Chap. 2. An Bxpofition upon the Book o f JOB. Verf.2 337 who knows not at what they (humble,; know not where they,go. A blind man fears in a plain way, and goes fometimes confident- lywhere there is greateft danger : Wicked men are blind, they knownot whether theygo, nor what they do. He that knows not what hedoth, may too late knowwhat he bath done, and he that knows not whether he goes, may know too late whether he is gone ; having (tumbled often , he falls at 1aí1 into that pit of darknefs, from whence he (hall never fee nor find his way out. Remember theCounfel ofChrifl (ph.' 2, 35.) Walkwhile you have the light, left darknefs come uponyou , for he that walketh in darknefs,ki,ioweth not whether he goeth : They who know not where they go, know not whither they go ; If our way be hid- den from us, fo"alto is our end: This is the fecond effed which follows the taking away of the heart. They grope indarknefs Without light. The third effe& is, Hemaketh them to flagger like a Drunken man, Theywho are overcome with wine or flrongdrink are un- Ebrietas e/f' able, not only to manage bufineí%s but to order themfelves, rurbariocapitis, Drunk'nnefs is the difturbance of the brain , and the overthrow of fubveff o fen- our renfes. Drunkennefs makctle a (torn; in the tongue , and d reaxpeff as tempeje all the bodyover. Drunkennefsdrowneth reafon, and ma- 1Q pouúñnlda keth fhipwrackofchaftity. There is a mental, as well as acorpo_ ,fragium cafli- ral drunkennefs : Adry drunkennefi as well as a wet drunken- tarty, infania nefs. Sober, grave , difcreet andprudent men , who by their° va41nratis, wifdom and judgement have overcome all 'oppofitions , and Aag° carryed all before them even thefe (hall dagger and reel too and fro , not knowing where they are , or upon what ground they Rand. The wrath of God taketh away the reafonofman. TheDrun- kards reafon is fufpended: we fay commonly,they are beafts, and we call 'drunkennefs a beaffly fin , becaufe fuch ac`I more like beafls then men. J(faith the good Prophet, Jer.23.9.) am likee adrunkenman, becaufe ofthe Lord, andbecaufe ofthe words ofhis holinefs : That is, I do even flagger nd reel , I antas aman a- Ronilhed and fencelefs at the apprehenfion of Gods difpleafure, and becaufe ofthat cupofhis fierce indignation , which his holy word threatens againft an unholy people, The prophet was as a drunkenman, while he forefaw a cup in the hand of God the X x wine
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