430 C tr A P. F,. An Expofacionzvpoothefirft VEK.5,6. To let downe all the abides in euery degree amongfl vs, wereendleihe. It is now made a point of royall en- rertamnment,and a great part of our courtefie,to bid wel. corne with excefliue drinking. And he is no friend, that runs not intofellowfhip of that exceffe and riot ; though Peter had told vs, not onely , c bestamlo:, frequent and immoderate Bibbings are wortes of Gentiles, and fruits ofthe fle/h. And the greatefl difcourtefie that may I be amongft Goodfellowes, nor to follow in Pledging, i tillneither Hand nor Foot (as the Poet ípake) can doe their office. The Perfians, it feemcs, had entertained i Come filch Cuflome at Feafts ; yet this Caution and Law a Heít.is. they had, d None might compell. Now it is a matter defer. uing the Stab, if a man by this meanes bee not ready co runne to hell for companie ; and to drowne, I fáy,nothis Wit in Wine, but hisSoule in Perdition. Amongfl the Iewes it was growne to an height; wherefore the Pro - cIfa.s.zz, phet thunders C that woe aping it ; they counted it a point ofManhood,topowre in ftrongdrinke, That beaft- linefTe euen amongfl vs is growne into like reputation. Deverb..atpofl. As e` sifl`incomplained of his time, Ifa man gorge him - ser.4. felfe with Wine, drinks his Meafures out of meafure, it is nothing; Non innenit crimen, etiam viri fortis accipit nomen, tanrózequior, pant; fob poeulo inuitlior : So a- mongft vs, hethat drinkes moll, is counted the flouteíl man : Vomunt vt bíbant, bibunt Vt vomant ; how great caufe haue we to feare,left the Land, for there and like abo- minations, Brie out ber inhabitants. Whatihould I fpeake of what Habakuk in his time complained of, f Forcing others to Druntenne je ? Good God,with whatexpence! Many of thetninde,that to the Poorethey (pare not theleaft Mite, yea, thinke all loft, that Wines and Children partake ; and yet fpare_ not to (pend Pounds to make their Neighbours drunken. Quid multa ? I know not any finne but is rife amongfl vs ; yet muff I needs fay, nonegrownc fo rife or to fuch height, as i Pet.4.3.
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