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             Wine for Gospel wantons, or, Cautions against spirituall drunkenness being the brief notes of a sermon preached at Cambridge in New-England, upon a day of publick fasting and prayer throughout the colony / by that reverend servant of the Lord, Mr. Thomas Shepard, deceased.
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           WINE
           FOR
           Gospel
           Wantons
           :
           OR
           ,
           CAUTIONS
           AGAINST
           Spirituall
           Drunkenness
           .
        
         
           Being
           the
           brief
           Notes
           of
           a
           SERMON
           Preached
           at
           Cambridge
           in
           New-England
           ,
           upon
           a
           Day
           of
           Publick
           Fasti●●
           and
           Prayer
           throughout
           the
           Colony
           ,
           Iune
           25.
           1645.
           in
           reference
           to
           the
           sad
           estate
           of
           the
           Lords
           People
           in
           ENGLAND
           .
        
         
           By
           that
           Reverend
           Servant
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           Mr.
           THOMAS
           SHEPARD
           deceased
           Sometimes
           the
           Pastor
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           there
           .
        
         
           
             
               Jer.
               7.12
            
             .
          
           
             But
             go
             you
             now
             to
             my
             place
             which
             was
             in
             Shiloh
             ,
             whe●●
             I
             set
             my
             Name
             at
             the
             first
             ,
             and
             see
             what
             I
             did
             to
             it
             for
             t●●
             wickednesse
             of
             my
             p●●●le
             Israel
             .
          
        
         
           
             〈…〉
             
          
           
             Yet
             let
             no
             man
             strive
             nor
             reprove
             another
             :
             for
             〈…〉
             they
             that
             strive
             with
             the
             Priest.
             
          
        
         
           ●●●●imatur
           .
           Charles
           Chauncy
           .
           Iohn
           Sherman
           .
        
         
           〈◊〉
           in
           the
           Year
           1668.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           Wine
           for
           Gospel
           Wantons
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 Jerem.
                 13.
                 12
                 ,
                 13.
              
               
            
             
               Therefore
               thou
               shalt
               speak
               unto
               them
               this
               word
               ,
               Thus
               saith
               the
               Lord
               God
               of
               Israel
               ,
               Every
               bottle
               shall
               be
               filled
               with
               wine
               :
               and
               they
               shall
               say
               unto
               thee
               ,
               Do
               we
               not
               certainly
               know
               that
               every
               bottle
               shall
               be
               filled
               with
               wine
               ?
            
             
               
                 Ver.
                 13.
              
               
            
             
               Then
               shalt
               thou
               say
               unto
               them
               ,
               Thus
               saith
               the
               Lord
               ,
               Behold
               ,
               I
               will
               fill
               all
               the
               inhabitants
               of
               this
               Land
               ,
               even
               the
               Kings
               that
               sit
               upon
               Davids
               throne
               ,
               and
               the
               Priests
               ,
               and
               the
               Prophets
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               Inhabitants
               of
               Ierusalem
               with
               Drunkenness
               .
            
          
        
         
           THis
           Chapter
           contains
           a
           Prophesie
           of
           the
           Captivity
           of
           Gods
           Church
           in
           Babylon
           ;
           which
           is
           set
           down
           (
           to
           take
           the
           deeper
           impression
           on
           their
           hearts
           )
           First
           ,
           under
           the
           type
           of
           a
           Girdle
           ,
           which
           is
           taken
           from
           the
           loins
           of
           the
           Prophet
           ,
           and
           put
           into
           an
           hole
           of
           the
           Rock
           near
           Euphrates
           ,
           which
           did
           lick
           the
           banks
           of
           Babel
           ,
           which
           after
           a
           time
           was
           so
           marred
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           good
           for
           nothing
           :
           
             so
             will
             I
             marre
             the
             glory
             ,
             and
             the
             great
             pride
             of
             Ierusalem
             .
          
           When
           a
           people
           will
           not
           be
           vile
           in
           their
           own
           eyes
           ,
           God
           hath
           a
           time
           to
           make
           them
           vile
           :
           when
           they
           will
           not
           be
           the
           glory
           and
           praise
           of
           God
           ,
           they
           shall
           be
           the
           filth
           and
           shame
           of
           the
           world
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           under
           sundry
           Similitudes
           :
           the
           first
           is
           in
           these
           Verses
           ;
           where
           note
           two
           things
           :
           1.
           
           The
           similitude
           it self
           ;
           wherein
           he
           compares
           them
           to
           bottles
           ,
           wherein
           wine
           was
           wont
           to
           be
           put
           :
           which
           is
           set
           down
           (
           1.
           )
           In
           a
           plain
           affirmation
           of
           the
           thing
           ,
           from
           Gods
           Command
           [
           
             Every
             bottle
             shall
             be
             filled
             with
             wine
          
           ]
           this
           he
           was
           to
           preach
           ,
           and
           testifie
           .
           (
           2.
           )
           From
           their
           ignorant
           and
           disdainful
           receiving
           of
           this
           message
           from
           God
           ;
           
             q.
             d.
          
           who
           knows
           not
           that
           ?
           what
           great
           matter
           is
           that
           ?
           what
           do
           you
           publish
           and
           press
           us
           to
           believe
           that
           ?
           we
           know
           that
           every
           bottle
           shall
           .
           Now
           the
           Lord
           had
           caught
           them
           ,
           and
           made
           them
           
           yield
           thus
           far
           ,
           he
           comes
           in
           upon
           them
           with
           the
           second
           thing
           ,
           viz.
           the
           Explication
           of
           the
           Similitude
           .
           Similitudes
           prove
           nothing
           ,
           but
           when
           God
           applies
           them
           ,
           then
           there
           's
           proof
           enough
           .
        
         
           Briefly
           ,
           a
           little
           to
           open
           the
           meaning
           of
           the
           Text.
           
        
         
           By
           
             every
             bottle
          
           ,
           is
           meant
           all
           the
           inhabitants
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           and
           more
           particularly
           ,
           the
           Kings
           ,
           and
           the
           Priests
           ,
           and
           the
           Prophets
           .
        
