Tbe Greatnefs of the Sill of f)runkemzefs. drunl<!n, the Lord of tbat {trv;nt jha~ come in a day whe~ he _loo~fth not. f ur l~im, and in a~1 hour tb.Jt bt ii not aware of, and jhJll cut bun afimder and appomt hzm bu portttm ~nth tbe hypocrtte! : tbae Jhall be weeping and gnafoing of teeth. Read Deut. 29· 19, 20. If when thou heJitft the words of Gods t:Hr[e, thou bleji tlry [elf in thy heart and fay I jhaU bave peace, though I walk,_ iJt the imagina· tion of my heart, to add. drunkptntf! '.o thir~l, tlu Lord will ;tot fP~Zre that ma;z~ but. tbcn ~heanger uf tbt L ord and bi1 jealoufiejhall fmoalf.. agamjl hzm, and all tiJf ct1r[e.s tb.Jt are wrmen m thu Boolz. fo'Jalllj•t '1/f'Jn him, and the L ord}hall blot out hi1name from ltHdtr Heavtn, andtbe L ord jhall fept~rate him to evil. Thou fecit here how God will fpice thy Cups. 9· 3 I• g, Thou art thejh&mt of humane nature: Thou re~refentefi man in the likencfsof a Beait, And :t lh:~me. and wotfe: As if he were made but inOead of a Barrel or a imk: Look on a drunkard lilthing and A t_by fa-~dl. fpewingand reeling and bawling, and fee if he be not uglyer than a bruit ? Thou art a Oume to thy c/. 1 1 :!·/f 011 1 ac. own Rea[M, wht;n thou Chew-eft the world, that it cannot fo much as fl1ut thy mouth, nor prevail with p1oved a thee in fo fma11 a thing. Wrong not Rea[on fo much as to call thy felf b..ational; and wrong not drunk:trd, t~ mankind fa much as to call ~~y (elf ~man: Non bomo fed amphora, faid one of Bonif~U the drunken ;~~;e"l ~~( d1 '" Emperour when he was hang d :- It M a barr~l m~d not d man. Book de offi~i:sJ ~· 3 2 • 9· Thou det\roycH that Reafimwh1ch JS the Glory of thy Nature, and the n12tural part of which is m1de the Imageof God upon thy mind :_If rh~u Chouldft deface the K~ngs Armes or lr~uge in any pub· his f.ubc:rs tc-: Jiek place, and fet in the fiead of It the 1ma~c of a d.og, would It not be a Tratterous conrempt? proach. How much worfe is it to do thus by God? It thou d1dtl mangle and deform thy body, it wefe Iefs in this refpeCl:; for it is not thy body, but thy foul that is made after the Image of God : Hath God given thee Rrafon for fuch high and excellent ends and ufes, and wilt thou dull it and drown it in obedience to thy throat? Thy Rea[o11 is of higher value than thy houfe or land or money, and yet "! thou wilt not cafi them away fo eafily! Had God made thee an ideor, or mad and lunatick, thy cafe had been to be pityed : but to make thy [tlf mad and defpife thy man-hood, defervcrh puniOJment. Its the faying of B~fil; lHVJizmtary m.ulntfJ defervtth compaffion, hHt volumary m~d~trfs, tbe jbarpcjf whip 1• l'rov. 19· 29· J•dgemeutJ are prcpartd f;r fcornert, and (!riper for the" fool I back: efpecial!y tor the vo· . luntary fool: He that will m•irJ bimfelf abeaft or·a mad·man, ()lould be u[ed by others like a beafi or a mad-man, whether he will or not. 9. 33· 10. Thou makefi thy felf unfit for any thi~g, that is good. 0 how unfit art thou to read Ofdrunken or hear or meditate on the Word of God! how unfit to pray? how unfit to receive the Holy Sacra- Pncfh Iam • ment? what a dreadful t~ing is it to think of \Drunken man fpeaking to God in Prayer ? Thy beft ~~tt;;~/~f::o~ pofiure till thou att Caber Jli to be aflup : for then thou dofi leaH. hurt, and thou art made uncapabJe to re:ad, · of doing good :, yea and of receiving any good from others ?Thou art not fo much as capable of !fa. 51. n .• J<proof or counfcl: He that lhould call Pearls befot• fuch a Swine, and offer to fpeak to thee for the &. >i. 7· good of thy foul, would_~ut di!