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             A Warning-piece to all drunkards and health-drinkers faithfully collected from the works of English and foreign learned authors of good esteem, Mr. Samuel Ward and Mr. Samuel Clark, and others ...
             Ward, Samuel, 1572-1643.
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           A
           Warning-piece
           TO
           ALL
           DRUNKARDS
           AND
           Health-Drinkers
           :
           Faithfully
           Collected
           From
           the
           Works
           of
           English
           and
           Foreign
           Learned
           Authors
           of
           good
           Esteem
           ,
           Mr.
           
             Samuel
             Ward
          
           and
           Mr.
           
             Samuel
             Clark
          
           ,
           and
           others
           .
           WITH
           Above
           one
           Hundred
           and
           twenty
           sad
           and
           dreadful
           Examples
           of
           Gods
           severe
           Judgements
           upon
           notorious
           Drunkards
           :
           Twelve
           of
           the
           Chiefest
           are
           Graved
           in
           Copper-Plates
           ,
           to
           Deterr
           others
           from
           the
           like
           provoking
           sins
           ,
           and
           Healths
           with
           a
           Huzza
           .
           TO
           WHICH
           IS
           ADDED
           His
           Majesties
           Proclamation
           against
           Vicious
           ,
           Debauched
           ,
           Prophane
           Persons
           ,
           and
           Drinkers
           of
           his
           Health
           .
           ALSO
           Some
           Cautions
           of
           a
           Learned
           Doctor
           of
           Physick
           ,
           declaring
           how
           Intemperate
           Drinking
           destroyes
           our
           bodily
           Health
           and
           Strength
           .
        
         
           Felix
           quem
           faciunt
           aliena
           pericula
           cautum
           .
        
         
           London
           ,
           Printed
           for
           the
           Author
           ,
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           by
           
             Langley
             Curtis
          
           at
           the
           Sign
           of
           Sir
           
             Edmundbury
             Godfrey
          
           near
           Fleet-bridge
           ,
           1682.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           THE
           PREFACE
           .
        
         
           IT
           was
           once
           the
           distressed
           Case
           of
           those
           Mariners
           in
           Jonah
           ,
           that
           by
           no
           means
           could
           save
           themselves
           from
           Shipwrack
           ,
           they
           rowed
           and
           they
           prayed
           ,
           and
           they
           did
           what
           men
           could
           doe
           ,
           and
           yet
           the
           Sea
           wrought
           ,
           and
           the
           angry
           waves
           beat
           upon
           them
           ,
           till
           that
           sleepy
           Jonah
           ,
           for
           whose
           sake
           it
           was
           this
           Evil
           came
           upon
           them
           ,
           was
           thrown
           over-board
           into
           the
           Sea.
           It
           were
           worth
           the
           while
           to
           sit
           down
           and
           think
           in
           this
           perilous
           season
           of
           delusion
           and
           division
           ,
           whereby
           men
           are
           all
           in
           a
           Tempest
           ,
           the
           great
           God
           influencing
           the
           storms
           in
           his
           just
           Indignation
           ;
           and
           though
           there
           are
           those
           that
           rowe
           hard
           and
           pray
           hard
           ,
           no
           abatement
           of
           the
           danger
           ,
           but
           the
           Heavens
           are
           darker
           and
           darker
           over
           our
           heads
           :
           I
           say
           it
           were
           worth
           the
           while
           to
           enquire
           into
           the
           Provocation
           ,
           what
           the
           Cause
           is
           of
           these
           swellings
           of
           Jordan
           ,
           and
           Innundations
           of
           such
           Seas
           that
           we
           never
           saw
           worse
           ,
           nor
           more
           dangerous
           to
           destroy
           us
           all
           :
           like
           that
           Tempest
           upon
           the
           Adriatick
           Sea
           ,
           of
           which
           the
           Apostle
           gave
           his
           Opinion
           ,
           
             That
             this
             Voyage
             would
             be
             with
             hurt
             and
             much
             damage
             ,
             not
             only
             of
             the
             Lading
             and
             Ship
             ,
             but
             also
             of
             their
             Lives
             ,
          
           Act.
           27.
           
