and marrow to the Bones; by it the Hu∣mours, the Blood, the Spirits are all main∣tain'd in order and in vigour. His meals are pleasant, and his sleep is sweet, and he is a Stranger to those crudities, and consequent distempers which pester others. Thus Plato by his careful tem∣perance spun out his life, tho a great Student, till he attain'd above fourscore; and Galen to above sevenscore years; and SenecaSen. Ep. 58▪ concludes, that there is no way to retard Old-age like a frugal Sobriety.Let me then persuade all such, as are lovers of pleasures, more than lovers of God or of their own Souls, to have some pity on their poor Bodies. O break off your destructive Course, sow not the Seeds of consuming Maladies in your own Flesh. Be not among Wine-bibbers, amongst riotous eaters of Flesh. Put a Knife to thy Throat, if thou be a man given to Appetite, Prov. 23. 1. 20. Give not your Strength unto Women, nor your ways to that which destroyeth Kings, Prov. 31. 3. Let not the Beast captivate the Man, nor your Reason be enslav'd by Sense; but re∣cover a just dominion over your blind and brutish affections, that your days may be long and lively in the Land which the Lord giveth you.0