----~-----------,----------- '46 1 ted os duug in regard of thefe. Th~~y,~::O:t~:~or:~~:emfelucs:hm thcn>retwothinos 1---· 'flrudc:th men in theright vfe ofthem, namely, to be fpoken of, v. herein the whole natu.rc~f~ when it worketh this pcrfwafion in their hares, imcmper,ancc is filfficic~uly comprifcd, Firfi,of •tPat til their pcrfons pleafc God,thcy can ncucr the ~buf.e ofthe crcarurcs:fccondly, of his cor- :v(c,d~cm well; and then oncly he is plcafcd in rupttOI) thatthus abufcrh them.Concerning the: I their vfc of thJ:fc, \Nhcu as their pcrfons firft former; the abufe ofd)c crcatllresis fourc waics: ipJeafc him, !d.!!__df.What is the thing then confirll in e:t:cef{e,when men vfc thembeyond their dcmned in thc!C feduccrs?A n{. The very fino.c c_alling; habiliric, or that which nature rcqui- 'condcmned is,,hat i'n the vfc of the cr-eatures of rcth; th~-f!Jak!th the heart hcauie:fOrbiddcn by ,God rhcy arc nor guided by, rcafo:)ablc, much Chri!t Luk.21 ·34·Sccondly,in curiofitie, when l. leffc this fpiriruall knowlcdgc;but oncly bynamen are not c~mcnt with ordinaric mearc, ntrc, fcnfc, and -<"~ppetirc, a~ the bca!t is, and ~nnkc, app~rcll, but dcuifc new f.1f1 1ions of no othcrwife,which is the cailfc ofall intempe:- apparcll~ :1~1d new kinds ofwaics of fl1rringvp 1ancc. and wherung of appe~it~. Thudly, in '!/foCiion, Hence note the proper caufc ofthe abufc of. vvhcn men fo addtCl rhemfclucs to mcatcs and all Gods bictlings vmo couctoufiles.pridc,IU~- drinkcs, as they cannot be without them. The fettiog, Jrut}kcnncs, and other finncs of that B Minifter mull not be one that loueth to fit at · 1 .'Tim.J.J. kindc:n:uncly,bccaufe though men haue by nathe win~, nor giHcn to wine. The affeCtion is J,CQr.No, 'turc the v{C of reafon; yet in the vfc of thele here c~ndemncd, when he cannot fit without things they bic it afide, and follow their owne the pot at his elbow: for elfe it is indifferent & fcnfc ~nd ~ppctirc:fo farrcare they from becing for }lis h<!ahh fake he rDay drinkc a little wi~1e. guided by that higher know]cdgc which is Pnul w.illct~ that the ioy in the creature be as wrought by the fpirit of God, no ioy. ThoCe alfoare reprooued that d,rinke Secondly; from the reprehcnflon we arc not for llrength,butfordrink_fak!: for although Ecelc'•M7· taught to labour for fpirimal knowlcdge,wherthey ~ei\~erare drunke nor furfer,yet thjs ver}' bywe 91ay be led into the right vfe of theJe affcClton 1JS a finne. Fourthly, in time~ when temporall things; for then and not before !hall. thefc;; goop creatures ,arc vfcd vnfeaf01iably. we vfe them as pledges of Gods mercic in Ecclcf. 10.16. Woe6etorhela"dWhofePrinces C.hrill: vntovs (as the beafis cannot) and lhall rift carly~9 eate. A woe ·i~ alfo denounted ahardly be drawpc to th"eir abufe in·riot and ingainfi ~hOfe, that rifeear!J to drink..; wine. If.1i.;. tcmperance,as thdC: feducers were. l I. that is, out offeafon. The rich man for that Thirdly, in thatthcy are faid to be guided C he was clad in purple, and fared dcliciouOy eo,lely,as the bcatl: which is without rcafon,that ucry day, is branded with a note of mtempcis by nature, fen~e, an~ ap~etitc: note the _pradce,in not obferuing this dillinClion of times. c\i(eof the Deu•ll, whteh IS tO keep men( If he Thefc.bethewaycs whereby the creatures are can) in their naturall knowledge, andwill no; abufcd. ' {offer them to auainc to that which is fpiricual:. The fccond point is, how intempcra'te peryea and v.-hich is more, he corruptcth alfo that fans in thcfe things cotrupt themfe!ues: namely, na~ural knowledge which men hauc.A notable foure waics: firfr in regard oftheir bodies, vp- ~xpericnce hereOf we haue in the <::hurch of on which by their finne of intemperance they Rome; which of a famous Church IS become call fundric fickndfes, difeafcs, yea anJ haficq hercticall, and fchiiinaticall; thcrc::J.fon of it is, their death. Secondly, they deface Gods im11ge, becaufc the Dcuil bath turned all their religion making thcmt"clues worfe the! the beafis themand doChinc into a natural doCtrine and rcligifclucs. Thirdly, they defiroy thcirfou/es;for no on:the mainc points whereofare grounded vpdrunkard,or riotus pcrfon fhall inherit heauen, on naturall reafon, and the learning and Phi~ x.Cor. 3· Founhly,thcy oucnhrow their famllofophie ofthe Heathen and Gcntiles.As iuflilies, in walling their fubfiancc to the maintaification by workes,mcrits,Purgacorie,with the , Ding of their intemperance,& fo bring ruinc to reO:. Others, not a few amongH our fducs alfo D the places where they liue. arc deluded by this fubtilty of Satan; who fufVfe. In thcfe fe<lucers we hauc a glalfe,wherfereth many men to liue ciuilly and honeflly ain to behold theflate of our d:oics and tiq1es; in mong their neighbours, but will not brookc which intemperance bath taken place not only that they rife higher, they mutl: content themin prophane houfes,but cue in rcJigious places, felucs to liue by naturall knowledge : Hence and where reformation is profcfled.A common m~mymen plead they know cnough,namely,to praClife it is to drink with glalfcs, withour feet, loue God aboue all,and their neighbour as thC~ which mull ncuer rell; aJfo by rhe bell, rhc die, felues: and that God is mcrcifull, &c. which is the douzen,thc yard,& m her meafures, & then nothing but•a flight of the Deuill fiill to h.old :vfe Tabacco or other means to lharpen appetite them in their namrallknowlcdge,and fo wnhflil:an horrible fin exceeding this finne of rhcfc in his owne power. feducers thcmfclues.Secondlr,fecing imempeThc fecond poim is the finne it fclfe,and proranee bringeth iull corruption, and in the ende p~rtie of .ir, In thofo thmgs they corntpt themdeHruC:Hon vpon the offenders, \.VC mllfi make felua. J This finne of intemperance caufcth confcience of fobrictic and temperance; this is men in the abufe ofmcate,drinke,and apparel!, the end of Gods grace which bath :1ppeared,to - tcacll -----------------------------
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