           It
           is
           readily
           confest
           of
           all
           hands
           amongst
           those
           that
           pretend
           to
           the
           least
           degree
           of
           Wisdom
           ,
           That
           sin
           in
           general
           is
           the
           Cause
           of
           all
           this
           .
           They
           must
           assemble
           themselves
           amongst
           those
           that
           sit
           in
           the
           Seat
           of
           Scorners
           ,
           and
           declare
           themselves
           to
           have
           
           taken
           the
           highest
           degree
           in
           Atheism
           and
           defiance
           of
           a
           God
           ,
           that
           will
           not
           yield
           us
           this
           point
           :
           They
           must
           arest
           the
           Reins
           of
           Providential
           Government
           out
           of
           Gods
           hands
           ,
           and
           put
           them
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           blind
           Chance
           and
           Fortune
           ,
           and
           then
           the
           World
           is
           like
           to
           be
           well
           governed
           ;
           and
           those
           of
           this
           Belief
           may
           chance
           to
           get
           to
           Heaven
           ,
           if
           blind
           Fortune
           do
           but
           know
           the
           way
           .
           But
           now
           the
           question
           will
           rise
           ,
           For
           whose
           sins
           ?
           and
           for
           what
           sins
           ?
           For
           the
           first
           of
           these
           ,
           it
           must
           necessarily
           be
           granted
           ,
           that
           the
           sins
           of
           great
           men
           have
           more
           of
           the
           spirit
           of
           Provocation
           in
           them
           ,
           than
           the
           sins
           of
           men
           of
           low
           degree
           :
           and
           the
           sins
           of
           the
           Priests
           are
           more
           full
           of
           bloody
           Circumstances
           than
           the
           sins
           of
           the
           Laity
           ,
           and
           the
           Epidemicalness
           of
           sin
           cryes
           for
           Extirpation
           with
           a
           louder
           voice
           ,
           than
           the
           sins
           of
           some
           few
           diseased
           persons
           that
           through
           Incogitancy
           have
           made
           themselves
           out
           of
           frame
           .
           And
           further
           ,
           the
           more
           Mercies
           and
           Deliverances
           men
           sin
           against
           ,
           and
           the
           greater
           Gospel-light
           ,
           and
           the
           more
           sacred
           Vows
           and
           Resolutions
           they
           sin
           against
           ,
           the
           more
           is
           their
           sin
           like
           to
           bring
           down
           such
           kind
           of
           Judgments
           as
           shall
           not
           be
           prayed
           away
           :
           And
           these
           Reflections
           will
           justifie
           God
           in
           the
           Equality
           of
           his
           proceedings
           ,
           if
           we
           all
           perish
           from
           off
           this
           good
           Land.
           But
           if
           you
           ask
           me
           for
           what
           particular
           sin
           ,
           or
           way
           of
           sinning
           it
           is
           that
           the
           Lord
           is
           angry
           with
           us
           ;
           I
           would
           as
           soon
           lay
           the
           blame
           upon
           the
           Drunkenness
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           as
           upon
           any
           one
           branch
           of
           that
           Prophaneness
           that
           is
           gone
           abroad
           .
           And
           the
           reasons
           are
           these
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           bewitching
           ,
           besotting
           nature
           of
           Drunkenness
           :
           It
           doth
           not
           turn
           men
           into
           Beasts
           ,
           as
           some
           think
           ,
           for
           a
           Beast
           scorns
           it
           :
           I
           do
           n't
           know
           that
           ever
           I
           saw
           a
           Beast
           drunk
           (
           unless
           it
           were
           a
           Swine
           )
           in
           my
           life
           .
           But
           it
           turns
           them
           into
           Fools
           and
           Sots
           ,
           dehominates
           them
           ,
           turns
           them
           out
           of
           their
           own
           Essences
           for
           the
           time
           ,
           and
           so
           disfigures
           them
           ,
           that
           God
           saith
           ,
           
