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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91943	The fast friend: or A friend at mid-night. Set forth in an exposition on that parable Luke 11. 5.-11. Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at mid-night, &c. By Nehemiah Rogers, minister of the Gospel.	Rogers, Nehemiah, 1593-1660.	1658 (1658)	Wing R1822; Thomason E953_1; ESTC R203374	432,120	516

if I had hopes to prevaile with you by examples Hieroms Temperance was so great that he thought it Luxury if he had eaten any thing that was boyled Augustine in his Confessions acknowledgeth that however sometimes surfetting crept upon him unawares and that he had therein somtimes exceeded the bounds of Necessity yet he warred daily against his lusts and for unnecessary refections he had cleane cut them off did shun the company of gluttonous men and was content with his own portion exhorting his bretheren most earnestly and lovingly to do the like Luther was a small meat-man and a great faster Melancthon observeth of him that for many dayes together he contented himself with a little piece of Bread and a Herring Queen Elizabeth of England did seldome eate but of one sort of meate and alwayes rose from table with an Appetite King Edward the sixth was wont to call her his sweet Sister Temperance Nay very Heathens and Pagans have exceeded many professed Christians herein One asked Cyrus marching with his Army what he would have provided for his supper he answered Bread and I hope said he we shall find a Fountaine that will serve us for drink Augustus was never curious in his diet but was content with ordinary and common viands and albeit he was a liberall house-keeper yet saith Suetonius he had ordinarily but three dishes served to his table and when he had most but six when he was alone he was contented with houshold bred small fishes Curds and green Figgs And to restrain the great Ryot that was wont to be amongst the Romans at their Feasts it was forbidden by the Law of C. Fannius which was long in force to have any fowle set on the Table except one Hen and she should not be franked or crammed A practise saith Pliny that the Inhabitants of Delos first began yet they found a starting hole and waved the Law by cramming Capons which the Law spake not of But this cramming of fowles is no newes to us And the Turks at this day when they feast most sumptuously their fare is but Ryce and Mutton Blunts voyage into Levant So Ferdinands Embassadours who had brought a great present to the great Turk Solyman were feasted by his Bassaes and that so plainly and sparingly dressed saith the Historian as if they had thereby noted our gourmandise and excesse Much might be said of the Temperance of former times and other Nations to the shame of ours if it might any whit prevaile with us But stronger motives we shall bring you to disswade from this vice then this from example yet I shall but name them First Luke 15.13 Phil. 3.19 we deale injuriously with God in abusing of his blessings and wasting them in vaine Luke 15.13 to make our Belly our God is the worst Idolatry of any Secondly It hinders Charity and hardens the heart so that the poore shall not be regarded Luke 1 6. Amos Luk. 16.19.21 Amos 6.6 6.6 Thirdly it hurts the body and breeds diseases who more unhealthfull then finest feeders many graves there are of lust in our Country Numb 11.34 the Kitchin kills more then the Cannon Fourthly It wasts the estate and bringeth unto poverty Pro. 23.20 21. such begin with Habeo Pro. 23.20 21 and end with Debeo Fifthly It stirrs up Lust and so endangers the soul Ezek. 16.49 and it was one of the sins of Sodome Ezek. 16.49 But when we have said all we can we speak to the Belly that hath no eares and what hope have we to be heard Oh that men were more dilligent and laborious in their Callings and then plain food would relish as a messe of Potrage did with Esau when he came weary from hunting Gen. 25.30 Such a delicate Cooke is Hunger that it can season and make savoury that which fullnesse makes loathsome many Servants can witnesse this who when they have lived at their own hand then that meate hath relished well with them which at a Masters table would not downe unlesse it were cast under the Table to the Dogs Use 2 And by warrant of the Doctrine we have delivered unto you let me add a word or two by way of Advice in reference to your Invitations you that invite your Neighbours or entertaine your Friends as comming unto you guest-wise say not I am sorry I have nothing that is good to set before you When Plato invited Timothy the Athenian Duke to supper he entertained him with a Root and a Sallet but with a great deale of Philosophicall discourse Timothy the day after gave him many thanks saying that who so supped at his Table should be much better for it many dayes after Brown Bread with the Gospel said Greenham is good cheare what thou wantest in outward provision make up with wellcome and Christian discourse A plentifull Table to feed the body without profitable discourse to feed the mind is little better then a Manger Nor let any that come to the Table of a Friend judge of their entertaynment by their full Cups or variety of dishes Thinking there can be no true welcome where there is not excesse A moderate Table where there is an open heart of courtesie is to be preferred before a sumptuous feast exceeding in abunbance where love is wanting Better is a dinner of green herbs saith Solomon where Love is Prov. 15.17 then a stalled Oxe and hatred therewith If Love be the enterteyner it matters not what the provision be let it be but a Sallet of herbs yet comming out of Loves Garden they will be sweet and well relished and worthy of acceptance Jerm in loc for that there is no poyson in them nor Serpent that lyes under them But on the otherside let a fatted Oxe be set before a man never so many delicate and costly dishes with hatred and ill will such a feast cannot be savoury A Feast is made for laughter Eccles 10.19 And yet all feasts are not so Eccles 10.19 2 Sam. 13.28 29. some are made for slaughter Absolon made a feasts for him he meant to kill And some cunning Usurer makes a feast for that Prodigall heire he meanes to undoe They that dresse most meat are not ever the friendlyest men Christ enterteynes his Disciples with Barly Loaves and a few small sprats 1 Sam. 25.11 or some such like fish when Nabal kills both Beeves and Muttons for his Sheep-shearers If then thou beest called to the Table of thy Friend be not discontented although there be not many messes nor variety of dishes to please thy pallate If it be cheare that thou comest for thou commest not with the affection of a Friend but of a Glutton If thou beest a Friend indeed homely fare will be taken in good part if thou art not a Friend Bread is too good for such a one And thus much of the Quality of the thing he desire to have lent unto him wherewith to enterteyne his Friend Bread Now