Chap. 2. An Expofition upon the Book ofJOB.Veri25 339 yea, jugliéng with God and man.' Çhriíl himfelfwas called a de. ceiver by filch a generation. And Paul (peaks of himfelf, and his fellow Apoffles, we are, as deceivers, yet true. And as the adfions of others., fo their own dangers and enemies feemdou- ble, yea treble and twenty fold, to what indeed theyare. Trou- bled imaginations are a diftorting and multiplying glafs, to eve- rywork, thingor perfon they look upon. Thirdly, Drunkennefs dimms the bodily eye : the mental eye of thefe men is fodimmed that theycannot difcern between right and wrong, between good and evil. They put lightfor darknefs, anddarl_nefi for light, bitterforfweer, andfweetfor bitter. Their minds are blinded , and their underífandings as much difabled from knowingwhat is juft, as their wills and affections are from chufing and embracing it. The Prophet (Ifa.28.7.) reproving drunkennefs in the letter, .faith , Theyhave erredthroughwine , and throughfirong drink are out of the way ; the Prieftand the Prophet have erred through fining drink., they arefwallowedup ofwine; they are out ofthe way throughffrong drink,, theyerre its vifion, they ffumble in judgement. Now as men that are corpo -. _rally drunk -, wear out their wits , drown their brains , weaken their judgements, and when they are afuallydrunk, are not a- ble to make any judgement at all fuck dotards do they pro- ceed, who are intoxicated with the wine ofdivine revenges. The Prophet defcribes them fully Ufa.'9.14.) The Lord loath min- gled a perverfe fpirit in the midfi thereof, andthey have caufed Egypt to erre in every werk_thereof, as a drunkenmanftaggereth in his vomit. They who erre in every work, muff needs draw them into errour , whowork by their diredfion. If the blind lead the blind , both fall into the ditch. They who have loft theirown eyes, will make but ill guides for others. Fourthly, A drunken man defiles and pollutes himfelf with his own vomit, be pours that out loathfomly , which he poured in delightfully. Thusaltomen left of God, defile whatfoever they put their hands or tongues unto. They continually vomit up the filthinefs oftheir hearts, the pride, the cruelty, the injuftice,the bafenefs of their fpirits, in all they fpeak or ad : Their befl; counfels are like Jhameful fpewing upon all their glory, as the Prophet fpeaks, (Hab.2.16.) their ftink,and their ill favourgo- eth up when they dogreat things (Joel 2.20.) And the greater the things are which they do , the greater is the Rink that goethup. X x 2 Their
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