That the drunkardfinneth moifirieuett lyagain himfelf. 93 fo much ascommon honef}y; for theywho walke honeflly, as in the day , they doenot walke ingluttonyanddrug(esineffe, Rom,t 3.t 3. Thetrue Chritlian bath forfaken andmortified Rom. r3 15. the lulls ofthe Gentiles, for Chritlianityand Paganifine can never agree together; but the drunkard (tall walloweth in thern,for the tuffsof the Gentiles wherein theywalked,were wantóneffe vneleanneffe,drunkenneffe,gluttony,drrnkjngs,t in abominable idolatries. As it ís,i,Pet.q . 3. Thofevn to ¡mm tPet.4.; the graceofGod bath appeared , are taught thereby to deny vngodlineffe and worldly lulls, andto limefoberlyand righte- Tir.a.z oufdy andgodly in thisprefntworld ; and therefore theywho fpend their time in intemperance , furfetting,and drunken- netfe,haue not had fomuch as aglimnpfc si this gracewhich bringcth faluation fhiningvnto them. Whofocuer thenpro. feffcthChrifl ianity, andyet liuethin drunkennetfe,he proo- uethhimfclfeaplaine ditrembler,in making thewofthat he is not. andhisprofeflïon Bothnot gracehim,but hedifgra- ceth his profcíflon ; for whatfocuer thew hee may feeme to make of andhonci}y, when he is in his deuouter kinde ofdrunkenneffc,.yet no wifemanefleemeth hiswords ofanycredit, facinghe is an inordinateperfon in his whole carriage, who bathno rule ouer himfelfe, and is ready to bleffeandcurfc, to prayandblafpheme, to vtterholy fpee- ches, and filthy ribauldrywith the fame breath. Thirdly, the drunkardby his much tiplingmaketh him-5. Se81.3, felfe a flaue to hisvice, and by long cuflome bringethfuper-The dri nkard flinty into vrgent neceility : for as it is in other firmes fo in makarl b;ra. this;before it is admitted,it creepeth &croucheth, flatterethtó¡e- vi`He and allurcth, like alowly vafFali; but beingentertained,it Liraight flieweth it felfe, not oncly a matler,but alto aLord- ly tyrant, which raigoeth and ruleth withgreat infolencc. Fir(} finne is.committed, then praéifed , and often praí`life bringeth cuflome,andcuflomebecommcth afecondnature, andbath in it the force of a lawwhisk miff beobeyed,not incourtefic,but vponnecefflty . Andas this is trueofall fins in generali; foefpecially it is verified in this finne of drun- kennetfe;for fir(} mendrinke for thirfi,then for delight,then for wantonneife, andfo bymuchbibbing they bringthem. N 3 felues
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