That drunkennes is the caufeofnannyfearfulpuniijhrents. t t i drunkards in this life ; thewhichhowfoeuer they are feare- Duunkenre8e full and terrible,yet arc they farre more light and ca(ìe,then Prin'f122d thole which are refereed for them in the life to come :for 'bz lae to co no they (hall be cafi out ofGods refence and excluded out of m'tb p afhrdie,+ atd his kingdom; where is fulues of' ioyfor euermore ; as the ray ti) :be toy . word of Godplainly telleth vs, I.Cor.6.1o.Gal.5.2I. And mentsof hell. yet this is but one halfe of their mifery : for being fummo- I Cor. 6. ro. ned toappeare before Gods iudgement íeate,and not being Ga1,5.ax. able to anfwere one word for their mifpendingofGods ta- lents, & the abuling of his creatures, norfor their fcarctùll di(honouringofhis holy name, not only by their drunken - neffe, but allo by their horribleblafpheniics, curlings, rai- lings, ribauldry, and all other their hainous Canes, before fpoken of they (hall be caft intovtter darknefiè, and haue their portion in the lakewhich burnethl with fireand brim- fione. The ferious confideration whereofmay ferne in (lead of tenne thoufand forcible arguments to reflraine all men from this finne. For what then will their pal `ed pleafures profit them, when as they are tobe punifhedwitheternal! torments ? What ioy (hall they haue in remembring their formergood fellowfhip and merry company, when as now they (hall haue no other company, but the wickedfiends & damned fpirits ? What will it auaile them tohaue pleafed their tafle anddelighted their appetite, with theirdelicious drinkes and choifef} wines, when beeing in torment in hell fire, there (hall not be granted vnto them fomuch as a drop of coldwater to coole their heat ? What will then their uk. i6. cups of pleafure profit them, whenas theymull drinke the cup of Gods fiercewrath,and fup vp the dregs thereofcuen to theverybottom? CHAP. VIII. Thecaufes why drunardscontinue in theirfinne. ANdyet fuch is the folly ofvoluptuous men,that how- §.Se-t.i. focuer al rhefe euils do accompany this vice ofdrun- Tb!f tt (hfot kennes both temporal( and eternail,yet theywill not tyofdrtr .zrds be reclaimed from it,the which folly is fo much thegreater, in
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