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defly which prevents and gives a check to 

 evil Endeavours, and which God hath en- 

 grafted in our natures to be a powerful curb 

 to reflrain us from fin. For more abftain 

 from Vice for fear of fliame, than out of a 

 good will and love to Virtue. When the 

 itrength of Wine hath got pofTcffion of the 

 Soul, thofe Evils which before lay hid, 

 fhevv themfelves, and come abroad; for 

 Drunkennefs doth not make Vices, but 

 manifelt them, and bring them to light. 

 Then the Adulterer doth not wait for the 

 Twilight, or Bed-Chamber, but without 

 delay gives full fwinge to his Senfual Ap- 

 petites. The unchaite perfon confefTes and 

 publiihes his Difeafe: The Petulant and 

 Quarrelfome cannot contain Tongue or 

 Hand : The Infolent becomes more proud ; 

 the cruel more fierce and inhumane ; the 

 fpightful more malignant and mifchievous. 

 Much more he hath worth the reading, for 

 which I refer to the Book. 



Here fome may poffibly demand, What 

 meafures of eating and drinking are we to 

 obferve? I anfwer, What are moft agreea- 

 ble to the ends Of eating and drinking; 

 thole are the fupport of our Bodies, and 

 prelerving them in the moft perfeft ftate of 

 Health, I need give no more fevere Rules 



than 



