

 of Water; and when Dates failed, with 

 half a Loaf of Bread, which a Raven brought 

 him.' St. Anthony (as Athanafius witnefleth) 

 lived 105- Years, of which he fpent 90 in 

 the Defert, fupporting his Body with Bread 

 and Water only, to which in his extreme 

 old Age he added a few Sallet Herbs. Ar- 

 the Emperor Arcadtu* his Tutor, 



lived 



