5 2 Thegreatnts oftheirfin whopurpofely make others drunk. nature bath not dealt alike with all in the one more then in theother,but bath giuen toeuery one his ovineproportion. SSel?.4. Againe,what greater iniury can theyoffer to their neigh- hour, then comming into their company as a friend, tovre him as an enemy, thrußing himwith violence into there wicked actions, whichwill weaken his flrength,impairehis health,fliorten his hfc, &(that which is worfi ofall)wound his confcience with finne,and defiroy his foule ? Neither in truth is this their good fellowfhip better then the Spanifh cruelty to the poore Indians, who laboured to commend their skill by firiuing who could fhoote neerefl vnto their hearts, and to approoue their frength by contending who could giue the deepen wound in their naked bodies : fo there men to extoll their wicked írength, and drunkenva- lour,f}rike deepe wounds not only into thename, Rateand body,but alto into the very foules oftheir.neighbours,and that not offrangers and enemies, but eftheir moil familiar acquaintance and neeref} friends. So alto they finne againí{ Gods maieRie in moil defperate and defpightfull manner, being not content themfelues to commit all that outragir ous wickedneffe before fpokenof, but draw othersado in to the like impiety; likewicked traitors, who donot only themfelues rebell againff their Soueraigne, but alto force o- thers to rifeand takevp armes againR him. S. SeE1-.5. Laffly, theymoll damnably finagainfl their own foules, 6-richPile a- not onely in finking them intohell by the waight of their gainft forties. ovine finnes wich are intolerable but alto in refíin them 9wìu l , p g down into the deepen condemnation and loweRbottome of hell,by adding vnto them the vnfupportabk burthen of their neighbours fins,vnto which they are not onlyacceffa- ry,but theprincipal! caufes and chicle authors. AgainR this wickedneffe the Lord fharply inueighethand denounceth a fearefull wo which (hall oucrwhelrne thofe who fall intoit, Hab. 2.15. Woevnto himthatgiuethhis neighbordrinks : thou 5,16. ioinefl thineheat andmal¿efl him drunken alfo,that thon ïaaifb fee hispriuities. t 6.Thouartfilledwithfhameforglor_y : drink, thoualfa &bemadenaked:the cup ofthe Lords right hïsdfha2 be turnedvnto theeaandfhamefull f pingfhdllbefor thyzloty. CHAT,
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