In a Middle State, both of Body, and of Fortune, a Man is better Dispos’d
for the Offices of Humane Society, and the Functions of Reasonable
Nature; and the Heart is also freer from Cares and Troubles. There are
Unwieldy Minds as well as Unwieldy Bodies, and the Fumes of the One
Obstruct the Operations of the Other. The Head of a Philosopher will
never do well upon the Shoulders of an Epicure. The Body and the Soul are
Inseparable Companions, and it is against the Nature of This Reasonable
Union, for the One to be a Clog to the other. The _Foxes_ here, is the
Case of many a _Publick Minister_, that comes Empty In, but when he has
Cram’d his Gutts well, he’s fain to squeeze hard before he can get off
again; and glad to Compound with his very Skin for his Carcase.