         
           By
           Wine
           ,
           is
           meant
           that
           spirit
           of
           Drunkenness
           wherewith
           the
           Lord
           will
           fill
           them
           :
           and
           by
           
             filling
             of
             the
             vessels
          
           ,
           is
           meant
           they
           shall
           be
           full
           of
           drunkenness
           :
           and
           by
           bottles
           ,
           is
           meant
           their
           weak
           condition
           ;
           for
           they
           thought
           themselves
           vessels
           of
           honour
           ,
           that
           could
           withstand
           the
           dint
           of
           any
           stroke
           :
           but
           saith
           the
           Lord
           ,
           
             I
             will
             dash
             you
             one
             against
             another
          
           :
        
         
           
             I
             will
             do
             it
          
           ,
           saith
           the
           Lord
           ,
           by
           filling
           them
           with
           a
           spirit
           of
           drunkenness
           ;
           and
           the
           manner
           how
           ,
           is
           by
           dashing
           them
           one
           against
           another
           :
           I
           will
           break
           all
           relations
           asunder
           ,
           and
           will
           not
           pity
           ,
           nor
           spare
           ,
           but
           destroy
           .
           It
           would
           take
           much
           time
           to
           open
           all
           these
           particularly
           .
           We
           shall
           onely
           speak
           concerning
           one
           particular
           ;
           
             viz.
             What
             is
             meant
             by
             a
             spirit
             of
             drunkenness
             :
          
           Sometimes
           it
           is
           taken
           for
           the
           drunkenness
           of
           mens
           bodies
           ;
           sometimes
           for
           the
           Soul-calamities
           that
           men
           are
           under
           ,
           in
           such
           wise
           that
           they
           know
           not
           what
           to
           do
           :
           Lam.
           3.15
           .
           
             He
             hath
             made
             me
             drunken
             with
             wormwood
          
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           with
           sore
           and
           bitter
           afflictions
           .
           Sometimes
           it
           is
           taken
           for
           a
           spiritual
           Judgement
           on
           the
           Souls
           of
           men
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           sin
           ;
           and
           not
           so
           much
           a
           misery
           ,
           unless
           it
           be
           a
           spiritual
           misery
           ,
           when
           the
           Lord
           doth
           give
           men
           up
           unto
           a
           reprobate
           sense
           ;
           and
           so
           it
           is
           often
           taken
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           Isa
           :
           29.9
           ,
           10.
           
           
             They
             are
             drunken
             ,
             but
             not
             with
             wine
             nor
             strong
             drink
             ;
             for
             the
             Lord
             hath
             poured
             out
             upon
             them
             a
             spirit
             of
             deep
             sleep
             .
          
           The
           calamity
           of
           the
           people
           here
           is
           expressed
           in
           those
           words
           ,
           in
           being
           
             dashed
             one
             against
             another
          
           ,
           but
           now
           drunkenness
           it
           goeth
           before
           ,
           as
           that
           which
           prepareth
           for
           this
           misery
           :
           Saith
           the
           Lord
           ,
           
             I
             will
             fill
             all
             the
             Inhabitants
             of
             the
             Land
             with
             a
             spirit
             of
             drunkenness
             ,
             untill
             I
             have
             destroyed
             them
             every
             one
             .
          
           From
           hence
           observe
           ,
           
             Doct.
             That
             spiritual
             Drunkenness
             ,
             it
             is
             a
             certain
             fore-runner
             of
             destruction
             merciless
             unto
             a
             people
             .
          
        
         
           
             I
             will
             shew
             them
             no
             pity
             ,
             nor
             spare
             them
             ,
             but
             destroy
             them
             ,
          
           saith
           the
           Lord
           :
           That
           look
           as
           it
           was
           with
           Belshazzar
           ,
           he
           had
           been
           drinking
           
           over-night
           ,
           and
           the
           same
           night
           the
           hand-writing
           of
           the
           Lord
           comes
           out
           against
           against
           :
           Nahum
           1.10
           .
           
             While
             they
             are
             drunken
             as
             drunkards
             ,
             they
             shall
             be
             devoured
             as
             stubble
             .
          
        
         
           For
           the
           Explication
           of
           the
           Point
           ,
           I
           shall
           shew
           you
           ,
           
             
               1.
               
               What
               are
               the
               Causes
               of
               this
               spiritual
               drunkenness
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               By
               what
               Effects
               it
               doth
               manifest
               it self
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               When
               it
               is
               a
               Sign
               of
               destruction
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               I
               shall
               give
               you
               the
               Reasons
               why
               it
               is
               so
               .
            
          
        
         
           First
           ,
           what
           are
           the
           Causes
           of
           this
           spiritual
           drunkenness
           .
           Look
           as
           it
           is
           with
           bodily
           drunkenness
           ,
           it
           ariseth
           from
           inordinate
           drinking
           of
           wine
           or
           strong
           drink
           :
           so
           this
           drunkenness
           ,
           it
           ariseth
           from
           drinking
           in
           those
           things
           which
           are
           the
           causes
           thereof
           :
           which
           are
           principally
           these
           two
           :
        
         
           1.
           
           When
           the
           Wills
           and
           Affections
           of
           men
           do
           inordinately
           drink
           in
           the
           pleasures
           of
           sin
           ,
           and
           of
           those
           things
           that
           their
           hearts
           should
           be
           weaned
           from
           ,
           and
           that
           should
           in
           comparison
           of
           better
           things
           ,
           be
           bitter
           to
           them
           ;
           when
           men
           shall
           give
           themselves
           up
           to
           this
           .
           Thus
           ye
           shall
           finde
           in
           this
           sense
           the
           Prophet
           calls
           the
           Kings
           and
           the
           Priests
           and
           the
           People
           ,
           
             The
             drunkards
             of
             Ephraim
          
           ,
           such
           as
           did
           fill
           and
           satiate
           themselves
           with
           sins
           ,
           and
           the
           lusts
           of
           their
           own
           hearts
           .
           It
           is
           a
           fearfull
           Judgement
           of
           God
           ,
           when
           the
           Lord
           shall
           give
           men
           their
           contentment
           in
           this
           way
           .
           Ier.
           25.
           ye
           shall
           reade
           there
           of
           a
           Cup
           that
           the
           Lord
           gives
           ,
           and
           it
           must
           go
           round
           ,
           and
           be
           put
           into
           the
           hand
           of
           all
           Nations
           .
           Many
           times
           the
           case
           is
           thus
           with
           many
           sinners
           whom
           the
           Lord
           intends
           to
           destroy
           ,
           they
           have
           many
           sad
           fears
           ;
           now
           the
           Lord
           in
           his
           just
           Judgement
           he
           puts
           his
           Cup
           into
           their
           hands
           ,
           and
           bids
           them
           take
           their
           pleasure
           in
           their
           sins
           ,
           and
           so
           by
           this
           means
           they
           come
           to
           be
           hardned
           against
           the
           fear
           of
           Death
           and
           Judgement
           ,
           yea
           of
           those
           very
           Judgements
           which
           are
           at
           their
           very
           doors
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           When
           the
           minde
           and
           judgement
           of
           man
           drinks
           in
           the
           〈…〉
           any
           delusion
           ,
           or
           corrupt
           counsel
           ,
           this
           〈◊〉
           from
           the
           〈…〉
           God
           's
           just
           hand
           ,
           2
           Thess.
           2.11
           ,
           12.
           
