Self Denyal.

1. ’TIS much the Doctrine of the times, that Men should not please them∣selves, but deny themselves every thing they take delight in; not look upon Beau∣ty, wear no good Cloaths, eat no good Meat, &c. which seems the greatest Ac∣cusation that can be upon the Maker of all good things. If they be not to be us’d, why did God make them? The truth is, they that preach against them, cannot make use of them their selves, and then again, they get Esteem by seeming to contemn them. But mark it while you live, if they do not please themselves as much as they can, and we live more by Example than Precept.