207 "begre,ttnesoftheirfinwhopurpofelt' make, gthers drank, may the more detefl it,and that tholewho haue beetleouer- taken with it, may bee mooued fcrionfly to repent for that which ispall, and for the time to come conflantly refolue to lcauc and forfake ir,as being toGod odious, hurtful' and in- jurious to their neighbours , and to their owne bodies and taules moll pernicious . Now for conclufionof this treatife we are briefly to (hew , that as it is a great finne to line in this vice ones,felfe,fo it isno leti'e grieuous in thefight ofGod to be guiltyofanothers drunkennefle . In which refpeft many Some dcli0 inour dales fearefully offend,and that in a eliuers manner; for in others dran. Tome take delight to fee others drnnken', andmake a fport I<cnnefre, and may-gameof heir neighbours finne; as though it were fit matter to mouelaughrer,tofee God diihonored,his name blafphemed, hiscreaturesabufed; and tobehold our neigh- bours nakednelfe,and as it were from a man transformed ill.. to a beati; yea in truth in a farre workcondition,hoth in re- fpe6 ofhisprefent (late, and future danger,in that he takcth a ready courfe to runne headlong intohell. It would bee ac- counted barbarous inhumanity, for a man to laugh andde- light himfelfe when he beholdeth another running vpon his (words point, orcallinghimfelfdown from a high rock, or fallen into the fire; what therefore is it but horrible im- piety to folacea mans felfe in anothers finne, wherebyhee is laidopen toGods fearefull iudgements, and iiadangeredto Cider eternal' torments in the fire ofhell ? Seff.2. Others there are whodot not oncly takepleafure in fee- some rte all ing thedrunkennefTe oftheir neighbour,but alío helpe him ;manes to help forward in thiswicked courfe, and that both byalluring in- forward others ticements,andalto forcible conflraint . Theyallure them by :ndrt "_ giuing them badexample; by drinkingvnto them in Thew wife. ofkind nefTe,redniringof them that by imitation theywil re- turne a pledgeof the like loue; by chalenging them to ex- preffe their loue , and honourable refpe& to their abfent friends by drinking caroufes to their health : and laflly,by liberal' (pending they care not howmuch,for the procuring flore ofthechoifefl wincs,andmot} inciting drinkes,For vit- ro Euch a height of wickednetTe are men come in thefe our times, that though thewofull teares andpittiful complaints of
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