           Corrupt
           Doctrines
           ,
           these
           make
           men
           drunk
           in
           the
           very
           understanding
           of
           men
           .
           Rev.
           17.6
           .
           when
           Antichrist
           doth
           corrupt
           the
           judgements
           of
           men
           with
           false
           doctrine
           ,
           it
           is
           called
           
             the
             Cup
             of
             the
             wine
             of
             fornication
             :
          
           by
           drinking
           these
           in
           ,
           the
           minde
           it
           is
           made
           drunk
           .
        
         
         
           The
           Second
           Particular
           to
           be
           opened
           ,
           is
           those
           effects
           by
           which
           this
           spirit
           of
           Drunkenness
           doth
           appear
           and
           manifest
           it self
           .
        
         
           Drunkenness
           appears
           in
           staggering
           and
           reeling
           ;
           so
           this
           spiritual
           drunkenness
           appears
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           In
           a
           spirit
           of
           Unstedfastness
           and
           Unsetledness
           ,
           both
           in
           holy
           resolutions
           in
           matters
           of
           Faith
           ,
           and
           opinions
           in
           matters
           of
           Judgement
           .
        
         
           In
           Faith
           :
           there
           is
           no
           hold
           of
           men
           ,
           but
           unsetled
           and
           unstedfast
           in
           Doctrine
           ,
           and
           in
           matters
           of
           practise
           ,
           Isai.
           29.9
           .
           
             They
             are
             Drunken
             but
             not
             with
             wine
             ,
             they
             stagger
             ,
             but
             not
             with
             strong
             drink
             ,
          
           when
           mens
           hearts
           are
           grown
           unstedfast
           :
           and
           for
           this
           the
           Lord
           he
           professeth
           that
           he
           will
           never
           forgive
           this
           sin
           until
           they
           come
           to
           confess
           it
           in
           particular
           :
           when
           men
           shall
           walk
           at
           peradventures
           in
           matters
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           do
           so
           stagger
           that
           the
           Lord
           knows
           not
           where
           to
           finde
           them
           but
           as
           waves
           of
           the
           sea
           :
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           staggering
           that
           ariseth
           from
           weakness
           ,
           as
           a
           childe
           may
           ,
           and
           of
           that
           I
           speak
           not
           ;
           but
           now
           when
           men
           shall
           stagger
           being
           drunk
           with
           their
           lusts
           ,
           this
           is
           that
           spirit
           of
           Drunkenness
           which
           goes
           before
           ruine
           .
           Drunkenness
           takes
           away
           the
           use
           of
           reason
           ;
           and
           so
           this
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           It
           manifests
           it self
           ,
           in
           a
           spirit
           of
           Sottishness
           and
           Blindness
           ,
           which
           the
           Lord
           in
           his
           just
           judgement
           inflicts
           upon
           men
           for
           not
           receiving
           the
           truth
           in
           the
           love
           of
           it
           .
           Isai.
           29.
           
           
             The
             Lord
             hath
             powred
             out
             upon
             them
             a
             spirit
             of
             deep
             sleep
             ,
             the
             wisdom
             of
             your
             wise
             men
             shall
             perish
             ,
             and
             the
             understanding
             of
             your
             prudent
             men
             shall
             be
             hid
             saith
             the
             Lord.
             Isai.
          
           28.7
           .
           but
           
             they
             have
             erred
             through
             wine
             and
             strong
             drink
             ,
             they
             erre
             in
             vision
             ,
             and
             stumble
             in
             judgement
             .
          
           Look
           as
           it
           is
           with
           drunken
           men
           ,
           though
           their
           reason
           be
           not
           taken
           away
           ,
           yet
           the
           use
           of
           their
           reason
           is
           gone
           from
           them
           ,
           it
           befools
           them
           ,
           and
           makes
           them
           sottish
           ,
           giddy
           ,
           and
           stupifies
           their
           understandings
           and
           sences
           .
           Isai.
           19.14
           .
           
             The
             Lord
             hath
             mingled
             a
             perverse
             spirit
             in
             the
             middest
             thereof
          
           :
           now
           reason
           will
           not
           move
           men
           ,
           they
           can
           go
           against
           common
           sence
           and
           reason
           :
           thus
           when
           the
           Lord
           gives
           men
           up
           to
           a
           spirit
           of
           delusion
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           spirit
           of
           Drunkenness
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           It
           manifests
           it self
           in
           a
           spirit
           of
           Rage
           〈…〉
           against
           another
           ,
           especially
           when
           there
           is
           no
           reason
           for
           it
           〈…〉
           Lord
           shall
           give
           men
           up
           to
           a
           spirit
           of
           rage
           ,
           and
           division
           ,
           an
           〈…〉
           ,
           and
           the
           Lord
           leaves
           men
           here
           ,
           even
           his
           own
           dear
           people
           that
           
           shall
           one
           day
           meet
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           no
           means
           ,
           no
           friends
           can
           perswade
           them
           to
           agree
           ,
           but
           they
           are
           given
           up
           of
           God
           unto
           a
           spirit
           of
           wrangling
           and
           contention
           ;
           this
           is
           that
           which
           goes
           before
           the
           calamity
           of
           a
           people
           ,
           Mica
           .
           7.4
           .
           
             The
             best
             of
             them
             is
             a
             briar
             ,
             the
             most
             upright
             of
             them
             is
             a
             thorn
             hedge
             ,
             the
             day
             of
             thy
             watchmen
             and
             visitation
             cometh
             ,
             now
             shall
             be
             their
             perplexity
             .
          
           Look
           as
           you
           see
           it
           is
           often
           with
           drunken
           men
           ,
           no
           counsels
           can
           perswade
           them
           to
           be
           quiet
           ,
           unless
           that
           you
           use
           violence
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           very
           much
           gone
           then
           ,
           when
           men
           are
           in
           a
           wrangling
           condition
           ;
           so
           Nabal
           in
           his
           Drunkenness
           :
           no
           counsel
           can
           be
           heard
           ,
           they
           think
           themselves
           wiser
           then
           others
           ,
           though
           they
           be
           in
           their
           drunken
           fits
           ,
           and
           deluded
           frames
           ,
           unless
           the
           Lord
           by
           some
           strong
           hand
           do
           bring
           them
           down
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           When
           the
           Lord
           doth
           leave
           men
           unto
           a
           spirit
           of
           deep
           sleep
           and
           security
           ;
           when
           the
           Lord
           doth
           give
           men
           over
           to
           such
           security
           as
           is
           a
           kinde
           of
           dead
           sleep
           ,
           when
           the
           Lord
           doth
           leave
           men
           to
           such
           a
           sleep
           as
           that
           no
           awakening
           providences
           of
           the
           Lord
           can
           awaken
           them
           :
           and
           thus
           ye
           shall
           find
           it
           in
           sundry
           places
           ,
           Ier.
           51.39
           .
           I
           will
           bring
           them
           ,
           saith
           the
           Lord
           ,
           to
           such
           a
           dead
           sleep
           ,
           that
           when
           the
           plagues
           of
           God
           are
           upon
           them
           ,
           they
           shall
           never
           awaken
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           A
           spirit
           of
           Drunkenness
           appears
           in
           this
           ,
           in
           that
           it
           causeth
           men
           for
           to
           open
           their
           Secrets
           ,
           their
           Nakedness
           and
           Shame
           ,
           as
           Noah
           ;
           when
           God
           doth
           leave
           a
           people
           for
           to
           manifest
           hidden
           sins
           ,
           that
           were
           hidden
           before
           ;
           Isai.
           28.8
           .
           