             Non
             est
             haec
             Imago
             mea
          
           ,
           This
           is
           not
           my
           Image
           ;
           and
           so
           cares
           not
           what
           Judgments
           he
           le
           ts
           fall
           upon
           their
           heads
           :
           And
           this
           Insatuation
           is
           more
           eminently
           seen
           in
           the
           Poorer
           sort
           ,
           that
           earn
           their
           Money
           hardest
           ,
           and
           pay
           most
           
           for
           their
           Drink
           :
           For
           when
           others
           pay
           their
           Money
           ,
           these
           pay
           their
           Time
           also
           ,
           which
           is
           more
           than
           their
           Money
           ,
           besides
           the
           loss
           of
           Trade
           and
           other
           possible
           advantages
           :
           That
           others
           drink
           Sack
           cheaper
           than
           ▪
           they
           pay
           for
           their
           Beer
           and
           Ale
           ,
           all
           things
           considered
           ;
           and
           their
           poor
           Wives
           and
           Children
           by
           this
           Means
           are
           in
           want
           of
           Bread
           for
           their
           Mouths
           ▪
           And
           will
           not
           God
           be
           avenged
           upon
           such
           a
           sin
           as
           This
           ?
           Their
           Money
           burns
           in
           their
           Pockets
           ,
           but
           it
           will
           burn
           worse
           in
           their
           Conscieces
           ,
           if
           ever
           God
           shew
           them
           Mercy
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Drunkenness
           is
           the
           general
           Rendezvouze
           of
           all
           sin
           ,
           the
           common
           Parent
           of
           the
           greatest
           Provocations
           .
           Even
           the
           worst
           of
           men
           when
           they
           are
           drunk
           ,
           do
           that
           which
           if
           they
           were
           sober
           they
           would
           blush
           to
           be
           found
           guilty
           of
           .
           Men
           naturally
           quiet
           ,
           good
           humor'd
           ,
           moderate
           in
           sinning
           ,
           as
           one
           may
           say
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           themselves
           ;
           are
           by
           Drunkenness
           metamorphos'd
           into
           such
           Extravagancies
           ,
           you
           would
           not
           think
           them
           to
           be
           the
           same
           men
           :
           Thus
           having
           their
           natural
           tempers
           well
           soaked
           in
           strong
           Liquors
           ,
           they
           are
           framable
           into
           any
           shape
           .
           Satan
           calls
           for
           :
           Would
           he
           have
           a
           Swearer
           ?
           give
           him
           a
           Provocation
           ,
           and
           there
           he
           is
           :
           An
           Adulterer
           ?
           bring
           him
           a
           Temptation
           ,
           and
           there
           he
           is
           :
           A
           Persecutor
           ,
           he
           swears
           by
           all
           that
           's
           Sacred
           ,
           he
           will
           root
           all
           the
           Professors
           out
           of
           the
           Countrey
           .
           Satan
           can
           mould
           him
           into
           any
           shape
           ,
           and
           raise
           a
           Devil
           out
           of
           a
           Samuel
           by
           this
           Artifice
           .
           And
           how
           can
           the
           Sea
           but
           boyl
           ,
           when
           all
           the
           foul
           Spirits
           are
           blowing
           up
           a
           flame
           underneath
           ?
           Nations
           must
           needs
           reel
           ,
           when
           the
           Inhabitants
           can't
           stand
           upon
           their
           feet
           ;
           and
           God
           must
           needs
           strike
           ,
           when
           he
           hath
           an
           advantage
           given
           him
           to
           cut
           off
           all
           sorts
           of
           sins
           at
           one
           blow
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           And
           as
           to
           Health-drinking
           ,
           it
           is
           an
           Engine
           invented
           by
           the
           Devil
           ,
           to
           carry
           on
           the
           Sin
           of
           Drunkenness
           with
           the
           greater
           ease
           and
           Infallibility
           ,
           by
           which
           men
           must
           either
           be
           suspected
           of
           their
           Loyalty
           to
           their
           Sovereign
           ,
           or
           Respect
           to
           their
           Friends
           (
           neither
           of
           which
           any
           sober
           man
           can
           be
           defective
           in
           )
           if
           they
           refuse
           it
           ,
           though
           upon
           conscientious
           Principles
           :
           and
           so
           it
           becomes
           a
           great
           snare
           to
           those
           that
           would
           