~10nour the Name a _~d Word of God. As it is faid of a drunkard, ~1~;,~:;.Tj,s. that, when one rebuked htm, faymg. Art thou mr (l{l~<~mtd to be thJH dtu;t~w, replyed, Art thou not If:t. ~6.n,u.· afluzmed to talJt to a man that Udrxn~t.fn? It is ~_!hame to the man that would cure thee by Rea{on, l ev. to. 9· when thou hall thrown away thy Rea!on. And If thou have but a merry cup, and thinkd[ thy fdfthe 1"- 3!· , fitter for thy dury, yea if thou do it weU as to the outward appearance, as the principle is falfe and ~tk. 44 ' 1.l~ bafe, fo thou dcfervefi blame for caJling thy work upon fo great a hanud. As SopbrJcle.r faid of an l ~rbe('\.4~· Orator that wrote well when he was half ~runken, Thoug!J he did it weU, be did it ig11orantly and in G1J, 5- u. :m.certainty: For thy levity weakenerh thy judgement, and thou dofi the gt)Od thou dolt but at a venture; as a Paffronatc man may fpe11ck._ weU, but its unliJtely and uncertain ; and therefore no thanks to bim that it fell not out to be wmfc. 9· 3+• 11· Thou difpofd\ thy felf to almofl cvory fin: DrNnk,e>m<fl breaketh every one of the SeeProv. •!; Commandments; by di[pofi:•g men to break them all. It diftbleth them to the duties of the firj! 19>!•>31 > Commandment above all, vzz;. to know God, and beheve and tru!l and love h1m: It utterly unfitteth p, 31· men for the.holy wor(hip, required in the fecond Commandment as I have Chc:wed: He that harerh the guilt of former fin, in his Wor!hippers, hateth prt{ent wicksdncfJ much more, Prov. 2 r. 27· 71Je Sacrijict of the wick.fd Mabomilot:ztion: !Jow mucb mort when he brin?,tth it wi:h a wicl(_ed mind. Jd 0 .. latry, and wantonnefs, and exccfs in eating and dr'inkJhg ufually difpofe ro one another. See 1 Cor. 10. 7· Sacrifices of mirtb and jovialty and ~lurtony and drunkennefs are fit for Idols and Devils but untie f01 God: And therefor~ commonly we tind that it is the drunkards and riotous people in e'very Town that are the great enernu!s to the Preaching of the Gofpel, and to all holy exncifC:s, and r 0 all that fear God, and ~ill not be as ~ad as rhey :. when there_ is a Sacrific~ t? be offered to BacchM, ;!fi~~:p~ri..: and any merry meetmg where pottmg and feafimg and dancmg and roaring JS to be the game there morum fen.. · it is that the Minifiers and the Servants of Chrii\ are flandere<\and {Corned and railed at. T'here it tmria, fru.llr.i is that Helli!h reproach of Godlinefs> like the Devils Canons, are"let fly without controle (Though I 1dos ~nfli..O: through.Gods mercy they ha~e ~ore po~der th~n bullet, :~:nd do l~trle Execution). There it is that ~~:,~J~~;:i:the Dl!vd fit~eth as Prefident n~ his.Coun.cJl_. p~otrmg_what to d? agamfi the people and wayes ofChrill. q11amdiu pc:.: And though 1t be drunken fottl{h_Counc1l, tt IS rhc htcer for Ius bulinefs : for it is abruitijh thunderbolt fiifeu ifihrc that he hath to cafi; a fenfiefs funous workthat he hath to do; and no other inHruments \fill ferve ~onft_tc:tudo • his turn~ He h.ath a. plot to ~low up the Reputation and hono~r of ferious Godlinds; but he that ;~~t~)fi~~~, fcttlth fire to hts tram mufi wahall blow up hJm[elf: And none xs fo fit for this work as a Drunkard latioAe rc:ti.. · ()r a fenfual Sot: Few others will venture to caft their own fouls into the fire of Hell that they may netur, fairh procure a little !linking breath to be blown into the faces of the godly: Few others ~ould fct their --!cof/.4 fpeak.: ~ own ho~fes on fire, that they may trouble G~ds_fervanrs by the fmoak. Their very work is to do ~!fi~~-d~.11;.~r;: as thofe m Dan. 3· tP caft the fervanrs of Chnfi mto thofe fi•mes, which mull devour thofe that call p. n•· D dd 2 them
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