             all
             their
             tables
             are
             full
             of
             Drunkenness
             ,
             so
             that
             there
             is
             no
             place
             clean
             :
          
           So
           that
           mark
           now
           ,
           when
           the
           Lord
           doth
           leave
           men
           unto
           such
           a
           spirit
           of
           Vnstedfastness
           in
           the
           truth
           ;
           a
           spirit
           of
           Sottishness
           and
           Blindness
           ;
           a
           spirit
           of
           Rage
           and
           Fierceness
           ,
           a
           spirit
           of
           
             deep
             sleep
          
           and
           security
           ,
           that
           now
           they
           manifest
           their
           secret
           wickedness
           like
           Sodom
           ;
           I
           say
           ,
           when
           God
           leaves
           men
           to
           such
           a
           spirit
           as
           this
           is
           ,
           then
           it
           is
           a
           forerunner
           of
           destruction
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           Only
           here
           is
           the
           question
           ,
           
             when
             is
             it
             thus
          
           ,
           for
           every
           spirit
           of
           Drunkenness
           is
           not
           a
           forerunner
           of
           destruction
           ?
        
         
           I
           shall
           answer
           this
           briefly
           in
           three
           things
           ,
           from
           the
           text
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           When
           the
           Lord
           doth
           fill
           all
           the
           inhabitants
           of
           Jerusalem
           ,
           for
           the
           body
           of
           them
           ,
           though
           some
           particulars
           it
           may
           be
           otherwise
           with
           them
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           When
           God
           fills
           men
           with
           this
           ;
           men
           may
           be
           drunk
           ,
           but
           yet
           
           there
           may
           be
           some
           room
           for
           some
           wholesome
           counsel
           ;
           but
           now
           when
           men
           shall
           be
           
             filled
             full
          
           with
           their
           delusions
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           no
           room
           for
           wholesome
           counsel
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           uncapable
           of
           receiving
           the
           counsels
           of
           peace
           and
           truth
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           When
           the
           Lord
           doth
           give
           men
           over
           to
           this
           as
           to
           a
           judgement
           ,
           when
           the
           Lord
           gives
           men
           over
           to
           a
           spirit
           of
           delusion
           ,
           so
           as
           that
           the
           means
           which
           should
           do
           them
           good
           ,
           it
           makes
           them
           worse
           ;
           when
           men
           are
           in
           the
           middest
           of
           contention
           ,
           and
           the
           means
           for
           their
           peace
           makes
           them
           more
           unquiet
           ;
           when
           the
           word
           of
           God
           that
           should
           awaken
           men
           ,
           it
           makes
           them
           more
           secure
           ,
           and
           the
           judgements
           of
           God
           abroad
           in
           the
           World
           harden
           them
           the
           more
           .
        
         
           Now
           in
           the
           fourth
           place
           I
           shall
           give
           you
           the
           Reasons
           why
           it
           is
           thus
           ,
           
             That
             the
             spirit
             of
             Drunkenness
             is
             a
             forerunner
             of
             destruction
             merciless
             .
          
        
         
           Reas.
           1.
           
           Because
           now
           a
           man
           is
           immediately
           disposed
           unto
           all
           wickedness
           ;
           he
           is
           filling
           up
           his
           measure
           very
           fast
           .
        
         
           Reas.
           2.
           
           Because
           when
           the
           Lord
           giveth
           men
           over
           to
           a
           spirit
           of
           Drunkenness
           ,
           they
           cannot
           now
           understand
           the
           cause
           of
           their
           ruine
           :
           they
           are
           now
           besotted
           ,
           and
           blinded
           ,
           the
           Plague
           of
           the
           Lord
           upon
           them
           is
           not
           removed
           ,
           nor
           they
           know
           not
           the
           cause
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           Reas.
           3.
           
           This
           spirit
           of
           Drunkenness
           it
           brings
           division
           among
           a
           People
           ,
           and
           this
           is
           a
           forerunner
           of
           all
           misery
           :
           ye
           need
           not
           now
           to
           doubt
           of
           a
           fire
           ,
           for
           it
           is
           begun
           already
           .
        
         
           Vse
           .
           1.
           
           Hence
           learn
           ,
           when
           you
           see
           any
           Nation
           ,
           Churches
           or
           People
           ,
           given
           over
           to
           a
           spirit
           of
           Drunkenness
           ,
           to
           bemoan
           and
           bewaile
           their
           condition
           bitterly
           ;
           for
           they
           have
           the
           tokens
           of
           certain
           ruine
           upon
           them
           .
        
         
           And
           for
           this
           end
           let
           us
           take
           a
           little
           paines
           to
           consider
           the
           state
           of
           Gods
           People
           at
           this
           day
           in
           England
           :
           let
           us
           see
           whether
           the
           cup
           of
           this
           wine
           is
           not
           given
           to
           the
           Godly
           party
           there
           :
           there
           is
           no
           doubt
           of
           it
           to
           the
           wicked
           ,
           but
           that
           it
           is
           now
           for
           the
           godly
           part
           ,
           let
           us
           examine
           it
           in
           three
           things
           .
        
         
           First
           ▪
           Hath
           not
           the
           Lord
           given
           them
           up
           to
           a
           spirit
           of
           blindness
           in
           matters
           of
           Doctrine
           ?
           I
           will
           not
           mention
           the
           thousands
           of
           persons
           doubting
           and
           staggering
           ,
           and
           unsetled
           souls
           ,
           not
           knowing
           what
           to
           do
           ,
           nor
           what
           side
           to
           take
           ;
           and
           abundance
           among
           them
           ,
           that
           any
           religion
           will
           serve
           their
           turn
           ,
           so
           long
           as
           their
           stakes
           may
           be
           setled
           ,
           and
           may
           be
           in
           peace
           and
           quiet
           .
        
         
         
           1.
           
