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         Jole, William, d. ca. 1702.
      
       
         
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             A vvarning to drunkards by the sad and suddain death of John Woolman, of Sarret, in the county of Hartford. With a letter of exhortation written to the people on that sorrowful occasion. By William Jole, minister of Sarret.
             Jole, William, d. ca. 1702.
          
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           A
           UUarning
           to
           Drunkards
           BY
           The
           Sad
           and
           Suddain
           DEATH
           OF
           John
           Woolman
           ,
           OF
           SARRET
           ,
           in
           the
           County
           of
           Hartford
           .
           With
           A
           LETTER
           of
           Exhortation
           written
           to
           the
           People
           on
           that
           sorrowful
           Occasion
           .
           By
           WILLIAM
           JOLE
           ,
           Minister
           of
           Sarret
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             N.
             P.
          
           and
           Sold
           by
           
             Rich.
             Ianua
          
           ,
           in
           
             Queens-Head
             Court
          
           ,
           in
           
             Pater-Noster
             Row
          
           ,
           1680.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           Short
           Narrative
           of
           the
           manner
           of
           his
           Death
           .
        
         
           
             JOhn
             Woolman
          
           Son
           of
           
             Iohn
             Woolman
          
           of
           Sarret
           ,
           was
           by
           Trade
           a
           Taylor
           ,
           a
           young
           Man
           of
           a
           very
           Intemperate
           Life
           ,
           as
           some
           know
           that
           have
           kept
           his
           Company
           (
           Oh
           that
           all
           such
           may
           be
           allarmed
           by
           his
           fatal
           End
           to
           amend
           their
           Lives
           )
           
             Monday
             October
          
           the
           Eleventh
           ,
           he
           was
           at
           a
           House
           near
           Sarret
           ,
           called
           Michlefield-Green
           ,
           where
           being
           too
           eager
           of
           Strong-drink
           ,
           what
           he
           had
           before
           he
           came
           thither
           ,
           and
           what
           he
           added
           to
           his
           Load
           there
           ,
           grew
           too
           much
           for
           his
           Brain
           ;
           It
           seems
           he
           told
           them
           ,
           
             He
             would
             go
             upon
             the
             Barley-Mow
             to
             sleep
             ,
          
           and
           being
           by
           some
           disswaded
           (
           in
           regard
           it
           was
           a
           high
           Mow
           )
           possibly
           this
           might
           make
           his
           whimsical
           Brain
           the
           more
           resolute
           to
           climb
           up
           ,
           for
           when
           the
           Brain
           is
           turned
           with
           drink
           impossible
           things
           seem
           easie
           to
           such
           a
           Man
           ,
           and
           a
           drunken
           Man
           will
           venture
           on
           that
           which
           a
           sober
           Man
           is
           afraid
           to
           look
           at
           .
           Up
           he
           did
           climb
           ,
           and
           is
           supposed
           to
           sleep
           there
           all
           Night
           ,
           but
           the
           next
           Morning
           was
           found
           stone
           dead
           upon
           the
           Flower
           ,
           his
           Hat
           remained
           on
           the
           top
           of
           the
           Barley-Mow
           ;
           How
           he
           fell
           down
           is
           unknown
           ,
           because
           no
           body
           was
           in
           the
           Barn
           when
           he
           Fell
           :
           It
           was
           a
           Clay
           Flower
           ,
           where
           his
           Head
           pitched
           on
           a
           Peble-stone
           ,
           which
           brake
           a
           hole
           in
           his
           Skul
           ,
           and
           let
           out
           much
           Blood
           and
           Water
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           The
           Letter
           to
           the
           People
           .
        
         
           
             Loving
             Neighbours
             ,
          
        
         
           SOlomon
           saith
           ,
           
             That
             a
             word
             fitly
             spoken
             ,
             is
             like
             Apples
             of
             Gold
             in
             Pictures
             of
             Silver
             ,
          
