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             England's bane, or, The deadly danger of drunkenness described in a letter to a friend wherein are many convincing arguments against it and many aggravations of it in professors of religion, and many other things tending to a reformation of that beastly sin / by Edward Bury.
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           ENGLAND'S
           BANE
           ,
           OR
           The
           Deadly
           Danger
           OF
           Drunkennels
           Described
           in
           a
           Letter
           to
           a
           FRIEND
           :
           WHEREIN
           Are
           many
           convincing
           Arguments
           against
           it
           ,
           and
           many
           aggravations
           of
           it
           ,
           in
           Professors
           of
           Religion
           ;
           and
           many
           other
           things
           tending
           to
           a
           Reformation
           of
           that
           Beastly
           Sin.
           
        
         
           BY
           
             EDWARD
             BVRY
          
           ,
           late
           Minister
           of
           Great-Bolas
           in
           Shropshire
           .
        
         
           
             Isa
             .
             XXVIII
             .
             1.
             
          
           
             Wo
             to
             the
             Crown
             of
             pride
             to
             the
             Drunkards
             of
          
           Ephraaim
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             Hab.
             II.
             15.
             
          
           
             Wo
             to
             him
             that
             gives
             his
             neighbour
             Drink
             ,
             that
             puttest
             thy
             Bottle
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             makest
             him
             Drunk
             also
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Tho.
             Parkhurst
          
           at
           the
           Bible
           and
           three
           Growns
           in
           Cheapside
           near
           Mercers-Chappel
           .
           1677.
           
        
      
       
         
         
           Licenced
           and
           Entred
           according
           to
           Order
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           TO
           THE
           READER
           .
        
         
           
             Courteous
             Reader
             ,
          
        
         
           THough
           these
           following
           lines
           were
           at
           first
           designed
           for
           a
           private
           Person
           ,
           and
           so
           adapted
           to
           his
           condition
           ,
           yet
           seeing
           there
           are
           many
           ,
           Oh
           too
           many
           sick
           of
           the
           same
           disease
           !
           and
           Drunkenness
           is
           become
           a
           publick
           distemper
           in
           poor
           and
           rich
           ;
           I
           thought
           it
           not
           amiss
           to
           make
           my
           Receipt
           publick
           also
           .
           This
           disease
           is
           become
           epidemical
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Physicians
           in
           England
           know
           not
           how
           to
           set
           a
           stop
           to
           it
           ,
           't
           is
           like
           a
           mighty
           torrent
           that
           bears
           down
           all
           before
           it
           ,
           so
           that
           Drunkenness
           and
           Adultery
           seem
           to
           strive
           for
           the
           Preheminence
           .
           Now
           though
           I
           cannot
           imagine
           that
           my
           little
           Dam
           can
           set
           a
           stop
           to
           this
           fierce
           Flood
           ,
           which
           doubtless
           will
           soon
           mount
           over
           it
           ,
           and
           bear
           it
           down
           ,
           yet
           being
           made
           in
           some
           small
           Stream
           it
           may
           possibly
           do
           some
           good
           ,
           or
           however
           ,
           when
           I
           have
           done
           my
           duty
           ,
           and
           witnessed
           for
           my
           God
           against
           this
           debauchery
           ,
           
             My
             
             reward
             will
             be
             with
             my
             God
             ,
             and
             though
          
           Israel
           
             be
             not
             gathered
             my
             labour
             will
             not
             be
             in
             vain
             ,
          
           Isa
           .
           
             49.
             4
             &c.
          
           and
           I
           shall
           stand
           up
           at
           last
           in
           my
           lot
           to
           witness
           against
           those
           that
           now
           shut
           their
           eyes
           against
           the
           light
           :
           If
           these
           Lines
           meet
           with
           any
           that
           are
           not
           guilty
           ,
           let
           them
           bless
           God
           that
           hath
           made
           them
           to
           differ
           ,
           and
           let
           them
           be
           preventing
           Physick
           against
           future
           temptations
           ,
           and
           
             let
             him
             that
             standeth
             take
             heed
             least
             he
             fall
             .
          
           But
           Reader
           ,
           If
           thou
           art
           guilty
           ,
           consider
           well
           the
           strength
           of
           Reason
           ,
           and
           the
           sorce
           of
           Scripture
           arguments
           here
           brought
           ,
           for
           thy
           Conviction
           ,
           and
           shut
           not
           thine
           eyes
           against
           either
           ,
           for
           the
           time
           will
           come
           God
           will
           open
           them
           ,
           and
           if
           thou
           canst
           not
           speak
           as
           much
           Reason
           and
           Scripture
           for
           Drunkenness
           ,
           as
           bere
           thou
           findest
           against
           it
           ,
           take
           heed
           of
           resisting
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           Message
           he
           hath
           sent
           thee
           ,
           for
           I
           am
           sure
           thou
           canst
           not
           resist
           his
           judgments
           ,
           which
           he
           hath
           threatned
           against
           such
           wilful
           offenders
           ,
           and
           
             't
             is
             hard
             to
             kick
             against
             the
             pricks
             .
          
           I
           know
           this
           discourse
           runs
           cross
           to
           the
           humours
           of
           the
           Time
           ,
           and
           the
           sinful
           inclination
           of
           corrupt
           nature
           ,
           yet
           though
           the
           Physick
           seem
           sharp
           't
           is
           safe
           ,
           old
           Diseases
           are
           not
           usually
           cured
           with
           Cordial
           Syrups
           ,
           nor
           old
           feastered
           Sores
           with
           lenitive
           Plasters
           ,
           a
           gentle
           reproof
           will
           not
           work
           upon
           an
           incorrigible
           Person
           ,
           or
           gray
           Headed
           Sinner
           ;
           some
           happly
           may
           quarrel
           the
           Language
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           matter
           ,
           because
           the
           Pills
           are
           not
           Sugared
           ,
           but
           when
           there
           is
           Fire
           in
           the
           Town
           ,
           men
           stand
           not
           to
           make
           an
           eloquent
           Oration
           ,
           but
           cry
           
             Fire
             ,
             Fire
          
           ,
           I
           write
           to
           those
           that
           many
           times
           can
           neither
           
           speak
           Sence
           nor
           understand
           Reason
           ,
           to
           those
           who
           had
           rather
           be
           accounted
           Good-fellows
           ,
           than
           either
           good
           livers
           or
           good
           Christians
           ;
           and
           my
           design
           is
           to
           make
           them
           better
           Livers
           ,
           rather
           than
           better
           Rhetoricians
           ,
           and
           seeing
           they
           sin
           in
           English
           why
           should
           they
           be
           reproved
           in
           Latine
           ,
           they
           had
           need
           have
           one
           speak
           loud
           enough
           ,
           lest
           they
           are
           asleep
           ,
           or
           amidst
           the
           crowd
           of
           their
           Drunken
           Companions
           ;
           for
           then
           't
           is
           hard
           to
           make
           them
           hear
           or
           regard
           .
           All
           the
           Plagues
           of
           Egypt
           could
           not
           awaken
           Pharaoh
           till
           the
           red
           Sea
           convinced
           him
           ;
           neither
           could
           all
           the
           Miracles
           of
           Christ
           convince
           the
           Jews
           till
           
             Titus
             Vespatian
          
           swept
           them
           away
           :
           the
           Sodomites
           when
           struck
           with
           Blindness
           ,
           yet
           were
           not
           cured
           of
           their
           madness
           ,
           till
           Fire
           ,
           and
           Brimstone
           convinc'd
           them
           of
           their
           folly
           ,
           and
           't
           is
           to
           be
           feared
           ,
           that
           nothing
           but
           Fire
           and
           Brimstone
           will
           awake
           many
           of
           our
           drowsy
           Drunkards
           ;
           this
           will
           make
           them
           see
           God
           spake
           in
           earnest
           what
           they
           took
           in
           jeast
           .
           If
           any
           pretend
           they
           make
           no
           profession
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           therefore
           are
           not
           concerned
           with
           part
           of
           the
           Book
           ,
           it
           being
           adapted
           only
           to
           such
           ,
           this
           will
           prove
           but
           a
           bad
           excuse
           ,
           they
           never
           pretended
           to
           serve
           God
           ,
           and
           therefore
           may
           the
           more
           freely
           break
           his
           Laws
           ,
           but
           I
           conceive
           all
           those
           that
           own
           that
           there
           is
           a
           God
           ,
           make
           some
           profession
           to
           serve
           him
           ,
           but
           let
           their
           profession
           be
           what
           it
           will
           ,
           without
           Holiness
           they
           shall
           never
           enjoy
           Happiness
           ,
           and
           truly
           till
           a
           man
           break
           off
           from
           wicked
           Company
           there
           is
           little
           hopes
           of
           a
           Resormation
           .
           When
           Peter
           was
           in
           
           Caiphas's
           Hall
           ,
           he
           soon
           learnt
           to
           deny
           his
           Master
           ,
           when
           Joseph
           was
           in
           Egypt
           he
           learnt
           
           to
           swear
           
             by
             the
             life
             of
          
           Pharaoh
           ;
           If
           Solomon
           will
           have
           Pharaoh's
           Daughter
           to
           Wife
           ,
           he
           shall
           have
           her
           Idols
           also
           .
           The
           Fuller
           in
           the
           Fable
           ,
           would
           not
           dwell
           with
           the
           Collier
           for
           fear
           of
           a
           Smut
           ,
           and
           whoever
           would
           avoid
           Drunkenness
           must
           avoid
           Drunken
           companions
           :
           he
           that
           would
           avoid
           Infection
           must
           beware
           of
           Infected
           Persons
           ,
           and
           Infected
           Places
           ;
           a
           man
           that
           would
           be
           Chast
           must
           not
           live
           in
           a
           Brothel-house
           ,
           and
           he
           that
           would
           be
           sober
           must
           not
           haunt
           Alehouses
           and
           Taverns
           .
           I
           shall
           add
           no
           more
           at
           present
           ,
           but
           wish
           that
           what
           I
           have
           written
           may
           be
           beneficial
           to
           that
           end
           for
           which
           it
           is
           written
           .
           I
           now
           rest
           ,
        
         
           
             Thy
             unfeigned
             Welwisher
             
               Edward
               Bury
            
             .
          
           
             Eaton
             ,
             
               Jan.
               1.
               1676.
               
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           DISSWASIVE
           FROM
           Drunkenness
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 Dear
                 Friend
                 ,
              
            
             
               THE
               Love
               I
               bear
               to
               you
               ,
               and
               your
               Relations
               ,
               puts
               me
               on
               this
               unpleasing
               ,
               and
               perhaps
               ungrateful
               work
               of
               Reprehension
               ,
               your
               Extravagancies
               of
               late
               years
               are
               too
               manifest
               to
               be
               concealed
               ,
               and
               the
               course
               you
               take
               in
               spending
               your
               Time
               ,
               wasting
               your
               Estate
               ,
               imparing
               your
               Credit
               ,
               and
               indangering
               your
               Soul
               in
               frequenting
               Alchouses
               and
               Taverns
               is
               so
               bad
               ,
               that
               it
               calls
               for
               a
               speedy
               Remedy
               or
               you
               are
               like
               to
               be
               undone
               :
               and
               after
               so
               many
               Admonitions
               ,
               so
               many
               Reproofs
               ,
               so
               many
               Promises
               and
               Protestations
               ,
               and
               Resolutions
               
               of
               Reformation
               ,
               yet
               nothing
               is
               done
               ;
               this
               hath
               been
               no
               small
               grief
               to
               me
               .
               In
               this
               distemper
               therefore
               give
               me
               leave
               also
               among
               other
               Physicians
               to
               prescribe
               you
               some
               Pills
               ,
               which
               though
               they
               may
               seem
               untoothsom
               ,
               may
               prove
               wholsom
               ,
               and
               may
               be
               the
               better
               swallowed
               being
               Sugared
               with
               Love
               ;
               a
               feastered
               Sore
               is
               seldom
               cured
               with
               gentle
               Lenitives
               ,
               a
               desperat
               Disease
               must
               have
               a
               desperate
               Cure
               ,
               what
               the
               event
               of
               it
               may
               be
               as
               to
               you
               I
               know
               not
               ,
               or
               what
               effect
               it
               will
               work
               upon
               you
               ,
               however
               my
               reward
               will
               be
               with
               God
               ,
               and
               my
               judgment
               with
               the
               Most
               High
               :
               you
               may
               read
               my
               Commission
               ,
               Lev.
               16.
               17.
               
               
                 Thou
                 shalt
                 not
                 hate
                 thy
                 Brother
                 in
                 thine
                 heart
                 ,
                 thou
                 shalt
                 in
                 any
                 wise
                 rebuke
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 suffer
                 sin
                 to
                 lie
                 upon
                 him
                 .
              
               He
               is
               no
               friend
               to
               your
               Soul
               that
               is
               a
               friend
               to
               your
               Sin
               ;
               't
               is
               true
               Solomon
               adviseth
               ,
               
                 not
                 to
                 reprove
                 a
                 Scorner
                 lest
                 he
                 hate
                 thee
                 ,
                 but
                 rebuke
                 a
                 Wise
                 man
                 and
                 he
                 will
                 love
                 thee
                 ,
              
               Prov.
               9.
               8.
               and
               by
               your
               reception
               of
               this
               ,
               you
               will
               discover
               your
               Wisdom
               or
               Folly
               ,
               David
               bid
               ,
               
                 Let
                 the
                 righteous
                 smite
                 me
                 ,
                 it
                 shall
                 be
                 a
                 kindness
                 ,
                 let
                 him
                 reprove
                 me
                 ,
                 it
                 shall
                 be
                 an
                 excellent
                 Oyle
                 ,
                 which
                 shall
                 not
                 break
                 my
                 head
                 ,
                 for
                 my
                 prayer
                 also
                 shall
                 be
                 in
                 their
                 calamities
                 ,
              
               Psal
               .
               141.
               5.
               and
               we
               find
               he
               loved
               Nathan
               never
               the
               worse
               for
               a
               sharp
               reproof
               ;
               't
               is
               a
               Christians
               duty
               ,
               much
               more
               a
               Ministers
               ,
               which
               we
               owe
               to
               all
               that
               offend
               ,
               much
               more
               to
               our
               Relations
               ,
               
                 Rebuke
                 them
                 sharply
              
               (
               saith
               the
               Apostle
               )
               
                 that
                 they
                 may
                 be
                 sound
                 in
                 the
                 Faith
                 ,
              
               Tit.
               1.
               13.
               and
               though
               it
               should
               not
               be
               scalding
               hot
               ,
               yet
               
               it
               should
               have
               some
               heat
               ,
               though
               railing
               and
               reviling
               should
               be
               laid
               aside
               ,
               yet
               Zeal
               and
               Fervency
               are
               necessary
               ingredients
               ;
               't
               is
               true
               Christ
               bids
               us
               ,
               
                 not
                 give
                 holy
                 things
                 to
                 Dogs
                 ,
                 neither
                 to
                 cast
                 Pearls
                 before
                 Swine
                 ,
                 lest
                 they
                 turn
                 again
                 and
                 rent
                 us
                 ,
              
               Matth.
               7.
               6.
               yet
               Like
               I
               not
               their
               judgment
               ,
               who
               to
               save
               themselves
               a
               labour
               of
               reproving
               make
               all
               Offenders
               to
               be
               Dogs
               and
               Swine
               ,
               and
               never
               make
               a
               trial
               of
               them
               :
               should
               you
               prove
               thus
               ,
               I
               should
               hereafter
               take
               Christs
               advice
               ,
               't
               is
               a
               sign
               of
               a
               gall'd
               Back
               that
               cannot
               endure
               rubbing
               ,
               and
               of
               a
               gall'd
               Conscience
               to
               kick
               against
               reproofs
               :
               't
               is
               a
               good
               observation
               of
               one
               ,
               that
               
                 Admonition
                 and
                 Reprehension
                 whether
                 it
                 be
                 true
                 or
                 false
                 ,
                 whether
                 it
                 come
                 from
                 a
                 Friend
                 ,
                 or
                 a
                 Foe
                 ,
                 never
                 doth
                 a
                 Wise
                 man
                 harm
                 ,
                 if
                 true
                 ,
                 he
                 knows
                 what
                 to
                 amend
                 ,
                 if
                 false
                 ,
                 of
                 what
                 to
                 beware
                 .
              
               To
               judge
               the
               Wound
               incurable
               ,
               be-before
               it
               be
               searched
               ,
               or
               before
               we
               have
               made
               an
               experiment
               ,
               is
               but
               uncharitable
               dealing
               ,
               I
               choose
               rather
               with
               the
               compassionate
               Samaritan
               to
               pour
               in
               Oyl
               and
               Wine
               .
               The
               usual
               mode
               of
               flattery
               to
               skin
               over
               the
               sore
               ,
               is
               not
               safest
               ,
               't
               is
               better
               if
               we
               search
               it
               to
               the
               bottom
               ,
               though
               it
               make
               it
               smart
               ,
               but
               to
               leave
               apologizing
               I
               shall
               address
               my self
               to
               you
               in
               these
               Ten
               following
               Considerations
               ,
               and
               desire
               in
               the
               Words
               of
               a
               Minister
               ,
               of
               a
               Friend
               ,
               and
               of
               a
               Relation
               ,
               and
               as
               you
               will
               answer
               the
               contrary
               before
               the
               Great
               God
               ,
               the
               scearcher
               of
               all
               Hearts
               ,
               at
               your
               peril
               lay
               them
               to
               heart
               examin
               their
               weight
               ,
               and
               the
               evidence
               of
               Truth
               ,
               
               that
               comes
               along
               with
               them
               ,
               and
               if
               you
               cannot
               give
               a
               satisfactory
               Answer
               to
               them
               ,
               leave
               off
               those
               Courses
               you
               follow
               ,
               shake
               off
               the
               Company
               you
               keep
               ,
               apply
               your self
               to
               the
               duty
               of
               Religion
               ,
               and
               
                 remember
                 from
                 whence
                 you
                 are
                 fallen
                 ,
                 and
                 do
                 your
                 first
                 works
                 .
              
            
             
               Consid
               .
               1.
               
               Consider
               Drunkenness
               is
               such
               a
               Sin
               ,
               as
               takes
               away
               the
               use
               of
               reason
               and
               turns
               a
               Man
               into
               a
               Beast
               ,
               yea
               makes
               him
               worse
               than
               a
               Beast
               ,
               he
               that
               in
               the
               Creation
               was
               made
               little
               lower
               than
               the
               Angels
               ,
               is
               now
               become
               lower
               than
               the
               Beast
               ,
               and
               the
               time
               is
               coming
               if
               repentance
               prevent
               not
               ,
               that
               the
               Drunkard
               will
               wish
               he
               had
               been
               made
               a
               Beast
               ;
               what
               is
               it
               that
               differenceth
               a
               Man
               from
               a
               Beast
               but
               the
               use
               of
               Reason
               ,
               but
               if
               Reason
               be
               drowned
               ,
               as
               it
               is
               in
               the
               Drunkard
               where
               lies
               the
               difference
               ,
               thus
               
                 Whoredom
                 ,
                 Wine
                 ,
                 and
                 new
                 Wine
                 take
                 away
                 the
                 heart
                 ,
              
               Hos
               .
               4.
               11.
               
               By
               Circes
               Charms
               
               Vlisses's
               men
               were
               turned
               into
               Beasts
               ,
               
                 Strong
                 Drink
              
               is
               as
               powerful
               ,
               for
               this
               turns
               them
               into
               Swine
               ,
               Nebuchadnezzar
               had
               his
               understanding
               taken
               from
               him
               ,
               and
               a
               Beasts
               Heart
               given
               him
               ,
               and
               so
               have
               these
               ,
               't
               is
               true
               they
               retain
               the
               shape
               of
               Men
               ,
               and
               that
               is
               all
               ,
               for
               they
               much
               resemble
               Swine
               in
               this
               also
               ,
               in
               their
               nasty
               behaviour
               ,
               wallowing
               in
               their
               Vomit
               ,
               and
               moiling
               themselves
               in
               their
               Dung
               ,
               and
               dirt
               ,
               but
               they
               are
               very
               brutes
               in
               their
               understanding
               ,
               but
               many
               sorts
               of
               Beasts
               are
               more
               capacious
               of
               Instruction
               than
               they
               are
               in
               their
               Drunken
               fits
               ;
               you
               may
               better
               instruct
               a
               Horse
               ,
               and
               Mule
               ,
               and
               a
               Spaniel
               Dog
               ,
               than
               you
               can
               
               them
               ,
               if
               you
               speak
               reason
               they
               understand
               it
               not
               ,
               neither
               can
               they
               speak
               sence
               :
               Oh
               the
               horrible
               nature
               of
               fin
               ,
               that
               so
               transforms
               so
               glorious
               a
               Creature
               :
               the
               Wicked
               in
               Scriptures
               are
               oft-times
               compared
               to
               ,
               yea
               called
               by
               the
               names
               of
               Beasts
               for
               their
               beastlike
               qualities
               ,
               as
               the
               Lion
               ,
               the
               Bear
               ,
               the
               Leopard
               ,
               the
               Bull
               ,
               the
               Serpent
               ,
               the
               Fox
               ,
               the
               Cocatrice
               ,
               the
               Asp
               ,
               and
               many
               other
               ,
               but
               the
               Drunkard
               is
               fitly
               compared
               to
               a
               Swine
               for
               nastiness
               ,
               for
               I
               know
               not
               any
               other
               Creature
               that
               will
               drink
               till
               he
               Burst
               ;
               and
               doth
               delight
               so
               much
               in
               Swill
               ,
               and
               wallowing
               in
               the
               mire
               :
               the
               very
               sight
               of
               a
               Drunkard
               is
               enough
               to
               overset
               a
               mans
               stomack
               ,
               his
               nasty
               belches
               ,
               vomits
               and
               other
               more
               filthy
               demeanours
               .
               He
               may
               also
               very
               fitly
               be
               compared
               to
               an
               Aerffe
               ,
               a
               Beast
               bred
               in
               the
               North
               of
               Suetia
               ,
               who
               when
               he
               hath
               caught
               his
               prey
               ,
               glutteth
               himself
               as
               long
               as
               his
               skin
               will
               hold
               ,
               and
               when
               he
               can
               eat
               no
               more
               ,
               straineth
               himself
               between
               two
               trees
               ,
               till
               he
               hath
               vented
               backwards
               what
               he
               hath
               taken
               ,
               and
               then
               filleth
               again
               ,
               and
               spends
               his
               time
               in
               filling
               and
               emptying
               ,
               and
               is
               not
               this
               the
               very
               practice
               of
               a
               Drunkard
               ?
               doth
               he
               not
               continue
               from
               morning
               till
               night
               ,
               filling
               and
               emptying
               his
               Belly
               ,
               by
               Vomiting
               or
               otherwise
               ,
               as
               the
               Daughters
               of
               Danaus
               are
               feigned
               to
               do
               their
               bottomless
               Tubs
               ,
               which
               run
               out
               as
               fast
               as
               they
               pour
               in
               ?
               do
               not
               many
               of
               them
               drink
               all
               the
               Wit
               out
               of
               their
               Heads
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               Money
               out
               of
               their
               Purses
               ,
               and
               yet
               with
               the
               Horse-leech
               still
               Cry
               
                 give
                 ,
                 give
              
               ,
               are
               not
               many
               as
               covetous
               
               of
               Drink
               as
               others
               are
               of
               Gold
               ,
               and
               and
               can
               never
               say
               't
               is
               enough
               ,
               they
               have
               a
               dry
               Dropsy
               ,
               the
               more
               they
               Drink
               the
               more
               they
               may
               ,
               and
               thus
               they
               spend
               the
               time
               from
               morning
               till
               night
               ,
               yea
               some
               from
               one
               weeks
               end
               to
               another
               ,
               filling
               and
               emptying
               as
               a
               Brewer
               doth
               his
               Barrels
               ,
               and
               live
               the
               very
               lives
               of
               Swine
               ,
               drinking
               in
               their
               swill
               ,
               and
               wallowing
               in
               the
               mire
               ,
               sleep
               and
               snort
               ,
               and
               up
               again
               and
               at
               it
               ;
               nay
               they
               are
               worse
               than
               Beasts
               who
               do
               but
               their
               kind
               ,
               and
               answer
               the
               end
               of
               their
               Creation
               ,
               they
               retain
               what
               God
               gave
               them
               in
               the
               Creation
               ,
               but
               these
               do
               not
               ,
               they
               lose
               not
               only
               Gods
               Image
               ,
               but
               the
               use
               of
               Reason
               also
               ,
               nay
               sence
               it self
               ,
               and
               their
               locomotive
               faculty
               ,
               which
               Beasts
               keep
               :
               some
               of
               them
               go
               upon
               all
               four
               ,
               some
               are
               Dead-Drunk
               and
               cannot
               stand
               ,
               the
               Beast
               is
               serviceable
               in
               his
               kind
               ,
               the
               Drunkard
               good
               for
               nothing
               but
               to
               spend
               and
               consume
               :
               Oh
               that
               such
               a
               noble
               Creature
               should
               unman
               himself
               ,
               and
               yeild
               to
               so
               poor
               a
               temptation
               as
               a
               cup
               of
               Drink
               ,
               and
               sell
               his
               Reason
               at
               so
               low
               a
               Rate
               ,
               if
               therefore
               you
               would
               not
               thus
               Beastify
               your self
               and
               make
               your
               condition
               worse
               than
               the
               Beast
               that
               perisheth
               ,
               if
               you
               would
               not
               make
               your self
               an
               unprofitable
               burthen
               to
               the
               Commonwealth
               ,
               and
               the
               object
               of
               Gods
               infinit
               hatred
               ,
               take
               heed
               of
               this
               detestable
               vice
               .
            
             
               Consid
               .
               2.
               
               Consider
               also
               how
               much
               this
               Beastly
               sin
               of
               Drunkenness
               doth
               debauch
               ,
               defile
               ,
               deform
               the
               Body
               of
               man
               which
               should
               be
               the
               
               
                 Temple
                 of
                 the
                 Holy
                 Ghost
              
               ,
               Holy
               and
               Honourable
               :
               yea
               how
               it
               weakens
               it
               ,
               fills
               it
               with
               diseases
               ,
               distempers
               ,
               and
               disorders
               ,
               which
               often
               prove
               mortal
               ,
               and
               set
               a
               Period
               to
               Life
               it self
               :
               the
               Body
               of
               man
               is
               in
               it self
               a
               famous
               Fabrick
               ,
               a
               beautiful
               Pile
               ,
               a
               sumptuous
               Structure
               ,
               and
               bespeaks
               God
               for
               it's
               Author
               ,
               and
               of
               all
               the
               visible
               Creation
               seems
               to
               be
               Gods
               Masterpiece
               ;
               if
               we
               take
               it
               in
               pieces
               and
               consider
               it
               in
               its
               parts
               ,
               you
               will
               find
               it
               an
               excellent
               piece
               of
               work
               ,
               every
               piece
               being
               so
               useful
               and
               exact
               ,
               nothing
               wanting
               ,
               nothing
               redundant
               ;
               the
               Heart
               ,
               the
               Liver
               ,
               the
               Brain
               ,
               the
               Brain
               ,
               the
               Muscles
               ,
               Sinews
               ,
               Nerves
               ,
               Arteries
               ,
               Veins
               ,
               and
               Ligaments
               ,
               and
               the
               several
               Members
               of
               the
               Body
               ,
               yea
               the
               whole
               is
               a
               beautiful
               piece
               dropt
               out
               of
               the
               hands
               of
               a
               choice
               Workman
               ,
               but
               this
               filthy
               vice
               doth
               so
               deform
               ,
               deface
               ,
               and
               defile
               it
               ,
               that
               it
               looks
               not
               like
               that
               which
               God
               Created
               it
               to
               be
               ,
               how
               doth
               it
               deform
               the
               Face
               ?
               the
               Nose
               ,
               the
               Eyes
               ,
               the
               Cheeks
               are
               red
               and
               pimpled
               ,
               the
               Face
               swoln
               like
               a
               Bladder
               ,
               the
               Countenance
               disturbed
               ,
               writhen
               ,
               and
               deformed
               .
               How
               many
               beautiful
               comly
               Faces
               ,
               both
               of
               Men
               and
               Women
               are
               thus
               spoiled
               ?
               set
               on
               fire
               ,
               and
               bedecked
               with
               Pearls
               and
               Rubies
               ,
               Pimples
               ,
               Pushes
               ,
               and
               rough
               and
               rugged
               Skin
               ?
               
                 To
                 whom
              
               (
               saith
               
                 Solomon
                 )
                 is
                 redness
                 of
                 eyes
                 ?
              
               &c.
               
                 to
                 them
                 that
                 tarry
                 long
                 at
                 the
                 Wine
                 ,
                 to
                 them
                 that
                 seek
                 mixt
                 Wine
                 .
              