           Some
           there
           be
           that
           are
           Antinomians
           ,
           that
           do
           deny
           the
           use
           of
           the
           Law
           to
           any
           that
           are
           in
           Christ
           ,
           to
           be
           any
           Rule
           of
           Life
           to
           them
           :
           such
           are
           not
           under
           the
           Law
           ,
           but
           under
           Grace
           .
           And
           hence
           it
           follows
           ,
           they
           will
           not
           take
           any
           comfort
           of
           their
           good
           estate
           ,
           from
           any
           conformity
           of
           their
           hearts
           to
           the
           Law
           of
           God
           ,
           nor
           from
           any
           Law
           of
           God
           written
           in
           their
           hearts
           ;
           for
           what
           have
           they
           to
           do
           with
           the
           Law
           ?
           for
           they
           are
           under
           Grace
           ,
           and
           they
           look
           to
           Grace
           onely
           :
           and
           in
           truth
           are
           become
           Patrons
           of
           free
           vice
           ,
           under
           the
           mask
           of
           Free-grace
           .
           And
           hence
           not
           being
           under
           the
           Law
           ,
           and
           having
           nothing
           to
           do
           with
           it
           ,
           their
           Consciences
           have
           their
           liberty
           ,
           and
           they
           will
           not
           take
           any
           discomfort
           from
           any
           sin
           against
           the
           Law
           of
           God
           ,
           or
           Rule
           broken
           ;
           for
           if
           not
           under
           the
           Law
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           sin
           ,
           and
           why
           should
           there
           be
           sorrow
           for
           any
           sin
           ?
           and
           these
           sort
           do
           now
           abound
           there
           .
           You
           know
           they
           are
           the
           very
           things
           that
           did
           Leaven
           this
           poor
           Country
           ,
           for
           which
           the
           wrath
           of
           God
           hath
           broken
           out
           against
           the
           Patrons
           of
           it
           .
           These
           very
           Delusions
           they
           have
           now
           their
           elbow-room
           to
           spread
           there
           ,
           and
           they
           spread
           far
           and
           wide
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Others
           are
           Anabaptists
           ,
           and
           there
           is
           such
           swarms
           of
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           like
           the
           Locusts
           ,
           they
           begin
           to
           eat
           up
           all
           the
           green
           grass
           in
           the
           Land
           :
           Multitudes
           there
           be
           that
           are
           carried
           aside
           with
           them
           ,
           whom
           though
           in
           former
           times
           they
           had
           other
           marks
           whereby
           they
           were
           known
           ,
           yet
           now
           in
           these
           dayes
           they
           profess
           that
           they
           hold
           but
           one
           thing
           differing
           from
           the
           godly
           Orthodox
           ,
           
             viz.
             That
             they
             would
             not
             have
             any
             Children
             to
             be
             Baptized
             :
          
           and
           so
           they
           make
           the
           condition
           of
           the
           Children
           of
           the
           Saints
           of
           God
           ,
           (
           dear
           to
           God
           )
           in
           as
           miserable
           an
           estate
           ,
           as
           the
           Children
           of
           any
           Turk
           or
           Pagan
           ,
           and
           but
           as
           lawful
           to
           Baptize
           them
           ,
           as
           a
           Cat
           or
           a
           Dog
           :
           Now
           though
           they
           say
           they
           hold
           but
           this
           one
           thing
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           impossible
           that
           they
           should
           hold
           this
           ,
           but
           there
           will
           be
           fourty
           others
           that
           will
           follow
           upon
           it
           :
           As
           now
           ,
           they
           must
           of
           necessity
           hold
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Baptism
             of
             all
             the
             Churches
             of
             God
             ,
             is
             no
             Baptism
          
           ;
           and
           therefore
           must
           be
           done
           over
           again
           .
           And
           again
           ,
           as
           they
           hold
           
             Churches
             are
             made
             by
             Baptism
          
           ,
           then
           if
           there
           be
           no
           new
           Baptism
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           true
           Churches
           ,
           and
           then
           no
           true
           Administration
           of
           any
           Ordinances
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           but
           they
           are
           all
           abominations
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           God
           :
           and
           what
           that
           reacheth
           unto
           ,
           let
           wise
           men
           judge
           .
           And
           if
           they
           deny
           the
           Seal
           ,
           they
           
           must
           deny
           the
           
             Covenant
             of
             Grace
          
           to
           Infants
           ,
           and
           so
           by
           consequence
           do
           undermine
           all
           hopes
           of
           posterity
           for
           time
           to
           come
           .
           This
           ,
           where-ever
           it
           hath
           come
           ,
           it
           hath
           been
           a
           Troubler
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Others
           are
           
             Rigid
             Separatists
          
           ,
           that
           refuse
           to
           hear
           an
           holy
           Minister
           preach
           ,
           or
           to
           communicate
           in
           their
           Assemblies
           ,
           because
           not
           altogether
           purified
           according
           to
           the
           purification
           of
           the
           Sanctuary
           ;
           hence
           forsaking
           Christ
           and
           his
           Servants
           ,
           before
           Christ
           forsake
           them
           :
           their
           whole
           course
           full
           of
           Confusion
           and
           Scandal
           ;
           either
           edifying
           themselves
           by
           their
           own
           Gifts
           onely
           ,
           or
           chusing
           Unlearned
           Ministers
           ,
           abhorred
           in
           Bishops
           :
           challenging
           a
           licentious
           liberty
           to
           speak
           ,
           and
           rule
           ,
           and
           do
           ,
           and
           
             not
             be
             ruled
          
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           Some
           are
           Seekers
           ;
           they
           deny
           all
           Churches
           :
           Some
           that
           be
           risen
           up
           of
           late
           ,
           that
           think
           there
           be
           no
           Churches
           ,
           nor
           no
           Ministers
           ,
           nor
           Ordinances
           of
           God
           in
           any
           place
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           but
           they
           are
           in
           a
           
             seeking
             ,
             waiting
             condition
          
           ,
           for
           Apostles
           to
           be
           sent
           to
           make
           a
           Reformation
           :
           and
           this
           spreads
           very
           far
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           There
           be
           others
           that
           think
           the
           
             Soul
             of
             Man
             is
             mortal
             ,
             and
             dies
             with
             the
             Body
          
           ;
           they
           Print
           this
           ,
           and
           speak
           thus
           ,
           and
           many
           are
           deceived
           by
           them
           :
           Others
           think
           that
           they
           are
           
             both
             Mortal
          
           ,
           and
           that
           there
           is
           no
           Resurrection
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           Others
           there
           be
           that
           would
           give
           
             Liberty
             and
             Toleration
             to
             all
             Religions
          
