The ninetenth Meditation vpon the vice of Glut∣tonye; and the vertue of Temperance:
The first Pointe.
GLoutonye is a disordinate appetite of eating, * 1.1 & drinking, and heerein wee may sinne fiue manner of wayes: First, in eating meates prohibi∣ted by the churche, or by breaking of fastes, either those which I am obliged to obserue by a speci∣all vowe: or by the obligation of a regular estate. Secondly, taking meate, or drinke, * 1.2 in ouer greate danger of my corporall healthe, or of my spiritu∣all, which is heereby hindred; or in drinking vntill I loose, or trouble my Iudgement. Thirdly, procu∣ring meates, and drinkes of such quallitye, as are much more delicate, and precious, then my per∣son, and state requireth, onely for pampering, and sensuallitye. Fourthly, eating oftener then is conuenient, out of season, and vpon an occasion that may doe mee harme, or in a place not conuenient, or contrarie to the prohibition, and rule of my reli∣gion. Fifthly, in eating with ouer greate affection, sauouring what I eate onely for pleasure, and after an immodest, and hastye fashion, wholely ouer∣whelmed in what I am doing with thoughtes, and wordes of sensuallitye.
Vpon these fiue actes, I am to examine myselfe, & to accuse myselfe before God, bewailing my imbe∣cillities, & sayng: vvoe to mee, * 1.3 that doe allvvaies in a manner sinne, euen in eating, & drinking, seruing ra∣ther my ovvne sensuallitye, then my necessitye: & seeking rather the delight of my fleshe, then the conseruation of my life; so that vvhen I pay that debt to my bodye, I pay the tribute of sinne to the diuell. Haue compassion, o