               What
               meazil
               Faces
               ,
               what
               swoln
               Bellies
               ,
               Legs
               and
               Thighs
               ,
               and
               other
               parts
               usually
               have
               they
               ,
               and
               commonly
               their
               diseases
               and
               distempers
               within
               are
               not
               fewer
               than
               their
               
               deformities
               without
               :
               for
               this
               filthy
               vice
               quenches
               the
               natural
               heat
               ,
               and
               drowns
               the
               vital
               spirits
               ,
               impairs
               the
               health
               ,
               weakens
               the
               Body
               ,
               and
               is
               the
               seminary
               of
               many
               diseases
               ,
               Gouts
               ,
               Dropsies
               ,
               Feavers
               ,
               and
               what
               not
               ,
               and
               disposes
               it
               for
               a
               dissolution
               ,
               and
               in
               a
               few
               years
               ,
               even
               in
               young
               men
               ,
               we
               may
               evidently
               see
               a
               wonderful
               change
               ,
               a
               strange
               Metamorphosis
               in
               those
               addicted
               to
               Drunkenness
               ,
               they
               become
               lothsom
               to
               others
               ,
               and
               burthensom
               to
               themselves
               ,
               that
               their
               Legs
               are
               not
               able
               to
               do
               their
               office
               to
               carry
               them
               ,
               as
               they
               would
               do
               nothing
               ,
               so
               now
               they
               can
               do
               nothing
               that
               is
               good
               ,
               they
               are
               unfit
               to
               live
               being
               good
               for
               nothing
               ,
               and
               most
               unfit
               to
               dye
               ;
               and
               as
               they
               are
               like
               Hogs
               ,
               always
               desiring
               their
               Swill
               ,
               so
               they
               are
               fit
               for
               no
               other
               society
               ;
               they
               are
               Swine
               ,
               and
               like
               
               Vlisses's
               men
               desire
               no
               other
               happiness
               ,
               they
               think
               there
               is
               no
               Heaven
               but
               in
               their
               filthy
               Swinish
               pleasure
               ,
               no
               good-fellowship
               but
               amidst
               their
               Pots
               ,
               no
               such
               delight
               on
               earth
               as
               to
               make
               each
               other
               Drunk
               ,
               and
               no
               love
               like
               to
               this
               ;
               and
               thus
               they
               live
               undesired
               ,
               and
               die
               unlamented
               ,
               except
               by
               those
               of
               their
               own
               fraternity
               ,
               who
               if
               their
               means
               be
               spent
               ,
               matter
               not
               to
               see
               each
               other
               hanged
               out
               of
               the
               way
               when
               they
               once
               come
               to
               be
               troublsome
               ;
               if
               therefore
               you
               would
               not
               be
               troubled
               with
               those
               deformities
               of
               Body
               ,
               and
               not
               only
               race
               out
               the
               Image
               of
               God
               ,
               but
               also
               the
               Image
               of
               a
               Man
               ,
               if
               you
               would
               not
               be
               pointed
               out
               in
               the
               Street
               for
               a
               Drunkard
               ,
               and
               known
               by
               the
               Buttry
               door
               ,
               Buttons
               upon
               your
               
               Nose
               and
               Face
               ,
               if
               you
               would
               not
               be
               filled
               with
               diseases
               ,
               and
               infirmities
               incident
               to
               this
               Vice
               ,
               such
               as
               you
               are
               never
               like
               to
               be
               freed
               from
               while
               you
               live
               ,
               if
               you
               would
               not
               make
               your self
               loathsom
               to
               God
               and
               Man
               ,
               and
               unfit
               your self
               for
               any
               calling
               ,
               occupation
               ,
               or
               business
               whatsoever
               ,
               if
               you
               would
               not
               disable
               your self
               to
               do
               any
               duty
               to
               God
               or
               Man
               ,
               take
               heed
               of
               this
               filthy
               Vice
               ;
               for
               this
               by
               the
               just
               Judgment
               of
               God
               ,
               oft-times
               follows
               upon
               these
               lewd
               courses
               :
               t
               is
               not
               in
               vain
               the
               
                 Holy
                 Ghost
              
               pronounceth
               
                 Wo
                 to
                 him
                 that
                 riseth
                 early
                 in
                 the
                 morning
                 that
                 he
                 may
                 follow
                 Strong
                 Drink
                 and
                 continue
                 till
                 night
                 ,
                 till
                 wine
                 enflame
                 him
                 .
              
               Some
               part
               of
               their
               Wo
               is
               in
               this
               life
               ,
               but
               the
               greatest
               part
               is
               reserved
               for
               hereafter
               ,
               yet
               most
               men
               are
               insensible
               of
               it
               ,
               we
               may
               say
               of
               the
               Sword
               and
               Drunkenness
               ,
               as
               the
               Women
               did
               of
               Saul
               and
               David
               ,
               The
               Sword
               hath
               slain
               Thousands
               ,
               but
               Intemperance
               Ten
               thousands
               .
            
             
               Consid
               .
               3.
               
               This
               filthy
               Swinish
               Sin
               of
               Drunkenness
               ,
               for
               I
               know
               not
               how
               to
               give
               it
               a
               fitter
               epithet
               ,
               doth
               not
               only
               take
               away
               the
               beauty
               of
               the
               Body
               ,
               and
               fill
               it
               full
               with
               diseases
               as
               before
               I
               proved
               ;
               but
               't
               is
               also
               the
               Grave
               to
               bury
               the
               good
               name
               ,
               where
               it
               will
               for
               ever
               rot
               ,
               and
               stink
               in
               the
               Nostrils
               of
               God
               and
               good
               men
               ,
               and
               makes
               it
               go
               out
               in
               a
               stinking
               snuff
               :
               
                 A
                 good
                 name
              
               (
               saith
               
                 Solomon
                 )
                 is
                 rather
                 to
                 be
                 chosen
                 than
                 great
                 riches
                 ,
              
               Prov.
               22.
               1.
               and
               indeed
               cannot
               be
               purchased
               with
               Gold
               ,
               many
               men
               that
               have
               purchased
               great
               Estates
               could
               not
               purchase
               a
               good
               
               Name
               .
               Now
               the
               Drunkard
               ,
               a
               right
               Prodigal
               ,
               sells
               his
               name
               as
               cheap
               as
               Esau
               did
               his
               Birth-right
               ,
               for
               a
               little
               Drink
               ,
               as
               Lycimacus
               did
               his
               Kingdom
               for
               a
               draught
               of
               Water
               ,
               yea
               ,
               and
               that
               when
               he
               hath
               enough
               before
               ,
               and
               brings
               an
               Odium
               upon
               himself
               which
               he
               can
               never
               blot
               out
               ;
               for
               as
               a
               good
               Name
               may
               continue
               when
               Riches
               are
               gone
               ,
               so
               this
               blot
               lies
               upon
               him
               when
               his
               Drink
               is
               gone
               ,
               
                 A
                 good
                 name
                 is
                 better
                 than
                 precious
                 Ointment
                 ,
              
               Eccl.
               7.
               1.
               
               It
               comforts
               the
               Heart
               ,
               with
               the
               Smell
               it
               holds
               up
               the
               Head
               ,
               and
               chears
               the
               Heart
               ,
               and
               leaves
               a
               good
               savour
               behind
               it
               ;
               't
               is
               durable
               and
               preserves
               from
               putrifaction
               ,
               when
               the
               name
               of
               the
               wicked
               shall
               rot
               ,
               it
               smells
               sweet
               when
               the
               other
               goes
               out
               in
               a
               snuff
               ;
               the
               Righteous
               shall
               be
               had
               in
               everlasting
               remembrance
               ,
               but
               the
               other
               are
               either
               buried
               in
               Oblivion
               or
               remembred
               to
               their
               shame
               ,
               this
               filthy
               Vice
               rots
               the
               Name
               that
               't
               is
               never
               remembred
               but
               with
               obloquie
               ;
               when
               mention
               is
               made
               of
               
                 Heliogabalus
                 ,
                 Sardanapalus
              
               ,
               and
               such
               beastly
               Belly-gods
               ,
               with
               what
               contempt
               do
               we
               speak
               of
               them
               ?
               Tiberius
               was
               in
               scorn
               called
               Biberius
               for
               his
               excessive
               Drinking
               ;
               this
               one
               bad
               one
               drowns
               all
               other
               good
               parts
               in
               a
               Man
               ;
               is
               it
               not
               the
               constant
               language
               of
               Men
               when
               they
               see
               a
               Drunkard
               ,
               yonder
               goes
               a
               Toss-pot
               ,
               a
               Swill-bowl
               ,
               a
               Drunken
               Swine
               ,
               a
               Belly-god
               ,
               do
               you
               see
               how
               he
               reels
               ?
               how
               he
               vomits
               ?
               it
               would
               turn
               a
               mans
               Stomach
               to
               see
               him
               ,
               here
               lies
               the
               Cloak
               ,
               there
               the
               Hat
               ,
               there
               the
               Swine
               lies
               sleeping
               ,
               snorting
               ,
               wallowing
               in
               
               his
               Vomit
               more
               fit
               for
               the
               Dunghil
               than
               the
               House
               ,
               for
               the
               Company
               of
               Swine
               than
               Men
               ;
               and
               when
               he
               is
               dead
               this
               may
               be
               his
               
                 Epitaph
                 ,
                 Here
                 lies
                 one
                 that
                 made
                 his
                 Gut
                 his
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 Drinking
                 Healths
                 was
                 his
                 greatest
                 Devotion
                 ,
                 he
                 was
                 his
                 own
                 Executor
                 ,
                 he
                 lived
                 undesired
                 ,
                 and
                 died
                 unlamented
                 :
              
               and
               indeed
               ,
               no
               wise
               man
               will
               willingly
               be
               seen
               in
               his
               Company
               ,
               for
               as
               't
               is
               a
               blemish
               to
               keep
               company
               with
               a
               Whore
               ,
               so
               't
               is
               with
               a
               
                 Drunkard
                 ;
                 He
                 that
                 keepeth
                 company
                 with
                 a
                 riotous
                 person
                 shameth
                 his
                 Father
                 ,
              
               Prov.
               28.
               7.
               
               Yea
               ,
               they
               shame
               themselves
               ,
               and
               many
               get
               a
               Blot
               not
               easily
               removed
               ;
               these
               men
               are
               like
               the
               Locusts
               ,
               all
               belly
               from
               head
               to
               tail
               ,
               and
               make
               little
               use
               of
               the
               rest
               of
               their
               Body
               .
               In
               the
               Fable
               where
               the
               Hands
               and
               the
               Feet
               and
               other
               parts
               that
               complained
               of
               the
               Belly
               for
               devouring
               all
               ,
               and
               doing
               nothing
               ,
               denyed
               it
               food
               ,
               whereupon
               the
               whole
               Body
               faints
               ,
               &c.
               
               This
               shews
               their
               ignorance
               ,
               for
               there
               the
               Belly
               contributes
               to
               each
               part
               for
               their
               sustentation
               ,
               but
               if
               ever
               there
               be
               reason
               ,
               it
               is
               certainly
               the
               other
               parts
               has
               reason
               ,
               has
               here
               cause
               to
               complain
               of
               the
               Belly
               ;
               for
               it
               robs
               the
               Back
               and
               other
               parts
               ,
               and
               devours
               all
               ,
               and
               fills
               the
               Body
               with
               loathsom
               diseases
               :
               'T
               is
               Fabled
               the
               Giant
               Briareus
               had
               an
               hundred
               Hands
               ,
               and
               fifty
               Bellies
               ,
               but
               some
               men
               have
               one
               Belly
               would
               devour
               as
               much
               as
               an
               hundred
               Hands
               can
               get
               ,
               and
               commonly
               the
               greatest
               Bouzers
               are
               the
               greatest
               Buzzards
               and
               are
               fit
               for
               nothing
               but
               to
               Drink
               :
               These
               not
               only
               shame
               ,
               but
               undo
               
               their
               Families
               ,
               Friends
               ,
               Children
               ,
               and
               Relations
               ,
               and
               are
               a
               shame
               to
               the
               place
               they
               are
               bred
               ,
               to
               the
               Church
               and
               Nation
               where
               they
               live
               ;
               they
               are
               (
               as
               one
               saith
               )
               the
               Devils
               eldest
               Sons
               ,
               and
               therefore
               when
               they
               come
               to
               their
               Inheritance
               in
               Hell
               ,
               they
               will
               be
               sure
               of
               a
               double
               Portion
               :
               they
               bring
               much
               Grist
               to
               his
               Mill
               ,
               and
               have
               done
               their
               Father
               much
               Service
               ,
               and
               may
               expect
               good
               Wages
               ;
               some
               of
               them
               have
               been
               well
               educated
               ,
               received
               many
               Talents
               ,
               have
               Learning
               ,
               Parts
               ,
               Gifts
               ,
               and
               Endowments
               ,
               which
               they
               have
               not
               only
               lost
               ,
               but
               obliterated
               Reason
               it self
               ,
               and
               God
               hath
               deprived
               them
               of
               those
               Talents
               ,
               and
               bestowed
               them
               on
               others
               ,
               and
               will
               condemn
               them
               to
               utter
               darkness
               ,
               Mat.
               25.
               28
               ,
               &c.
               
               And
               whenever
               they
               die
               ,
               they
               shall
               leave
               a
               stink
               behind
               them
               ,
               for
               did
               you
               ever
               find
               a
               sweet
               savour
               proceed
               from
               a
               putrified
               member
               .
               If
               therefore
               you
               would
               preserve
               a
               good
               name
               ,
               and
               merit
               a
               good
               report
               among
               the
               wisest
               ,
               soberest
               ,
               most
               serious
               persons
               ,
               take
               heed
               of
               this
               odious
               sin
               which
               certainly
               will
               brand
               you
               with
               Infamy
               ,
               and
               load
               you
               with
               obloquy
               and
               disgrace
               .
            
             
               Consid
               .
               4.
               
               As
               this
               Sin
               doth
               deform
               the
               Body
               ,
               and
               blemish
               the
               Name
               ,
               so
               it
               also
               debauches
               the
               Soul
               ,
               and
               inclines
               it
               to
               all
               manner
               of
               wickedness
               ,
               for
               what
               Sin
               is
               so
               odious
               ,
               that
               a
               Drunkard
               in
               his
               cups
               will
               refuse
               to
               do
               ,
               when
               the
               Drink
               is
               in
               ,
               the
               Wit
               is
               out
               ,
               and
               when
               he
               is
               heated
               in
               his
               Drink
               ,
               he
               is
               Pot-valiant
               ,
               and
               will
               prove
               the
               Devils
               Champion
               ,
               and
               undertake
               
               any
               enterprize
               :
               we
               have
               known
               ,
               or
               heard
               it
               at
               at
               least
               ,
               when
               in
               Drink
               some
               have
               killed
               their
               Fathers
               and
               Mothers
               ,
               ravished
               their
               Sisters
               ,
               murdered
               their
               best
               Friends
               ,
               and
               nearest
               Relations
               ,
               and
               do
               we
               not
               daily
               see
               ,
               though
               not
               Perhaps
               every
               individual
               Drunkard
               ,
               they
               are
               commonly
               great
               Swearers
               ,
               Blasphemers
               ,
               flying
               out
               in
               their
               Cups
               at
               the
               very
               Face
               of
               God
               ,
               are
               they
               not
               usually
               great
               Liars
               ,
               ribald
               filthy
               obscene
               speakers
               ,
               quarrellers
               fighters
               reproachers
               ,
               and
               what
               not
               ?
               what
               service
               soever
               the
               Devil
               hath
               for
               them
               to
               do
               ,
               they
               are
               prest
               to
               do
               it
               ,
               though
               he
               sets
               them
               about
               the
               most
               dangerous
               unreasonable
               work
               in
               the
               World
               ,
               and
               the
               basest
               drudgery
               ;
               the
               Taverns
               and
               Alehouses
               are
               the
               Devils
               Schools
               ,
               where
               his
               Language
               of
               Hell
               is
               taught
               ,
               and
               his
               Shop
               ,
               where
               men
               are
               trained
               up
               in
               his
               work
               ,
               and
               commonly
               out
               of
               Hell
               you
               shall
               scarce
               hear
               any
               speak
               his
               Language
               more
               naturally
               ,
               then
               there
               :
               for
               here
               commonly
               are
               some
               old
               artists
               provided
               to
               instruct
               the
               rest
               in
               this
               Devilish
               art
               of
               Hellish
               Rhetorick
               ,
               and
               to
               discourse
               here
               of
               Religion
               ,
               Holiness
               ,
               and
               the
               Power
               of
               Godliness
               ,
               seems
               as
               unsutable
               and
               unsafe
               as
               to
               discourse
               of
               the
               
                 Protestant
                 Principles
              
               before
               the
               
                 Spanish
                 Inquisitors
              
               ,
               or
               the
               Conclave
               of
               Cardinals
               ,
               yea
               some
               are
               ready
               to
               quarrel
               that
               man
               that
               names
               God
               except
               in
               an
               Oath
               ,
               or
               vain
               speech
               ,
               as
               one
               that
               
                 comes
                 to
                 torment
                 them
                 before
                 the
                 time
                 ,
              
               and
               comes
               on
               purpose
               to
               spoil
               their
               sport
               .
               Now
               what
               pleasure
               
               can
               a
               man
               take
               in
               such
               Company
               ?
               Solomon
               adviseth
               ,
               Prov.
               22.
               24
               ,
               25.
               
               
                 Make
                 no
                 friendship
                 with
                 an
                 angry
                 man
                 ,
                 and
                 with
                 a
                 furious
                 man
                 thou
                 shalt
                 not
                 go
                 ,
                 lest
                 thou
                 learn
                 his
                 ways
                 ,
                 and
                 get
                 a
                 snare
                 to
                 thy
                 Soul
                 :
              
               And
               the
               like
               reason
               holds
               here
               among
               debauched
               sinners
               ,
               where
               never
               good
               can
               be
               learned
               ,
               many
               temes
               evil
               ,
               
                 he
                 that
                 toucheth
                 Pitch
                 shall
                 be
                 defiled
                 ,
              
               and
               he
               that
               meddles
               with
               a
               wicked
               man
               gets
               himself
               a
               blot
               ,
               he
               that
               danceth
               among
               the
               Devils
               Lime-twigs
               is
               commonly
               snared
               in
               them
               .
               The
               Drunkards
               are
               Leperous
               persons
               ,
               no
               clean
               person
               should
               associate
               himself
               with
               them
               ,
               they
               have
               a
               Plague-Sore
               upon
               them
               ,
               and
               we
               may
               well
               fear
               the
               Infection
               .
               Man
               is
               an
               imitable
               Creature
               ,
               and
               like
               the
               Camelion
               apt
               to
               change
               with
               the
               Company
               ,
               and
               like
               Drink
               apt
               to
               smell
               of
               the
               Cask
               ,
               and
               this
               Sin
               is
               as
               Infectious
               as
               the
               Plague
               it self
               ,
               and
               more
               dangerous
               ;
               that
               only
               kils
               the
               the
               Body
               ,
               this
               Soul
               and
               Body
               ,
               their
               acts
               usually
               increase
               the
               habits
               ,
               and
               at
               last
               bring
               it
               to
               a
               Custom
               ,
               and
               Custom
               is
               a
               second
               Nature
               ,
               and
               after
               a
               while
               that
               Sin
               which
               at
               first
               men
               stumble
               at
               ,
               at
               last
               't
               is
               as
               easy
               as
               Water
               to
               run
               down
               the
               Chanel
               ,
               't
               is
               a
               sure
               signe
               of
               an
               ungracious
               Heart
               to
               delight
               in
               wicked
               Company
               ,
               
                 Noscitur
                 ex
                 comite
                 qui
                 non
                 dignoscitur
                 ex
                 se
                 .
              
               What
               Solomon
               speaks
               by
               way
               of
               caution
               concerning
               the
               Whorish
               Woman
               ,
               may
               be
               applied
               here
               ,
               Prov.
               5.
               8.
               
               
                 Remove
                 thy
                 way
                 far
                 from
                 her
                 ,
                 come
                 not
                 nigh
                 to
                 the
                 door
                 of
                 her
                 House
              
               ;
               this
               would
               be
               safe
               in
               
               this
               case
               ,
               he
               that
               would
               not
               be
               burnt
               must
               dread
               the
               Fire
               ,
               he
               that
               would
               not
               hear
               the
               Bell
               must
               not
               meddle
               with
               the
               Roap
               ,
               to
               venture
               upon
               the
               Temptation
               ,
               and
               then
               to
               Pray
               
                 lead
                 us
                 not
                 into
                 Temptation
              
               ,
               is
               like
               him
               that
               puts
               his
               Fnger
               into
               the
               fire
               and
               Prayes
               that
               it
               may
               not
               be
               burnt
               ,
               or
               leaps
               into
               the
               Sea
               wilfully
               ,
               and
               prays
               against
               drowning
               ;
               custom
               in
               Sin
               boldens
               a
               man
               ,
               hardens
               his
               Heart
               ,
               and
               sears
               his
               Conscience
               :
               at
               first
               a
               man
               deals
               by
               Sin
               ,
               as
               the
               Fox
               in
               the
               Fable
               with
               the
               Lion
               ,
               at
               first
               he
               is
               terrified
               ,
               the
               next
               time
               a
               little
               bolder
               ,
               afterward
               approaches
               nearer
               and
               discourses
               him
               ,
               the
               application
               is
               easy
               ,
               
                 He
                 that
                 walks
                 in
                 the
                 council
                 of
                 the
                 Vngodly
                 ,
                 will
                 e're
                 long
                 stand
                 in
                 the
                 way
                 of
                 Sinners
                 ,
                 yea
                 and
                 sit
                 in
                 the
                 seat
                 of
                 the
                 Scornful
                 ,
              
               Psal
               .
               1.
               1.
               
               In
               those
               societies
               you
               can
               hardly
               choose
               but
               hear
               some
               mock
               ,
               or
               scorn
               blurted
               against
               the
               Power
               of
               Godliness
               ,
               which
               methinks
               should
               savour
               ill-with
               a
               Gracious
               Heart
               ,
               yea
               with
               an
               ingracious
               man
               ,
               and
               spoil
               all
               his
               mirth
               ;
               strict
               Holiness
               must
               needs
               be
               censured
               ,
               at
               least
               for
               needless
               scrupulosity
               ;
               or
               how
               can
               persons
               satisfy
               themselves
               in
               their
               debauched
               practices
               ;
               at
               first
               it
               may
               be
               ,
               such
               discourse
               may
               trouble
               them
               ,
               having
               drunk
               in
               other
               Principles
               ,
               but
               in
               time
               this
               will
               wear
               off
               ,
               and
               down
               well
               enough
               ,
               and
               at
               last
               become
               natural
               ,
               and
               the
               throat
               of
               your
               Conscience
               wide
               enough
               to
               swallow
               these
               Gudgeons
               without
               straining
               ,
               and
               in
               process
               of
               time
               a
               Camel
               will
               not
               choak
               you
               ,
               I
               have
               read
               of
               some
               and
               heard
               of
               one
               in
               our
               times
               that
               
               by
               little
               and
               little
               inured
               themselves
               to
               eat
               poison
               ,
               and
               at
               last
               Spiders
               ,
               Toads
               ,
               and
               such
               like
               would
               serve
               them
               for
               food
               :
               some
               men
               at
               first
               feared
               an
               Oath
               ,
               but
               by
               little
               and
               little
               learnt
               to
               swear
               little
               Oaths
               ,
               or
               something
               like
               Oaths
               at
               first
               ,
               and
               afterwards
               the
               greatest
               would
               down
               without
               chewing
               ,
               till
               they
               come
               to
               this
               ,
               they
               scarce
               knew
               when
               they
               swore
               ,
               it
               was
               so
               usual
               as
               in
               some
               distempers
               the
               Excrements
               pass
               from
               them
               without
               their
               knowledg
               .
               Joseph
               in
               
               Pharaoh's
               Court
               learnt
               to
               Swear
               
                 By
                 the
                 life
                 of
                 Pharaoh
              
               :
               probably
               he
               would
               have
               scrupled
               it
               when
               under
               his
               Fathers
               tuition
               .
               And
               is
               it
               any
               wonder
               if
               men
               learn
               worse
               words
               in
               a
               worse
               School
               ?
               many
               men
               amongst
               us
               have
               taken
               such
               a
               cursed
               habit
               of
               Swearing
               and
               Cursing
               ,
               that
               if
               the
               Law
               were
               duly
               executed
               ,
               all
               their
               Estates
               would
               not
               pay
               their
               Mulcts
               ;
               they
               deal
               with
               Christ
               as
               a
               Kennel
               of
               Hounds
               do
               with
               an
               Hare
               ,
               pluck
               him
               to
               pieces
               ,
               wound
               and
               tear
               him
               ,
               what
               in
               them
               lies
               ,
               limb
               meal
               ,
               neither
               his
               Blood
               ,
               nor
               his
               Wounds
               ,
               nor
               his
               Head
               ,
               nor
               his
               Heart
               ,
               nor
               any
               other
               part
               shall
               escape
               ,
               and
               they
               even
               dare
               Vengeance
               it self
               ,
               to
               punish
               them
               ;
               like
               Mad-Dogs
               they
               bite
               and
               snatch
               at
               all
               ,
               and
               would
               make
               all
               as
               mad
               as
               themselves
               ,
               and
               is
               this
               company
               to
               be
               desired
               by
               a
               civil
               man
               ,
               and
               in
               their
               quarrelling
               also
               and
               contentions
               ,
               which
               is
               not
               unusual
               upon
               the
               Ale-bench
               ,
               they
               are
               like
               Fire-brands
               ready
               to
               kindle
               one
               another
               ,
               not
               only
               Swearing
               and
               Railing
               but
               also
               fighting
               ,
               Quarreling
               and
               Murder
               it self
               is
               the
               effect
               of
               
               Drunkenness
               ,
               but
               perhaps
               you
               will
               say
               you
               are
               not
               guilty
               of
               Swearing
               ,
               Cursing
               ,
               Quarrelling
               ,
               and
               such
               like
               ,
               but
               't
               is
               almost
               impossible
               you
               should
               be
               otherwise
               ;
               how
               can
               you
               discourse
               them
               but
               in
               their
               own
               Language
               ,
               and
               I
               fear
               I
               have
               some
               grounds
               for
               my
               fear
               that
               you
               have
               lost
               some
               degrees
               of
               Innocency
               ,
               and
               cannot
               wash
               your
               hands
               from
               these
               transgressions
               :
               but
               suppose
               you
               are
               not
               actually
               guilty
               ,
               are
               you
               not
               accessary
               to
               the
               Oaths
               and
               Curses
               which
               you
               do
               not
               reprove
               ?
               and
               that
               you
               do
               not
               reprove
               them
               is
               evident
               ,
               by
               their
               delight
               in
               your
               Company
               .
               Can
               you
               hear
               the
               name
               of
               God
               Blaspemed
               ,
               his
               Children
               abused
               ,
               strict
               Holiness
               which
               is
               Gods
               Image
               derided
               ,
               and
               hold
               your
               Peace
               ?
               and
               testify
               not
               your
               dislike
               ,
               doubtless
               you
               make
               their
               Sins
               your
               own
               by
               connivance
               ;
               were
               there
               true
               Love
               to
               God
               ,
               to
               his
               Word
               ,
               his
               ways
               ,
               his
               Image
               ,
               his
               People
               ,
               you
               would
               have
               something
               to
               say
               in
               their
               behalf
               ,
               or
               break
               off
               society
               with
               Gods
               deadly
               Enemies
               ,
               their
               Sin
               will
               be
               laid
               at
               your
               door
               :
               Can
               you
               hear
               your
               Pot-valiant
               Companions
               Blaspheme
               God
               ,
               and
               have
               nothing
               to
               say
               in
               his
               Cause
               ?
               Can
               an
               ingenious
               Child
               here
               his
               Father
               abused
               and
               hold
               his
               Peace
               ?
               many
               in
               their
               Cups
               are
               like
               the
               Thracians
               when
               it
               Thunders
               and
               Lightens
               ,
               they
               shoot
               up
               their
               Arrows
               towards
               Heaven
               ,
               that
               by
               this
               means
               they
               may
               bring
               God
               to
               a
               more
               reasonable
               Composition
               ;
               many
               when
               they
               cannot
               speak
               sense
               can
               speak
               Bsasphemy
               ,
               and
               when
               they
               cannot
               speak
               Reason
               can
               speak
               
               Treason
               ,
               and
               can
               you
               wipe
               your
               Mouth
               and
               say
               you
               have
               not
               offended
               ?
               and
               all
               this
               is
               nothing
               to
               you
               when
               it
               is
               daily
               done
               in
               your
               company
               ,
               and
               are
               not
               you
               guilty
               of
               the
               many
               Acts
               of
               Drunkenness
               ?
               if
               not
               of
               your self
               ,
               of
               others
               ,
               when
               you
               Drink
               and
               Pledg
               their
               Healths
               which
               is
               the
               Devils
               Shooinghorn
               ,
               to
               draw
               on
               Drunkards
               ,
               yea
               perhaps
               force
               others
               to
               take
               a
               greater
               proportion
               of
               Drink
               than
               they
               can
               bear
               ,
               do
               you
               really
               think
               God
               gave
               his
               Creatures
               to
               be
               thus
               abused
               ?
               Read
               Hab.
               2.
               14
               ,
               &c.
               
               
                 Wo
                 to
                 him
                 that
                 giveth
                 his
                 Neighbour
                 Drink
                 ,
                 and
                 putteth
                 the
                 Bottle
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 maketh
                 him
                 Drunk
                 that
                 he
                 may
                 look
                 upon
                 his
                 nakedness
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
               If
               you
               do
               the
               Work
               you
               are
               like
               to
               have
               the
               Wages
               ,
               many
               an
               Health
               drunk
               on
               Earth
               that
               will
               be
               pledged
               in
               Hell
               ,
               if
               you
               would
               not
               debauch
               your
               Soul
               ,
               and
               be
               guilty
               of
               these
               and
               other
               Sins
               which
               are
               the
               usual
               Fruits
               of
               this
               filthy
               Vice
               ,
               beware
               of
               it
               betimes
               .
            
             
               Consid
               .
               5.
               
               This
               Sin
               of
               Drunkenness
               among
               other
               flagitious
               crimes
               is
               a
               great
               promoter
               of
               that
               filthy
               Sin
               of
               Adultery
               ,
               which
               lays
               a
               man
               open
               to
               the
               righteous
               Judgments
               of
               the
               great
               God
               ,
               
                 Whoremongers
                 ond
                 Adulterers
                 God
                 will
                 judg
                 ,
              
               Heb.
               13.
               3.
               
               It
               was
               the
               judgment
               of
               some
               of
               the
               Ancient
               Fathers
               ,
               and
               that
               not
               without
               reason
               ,
               that
               a
               Drunkard
               could
               not
               be
               Chast
               ,
               for
               he
               that
               breaks
               the
               hedg
               of
               Gods
               Law
               ,
               what
               can
               hold
               him
               ?
               If
               a
               Divine
               Precept
               cannot
               restrain
               him
               ,
               but
               for
               the
               love
               of
               a
               Cup
               of
               Drink
               he
               will
               be
               a
               transgressor
               ;
               who
               can
               think
               but
               
               if
               the
               Devil
               mend
               his
               Wages
               ,
               he
               will
               mend
               his
               Work
               ;
               or
               when
               a
               Man
               or
               Woman
               hath
               no
               more
               reason
               than
               a
               Beast
               ,
               why
               should
               they
               not
               act
               as
               Beasts
               ?
               Without
               distinctions
               of
               persons
               ,
               here
               commonly
               are
               neither
               temptations
               ,
               provocations
               ,
               opportunities
               ,
               nor
               importunities
               wanting
               ,
               and
               if
               the
               fear
               of
               God
               be
               absent
               ,
               and
               how
               can
               that
               he
               present
               where
               the
               wilful
               breach
               of
               his
               Laws
               are
               daily
               acted
               ,
               what
               can
               restrain
               them
               ?
               