           Prov.
           25.11
           .
           That
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           it
           hath
           all
           that
           may
           Invite
           our
           Attention
           .
           Surely
           then
           it
           is
           a
           fit
           time
           to
           speak
           to
           the
           Ear
           ,
           when
           God
           ,
           by
           any
           dreadful
           Iudgement
           doth
           speak
           to
           the
           Eye
           .
           Although
           my
           Mouth
           is
           stopped
           at
           present
           ,
           and
           I
           am
           denied
           to
           Speak
           unto
           you
           in
           the
           Pulpit
           ,
           yet
           no
           Law
           can
           hinder
           me
           from
           Writing
           unto
           you
           ;
           and
           the
           End
           of
           my
           Writing
           at
           this
           time
           is
           to
           exhort
           you
           to
           hear
           God
           ,
           now
           loudly
           speaking
           unto
           every
           one
           of
           us
           by
           the
           dismal
           Iudgment
           upon
           
             John
             Woolman
          
           ,
           calling
           on
           every
           one
           of
           us
           to
           Repent
           and
           Turn
           from
           our
           sinful
           Courses
           ,
           and
           more
           particularly
           calling
           upon
           every
           Drunkard
           to
           forsake
           his
           Drunkenness
           ,
           beholding
           the
           Woful
           Effects
           of
           that
           Sin
           in
           this
           sad
           Example
           .
           It
           will
           not
           become
           a
           Minister
           to
           Aggravate
           the
           Faults
           of
           the
           Dead
           ,
           my
           desire
           is
           to
           press
           upon
           the
           Living
           to
           lay
           his
           woful
           End
           to
           heart
           .
        
         
           Would
           you
           not
           have
           the
           Iudgments
           of
           God
           to
           Cut
           you
           off
           in
           your
           Sins
           ,
           and
           to
           stop
           your
           Breath
           ,
           before
           you
           have
           time
           to
           ask
           Pardon
           ?
           then
           be
           Exhorted
           and
           Perswaded
           to
           
             Repent
             ,
             to
             day
             while
             it
             is
             called
             to
             day
             ,
             and
             do
             not
             harden
             your
             Hearts
             any
             longer
             against
             such
             Warnings
             as
             this
             .
          
           We
           say
           ,
           
             It
             is
             best
             striking
             while
             the
             Iron
             's
             hot
             ,
          
           Therefore
           admit
           this
           
             Word
             of
             Exhortation
          
           while
           there
           is
           some
           Warmth
           remaining
           upon
           your
           Souls
           ,
           by
           that
           which
           you
           have
           seen
           or
           heard
           of
           the
           sudden
           Death
           of
           this
           poor
           Wretch
           ;
           
             Happy
             and
             wise
             are
             those
             who
             take
             Warning
             by
             other
             Mens
             Harms
             .
          
           Let
           me
           desire
           you
           to
           Read
           frequently
           those
           words
           ,
           
             Proverbs
             29.1
             .
             He
             that
             being
             often
             Reproved
             ,
             hardeneth
             his
             Neck
             ,
             shall
             suddenly
             be
             destroyed
             ,
             and
             that
             without
             
             Remedy
             .
          
           Mayer
           ,
           on
           those
           words
           saith
           ,
           
             For
             all
             sins
             there
             is
             forgiveness
             ,
             but
             for
             hardness
             of
             Heart
             and
             Neck
             ,
             there
             is
             none
          
           ;
           and
           therefore
           ,
           such
           cannot
           escape
           Destruction
           .
           And
           then
           a
           Man
           is
           judged
           to
           be
           thus
           Hardned
           ,
           when
           being
           often
           Reproved
           ,
           he
           relenteth
           not
           ,
           but
           goeth
           on
           obstinately
           still
           in
           his
           Sins
           .
           Hear
           this
           ,
           all
           ye
           Swearers
           ,
           and
           Drunkards
           of
           Sarret
           ;
           and
           though
           it
           is
           not
           a
           seemly
           thing
           to
           name
           Persons
           ,
           and
           say
           ,
           you
           John
           ,
           or
           you
           Thomas
           ,
           or
           you
           Richard
           ;
           yet
           ,
           I
           beseech
           the
           Lord
           ,
           to
           set
           it
           home
           on
           every
           Soul
           particularly
           ,
           both
           mine
           and
           yours
           ,
           throughout
           the
           Parish
           ,
           and
           let
           those
           Drunkards
           ,
           who
           are
           so
           busy
           to
           erect
           a
           New
           Alehouse
           in
           the
           Town
           ,
           take
           notice
           ,
           how
           God
           threatneth
           such
           doings
           ,
           and
           let
           them
           desist
           from
           their
           Enterprize
           ,
           lest
           God
           mark
           them
           out
           to
           be
           the
           next
           Examples
           of
           
             his
             Wrath.
          
