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PARTITION. IX.
Temperance in SLEEP; The rule of it, &c. Of RECREATION; Of APPAREL.
§. 1: THE third part of Temperance concerns sleep; And tempe∣rance in that also must be measured by the end for which sleep was ordained by God, which was onely the refreshing and supporting of our frail bodies, which being of such a temper, that continual labour and toil tires, and wea∣ries them out, sleep comes as a Medicine to that weariness, as a repairer of that decay, that so we may be enabled to such labours, as the duties of Religion or works of our calling require of us. Sleep was intended to make us more profitable, not more idle; as we give rest to our beasts, not that we are pleased with their doing nothing▪ but that they may do us the better service.
2. By this therefore you may judge what is temperate sleeping, to wit, that which tends to the refreshing, and making us more lively, and fit for action. And to that end a moderate degree serves best; It will be impossible to set down just how many hours is that mode∣rate