                 Venter
                 non
                 habet
                 Aures
              
               .
               He
               that
               will
               break
               one
               Command
               knowingly
               ,
               what
               should
               restrain
               him
               from
               the
               breach
               of
               another
               ,
               which
               Nature
               doth
               every
               way
               as
               much
               incline
               men
               to
               ?
               That
               Man
               or
               Woman
               that
               is
               not
               Abstinent
               ,
               I
               cannot
               see
               any
               great
               grounds
               to
               believe
               they
               are
               Continent
               ;
               Lot
               in
               Sodom
               though
               he
               doubtless
               had
               many
               provocations
               ,
               and
               temptations
               to
               Lust
               ,
               and
               many
               examples
               of
               this
               nature
               ,
               yet
               could
               withstand
               them
               ,
               
                 And
                 his
                 righteous
                 Soul
                 was
                 vexed
                 with
                 the
                 unclean
                 conversations
                 of
                 the
                 wicked
              
               Sodomites
               ,
               2
               Pet.
               2.
               7
               ,
               8.
               but
               too
               much
               Wine
               lost
               the
               reins
               of
               Reason
               ,
               and
               he
               became
               a
               brute
               ,
               and
               committed
               Incest
               with
               both
               his
               own
               Daughters
               :
               had
               not
               David
               believed
               that
               Wine
               was
               a
               provoker
               of
               Lust
               ,
               he
               never
               had
               tempted
               Vriah
               with
               it
               to
               provoke
               him
               to
               go
               home
               to
               his
               Wife
               to
               cover
               his
               Adultery
               ,
               
                 Rioting
                 and
                 Drunkenness
              
               precedes
               
                 Chambering
                 and
                 Wantonness
              
               ,
               Rom.
               13.
               13.
               
               
                 The
                 first
                 evil
              
               (
               saith
               
                 Ambrose
                 )
                 of
                 Drunkenness
                 is
                 the
                 hazzard
                 of
                 Chastity
                 ,
              
               and
               truly
               those
               that
               will
               be
               perswaded
               to
               be
               Drunk
               ,
               I
               think
               't
               is
               no
               great
               business
               to
               perswade
               them
               
               to
               Adultery
               also
               ,
               for
               as
               a
               filthy
               Lake
               is
               full
               of
               Froggs
               though
               no
               Fish
               can
               live
               in
               it
               ,
               so
               the
               Drunkards
               Heart
               is
               full
               of
               Lust
               though
               no
               Grace
               can
               thrive
               there
               .
               Bacchus
               is
               the
               Pander
               to
               Venus
               ,
               and
               Wine
               is
               the
               Fuel
               to
               heat
               the
               Oven
               ;
               when
               the
               Belly
               is
               full
               of
               Wine
               the
               Heart
               is
               full
               of
               Lust
               :
               
                 They
                 are
              
               (
               saith
               the
               Prophet
               )
               
                 hot
                 as
                 an
                 Oven
              
               ,
               Hos
               .
               7.
               7.
               
               Sine
               Cerere
               &
               Baccho
               friget
               Venus
               .
               When
               the
               Fuel
               is
               withdrawn
               the
               Fire
               ceaseth
               .
               'T
               is
               
               Solomon's
               Council
               ,
               Prov.
               23.
               31
               ,
               &c.
               
                 Look
                 not
                 upon
                 the
                 Wine
                 when
                 it
                 is
                 red
                 ,
                 when
                 it
                 giveth
                 its
                 colour
                 in
                 the
                 Cup
                 ,
                 when
                 it
                 moveth
                 it self
                 aright
                 .
              
               (
               and
               why
               so
               ?
               )
               
                 At
                 the
                 last
                 it
                 biteth
                 like
                 a
                 Serpent
                 ,
                 and
                 stingeth
                 like
                 an
                 Adder
                 .
              
               (
               why
               what
               is
               the
               event
               ?
               )
               
                 Thine
                 eyes
                 shall
                 behold
                 strange
                 women
                 ,
                 and
                 thy
                 lips
                 shall
                 utter
                 perverse
                 things
                 :
              
               This
               is
               the
               Danger
               ,
               this
               is
               the
               Sting
               ,
               
                 Venter
                 aestuans
              
               (
               saith
               
                 Jerome
                 )
                 spumat
                 in
                 libidinem
                 .
                 Drunkenness
              
               is
               the
               Gallery
               that
               leads
               to
               
                 Letchery
                 ,
                 Vina
                 parant
                 animos
                 Venere
                 ,
              
               saith
               another
               .
               When
               men
               are
               heated
               with
               Strong
               Drink
               they
               are
               like
               to
               hot
               Iron
               ,
               the
               Devil
               which
               is
               the
               Smith
               with
               his
               Hammer
               of
               Temptation
               ,
               may
               forge
               them
               into
               any
               shape
               ;
               they
               are
               then
               like
               Wax
               softened
               ,
               they
               will
               take
               any
               impression
               ,
               they
               are
               then
               like
               Paper
               ,
               you
               may
               write
               what
               you
               will
               upon
               it
               ,
               or
               make
               what
               blot
               you
               please
               ,
               and
               the
               Devil
               is
               apt
               to
               write
               his
               own
               name
               upon
               them
               ,
               and
               to
               draw
               a
               Conveyance
               to
               pass
               over
               their
               Souls
               to
               him
               ,
               Jer.
               5.
               7
               ,
               8
               ,
               9.
               
               
                 When
                 I
                 had
                 fed
                 them
                 to
                 the
                 full
                 they
                 then
                 committed
                 adultery
                 ,
                 and
                 assembled
                 themselves
                 by
                 heaps
                 into
                 Harlots
              
               
               
                 houses
                 .
                 They
                 were
                 as
                 fed
                 horses
                 in
                 the
                 morning
                 ,
                 every
                 one
                 neighing
                 after
                 his
                 neighbours
                 Wife
                 .
                 Shall
                 not
                 I
                 visit
                 for
                 these
                 things
                 ,
                 saith
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
                 and
                 shall
                 not
                 my
                 Soul
                 be
                 avenged
                 on
                 such
                 a
                 nation
                 as
                 this
                 .
              
               That
               heat
               which
               is
               got
               in
               the
               Tavern
               is
               oft
               cool'd
               in
               the
               Brothel-house
               ;
               the
               Blood
               heated
               by
               Bacchus
               is
               cool'd
               by
               Venus
               :
               Chastity
               seldom
               sleeps
               in
               a
               Drunkards
               bed
               ,
               neither
               doth
               Virtue
               lodg
               with
               so
               foul
               a
               Swine
               .
               Venus
               as
               't
               is
               Fabled
               was
               ingendred
               of
               the
               Froth
               of
               the
               Sea
               ,
               and
               Venery
               is
               produced
               by
               the
               fumes
               of
               Strong
               drink
               .
               The
               Devils
               office
               is
               not
               to
               quench
               Fire
               but
               kindle
               it
               ,
               he
               kindles
               the
               Fire
               of
               Lust
               by
               the
               Fire
               of
               Drunkenness
               ,
               and
               the
               Fire
               of
               Hell
               with
               both
               ;
               experience
               proves
               this
               point
               ,
               for
               since
               Drunkenness
               came
               so
               much
               in
               fashion
               ,
               Adultery
               is
               not
               ashamed
               to
               shew
               its
               head
               ;
               when
               the
               one
               was
               driven
               into
               corners
               ,
               the
               other
               was
               ashamed
               to
               be
               seen
               ,
               but
               now
               men
               hang
               out
               rotten
               fruit
               in
               the
               sight
               of
               the
               Sun
               ,
               and
               declare
               their
               Sin
               as
               Sodom
               and
               hide
               it
               not
               ;
               men
               are
               not
               ashamed
               to
               be
               seen
               reeling
               in
               the
               Street
               ,
               vomiting
               in
               the
               Market-place
               ,
               or
               place
               of
               Judicature
               ,
               and
               with
               Zimri
               to
               bring
               their
               Whores
               to
               the
               Tent
               door
               before
               the
               People
               ,
               or
               with
               Absolom
               spread
               a
               Tent
               on
               the
               top
               of
               the
               House
               that
               all
               may
               take
               notice
               of
               it
               ,
               
                 But
                 what
                 will
                 they
                 do
                 in
                 the
                 end
                 thereof
                 ?
                 Now
                 they
                 assemble
                 themselves
                 by
                 troops
                 in
                 the
                 Harlots
                 houses
                 ,
                 but
                 it
                 will
                 be
                 bitter
                 in
                 the
                 latter
                 end
                 .
                 Wicked
                 men
                 and
                 seducers
                 wax
                 worse
                 and
                 worse
                 ,
                 deceiving
                 and
                 being
                 deceived
                 :
              
               Those
               that
               heretofore
               were
               
               ashamed
               to
               be
               seen
               in
               an
               Alehouse
               ,
               much
               more
               in
               a
               Whore-house
               ,
               now
               make
               it
               their
               Glory
               ;
               They
               glory
               in
               their
               shame
               ,
               and
               are
               ashamed
               of
               their
               Glory
               ;
               that
               River
               of
               wickedness
               which
               at
               at
               first
               was
               fordable
               now
               overfloweth
               the
               banks
               ,
               and
               knows
               no
               bottom
               .
               Jer.
               6.
               15.
               
               
                 Were
                 they
                 ashamed
                 when
                 they
                 had
                 committed
                 abomination
                 ,
                 nay
                 they
                 were
                 not
                 at
                 all
                 ashamed
                 ,
                 neither
                 could
                 they
                 blush
                 ,
                 therefore
                 they
                 shall
                 fall
                 among
                 them
                 that
                 fall
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
               When
               sin
               creeps
               into
               corners
               there
               is
               some
               hopes
               it
               will
               not
               be
               charged
               upon
               the
               Nation
               ,
               but
               when
               it
               becomes
               brazen-faced
               ,
               and
               braves
               Authority
               it self
               ,
               and
               sends
               chalenges
               to
               Heaven
               't
               is
               ripe
               for
               judgment
               :
               a
               beautiful
               Harlot
               is
               one
               of
               the
               Devils
               Lime-twigs
               to
               catch
               Fools
               ,
               which
               he
               layes
               with
               great
               success
               ,
               which
               brings
               much
               Grist
               to
               his
               Mill
               ,
               and
               much
               advantage
               to
               his
               Trade
               ;
               she
               like
               the
               Cackatrice
               kills
               with
               her
               looks
               ,
               but
               those
               that
               are
               deluded
               by
               her
               ,
               shall
               one
               day
               wish
               they
               had
               been
               blind
               before
               they
               had
               seen
               her
               ;
               I
               cannot
               accuse
               all
               Drunkards
               of
               Whoredom
               ,
               but
               of
               all
               Men
               and
               Women
               I
               should
               the
               most
               suspect
               them
               ,
               for
               those
               that
               have
               thrown
               off
               the
               reins
               of
               Reason
               ,
               I
               know
               not
               what
               should
               rule
               them
               ,
               those
               that
               break
               the
               Cords
               of
               Gods
               Law
               I
               know
               not
               with
               what
               they
               should
               be
               tied
               ,
               those
               that
               are
               false
               to
               God
               I
               know
               not
               what
               should
               make
               them
               true
               to
               a
               yoakfellow
               ,
               those
               that
               fear
               not
               to
               Blaspheme
               his
               Name
               ,
               abuse
               his
               Creatures
               ,
               undo
               their
               Families
               ,
               their
               Wives
               and
               Children
               ,
               venture
               upon
               the
               wrath
               of
               God
               ,
               the
               loss
               of
               
               the
               Soul
               ,
               the
               loss
               of
               Heaven
               ,
               and
               the
               pains
               of
               Hell
               ,
               and
               all
               for
               a
               little
               Swinish
               Pleasure
               in
               Drink
               what
               should
               hinder
               them
               from
               Adultery
               ?
               if
               they
               imagin
               it
               will
               bring
               them
               as
               much
               or
               more
               Pleasure
               than
               it
               ,
               what
               should
               keep
               them
               in
               awe
               ?
               not
               the
               Law
               of
               God
               ,
               not
               Conscience
               of
               Sin
               ,
               not
               fear
               of
               Hell
               ,
               or
               hopes
               of
               Heaven
               ,
               for
               all
               these
               could
               not
               hold
               them
               before
               .
               Solomon
               tells
               us
               ,
               
                 Wine
                 is
                 a
                 mocker
                 ,
                 strong
                 Drink
                 is
                 raging
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 that
                 is
                 overtaken
                 with
                 it
                 is
                 not
                 wise
                 .
              
               Prov.
               20.
               1.
               
               
                 Whordom
                 ,
                 Wine
                 ,
                 and
                 new
                 Wine
                 take
                 away
                 the
                 heart
                 ,
              
               Hos
               .
               4.
               11.
               
               
                 For
                 a
                 Whore
                 is
                 a
                 deep
                 ditch
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 strange
                 woman
                 is
                 a
                 narrow
                 pit
                 :
                 She
                 also
                 lieth
                 in
                 wait
                 as
                 for
                 a
                 prey
                 ,
                 and
                 increaseth
                 the
                 transgressors
                 among
                 men
                 ,
              
               Prov.
               23.
               27
               ,
               28.
               
               But
               there
               are
               some
               that
               affect
               the
               name
               of
               
                 Roaring
                 Boys
              
               ,
               which
               without
               Gods
               mercy
               will
               retain
               the
               name
               for
               ever
               .
               If
               God
               hath
               preserved
               you
               from
               this
               filthy
               Vice
               ,
               this
               Soul-damning
               Sin
               of
               Adultery
               ,
               bless
               God
               
                 For
                 it
                 leads
                 to
                 the
                 Chambers
                 of
                 Death
                 ,
              
               Prov.
               7.
               27.
               
               
                 The
                 Harlots
                 house
                 is
                 the
                 way
                 to
                 Hell
                 ,
                 going
                 down
                 to
                 the
                 Chambers
                 of
                 Death
                 ,
              
               1
               Cor.
               6.
               9
               ,
               10.
               and
               if
               you
               would
               be
               preserved
               from
               this
               Sin
               ,
               
                 which
                 will
                 lead
                 you
                 as
                 an
                 Ox
                 to
                 the
                 slaughter
                 ,
                 and
                 as
                 a
                 Fool
                 to
                 the
                 correction
                 of
                 the
                 Stocks
                 ,
              
               Prov
               ,
               7.
               22
               ,
               take
               heed
               of
               this
               Sin
               of
               Drunkenness
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               readiest
               road
               to
               it
               ,
               fly
               from
               it
               as
               from
               the
               face
               of
               a
               Serpent
               .
            
             
               Consid
               .
               6.
               
               This
               filthy
               nasty
               Sin
               of
               Drunkenness
               destroys
               the
               Estate
               ,
               ruins
               the
               Family
               ,
               beggars
               the
               Posterity
               ,
               and
               exposes
               them
               to
               want
               
               and
               poverty
               ,
               and
               should
               you
               invent
               a
               way
               to
               ruin
               your self
               ,
               and
               family
               ,
               you
               can
               scarcely
               pitch
               upon
               any
               surer
               and
               more
               certain
               way
               than
               this
               is
               :
               Scripture
               Reason
               and
               daily
               experience
               prove
               this
               so
               evidently
               and
               fully
               ,
               that
               it
               cannot
               be
               denied
               ,
               
                 He
                 that
                 loveth
                 pleasure
                 shail
                 be
                 a
                 poor
                 man
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 that
                 loveth
                 Wine
                 and
                 Oyl
                 shall
                 not
                 be
                 rich
                 ,
              
               Prov.
               23.
               20
               ,
               21.
               
               
                 Be
                 not
                 amongst
                 Wine-bibbers
                 ,
                 amongst
                 riotous
                 eaters
                 of
                 flesh
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 Drunkard
                 and
                 the
                 Glutton
                 shall
                 come
                 to
                 poverty
                 ,
                 and
                 drowsiness
                 shall
                 clothe
                 a
                 man
                 with
                 rags
                 ,
              
               and
               the
               experience
               of
               all
               ages
               ,
               of
               all
               Nations
               ,
               of
               all
               Cities
               ,
               Towns
               ,
               Countries
               ,
               and
               Villages
               ,
               are
               undeniable
               arguments
               to
               prove
               this
               ,
               and
               save
               me
               a
               labour
               to
               speak
               much
               of
               it
               ,
               few
               but
               can
               evidence
               this
               truth
               by
               experience
               :
               How
               many
               ancient
               Families
               in
               our
               times
               and
               in
               our
               Neighbourhood
               ,
               have
               by
               Drunkenness
               been
               everted
               and
               overthrown
               ?
               nay
               ,
               where
               do
               you
               see
               one
               that
               is
               much
               addicted
               to
               this
               vice
               ,
               but
               there
               is
               a
               sensible
               decay
               in
               his
               Estate
               ?
               perhaps
               there
               may
               be
               some
               that
               have
               large
               Revenues
               coming
               in
               ,
               left
               them
               by
               their
               Predecessors
               ,
               whose
               Estates
               are
               not
               quickly
               perceived
               to
               moulder
               away
               ,
               but
               doubtless
               there
               is
               a
               Worm
               eating
               at
               the
               root
               of
               this
               Goard
               ,
               that
               in
               time
               will
               make
               it
               wither
               ;
               God
               will
               blow
               upon
               it
               ,
               and
               a
               secret
               curse
               of
               God
               will
               dry
               up
               this
               their
               Euphrates
               ;
               many
               have
               turned
               Houses
               ,
               Livings
               ,
               Lordships
               ,
               down
               their
               throats
               ,
               and
               many
               of
               the
               great
               ones
               that
               have
               Thousands
               
                 per
                 annum
              
               ,
               cannot
               keep
               both
               ends
               together
               ,
               
               and
               no
               wonder
               when
               Gods
               Laws
               are
               violated
               ,
               that
               nothing
               they
               do
               prospers
               :
               there
               are
               many
               men
               (
               as
               one
               saith
               )
               drink
               God
               out
               of
               their
               Hearts
               ,
               Health
               out
               of
               their
               Bodies
               ,
               Wit
               out
               of
               their
               Heads
               ,
               and
               Money
               out
               of
               their
               Purses
               ,
               the
               Ale
               out
               of
               the
               Barrels
               ,
               Wives
               and
               Children
               out
               of
               doors
               ,
               the
               Land
               out
               of
               quiet
               ,
               and
               Plenty
               out
               of
               the
               Nation
               ,
               and
               when
               all
               is
               done
               they
               have
               nothing
               to
               shew
               for
               it
               but
               some
               Buttery
               door
               Buttons
               ,
               a
               red
               firey
               measled
               pimpled
               Nose
               and
               Face
               ,
               a
               diseased
               ,
               dropsical
               ,
               gouty
               ,
               deformed
               Body
               ,
               and
               a
               Leprous
               Soul
               ,
               and
               do
               procure
               such
               an
               insatiable
               thirst
               that
               can
               never
               be
               satisfied
               ,
               the
               more
               they
               drink
               the
               more
               they
               may
               ,
               as
               Solomon
               saith
               ,
               
                 He
                 that
                 loves
                 Silver
                 shall
                 not
                 be
                 satisfied
                 with
                 Silver
              
               ;
               so
               he
               that
               loves
               Strong
               Drink
               will
               never
               think
               he
               hath
               enough
               ,
               they
               drink
               not
               only
               the
               poors
               part
               ,
               for
               which
               they
               shall
               be
               called
               e're
               long
               to
               a
               strict
               account
               ,
               they
               being
               Gods
               stewards
               ,
               to
               give
               them
               their
               meat
               in
               due
               season
               ,
               Mat.
               24.
               45
               ,
               &c.
               but
               these
               gormundizing
               wretches
               devour
               also
               their
               Childrens
               Portion
               ,
               even
               that
               which
               was
               left
               them
               by
               their
               Predecessors
               ,
               expose
               them
               to
               want
               and
               beggery
               ,
               how
               many
               poor
               Children
               had
               been
               better
               if
               they
               had
               never
               seen
               such
               Parents
               ?
               How
               many
               Wives
               and
               Children
               lie
               weeping
               and
               wailing
               ,
               and
               wringing
               their
               hands
               at
               home
               ,
               not
               having
               Bread
               to
               eat
               ,
               or
               Cloathing
               to
               put
               on
               ,
               when
               their
               Prodigal
               Husbands
               ,
               or
               Fathers
               are
               merry
               enough
               amidst
               their
               Cups
               ,
               and
               Queans
               ,
               devouring
               that
               
               which
               should
               sustain
               them
               ,
               but
               these
               will
               prove
               bitterness
               in
               the
               latter
               end
               ,
               and
               God
               will
               make
               them
               vomit
               up
               those
               sweet
               morsels
               they
               so
               greedily
               swallowed
               ;
               see
               the
               Doom
               of
               such
               Offenders
               ,
               Matth.
               24.
               49
               ,
               &c.
               
               Many
               a
               poor
               Labourer
               that
               hath
               but
               from
               hand
               to
               mouth
               ,
               and
               with
               his
               work
               can
               scarcely
               maintain
               his
               Children
               with
               Bread
               ,
               yet
               is
               so
               addicted
               to
               this
               bewitching
               Vice
               ,
               or
               so
               won
               upon
               by
               cursed
               company
               ,
               that
               oft-times
               he
               spends
               in
               a
               day
               what
               should
               maintain
               his
               Family
               a
               week
               ,
               and
               so
               expose
               them
               either
               to
               Begging
               ,
               Stealing
               ,
               or
               Starving
               ,
               and
               many
               spend
               that
               in
               youth
               ,
               should
               maintain
               them
               when
               they
               are
               old
               ,
               sell
               their
               Estates
               ,
               ruin
               themselves
               ,
               and
               if
               the
               Parish
               make
               not
               provision
               ,
               either
               Beg
               or
               Steal
               ,
               and
               oft
               end
               their
               dayes
               in
               Prison
               or
               on
               the
               Gallows
               .
               There
               are
               many
               that
               fear
               poverty
               more
               than
               Hell
               ,
               and
               think
               that
               the
               greatest
               argument
               against
               Drunkenness
               ,
               which
               yet
               is
               to
               be
               feared
               ,
               are
               like
               to
               have
               the
               one
               in
               earnest
               of
               the
               other
               ,
               for
               neither
               Poverty
               ,
               nor
               Hell
               can
               make
               them
               leave
               this
               Beastly
               Sin
               ;
               God
               will
               give
               such
               something
               in
               hand
               ,
               and
               the
               Devil
               will
               pay
               them
               the
               rest
               of
               their
               wages
               ,
               and
               those
               that
               keep
               such
               men
               company
               get
               a
               blot
               to
               their
               own
               Souls
               ,
               Prov.
               21.
               17.
               
               Noah
               got
               nothing
               amongst
               the
               luxurious
               old
               World
               ,
               nor
               Lot
               ,
               in
               intemperat
               Sodom
               .
               The
               Prodigal
               spent
               his
               Substance
               with
               riotous
               living
               ,
               Luk.
               15.
               13.
               and
               there
               are
               many
               Prodigals
               in
               our
               age
               ,
               there
               are
               many
               that
               like
               Livius
               are
               their
               own
               Executors
               ,
               and
               
               may
               boast
               as
               they
               did
               that
               left
               their
               Heirs
               nothing
               
                 Praeter
                 Coelum
                 &
                 Coenum
              
               ,
               the
               Air
               to
               breath
               in
               ,
               and
               the
               Ground
               to
               tread
               upon
               .
               Some
               drink
               the
               Cloth
               off
               their
               Backs
               ,
               the
               Money
               out
               of
               their
               Purses
               ,
               the
               Beds
               whereon
               they
               lie
               ,
               and
               the
               Houses
               wherein
               they
               live
               .
               Oh
               the
               bottomless
               Gulf
               of
               a
               devouring
               Throat
               !
               which
               
                 like
                 the
                 Horseleech
                 cries
                 give
                 ,
                 give
                 ,
              
               and
               can
               never
               be
               satisfied
               ,
               or
               like
               Hell
               that
               never
               saith
               it
               is
               enough
               ;
               these
               men
               fall
               oft-times
               from
               Luxury
               to
               Beggery
               ,
               from
               Beggery
               to
               Thievery
               ,
               and
               from
               thence
               to
               the
               Halter
               ;
               from
               the
               Tavern
               to
               Tyburn
               ,
               from
               the
               Alehouse
               to
               the
               Gallows
               :
               I
               need
               not
               give
               you
               examples
               of
               this
               kind
               ,
               every
               place
               is
               full
               ,
               yea
               too
               full
               ,
               you
               cannot
               open
               your
               eyes
               but
               you
               must
               see
               them
               ,
               and
               in
               them
               foresee
               what
               is
               like
               to
               be
               your
               condition
               ,
               if
               you
               follow
               such
               courses
               ;
               like
               Sins
               will
               bring
               like
               Judgments
               .
               Now
               therefore
               if
               you
               would
               avoid
               this
               certain
               mischief
               which
               unavoidably
               will
               follow
               this
               wicked
               Vice
               ,
               the
               ruin
               of
               your
               estate
               ,
               the
               undoing
               of
               your
               Wife
               and
               little
               Children
               ,
               exposing
               them
               to
               those
               Miseries
               that
               Want
               and
               Beggery
               are
               attended
               with
               ,
               if
               you
               would
               not
               undo
               your self
               ,
               and
               your
               Posterity
               ,
               and
               bury
               your
               Family
               in
               the
               ashes
               of
               ignominy
               :
               If
               you
               would
               keep
               your
               your self
               out
               of
               Debt
               and
               Danger
               ,
               out
               of
               Prisons
               and
               Fetters
               ;
               if
               you
               would
               not
               procure
               the
               Wrath
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               force
               him
               to
               cut
               you
               off
               by
               some
               untimely
               death
               ,
               or
               the
               Curses
               of
               a
               ruined
               Family
               ;
               if
               you
               would
               not
               procure
               
               the
               grief
               of
               your
               Friends
               ,
               and
               the
               scorn
               of
               your
               Enemies
               ,
               leave
               off
               these
               courses
               betime
               ,
               and
               break
               off
               your
               sinful
               society
               ,
               which
               are
               the
               Cords
               of
               Vanity
               with
               which
               the
               Devil
               draws
               you
               on
               in
               his
               service
               ,
               and
               by
               Custom
               they
               will
               be
               Cart-ropes
               to
               ty
               you
               faster
               to
               him
               ,
               and
               lead
               you
               after
               him
               to
               Hell
               it self
               .
            
             
               Consid
               .
               7.
               
               Drunkenness
               unfits
               a
               man
               for
               any
               Calling
               ,
               Place
               ,
               or
               Office
               in
               Church
               or
               Commonwealth
               ,
               for
               any
               imployment
               ,
               vocation
               ,
               or
               business
               whatsoever
               ,
               for
               any
               duty
               either
               to
               God
               or
               man
               ,
               either
               to
               our
               general
               or
               particular
               calling
               ,
               and
               consequently
               it
               renders
               a
               man
               an
               useless
               ,
               unserviceable
               ,
               unprofitable
               burthen
               of
               the
               Earth
               ,
               and
               like
               Salt
               that
               hath
               lost
               its
               savour
               ,
               thenceforth
               good
               for
               nothing
               but
               to
               be
               trodden
               under
               foot
               ,
               or
               to
               be
               cast
               off
               ;
               or
               like
               a
               rotten
               member
               to
               be
               cut
               off
               and
               not
               cherished
               ,
               lest
               it
               infect
               the
               other
               also
               .
               The
               ancient
               Romans
               commanded
               such
               should
               be
               banished
               ,
               lest
               by
               their
               ill
               example
               they
               should
               infect
               those
               that
               were
               sound
               :
               such
               as
               these
               have
               a
               Plague-sore
               running
               upon
               them
               ,
               and
               are
               not
               fit
               for
               human
               society
               ;
               they
               are
               Leperous
               persons
               and
               ought
               not
               to
               come
               into
               the
               Camp
               amongst
               the
               clean
               .
               Whatever
               Calling
               ,
               whatever
               Place
               ,
               whatever
               Office
               they
               are
               in
               ;
               they
               are
               still
               bringing
               dishonour
               to
               God
               ,
               and
               grist
               to
               the
               Devils
               Mill
               ,
               when
               they
               are
               put
               into
               the
               Magistracy
               they
               do
               abundance
               of
               mischief
               .
               Prov.
               29.
               2.
               
               
                 When
                 the
                 righteous
                 are
                 in
                 authority
                 the
                 People
                 rejoyce
                 ,
                 but
                 when
                 the
                 wicked
                 bear
                 rule
                 the
                 People
                 mourn
                 ,
              
               these
               
               men
               
                 make
                 sad
                 the
                 hearts
                 of
                 those
                 whom
                 the
                 Lord
                 would
                 not
                 have
                 made
                 sad
                 ,
                 and
                 strengthen
                 the
                 hands
                 of
                 the
                 wicked
                 :
              
               for
               how
               can
               they
               execute
               Judgment
               and
               Justice
               when
               they
               themselves
               are
               void
               of
               Reason
               ,
               or
               how
               can
               they
               punish
               Offenders
               ,
               when
               they
               themselves
               are
               chief
               in
               the
               transgression
               ?
               or
               ,
               how
               can
               they
               take
               Gods
               part
               when
               they
               themselves
               are
               his
               sworn
               Enemies
               ?
               or
               hinder
               the
               Devils
               work
               which
               they
               design
               to
               promote
               ?
               Prov.
               31.
               4.
               