           ;
           their
           colour
           is
           this
           ,
           
             No
             man
             should
             be
             punished
             for
             his
             Conscience
             :
          
           and
           it
           is
           wonderful
           to
           think
           how
           this
           doth
           dazle
           the
           eyes
           of
           many
           men
           ,
           which
           for
           my
           own
           part
           ,
           as
           I
           believe
           any
           other
           Truth
           of
           God
           ,
           I
           do
           believe
           and
           judge
           it
           to
           be
           the
           foundation
           of
           all
           other
           Errours
           and
           Abominations
           in
           the
           Churches
           of
           God
           ,
           if
           it
           once
           be
           attended
           among
           any
           People
           of
           God.
           It
           is
           a
           sad
           thing
           ,
           That
           that
           which
           was
           accounted
           of
           as
           the
           heavy
           plague
           of
           God
           among
           the
           people
           of
           Israel
           ,
           in
           the
           latter
           end
           of
           the
           Book
           of
           
             Iudges
             ,
             That
             every
             man
             did
             that
             which
             was
             right
             in
             his
             own
             eyes
             ,
          
           that
           it
           should
           now
           be
           accounted
           of
           as
           a
           blessed
           way
           of
           God
           ;
           which
           indeed
           is
           the
           heaviest
           Judgement
           of
           God
           upon
           a
           People
           or
           Nation
           .
           Now
           is
           not
           here
           matter
           of
           Mourning
           to
           God
           for
           poor
           England
           ,
           that
           is
           left
           to
           be
           full
           of
           these
           Delusions
           ?
           If
           the
           Lord
           love
           his
           People
           ,
           he
           will
           bring
           them
           very
           low
           ,
           and
           stock
           them
           ,
           and
           whip
           them
           ,
           till
           he
           make
           their
           spirits
           sober
           and
           humble
           ;
           or
           else
           mark
           what
           I
           say
           ,
           Englands
           misery
           is
           near
           at
           hand
           .
        
         
         
           Secondly
           ,
           See
           if
           the
           Lord
           hath
           not
           left
           them
           to
           
             a
             spirit
             of
             Division
          
           ,
           and
           they
           increase
           every
           year
           more
           and
           more
           ,
           worse
           and
           worse
           .
           In
           former
           times
           the
           People
           of
           God
           ,
           when
           the
           Wolf
           hath
           been
           abroad
           ,
           they
           have
           been
           glad
           to
           be
           of
           one
           minde
           :
           but
           now
           ,
           when
           God
           himself
           is
           come
           with
           a
           drawn
           Sword
           ,
           and
           stands
           at
           the
           door
           ,
           that
           now
           there
           should
           be
           such
           a
           division
           ,
           me-thinks
           this
           should
           be
           the
           sobriety
           of
           the
           people
           of
           God
           :
           there
           is
           Gods
           Hand
           on
           the
           one
           side
           
             very
             dreadful
          
           ,
           and
           Gods
           Mercy
           on
           the
           other
           side
           
             working
             all
             for
             them
          
           ;
           I
           say
           ,
           this
           should
           be
           their
           sobriety
           ,
           now
           to
           lye
           down
           and
           mourn
           at
           the
           feet
           of
           the
           Lord.
           Humiliation
           and
           Praise
           should
           now
           be
           the
           work
           of
           Gods
           People
           in
           England
           :
           But
           how
           is
           it
           ,
           
             The
             Lord
             hath
             filled
             all
             the
             Inhabitants
             of
             the
             Land
             with
             a
             spirit
             of
             drunkenness
             ?
          
           Sermon
           against
           Sermon
           ,
           reviling
           one
           another
           ;
           Head
           against
           Body
           :
           Go
           into
           the
           Camps
           ,
           whom
           can
           they
           trust
           ?
           Religion
           it
           is
           the
           occasion
           of
           the
           breach
           of
           peace
           ,
           and
           look
           into
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           Upper
           House
           against
           Lower
           House
           ,
           and
           many
           pretended
           Friends
           ,
           but
           secret
           Enemies
           ,
           and
           by
           means
           hereof
           the
           Enemy
           is
           encouraged
           ,
           Religion
           it
           is
           scoffed
           at
           :
           and
           what
           Religion
           would
           ye
           have
           men
           to
           hold
           unto
           ?
           Many
           godly
           People
           they
           are
           discouraged
           ,
           and
           Gods
           Servants
           desiring
           to
           say
           nothing
           ,
           but
           rather
           to
           lye
           hid
           ,
           and
           mourn
           for
           their
           own
           sins
           ,
           and
           the
           sins
           of
           the
           people
           there
           .
           And
           let
           me
           say
           this
           ,
           and
           you
           will
           finde
           it
           is
           certain
           ,
           
             At
             this
             very
             day
             the
             principal
             strength
             of
             the
             Land
             ,
             are
             such
             as
             be
             seeming
             Friends
             to
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             but
             secret
             Enemies
             to
             the
             Truth
             ,
             and
             Ordinances
             ,
             and
             People
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             his
             Wayes
             ,
             and
             deadly
             ones
             too
             .
          
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           The
           
             deep
             Security
          
           of
           England
           under
           the
           sins
           that
           are
           now
           laid
           open
           .
           I
           will
           tell
           you
           what
           is
           their
           Complaint
           still
           .
           Their
           words
           be
           these
           :
           One
           especially
           ,
           that
           in
           former
           times
           did
           publish
           as
           glorious
           Works
           as
           any
           in
           that
           Kingdome
           ;
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             I
             would
             I
             could
             speak
             it
             with
             tears
             ,
             never
             more
             talking
             of
             Reformation
             ,
             but
             never
             less
             practice
             of
             Reformation
             ;
             our
             Churches
             are
             reformed
             ,
             but
             our
             Hearts
             and
             Houses
             never
             less
             reformed
             ;
             our
             high
             Altars
             are
             pulled
             down
             ,
             but
             our
             high
             Mindes
             are
             not
             brought
             down
             ;
             the
             Worship
             of
             God
             is
             more
             pure
             ,
             but
             the
             Worshippers
             as
             impure
             as
             ever
             ;
             we
             have
             less
             Idolatries
             ,
             but
             more
             Adulteries
             and
             Fornications
             ;
             I
             do
             not
             say
             more
             Punishment
             ,
             but
             never
             less
             punished
             ,
             