           be
           temperte
           :
           Every
           man
           at
           all
           times
           hath
           not
           consideration
           enough
           to
           give
           him
           a
           convincing
           Evidence
           ,
           that
           Loyalty
           and
           Respect
           to
           others
           ,
           is
           not
           proper
           to
           be
           shewn
           in
           so
           absurd
           a
           Method
           ;
           and
           so
           this
           poysoned
           Health
           goeth
           down
           (
           right
           or
           wrong
           )
           the
           Throats
           of
           those
           that
           do
           n't
           think
           what
           they
           do
           .
           Here
           the
           sin
           lies
           chiefly
           ,
           though
           not
           only
           ,
           upon
           the
           Imposer
           ;
           as
           our
           Saviour
           said
           ,
           
             Wo
             to
             the
             World
             because
             of
             Offences
             ,
             but
             wo
             be
             to
             him
             by
             whom
             the
             Offence
             comes
             :
          
           Wo
           to
           the
           Imposers
           of
           Healths
           ,
           which
           commonly
           happens
           to
           be
           some
           ordinary
           Fellow
           in
           the
           Company
           ,
           that
           hath
           nothing
           but
           that
           single
           Ceremony
           to
           commend
           his
           Love
           or
           Loyalty
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           who
           also
           having
           a
           tumor
           of
           Pride
           in
           him
           ,
           hath
           no
           way
           to
           overtop
           and
           command
           his
           Superiours
           ,
           but
           upon
           the
           advantage
           of
           the
           Laws
           of
           Drunkenness
           .
        
         
           Moreover
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           Custom
           of
           Sinning
           only
           proper
           for
           those
           that
           are
           upon
           the
           design
           of
           Mortgaging
           their
           Senses
           :
           for
           there
           is
           no
           sence
           in
           it
           or
           reason
           for
           it
           ?
           How
           can
           any
           man
           drink
           anothers
           Health
           ?
           Or
           by
           what
           new
           kind
           of
           Transubstantiation
           can
           his
           Health
           be
           converted
           into
           a
           glass
           of
           Liquor
           ?
           or
           if
           so
           !
           what
           's
           the
           man
           the
           better
           ,
           to
           have
           his
           health
           drank
           into
           my
           Body
           ,
           and
           then
           piss'd
           out
           again
           against
           the
           walls
           ?
           And
           why
           not
           Eat
           his
           Health
           ,
           rather
           than
           Drink
           it
           ?
           and
           so
           bring
           up
           a
           new
           fashion
           of
           Eating
           of
           Healths
           ,
           to
           subserve
           the
           Intemperances
           of
           the
           sin
           of
           Gluttony
           .
        
         
           Sometimes
           it
           is
           expressed
           by
           drinking
           a
           health
           to
           the
           Confusion
           of
           ,
           &c.
           and
           here
           's
           Nonsence
           upon
           the
           neck
           of
           Nonsence
           ,
           which
           is
           perfect
           Foolery
           ,
           as
           patch
           upon
           patch
           is
           plain
           Beggery
           :
           A
           health
           to
           the
           Confusion
           —
           If
           they
           mean
           a
           Confusion
           to
           the
           health
           ,
           as
           I
           think
           they
           do
           ,
           why
           is
           it
           exprest
           quite
           contrary
           to
           what
           they
           mean
           ?
           unless
           it
           be
           to
           give
           us
           to
           understand
           ,
           that
           men
           that
           will
           begin
           a
           health
           are
           enter'd
           upon
           speaking
           of
           Nonsence
           ,
           and
           may
           be
           lookt
           on
           as
           half
           drunk
           already
           .
        