           
        
         
           They
           sufficiently
           tell
           the
           World
           ,
           what
           they
           are
           that
           thrust
           out
           their
           Minister
           ,
           and
           endeavour
           to
           set
           up
           another
           Alehouse
           .
        
         
           God
           has
           set
           me
           as
           your
           Watchman
           ,
           Ezek.
           
             33.7
             ,
             8
             ,
             9.
          
           
           Turn
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           read
           it
           your selves
           .
           Therefore
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           
             free
             my
             own
             Soul
          
           ,
           and
           
             that
             the
             Blood
             of
             impenitent
             Sinners
             may
             not
             be
             required
             at
             my
             hands
             ,
          
           have
           I
           written
           this
           Letter
           ,
           to
           be
           read
           in
           your
           hearing
           .
        
         
           Doth
           not
           God
           say
           to
           the
           
             wicked
             Drunkard
             ,
             Thou
             shalt
             surely
             die
             ,
          
           when
           he
           shews
           him
           a
           Drunkard
           struck
           dead
           suddenly
           ?
           I
           beseech
           you
           therefore
           all
           my
           Christian
           Neighbours
           ,
           take
           these
           following
           Considerations
           home
           to
           your
           Hearts
           ,
           to
           make
           you
           hate
           Drunkenness
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           Consider
           what
           a
           Brutish
           ,
           Beastly
           kind
           of
           Sin
           
             Drunkenness
             is
          
           ;
           and
           there
           is
           no
           Beast
           ,
           that
           I
           ever
           read
           of
           ,
           that
           will
           drink
           to
           be
           drunk
           ,
           but
           the
           Swine
           ,
           to
           which
           a
           Drunkard
           is
           most
           like
           ;
           a
           Drunkard
           makes
           his
           Belly
           like
           a
           Hogshead
           ,
           to
           be
           filled
           with
           Strong-Drink
           ,
           his
           Throat
           is
           the
           Tunnel
           to
           let
           it
           down
           ;
           until
           ,
           by
           overbriming
           his
           Vessel
           ,
           he
           force
           it
           to
           run
           out
           at
           his
           Mouth
           again
           ;
           if
           once
           the
           strong
           Liquor
           begin
           to
           work
           in
           his
           Guts
           ,
           it
           flies
           up
           to
           his
           Brain
           ,
           and
           quickly
           drowns
           the
           Reason
           ,
           and
           robs
           him
           of
           all
           that
           should
           bespeak
           him
           a
           Man
           ,
           and
           layes
           a
           Swine
           in
           his
           Room
           ,
           you
           cannot
           say
           ,
           that
           now
           he
           utters
           ,
           but
           mutters
           his
           words
           ,
           
           his
           Tongue
           greatly
           labouring
           to
           speak
           ,
           but
           lying
           
           drowned
           ●nder
           Water
           ,
           is
           not
           able
           to
           bring
           forth
           any
           sensible
           Words
           ,
           you
           may
           discover
           an
           Ape
           in
           every
           Posture
           of
           him
           ,
           and
           he
           goes
           ,
           Like
           what
           ?
           no
           Comparison
           can
           be
           
             vile
             enough
          
           ,
           unless
           you
           will
           say
           ,
           
             That
             he
             goes
             like
             himself
          
           ,
           or
           like
           another
           Drunkard
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           Consider
           what
           
             heinous
             Aggravations
          
           this
           Sin
           admitts
           of
           ;
           As
           ,
        
         
           First
           ,
           The
           mispending
           that
           
             precious
             Time
          
           in
           
             bad
             Company
          
           ,
           and
           Tippling-Houses
           ,
           which
           he
           ought
           to
           redeem
           ,
           to
           
             work
             out
             his
             Salvation
          
           ;
           a
           Saint
           may
           be
           distinguished
           from
           a
           
             Sinner
             by
             this
             Character
          
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           others
           .
           The
           Saint
           is
           desirous
           to
           
             redeem
             Time
          
           ,
           the
           Sinners
           great
           Study
           is
           ,
           
             how
             to
             drive
             away
             Time
          
           ;
           the
           Saint
           spends
           his
           time
           in
           Duty
           and
           
