3 ó8 Saint Pauls `Trumpet, or, 3. Drunkards. a;. q. Sabbath. breakers. s. OppreAors. 6: Security. for his wife or his Daughter ; tilt theLord alto call them upon the bed of(hame, land forrow,and ftorn,and curfe,from which they (hall never rife. It is a lamentable 'thing that a mans confcience hearing this, fhould not apply this to his heart, that he fhould dare to (hut his eyes, and dare ftill to call h imfelfonhis bed, not thinking what willbe the iffueof it. And fo likewife,a monftrousgenerationof Drnnkards,monftersin nature,forno unreafonable creature fo much extinguilheth the giftsof nature as they. Thefe raft themfelves upon the bed ofvomiting, and filth, that no covering is large enough to hide their (hame. Let a man fpeak to them, and advife and counfel them ; there is nohearing of him in their cups, as Abigail obfervedin her húsband T(abal. Nay, let God fpeak to them, and pinch them in their bodies, in their ftrength, in their e Dates : let the Lord make them feel the fmart ; he their dangers never fo peer as Solomon defcribes them notably in `Prov.13. a drunken man is as he that fleeps on the top of a MaJt, in themiddeff of the Sea, in molt extream peril, yet,faith he, they have fmittenroe, but I felt it not ; theyhave beaten me; but Idifcerned et not ; therefore when he wakes, he will follow his cups frill. The like we may fay of a number of Sabbath- breakers, that eat themfelvcsupon thebedof prophanenefs, and Atheifine : fometimes for form, andfa(hion,they will come to the Templeperhaps, and liften a little to theword fpoken : but prelently you (hall fee andobferve them,that they cafl themfelves fa(lafleep, aseutichue,when at midnight Paal was preaching, be fallsfrom the loft, and hie lefe warconefrom Inns. But there is thisdifference,that was at mid- night,thefe will do it at mid- day.So little have men gainedof inftruftion,and ofthe knowledge,ofthe fear ofGod ; of all that theyhave heard, that they can fcarfe keep their eyes, and their earsopen, a quarter of the exercife, tohearwhatGod faith to them for theirown good. What (hall I fpeak of thole unjuf,injuriotts,ufuriousperlons, wholejawesareas knives tocut thole that they deal with ? thole that ufe injuftice in their weights, in their wares,intheir lights ; that ufeanymanner ofdeceit for the defrauding of their brethren. Andtheir call themfelvesupon thebedof their mifchicf,andfolace them.. (elves in rheit prefentnnjull gains,in gettingunjuft riches. Let a man fpeak to there, and tell them their chafe out of the Scriptures ; alas they hear not dealwiththem,aswe deal with meninafwoon rub them,andchafe them, and if that willnot ferve the turn, pinch them, prick them;andwring them, and makethentfmart,ifit bepollible to make theca feel : alas,fuch a man dies to our hands, there is no fife tobe got in him. All that wecan get from fuch a wretch fo oúrlove tohim, andourtefimony'ofhim, it is fomebru(h or blow: This fenflefs man layes abbot him, beknows not upon whom. In one word, when I confider the fecure conrfe óf a multitude of men amongft whom we'live : it teems as if they had found that Cave of fleepwhich the Poets' (táñí;lnd fpeak of,aplace very fitfor there perlons. ACave offleep,as they delcribe `ivheie'MaierSun fhines a place far remote from all company : a place where the`houfes have no doors for fear the hinges (hduld wake them ; a place where they fuffer no cocks,nor clocks,not nothing that may hinder them from flcep.And i theGeneratiön of men that I fpeak of,they feetn todefcend from Severats,a kindof people that are loófe, add lazy, and fleepy, and lafciviotts, that will not endure any Clocks, or any artificers that ufe toolsandhammers to knock, that they lhouldnot trouble them $ut why do you fpeak there Words, they ream (frange to us? But yertruly; your(elves(hall fay they be true in the Application. Forfirf dlo we not fee moll men in general, (except fomefew whom theLord . aiiiiaken h te, his' Own teaching,) that they cannot abide the place of the Sun-' (iairÌe, 'theplace'nherethe: Sun of thelight ofggrate'fhines, they remove themfelves frorñ it,' theyalifènt themfelvesupon any occafton, is ifa man fhould let himfelf to run fromthe ltgglit oftheSun ) Solikewtfedo'We notfee that men cannot abide the fociety ofgodly men of reti t1s men feáttngGod,that deál truly with theta in exhortation4'aftcfadmonitions, and IoYrng'rebukes,-t¢c. They 4úa11 nonerifthis: SD do wenot feehow ready, d t wt(ling
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