               
                 It
                 is
                 not
                 for
                 Kings
                 O
                 Lemuel
                 to
                 drink
                 Wine
                 ,
                 nor
                 Princes
                 Strong
                 Drink
                 ,
                 lest
                 they
                 drink
                 and
                 forget
                 the
                 Law
                 ,
                 and
                 pervert
                 the
                 Judgment
                 of
                 the
                 Afflicted
                 .
              
               Many
               crack
               their
               Brains
               with
               drinking
               ,
               as
               Swine
               do
               their
               Bellies
               ,
               and
               are
               thenceforth
               good
               for
               nothing
               .
               But
               men
               are
               but
               so
               much
               the
               worse
               ,
               by
               how
               much
               the
               better
               they
               should
               be
               :
               It
               was
               said
               of
               Bonosus
               the
               Emperour
               ,
               that
               he
               was
               born
               ,
               
                 non
                 ut
                 Vivat
                 sed
                 ut
                 Bibat
                 ,
              
               Not
               to
               Live
               but
               to
               Drink
               ,
               and
               when
               he
               was
               overcome
               in
               Drinking
               by
               Probus
               ,
               he
               hanged
               himself
               ,
               and
               it
               was
               said
               of
               him
               ,
               
                 There
                 hangs
                 a
                 Tankard
                 ,
                 not
                 a
                 man.
              
               Eph.
               5.
               18
               ,
               
                 Be
                 not
                 drunk
                 with
                 Wine
                 wherein
                 is
                 excess
                 ,
                 but
                 be
                 ye
                 filled
                 with
                 the
                 Spirit
                 ,
              
               intimating
               all
               excessive
               Drinking
               is
               downright
               Drunkenness
               ;
               those
               that
               rule
               according
               to
               Law
               ,
               should
               live
               according
               to
               Law
               ,
               otherwise
               they
               throw
               down
               with
               the
               one
               hand
               what
               they
               build
               with
               the
               other
               ,
               and
               do
               more
               hurt
               by
               their
               Example
               than
               they
               do
               good
               by
               their
               Office
               :
               Did
               you
               ever
               see
               a
               Swearer
               ,
               Drunkard
               ,
               or
               Debaucht
               Fellow
               ,
               Stockt
               ,
               Whipt
               ,
               or
               punished
               by
               
               a
               Drunken
               Magistrate
               ?
               If
               the
               Devil
               can
               get
               such
               into
               Office
               ,
               he
               need
               not
               fear
               but
               his
               Work
               will
               be
               done
               :
               and
               as
               he
               is
               unfit
               for
               the
               Magistracy
               ,
               so
               for
               the
               Ministry
               ,
               and
               much
               more
               unfit
               ;
               If
               he
               be
               not
               a
               fit
               guide
               for
               the
               Body
               ,
               much
               less
               for
               the
               Soul
               ,
               they
               stray
               themselves
               and
               therefore
               are
               unfit
               to
               be
               others
               guides
               .
               Isa
               .
               28.
               7.
               
               
                 They
                 have
                 erred
                 through
                 Wine
                 ,
                 and
                 through
                 Strong
                 Drink
                 are
                 gone
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 way
                 ,
                 the
                 Priests
                 and
                 the
                 Prophets
                 have
                 erred
                 through
                 Strong
                 Drink
                 ,
                 they
                 are
                 swallowed
                 up
                 of
                 Wine
                 .
              
               Hos
               .
               4.
               11.
               
               
                 Whoredom
                 ,
                 Wine
                 ,
                 and
                 new
                 Wine
                 take
                 away
                 the
                 Heart
                 .
              
               One
               Lust
               calls
               upon
               another
               ,
               as
               one
               Souldier
               doth
               upon
               another
               in
               Fighting
               ,
               or
               as
               those
               did
               ,
               2
               King.
               3.
               23.
               
               
                 Now
                 therefore
                 Moab
                 to
                 the
                 spoil
                 .
                 Solomon
              
               joineth
               giving
               the
               Heart
               to
               Wine
               ,
               and
               giving
               it
               to
               folly
               both
               together
               ,
               Eccles
               .
               2.
               3.
               and
               commonly
               those
               that
               serve
               one
               of
               these
               Masters
               ,
               serve
               the
               other
               also
               ;
               and
               this
               is
               thought
               by
               some
               to
               be
               the
               beginning
               of
               Solomons
               Apostacy
               .
               Drunkenness
               in
               a
               Minister
               ,
               is
               no
               less
               unseemly
               than
               in
               a
               Magistrate
               ,
               and
               't
               is
               severely
               forbidden
               in
               both
               ;
               God
               absolutely
               forbids
               any
               Priest
               to
               drink
               Wine
               ,
               or
               
                 Strong
                 Drink
              
               in
               their
               approaches
               ,
               and
               addresses
               unto
               him
               ,
               Lev.
               10.
               9.
               
               Ezek.
               44.
               21.
               
               There
               are
               none
               more
               affected
               than
               such
               as
               those
               that
               will
               be
               Drunk
               with
               them
               for
               company
               ,
               
                 If
                 they
                 will
                 ,
                 saith
                 God
                 ,
                 Prophesy
                 of
                 Wine
                 and
                 Strong
                 Drink
                 these
                 shall
                 be
                 the
                 Prophets
                 for
                 them
                 ,
              
               Mic.
               2.
               11.
               yea
               God
               complains
               of
               such
               ,
               Isa
               .
               56.
               12.
               
               
                 Come
                 say
                 they
                 ,
                 we
                 will
                 fetch
                 Wine
                 ,
                 and
                 we
                 will
                 fill
                 our
              
               
               
                 selves
                 with
                 strong
                 Drink
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 morrow
                 shall
                 be
                 as
                 this
                 day
                 ,
                 and
                 much
                 more
                 abundant
                 .
              
               Esa
               .
               56.
               12.
               
               But
               a
               Wo
               is
               pronounced
               against
               such
               ,
               Isa
               .
               28.
               1.
               
               
                 Wo
                 unto
                 the
                 Crown
                 of
                 Pride
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 Drunkards
                 of
                 Ephraim
                 ,
              
               and
               Christ
               gives
               his
               Disciples
               a
               Caution
               ,
               and
               doubtless
               not
               without
               need
               ,
               and
               if
               they
               needed
               who
               doth
               not
               ?
               Luke
               21.
               34.
               
               
                 Take
                 heed
                 lest
                 at
                 any
                 time
                 your
                 hearts
                 be
                 overcharged
                 with
                 surfeting
                 and
                 Drunkenness
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 cares
                 of
                 this
                 World
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 day
                 come
                 upon
                 you
                 at
                 unawares
                 .
              
               The
               best
               of
               us
               have
               Corruptions
               within
               ,
               which
               if
               watered
               with
               Temptations
               without
               ,
               will
               produce
               this
               as
               well
               as
               other
               Sins
               .
               Tit.
               1.
               7.
               
               
                 A
                 Bishop
                 must
                 be
                 blameless
                 ,
                 the
                 Steward
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 not
                 selfwilled
                 ,
                 not
                 soon
                 angry
                 ,
                 not
                 given
                 to
                 Wine
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
               And
               indeed
               how
               is
               that
               man
               fit
               to
               rule
               the
               Church
               that
               cannot
               rule
               his
               own
               Family
               ,
               nay
               his
               own
               appetite
               ?
               or
               can
               he
               be
               a
               guide
               ,
               that
               goes
               himself
               so
               far
               out
               of
               the
               way
               ?
               or
               how
               can
               any
               man
               void
               of
               Reason
               rule
               his
               Children
               ,
               Servants
               ,
               or
               any
               under
               his
               charge
               ,
               when
               he
               is
               made
               a
               Beast
               and
               Drink
               rules
               him
               ?
               Nay
               ,
               what
               calling
               is
               that
               man
               fit
               for
               in
               this
               condition
               ?
               for
               in
               every
               calling
               there
               is
               some
               labour
               or
               some
               care
               ,
               or
               some
               thing
               or
               other
               requisit
               ,
               which
               a
               Drunken
               man
               is
               unfit
               for
               .
               Now
               if
               the
               Devil
               can
               get
               such
               as
               these
               in
               Office
               ,
               especially
               in
               the
               Magistracy
               or
               Ministry
               ,
               (
               and
               he
               will
               do
               it
               if
               his
               own
               wit
               ,
               or
               his
               Instruments
               Interest
               can
               do
               it
               )
               what
               a
               deal
               of
               service
               do
               they
               do
               him
               ?
               Court
               fashions
               spread
               themselves
               over
               the
               Countrey
               ;
               what
               an
               influence
               
               had
               the
               Kings
               of
               Israel
               and
               Judah
               over
               the
               People
               ,
               as
               they
               were
               wicked
               ,
               or
               as
               they
               were
               good
               ,
               so
               reformation
               ,
               or
               deformation
               was
               promoted
               :
               when
               Rulers
               themselves
               are
               wicked
               they
               are
               a
               shelter
               to
               impiety
               ,
               and
               terror
               to
               good
               works
               :
               yea
               ,
               what
               Duty
               either
               to
               God
               or
               Man
               ,
               is
               a
               Drunkard
               fit
               for
               ?
               what
               can
               he
               do
               ?
               can
               he
               Pray
               ?
               Alas
               he
               cannot
               speak
               !
               or
               at
               least
               speak
               sence
               or
               Reason
               ,
               and
               suppose
               he
               could
               ,
               How
               loathsom
               do
               you
               think
               such
               a
               Prayer
               would
               be
               to
               God
               ,
               that
               is
               performed
               ,
               that
               is
               accompanied
               with
               belching
               and
               vomiting
               ?
               What
               will
               he
               Pray
               for
               ?
               for
               the
               Pardon
               of
               that
               Sin
               he
               never
               intends
               to
               leave
               ,
               and
               for
               those
               Graces
               he
               never
               intends
               to
               act
               or
               exercise
               ,
               or
               can
               he
               hear
               ,
               or
               read
               ,
               or
               meditate
               ?
               Alas
               his
               condition
               suffers
               it
               not
               !
               
                 His
                 Heart
                 is
                 made
                 sick
                 with
                 Bottles
                 of
                 Wine
                 ,
              
               Hos
               .
               7.
               5.
               
               The
               like
               we
               may
               say
               of
               any
               Duty
               ,
               or
               Office
               to
               God
               or
               Man
               ,
               or
               any
               Imployment
               for
               his
               own
               good
               ,
               and
               the
               good
               of
               others
               ;
               therefore
               I
               may
               well
               say
               of
               him
               ,
               he
               is
               an
               unuseful
               and
               unprofitable
               Creature
               ,
               good
               for
               nothing
               but
               to
               do
               just
               like
               Pharaohs
               lean
               Kine
               ,
               that
               eat
               up
               the
               fat
               ones
               ;
               they
               devour
               what
               should
               keep
               others
               ;
               If
               therefore
               now
               you
               would
               not
               be
               disabled
               ,
               for
               any
               business
               ,
               for
               your self
               or
               others
               ,
               for
               any
               Calling
               or
               Business
               ,
               for
               any
               imployment
               in
               the
               Commonwealth
               ;
               nay
               ,
               for
               any
               Duty
               to
               God
               or
               Man
               ,
               in
               your
               general
               or
               particular
               Calling
               ,
               if
               you
               would
               not
               be
               rendered
               useless
               ,
               worthless
               ,
               and
               unprofitable
               ,
               if
               you
               would
               not
               
               live
               meerly
               like
               a
               Drone
               ,
               good
               for
               nothing
               but
               to
               devour
               ,
               to
               fill
               and
               empty
               ,
               if
               you
               would
               not
               live
               undesired
               ,
               and
               die
               unlamented
               ,
               take
               heed
               of
               this
               Swinish
               Sin
               which
               will
               certainly
               thus
               render
               you
               useless
               .
            
             
               Consid
               .
               8.
               
               As
               Drunkenness
               unfits
               a
               man
               to
               live
               ,
               so
               it
               unfits
               a
               man
               to
               die
               ,
               and
               Wo
               to
               that
               man
               that
               is
               neither
               fit
               to
               live
               nor
               to
               die
               ,
               and
               yet
               oft-times
               it
               hastens
               his
               Death
               ,
               and
               puts
               a
               Period
               to
               his
               Life
               ;
               and
               unhappy
               is
               that
               man
               whom
               the
               World
               is
               weary
               of
               ;
               and
               Heaven
               disclames
               .
               What
               is
               said
               of
               the
               Bloody
               and
               deceitful
               men
               ,
               may
               well
               be
               said
               of
               the
               
                 Drunkard
                 ,
                 He
                 doth
                 not
                 live
                 out
                 half
                 his
                 days
                 .
              
               Many
               of
               our
               Gallants
               ,
               or
               Roaring-Boys
               ,
               (
               as
               they
               stile
               themselves
               )
               are
               cut
               off
               in
               the
               flower
               of
               their
               age
               ,
               in
               the
               prime
               of
               their
               youth
               ,
               
                 while
                 their
                 bones
                 are
                 full
                 of
                 marrow
                 ,
              
               and
               when
               they
               end
               their
               Roaring
               on
               Earth
               ,
               it
               is
               to
               be
               feared
               they
               sing
               the
               second
               part
               in
               Hell
               :
               many
               by
               Drinking
               other
               mens
               Healths
               lose
               their
               own
               ,
               yea
               oft-times
               Life
               and
               all
               ;
               a
               Hellish
               custom
               hatched
               there
               ,
               invented
               by
               the
               Devil
               as
               a
               Shooinghorn
               to
               Drunkenness
               ,
               and
               Excess
               ,
               and
               as
               some
               of
               the
               Fathers
               write
               ,
               A
               Custom
               derived
               from
               the
               Pagans
               and
               Infidels
               to
               us
               ,
               and
               was
               in
               use
               amongst
               them
               ,
               and
               was
               a
               Drink-Offering
               Sacrificed
               on
               their
               Knees
               to
               their
               Dunghil-Deities
               ,
               to
               the
               Devil
               himself
               ,
               as
               part
               of
               that
               Service
               ,
               Homage
               ,
               Worship
               ,
               Devotion
               ,
               Fealty
               they
               paid
               to
               him
               :
               and
               the
               Devils
               seem
               unwilling
               that
               this
               Ceremony
               should
               be
               left
               off
               ,
               or
               any
               circumstance
               
               thereunto
               belonging
               ,
               it
               must
               be
               upon
               their
               Knees
               ,
               and
               sometimes
               attended
               with
               the
               breaking
               of
               the
               Glasses
               ,
               burning
               of
               their
               Hats
               ,
               Coats
               ,
               or
               other
               Garments
               ,
               &c.
               
               What
               prodigious
               madness
               ,
               Hellish
               folly
               is
               this
               ?
               and
               to
               make
               the
               Sacrifice
               compleat
               ,
               it
               must
               be
               powdered
               or
               salted
               with
               horrid
               Blasphemies
               ,
               Damnings
               ,
               and
               Rammings
               ,
               as
               if
               they
               had
               been
               in
               Hell
               to
               learn
               the
               the
               exact
               language
               of
               the
               Devil
               and
               the
               damned
               ;
               and
               t
               is
               to
               be
               feared
               ,
               that
               many
               drink
               Healths
               of
               Damnation
               here
               ,
               that
               they
               shall
               be
               pledging
               in
               Hell
               to
               all
               eternity
               :
               for
               God
               is
               more
               dishonoured
               ,
               the
               Creatures
               more
               abused
               ,
               and
               devoured
               ,
               the
               Devil
               more
               obeyed
               ,
               served
               ,
               and
               adored
               by
               this
               ,
               than
               almost
               any
               other
               Sin.
               Their
               Healths
               are
               oft-times
               made
               to
               great
               men
               ,
               whom
               they
               adore
               ,
               making
               Gods
               of
               them
               ,
               and
               Beasts
               of
               themselves
               ;
               and
               hence
               many
               times
               grow
               quarrels
               ,
               strifes
               ,
               debates
               ,
               fightings
               ,
               stabbings
               ,
               and
               death
               it self
               :
               yea
               ,
               I
               suppose
               there
               are
               more
               Drunken
               quarrels
               occasioned
               by
               their
               Healths
               than
               by
               any
               other
               thing
               whatsoever
               ,
               
                 (
                 Whores
              
               excepted
               :
               )
               sometimes
               they
               chalenge
               the
               Field
               ,
               sometimes
               they
               give
               each
               other
               the
               lye
               ,
               and
               the
               stab
               ,
               and
               oft-times
               comes
               to
               bloodshed
               ;
               for
               when
               the
               Drink
               is
               in
               the
               Wit
               is
               out
               ,
               and
               the
               greatest
               friends
               in
               a
               moment
               prove
               the
               greatest
               enemies
               ,
               and
               those
               that
               even
               now
               professed
               the
               greatest
               amity
               ,
               suddenly
               shew
               the
               greatest
               enmity
               ,
               and
               sheath
               their
               Swords
               in
               each
               others
               Bowels
               ,
               as
               we
               read
               ,
               Alexander
               in
               his
               Drink
               killed
               his
               dear
               friend
               
                 Clit
                 us
              
               ,
               only
               for
               
               disallowing
               his
               profuse
               Healths
               ,
               and
               had
               he
               been
               suffered
               would
               afterwards
               have
               killed
               himself
               ;
               and
               it
               was
               not
               long
               before
               he
               and
               thirty
               five
               more
               of
               his
               consorts
               killed
               themselves
               by
               immoderate
               Drinking
               at
               one
               time
               ,
               and
               forty
               of
               his
               Companions
               at
               another
               .
               But
               we
               need
               not
               look
               far
               for
               Examples
               ,
               our
               own
               Age
               ,
               our
               own
               Nation
               ,
               our
               own
               Neighbourhood
               yields
               us
               too
               many
               :
               how
               many
               of
               our
               Gallants
               ,
               and
               youthful
               Gentlemen
               ,
               within
               a
               few
               years
               ,
               and
               a
               few
               miles
               have
               caught
               their
               death
               by
               their
               excessive
               Drinking
               ,
               and
               died
               of
               Surfeits
               :
               almost
               every
               Parish
               ,
               Town
               ,
               and
               Hamlet
               ,
               may
               afford
               examples
               of
               some
               that
               have
               come
               to
               an
               untimely
               end
               this
               way
               ,
               either
               in
               their
               Drink
               killing
               one
               another
               ,
               and
               so
               come
               to
               the
               Gallows
               ,
               or
               breaking
               their
               necks
               ,
               drowning
               ,
               burning
               ,
               scalding
               ,
               and
               some
               such
               accident
               ,
               or
               by
               Surfets
               ,
               Feavors
               ,
               Gouts
               ,
               Dropsies
               ,
               or
               some
               dangerous
               uncurable
               Disease
               gotten
               this
               way
               ,
               which
               puts
               a
               period
               to
               their
               Lives
               ,
               and
               Drinking
               :
               or
               that
               by
               this
               means
               run
               into
               Misery
               ,
               Danger
               ,
               Debt
               ,
               Poverty
               ,
               and
               dye
               on
               a
               Dunghil
               ,
               in
               a
               Barn
               ,
               &c.
               for
               want
               of
               sustenance
               ;
               or
               end
               their
               days
               in
               Prison
               :
               these
               and
               such
               like
               are
               the
               fruits
               and
               effects
               of
               this
               filthy
               Sin
               ;
               this
               Sin
               is
               as
               one
               calls
               it
               ,
               
                 A
                 flattering
                 Devil
                 ,
                 a
                 sweet
                 Poison
                 ,
                 the
                 bane
                 of
                 virtue
                 ,
                 the
                 Mother
                 of
                 vice
                 ,
                 voluntary
                 madness
                 ,
                 the
                 Author
                 of
                 quarrels
                 ,
                 contentions
                 ,
                 strife
                 ,
                 and
                 debate
                 .
              
               The
               
               Drunkard's
               heart
               is
               a
               fit
               receptacle
               for
               all
               Vice
               ,
               for
               as
               Frogs
               live
               and
               thrive
               in
               a
               filthy
               lake
               ,
               a
               stinking
               ditch
               where
               no
               Fish
               can
               abide
               ,
               
               so
               Vices
               are
               nourished
               here
               ,
               but
               no
               Virtue
               can
               live
               but
               is
               poisoned
               .
               When
               the
               old
               World
               could
               not
               overcome
               Noah
               ,
               this
               filthy
               Sin
               did
               ;
               this
               sets
               it self
               against
               the
               Law
               of
               God
               ,
               of
               Grace
               ,
               of
               Nature
               ,
               and
               of
               Nations
               ,
               't
               is
               the
               grief
               of
               Friends
               ,
               the
               scorn
               of
               Enemies
               ,
               the
               ruin
               of
               Families
               ;
               it
               opens
               Hell
               ,
               and
               shuts
               Heaven
               Gates
               against
               us
               .
               The
               Soul
               where
               this
               filthy
               Pestiferous
               weed
               grows
               ,
               is
               like
               that
               which
               was
               sowed
               with
               Salt
               ,
               it
               became
               baren
               to
               every
               thing
               that
               was
               good
               .
               The
               Graces
               of
               the
               Spirit
               of
               God
               cannot
               abide
               to
               dwell
               in
               such
               a
               nasty
               House
               ,
               or
               to
               lodg
               with
               such
               a
               filthy
               Bedfellow
               ,
               for
               as
               Smoke
               drives
               away
               Bees
               ,
               so
               Drunkenness
               drives
               away
               the
               Spirit
               of
               God
               ,
               all
               holy
               desires
               ,
               and
               good
               resolutions
               ,
               and
               quencheth
               all
               holy
               motions
               ,
               and
               is
               as
               water
               to
               the
               Fire
               ,
               extinguishing
               all
               hopeful
               beginnings
               ,
               't
               is
               like
               the
               
                 Mare
                 mortuum
              
               wherein
               no
               good
               Fish
               can
               live
               ;
               and
               therefore
               if
               you
               would
               not
               be
               accessary
               to
               your
               own
               death
               ,
               both
               of
               Body
               and
               Soul
               ,
               if
               you
               will
               not
               run
               the
               hazard
               of
               a
               sudden
               or
               violent
               ,
               or
               untimely
               death
               ,
               or
               fil
               your
               bodies
               with
               Surfets
               ,
               Feavors
               ,
               Gouts
               ,
               Dropsies
               ,
               &c.
               by
               intemperance
               ;
               take
               heed
               in
               time
               of
               this
               filthy
               Sin
               for
               these
               are
               the
               natural
               Products
               of
               it
               ,
               and
               God
               doth
               usually
               witness
               against
               it
               by
               such
               judgments
               as
               these
               .
            
             
               Consid
               .
               9.
               
               Consider
               the
               horrible
               Judgments
               which
               God
               the
               righteous
               Judg
               hath
               brought
               upon
               offenders
               in
               this
               kind
               .
               In
               the
               time
               of
               the
               Law
               as
               we
               may
               see
               ,
               Deut.
               21.
               18
               ,
               19
               ,
               20.
               
               
               God
               commanded
               ,
               If
               a
               Father
               had
               a
               Son
               that
               was
               a
               Glutton
               or
               a
               Drunkard
               ,
               and
               upon
               reproof
               and
               correction
               would
               not
               amend
               ,
               the
               Father
               of
               that
               Son
               should
               bring
               him
               out
               to
               the
               Elders
               of
               the
               City
               ,
               and
               they
               should
               stone
               him
               :
               Now
               if
               Magistrates
               are
               negligent
               of
               their
               Duty
               ,
               and
               will
               not
               punish
               this
               Sin
               according
               to
               its
               ,
               demerits
               and
               if
               the
               Ecclesiastical
               Courts
               take
               little
               notice
               of
               it
               ,
               then
               God
               is
               forced
               to
               take
               the
               Sword
               in
               his
               own
               hand
               ,
               and
               cut
               off
               the
               putrified
               member
               ,
               and
               though
               he
               be
               slow
               ,
               yet
               many
               times
               he
               strikes
               home
               ,
               nay
               he
               doth
               not
               spare
               his
               own
               people
               ,
               yet
               he
               lets
               them
               blood
               as
               a
               Physician
               ,
               not
               as
               an
               Executioner
               .
               As
               for
               the
               other
               ,
               though
               he
               reserves
               many
               till
               the
               general
               Assizes
               ,
               to
               have
               their
               doom
               ,
               yet
               some
               he
               hangs
               up
               in
               Chains
               ,
               
                 that
                 others
                 may
                 hear
                 ,
                 and
                 fear
                 ,
                 and
                 do
                 no
                 more
                 so
                 wickedly
                 .
                 Noah
              
               though
               a
               good
               man
               ,
               and
               escaping
               the
               pollutions
               of
               the
               old
               World
               ,
               was
               after
               tainted
               with
               this
               Sin
               ;
               God
               suffered
               him
               to
               uncover
               his
               nakedness
               ,
               and
               to
               be
               a
               laughingstock
               to
               his
               own
               Son
               ,
               who
               by
               this
               means
               entailed
               the
               curse
               to
               him
               and
               his
               Posterity
               ,
               and
               the
               generation
               then
               to
               come
               had
               cause
               to
               bewail
               the
               act
               .
               Righteous
               Lot
               ,
               whose
               righteous
               Soul
               was
               vexed
               with
               the
               unclean
               conversation
               of
               the
               wicked
               Sodomites
               ,
               fell
               through
               this
               Sin
               to
               that
               of
               Incest
               ,
               for
               this
               seldom
               goes
               alone
               ,
               and
               became
               the
               Father
               of
               the
               Moabites
               and
               Ammonites
               ,
               two
               cursed
               generations
               ,
               haters
               of
               God
               and
               his
               People
               ,
               which
               had
               he
               lived
               to
               see
               would
               have
               
               been
               a
               further
               trouble
               to
               him
               .
               My
               intention
               is
               not
               in
               reciting
               these
               examples
               ,
               to
               rank
               them
               amongst
               Drunkards
               ,
               or
               confer
               that
               odious
               name
               upon
               them
               ;
               for
               't
               is
               not
               our
               bare
               simple
               act
               deserves
               ,
               or
               can
               fasten
               such
               an
               imputation
               upon
               them
               ;
               A
               godly
               man
               by
               the
               subtilty
               of
               Satan's
               temptations
               ,
               and
               the
               prevalency
               of
               corruptions
               ,
               or
               inadvertency
               ,
               not
               knowing
               the
               nature
               of
               Wine
               (
               as
               it
               may
               be
               imagined
               of
               Noah
               ,
               if
               not
               of
               the
               other
               )
               may
               fall
               in
               the
               Sin
               ,
               but
               there
               is
               difference
               between
               a
               Sheep
               falling
               in
               a
               foul
               way
               ,
               which
               riseth
               again
               ,
               shakes
               himself
               ,
               and
               takes
               better
               heed
               ,
               and
               a
               Swine
               that
               wittingly
               ,
               willingly
               and
               delightfully
               wallows
               in
               the
               mire
               :
               A
               Godly
               man
               through
               imprudence
               ,
               or
               want
               of
               heed
               may
               have
               a
               fall
               ,
               and
               lose
               some
               degrees
               of
               innocency
               which
               is
               great
               cause
               of
               shame
               and
               Sorrow
               ,
               but
               those
               that
               make
               it
               their
               Trade
               and
               daily
               practice
               ,
               best
               deserve
               the
               name
               .
               But
               Gods
               dealing
               with
               others
               is
               more
               severe
               ,
               Elah
               the
               King
               of
               Israel
               drinking
               himself
               Drunk
               in
               his
               Steward's
               House
               ,
               was
               killed
               by
               Zimri
               his
               own
               Servant
               ,
               a
               sad
               death
               ,
               especially
               at
               such
               a
               time
               when
               he
               was
               most
               unfit
               to
               dye
               ;
               the
               like
               had
               befallen
               Nabal
               in
               his
               Drunkenness
               ,
               had
               not
               wise
               Abigail
               prevented
               it
               ,
               and
               when
               he
               heard
               the
               danger
               he
               was
               in
               ,
               his
               heart
               became
               as
               a
               stone
               within
               him
               ,
               and
               he
               died
               ,
               1
               Sam.
               25.
               36
               ,
               
                 &c.
                 
                 Amnon
              
               one
               of
               holy
               Davids
               ungracious
               Sons
               ,
               who
               before
               had
               ravished
               his
               Sister
               Tamar
               ,
               and
               when
               his
               heart
               was
               merry
               with
               Wine
               ,
               was
               slain
               by
               the
               Command
               of
               
               his
               Brother
               Absalon
               ,
               2
               Sam.
               13.
               28.
               
