W!Jat u P.xcefs of 'Drink. Tic. z. VireEiiollS againft 'Drtmkemz~{s and all excefs of 1Jri11k. §. 1 , 1. T H E mol\ that I have f•id againI\ G/u11ony will fcrve againl\ txcifi of Drinlr,. alfo :. Therefore I need not repeat it. Drunk_emteji i~ the large!~ fenfc_exrende_th both to the .j[e{Ji,n, and to the effta: And fo h~ is a Drunk,ard (that IS, Reput~twely, 111 ~he l19ht of God) who wvuld diink too much 1f he bad u, and IS not reHramed l.Jy h1s w1U, but by Necefil[y. . §. 2 , Drunk.f 1 wr{i in the Effea or A[1, is fometime taken mor~ largely, fo.mctimc more ftril11y: Largely taken, it fignitieth all Drinkjng to cxcefJ te pleafe ~he Appetue : Two thmgs here ~1ake_up_ chc crime, 1 • Love of the drinlz, or plcafing tbe Appetzte wluch we call Gulojity : 2. Exctji us dr:nk.fng : >Yhich Cxcrfi may be inquanty or qua~ity~ _ . . . . §. 3 . Drunkpmrfi ftrWiy taken, hgmheth, Drzn4mg ttU Rrafon have remvtd fume hurt : And of tM~ there be many degrees. He that hath in the leajt drgv-ce djflurbcd h14 Rea{on and difabled or hin.. dred ic from its proper office, is Drunk._e;J in that degree: And he that hath overturned it or quite difa· bled it, is jlark..drunb._; or~ru!1k in a greater degree.. . . , 9· 4 . All rxcefi of Drink IS fmful Gtt!oflty or fenjitaluy, of the fame nature with Gluttony,.and falls under all my tall Reproofi and Dirc{iiom : And m fame p~rfons that can flt It our, and 6car mu_ch drink wirhout inroxication, the fin may be greater than m fame others, that by a fmaller quantuy are drunk by a furprize, befOre they are aware: Bur yet, c~teriJ paribur, the overthrow of the un– dcrfianding rnaketh the fin to be much the.greater : t'or it bath ~ll the evil that the ot~er degrm have, with more: It IS, A volupmoiM excefs zn drm~ to tbe dtpra_va:um of _Re:zfon. Gulofity IS the ge· ncnl nature of it : Exccfi is the Matter: Depravattonof Reafim IS ItS fpectal form. . §. 5• 1t is Exccfs of drinkjng when you drink._ more than, according to tbe judgement offound Reafon, dotb twd to fit your bod.y .mcdiately or immediately for i!.t pr.lptr duty without ~greater hurt. Some-: time the immediate benefit 15 rnon to be re&arded? ( As If a man had fomc prelcm duty of very great moment to perform: ) The prefent benehr conhflerh, I· In the abatement of fuch a troublefom thirlt or pain, as hindreth you from ?oin& your duty : 2· ln a~ding that ref~cillation and alaqiry to the fpirits, .as maketh them ht.tcr tnHr~rnents for the oper~t1ons of the mmd and body. That mea[ure which doth onC or b~th ot thcfe w1thout greater hurt IS not too great : I fay witho 11 t ~reatcr bun ; bccaufe if any one fhould in aDropfi~ or a Feaver ~ref~r a little prcfent eaft and al.:zcrity before his health and life, it wne e:xcc.fi -: Or 1f any man ordmarily drink._ more than nature will well digefi, and which caufeth the incoction of his meJt, and confequcntly crudities, and con[(quently a dunghil of flcgrn :md vicious humours, fit to engender many difeafes, this is cxceji of drinkJng, though he feel it cafe: him and make him cheerful for rheprifim time. And this is the common cafe of moll Bibbers or Tiplers, that arc not fiark Drunk~rds: Theyfeel~ preGnr eafe fro~ thirft, and perhaps a litde ala~ criry of fpirits, and therefore they thmk that m,eafurc 1s nv exccfi, wh1ch yet tcndeth to crudities and dikafcs, and the dcfiruction of their health and life. • § 6. Therefor" ( except in fome great extraordinary cafe of neccffiry) it is M! fo much theP"fe 111 as tht [1tture f orr:{een effcDs, which mull dire[l you to know your meafore . Rea{on can forefu, tpough .Appetite cannot : Future cjfeftJare ufually Great and long; when prt[tnt ejfe[ll may be[ThaUandjhort. He that will do that which tenderh to th6 hurt of his health, for theprdent eaji11g or p!eajing of his thirfly appetite, doth fin again!\ Reafon, and play the bea!\. You 01ould Q.e fo w'ell acquainted with your Bodies, and the mea.ns ~f ~our own health, as to know hrfi whether the enduring of the tb~rJl ~• or thed, ink,!ng to qutncb a, IS like to be the more hurtful to your health, and more a hindrarice to yom duty. §. 7• And for thepre[enr'dlacrity which llrong d•ink'bringeth to Come, you mull forefee that you purchai'e it not at too dear a rate, by a longu du\lnefs or difJ.blement afterwards: And take heed that you take not at~ ~l~en counterfeit hilarity confifiing in mcer {enfual delit.h:, for th.at ferenicy ai:~d jufi almity of the lpmts as doth fir you for your duty. For rhis alfo is a ufual (and wiJful ) felf– deceu of fenfuahils : -:fhey. make themfelves bclteve that a cupof f.1ck or llrong drink giveth them a 1r1~r aff!Jlam alacrity, whc~ '.t o.nly c:~ufc.:th a fe.nfu!Il deligbt, whkh dot~ mor~ hi11der a.nd corrupt the_ rnmd, than truly further tt m ItS dury : and ddfcreth ham true alacrity as paint Gom beauty, or as a feaver dorh from our natural heat. §. S. You fee th~n tha.t Intt'mperance in drinking is of two fo_rts : 1. Blbbin~ or. drinking ioo muc~~ 2. Drrmk,_mnrfi ( mvanous degrees )' And thefe Intemper.zte B1bbers are of {everal forts; 1 , Thofe rbat when rhc:y have over·heatc:d them{elvcs, or are teaVerilb, or have any ordinary difeafc:d thirlt will pleafe their appeti!C.s, though jt be to their hurt ; and Will vemure their health rather than endur: the thidt: Thoug!l in Fcavcrs, Dropfies, Coughs, it rl10uld be the grcatdl enemy to them yet thff ar~ fud1 ~ea~Iy fc:1vanr.s to th:ir '!PPC.tites, that d~ink they ~utt ~hatcvCr come of it: . Tho~g~ PhY– fit;ons for b1d them, and fnends d1ffwade .t~em, they have fo much of the bruit and fo Iirrleof the tnan, that Appetite isquire too hard for Re'!lfon with them. ThdC are of two foirs : 6ne foit keep the [oundm[J· of their Re;fon, ~hough the} have lOft all the Jirmgtb arid flnw.er of It, f'or .Want of· a Rcfolved wiU: And the.fe confcts t?ar thtyjh~uld abftain b'ur tell you,, 7hcjcdnnot.: <fhty arc.notfo. ~u:-h ~zw. The otl~er fort h~ve giVe~ up then very .Rea[on ( fuch ~s it tS) r9 the fq:vice of ~heir Ap'-, pcwu , .2nd rhLfc w~ll n.ot ~C!Ic.vc (till the C~ugh, o! G?~r, ?1' Dr?pfie, &c. ~akc th~m believe ir~ rhat tf.eu rncafure a1 drmkmg IS too much, 01 that tt Wlll do them h~lit; but fay, that ii would. hiut ., 381
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