         
           But
           laying
           all
           this
           aside
           ,
           they
           say
           all
           these
           are
           Modes
           and
           Ceremonies
           in
           drinking
           ;
           and
           their
           meaning
           is
           no
           more
           ,
           but
           only
           to
           pray
           for
           the
           Health
           and
           Prosperity
           of
           such
           and
           such
           ▪
           
           Which
           is
           the
           reason
           they
           are
           at
           it
           in
           a
           posture
           of
           Prayer
           ,
           standing
           up
           ,
           standing
           bare
           ,
           sometimes
           kneeling
           upon
           their
           knees
           ,
           as
           Supplicants
           do
           to
           God
           Almighty
           :
           But
           will
           any
           rational
           man
           think
           these
           men
           at
           Prayers
           ?
           Are
           these
           praying
           postures
           ?
           Did
           God
           ever
           command
           ,
           or
           his
           People
           ever
           apply
           to
           the
           Throne
           in
           this
           manner
           of
           Address
           ?
           Have
           men
           lived
           to
           this
           age
           ,
           and
           cannot
           yet
           distinguish
           between
           drinking
           intemperately
           and
           praying
           fervently
           ?
           as
           if
           to
           Pray
           were
           to
           Drink
           ,
           and
           to
           Drink
           were
           to
           Pray
           !
           Worse
           than
           Pagan
           Idolatry
           ,
           to
           offer
           at
           the
           Throne
           of
           the
           Great
           God
           ,
           with
           a
           glass
           of
           Wine
           in
           our
           hand
           !
           It
           may
           be
           praying
           to
           Bacchus
           ,
           but
           not
           to
           God.
           Heaven
           must
           needs
           be
           shut
           against
           these
           Prayings
           :
           And
           to
           what
           purpose
           is
           any
           mans
           health
           prayed
           for
           ,
           by
           such
           kind
           of
           Prayers
           ,
           so
           circumstanced
           ,
           as
           we
           are
           very
           sure
           that
           God
           will
           throw
           them
           back
           as
           dung
           in
           the
           faces
           of
           those
           that
           thus
           disorderly
           put
           them
           up
           ?
           What
           hast
           thou
           to
           do
           to
           take
           his
           Name
           in
           thy
           Mouth
           ,
           when
           thou
           hatest
           to
           be
           reformed
           ?
           To
           see
           the
           Postures
           of
           Health-drinkers
           ,
           singing
           ,
           and
           roaring
           ,
           hollowing
           and
           carousing
           ,
           and
           Huzzaing
           after
           a
           new
           fashion
           ,
           sometimes
           quarrelling
           ,
           and
           challenging
           ,
           and
           duelling
           ;
           can
           any
           man
           that
           hath
           not
           his
           Wits
           in
           his
           Pocket
           ,
           think
           these
           men
           at
           Prayers
           ?
        
         
           Now
           because
           we
           find
           by
           Experience
           ;
           and
           from
           the
           Nature
           of
           the
           thing
           ,
           that
           these
           prodigious
           kind
           of
           Offenders
           we
           now
           speak
           of
           ,
           are
           under
           no
           likelihood
           to
           be
           perswaded
           out
           of
           their
           cursed
           way
           by
           Arguments
           drawn
           from
           the
           Love
           of
           Christ
           ,
           or
           Hope
           of
           Glory
           ,
           which
           are
           things
           they
           do
           n't
           trouble
           their
           heads
           about
           ;
           or
           fear
           of
           Hell
           ,
           (
           let
           them
           alone
           till
           that
           day
           ;
           )
           The
           Author
           of
           these
           Collections
           hath
           very
           well
           and
           to
           good
           purpose
           gather'd
           up
           together
           out
           of
           several
           Authors
           ,
           several
           Instances
           of
           the
           Judgments
           of
           God
           taking
           these
           Sinners
           in
           the
           very
           fact
           ,
           and
           tacking
           them
           up
           as
           dreadful
           Instances
           and
           Examples
           of
           his
           great
           Abomination
           of
           ,
           and
           declared
           Vengeance
           against
           this
           sort
           of
           Sinners
           more
           specially
           ;
           that
           reading
           these
           Histories
           we
           may
           prevent
           being
           made
           a
           History
           our selves
           :
           And
           though
           they
           are
           but
           Collections
           ,
           I
           do
           n't
           know
           why
           a
           good
           dish
           may
           not
           be
           twice
           set
           upon
           the
           