               Benhadad
               and
               the
               thirty
               two
               Kings
               that
               were
               with
               him
               being
               all
               Drunk
               ,
               a
               sad
               example
               to
               their
               Servants
               ,
               had
               his
               mighty
               Army
               defeated
               by
               a
               handful
               of
               Ahabs
               men
               ,
               and
               hardly
               escaped
               with
               his
               life
               .
               Belshazzer
               carousing
               Wine
               with
               his
               Wives
               and
               Concubines
               in
               the
               Vessels
               of
               the
               Temple
               ,
               had
               the
               Hand-writing
               sent
               by
               God
               upon
               the
               Wall
               ,
               which
               foretold
               his
               ruin
               and
               destruction
               ,
               which
               suddenly
               fell
               out
               accordingly
               .
               Holofernes
               in
               his
               Drink
               was
               killed
               by
               Judeth
               ,
               and
               should
               we
               examine
               the
               Records
               of
               all
               ages
               ,
               you
               may
               find
               God's
               terrible
               hand
               stretched
               out
               against
               men
               of
               this
               profession
               ;
               some
               have
               grown
               so
               audacious
               as
               to
               drink
               Healths
               to
               the
               Devil
               himself
               ,
               such
               a
               beast
               ,
               or
               rather
               Monster
               was
               
                 Pope
                 John
                 the
                 twelfth
              
               ,
               or
               as
               some
               reckon
               the
               thirteenth
               .
               A
               Lincolnshire
               man
               drinking
               a
               Health
               to
               the
               Devil
               fell
               down
               dead
               in
               the
               place
               ;
               three
               more
               in
               Germany
               for
               the
               like
               offence
               were
               all
               found
               dead
               the
               next
               morning
               .
               In
               Almain
               in
               the
               year
               1580
               ,
               one
               drinking
               a
               Health
               to
               God
               ,
               stretching
               his
               hand
               towards
               Heaven
               ,
               with
               a
               cup
               of
               Wine
               ,
               was
               dead
               in
               that
               posture
               ,
               neither
               by
               strength
               could
               be
               removed
               ,
               the
               other
               by
               the
               people
               was
               hanged
               on
               Gibbets
               before
               the
               door
               .
               I
               have
               heard
               also
               of
               some
               struck
               suddenly
               dead
               in
               the
               very
               act
               ,
               some
               drowned
               ,
               some
               scalded
               to
               death
               ,
               some
               choaked
               with
               the
               Drink
               ,
               some
               broke
               their
               necks
               ,
               some
               lying
               in
               the
               way
               were
               slain
               by
               Carts
               ,
               some
               in
               their
               Drink
               murthered
               their
               Parents
               ,
               many
               that
               have
               caught
               surfets
               
               
               
               
               
               and
               died
               upon
               them
               ,
               he
               that
               would
               read
               more
               examples
               of
               this
               nature
               ,
               may
               find
               them
               in
               
               Beard
               's
               
                 Theatre
                 of
                 Gods
                 Judgments
              
               ,
               and
               in
               Mr.
               Clearks
               Treatise
               upon
               the
               same
               subject
               ,
               but
               the
               experience
               of
               our
               own
               times
               may
               spare
               us
               that
               labour
               ;
               for
               who
               is
               so
               great
               a
               stranger
               in
               the
               neighbourhood
               he
               lives
               in
               ,
               but
               may
               add
               examples
               of
               this
               nature
               ?
               how
               oft
               do
               we
               hear
               and
               see
               men
               struck
               dead
               in
               the
               very
               act
               ,
               or
               suddenly
               after
               with
               Surfeits
               ,
               or
               otherwise
               were
               it
               but
               convenient
               ,
               the
               time
               ,
               the
               place
               ,
               the
               persons
               names
               might
               be
               produced
               ;
               and
               no
               man
               of
               discretion
               that
               takes
               any
               notice
               of
               Gods
               dealings
               in
               the
               world
               ,
               but
               may
               add
               some
               experience
               which
               shews
               Gods
               hatred
               of
               this
               detestable
               Vice
               ,
               for
               I
               think
               he
               hath
               not
               more
               eminently
               appeared
               against
               any
               Sin
               except
               it
               be
               against
               Atheism
               ,
               Blasphemy
               ,
               Adultery
               ,
               or
               Persecution
               of
               the
               power
               of
               Godliness
               ,
               than
               against
               this
               ;
               If
               therefore
               you
               would
               not
               be
               guilty
               of
               your
               own
               death
               ,
               and
               become
               the
               object
               of
               Gods
               infinite
               hatred
               ,
               and
               dreadful
               Judgments
               :
               If
               you
               would
               not
               run
               violently
               upon
               your
               own
               destruction
               ,
               and
               force
               God
               to
               cut
               you
               off
               as
               an
               unprofitable
               unuseful
               member
               ,
               beware
               of
               this
               Sin
               ,
               for
               doubtless
               't
               is
               the
               ready
               way
               to
               temporal
               and
               eternal
               death
               ;
               and
               if
               death
               arrest
               you
               by
               such
               a
               Sergeant
               as
               this
               ,
               your
               case
               is
               lamentable
               .
            
             
               Consid
               .
               10.
               
               But
               the
               greatest
               danger
               is
               yet
               behind
               ,
               and
               that
               is
               the
               loss
               of
               the
               Soul
               ,
               which
               is
               ten
               thousand
               times
               greater
               than
               the
               loss
               of
               
               life
               ,
               
                 Skin
                 for
                 skin
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 that
                 a
                 man
                 hath
                 will
                 he
                 give
                 for
                 his
                 life
              
               ;
               yet
               the
               Soul
               is
               in
               more
               danger
               than
               it
               ,
               and
               where
               this
               Sin
               is
               predominant
               ,
               't
               is
               a
               sad
               sign
               of
               an
               ungracious
               heart
               ,
               and
               that
               the
               wrath
               of
               God
               hangs
               over
               their
               heads
               ,
               God
               pronounceth
               wo
               to
               such
               ,
               and
               who
               then
               can
               speak
               peace
               ,
               
                 Wo
                 to
                 the
                 Crown
                 of
                 Pride
                 the
                 Drunkards
                 of
                 Ephraim
                 :
                 Wo
                 to
                 those
                 that
                 rise
                 early
                 to
                 drink
                 strong
                 drink
                 ,
                 and
                 continue
                 till
                 night
                 ,
                 till
                 Wine
                 enflame
                 them
                 .
                 Wo
                 to
                 those
                 that
                 are
                 mighty
                 to
                 drink
                 Wine
                 ,
                 and
                 men
                 of
                 strength
                 to
                 mingle
                 strong
                 Drink
                 .
                 Wo
                 to
                 him
                 that
                 giveth
                 his
                 neighbour
                 drink
                 ,
                 and
                 putteth
                 the
                 Bottle
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 maketh
                 him
                 drunk
                 .
              
               Doth
               God
               speak
               in
               earnest
               or
               in
               jest
               ?
               or
               can
               he
               ,
               or
               will
               he
               make
               good
               his
               threatnings
               ?
               If
               so
               ,
               what
               a
               woful
               condition
               are
               Drunkards
               in
               ?
               't
               is
               for
               this
               Sin
               that
               
                 Hell
                 hath
                 enlarged
                 her self
                 ,
                 and
                 opened
                 her
                 mouth
                 without
                 measure
                 ,
              
               Isa
               .
               5.
               14.
               
               These
               are
               the
               men
               
                 Whose
                 end
                 is
                 destruction
                 ,
                 whose
                 God
                 is
                 their
                 Belly
                 ,
                 whose
                 glory
                 is
                 their
                 shame
                 ,
                 who
                 mind
                 earthly
                 things
                 ,
              
               Phil.
               3.
               19.
               
               They
               Sacrifice
               to
               nothing
               else
               but
               the
               Creature
               ,
               
                 Thus
                 saith
                 the
                 Lord
                 to
                 such
                 ,
                 drink
                 and
                 be
                 drunken
                 ,
                 and
                 spew
                 ,
                 and
                 fall
                 and
                 never
                 rise
                 again
                 ,
              
               this
               is
               spoken
               to
               those
               that
               make
               it
               their
               business
               to
               drink
               ,
               and
               make
               others
               drunk
               also
               ,
               Jer.
               25.
               27.
               
               These
               are
               plying
               the
               Devils
               work
               ,
               and
               he
               is
               preparing
               them
               their
               wages
               ,
               which
               he
               will
               pay
               them
               at
               the
               day
               .
               Those
               that
               now
               so
               profusely
               spend
               and
               wast
               Gods
               good
               Creatures
               given
               by
               him
               for
               an
               higher
               end
               ,
               the
               time
               is
               coming
               ,
               and
               will
               not
               be
               long
               ,
               
               if
               Repentance
               prevent
               not
               ,
               they
               will
               not
               be
               able
               to
               purchase
               
                 one
                 drop
                 of
                 water
                 to
                 cool
                 their
                 tongues
                 :
                 Remember
                 this
                 all
                 ye
                 that
                 forget
                 God
                 lest
                 he
                 tear
                 you
                 in
                 pieces
                 when
                 there
                 is
                 none
                 to
                 deliver
                 .
              
               Without
               Repentance
               Hell
               will
               be
               your
               portion
               ,
               and
               the
               place
               of
               your
               habitation
               ,
               and
               endless
               ,
               easeless
               ,
               and
               remediless
               Torments
               are
               the
               wages
               which
               the
               Devil
               pays
               to
               his
               miserable
               Servants
               ,
               for
               their
               most
               faithful
               service
               :
               see
               the
               doom
               of
               your
               elder
               Brother
               ,
               Matth.
               24.
               49.
               
               &c.
               that
               neglecting
               the
               duty
               God
               required
               at
               his
               hands
               ,
               to
               give
               his
               fellow-servants
               meat
               in
               due
               season
               ,
               and
               doing
               the
               work
               the
               Devil
               enjoyned
               him
               ,
               in
               beating
               them
               ,
               and
               eating
               and
               drinking
               with
               the
               Drunkards
               ,
               
                 He
                 was
                 cut
                 in
                 sunder
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 portion
                 appointed
                 him
                 with
                 Hypocrites
              
               ;
               and
               that
               unfaithful
               unprofitable
               Servant
               ,
               that
               hid
               his
               Talent
               in
               the
               earth
               
                 was
                 cast
                 out
                 into
                 utter
                 darkness
                 where
                 shall
                 be
                 weeping
                 and
                 gnashing
                 of
                 teeth
                 ,
              
               Matth.
               25.
               30.
               and
               if
               only
               those
               shall
               have
               the
               sentence
               of
               absolution
               at
               the
               last
               day
               ,
               that
               have
               fed
               the
               hungry
               ,
               clothed
               the
               naked
               ,
               relieved
               the
               stranger
               ,
               
                 &c.
                 
                 Mat.
              
               25.
               34
               ,
               &c.
               What
               will
               become
               of
               you
               that
               spend
               the
               poor's
               part
               ,
               yea
               and
               pluck
               the
               very
               meat
               from
               the
               mouths
               of
               your
               Wives
               and
               Children
               ,
               and
               make
               many
               others
               want
               meat
               by
               your
               extravagancies
               :
               you
               know
               not
               but
               some
               may
               this
               day
               be
               in
               Hell
               ,
               tormented
               in
               those
               flames
               ,
               for
               those
               very
               Sins
               which
               you
               occasioned
               them
               to
               commit
               and
               no
               doubt
               many
               more
               will
               be
               ,
               which
               may
               be
               a
               sad
               reflexion
               upon
               your
               own
               
               heart
               .
               If
               God
               should
               give
               you
               repentance
               ,
               this
               may
               be
               a
               Corasive
               to
               you
               ,
               you
               help
               to
               destroy
               men
               ,
               but
               cannot
               give
               repentance
               ;
               but
               if
               you
               repent
               not
               ,
               the
               blood
               of
               their
               souls
               will
               be
               required
               at
               your
               hand
               ;
               and
               did
               you
               know
               the
               price
               of
               this
               blood
               you
               would
               beware
               .
               The
               time
               is
               coming
               a
               separation
               will
               be
               made
               between
               the
               precious
               and
               the
               vile
               ;
               and
               though
               the
               Wheat
               and
               the
               Tares
               grow
               together
               ,
               ere
               long
               they
               shall
               be
               separated
               ;
               
                 the
                 wheat
                 shall
                 be
                 gathered
                 into
                 barns
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 tares
                 shall
                 be
                 bundled
                 up
              
               ;
               Swearers
               with
               Swearers
               and
               Drunkards
               with
               Drunkards
               ,
               
                 and
                 burnt
                 with
                 unquenchable
                 fire
              
               .
               Drunkenness
               is
               compared
               by
               some
               to
               Chain-shot
               ,
               it
               sends
               men
               to
               Hell
               by
               clusters
               ;
               some
               other
               sins
               to
               single
               Bullets
               ,
               that
               kills
               but
               one
               at
               once
               .
               There
               are
               many
               that
               have
               knowledge
               enough
               in
               other
               things
               ,
               and
               yet
               know
               not
               the
               way
               to
               Heaven
               ;
               they
               can
               search
               Natures
               Garden
               from
               end
               to
               end
               ,
               but
               cannot
               search
               their
               own
               hearts
               :
               they
               are
               well
               skill'd
               abroad
               ,
               strangers
               at
               home
               .
               They
               are
               like
               the
               Lamiae
               ,
               a
               sort
               of
               Witches
               that
               were
               blind
               at
               home
               ,
               quick-sighted
               abroad
               .
               They
               are
               skilled
               in
               all
               Courts
               but
               the
               Court
               of
               Conscience
               ,
               but
               let
               them
               have
               never
               so
               much
               knowledge
               ,
               they
               are
               really
               fools
               ,
               to
               sell
               their
               souls
               to
               Satan
               for
               so
               low
               a
               value
               as
               a
               belly-full
               of
               Ale.
               They
               are
               worse
               than
               Esau
               ,
               that
               sold
               his
               birth-right
               for
               a
               Mess
               of
               Pottage
               ;
               or
               a
               King
               I
               have
               read
               of
               ,
               that
               lost
               his
               Kingdom
               for
               a
               Draught
               of
               Water
               .
               Can
               we
               imagine
               those
               are
               Christians
               ,
               that
               cannot
               
               deny
               themselves
               in
               a
               Cup
               of
               Drink
               ,
               when
               they
               have
               enough
               before
               .
               The
               first
               Lesson
               in
               Christs
               School
               is
               Self-denial
               ,
               and
               if
               we
               deny
               not
               ,
               forsake
               not
               Father
               ,
               Mother
               ,
               Wife
               ,
               and
               Children
               ,
               yea
               hate
               all
               and
               our
               own
               lives
               ,
               we
               cannot
               be
               his
               Disciple
               .
               Can
               those
               men
               lay
               down
               their
               lives
               for
               Christ
               ,
               that
               cannot
               deny
               their
               sensual
               Appetite
               ?
               Was
               it
               ever
               known
               that
               a
               Debaucht
               Drunkard
               ever
               suffered
               for
               him
               ?
               As
               Drink
               increaseth
               their
               Thirst
               ,
               and
               the
               more
               they
               drink
               the
               more
               they
               may
               ;
               so
               Drunkenness
               increaseth
               Hell-fire
               like
               Oyl
               ,
               which
               will
               never
               be
               quenched
               .
               
                 The
                 wages
                 of
                 sin
                 is
                 death
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 gift
                 of
                 God
                 is
                 eternal
                 life
              
               ;
               Rom.
               6.
               23.
               
               Nay
               God
               tells
               us
               as
               plain
               as
               he
               can
               speak
               ,
               that
               a
               Drunkard
               shall
               not
               go
               to
               Heaven
               ,
               1
               Cor.
               6.
               9
               ,
               10.
               
               
                 Know
                 you
                 not
                 that
                 the
                 unrighteous
                 shall
                 not
                 inherit
                 the
                 kingdom
                 of
                 God
                 ;
                 be
                 not
                 deceived
                 ,
                 neither
                 Fornicators
                 ,
                 nor
                 Idolaters
                 ,
                 nor
                 Adulterers
                 ,
                 nor
                 Effeminate
                 ,
                 nor
                 Abusers
                 of
                 themselves
                 with
                 Mankind
                 ,
                 nor
                 Thieves
                 ,
                 nor
                 Covetous
                 ,
                 nor
                 Drunkards
                 ;
                 nor
                 Revilers
                 ,
                 nor
                 Extortioners
                 ,
                 shall
                 inherit
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 of
                 God.
              
               Gal.
               10.
               19
               ,
               20
               ,
               21.
               
               
                 Now
                 the
                 works
                 of
                 the
                 flesh
                 are
                 manifest
                 ,
                 which
                 are
                 these
                 ,
                 Adultery
                 ,
                 Fornication
                 ,
                 Vncleanness
                 ,
                 Lasciviousness
                 ,
                 Idolatry
                 ,
                 Witchcraft
                 ,
                 Hatred
                 ,
                 Variance
                 ,
                 Emulation
                 ,
                 Wrath
                 ,
                 Strife
                 ,
                 Sedition
                 ,
                 Heresie
                 ,
                 Envying
                 ,
                 Murther
                 ,
                 Drunkenness
                 ,
                 Revilings
                 ,
                 and
                 such
                 like
                 ;
                 of
                 the
                 which
                 I
                 tell
                 you
                 before
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 have
                 also
                 told
                 you
                 in
                 times
                 past
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 which
                 do
                 such
                 things
                 ,
                 shall
                 not
                 inherit
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 of
                 God.
              
               And
               I
               fear
               that
               most
               Drunkards
               are
               guilty
               of
               many
               of
               these
               :
               
               What
               now
               can
               you
               say
               for
               your selves
               ,
               why
               this
               is
               not
               your
               portion
               ?
               Do
               you
               think
               God
               is
               not
               just
               ,
               will
               he
               speak
               one
               thing
               and
               do
               another
               ;
               or
               is
               he
               not
               able
               to
               do
               as
               he
               saith
               ;
               and
               that
               you
               shall
               go
               to
               Heaven
               notwithstanding
               ?
               See
               what
               God
               saith
               to
               such
               ,
               Deut.
               29.
               19
               ,
               
                 &c.
                 
                 He
                 that
                 heareth
                 the
                 words
                 of
                 this
                 Curse
                 ,
                 and
                 blesseth
                 himself
                 in
                 his
                 heart
                 ,
                 saying
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 have
                 peace
                 though
                 I
                 walk
                 in
                 the
                 stubborness
                 of
                 my
                 heart
                 ,
                 adding
                 Drunkenness
                 to
                 Thirst
                 ,
                 the
                 anger
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 and
                 his
                 jealousie
                 shall
                 smoak
                 against
                 that
                 man
                 ;
                 and
                 all
                 the
                 Curses
                 that
                 are
                 written
                 in
                 this
                 Book
                 shall
                 lite
                 upon
                 him
                 ;
                 and
                 God
                 shall
                 blot
                 out
                 his
                 name
                 from
                 under
                 heaven
                 .
              
               However
               great
               Offenders
               in
               this
               life
               may
               escape
               temporal
               judgments
               ,
               yet
               spiritual
               judgments
               ,
               which
               are
               far
               more
               dangerous
               ,
               seize
               upon
               them
               ;
               blindness
               of
               mind
               ,
               hardness
               of
               heart
               ,
               searedness
               of
               conscience
               ,
               a
               reprobate
               sense
               ,
               strong
               delusions
               ,
               &c.
               and
               eternal
               judgments
               dog
               them
               at
               the
               heels
               ;
               the
               Devil
               that
               now
               sets
               them
               on
               work
               ,
               takes
               notice
               of
               their
               work
               ,
               that
               he
               may
               not
               be
               behind
               with
               them
               with
               their
               wages
               :
               but
               what
               this
               wages
               is
               ,
               the
               tongue
               of
               men
               nor
               angels
               cannot
               fully
               describe
               ;
               for
               though
               the
               torments
               themselves
               are
               exquisite
               ,
               yet
               the
               duration
               is
               an
               aggravation
               :
               though
               the
               pain
               of
               loss
               be
               inexpressible
               ,
               and
               the
               pain
               of
               sense
               be
               insupportable
               ,
               yet
               Eternity
               is
               unimaginable
               ;
               and
               though
               the
               pain
               of
               sense
               be
               ten
               thousand
               times
               beyond
               our
               conceiving
               ,
               yet
               the
               perpetuity
               of
               it
               will
               be
               the
               greatest
               torment
               ;
               and
               the
               word
               Never
               will
               
               be
               a
               Hell
               in
               the
               midst
               of
               Hell.
               If
               the
               Drunkard
               were
               to
               suffer
               but
               a
               thousand
               years
               in
               Hell
               ,
               for
               every
               Cup
               of
               Drink
               he
               hath
               drunk
               above
               measure
               (
               and
               this
               would
               be
               dear-bought
               pleasure
               )
               yet
               were
               there
               hopes
               an
               end
               would
               come
               :
               Ah!
               but
               what
               is
               this
               to
               Eternity
               ?
               Oh
               Eternity
               ,
               Eternity
               ,
               how
               shall
               we
               conceive
               of
               thee
               ,
               how
               shall
               we
               number
               thee
               ?
               If
               this
               be
               the
               Drunkards
               portion
               ,
               we
               may
               well
               say
               as
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               doth
               ,
               Woe
               to
               them
               .
               Job
               .
               10.
               50.
               
               
                 If
                 I
                 be
                 wicked
                 woe
                 to
                 me
                 .
              
               If
               the
               aking
               of
               the
               head
               ,
               saith
               one
               ,
               came
               before
               the
               Drinking
               of
               the
               Wine
               ,
               which
               usually
               follows
               it
               ,
               there
               would
               be
               few
               Drunkards
               .
               But
               I
               think
               we
               may
               well
               say
               ,
               If
               but
               one
               hour
               the
               pains
               of
               Hell
               were
               felt
               by
               them
               ,
               it
               would
               make
               them
               sober
               all
               their
               life
               .
               If
               now
               you
               would
               not
               lose
               the
               use
               of
               Reason
               ,
               and
               be
               transformed
               into
               a
               Beast
               ,
               if
               you
               would
               not
               bring
               upon
               your
               Body
               Deformities
               without
               ,
               and
               Infirmities
               within
               ,
               if
               you
               would
               not
               bring
               reproaches
               upon
               your self
               ,
               and
               bury
               your
               good
               name
               in
               obloquy
               ,
               if
               you
               would
               not
               debauch
               your
               soul
               and
               incline
               it
               to
               all
               manner
               of
               wickedness
               ;
               if
               you
               would
               be
               preserved
               from
               that
               filthy
               sin
               of
               Adultery
               ,
               to
               which
               this
               inclines
               you
               ;
               if
               you
               would
               not
               waste
               your
               Estate
               ,
               ruin
               your
               Family
               ,
               undo
               your
               Wife
               and
               Children
               ,
               and
               bring
               them
               to
               beggery
               ;
               if
               you
               would
               not
               unfit
               your self
               for
               any
               calling
               and
               Employment
               ,
               or
               any
               Duty
               to
               God
               or
               Man
               ;
               if
               you
               would
               not
               by
               intemperance
               hasten
               your
               own
               death
               ,
               and
               set
               a
               period
               to
               your
               life
               ;
               if
               you
               
               would
               not
               bring
               the
               horrible
               judgments
               of
               God
               upon
               you
               ,
               and
               force
               him
               to
               cut
               you
               off
               in
               the
               midst
               of
               your
               days
               ;
               and
               if
               you
               would
               not
               lose
               your
               Soul
               ,
               and
               suffer
               the
               vengeance
               of
               Eternal
               Fire
               ;
               take
               heed
               of
               this
               filthy
               ,
               beastly
               sin
               of
               Drunkenness
               ,
               which
               carries
               all
               those
               evils
               and
               many
               more
               in
               the
               belly
               of
               it
               .
            
             
               Thus
               you
               see
               what
               Charge
               I
               have
               drawn
               up
               against
               this
               sin
               of
               Drunkenness
               ,
               and
               much
               more
               may
               be
               said
               ;
               for
               't
               is
               a
               fearful
               Mother
               ,
               and
               most
               sins
               are
               bred
               in
               the
               Womb
               of
               it
               ,
               or
               fed
               or
               fostered
               by
               it
               ;
               for
               in
               sin
               almost
               nothing
               can
               be
               named
               but
               Drunkenness
               doth
               patronize
               it
               ,
               and
               excites
               men
               to
               the
               practice
               of
               it
               :
               I
               do
               not
               hereby
               intend
               or
               mean
               that
               all
               that
               are
               addicted
               to
               it
               ,
               are
               guilty
               of
               all
               other
               villany
               ;
               some
               perhaps
               never
               blasphemed
               or
               murthered
               ,
               yet
               this
               in
               others
               is
               the
               cause
               of
               blasphemy
               and
               murther
               ;
               neither
               do
               I
               mean
               that
               all
               that
               ever
               were
               overtaken
               with
               Drink
               ,
               that
               they
               are
               thus
               to
               be
               tearmed
               :
               A
               Godly
               Man
               may
               have
               his
               slips
               ,
               though
               this
               is
               rare
               ;
               but
               there
               is
               a
               difference
               between
               a
               Sheep
               and
               a
               Swine
               ,
               as
               I
               said
               ;
               the
               one
               falls
               into
               the
               Mire
               unwillingly
               ,
               the
               other
               wallows
               in
               it
               ;
               so
               here
               some
               are
               surprized
               unawares
               as
               't
               is
               conceived
               Noah
               was
               .
               These
               by
               repentance
               wash
               away
               their
               spot
               ,
               and
               others
               seek
               occasions
               ,
               and
               are
               not
               well
               till
               they
               find
               them
               .
               And
               now
               though
               I
               have
               done
               with
               Drunkenness
               in
               the
               general
               ,
               yet
               have
               I
               not
               done
               with
               you
               in
               particular
               ,
               for
               I
               conceive
               your
               sin
               admits
               of
               many
               aggravations
               ,
               which
               some
               other
               
               mens
               sins
               do
               not
               ;
               and
               that
               is
               worse
               in
               you
               then
               in
               them
               :
               some
               of
               those
               I
               shall
               draw
               up
               against
               you
               ,
               that
               if
               possible
               I
               may
               shame
               you
               out
               of
               it
               ;
               for
               though
               this
               sin
               by
               some
               is
               compared
               to
               Hell
               ;
               few
               fall
               into
               it
               that
               recover
               ;
               and
               by
               some
               to
               the
               Gout
               incurable
               ;
               yet
               I
               having
               known
               some
               have
               recovered
               ,
               I
               am
               not
               out
               of
               hope
               .
               The
               aggravations
               are
               these
               :
            
             
               Aggra
               .
               1.
               
               Consider
               your
               Education
               ,
               which
               was
               Civil
               ,
               nay
               ,
               not
               only
               Civil
               but
               Religious
               ,
               you
               are
               extracted
               from
               those
               that
               were
               Ancicient
               professors
               ,
               trained
               up
               in
               Family
               Duties
               ,
               Prayer
               and
               Praise
               ;
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               was
               read
               in
               the
               Family
               ,
               and
               many
               a
               prayer
               put
               up
               with
               you
               and
               for
               you
               ,
               you
               were
               dedicated
               to
               God
               in
               your
               Baptismal
               Vow
               ,
               which
               since
               you
               owned
               and
               were
               listed
               into
               his
               company
               ;
               and
               shall
               all
               this
               be
               lost
               upon
               you
               :
               it
               had
               been
               better
               then
               for
               you
               that
               you
               had
               had
               Turks
               or
               Pagans
               for
               your
               Parents
               .
               Many
               an
               Exhortation
               and
               loving
               Admonition
               you
               have
               had
               ;
               the
               danger
               of
               sinful
               courses
               you
               have
               been
               told
               ;
               you
               have
               had
               examples
               and
               presidents
               of
               a
               Holy
               Life
               before
               you
               ,
               and
               some
               of
               the
               contrary
               ,
               and
               you
               have
               seen
               the
               difference
               :
               The
               Family
               you
               live
               in
               ,
               hath
               been
               a
               House
               of
               Prayer
               ;
               and
               will
               you
               now
               make
               it
               a
               Cage
               of
               unclean
               Birds
               ?
               You
               have
               been
               warn'd
               of
               the
               Devils
               Temptations
               ,
               and
               the
               Worlds
               Allurements
               ;
               you
               have
               seen
               the
               difference
               between
               those
               that
               have
               resisted
               them
               ,
               and
               those
               that
               yielded
               to
               them
               .
               Consider
               in
               whether
               of
               their
               cases
               you
               would
               rather
               be
               
               when
               death
               calls
               you
               ;
               and
               whether
               a
               day
               spen
               in
               Prayer
               ,
               or
               a
               day
               spent
               in
               an
               Ale-house
               ,
               wil
               then
               bring
               most
               comfort
               ;
               you
               have
               lived
               under
               the
               powerful
               means
               of
               Grace
               all
               your
               days
               ,
               and
               heard
               thousands
               of
               Sermons
               ,
               besides
               other
               Ordinances
               ,
               and
               are
               all
               those
               lost
               :
               Remember
               what
               Christ
               saith
               of
               Chorazin
               and
               Bethsaida
               ,
               and
               
                 Capernaum
                 ;
                 It
                 shall
                 be
                 more
                 tollerable
                 for
              
               Tire
               and
               Sidon
               ,
               or
               Sodom
               and
               Gomorrah
               
                 in
                 the
                 day
                 of
                 Judgment
                 ,
                 than
                 for
                 them
                 .
              
               A
               fruitless
               Tree
               in
               the
               Vineyard
               ,
               is
               more
               in
               danger
               than
               if
               it
               grew
               in
               the
               Desert
               :
               Others
               may
               say
               I
               never
               knew
               the
               danger
               of
               such
               a
               course
               ,
               my
               Parents
               rather
               incouraged
               me
               then
               otherwise
               ;
               but
               what
               can
               you
               say
               ,
               or
               what
               excuse
               can
               you
               make
               .
            
             
               Aggra
               .
               2.
               
               The
               many
               Convictions
               which
               you
               had
               upon
               your
               Spirit
               ,
               will
               witness
               against
               you
               that
               yours
               is
               not
               a
               sin
               of
               ignorance
               ,
               but
               against
               knowledge
               and
               conscience
               ,
               and
               those
               sins
               as
               they
               make
               the
               greatest
               gashes
               in
               the
               Soul
               ,
               so
               they
               will
               make
               the
               greatest
               noise
               in
               the
               Conscience
               ;
               those
               that
               sin
               ignorantly
               are
               to
               be
               pittied
               ,
               but
               those
               that
               sin
               wilfully
               deserve
               to
               be
               punished
               :
               
                 He
                 that
                 know
                 not
                 his
                 Masters
                 will
                 ,
                 and
                 doth
                 things
                 worthy
                 of
                 stripes
                 ,
                 shall
                 be
                 beaten
                 with
                 few
                 stripes
                 ;
                 but
                 he
                 that
                 knows
                 his
                 Masters
                 will
                 and
                 doth
                 it
                 not
                 ,
                 shall
                 be
                 beaten
                 with
                 many
                 .
              
               Some
               ignorant
               Souls
               may
               perswade
               themselves
               that
               Drinking
               and
               Swilling
               is
               the
               chiefest
               happiness
               ,
               but
               I
               dare
               appeal
               to
               your
               Consciences
               in
               cool
               blood
               ,
               whether
               you
               do
               not
               know
               to
               the
               contrary
               ;
               
               you
               have
               been
               better
               instructed
               ,
               and
               and
               doubtless
               have
               felt
               a
               better
               rellish
               in
               something
               else
               ;
               God
               hath
               sent
               you
               into
               his
               Vineyard
               to
               work
               ,
               and
               will
               you
               leave
               your
               work
               before
               the
               evening
               ,
               when
               the
               time
               of
               receiving
               your
               wages
               comes
               ;
               you
               have
               been
               planted
               in
               the
               Vineyard
               ,
               hedg'd
               about
               with
               Gods
               providence
               ,
               watered
               with
               the
               Dew
               of
               Heaven
               ,
               and
               he
               hath
               expected
               fruit
               year
               by
               year
               ,
               and
               will
               you
               still
               be
               barren
               ,
               or
               worse
               than
               barren
               ;
               will
               you
               bring
               forth
               wild
               Grapes
               ,
               Grapes
               of
               Sodom
               ,
               whose
               clusters
               are
               bitter
               ;
               
                 what
                 could
                 he
                 have
                 done
                 for
                 his
                 Vineyard
                 that
                 he
                 hath
                 not
                 done
                 for
                 us
                 ?
              