             Lawfull
             Busyness
          
           ,
           the
           Sinner
           mispends
           his
           time
           in
           drinking
           and
           
             unlawful
             Sports
          
           ;
           so
           that
           a
           Drunkard
           wilfully
           throws
           away
           his
           
             precious
             Time
          
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           were
           a
           Burthen
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           seeks
           for
           Damnation
           in
           that
           Time
           which
           is
           allotted
           him
           to
           seek
           for
           Salvation
           ;
           and
           how
           inexcusable
           is
           that
           Sinner
           that
           will
           not
           be
           saved
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           Consider
           how
           one
           Drunkard
           makes
           many
           more
           Partakers
           of
           his
           Sin.
           Drunkenness
           is
           a
           
             sociable
             Vice
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Drunkard
           calls
           himself
           
             a
             Good
             Fellow
          
           .
           It
           is
           very
           rare
           ,
           that
           a
           Man
           should
           drink
           himself
           drunk
           alone
           ;
           love
           of
           the
           Company
           makes
           many
           drunk
           ,
           who
           say
           they
           do
           not
           love
           Drink
           .
           And
           the
           Devil
           hath
           found
           a
           rare
           Expedient
           to
           help
           forward
           this
           Sin
           ,
           by
           
             Drinking
             of
             Healths
          
           .
           If
           any
           one
           begin
           a
           Health
           ,
           it
           is
           now
           reckoned
           a
           great
           Piece
           of
           Rudeness
           ,
           not
           to
           stay
           to
           pledge
           it
           ;
           yes
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           drink
           all
           that
           is
           filled
           unto
           you
           ;
           the
           Healths
           forsooth
           ,
           must
           go
           round
           by
           any
           means
           .
           If
           the
           Devills
           in
           Hell
           be
           capable
           of
           Laughing
           ,
           surely
           this
           might
           make
           them
           Laugh
           ,
           to
           see
           how
           eagerly
           Drunkards
           are
           working
           out
           their
           own
           Damnation
           ,
           and
           by
           this
           
             Stratagem
             ,
             drinking
             away
          
           the
           Health
           of
           Soul
           and
           Body
           both
           ,
           and
           pulling
           many
           others
           into
           Hell
           with
           them
           by
           this
           
             Diabolical
             Stratagem
          
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           Consider
           what
           a
           
             wasting
             Sin
             Drunkenness
             is
          
           ?
           the
           Drunkard
           consumes
           ,
           that
           Money
           on
           his
           Vice
           ,
           which
           should
           maintain
           
           his
           Family
           ,
           and
           how
           many
           good
           Estates
           have
           been
           wasted
           by
           this
           Sin
           ?
           How
           many
           have
           drunk
           Ale
           so
           long
           ,
           until
           they
           have
           been
           forced
           to
           sell
           Ale
           for
           a
           Livelyhood
           ?
        
         
           The
           Drunkard
           poures
           it
           in
           by
           
             whole
             Flagons
          
           ,
           while
           his
           Wife
           and
           Children
           would
           be
           glad
           of
           a
           Draught
           of
           Small
           Beer
           ●o
           quench
           their
           Thirst
           ,
           so
           he
           Feeds
           his
           Sin
           ,
           by
           that
           which
           should
           relieve
           his
           Family
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           Consider
           that
           this
           Sin
           of
           Drunkenness
           exposeth
           to
           every
           Sin
           ,
           I
           have
           formerly
           told
           you
           a
           remarkeable
           Story
           ,
           which
           I
           read
           in
           a
           Book
           called
           
             (
             Tragica
             )
             Page
             117.
          
           in
           Latine
           ,
           he
           begins
           thus
           :
           
             Quidam
             cum
             Pietate
             sedulo
             studeret
             ,
             assiduis
             Diaboli
             Tentationibus
             infestabatur
             ,
             suadentis
             ut
             ex
             tribu●
             Peccatis
             unum
             quod
             perpetraret
             sibi
             eligeret
             ,
          