             and
             more
             committed
             .
             Is
             there
             a
             Law
             against
             Scandalous
             Ministers
             ,
             and
             none
             against
             Scandalous
             Lords
             and
             great
             ones
             ?
             Men
             are
             not
             ashamed
             to
             profess
             their
             Adulteries
             before
             the
             face
             of
             the
             Sun.
             We
             never
             lived
             in
             such
             dayes
             ,
             wherein
             there
             is
             more
             judging
             of
             others
             ,
             and
             less
             of
             our selves
             .
             Never
             more
             sad
             dayes
             in
             England
             ,
             and
             yet
             never
             such
             pride
             in
             Apparel
             ;
             never
             such
             Formality
             in
             Gods
             Worship
             ,
             never
             such
             Murmuring
             ,
             never
             such
             Censuring
             :
             never
             more
             talk
             of
             Reformation
             ,
             never
             less
             reformed
             ▪
             never
             more
             security
             ,
             then
             when
             the
             Ship
             is
             a
             sinking
             ;
             never
             times
             wherein
             fewer
             converted
             ▪
             and
             the
             power
             of
             godliness
             more
             decayed
             ,
             and
             sin
             abounding
             ;
             never
             more
             Controversies
             how
             Churches
             should
             be
             gathered
             ,
             never
             fewer
             added
             to
             the
             Church
             then
             in
             these
             times
             ;
             never
             such
             Controversies
             how
             the
             Churches
             should
             be
             governed
             ,
             and
             yet
             never
             less
             care
             of
             the
             Government
             of
             Christ
             in
             our
             own
             Houses
             and
             Hearts
             .
             Godly
             men
             have
             not
             leisure
             to
             study
             Faith
             ,
             and
             Repentance
             ,
             and
             brokenness
             for
             sin
             .
          
           I
           speak
           it
           for
           this
           end
           ,
           that
           the
           Lord
           may
           affect
           our
           hearts
           with
           the
           estate
           of
           England
           ;
           for
           this
           is
           some
           hope
           ,
           that
           though
           they
           be
           thus
           ,
           yet
           they
           are
           not
           all
           yet
           filled
           ,
           but
           there
           is
           some
           room
           left
           for
           counsell
           ,
           Habak
           .
           2.5
           .
        
         
           Bend
           your
           Prayers
           against
           some
           persons
           ,
           though
           you
           know
           them
           not
           ,
           that
           make
           others
           to
           be
           drunk
           ;
           give
           the
           Lord
           no
           rest
           untill
           he
           make
           them
           Examples
           to
           the
           world
           ,
           rather
           then
           the
           poor
           Church
           of
           God
           should
           be
           made
           drunk
           ,
           and
           being
           made
           drunk
           ,
           should
           
             dash
             one
             against
             another
          
           .
        
         
           Vse
           2.
           
           Let
           it
           be
           a
           Use
           of
           Warning
           to
           us
           all
           ,
           to
           take
           heed
           of
           such
           sins
           for
           which
           the
           Lord
           may
           give
           us
           over
           to
           a
           spirit
           of
           drunkenness
           .
           The
           time
           is
           come
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           the
           Lords
           great
           work
           at
           this
           day
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           to
           give
           all
           the
           world
           this
           same
           Cup
           ,
           as
           the
           just
           and
           heavy
           Judgement
           of
           God
           upon
           men
           ,
           for
           the
           contempt
           of
           the
           Gospel
           of
           peace
           ;
           and
           therefore
           is
           distraction
           and
           confusions
           in
           all
           that
           men
           do
           .
           
             Most
             men
             in
             the
             world
             have
             seen
             an
             end
             of
             the
             perfection
             of
             all
             Gods
             Ordinances
             and
             Gospel
             ,
          
           and
           they
           begin
           to
           grow
           stale
           things
           to
           them
           ;
           therefore
           will
           the
           Lord
           put
           his
           Cup
           into
           your
           hands
           ,
           and
           
             every
             bottle
             shall
             be
             filled
             with
             wine
             ,
          
           unless
           it
           be
           that
           number
           which
           the
           Lord
           doth
           preserve
           in
           his
           great
           mercy
           .
           This
           is
           the
           misery
           ,
           when
           
           once
           the
           Lord
           leaves
           any
           man
           to
           a
           spirit
           of
           Drunkenness
           ,
           misery
           shall
           be
           at
           his
           door
           certainly
           coming
           upon
           him
           ,
           and
           he
           shall
           not
           know
           it
           .
        
         
           Many
           inquiries
           are
           among
           us
           ,
           What
           is
           the
           cause
           of
           the
           Lords
           hand
           against
           us
           ,
           dashing
           our
           Ships
           in
           pieces
           ,
           that
           the
           Lord
           should
           break
           us
           in
           our
           infancy
           ,
           and
           tell
           us
           that
           he
           is
           gone
           in
           part
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           is
           taking
           away
           some
           of
           our
           precious
           ones
           from
           us
           ?
           Would
           you
           know
           the
           cause
           of
           this
           ?
           you
           will
           never
           know
           it
           ,
           untill
           the
           Lord
           do
           take
           away
           this
           drunken
           distemper
           from
           us
           :
           So
           long
           as
           we
           are
           not
           kept
           sober
           in
           the
           love
           of
           the
           Truth
           ,
           we
           shall
           never
           know
           the
           true
           reason
           why
           the
           Lord
           is
           thus
           angry
           with
           us
           .
           We
           cannot
           say
           the
           Lord
           hath
           filled
           
             all
             the
             Inhabitants
             of
             the
             Land
             with
             drunkenness
             ,
          
           but
           yet
           the
           Cup
           is
           given
           us
           in
           part
           :
           The
           Head
           it
           doth
           begin
           to
           stagger
           in
           a
           great
           measure
           ;
           do
           we
           not
           see
           great
           staggering
           ?
           Unsetledness
           in
           the
           Covenant
           of
           God
           ,
           Walking
           with
           God
           at
           peradventures
           ,
           and
           such
           hankerings
           after
           the
           Whoredomes
           of
           the
           World
           at
           this
           day
           :
           And
           so
           likewise
           Divisions
           and
           Distractions
           ;
           little
           done
           ,
           and
           time
           spent
           ,
           and
           the
           Country
           burthened
           with
           Charge
           ;
           nothing
           done
           without
           much
           Division
           and
           Contention
           .
           Certainly
           something
           is
           amiss
           ,
           every
           thing
           threatens
           some
           sudden
           blow
           to
           New-England
           ;
           yet
           blessed
           be
           the
           Lord
           he
           hath
           not
           filled
           
             every
             one
          
           with
           a
           spirit
           of
           Drunkenness
           .
           But
           let
           it
           be
           the
           last
           Motive
           to
           think
           of
           what
           I
           speak
           ,
           that
           the
           Lord
           should
           bring
           us
           hither
           ,
           and
           give
           us
           peace
           in
           Church
           and
           Common-wealth
           ,
           and
           in
           all
           our
           Colonies
           ;
           let
           us
           look
           upon
           it
           as
           a
           rare
           and
           singular
           mercy
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           that
           the
           Lord
           hath
           kept
           us
           here
           in
           peace
           ,
           and
           saved
           us
           from
           being
           poisoned
           with
           the
           Delusions
           in
           the
           world
           .
        
