íC R A v.5. Epi f le to the 7heffálonians. V n P.5,6. 43 t as this of©runkenneire. And may I not fay, as Ieremie, 1 g Should not tha Lord be auenged on [itch a nation ae thiee ? s ter. f ), ''What words may I vfe to diffwadeit,vntomen giuen tó that .finne ? The, Lord hach threatned vea geance of all forts to detcrre from it ; and we haue feene many ex- emplified on many. Firft, Be:'grry, fait'i,Salornon, is the hire of fuch as company with Drunkards. Secondly, Fa- mine God bath lent on whole Kingdomes,ro h plricke the h ;oci r.r. Crap from the Drunkards nafe. Thirdly, By Hofea he tells vs, Tr takes away the heart. Fourthly By Salomon,the fear - full finnes that accompany it , frft, Luxury ; Veneri li6ero conueuit, faith Terrallian ; there two Devils of DeSpater. Drunkenncife and Lull are confpired and cuen fworne together : Nan quam ergo ebrium call umpurabo, laid Hie- In Tit. Cap. r. rome ; fecondly, Stapiditie;They haue [mitten me,Jhallhe fay, i but I haue not felt it. Fitly, In the body we fee of- Prou.z ;.3s. ten loathfome and vgly difcafes ; monftrous mil fhaperi- reffe, till arman become a burthen to himfelfe: Hos hoomi- nes an vtres veriús a/iimauerim, laid Ambrofe in another Amb.de F3tlia fenfe. Sixtly, In the foule fuch infariable appetite, that &Ieiun.cap.t7. we may fay of it, :as Tully once fpake of Cauetoufnetfe, when otherfinnes die with age, Sola ebrietae ivaenefcit. Seuenthly, And ice if :Drunkards bee not reckoned a- mongti the Damned Crue ,k that haue no portion orinberi. ktCor.6.io. tance in the Kinndeme ofChri ff and of God, I might be infinite, to fct downe the bitter InucE}iues of Diuines and Heathen'againftir. %Imbrafe laid of them, They bring on rhemfelues the Carle of CArrt ;their moti- on is with trembling ; tangesam inparalyfin refoluti, faith Aufüne, --- Pedibtu ambulare non poffunt. Secondly,They were wont to vfe it pro equuleo,fairh Ambrofefand it hath often fallen out in the euenr, what Torment could not wring out from men, Drunkennetfe bath. Thirdly, The. Romanes held it good politic, faith the fame Autüor, to permit to the barbarousNations of the Empire, free vfe Of Wine,yr Cw ipfi foluanturin pottm, e5- enerustti ebrietate, D d . vin -a re
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