           &c.
           which
           I
           thus
           English
           ,
           A
           certain
           Man
           very
           studious
           of
           Piety
           ,
           was
           dayly
           infested
           by
           the
           Temptations
           of
           the
           Devil
           ,
           to
           choose
           which
           of
           these
           three
           Sins
           he
           would
           commit
           ,
           either
           to
           be
           once
           drunk
           ,
           or
           
             to
             defile
             his
             Neighbours
             Wife
             once
             ,
          
           or
           
             to
             commit
             Murther
             (
             victus
             tandem
             consensit
             in
             Primum
             Peccatum
          
           says
           my
           Author
           )
           at
           last
           being
           overcome
           ,
           he
           yielded
           to
           be
           drunk
           ,
           because
           he
           judged
           that
           to
           be
           the
           
             lest
             Sin
          
           of
           the
           three
           ,
           but
           in
           his
           Drink
           he
           
             defiled
             his
             Neighbours
             Wife
          
           ,
           who
           coming
           in
           ,
           and
           seeking
           to
           Revenge
           the
           Injury
           ,
           him
           he
           murthered
           ,
           and
           so
           was
           by
           his
           Drunkenness
           guilty
           of
           all
           the
           three
           Sins
           .
        
         
           Fi●thly
           ,
           Consider
           Drunkenness
           is
           a
           
             Heathenish
             Sin
             ;
             Bacchus
          
           was
           a
           heathen
           God
           ;
           what
           doth
           the
           Drunkard
           ,
           but
           sacrifice
           his
           Estate
           and
           Time
           to
           Bacchus
           ?
        
         
           Sixthly
           ,
           Consider
           how
           Drunkenness
           incapacitates
           a
           Man
           for
           all
           Duties
           ,
           and
           for
           all
           
             Cevil
             Actions
             ;
             Brawling
          
           ,
           and
           Quarrelling
           ,
           and
           Fighting
           ,
           and
           often
           Murder
           ,
           have
           been
           the
           Woful
           Fruits
           of
           Drunkenness
           .
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           Consider
           how
           often
           the
           Lord
           doth
           punish
           some
           Drunkards
           with
           
             sudden
             Death
          
           ,
           to
           warn
           others
           ;
           how
           many
           have
           fallen
           into
           the
           Water
           ,
           and
           have
           been
           drowned
           ?
           some
           have
           tumbled
           down
           Stairs
           (
           as
           I
           knew
           one
           in
           London
           came
           in
           Drunk
           ,
           and
           instead
           of
           going
           
             up
             Stairs
          
           ,
           fell
           down
           into
           his
           Cellar
           ,
           and
           never
           
           spake
           more
           .
           Others
           
             falling
             from
             their
             Horses
          
           ,
           have
           broke
           their
           Necks
           ;
           and
           how
           this
           poor
           Sinner
           perished
           ,
           you
           all
           know
           better
           perhaps
           chan
           I
           can
           tell
           you
           .
        
         
           Let
           me
           close
           up
           this
           Exhortation
           with
           these
           Words
           ,
           
             Psal.
             50.22
             .
             Now
             consider
             this
             ,
             ye
             that
             forget
             God
             ,
             lest
             I
             tear
             you
             in
             pieces
             ,
             and
             there
             be
             none
             to
             deliver
             .
          
        
         
           I
           hope
           you
           will
           take
           this
           kindly
           from
           your
           poor
           
             Seque●tred
             Minister
          
           ,
           who
           still
           lookes
           on
           you
           as
           his
           Charge
           ,
           and
           earne●●●y
           desireth
           your
           Salvation
           ;
           if
           the
           Lord
           be
           pleased
           to
           set
           home
           this
           sad
           Dispensation
           upon
           your
           Consciences
           ,
           it
           may
           do
           you
           more
           good
           than
           many
           Sermons
           ;
           and
           how
           happy
           shall
           I
           be
           if
           his
           Grace
           make
           use
           of
           my
           poor
           Endeavours
           by
           this
           Letter
           to
           make
           such
           an
           Impression
           upon
           you
           ,
           that
           may
           stick
           and
           abide
           ,
           and
           not
           wear
           out
           again
           .
           Amen
           ,
           Good
           Lord
           ,
           
             So
             let
             it
             be
          
           ,
           on
           Me
           and
           all
           my
           Flock
           .
           Amen
           ,
           Amen
           .
        
         
           
             
               From
               my
               Study
            
             ,
             
               October
               the
               13th
               .
               1680.
               
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
  