           Table
           .
           There
           are
           several
           late
           Instances
           of
           Gods
           Vengeance
           upon
           Drunkards
           ,
           thundred
           down
           upon
           the
           heads
           of
           many
           of
           them
           in
           our
           Age
           ;
           the
           publication
           of
           which
           is
           forborn
           ,
           out
           of
           a
           tender
           respect
           to
           their
           Relations
           yet
           surviving
           :
           The
           next
           Generation
           will
           be
           able
           to
           set
           forth
           remarkable
           Stroaks
           from
           Heaven
           upon
           some
           ,
           (
           and
           no
           mean
           ones
           neither
           .
           )
           But
           least
           I
           transgress
           the
           bounds
           of
           a
           Preface
           ,
           no
           more
           ,
           kind
           Reader
           ,
           but
           my
           love
           to
           thy
           Soul
           remembred
           ,
           with
           my
           earnest
           Prayer
           to
           God
           for
           the
           Health
           of
           Sion
           ,
           and
           all
           that
           love
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           in
           sincerity
           .
        
         
           Farewell
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           COLLECTION
           Of
           Some
           part
           of
           A
           SERMON
           Long
           since
           Preached
           by
           Mr.
           
             SAMUEL
             WARD
          
           of
           IPSWICH
           ,
           Entituled
           ,
           
             A
             Wo
             to
             Drunkards
          
           :
           He
           lived
           in
           the
           dayes
           of
           Famous
           King
           JAMES
           ,
           and
           was
           like
           Righteous
           Lot
           ,
           whose
           Soul
           was
           vexed
           with
           the
           wicked
           Conversation
           of
           the
           Sodomites
           :
           He
           published
           divers
           other
           good
           Sermons
           .
           His
           Text
           was
           in
        
         
           
             PROV
             .
             XXIII
             .
             Vers.
             29
             ,
             32.
             
          
           
             To
             whom
             is
             Woe
             ?
             to
             whom
             is
             Sorrow
             ?
             to
             whom
             is
             Strife
             ,
             &
             c
             ?
             In
             the
             end
             it
             will
             bite
             like
             a
             Serpent
             ,
             and
             sting
             like
             a
             Cockatrice
          
        
         
           He
           begins
           thus
           :
        
         
           SEer
           ,
           art
           thou
           also
           blind
           ?
           Watchman
           ,
           art
           thou
           also
           drunk
           ,
           or
           asleep
           ?
           Or
           hath
           a
           Spirit
           of
           slumber
           put
           out
           thine
           Eyes
           ?
           Up
           to
           thy
           Watch-Tower
           ,
           what
           descriest
           thou
           ?
           Ah
           Lord
           !
           what
           end
           or
           number
           is
           there
           of
           the
           Vanities
           which
           mine
           Eyes
           are
           weary
           of
           beholding
           ?
           But
           what
           seest
           thou
           ?
           I
           see
           men
           walking
           like
           the
           tops
           of
           trees
           shaken
           with
           the
           wind
           ,
           like
           Masts
           of
           Ships
           reeling
           on
           the
           tempestuous
           Seas
           :
           Drunkenness
           I
           mean
           ,
           that
           hatefull
           Night-bird
           ;
           which
           was
           wont
           to
           wait
           for
           the
           Twilight
           ,
           to
           seek
           Nooks
           and
           Corners
           ,
           to
           avoid
           the
           howling
           and
           wonderment
           of
           Boyes
           and
           Girles
           ;
           Now
           as
           if
           it
           were
           some
           Eaglet
           ,
           to
           dare
           the
           Sun-light
           ,
           to
           fly
           abroad
           at
           high
           Noon
           in
           every
           Street
           ,
           in
           open
           Markets
           and
           Fairs
           ,
           without
           fear
           or
           shame
           ,
           without
           controul
           or
           punishment
           ,
           to
           the
           disgrace
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           the
           out-facing
           of
           Magistracy
           and
           