               Well
               ere
               long
               he
               will
               pluck
               up
               his
               hedg
               ,
               and
               take
               away
               his
               fence
               ;
               he
               will
               lay
               by
               his
               Basket
               and
               take
               up
               his
               Axe
               ;
               he
               will
               bid
               
                 cut
                 him
                 down
                 ,
                 why
                 cumbreth
                 he
                 the
                 ground
                 .
                 Lucifers
              
               punishment
               shall
               be
               greater
               ,
               because
               he
               was
               an
               Angel
               ;
               and
               Julians
               ,
               because
               he
               was
               a
               Christian
               ;
               and
               Judas
               ,
               because
               he
               was
               a
               Disciple
               ;
               and
               
                 Capernaum
                 ,
                 Corazin
              
               ,
               and
               Bethsaida
               ,
               because
               they
               enjoyed
               the
               means
               which
               others
               wanted
               .
               If
               you
               have
               knowledge
               in
               the
               head
               and
               not
               grace
               in
               the
               heart
               ,
               you
               will
               carry
               your
               own
               Mittimus
               to
               prison
               with
               you
               ;
               or
               like
               Vriah
               ,
               Letters
               to
               cut
               your
               own
               Throat
               :
               you
               sin
               with
               a
               Candle
               in
               your
               hand
               ,
               when
               others
               ignorance
               may
               excuse
               them
               ,
               a
               tanto
               ,
               though
               not
               a
               toto
               :
               your
               knowledge
               will
               encrease
               your
               guilt
               and
               heighten
               your
               torments
               .
            
             
               Aggra
               .
               3.
               
               Nay
               ,
               you
               your self
               have
               made
               a
               profession
               of
               Religion
               and
               owned
               your
               Baptismal
               
               Vow
               ;
               you
               have
               held
               out
               a
               Lamp
               in
               your
               hand
               ,
               but
               't
               is
               to
               be
               feared
               have
               no
               Oyl
               in
               your
               Vessel
               ,
               the
               want
               of
               which
               now
               makes
               your
               Lamp
               shine
               so
               dim
               ,
               and
               you
               to
               walk
               in
               darkness
               ;
               you
               performed
               many
               duties
               ,
               and
               put
               up
               many
               prayers
               ,
               and
               made
               many
               promises
               to
               God
               and
               Man
               of
               your
               Reformation
               .
               Oh
               let
               it
               not
               be
               to
               tell
               the
               World
               how
               far
               a
               Hipocrite
               may
               go
               and
               fall
               short
               of
               Heaven
               ;
               and
               let
               them
               know
               ,
               whatever
               you
               said
               you
               meant
               nothing
               less
               :
               With
               what
               face
               can
               you
               ever
               call
               God
               Father
               ,
               or
               ever
               beg
               for
               mercy
               at
               his
               hands
               ,
               thus
               to
               use
               him
               ;
               or
               beg
               power
               against
               sin
               ,
               when
               you
               mind
               nothing
               less
               than
               a
               Reformation
               .
               Are
               you
               inded
               willing
               to
               lose
               all
               the
               pains
               that
               ere
               you
               have
               taken
               in
               Heavens
               way
               ,
               now
               you
               have
               born
               the
               burthen
               and
               heat
               of
               the
               day
               ,
               and
               for
               ought
               you
               know
               ,
               the
               time
               of
               your
               receiving
               reward
               is
               at
               hand
               .
               Many
               a
               day
               and
               many
               an
               hour
               you
               have
               spent
               in
               Prayer
               ,
               Humiliation
               ,
               Hearing
               ,
               Reading
               ,
               Christian
               Conference
               ,
               Meditation
               and
               such
               like
               Duties
               ;
               and
               will
               you
               now
               out-run
               and
               lose
               them
               all
               :
               Shall
               all
               your
               Petitions
               be
               lost
               ,
               as
               foolish
               Boys
               lose
               their
               Arrows
               ,
               shoot
               them
               ,
               and
               then
               mind
               them
               no
               more
               :
               
                 If
                 a
                 Righteous
                 Man
                 turn
                 from
                 his
                 Righteousness
                 ,
                 he
                 shall
                 die
                 in
                 his
                 sin
              
               ;
               Ezek.
               3.
               20.
               
                 all
                 his
                 Righteousness
                 ,
                 shall
                 not
                 be
                 remembred
                 .
              
               Is
               the
               way
               of
               Holiness
               too
               severe
               ,
               or
               will
               heaven
               be
               had
               upon
               easier
               terms
               ;
               or
               were
               the
               Godly
               from
               the
               beginning
               of
               the
               world
               all
               deceived
               ,
               which
               took
               Holiness
               to
               be
               the
               only
               way
               to
               Happiness
               ;
               and
               is
               there
               a
               nearer
               
               way
               found
               out
               than
               they
               dreamed
               of
               ;
               and
               was
               Christ
               himself
               deceived
               that
               told
               us
               the
               way
               was
               narrow
               ,
               and
               the
               gate
               strait
               that
               led
               to
               Life
               ,
               and
               few
               there
               be
               that
               find
               it
               ;
               or
               was
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               mistaken
               when
               he
               said
               ,
               Drunkards
               ,
               Whoremasters
               ,
               Swearers
               ,
               &c.
               should
               never
               enter
               Heaven
               :
               Or
               can
               you
               imagine
               you
               may
               dance
               with
               the
               Devil
               all
               day
               ,
               and
               sup
               with
               Christ
               at
               night
               ;
               or
               do
               the
               Devils
               work
               and
               receive
               Christs
               wages
               ;
               or
               are
               you
               willing
               to
               take
               up
               with
               the
               Hypocrites
               a
               portion
               ;
               or
               do
               you
               love
               your
               company
               so
               well
               ,
               that
               you
               will
               go
               to
               Hell
               for
               company
               :
               you
               carry
               your
               own
               condemnation
               with
               you
               .
               If
               Religion
               be
               not
               good
               ,
               why
               did
               you
               profess
               it
               ;
               if
               it
               be
               ,
               why
               do
               you
               not
               practice
               it
               ?
               Or
               doth
               Religion
               teach
               you
               such
               courses
               ?
               I
               know
               some
               will
               be
               apt
               to
               charge
               Religion
               with
               it
               from
               your
               practice
               ;
               and
               say
               ,
               see
               what
               your
               professors
               are
               ,
               they
               will
               be
               drunk
               as
               well
               as
               others
               ;
               but
               the
               Apostle
               tells
               us
               ,
               Titus
               2.
               12.
               
               
                 That
                 the
                 grace
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 that
                 bringeth
                 Salvation
                 ,
                 teacheth
                 us
                 to
                 deny
                 ungodliness
                 and
                 worldly
                 lusts
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 live
                 soberly
                 ,
                 righteously
                 ,
                 and
                 godly
                 in
                 this
                 present
                 world
                 .
              
               Have
               you
               found
               out
               a
               better
               master
               ,
               better
               work
               ,
               and
               better
               wages
               ,
               't
               is
               well
               ;
               but
               praise
               in
               the
               parting
               .
               The
               world
               hates
               you
               because
               of
               your
               profession
               ,
               and
               will
               you
               make
               God
               hate
               you
               for
               your
               Hypocrisie
               ?
               Would
               you
               reconcile
               God
               and
               the
               World
               ,
               it
               will
               never
               be
               ;
               or
               would
               you
               have
               your
               good
               things
               both
               here
               and
               hereafter
               ?
               You
               will
               find
               the
               mistake
               ,
               you
               must
               renounce
               the
               one
               or
               the
               other
               ;
               Heaven
               will
               
               not
               be
               had
               in
               a
               Vicious
               Course
               of
               Life
               .
            
             
               Aggra
               .
               4.
               
               This
               course
               of
               life
               in
               you
               ,
               that
               have
               been
               a
               professor
               of
               Religion
               ,
               is
               exceeding
               injurious
               both
               to
               God
               and
               man
               ;
               if
               you
               never
               had
               pretended
               better
               ,
               none
               would
               have
               expected
               better
               at
               your
               hands
               :
               but
               to
               be
               wounded
               in
               the
               house
               of
               our
               friend
               ,
               to
               have
               one
               with
               whom
               
                 we
                 took
                 sweet
                 counsel
                 together
                 ,
                 and
                 walked
                 to
                 the
                 house
                 of
                 God
                 in
                 company
              
               ;
               he
               lift
               up
               the
               heel
               against
               us
               :
               this
               would
               trouble
               a
               David
               himself
               .
               The
               former
               hopes
               you
               gave
               us
               ,
               the
               noise
               you
               made
               in
               the
               world
               of
               more
               than
               ordinary
               sanctity
               ,
               is
               an
               aggravation
               to
               your
               crime
               :
               the
               higher
               men
               clime
               ,
               the
               greater
               will
               be
               their
               fall
               .
               How
               doth
               this
               make
               sad
               the
               hearts
               of
               those
               that
               the
               Lord
               would
               not
               make
               sad
               ,
               and
               strengthen
               the
               hands
               of
               the
               wicked
               .
               If
               Israel
               
                 play
                 the
                 harlot
              
               ,
               saith
               God
               ,
               
                 yet
                 let
                 not
                 Judah
                 offend
                 ;
                 you
                 did
                 run
                 well
                 ,
                 who
                 hindred
                 you
                 ,
              
               you
               began
               well
               and
               you
               end
               ill
               ;
               
                 you
                 began
                 in
                 the
                 spirit
                 ,
                 and
                 will
                 you
                 end
                 in
                 the
                 flesh
                 :
              
               What
               a
               blow
               will
               this
               be
               to
               Religion
               ,
               when
               the
               chief
               prop
               in
               such
               a
               family
               shall
               not
               only
               break
               ,
               but
               like
               an
               Egyptian
               Reed
               ,
               run
               into
               our
               hands
               .
               What
               a
               discouragement
               is
               it
               to
               an
               Army
               ,
               when
               a
               chief
               champion
               not
               only
               turns
               his
               back
               ,
               but
               revolts
               to
               the
               enemy
               ?
               What
               a
               dishonour
               is
               this
               to
               God
               ,
               to
               leave
               his
               service
               and
               serve
               his
               greatest
               enemy
               .
               How
               will
               the
               enemy
               in
               sult
               ,
               Lo
               (
               saith
               they
               )
               you
               see
               what
               a
               master
               they
               serve
               ,
               for
               all
               their
               brags
               ,
               they
               are
               soon
               weary
               of
               his
               service
               .
               Davids
               sin
               caused
               Gods
               enemies
               to
               blaspheme
               ,
               and
               for
               that
               cause
               God
               told
               him
               
               
                 The
                 Sword
                 should
                 never
                 depart
                 from
                 his
                 house
                 .
              
               How
               doth
               this
               sadden
               the
               hearts
               of
               the
               godly
               ,
               and
               fill
               their
               faces
               with
               shame
               ?
               How
               is
               Religion
               loaded
               with
               aspersions
               ,
               as
               if
               there
               were
               no
               real
               difference
               between
               the
               godly
               and
               the
               wicked
               ?
               These
               ,
               say
               they
               are
               your
               professors
               ,
               they
               'll
               take
               their
               cups
               as
               well
               as
               others
               .
               Poor
               doubting
               Christians
               are
               discouraged
               ,
               and
               think
               they
               shall
               never
               hold
               out
               ,
               when
               such
               Cedars
               are
               shaken
               ,
               and
               such
               Champions
               foiled
               .
               Others
               are
               incouraged
               in
               their
               sin
               ,
               and
               are
               apt
               to
               say
               ,
               let
               them
               have
               their
               fling
               ,
               they
               will
               come
               bank
               again
               to
               us
               ere
               long
               .
               What
               account
               will
               you
               give
               of
               this
               to
               God
               at
               last
               ,
               what
               iniquity
               have
               you
               found
               in
               him
               ,
               that
               you
               are
               departed
               from
               him
               ?
               Is
               there
               any
               thing
               in
               religion
               that
               causeth
               you
               to
               forsake
               it
               ,
               or
               hath
               God
               ever
               given
               you
               any
               cause
               ?
               Testifie
               against
               him
               ,
               hath
               
                 he
                 been
                 a
                 barren
                 wilderness
                 to
                 you
                 ?
              
               Is
               there
               more
               real
               worth
               in
               your
               pot
               companions
               ,
               which
               have
               wrought
               your
               ruine
               if
               God
               prevent
               not
               ,
               both
               of
               Body
               and
               Soul
               ;
               than
               is
               in
               the
               communion
               of
               Saints
               ?
               and
               had
               you
               rather
               be
               hearing
               swearing
               ,
               cursing
               ,
               and
               blaspheming
               than
               prayers
               ,
               or
               praises
               unto
               God
               ?
               Consider
               the
               Blood
               of
               your
               own
               Soul
               ,
               and
               the
               Soul
               of
               your
               Children
               and
               Servants
               ,
               that
               are
               like
               to
               be
               undone
               by
               your
               example
               ;
               and
               of
               many
               others
               that
               are
               either
               hardned
               in
               their
               sins
               ,
               or
               discouraged
               in
               their
               duties
               ,
               will
               be
               laid
               at
               your
               door
               :
               Consider
               the
               price
               of
               this
               Blood
               ,
               before
               you
               are
               too
               lavish
               of
               it
               ;
               one
               Soul
               is
               worth
               a
               world
               ,
               and
               do
               not
               sell
               it
               for
               pots
               of
               Ale.
               
            
             
             
               Aggra
               .
               5.
               
               The
               many
               Covenants
               ,
               Promises
               ,
               Vows
               ,
               and
               Ingagements
               ,
               which
               you
               have
               made
               to
               God
               for
               better
               Obedience
               ,
               and
               the
               many
               Promises
               and
               Ingagements
               which
               you
               have
               made
               to
               Ministers
               and
               other
               Christians
               ,
               and
               which
               you
               have
               so
               often
               broke
               ,
               are
               no
               small
               Aggravation
               to
               your
               sin
               ;
               so
               that
               you
               cannot
               commit
               this
               sin
               at
               so
               cheap
               a
               rate
               as
               some
               others
               may
               :
               
                 'T
                 is
                 better
                 not
                 to
                 vow
                 ,
                 then
                 to
                 vow
                 and
                 not
                 preform
                 .
              
               In
               your
               Baptismal
               Vow
               ,
               which
               you
               have
               since
               owned
               and
               ratified
               ,
               you
               were
               dedicated
               up
               to
               God
               ,
               and
               devoted
               to
               his
               service
               ;
               and
               't
               is
               sacriledge
               to
               divert
               things
               dedicated
               up
               to
               God
               to
               profane
               uses
               :
               You
               then
               received
               Press-money
               ,
               and
               listed
               your self
               into
               Christs
               Company
               ,
               and
               promised
               to
               fight
               under
               his
               Banner
               ;
               and
               that
               his
               Enemies
               should
               be
               your
               Enemies
               ,
               and
               you
               would
               maintain
               War
               while
               you
               lived
               against
               sin
               ,
               the
               World
               ,
               and
               the
               Devil
               ;
               and
               he
               promised
               ,
               you
               so
               doing
               ,
               you
               should
               have
               what
               ever
               was
               necessary
               here
               ,
               and
               Heaven
               it self
               for
               a
               reward
               ;
               and
               to
               this
               Covenant
               you
               have
               often
               set
               your
               other
               Seal
               in
               the
               Sacrament
               ,
               and
               will
               you
               after
               all
               these
               Vows
               and
               Covenants
               to
               God
               ,
               and
               Promises
               to
               Men
               ,
               treacherously
               and
               perfidiously
               revolt
               ,
               change
               sides
               ,
               and
               joyn
               with
               the
               Devil
               ,
               Gods
               sworn
               enemy
               ;
               and
               that
               to
               fight
               against
               him
               ,
               his
               cause
               and
               people
               ,
               and
               the
               power
               of
               godliness
               ,
               which
               you
               did
               profess
               .
               What
               cause
               hath
               God
               given
               you
               to
               do
               thus
               ?
               Testifie
               against
               him
               ,
               was
               he
               ever
               worse
               than
               his
               word
               to
               you
               ,
               nay
               ,
               he
               was
               before-ahand
               
               with
               his
               promise
               ;
               he
               gave
               you
               a
               better
               portition
               in
               the
               world
               than
               thousands
               of
               your
               brethren
               ;
               you
               may
               eat
               the
               fat
               ,
               and
               drink
               the
               sweet
               ,
               when
               others
               must
               moil
               and
               toil
               and
               cark
               and
               care
               ,
               and
               all
               little
               enough
               to
               prevent
               poverty
               :
               All
               that
               you
               have
               is
               from
               him
               ;
               he
               gave
               you
               limbs
               ,
               when
               others
               are
               lame
               ;
               sight
               ,
               when
               others
               are
               blind
               ;
               health
               ,
               when
               others
               are
               sick
               ;
               liberty
               ,
               when
               others
               are
               imprisoned
               ;
               you
               have
               the
               use
               of
               reason
               .
               ,
               when
               others
               run
               raging
               in
               the
               streets
               ;
               yea
               ,
               you
               have
               your
               life
               and
               breath
               and
               all
               from
               him
               ,
               and
               how
               dare
               you
               then
               provoke
               him
               ;
               you
               have
               not
               only
               mercies
               for
               this
               life
               ,
               but
               for
               the
               life
               to
               come
               offered
               also
               ;
               the
               means
               of
               Grace
               ,
               the
               tenders
               of
               Mercy
               ,
               Christ
               and
               Heaven
               ,
               and
               Glory
               ;
               and
               for
               which
               of
               all
               these
               good
               things
               do
               you
               hate
               God
               ,
               and
               leave
               his
               service
               ?
               Can
               the
               Devil
               or
               your
               Pot-companions
               better
               reward
               you
               ?
               Can
               they
               defend
               you
               from
               the
               dreadful
               judgments
               of
               a
               sin
               revenging
               God
               ;
               can
               they
               secure
               you
               under
               the
               shadow
               of
               their
               wings
               ?
               If
               not
               ,
               how
               dare
               you
               provoke
               this
               God
               ?
               Are
               you
               stronger
               than
               he
               ,
               if
               not
               ,
               why
               do
               you
               take
               up
               weapons
               of
               defence
               against
               him
               ?
               
                 Was
                 there
                 ever
                 any
                 hardened
                 himself
                 against
                 God
                 and
                 prospered
                 ?
                 God
                 will
                 avenge
                 the
                 quarrel
                 of
                 his
                 Covenant
              
               ;
               and
               where
               are
               you
               then
               ?
               Do
               you
               know
               what
               it
               is
               to
               be
               an
               enemy
               unto
               God
               ,
               or
               to
               have
               God
               to
               be
               an
               enemy
               unto
               you
               ;
               if
               you
               did
               ,
               it
               might
               send
               you
               trembling
               to
               your
               Grave
               ;
               if
               you
               are
               his
               enemy
               ,
               and
               his
               enemy
               you
               are
               while
               you
               serve
               the
               Devil
               ,
               
                 for
                 his
                 servants
              
               
               
                 you
                 are
                 to
                 whom
                 you
                 obey
              
               ;
               you
               may
               expect
               he
               should
               deal
               with
               you
               as
               with
               an
               enemy
               ,
               and
               then
               what
               evr
               judgments
               you
               have
               heard
               ,
               or
               read
               of
               ,
               either
               threatned
               against
               ,
               or
               executed
               upon
               any
               graceless
               wretch
               ;
               you
               are
               not
               sure
               but
               ,
               nay
               ,
               you
               may
               expect
               that
               it
               may
               be
               your
               portion
               :
               and
               how
               ever
               ,
               he
               may
               suffer
               you
               here
               to
               fill
               up
               the
               measure
               of
               your
               iniquity
               ,
               yet
               he
               will
               pay
               you
               home
               ,
               full
               measure
               and
               running
               over
               .
               'T
               is
               better
               for
               you
               to
               have
               all
               the
               Men
               on
               Earth
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               Devils
               in
               Hell
               against
               you
               than
               God
               ;
               you
               are
               but
               a
               worm
               ,
               and
               if
               he
               tread
               upon
               you
               ,
               he
               leaves
               you
               dead
               behind
               him
               ;
               if
               he
               with-hold
               your
               breath
               ,
               
                 you
                 return
                 to
                 the
                 dust
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 your
                 thoughts
                 perish
              
               ;
               there
               is
               no
               strugling
               out
               of
               his
               hand
               :
               
                 Wo
                 to
                 him
                 that
                 striveth
                 with
                 his
                 master
                 ,
                 let
                 the
                 potsheard
                 strive
                 with
                 the
                 potsheard
                 of
                 the
                 earth
                 ,
              
               Isaiah
               45.
               9.
               
               You
               can
               get
               nothing
               by
               this
               contention
               .
            
             
               Aggra
               .
               6.
               
               This
               Carriage
               and
               Demeaning
               of
               yours
               ,
               how
               ever
               it
               may
               for
               a
               time
               seem
               pleasing
               to
               your self
               ,
               is
               yet
               offensive
               to
               God
               ,
               Father
               ,
               Son
               ,
               and
               Holy
               Ghost
               ,
               and
               't
               is
               the
               grief
               of
               all
               good
               men
               that
               know
               it
               ;
               to
               your
               friends
               and
               relations
               ,
               and
               all
               that
               fear
               God
               :
               that
               God
               takes
               it
               to
               heart
               ,
               you
               may
               find
               by
               his
               often
               complaint
               of
               and
               expostalations
               with
               the
               Children
               of
               Israel
               in
               their
               revolts
               ;
               you
               may
               find
               in
               three
               parables
               in
               Luke
               15.
               of
               the
               lost
               Sheep
               ,
               the
               lost
               groat
               ,
               and
               the
               prodigal
               Son.
               It
               was
               he
               that
               lost
               the
               Sheep
               ,
               and
               seeks
               till
               he
               finds
               it
               ,
               and
               then
               receiveth
               ;
               he
               is
               the
               Father
               of
               the
               
               prodigal
               Son
               ,
               and
               his
               prodigality
               was
               his
               trouble
               ;
               as
               may
               easily
               appear
               by
               his
               rejoycing
               at
               his
               return
               :
               yea
               ,
               Christ
               tells
               us
               there
               is
               joy
               in
               the
               presence
               of
               the
               Angels
               ,
               when
               a
               sinner
               returneth
               ;
               and
               if
               there
               could
               be
               sorrow
               in
               Heaven
               ,
               sure
               it
               would
               be
               at
               their
               revolting
               back
               :
               the
               resisting
               the
               motions
               of
               Gods
               Spirit
               ,
               is
               called
               a
               grieving
               of
               ,
               or
               a
               quenching
               of
               it
               ;
               and
               if
               each
               Saint
               have
               his
               Guardian
               Angel
               ,
               as
               some
               imagine
               ,
               and
               it
               may
               seem
               probable
               ;
               for
               they
               are
               guarded
               by
               the
               Angels
               :
               we
               may
               imagine
               they
               rejoyce
               when
               we
               do
               well
               ,
               and
               as
               far
               as
               they
               are
               capable
               ,
               are
               troubled
               at
               our
               falls
               and
               slips
               :
               and
               what
               sorrow
               and
               sadness
               ,
               also
               must
               this
               be
               to
               your
               relations
               ,
               put
               your self
               into
               their
               condition
               ;
               how
               sad
               would
               it
               be
               to
               you
               ,
               to
               have
               a
               Child
               ,
               the
               only
               hope
               of
               the
               Family
               ,
               to
               ruin
               himself
               and
               his
               posterity
               ;
               to
               have
               a
               young
               fellow
               take
               such
               extravagant
               courses
               ,
               to
               have
               a
               Brother
               or
               a
               Sister
               thus
               debaucht
               ;
               what
               grief
               is
               it
               to
               a
               Godly
               Minister
               ,
               
                 that
                 travelled
                 in
                 Birth
                 till
                 he
                 thought
                 Christ
                 had
                 been
                 formed
                 in
                 you
                 ,
              
               and
               then
               suddenly
               see
               all
               his
               hopes
               dasht
               ,
               all
               his
               exhortations
               ,
               admonitions
               ,
               reproofs
               ,
               prayers
               ,
               &c.
               lost
               upon
               you
               ;
               how
               may
               it
               trouble
               and
               shame
               him
               that
               ever
               you
               were
               of
               his
               society
               :
               your
               Christian
               Friends
               ,
               and
               those
               of
               your
               society
               ,
               how
               may
               it
               trouble
               them
               ,
               that
               you
               are
               gone
               from
               them
               ,
               and
               with
               Demas
               have
               chosen
               the
               World
               before
               Christ
               ;
               to
               think
               what
               will
               become
               of
               you
               ,
               and
               of
               your
               Family
               ,
               and
               of
               your
               poor
               Soul
               ,
               when
               death
               shall
               seperate
               it
               from
               your
               
               Body
               ,
               and
               where
               you
               will
               stop
               that
               are
               running
               down
               the
               hill
               so
               fast
               ,
               and
               whether
               of
               a
               professor
               you
               may
               not
               as
               others
               have
               done
               ,
               turn
               persecutor
               ;
               for
               those
               that
               forsake
               God
               ,
               no
               wonder
               if
               they
               forsake
               their
               Friends
               also
               ,
               and
               those
               that
               hate
               God
               will
               hate
               his
               Image
               also
               .
               I
               wish
               this
               be
               no
               more
               than
               my
               own
               surmise
               and
               fears
               :
               In
               a
               word
               ,
               There
               are
               none
               that
               carry
               the
               face
               of
               honest
               men
               ,
               but
               will
               be
               troubled
               at
               this
               your
               Apostacy
               ;
               and
               there
               are
               none
               but
               the
               Devil
               and
               his
               Instruments
               ,
               your
               Pot-Companions
               and
               Brethren
               in
               Iniquity
               ,
               that
               will
               rejoyce
               that
               you
               are
               brought
               back
               again
               into
               the
               Devils
               slavery
               :
               These
               are
               the
               Dalilah's
               that
               hugg
               you
               in
               their
               bosome
               while
               they
               betray
               you
               ;
               these
               are
               the
               Syrens
               ,
               that
               by
               their
               Song
               intend
               to
               wrack
               and
               ruin
               you
               :
               and
               if
               you
               think
               this
               is
               your
               only
               way
               to
               happiness
               ,
               ere
               long
               you
               will
               find
               your
               mistake
               and
               your
               judgment
               will
               alter
               .
            
             
               Aggra
               .
               7.
               
