> > 2 The caufes why drunkards continue in theirfinne in that they wilfully incur all thefe mifchicfes, forthe non- riffling ofa finne , that bath not in it fo much as any refpe& ofworldly good ; for it is not accompanied withhonorand credit,but with fhame and reproch ; it doth not bringwith it profit and riches,but lo% andpoverty ; neither can there be any pleafure in the vice it felfe : for what moredelight can a man take to drinke when he doth not thirfl, then to eat when he is not hungry ? to continueflil caroúfing when already hee bath drunke too much, then prefently after a great feaft to fall toeating againe vpon a furfetted and full flomacke? but only that by long cutotn theyhauebrought themfelues to an habite,and turned fuperfluity into necefli- ty : fo that as thofe who loade themfelues with clothes,are apt to takecold if they leaue off any one garment though the one halfe were fufficient to preferue their bodies in na- turali heate and ftrength, if they were fo accu&omed ; fo thefe drunkards by longvfe haue brought vpon theinfelues finch a neceflity of drinking, that their dropledelire is ne- uer fatisfied,nor their infatiable thiri+quenched ,vnles they be continuallybibbing. §.Seíf.2. So that a manmight well wonder not only that anyChri- The earjes f}ian, but that ameere worldling fhould be allured to con- why men con- tinue in this vice,therebeing no refpe&ofworldly good to time in tba inticehim. But the caufe hereof is, that either men again!{ beafilyvice. reafon andnature are drawn into this vice, through the vn- refillable violence ofbad company, or through their owne wanton voluptuoufnes, which maketh them flaues to their filthy lulls ; and then howfoeuer therewas no reafon why they fhould wilfully fubie6 themfelues to this bondage, when theywere at liberty, yet when they areonce inthral- led,therc arecaufes enow tokeepe them in fubie&ion :nei- ther is it a hard matter tokeepe him in fafe cuf}ody, who is §.Sep alreadybound in flrong chaines. sotrifhnes Now thefe caufes areprincipally three : firft, becaufe thofe the carafe of who are addi6lcd to this vice are fo infatuated andbefotted, drankenneff e. that theyneuer enter into any conliderationof their elate; but as theyare fenfeleffe in feelingprefent miferies, fo they are fecurely carelefle in forefeeing or auoiding futureeuils;
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