Means of obtaining a long and healthy life / by Lewis Cornaro ; with notes by Mason L. Weems ; to which is added, The way to wealth, by Doctor Franklin.

  • Cornaro, Luigi, 1475-1566.
Date:
1809
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Credit: Means of obtaining a long and healthy life / by Lewis Cornaro ; with notes by Mason L. Weems ; to which is added, The way to wealth, by Doctor Franklin. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    instantly throw off his load of wordly sor- row, and address his grateful homage to the Author of all this happiness ? However, there is not a man on earth, who may not hope for the like happiness, if he would but live as I do. For indeed I am no an- gel, but only a man, a servant of God, to whom a good and temperate life is so pleas- ing, that even in this world he greatly re- wards those who practise it. « And whereas many embrace a holy and contemplative life, teaching and preaching the great truths of r< ligion, which is highly commendable, the chief employment of such being to lead men to the knowledge and worship of God. O that they would likewise betake themscivts entirely to a regular and temperate life ! They would then be considered as saints indeed upon earth, as those primitive christians were, who observed so constant a temperance, and lived so long. By living like them, to the age of one hundred and twenty, they might make such a proficiency in holiness, and become so dear 10 God, as to do the great- est honour and service to the world ; and they would besides, enjoy constant health and spirits, and be always happy within themselves ; whereas they are now too of- ten infirm and melancholy. If indeed thev