           Ministry
           ,
           the
           utter
           undoing
           (
           without
           timely
           prevention
           )
           of
           Health
           and
           Wealth
           ,
           Piety
           and
           Vertue
           ,
           Town
           and
           Countrey
           ,
           Church
           and
           Common-wealth
           .
           And
           doest
           thou
           like
           a
           dumb
           Dog
           hold
           thy
           peace
           at
           these
           things
           ?
           dost
           thou
           with
           
           Solomon's
           Sluggard
           fold
           thine
           hands
           in
           thy
           Bosom
           ,
           and
           give
           thy self
           to
           ease
           and
           drowsiness
           ,
           while
           the
           envious
           man
           causeth
           the
           noisomest
           and
           basest
           of
           Weeds
           to
           over-run
           the
           choicest
           Eden
           of
           God
           ?
           Up
           and
           Arise
           ,
           lift
           up
           thy
           Voice
           ,
           spare
           not
           ,
           and
           cry
           aloud
           ?
           What
           shall
           I
           cry
           ?
           Cry
           ,
           Woe
           and
           Woe
           again
           unto
           the
           Crown
           of
           Pride
           ,
           the
           Drunkards
           of
           Ephraim
           .
           Take
           up
           a
           Parable
           ,
           and
           tell
           them
           how
           it
           stingeth
           like
           the
           Cockatrice
           ;
           declare
           unto
           them
           the
           deadly
           poyson
           of
           this
           odious
           Sin.
           Shew
           them
           also
           the
           Soveraign
           Antidote
           and
           Cure
           of
           it
           ,
           in
           the
           Cup
           that
           was
           drunk
           off
           by
           Him
           that
           was
           able
           to
           overcome
           it
           :
           Cause
           them
           to
           behold
           the
           brazen
           Serpent
           ,
           and
           be
           healed
           .
           And
           what
           though
           some
           of
           these
           deaf
           Adders
           will
           not
           be
           charmed
           nor
           cured
           ;
           yea
           though
           few
           or
           none
           of
           this
           swinish
           Herd
           of
           habitual
           Drunkards
           ,
           accustomed
           to
           wallow
           in
           their
           mire
           ;
           yea
           ,
           deeply
           and
           irrecoverably
           plunged
           by
           legions
           of
           Devils
           into
           the
           dead
           Sea
           of
           their
           filthiness
           ?
           what
           if
           not
           one
           of
           them
           will
           be
           washed
           and
           made
           clean
           ,
           but
           turn
           again
           to
           their
           Vomit
           ,
           and
           trample
           the
           Pearls
           of
           all
           Admonition
           under
           feet
           ;
           yea
           ,
           turn
           again
           and
           rend
           their
           Reprovers
           with
           scoffs
           and
           scorns
           ,
           making
           Jests
           and
           Songs
           on
           their
           Ale-bench
           ?
           Yet
           may
           some
           young
           ones
           be
           deterred
           ,
           and
           some
           Novices
           reclaimed
           ,
           some
           Parents
           and
           Magistrates
           awakened
           to
           prevent
           and
           suppress
           the
           spreading
           of
           this
           Gangrene
           :
           And
           God
           have
           his
           work
           in
           such
           as
           belong
           to
           his
           Grace
           .
           And
           what
           is
           impossible
           to
           the
           work
           of
           his
           Grace
           ?
        
