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and_o sore_a oppression_n both_o man_n and_o beast_n do_v undergo_v to_o procure_v those_o thing_n which_o they_o so_o vain_o and_o superfluous_o consume_v destroy_v thereby_o their_o own_o body_n and_o stupify_a their_o mind_n and_o sense_n whereby_o they_o be_v not_o only_o render_v incapable_a of_o every_o good_a work_n but_o the_o soul_n become_v a_o den_n sit_v to_o entertain_v the_o infernal_a inhabitant_n it_o be_v most_o certain_a that_o idloness_n and_o gluttony_n be_v two_o of_o the_o great_a tyrant_n in_o the_o world_n for_o they_o enthrall_v the_o mind_n and_o draw_v it_o to_o all_o kind_n of_o viciousness_n and_o both_o enfeeble_v and_o torture_v the_o body_n by_o a_o great_a number_n of_o disease_n which_o be_v also_o entail_v to_o their_o posterity_n so_o that_o what_o man_n call_v pleasure_n prove_v the_o great_a pain_n for_o tell_v i_o o_o thou_o idle_a and_o sottish_a glutton_n what_o real_a pleasure_n be_v there_o in_o the_o continual_a sup_v of_o wine_n and_o drunkenness_n and_o to_o have_v thy_o table_n twice_o or_o thrice_o a_o day_n load_v with_o the_o rich_a food_n and_o fruit_n not_o only_o of_o our_o own_o country_n but_o fetch_v with_o vast_a toil_n and_o hazard_n from_o the_o faâ—…_n th_a corner_n of_o the_o earth_n do_v you_o not_o hereby_o tire_v and_o make_v simple_a nature_n groan_v under_o many_o sore_a burden_n do_v not_o your_o vein_n glow_v with_o a_o unnatural_a heat_n be_v not_o your_o head_n pester_v with_o fume_n and_o dullness_n do_v not_o your_o member_n ache_v with_o very_a idleness_n and_o languish_v for_o want_v of_o exercise_n be_v not_o the_o sharpness_n of_o your_o pallate_n dull_v so_o that_o you_o can_v taste_v the_o good_a relish_n of_o the_o best_a food_n or_o most_o cordial_a drink_n be_v not_o your_o passage_n stop_v and_o fur_v and_o the_o digestive_a faculty_n and_o natural_a heat_n of_o the_o stomach_n debilitate_a so_o that_o nature_n can_v make_v any_o true_a separation_n whence_o be_v generate_v 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drink_n of_o the_o best_a and_o superfluoâ—…sly_o and_o do_v not_o work_v but_o ride_v up_o and_o down_o in_o thy_o coach_n and_o be_v wait_v upon_o by_o a_o parcel_n of_o servant_n altogether_o as_o idle_a as_o thyself_o and_o thou_o shall_v rack_n thy_o tenant_n and_o domineer_v over_o the_o poor_a and_o oppress_v and_o violate_v their_o right_n and_o spend_v their_o labour_n and_o the_o sweat_n of_o their_o brow_n in_o riot_n and_o wantonness_n and_o lead_v a_o lazy_a swagger_a life_n and_o bear_v all_o out_o because_o thou_o be_v my_o son_n and_o well_o descend_v but_o alas_o these_o maxim_n of_o education_n be_v not_o know_v or_o practise_v in_o those_o day_n but_o the_o prudent_a father_n bring_v up_o their_o dutiful_a and_o laborious_a child_n to_o their_o own_o trade_n and_o in_o honest_a country_n employment_n jacob_n have_v twelve_o son_n how_o many_o of_o they_o do_v he_o make_v lawyer_n university-man_n or_o innâ—…_n of_o court-gentleman_n no_o no_o they_o be_v every_o 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