         
           You
           will
           say
           ;
           
             How
             shall
             we
             be
             preserved
             from
             this
             spirit
             of
             drunkenness
             ?
          
        
         
           Here
           are
           many
           things
           that
           I
           should
           have
           spoken
           :
           but
           only
           think
           of
           this
           ;
           hath
           not
           the
           Lord
           given
           us
           other
           things
           ,
           and
           better
           things
           to
           take
           delight
           in
           :
           the
           Lord
           hath
           given
           us
           his
           blessed
           Scriptures
           to
           solace
           our selves
           in
           ,
           we
           had
           else
           been
           like
           herds
           of
           beasts
           going
           to
           the
           slaughter
           ?
           and
           we
           have
           Iehovah
           himself
           to
           go
           unto
           at
           any
           time
           ;
           an
           infinite
           God
           we
           have
           to
           go
           unto
           .
        
         
           But
           that
           ●e
           may
           be
           preserved
           from
           this
           spirit
           of
           delusion
           ,
           for
           
           help
           herein
           ,
           I
           shall
           only
           name
           these
           particulars
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Take
           heed
           of
           drunken
           company
           :
           I
           would
           not
           have
           a
           godly
           man
           to
           go
           into
           the
           company
           of
           an
           erroneous
           person
           :
           his
           words
           are
           infectious
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Let
           Gods
           People
           take
           heed
           of
           being
           deceived
           by
           meer
           colours
           and
           pretences
           of
           things
           ;
           as
           now
           upon
           the
           colour
           of
           Free-grace
           ,
           they
           bring
           in
           Free-vice
           ,
           and
           under
           the
           colour
           of
           
             liberty
             of
             Conscience
             ,
             liberty
             in
             sin
             :
          
           and
           good
           men
           have
           been
           deceived
           ,
           and
           why
           not
           I
           ,
           and
           the
           truth
           that
           I
           have
           received
           for
           truth
           ,
           be
           an
           errour
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Love
           dearly
           the
           truth
           that
           you
           know
           already
           ;
           such
           truths
           as
           discover
           your
           sin
           unto
           you
           ,
           make
           much
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           certainly
           the
           Lord
           will
           make
           much
           more
           known
           to
           you
           ,
           and
           preserve
           you
           from
           errour
           :
           
             I
             will
             send
          
           ,
           saith
           Christ
           ,
           Ioh.
           17.
           
             the
             spirit
             of
             truth
             whom
             the
             World
             cannot
             receive
             ;
             for
             you
             know
             him
             and
             he
             dwelleth
             in
             you
             .
          
           Look
           as
           it
           is
           with
           a
           man
           ,
           if
           he
           hath
           taken
           down
           good
           drink
           ,
           he
           will
           not
           be
           apt
           to
           take
           poysoned
           wine
           ;
           he
           will
           not
           run
           to
           the
           Ale-house
           and
           be
           drunk
           ,
           that
           hath
           good
           beer
           at
           home
           .
           Love
           the
           truth
           thou
           knowest
           ,
           and
           
             the
             Lord
             will
             then
             teach
             the
             feeble
             in
             his
             way
             .
          
        
         
           4.
           
           Drink
           no
           more
           then
           will
           do
           you
           good
           :
           my
           meaning
           is
           this
           ,
           drink
           in
           those
           truths
           that
           ye
           have
           known
           have
           done
           you
           good
           ;
           take
           fast
           hold
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           keep
           them
           .
           
             I
             will
             never
             forget
             thy
             precepts
             ,
          
           saith
           
             David
             ,
             for
             by
             them
             thou
             hast
             quickened
             me
             .
          
           And
           then
           likewise
           take
           no
           more
           then
           you
           have
           need
           of
           ,
           you
           shall
           finde
           this
           ,
           you
           need
           every
           truth
           of
           God
           ;
           as
           now
           you
           are
           tempted
           to
           deny
           evidencing
           your
           grace
           by
           conditional
           promises
           ,
           by
           such
           promises
           wherein
           the
           Lord
           doth
           write
           down
           the
           names
           of
           those
           that
           he
           will
           do
           good
           unto
           ,
           consider
           whether
           there
           be
           need
           of
           that
           Doctrine
           ,
           and
           do
           you
           not
           need
           the
           contrary
           ?
           do
           you
           not
           need
           to
           know
           that
           them
           that
           are
           
             pure
             in
             heart
             shall
             see
             God
          
           ?
           do
           you
           not
           need
           this
           in
           time
           of
           temptation
           ,
           although
           for
           the
           present
           ,
           some
           can
           walk
           with
           a
           bold
           Conscience
           .
           And
           so
           for
           Baptism
           ,
           do
           you
           not
           need
           a
           promise
           of
           God
           for
           your
           poor
           children
           ?
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           When
           the
           Lord
           doth
           leave
           you
           under
           the
           sense
           of
           your
           own
           weakness
           ,
           that
           you
           know
           not
           the
           truth
           ,
           and
           under
           sense
           of
           distemper
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Lord
           is
           withdrawn
           from
           you
           ,
           and
           you
           know
           the
           sin
           of
           your
           heart
           wherefore
           the
           Lord
           is
           gone
           :
           in
           this
           case
           take
           
           the
           counsel
           of
           skilful
           and
           merciful
           Physitians
           ,
           go
           to
           the
           servants
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           sober
           and
           understanding
           men
           ,
           old
           acquaintance
           with
           the
           truth
           of
           God
           ,
           go
           and
           ask
           their
           counsel
           :
           
             the
             Priests
             lips
             should
             preserve
             knowledge
          
           ;
           come
           with
           an
           humble
           and
           meek
           spirit
           ,
           and
           then
           the
           Lord
           will
           teach
           you
           his
           minde
           and
           will.
           In
           England
           ,
           the
           great
           reason
           why
           so
           many
           are
           deluded
           ,
           it
           is
           because
           they
           want
           instruction
           ;
           and
           our
           condition
           here
           is
           pretty
           sad
           ,
           that
           we
           should
           not
           have
           our
           discipline
           here
           published
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           to
           our selves
           ,
           and
           therefore
           we
           have
           cause
           to
           bless
           the
           Lord
           that
           he
           hath
           put
           it
           into
           the
           hearts
           of
           his
           servants
           to
           take
           paines
           herein
           .
           And
           there
           are
           but
           these
           three
           things
           that
           can
           hinder
           you
           from
           knowing
           the
           truth
           of
           the
           Lord.
           
        
         
           
             1.
             
             Unthankfulness
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Want
             of
             Prayer
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             Contempt
             of
             their
             message
             ,
             whom
             the
             Lord
             sends
             to
             be
             his
             Ministers
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
  