               In
               this
               course
               of
               life
               you
               lead
               ,
               the
               loss
               of
               your
               precious
               time
               which
               is
               given
               you
               for
               an
               higher
               end
               ,
               is
               no
               small
               aggravation
               to
               your
               fall
               ;
               for
               though
               you
               meet
               with
               other
               considerable
               losses
               by
               this
               extravagant
               course
               of
               yours
               ,
               yet
               no
               temporal
               loss
               is
               comparable
               to
               this
               :
               this
               cannot
               be
               redeemed
               with
               Silver
               nor
               Gold
               ,
               Jems
               ,
               nor
               Jewels
               ;
               nay
               if
               the
               World
               were
               sold
               to
               its
               worth
               ,
               it
               could
               not
               call
               back
               one
               day
               that
               is
               past
               ;
               and
               yet
               alass
               how
               prodigal
               are
               many
               of
               their
               time
               ,
               as
               if
               they
               knew
               not
               how
               to
               waste
               it
               fast
               enough
               ;
               they
               
               drink
               and
               play
               and
               rail
               it
               away
               ;
               nay
               go
               purposely
               to
               drive
               away
               time
               :
               that
               did
               they
               but
               know
               the
               value
               of
               it
               ,
               would
               prize
               it
               at
               a
               higher
               rate
               ;
               but
               the
               time
               is
               coming
               you
               will
               know
               the
               worth
               of
               it
               by
               the
               want
               of
               it
               .
               God
               hath
               placed
               you
               in
               his
               Vineyard
               ,
               given
               you
               work
               to
               do
               ,
               and
               sufficient
               time
               to
               do
               it
               in
               ;
               if
               you
               idle
               away
               this
               time
               ,
               and
               your
               work
               be
               undone
               ,
               what
               wages
               do
               you
               expect
               :
               Amongst
               other
               Talents
               he
               hath
               given
               you
               this
               Talent
               of
               time
               ;
               if
               either
               you
               not
               use
               it
               or
               abuse
               it
               ,
               what
               can
               you
               expect
               but
               the
               doom
               of
               the
               unprofitable
               servant
               that
               hid
               his
               Talent
               in
               the
               Earth
               .
               You
               have
               a
               little
               time
               in
               the
               World
               to
               spend
               ,
               and
               't
               is
               but
               a
               little
               ;
               and
               one
               of
               these
               days
               they
               will
               say
               of
               you
               ,
               He
               is
               dead
               also
               ;
               for
               you
               see
               younger
               and
               stronger
               are
               gone
               before
               you
               ,
               and
               your
               turn
               may
               be
               next
               ;
               how
               as
               you
               spend
               this
               time
               ,
               so
               it
               will
               fare
               with
               you
               to
               eternity
               .
               This
               is
               the
               Harvest
               of
               the
               Soul
               ,
               if
               you
               lay
               not
               in
               provision
               for
               the
               Winter
               with
               the
               Bee
               ,
               you
               are
               like
               to
               want
               with
               the
               Grasshopper
               :
               this
               is
               the
               market
               day
               to
               lay
               in
               provision
               for
               the
               following
               week
               ,
               and
               to
               buy
               Oyl
               ;
               if
               this
               season
               be
               let
               slip
               ,
               the
               door
               will
               be
               shut
               against
               you
               ,
               and
               we
               know
               not
               how
               soon
               this
               day
               may
               be
               over
               ,
               which
               will
               never
               dawn
               again
               :
               you
               have
               a
               great
               deal
               of
               work
               to
               do
               ,
               and
               work
               of
               great
               concernment
               ;
               if
               it
               be
               not
               finished
               in
               the
               time
               ,
               you
               are
               undone
               ;
               you
               are
               in
               a
               race
               ,
               and
               your
               Soul
               is
               the
               prize
               you
               run
               for
               ;
               and
               will
               you
               either
               stand
               still
               or
               run
               back
               :
               you
               are
               in
               the
               field
               fighting
               
               with
               cruel
               blood-thirsty
               enemies
               ,
               who
               will
               make
               no
               truce
               with
               you
               but
               upon
               more
               unreasonable
               terms
               than
               Nahash
               the
               Ammonite
               offered
               to
               the
               men
               of
               
                 Jabesh
                 Gilead
              
               ,
               Which
               was
               
                 to
                 thrust
                 out
                 all
                 their
                 right
                 eyes
                 ,
                 and
                 lay
                 it
                 as
                 a
                 reproach
                 on
                 all
                 Israel
                 ,
              
               1
               Sam.
               11.
               2.
               
               But
               the
               Devil
               will
               make
               no
               truce
               ,
               but
               the
               everlasting
               destruction
               of
               Soul
               and
               Body
               :
               And
               will
               you
               cast
               by
               your
               Armour
               ,
               and
               yield
               to
               his
               mercy
               ;
               and
               revolt
               from
               him
               that
               will
               warrant
               you
               the
               Victory
               ,
               if
               you
               will
               but
               keep
               the
               field
               :
               you
               are
               in
               a
               journey
               on
               life
               and
               death
               ,
               and
               will
               you
               now
               turn
               back
               ,
               or
               run
               after
               Butterflies
               ,
               when
               the
               Sun
               grows
               low
               and
               you
               have
               far
               to
               go
               ;
               when
               you
               must
               be
               sure
               to
               tread
               these
               weary
               steps
               back
               again
               ,
               or
               lose
               your
               life
               :
               Much
               of
               your
               time
               is
               already
               spent
               ,
               and
               your
               work
               undone
               ,
               and
               what
               you
               have
               done
               you
               are
               again
               plucking
               down
               ,
               and
               making
               your
               work
               every
               day
               more
               and
               harder
               .
               Consider
               you
               will
               repent
               or
               not
               repent
               ,
               If
               you
               do
               not
               repent
               you
               are
               undone
               ;
               for
               no
               unrepenting
               sinner
               shall
               come
               to
               Heaven
               ;
               if
               you
               do
               repent
               it
               will
               cost
               you
               more
               pains
               ,
               dolour
               ,
               trouble
               and
               grief
               ,
               than
               ever
               the
               pleasure
               of
               your
               sin
               was
               worth
               ;
               you
               must
               vomit
               up
               all
               those
               sweet
               morsels
               which
               you
               have
               swallowed
               with
               so
               much
               delight
               .
               Eternity
               lies
               before
               you
               ,
               and
               one
               of
               these
               days
               Death
               will
               open
               the
               door
               and
               let
               you
               in
               .
               What
               apprehensions
               then
               will
               you
               have
               of
               these
               courses
               ,
               when
               you
               see
               an
               infinite
               Ocean
               of
               eternity
               before
               you
               ,
               and
               all
               your
               friends
               and
               pleasures
               
               departing
               from
               you
               and
               forsaking
               you
               :
               Now
               what
               good
               will
               your
               merry
               company
               do
               you
               ,
               what
               comfort
               can
               they
               bring
               ,
               where
               are
               now
               your
               merry
               meetings
               ,
               and
               your
               drunken
               revels
               ?
               Will
               the
               thoughts
               of
               them
               chear
               up
               your
               hearts
               ,
               those
               that
               were
               your
               Councellors
               and
               Consorts
               in
               your
               Vanity
               ,
               now
               will
               be
               your
               Companions
               in
               your
               Misery
               .
               Those
               for
               whose
               sakes
               you
               lost
               your
               Soul
               ,
               your
               God
               ,
               your
               Glory
               ,
               what
               will
               they
               ,
               what
               can
               they
               do
               for
               you
               if
               you
               miscarry
               together
               :
               you
               will
               curse
               the
               time
               that
               ever
               you
               saw
               each
               others
               faces
               ,
               and
               those
               that
               now
               give
               such
               big
               words
               against
               God
               and
               Godliness
               ,
               will
               then
               call
               upon
               
                 the
                 Mountains
                 to
                 fall
                 upon
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Hills
                 to
                 cover
                 them
                 :
              
               Well
               such
               a
               day
               will
               come
               ,
               and
               we
               know
               not
               whether
               you
               have
               a
               day
               to
               live
               ,
               or
               what
               may
               be
               in
               the
               womb
               of
               the
               next
               morning
               :
               Our
               Saviour
               Christ
               adviseth
               to
               prepare
               for
               it
               ;
               Luke
               21.
               34
               ,
               35.
               
               
                 And
                 take
                 heed
                 to
                 your selves
                 ,
                 lest
                 at
                 any
                 time
                 your
                 hearts
                 be
                 overcharged
                 with
                 surfetting
                 and
                 drunkenness
                 ,
                 and
                 cares
                 of
                 this
                 life
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 that
                 day
                 come
                 upon
                 you
                 unawares
                 ;
                 for
                 as
                 a
                 snare
                 shall
                 it
                 come
                 on
                 all
                 them
                 than
                 dwell
                 on
                 the
                 face
                 of
                 the
                 whole
                 earth
                 .
              
               How
               dare
               you
               spend
               a
               day
               in
               an
               Ale-house
               ,
               that
               do
               not
               know
               if
               you
               have
               another
               to
               live
               :
               But
               as
               the
               Poet
               saith
               ,
               
                 Fleres
                 si
                 scires
                 unum
                 tua
                 tempora
                 mensem
                 ,
                 rides
                 cum
                 non
                 sit
                 forsitan
                 una
                 dies
                 .
              
               Many
               a
               man
               would
               weep
               and
               mourn
               ,
               if
               he
               knew
               he
               had
               but
               a
               month
               to
               live
               ,
               that
               now
               laughs
               and
               rejoyceth
               and
               hath
               but
               a
               day
               to
               live
               .
               This
               time
               which
               now
               you
               so
               
               lavishly
               spend
               ,
               neither
               in
               your
               general
               nor
               particular
               calling
               ,
               must
               be
               accounted
               for
               ;
               and
               what
               the
               price
               will
               be
               God
               only
               knows
               :
               and
               at
               death
               ,
               whether
               do
               you
               think
               the
               time
               spent
               in
               Humilation
               ,
               Prayer
               ,
               Hearing
               ,
               Reading
               ,
               Meditating
               ,
               Christian
               Conference
               ;
               Exhorting
               the
               Careless
               ,
               instructing
               the
               Ignorant
               ,
               comforting
               the
               Dejected
               ,
               visiting
               the
               Sick
               ,
               relieving
               the
               Poor
               ;
               and
               generally
               in
               Acts
               of
               Piety
               and
               Charity
               ;
               will
               bring
               most
               comfort
               :
               or
               the
               time
               spent
               in
               Drinking
               and
               Drabbing
               ,
               in
               Hawking
               ,
               Hunting
               ,
               Carding
               ,
               Diceing
               ,
               Cocking
               ,
               Playing
               ,
               or
               such
               like
               Vanities
               ?
               I
               know
               not
               what
               your
               thoughts
               be
               now
               ,
               but
               I
               know
               what
               they
               will
               be
               hereafter
               ;
               God
               hath
               allowed
               us
               no
               time
               to
               spend
               idly
               ,
               but
               all
               should
               be
               spent
               ,
               either
               in
               our
               general
               or
               particular
               Calling
               ;
               or
               that
               which
               may
               enable
               us
               thereunto
               :
               but
               there
               are
               many
               that
               can
               spare
               no
               time
               from
               their
               Recreations
               ,
               either
               for
               the
               one
               or
               the
               other
               ;
               but
               time
               will
               be
               better
               valued
               .
            
             
               Aggra
               .
               8.
               
               By
               your
               accustoming
               your self
               to
               this
               filthy
               sin
               ,
               you
               are
               grown
               more
               bold
               and
               impudent
               in
               it
               ;
               it
               hath
               almost
               ,
               if
               not
               altogether
               ,
               taken
               away
               the
               conscience
               of
               sin
               :
               you
               are
               almost
               come
               to
               that
               pass
               as
               those
               that
               God
               complained
               
                 of
                 ,
                 Jer.
              
               6.
               15.
               
               
                 Were
                 they
                 ashamed
                 when
                 they
                 committed
                 abomination
                 ?
                 Nay
                 ,
                 they
                 were
                 not
                 ashamed
                 ,
                 neither
                 could
                 they
                 blush
                 ;
                 therefore
                 they
                 shall
                 fall
                 amongst
                 them
                 that
                 fall
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
               Is
               not
               this
               your
               condition
               ?
               Nay
               ,
               do
               you
               not
               rather
               boast
               of
               it
               ?
               And
               indeed
               this
               sin
               is
               grown
               very
               brazen
               
               faced
               in
               our
               dayes
               ;
               the
               time
               was
               when
               ,
               
                 They
                 that
                 slept
                 ,
                 slept
                 in
                 the
                 night
                 ;
                 and
                 those
                 that
                 were
                 drunk
                 ,
                 were
                 drunk
                 in
                 the
                 night
                 .
              
               This
               sin
               was
               a
               work
               of
               darkness
               ,
               and
               like
               the
               Owl
               ,
               was
               ashamed
               to
               be
               seen
               by
               day
               ;
               but
               now
               it
               fears
               no
               colours
               ,
               men
               are
               not
               ashamed
               to
               be
               seen
               reeling
               in
               the
               streets
               ,
               or
               vomiting
               in
               the
               Market-place
               ,
               or
               dead-drunk
               at
               noon-day
               ,
               or
               swearing
               in
               the
               Magistrates
               presence
               ;
               such
               a
               height
               of
               Impiety
               men
               are
               arrived
               at
               :
               but
               there
               was
               some
               hopes
               when
               sin
               was
               driven
               into
               corners
               ,
               but
               there
               is
               little
               when
               it
               dares
               Authority
               and
               beards
               the
               Magistrate
               himself
               .
               By
               often
               sinning
               men
               come
               to
               be
               past
               feeling
               ;
               like
               a
               Workman's
               hand
               ,
               by
               much
               labor
               is
               hardened
               .
               Conscience
               when
               't
               is
               often
               check'd
               and
               snub'd
               ,
               at
               last
               leaves
               checking
               ;
               and
               the
               Devil
               sears
               it
               with
               his
               hot
               iron
               ,
               that
               it
               becomes
               unsensible
               ;
               but
               at
               last
               it
               will
               speak
               ,
               and
               will
               not
               hold
               its
               peace
               :
               the
               Devil
               at
               last
               makes
               a
               path-way
               over
               the
               heart
               ,
               and
               so
               all
               the
               seed
               is
               lost
               that
               falls
               upon
               this
               High-way
               ground
               ;
               and
               men
               become
               Sermon
               proof
               ,
               and
               Ordinance
               proof
               :
               they
               can
               sit
               still
               and
               have
               Hell-fire
               flasht
               in
               their
               faces
               ,
               and
               not
               regard
               it
               .
               What
               God
               speaks
               of
               the
               
                 Leviathan
                 ,
                 Job
              
               4.
               24
               is
               true
               of
               them
               ,
               in
               another
               sense
               ;
               
                 Their
                 heart
                 is
                 as
                 firm
                 as
                 a
                 stone
                 ,
                 yea
                 as
                 hard
                 as
                 a
                 piece
                 of
                 the
                 neather
                 millstone
                 .
              
               The
               Acts
               of
               sin
               increase
               the
               habit
               ,
               and
               at
               last
               it
               becomes
               as
               natural
               to
               them
               to
               sin
               as
               to
               live
               ;
               and
               they
               draw
               in
               iniquity
               as
               they
               draw
               in
               their
               breath
               :
               they
               commit
               sin
               as
               easily
               
               as
               water
               runs
               down
               the
               Channel
               .
               Custom
               breeds
               a
               second
               nature
               ,
               of
               such
               doth
               God
               speak
               ,
               Jer.
               13.
               23.
               
               
                 Can
                 the
                 Ethiopian
                 change
                 his
                 skin
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 Leopard
                 his
                 spots
                 ;
                 then
                 may
                 ye
                 also
                 do
                 good
                 ,
                 which
                 are
                 accustomed
                 to
                 do
                 evil
                 .
              
               Some
               vainly
               promise
               themselves
               repentance
               hereafter
               ,
               but
               their
               deceitful
               heart
               puts
               a
               cheat
               upon
               them
               ;
               there
               is
               not
               one
               of
               many
               that
               send
               repentance
               thus
               before
               them
               ,
               that
               ever
               overtake
               it
               .
               Those
               that
               have
               long
               accustomed
               themselves
               to
               sin
               ,
               and
               those
               that
               have
               long
               enjoyed
               the
               means
               of
               grace
               ,
               and
               are
               grown
               Sermon
               proof
               ;
               and
               those
               that
               have
               made
               Profession
               of
               Religion
               ,
               and
               faln
               back
               ,
               't
               is
               a
               rare
               thing
               to
               see
               them
               prove
               true
               Converts
               .
               How
               much
               of
               this
               concerns
               you
               ,
               let
               your
               own
               Conscience
               judge
               ;
               I
               do
               not
               say
               God
               will
               not
               receive
               such
               when
               they
               do
               come
               ,
               but
               I
               have
               not
               observed
               many
               such
               willing
               to
               come
               .
            
             
               Aggra
               .
               9.
               
               By
               this
               sinful
               course
               of
               yours
               ,
               you
               also
               disable
               your self
               for
               doing
               that
               good
               in
               the
               place
               which
               God
               requires
               at
               your
               hands
               ,
               and
               otherwise
               you
               might
               do
               ,
               either
               to
               the
               souls
               or
               bodies
               of
               others
               :
               for
               the
               soul
               you
               have
               a
               great
               deal
               of
               knowledge
               ,
               and
               might
               have
               been
               very
               instrumental
               of
               doing
               good
               in
               your
               place
               ,
               either
               by
               admonition
               ,
               exhortation
               ,
               reproof
               ,
               counsel
               ,
               comfort
               ,
               or
               such
               like
               ;
               but
               you
               have
               made
               your self
               incapable
               almost
               of
               doing
               any
               good
               this
               way
               ,
               by
               your
               bad
               example
               :
               Who
               will
               think
               you
               are
               in
               earnest
               ,
               when
               your
               actions
               give
               your
               tongue
               the
               lie
               ?
               Who
               will
               not
               
               think
               you
               do
               not
               believe
               your
               own
               words
               ?
               Do
               not
               you
               throw
               down
               with
               the
               one
               hand
               what
               you
               build
               with
               the
               other
               ?
               Who
               can
               think
               that
               you
               believe
               there
               is
               indeed
               such
               a
               deformity
               in
               sin
               ,
               and
               such
               a
               beauty
               in
               holiness
               ,
               that
               observes
               your
               life
               and
               conversation
               ?
               How
               can
               you
               say
               to
               your
               Brother
               ,
               Let
               me
               pluck
               out
               the
               mote
               out
               of
               thy
               eye
               ,
               when
               you
               have
               a
               beam
               in
               your
               own
               ?
               Will
               not
               he
               quickly
               say
               ,
               
                 Physician
                 heal
                 thy self
                 :
                 Qui
                 alterum
                 incusat
                 probri
                 ipsum
                 se
                 intueri
                 oportet
                 .
              
               He
               is
               an
               unfit
               reprover
               ,
               that
               is
               guilty
               of
               the
               objected
               crime
               .
               And
               for
               the
               Body
               you
               likewise
               disable
               your self
               for
               doing
               that
               good
               that
               God
               requires
               ,
               and
               which
               otherwise
               you
               might
               do
               .
               God
               hath
               given
               you
               a
               competent
               estate
               ,
               whereby
               you
               may
               be
               helpful
               to
               those
               that
               want
               ;
               he
               gave
               it
               to
               this
               end
               ,
               to
               feed
               the
               hungry
               and
               cloath
               the
               naked
               ;
               to
               be
               
                 ready
                 to
                 do
                 good
                 ,
                 willing
                 to
                 distribute
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 be
                 rich
                 in
                 good
                 works
                 .
              
               Think
               not
               that
               you
               are
               the
               chief
               Proprietor
               ,
               you
               are
               but
               a
               Steward
               ,
               and
               must
               give
               an
               account
               ;
               you
               may
               not
               do
               as
               you
               will
               with
               what
               you
               call
               your
               own
               :
               but
               if
               you
               dispose
               of
               your
               Estate
               according
               to
               the
               mind
               of
               God
               ,
               he
               will
               give
               you
               sufficient
               wages
               .
               But
               by
               this
               your
               extravagant
               courses
               and
               excessive
               spending
               ,
               you
               waste
               not
               onely
               your
               own
               part
               ,
               but
               Gods
               part
               also
               ;
               which
               he
               hath
               reserved
               for
               the
               poor
               .
               All
               men
               are
               his
               servants
               ,
               and
               what
               they
               have
               are
               but
               talents
               lent
               ;
               to
               some
               five
               ,
               to
               some
               two
               ,
               and
               to
               others
               one
               ;
               and
               
                 where
                 much
                 is
                 given
                 ,
                 much
                 will
                 be
                 required
                 .
              
               
               The
               great
               Housholder
               provides
               meat
               for
               all
               his
               Family
               ,
               but
               he
               keeps
               Stewards
               under
               him
               ,
               to
               see
               they
               shall
               not
               want
               ;
               
                 and
                 to
                 give
                 them
                 their
                 meat
                 in
                 due
                 season
                 :
              
               and
               you
               are
               one
               of
               these
               .
               If
               now
               
                 you
                 beat
                 your
                 fellow
                 servants
                 ,
                 and
                 eat
                 and
                 drink
                 with
                 the
                 drunken
                 ,
                 your
                 Lord
                 will
                 come
                 when
                 you
                 are
                 not
                 aware
                 ,
                 and
                 give
                 you
                 your
                 portion
                 with
                 hypocrites
              
               ;
               Mat.
               24.
               49
               ,
               &c.
               
               The
               poor
               have
               a
               right
               to
               what
               you
               enjoy
               and
               can
               spare
               ,
               and
               though
               they
               cannot
               challenge
               it
               and
               take
               it
               ,
               yet
               God
               will
               vindicate
               their
               cause
               if
               it
               be
               denied
               or
               with-held
               .
               How
               much
               might
               you
               promote
               Religion
               and
               Gods
               interest
               in
               your
               neighbourhood
               ,
               were
               your
               life
               and
               conversation
               exemplary
               ?
               But
               now
               you
               do
               more
               harm
               than
               good
               by
               your
               example
               ,
               and
               it
               had
               been
               better
               the
               Countrey
               had
               not
               known
               you
               ;
               and
               that
               you
               had
               never
               known
               your
               Estate
               ,
               if
               you
               thus
               proceed
               .
            
             
               Aggrav
               .
               10.
               
               The
               Excessive
               wasting
               of
               your
               Estate
               ,
               is
               no
               doubt
               a
               great
               sin
               in
               you
               at
               any
               time
               ;
               but
               at
               this
               time
               of
               scarcity
               especially
               ,
               is
               a
               very
               great
               Aggravation
               .
               When
               there
               is
               
                 complaining
                 in
                 our
                 streets
              
               ,
               and
               the
               Children
               cry
               for
               bread
               ;
               when
               there
               is
               none
               to
               break
               it
               ,
               and
               many
               poor
               Families
               are
               ready
               to
               perish
               for
               want
               ;
               and
               a
               supply
               can
               hardly
               be
               found
               :
               When
               Corn
               hath
               been
               at
               such
               an
               excessive
               rate
               ,
               8
               and
               9
               Shillings
               the
               measure
               .
               Eye
               the
               many
               poor
               Housholders
               that
               before
               made
               a
               handsome
               shift
               to
               live
               ,
               are
               now
               forced
               to
               beg
               with
               their
               Wives
               and
               Families
               ;
               and
               some
               't
               is
               believed
               
               have
               perished
               for
               want
               of
               Bread.
               Now
               at
               this
               time
               ,
               when
               the
               hand
               of
               God
               is
               so
               evidently
               stretcht
               out
               against
               us
               ,
               that
               you
               and
               such
               as
               you
               ,
               if
               you
               were
               unconcerned
               ,
               should
               thus
               waste
               and
               devour
               the
               good
               creatures
               wilfully
               ;
               which
               should
               keep
               poor
               Christians
               ;
               and
               one
               of
               you
               swallow
               down
               more
               in
               one
               day
               ,
               than
               would
               keep
               a
               considerable
               Family
               with
               Bread
               a
               week
               .
               
                 Will
                 not
                 the
                 Lord
                 visit
                 for
                 these
                 things
                 ;
                 and
                 will
                 not
                 his
                 soul
                 be
                 avenged
                 on
                 such
                 a
                 people
                 as
                 this
                 ?
              
               The
               great
               Housholder
               hath
               provided
               bread
               enough
               for
               all
               his
               Family
               ,
               but
               that
               some
               of
               them
               by
               Gluttony
               and
               Drunkenness
               devour
               what
               the
               others
               should
               eat
               .
               Will
               he
               not
               call
               them
               to
               an
               account
               at
               last
               ?
               See
               how
               he
               likes
               of
               it
               ,
               Isa
               .
               22.
               12
               ,
               13.
               
               
                 In
                 that
                 day
                 did
                 the
                 Lord
                 call
                 for
                 weeping
                 and
                 for
                 mourning
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 baldness
                 and
                 girding
                 with
                 sackcloth
                 ;
                 and
                 behold
                 joy
                 and
                 gladness
                 ,
                 slaying
                 oxen
                 and
                 killing
                 sheep
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
                 and
                 it
                 was
                 revealed
                 in
                 my
                 ear
                 by
                 the
                 Lord
                 of
                 hosts
                 ,
                 surely
                 this
                 iniquity
                 shall
                 not
                 be
                 purged
                 from
                 you
                 till
                 you
                 die
                 .
              
               God
               also
               threatens
               those
               ,
               
                 That
                 they
                 shall
                 go
                 captives
                 with
                 the
                 first
                 that
                 go
                 ,
                 that
                 drink
                 wine
                 in
                 Bowles
                 and
                 annoint
                 themselves
                 with
                 chief
                 ointment
                 ,
                 and
                 forget
                 the
                 afflictions
                 of
              
               Joseph
               ,
               Amos
               6.
               6
               ,
               7.
               
               And
               the
               blood
               of
               those
               which
               have
               perished
               for
               want
               of
               those
               creatures
               which
               you
               have
               wilfully
               wasted
               ,
               God
               will
               lay
               at
               your
               door
               .
               In
               a
               word
               ,
               consider
               your
               pious
               Education
               ,
               your
               former
               holy
               Conversation
               ,
               the
               Convictions
               upon
               your
               spirit
               ;
               knowing
               and
               acknowledging
               your
               courses
               bad
               :
               
               The
               profession
               of
               Religion
               you
               have
               made
               ,
               the
               incouragements
               which
               you
               gave
               ,
               the
               sading
               of
               the
               hearts
               of
               the
               Godly
               ,
               the
               strengthening
               the
               hands
               of
               the
               wicked
               ,
               the
               vows
               and
               covenants
               you
               have
               made
               to
               God
               ,
               and
               promises
               to
               men
               ;
               the
               grief
               you
               bring
               your
               friends
               and
               relations
               ,
               the
               hardning
               of
               your
               heart
               by
               custom
               ,
               the
               disabling
               your self
               to
               do
               good
               to
               soul
               or
               body
               ;
               and
               the
               wilful
               wasteing
               of
               the
               creatures
               in
               this
               time
               of
               need
               ;
               will
               all
               rise
               up
               in
               judgment
               against
               you
               .
            
             
               Obj.
               1.
               
               But
               it
               may
               be
               you
               will
               object
               and
               say
               ,
               You
               do
               not
               drink
               to
               Drunkenness
               ,
               you
               can
               carry
               it
               away
               well
               enough
               ;
               you
               stagger
               not
               over
               it
               ,
               neither
               do
               you
               vomit
               as
               others
               do
               :
               And
               though
               I
               fear
               this
               excuse
               cannot
               always
               be
               pleaded
               ,
               yet
               if
               it
               were
               taken
               for
               granted
               ,
               't
               is
               but
               a
               Fig-leaf
               to
               cover
               your
               nakedness
               ,
               and
               will
               prove
               too
               thin
               and
               short
               .
               A
               Man
               may
               drink
               to
               excess
               that
               can
               carry
               it
               away
               as
               you
               say
               .
               We
               read
               of
               Benhadad
               ,
               whom
               God
               himself
               tells
               us
               was
               drinking
               himself
               drunk
               with
               the
               thirty
               two
               Kings
               that
               were
               with
               him
               ;
               and
               yet
               could
               give
               directions
               to
               his
               Souldiers
               :
               yea
               ,
               escaped
               away
               on
               Horse-back
               with
               his
               Army
               .
               The
               trial
               of
               Drunkenness
               which
               we
               have
               amongst
               many
               ,
               is
               not
               the
               same
               with
               Gods
               :
               many
               think
               that
               Man
               is
               not
               drunk
               that
               can
               crawl
               out
               of
               the
               Carts
               way
               ,
               or
               rise
               himself
               out
               of
               the
               Fire
               ,
               or
               hit
               Fingers
               with
               another
               ;
               but
               they
               are
               not
               competent
               Judges
               in
               that
               case
               ,
               that
               are
               themselves
               so
               nearly
               concerned
               .
               
               'T
               is
               not
               only
               Drunkenness
               that
               trips
               up
               a
               Mans
               heels
               ,
               that
               he
               cannot
               go
               nor
               stand
               ,
               but
               when
               a
               Man
               over-affects
               Drink
               ,
               or
               spends
               too
               much
               time
               ,
               or
               too
               much
               money
               ;
               or
               wastes
               the
               good
               creatures
               needlesly
               ;
               that
               drinks
               too
               much
               for
               his
               purse
               ,
               or
               too
               much
               for
               his
               health
               ,
               or
               too
               much
               for
               his
               reason
               :
               For
               a
               Man
               hath
               no
               more
               reason
               to
               drown
               his
               time
               ,
               to
               drown
               his
               estate
               ,
               or
               his
               credit
               ,
               than
               he
               hath
               to
               drown
               his
               wit
               ;
               for
               all
               these
               are
               Talents
               for
               which
               he
               must
               be
               accountable
               .
               But
               suppose
               you
               are
               stronger
               than
               others
               ,
               and
               can
               drink
               more
               ;
               is
               this
               therefore
               a
               Warrant
               so
               to
               do
               ;
               see
               whether
               God
               seals
               it
               or
               no
               :
               Isaiah
               5.
               22.
               
               
                 Wo
                 unto
                 them
                 that
                 are
                 mighty
                 to
                 drink
                 Wine
                 ,
                 and
                 Men
                 of
                 strength
                 to
                 mingle
                 Strong
                 Drink
                 .
              
               Must
               God
               be
               dishonoured
               ,
               the
               Creature
               abused
               ,
               because
               thou
               hast
               a
               stronger
               brain
               ;
               't
               is
               pity
               mercies
               should
               be
               so
               abused
               :
               but
               besides
               this
               guilt
               ,
               are
               you
               not
               in
               the
               mean
               time
               guilty
               of
               the
               Drunkenness
               of
               others
               ;
               have
               you
               not
               forced
               them
               to
               it
               ,
               that
               you
               may
               laugh
               at
               their
               folly
               ?
               See
               then
               what
               the
               Lord
               saith
               to
               you
               ;
               Hab.
               2.
               15
               ,
               16.
               
               
                 Wo
                 unto
                 him
                 that
                 giveth
                 his
                 neighbour
                 Drink
                 ,
                 that
                 puttest
                 thy
                 Bottle
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 makest
                 him
                 drunken
                 also
                 ;
                 that
                 thou
                 mayst
                 look
                 on
                 their
                 nakedness
                 :
                 Thou
                 art
                 filled
                 with
                 shame
                 for
                 glory
                 :
                 drink
                 thou
                 also
                 ,
                 and
                 let
                 thy
                 fore-skin
                 be
                 uncovered
                 :
                 the
                 cup
                 of
                 the
                 Lords
                 right
                 hand
                 shall
                 be
                 turned
                 unto
                 thee
                 ,
                 and
                 shameful
                 spewing
                 shall
                 be
                 on
                 thy
                 glory
                 .
              
               Now
               if
               you
               glory
               in
               your
               strength
               to
               drink
               ,
               and
               this
               too
               common
               ;
               consider
               this
               Text
               ,
               and
               see
               what
               will
               be
               the
               issue
               :
               The
               Cup
               of
               Gods
               Indignation
               will
               be
               
               such
               as
               you
               cannot
               bear
               ;
               thy
               own
               sins
               are
               great
               enough
               ,
               you
               need
               not
               other
               mens
               .
            
             
               Obj.
               2.
               
