14 A PERSUASIVE to 

 expelling them through the feveral Emun- 

 ftories of the Body, till at laft the Body 

 becomes pure and free from the Caufes and 

 Seeds of all Difeafes. 



Moreover, It is very remarkable, which 

 the fame Riverius adds, That if an exaft 

 Diet cannot quite take away fome chroni- 

 cal and incurable Difeafes, yet doth it much 

 alleviate them, and render them more tole- 

 rable, fo that the fick Perfons may live a 

 long time under them. So we fee not a 

 few daily, who produce their Lives many 

 Years under an Ulcer of the Lungs, a Scir- 

 rhus of the Liver or Spleen, a Stone in the 

 Reins or Bladder. Ariflotle in his Pro- 

 blems witnefletb, That there was a certain 

 Philofopher in his time, named Herodicw, 

 who though he laboured under a Confump- 

 tion , yet by a ftrift obfervation of Diet, 

 attained to 100 Years. 



The. Benefits of Temperance will belt ap- 

 pear from the Mifchiefs and Inconvenien- 

 cies the contrary Vices of Intemperance and 

 Excefs bring upon us ; efpecially as to the 

 impairing and ruining of our Health, which 

 is a natural confequent thereof. For the 

 Stomach by immoderate repletion being 

 overcharged or clog'd , with more than it 

 can digefl, mufl needs flubber over its 



work. 



