The Odiovjizej? of Vru11kemzejs. v~. ] 1 { Ar~f· them in, and mu{\: fcarce touch a dued of the garments, or a hait of the head of thofe for whom it ta.'; de P,~~M. was prepared : And who would do this, that knew what he did, and were well in hi~ wits: muft ;: ;o;;~';·d·J• he not be fir!l made drunk that doth it? Alfo dr~mk$nncf; difpofeth you to [wearing and blafphtaming and perjury and [peaking contemptuouOy and unreverently of God, ~nd to fpeak prophanely and Gluttons and jeaftingly of the Scripture: And thus foolJ mak..e a mocl\. of fin, Prov. I "f.·~· You ate gbo.d for none Dr.,nkud, oi the holy exercifcs of the Lords day ; Thars the day that you mufi derile with your filthy fin : fc~'~u;~~:u~r~ The d~y in whic_h God fendeth a~road his gracious inv!ta.tions, and the r:evil his wicked incitarions: prepan(t for In whtchGod ~rveth mofi of h1s Grace,. a~d the DcvtlmfeCl:e~h ~oft. wuh fin : In which God is AtheiC.n,11.- bell fervedtby Iusfinccrc ones, and the Dev1l ts mofi ferved by hts tmptous ones. And you difpofe ficlc!.ny ~nd your fclvcs to fin againfi your Governours : you have no hold of tongue or ad:ion when you are ;any u~1 ?lous drunken : How many in their Drunkcnnefs have reproached and abuted Father and Mother; and ~~~i~e~it;~;c fpokcn. Treafon againfi their King, or reviled Magifirates and Superi?urs: and per~aps attempted and bumd in the done mtfchief as well as fpokcn ir ? Jf you are fuptriourJ, how unhr are you to Judge or govern? duogh•ll of Is it not lawful for any to appeal from you as the Woman did from Philip drunk, to Pbilip fober 1 ~hclr g~s: and You will be apter to abufe your inferiours than well to govern them. AI(O Drunkennefs defiroyetb th::1cre~n civility, jufiice and charity. It inflarneth the mind with anger and rage: lttcacheth the tongue to ment;,.ous curfe and rail and llander: _It makes y_ou unfaithful and uncapable of keeping any fecret, and ready hun.udJt>: of to betray your ch1efefi fuend, as bemg mafier ne1ther of your mmd or tongue or actions. rhrr bram~: Dcunkennefs hath made men commit many tboufand murders: It hath caufed many to murder them– ~:~::;1:1 tf:- fclves, and their nearefi relations: many have been drowned by falling into the water, or broke thdr uUeft.<>) , necks with falling from their Horfes, or dyed fuddenly by the fuffocation of nature : lt draweth and <he vamen to idlcne!S, and taketh them off their lawfull calling : It maketh a multitude ofthieves, bybreed– ~0"" •ni h . ing neceflity, and emboldening to Villany. It is a principal caufe of lull and filthinefs, and the great b~f~golu'll;u maintaincr of whoredomes; and taketh away.all fharne and fear and wit, which fhould refirain men dofoinwxi~ fromthisoranyfin: What finis itthata drunken man may not commit? nothankstohimthathe -:ar: and ~loud forbearcth the greatefi wickednefs ! Cities and Kingdomshave been betrayed by Drunkennefs : Many a !~:~\~;;~~~e dr_unk_en Garrifo~ bath let in the enemy. There is no confidence to be put in a drunken man: nor any JinL uf(; of mifc?1ef that he ts fecure from. rhei: re:~[on, · c~cct't to comrive the fttvice of their guts and Jufls. Lcgt Ba{ilii Homil. ia tbriet, & !-ux. Vide ipfe ex taberna duos fcmi~ clptos vino cgr~fios, vix oboli c:mfa, ~e mutuo un~ eodcmque gladio confeciOe; & quidem extraftobis_e percufio corpott, pr~ aUerum feri~ endj furore ; l!aquemornento tempons ambo exarumcs ci:lrruerunt. Jof. AcD/la dt yrac. lnd.faM.l. 3· '· 2.1. p. 31'• Obj. r. An(rv. 1 >· Lafl!y, Thou finnell not alone, hut temptell others with thee tn perdition. It is the great ctime of Jeroboam that he made lfrael to fin : The judgement of God determine<~ thofe men to death, that 1101 only do wickednefs, but havepl,.fure in them that do it, Rom. I• 32• And IS not this thy cafe ? Art thou not Satans inllrument to tempt others with thee, to wafie their Time, and neglect their fouls, and abufe God and his creatures? Yea fame of you glory in your foame, that you have drunk down your companions, and carryed it away (the honour of a[jmtge or a tub, which can drinl{ up or bold liquor as well as you.) And what is that man worthy of, that would thus transform him– felf and orhers, into fuch Monllers of iniquity ? ~·SS· I V. Next let us hear the drun~ards exeu[ts, (for even drunk,.ennefs will pretend to Rea[on, and men will not make them[elves mad without an argument to jufiifie it.) •· Saith the Tipler, I tak.! n• mrre than doth me good: you allflwa man'' eat M much M dotb hi,. good, andwhy not to drin/tarmuchl N"••• is fitter to judgethillhan I, For I am Jure I feel it do megood. An[w. What good doll thou mean man ! Doth it fit thee for holy thoughts or words or deeds? Doth it help thee to live weU, or fit thee to die weU l Art thou fure that it tendeth to the healthof thy bqdy .' Thou canfi not fo fay without the imputation of folly or [eJf.conceitednefs, when all the wife Phyficions in the world do hold the contrary. No, it doth as Gluttony doth: It plcafeth thee in the drinking, but it filleth thy body with crudities, and flegmc, and prepareth for many Mortalfickneffes: It maketh thy body like grounds after a flood, that are covered with !linking Oime: or like fenny Lands that are drowned in water, and bear no fruit : or like grounds that have too much rain. that arc ~iffolvcd to dirt, but are unfit for u[e. It maketh thee like a leaking !hip, that mull be pumpt and emptied, or it will link: If thou have not Vomits or Purge; to empty thee, thou wilt quickly dro"'n or fi1ffocate thy life. As Bajil faith, A drunkard is like a Ship in a Tempell, when all the goods' ar~ ca!l over-board to disburden it lcf\: it fink. Ph}•ficions mufi pump thee, or disburden thee o~ thou w.irt b&~odrowned: And all will not ferve if thou hold on to till it up again: For intem– perance maketh malt difeafes uncurabk. A Hiflorian fpeaketh of two Phyficions that differed in their PrognolHcks about a Patient ; one forfook him as uncurable ; the other undertook him as certainly curable ; but when he came to his remedies, he prefcribed him fo firid: abfl:incnce as he would 110t undergo ; and fo they agreed in the ilfue ; when one judged him uncurable becaufe in– temperate, and the other curable if he would be temperate. Thou that feele}! the drink. do thte good, doll little think how the Devil hath a delign in it, not only to have thy foul, but to have it quickly; that themud walls of thy body being wafht down may not hold it long. And I mull tell thee, that thou hafi caufe ro value a good Phyficion for greater reafons than thy life, and art more beholden to · him than many others; even that he may help to keep thy foul out of Hell a little longer, to fee if God rviU give rimrrpwtancc, that thou mayrjl rfc•pc out of the foare of the Devil, who lak.!th tbu captivt:
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