               Perhaps
               you
               will
               say
               ,
               We
               have
               the
               Examples
               of
               many
               ,
               yea
               ,
               many
               great
               Men
               ,
               and
               many
               learned
               Men
               ,
               and
               of
               some
               good
               Men
               also
               ,
               for
               our
               imitations
               :
               Yea
               ,
               this
               Disease
               is
               Epidemical
               and
               grown
               common
               ,
               both
               in
               Court
               and
               Country
               ;
               and
               when
               a
               fashion
               is
               become
               National
               ,
               't
               is
               no
               discredit
               to
               wear
               it
               ;
               and
               't
               is
               true
               ,
               the
               more
               is
               the
               pitty
               :
               Examples
               of
               great
               ones
               are
               very
               prevalent
               ,
               and
               if
               bad
               infectious
               ;
               these
               are
               Stars
               of
               the
               first
               Magnitude
               ;
               and
               like
               the
               
                 primum
                 mobile
              
               ,
               carry
               all
               before
               them
               :
               and
               they
               have
               oft
               times
               a
               hand
               in
               the
               transgression
               ,
               and
               leave
               an
               infectious
               air
               ,
               that
               few
               can
               escape
               that
               comes
               near
               them
               .
               What
               a
               sad
               Example
               did
               Benhadad
               and
               
                 thirty
                 two
                 Kings
              
               that
               were
               with
               him
               give
               to
               their
               followers
               ,
               when
               they
               were
               all
               drunk
               :
               but
               will
               this
               excuse
               serve
               our
               turns
               before
               God
               ;
               did
               it
               excuse
               poor
               Men
               before
               the
               Flood
               ,
               that
               great
               ones
               did
               thus
               or
               thus
               ;
               or
               in
               Sodom
               ,
               that
               the
               Rulers
               were
               in
               the
               transgression
               ?
               Should
               they
               command
               sin
               ,
               they
               are
               are
               not
               to
               be
               obeyed
               ;
               because
               't
               is
               forbidden
               by
               a
               greater
               Authority
               :
               how
               much
               less
               when
               we
               are
               left
               at
               liberty
               .
               Great
               Men
               are
               not
               always
               good
               Men
               ,
               neither
               is
               their
               example
               always
               imitable
               ;
               1
               Cor.
               1.
               16.
               
               
                 Not
                 many
                 Wise
                 Men
                 after
                 the
                 Flesh
                 ,
                 not
                 many
                 Mighty
                 ,
                 not
                 many
                 Noble
                 are
                 called
                 :
              
               The
               greatest
               number
               commonly
               are
               the
               worst
               ,
               and
               the
               greatest
               men
               not
               always
               the
               
               best
               :
               had
               Nooh
               followed
               the
               examples
               of
               the
               ●●●…at
               ones
               of
               his
               age
               ,
               he
               might
               have
               been
               ●●●…wned
               for
               company
               :
               It
               was
               better
               be
               in
               the
               〈◊〉
               alone
               ,
               than
               in
               the
               Flood
               with
               company
               .
               I
               ●●●…nking
               and
               drabbing
               is
               too
               much
               in
               fashion
               in
               these
               times
               ,
               but
               't
               is
               a
               bad
               fashion
               ,
               and
               that
               for
               which
               the
               land
               mourns
               ;
               
                 and
                 God
                 hath
                 a
                 controversie
                 with
                 us
              
               ;
               and
               threatens
               to
               pluck
               the
               Cup
               from
               the
               Drunkards
               Mouth
               ;
               4
               Hos
               .
               1.
               2
               ,
               3.
               and
               such
               customes
               are
               better
               broken
               then
               kept
               .
               The
               way
               to
               Hell
               is
               most
               trodden
               ,
               and
               most
               mens
               custom
               is
               to
               walk
               in
               it
               ;
               but
               wo
               to
               that
               man
               that
               follows
               that
               fashion
               :
               
                 We
                 must
                 not
                 follow
                 a
                 multitude
                 to
                 do
                 evil
                 .
              
               We
               are
               the
               sinful
               off-spring
               of
               Adam
               ,
               and
               therefore
               like
               him
               we
               frame
               excuses
               ,
               and
               seek
               to
               lay
               the
               fault
               upon
               another
               :
               I
               was
               forc'd
               ,
               I
               could
               not
               help
               it
               ;
               I
               must
               pledg
               the
               Health
               :
               But
               had
               we
               known
               there
               had
               been
               Poyson
               in
               the
               Cup
               ,
               we
               would
               have
               helpt
               it
               .
               Harpaste
               ,
               a
               Woman
               in
               Seneca
               ,
               being
               in
               the
               night
               suddenly
               struck
               blind
               ;
               she
               blames
               the
               darkness
               of
               the
               House
               ,
               the
               Sun
               for
               not
               rising
               ,
               &c.
               but
               would
               not
               acknowledge
               her
               own
               Deficiency
               .
               Thus
               't
               is
               with
               us
               ,
               any
               shall
               be
               faulted
               so
               we
               be
               free
               ;
               like
               the
               man
               that
               had
               a
               Thorn
               in
               his
               foot
               ,
               yet
               imputed
               his
               halting
               to
               the
               roughness
               of
               the
               way
               ;
               no
               man
               can
               live
               in
               such
               an
               age
               ,
               but
               he
               must
               do
               as
               others
               do
               ;
               but
               no
               man
               should
               break
               Gods
               Command
               to
               please
               any
               Mans
               humour
               .
            
             
               That
               the
               sin
               is
               grown
               National
               ,
               't
               is
               so
               
               much
               the
               sadder
               ,
               and
               presages
               a
               National
               judgment
               ;
               as
               Sodoms
               sins
               and
               the
               sins
               of
               the
               Old
               World
               did
               ;
               and
               Israels
               before
               the
               Captivity
               :
               When
               it
               hid
               it self
               in
               corners
               there
               was
               hopes
               ,
               but
               when
               it
               dares
               the
               Magistrate
               ,
               and
               sends
               a
               Challenge
               to
               God
               himself
               ;
               the
               Ulcer
               is
               desperate
               ,
               and
               the
               Member
               more
               fit
               to
               be
               cut
               off
               than
               cherished
               :
               When
               rotten
               Fruits
               hangs
               out
               in
               the
               sight
               of
               the
               Sun
               ,
               and
               
                 Men
                 declare
                 their
                 sin
                 as
              
               Sodom
               
                 and
                 hide
                 it
                 not
              
               ;
               what
               can
               we
               expect
               but
               Sodoms
               Plagues
               :
               But
               blessed
               be
               God
               there
               is
               no
               force
               upon
               us
               ,
               Men
               may
               be
               sober
               if
               they
               will
               ,
               and
               many
               are
               ;
               yea
               many
               Noble
               and
               Learned
               :
               why
               do
               you
               not
               follow
               their
               examples
               which
               is
               worth
               imitating
               .
               I
               know
               vicious
               great
               Men
               ,
               are
               like
               Load-stones
               that
               draw
               Iron
               ;
               that
               if
               a
               Chain
               of
               Iron
               be
               near
               ,
               the
               Loadstone
               draws
               the
               first
               Link
               ,
               then
               the
               second
               ,
               till
               the
               whole
               Chain
               comes
               ;
               so
               the
               Devil
               puts
               such
               an
               influence
               in
               men
               ,
               that
               one
               draws
               his
               neighbour
               and
               he
               a
               third
               ,
               till
               most
               are
               corrupted
               :
               or
               rather
               they
               are
               like
               to
               Jet
               that
               draws
               Straws
               ,
               or
               light
               refuse
               ;
               but
               no
               solid
               thing
               :
               They
               are
               like
               to
               Gun-powder
               ,
               when
               one
               corn
               is
               fired
               it
               fires
               the
               next
               ,
               and
               that
               another
               ,
               till
               all
               be
               in
               a
               flame
               .
               The
               Devil
               is
               like
               a
               cunning
               Angler
               ,
               he
               holds
               out
               the
               Bait
               ,
               but
               hides
               himself
               behind
               the
               Bush
               :
               many
               are
               fastened
               with
               the
               Bait
               before
               they
               see
               the
               hand
               that
               holds
               it
               .
               The
               Devil
               doth
               not
               thrust
               a
               Man
               into
               an
               Ale-house
               by
               the
               Head
               and
               Shoulders
               ,
               this
               might
               terrifie
               him
               ;
               but
               
               he
               sets
               Good-fellows
               at
               the
               Ale
               House
               door
               to
               call
               him
               :
               And
               then
               he
               apprehends
               no
               danger
               .
               And
               for
               the
               falls
               of
               the
               godly
               as
               they
               are
               rare
               ,
               so
               they
               are
               not
               recorded
               for
               our
               imitation
               but
               caution
               ;
               they
               shew
               not
               what
               we
               should
               do
               ,
               but
               what
               we
               should
               beware
               :
               they
               are
               as
               Sea-marks
               ,
               set
               up
               to
               warn
               others
               ;
               and
               what
               mad
               Pilot
               will
               rush
               upon
               such
               places
               ,
               where
               he
               knows
               other
               Ships
               have
               there
               been
               split
               .
               The
               best
               men
               are
               not
               always
               to
               be
               imitated
               ;
               we
               must
               follow
               Paul
               as
               he
               follows
               after
               Christ
               ;
               to
               the
               Word
               and
               to
               the
               Testimony
               :
               This
               is
               a
               sure
               guid
               .
            
             
               Obj.
               3.
               
               But
               I
               must
               do
               as
               others
               do
               ,
               or
               I
               shall
               be
               mockt
               ,
               scorned
               ,
               and
               had
               in
               derision
               ;
               should
               I
               refuse
               their
               healths
               ,
               what
               would
               they
               think
               of
               me
               ?
               Answ
               .
               This
               is
               an
               unsafe
               Rule
               to
               follow
               :
               Some
               break
               their
               Necks
               ,
               hang
               themselves
               ;
               must
               we
               needs
               follow
               them
               for
               fear
               of
               a
               scorn
               ;
               some
               turn
               Thieves
               ,
               Hackers
               ;
               and
               come
               to
               the
               Gallows
               ;
               and
               must
               we
               follow
               them
               also
               .
               If
               you
               do
               as
               others
               do
               ,
               you
               must
               fare
               as
               others
               fare
               ,
               and
               receive
               your
               wages
               together
               :
               If
               you
               follow
               the
               greatest
               company
               ,
               it
               will
               be
               in
               the
               worst
               way
               ;
               for
               most
               miscarry
               and
               go
               to
               Hell.
               Christ
               tells
               us
               broad
               is
               the
               way
               that
               leads
               to
               Destruction
               ,
               and
               many
               men
               go
               that
               way
               .
               Who
               is
               it
               that
               will
               mock
               you
               for
               keeping
               the
               Commands
               of
               God
               ?
               Not
               one
               that
               loves
               God
               ,
               Ior
               oves
               your
               Soul
               ,
               or
               that
               carries
               the
               face
               of
               an
               honest
               Man
               ;
               and
               those
               that
               have
               neither
               good
               word
               
               for
               God
               ,
               or
               for
               any
               good
               Man
               ,
               for
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               ,
               or
               the
               Image
               of
               God
               ;
               what
               matter
               is
               it
               if
               they
               have
               none
               for
               you
               :
               Those
               that
               hate
               God
               and
               Godliness
               ,
               and
               every
               thing
               that
               looks
               like
               God
               ;
               that
               love
               none
               but
               those
               that
               will
               damn
               their
               own
               Souls
               with
               them
               for
               company
               ;
               what
               is
               their
               love
               worth
               ?
               Will
               you
               venture
               for
               their
               love
               to
               have
               Gods
               hatred
               ,
               and
               to
               go
               to
               Hell
               to
               bear
               them
               company
               ?
               Were
               a
               Malefactor
               going
               to
               Execution
               ;
               and
               laught
               at
               you
               that
               you
               would
               not
               bear
               him
               company
               ;
               would
               this
               move
               you
               so
               to
               do
               ?
               By
               this
               rule
               indeed
               Daniel
               might
               have
               escaped
               the
               Lions
               Den
               ;
               and
               the
               three
               Children
               the
               Fiery
               Furnace
               ;
               but
               not
               the
               wrath
               of
               God.
               Probably
               God
               was
               mockt
               in
               the
               Old
               World
               ,
               and
               Lot
               in
               Sodom
               ;
               but
               they
               could
               not
               mock
               them
               out
               of
               their
               innocency
               :
               'T
               is
               better
               have
               the
               Devil
               mock
               them
               ,
               than
               God
               mock
               them
               ;
               Prov.
               1.
               24.
               
               Take
               heed
               of
               being
               mockt
               out
               of
               Heaven
               ,
               lest
               when
               you
               come
               to
               Hell
               you
               be
               laught
               at
               for
               your
               labour
               .
               The
               seed
               of
               the
               Serpent
               will
               alwayes
               oppose
               the
               seed
               of
               the
               Woman
               ;
               and
               faithful
               Isaac
               shall
               meet
               with
               a
               scoffing
               Ishmael
               ;
               Gods
               Ark
               and
               the
               Devils
               Dagon
               cannot
               stand
               together
               :
               Christ
               and
               Belial
               cannot
               accord
               :
               the
               world
               will
               love
               her
               own
               ,
               and
               cannot
               abide
               that
               Christ
               should
               pluck
               one
               feather
               from
               her
               wing
               .
               If
               you
               are
               content
               to
               take
               up
               with
               the
               World
               ,
               and
               the
               World
               shall
               pay
               you
               your
               portion
               ,
               then
               't
               is
               not
               best
               to
               cross
               the
               World
               ;
               if
               not
               't
               is
               
               impossible
               to
               please
               it
               :
               God
               willl
               not
               allow
               us
               to
               do
               the
               Devils
               drudgery
               for
               fear
               of
               a
               scorn
               from
               his
               servants
               .
               Christ
               gave
               no
               dispensatition
               to
               break
               his
               Laws
               rather
               than
               be
               scorn'd
               .
            
             
               Obj.
               4.
               
               But
               though
               I
               do
               follow
               these
               Courses
               for
               a
               while
               ,
               yet
               I
               intend
               hereafter
               to
               repent
               and
               to
               reform
               .
               Why
               may
               not
               I
               do
               as
               the
               Penitent
               Thief
               did
               ?
               And
               you
               may
               (
               saith
               one
               )
               as
               rationally
               conclude
               that
               the
               Sun
               shall
               stand
               still
               at
               your
               command
               ,
               because
               it
               did
               so
               at
               the
               Command
               of
               Josuah
               ;
               or
               that
               the
               Sea
               should
               divide
               to
               let
               you
               pass
               ,
               because
               it
               did
               so
               for
               Israel
               :
               Or
               that
               you
               may
               spur
               your
               Ass
               and
               make
               him
               speak
               ,
               as
               Balaam
               did
               :
               Or
               that
               you
               may
               take
               a
               journey
               and
               leave
               your
               money
               behind
               ,
               in
               hope
               to
               find
               a
               purse
               of
               Money
               in
               your
               way
               ,
               as
               some
               others
               have
               done
               .
               Were
               not
               these
               think
               you
               mad
               conclusions
               ,
               and
               truly
               this
               is
               as
               reasonless
               .
               One
               man
               in
               five
               thousand
               years
               was
               saved
               by
               late
               repentance
               ,
               therefore
               I
               shall
               be
               a
               second
               ,
               when
               five
               thousand
               men
               in
               one
               year
               miscarry
               upon
               the
               like
               account
               .
               God
               doth
               seldom
               work
               such
               miracles
               ,
               where
               the
               means
               of
               grace
               is
               afforded
               ;
               perhaps
               it
               was
               the
               first
               Sermon
               that
               ever
               this
               Thief
               heard
               ,
               but
               you
               have
               heard
               thousands
               :
               There
               are
               indeed
               many
               ,
               that
               like
               you
               ,
               send
               repentance
               and
               religion
               before
               them
               to
               sixty
               ;
               but
               such
               men
               seldom
               ever
               overtake
               it
               .
               Do
               you
               really
               think
               that
               God
               will
               take
               up
               with
               the
               blind
               and
               the
               lame
               ,
               will
               he
               give
               us
               leave
               to
               sacrifice
               the
               prime
               and
               marrow
               of
               our
               time
               to
               
               the
               Devil
               ,
               and
               give
               him
               the
               dregs
               and
               the
               refuse
               ?
               Will
               he
               suffer
               you
               to
               do
               the
               Devils
               work
               all
               day
               ,
               and
               receive
               his
               wages
               at
               night
               ?
               No
               ,
               no
               ,
               most
               men
               deal
               by
               God
               ,
               as
               bad
               Debtors
               do
               by
               their
               Creditors
               ,
               beg
               more
               time
               ,
               and
               put
               it
               off
               from
               one
               week
               to
               another
               ,
               and
               then
               break
               and
               never
               pay
               ?
               So
               they
               break
               their
               time
               with
               God
               ,
               but
               never
               come
               to
               make
               good
               their
               promises
               .
               More
               Objections
               might
               be
               answered
               ,
               but
               there
               is
               none
               that
               can
               stumble
               a
               rational
               unprejudiced
               man
               :
               and
               I
               have
               already
               far
               exceeded
               my
               intended
               limits
               ,
               I
               shall
               therefore
               draw
               towards
               a
               conclusion
               .
            
             
               Thus
               have
               I
               performed
               a
               Christian
               ,
               though
               perhaps
               an
               unwelcome
               duty
               ,
               in
               putting
               you
               in
               remembrance
               of
               what
               you
               knew
               before
               ;
               if
               you
               would
               not
               lose
               all
               your
               pains
               for
               Heaven
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               duties
               that
               ever
               you
               performed
               ;
               and
               have
               them
               all
               thrown
               back
               into
               your
               face
               as
               dung
               :
               If
               you
               would
               not
               lose
               Gods
               Favour
               ,
               the
               benefit
               of
               Christs
               Merits
               ,
               your
               own
               Soul
               ,
               Heaven
               ,
               and
               Happiness
               ,
               
                 Consider
                 from
                 whence
                 you
                 are
                 fallen
                 and
                 return
                 and
                 do
                 your
                 first
                 works
                 :
              
               If
               you
               have
               found
               out
               any
               nearer
               ,
               easier
               way
               to
               Heaven
               than
               ever
               any
               yet
               could
               do
               ;
               demonstrate
               it
               ,
               and
               convince
               us
               of
               it
               ;
               but
               before
               you
               venture
               your
               Soul
               upon
               it
               ,
               be
               sure
               it
               ends
               there
               :
               the
               attempt
               of
               any
               such
               experiments
               will
               prove
               vain
               ;
               for
               if
               there
               be
               any
               but
               the
               path
               of
               Holiness
               that
               ends
               in
               Happiness
               ,
               then
               call
               me
               a
               false
               Prophet
               ;
               or
               if
               there
               be
               any
               other
               way
               into
               Gods
               
               Holy
               Hill
               ,
               than
               by
               a
               pure
               Heart
               and
               clean
               Hands
               ,
               then
               am
               I
               content
               to
               be
               called
               a
               deceiver
               ;
               but
               if
               I
               be
               deceived
               God
               himself
               hath
               deceived
               me
               ,
               who
               tells
               me
               ,
               
                 Without
                 Holiness
                 no
                 one
                 shall
                 see
                 God
                 ;
                 without
                 Faith
                 no
                 one
                 can
                 please
                 God
                 ;
                 without
                 repentance
                 we
                 shall
                 all
                 perish
                 ;
                 that
                 no
                 unrighteous
                 person
                 shall
                 enjoy
                 Heaven
                 ,
              
               and
               no
               unregenerate
               man
               shall
               ever
               enter
               there
               ;
               
                 that
                 those
                 that
                 live
                 after
                 the
                 flesh
                 shall
                 die
                 ;
                 that
                 the
                 ungodly
                 shall
                 go
                 into
                 everlasting
                 punishment
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 righteous
                 into
                 Life
                 eternal
                 :
              
               Those
               that
               think
               otherwise
               will
               find
               that
               God
               speaks
               in
               earnest
               what
               they
               took
               in
               jest
               .
               The
               time
               is
               comming
               ,
               that
               you
               will
               find
               it
               had
               been
               better
               for
               you
               that
               you
               had
               
                 never
                 known
                 the
                 way
                 of
                 life
                 ,
                 then
                 having
                 known
                 it
                 to
                 depart
                 from
                 it
                 .
              
               If
               you
               give
               up
               the
               Reins
               to
               corruption
               ,
               it
               will
               mislead
               you
               ,
               and
               prove
               a
               treacherous
               guid
               ;
               if
               you
               decline
               the
               way
               of
               self-denial
               ,
               you
               will
               miss
               of
               Heaven
               ;
               for
               none
               ever
               come
               there
               any
               other
               way
               Loose
               licenciousness
               and
               carnal
               liberty
               ,
               is
               diametrically
               opposite
               to
               it
               ;
               wicked
               company
               if
               you
               forsake
               them
               not
               ,
               will
               be
               your
               bane
               ;
               and
               if
               repentance
               prevent
               it
               not
               ,
               you
               will
               curse
               the
               time
               that
               ever
               you
               saw
               each
               others
               face
               .
               What
               ever
               Society
               or
               Party
               a
               man
               be
               ,
               what
               ever
               Religion
               or
               Opinion
               ,
               though
               in
               the
               most
               Reformed
               Church
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               Society
               of
               the
               strictest
               Christians
               ;
               yet
               without
               the
               power
               of
               Godliness
               ,
               and
               the
               practice
               of
               Holiness
               ,
               he
               shall
               never
               go
               to
               Heaven
               ;
               
                 for
                 no
                 unclean
                 thing
                 shall
                 ever
                 enter
              
               
               there
               :
               no
               dirty
               Dog
               shall
               tread
               upon
               that
               pavement
               .
               Or
               what
               ever
               his
               Profession
               ,
               or
               seeming
               Holiness
               hath
               been
               ,
               yet
               if
               he
               backslide
               ,
               he
               shall
               die
               in
               his
               sins
               ,
               and
               his
               righteousness
               shall
               not
               be
               remembred
               :
               
                 The
                 backslider
                 in
                 heart
                 shall
                 be
                 filled
                 with
                 his
                 own
                 ways
              
               ;
               Prov.
               13.
               20.
               
               
                 He
                 that
                 puts
                 his
                 hand
                 to
                 the
                 plow
                 and
                 looks
                 back
                 ,
                 he
                 is
                 not
                 fit
                 for
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 of
                 Heaven
                 ;
                 if
                 any
                 draw
                 back
                 ,
                 Gods
                 Soul
                 shall
                 have
                 no
                 pleasure
                 in
                 them
                 .
              
            
             
               Thus
               have
               I
               made
               bold
               ,
               perhaps
               you
               may
               think
               too
               bold
               ,
               to
               tell
               you
               my
               thoughts
               of
               your
               present
               condition
               ;
               perhaps
               you
               may
               dislike
               it
               because
               't
               is
               not
               in
               the
               Language
               of
               your
               flatterers
               ;
               but
               to
               skin
               over
               a
               sore
               is
               not
               the
               way
               to
               cure
               it
               ;
               
                 The
                 rebukes
                 of
                 a
                 friend
                 are
                 better
                 than
                 the
                 kisses
                 of
                 an
                 enemy
                 .
                 Rebuke
                 a
                 Wiseman
                 ,
              
               saith
               
                 Solomon
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 will
                 love
                 you
                 .
                 Let
                 the
                 Righteous
                 smite
                 me
                 ,
              
               saith
               David
               ,
               Psal
               .
               141.
               5.
               
                 it
                 shall
                 be
                 a
                 kindness
                 ;
                 and
                 let
                 him
                 reprove
                 me
                 ,
                 it
                 shall
                 be
                 an
                 excellent
                 Oyl
                 which
                 shall
                 not
                 break
                 my
                 head
                 .
              
               What
               event
               it
               will
               have
               upon
               you
               I
               know
               not
               ,
               or
               what
               entertainment
               it
               will
               meet
               with
               I
               cannot
               tell
               ;
               though
               you
               will
               not
               receive
               it
               ,
               my
               reward
               will
               be
               with
               my
               God
               ,
               and
               my
               judgment
               with
               the
               most
               High
               ,
               whose
               Errand
               it
               is
               I
               am
               come
               upon
               ;
               and
               he
               that
               knows
               the
               secrets
               of
               all
               hearts
               ,
               knows
               whether
               it
               be
               in
               love
               or
               hatred
               that
               I
               have
               dealt
               so
               plainly
               with
               you
               :
               Had
               I
               hated
               you
               ,
               I
               know
               no
               more
               effectual
               means
               to
               ruin
               you
               ,
               than
               to
               incourage
               you
               in
               
               this
               sinful
               course
               ;
               and
               if
               I
               meet
               with
               hatred
               for
               my
               love
               ,
               't
               is
               no
               more
               than
               I
               am
               acquainted
               with
               Well
               if
               you
               neglect
               this
               warning
               and
               miscarry
               ,
               these
               lines
               will
               be
               a
               witness
               upon
               record
               against
               you
               ;
               and
               I
               my self
               shall
               stand
               up
               in
               my
               lot
               to
               bear
               witness
               for
               God
               ,
               that
               he
               sent
               you
               this
               warning
               by
               me
               :
               but
               my
               end
               and
               design
               is
               next
               to
               Gods
               Glory
               ,
               your
               Reformation
               and
               Salvation
               ;
               which
               as
               it
               is
               my
               desire
               ,
               so
               it
               shall
               be
               the
               prayers
               of
               him
               who
               is
            
             
               
                 EATON
                 .
                 
                   April
                   30.
                   1675.
                   
                
              
               
                 Your
                 faithful
                 Monitor
                 EDWARD
                 BVRY
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           
             Books
             to
             be
             sold
             by
          
           Thomas
           Parkhurst
           
             at
             the
          
           Bible
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           Crowns
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           Cheapside
           .
        
         
           SErmons
           upon
           the
           whole
           Epistle
           of
           Saint
           Paul
           to
           the
           Colossians
           ,
           by
           Mr.
           
             John
             Daille
          
           :
           Translated
           into
           English
           by
           
             F.
             S.
          
           
        
         
           Thomas
           Taylor
           's
           Works
           ,
           the
           First
           Volume
           ,
           fol.
           
        
         
           
             These
             two
             Treatises
             next
             following
             ,
             are
             written
             by
             Mr.
          
           George
           Swinnock
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Door
             of
             Salvation
             Opened
          
           ,
           by
           the
           
             Key
             of
             Regeneration
          
           .
        
         
           The
           Incomparableness
           of
           God
           in
           his
           
             Being
             ,
             Attributes
             ,
             Works
          
           ,
           and
           Word
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           and
           applied
           .
        
         
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           An
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           on
           the
           Five
           first
           Chapters
           of
           Ezekiel
           ,
           with
           useful
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           thereupon
           .
           By
           
             Will.
             Greenhill
             4to
          
           .
        
         
           The
           Gospel-Covenant
           ,
           or
           the
           Covenant
           of
           Grace
           opened
           :
           Preached
           in
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           ,
           by
           
             Peter
             Bulkely
             ,
             4to
          
           .
        
         
           God's
           Holy
           Mind
           touching
           Matters
           Moral
           ,
           which
           himself
           uttered
           in
           Ten
           Words
           ,
           or
           Ten
           Commandments
           ;
           also
           an
           Exposition
           on
           the
           Lords
           Prayer
           .
           By
           
             Edward
             Elton
          
           B.
           D.
           4to
           .
        
         
           
             Fiery
             Jesuite
          
           ,
           Or
           an
           Historical
           Collection
           of
           the
           Rise
           ,
           Increase
           ,
           Doctrines
           ,
           and
           Deeds
           of
           the
           Jesuites
           .
           Exposed
           to
           view
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           sake
           of
           
             London
             ,
             4to
          
           .
        
         
           
             Horologiographia
             Optica
             ;
             Dyalling
          
           Universal
           and
           Particular
           ,
           Speculative
           ,
           and
           Practical
           ;
           together
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           the
           Description
           of
           the
           Court
           of
           Arts
           by
           a
           new
           Method
           .
           By
           
             Sylvanus
             Morgan
             ,
             4to
          
           .
        
         
           The
           Conversion
           of
           a
           Sinner
           .
        
         
         
           Heart-Treasure
           ;
           or
           a
           Treatise
           tending
           to
           fill
           and
           furnish
           the
           head
           and
           heart
           of
           every
           Christian
           ,
           with
           soul-inriching
           Treasure
           of
           truths
           ,
           graces
           ,
           experiences
           ,
           and
           comforts
           .
        
         
           The
           sure
           Mercies
           of
           David
           ,
           or
           a
           second
           part
           of
           the
           
             Hearts
             Treasure
          
           .
        
         
           
             Closet
             Prayer
          
           ,
           a
           Christian
           Duty
           ,
           All
           three
           by
           
             O.
             Heywood
          
        
         
           Of
           
             Quenching
             the
             Spirit
          
           ,
           the
           evil
           of
           it
           ,
           in
           respect
           both
           of
           its
           Causes
           and
           Effects
           ,
           discovered
           .
           By
           
             Theophilus
             Polwheile
          
           .
        
         
           The
           greatest
           Loss
           ,
           upon
           Matth.
           16
           26.
           
           By
           
             James
             Livesey
          
           .
        
         
           A
           Defence
           against
           the
           Fear
           of
           Death
           .
           By
           
             Zach.
             Crofton
          
           .
        
         
           Gods
           Soveraignty
           displayed
           .
           By
           
             Will.
             Greering
          
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Godly
             Mans
             Ark
          
           ,
           or
           City
           of
           Refuge
           in
           the
           day
           of
           his
           Distress
           in
           5
           Sermons
           ;
           with
           Mrs.
           Moor's
           Evidences
           for
           Heaven
           .
           By
           
             Ed.
             Calamy
          
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Almost
             Christian
          
           discovered
           :
           or
           the
           
             False
             Professor
          
           tryed
           and
           cast
           .
        
         
           Spiritual
           Wisdom
           improved
           against
           Temptation
           .
           Both
           by
           
             M.
             Mead.
          
           
        
         
           The
           
             True
             Bounds
             of
             Christian
             Freedom
          
           :
           or
           a
           Discourse
           shewing
           the
           Extents
           and
           Restraints
           of
           Christian
           Liberty
           ,
           wherein
           the
           Truth
           is
           setled
           ;
           many
           Errours
           confuted
           ,
           out
           of
           John
           8.
           ver
           .
           36.
           
        
         
           The
           Lords
           day
           enlivened
           ,
           or
           a
           Treatise
           of
           the
           Sabbath
           .
           By
           
             Philip
             Goodwin
          
           .
        
         
           The
           Sinfulness
           of
           Sin
           ,
           and
           the
           Fulness
           of
           Christ
           ,
           two
           Sermons
           .
           By
           
             Will.
             Bridge
          
           .
        
         
           A
           Plain
           and
           Familiar
           Method
           of
           instructing
           the
           younger
           sort
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           lesser
           Catechism
           of
           the
           late
           Reverend
           Assembly
           of
           Divines
           .
           By
           
             Tho.
             Lye.
          
           
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
  