         
           Go
           to
           then
           now
           ye
           Drunkards
           ,
           listen
           ,
           not
           what
           I
           or
           any
           ordinary
           Hedge-Priest
           (
           as
           you
           style
           us
           )
           but
           that
           most
           wise
           and
           experienced
           Royal
           Preacher
           hath
           to
           say
           unto
           you
           .
           And
           because
           you
           are
           a
           dull
           and
           thick
           eared
           Generation
           ,
           he
           first
           deals
           with
           you
           by
           way
           of
           Question
           ,
           a
           figure
           of
           force
           and
           impression
           :
           
             To
             whom
             is
             woe
          
           ,
           &
           c
           ?
           You
           use
           to
           
           say
           ,
           Woe
           be
           to
           Hypocrites
           ;
           It
           's
           true
           ,
           wo
           be
           to
           such
           and
           all
           other
           witting
           and
           willing
           Sinners
           ;
           but
           there
           are
           no
           kind
           of
           Offenders
           on
           whom
           Woe
           doth
           so
           palpably
           ,
           inevitably
           attend
           ,
           as
           to
           you
           Drunkards
           .
           You
           promise
           your selves
           Mirth
           ,
           Pleasure
           ,
           and
           Jollity
           in
           your
           Cups
           ;
           but
           for
           one
           drop
           of
           your
           mad
           Mirth
           ,
           be
           sure
           of
           Gallons
           and
           Tons
           of
           Woe
           ,
           Gall
           ,
           Wormwood
           ,
           and
           bitterness
           here
           and
           hereafter
           .
           Other
           Sinners
           shall
           taste
           of
           the
           Cup
           ,
           but
           you
           shall
           drink
           off
           the
           dregs
           of
           God's
           Wrath
           and
           Displeasure
           .
           
             To
             whom
             is
             Strife
          
           ?
           You
           talk
           of
           good
           fellowship
           and
           friendship
           ,
           but
           Wine
           is
           a
           rager
           and
           tumultuous
           ,
           a
           mocker
           ,
           a
           make-bate
           ,
           and
           sets
           you
           a
           quarrelling
           ,
           and
           medling
           .
           When
           wit
           's
           out
           of
           the
           Head
           ,
           and
           strength
           out
           of
           the
           Body
           ,
           it
           thrusts
           even
           Cowards
           and
           Dastards
           ,
           unfenced
           and
           unarmed
           ,
           into
           needless
           Frayes
           and
           Combats
           :
           And
           then
           to
           whom
           are
           Wounds
           ,
           broken
           Heads
           ,
           blew
           Eyes
           ,
           maimed
           Limbs
           ?
           You
           have
           a
           drunken
           by-word
           ,
           Drunkards
           take
           no
           harm
           ;
           but
           how
           many
           are
           the
           mishaps
           and
           untimely
           misfortunes
           that
           betide
           such
           ,
           which
           though
           they
           feel
           not
           in
           drink
           ,
           they
           carry
           as
           marks
           and
           brands
           unto
           their
           Grave
           .
           You
           pretend
           you
           drink
           Healths
           ,
           and
           for
           Health
           ;
           but
           to
           whom
           are
           all
           kind
           of
           Diseases
           ,
           Infirmities
           ,
           Deformities
           ,
           pearled
           Faces
           ,
           Palsies
           ,
           Dropsies
           ,
           Head-aches
           ,
           if
           not
           to
           Drunkards
           ?
        
         
           All
           Interpreters
           agree
           ,
           that
           he
           means
           some
           most
           virulent
           Serpent
           ,
           whose
           Poyson
           is
           pleasant
           and
           deadly
           .
           All
           the
           woes
           he
           hath
           mentioned
           before
           ,
           were
           but
           as
           the
           sting
           of
           some
           Emmet
           ,
           Wasp
           or
           Nettle
           ,
           in
           comparison
           of
           this
           Cockatrice
           ,
           which
           is
           even
           unto
           death
           ;
           death
           speedy
           ,
           death
           painful
           ,
           and
           woful
           death
           ,
           and
           that
           as
           naturally
           and
           inevitably
           as
           Opium
           procureth
           Sleep
           ,
           as
           Hellebore
           Purgeth
           ,
           or
           any
           Poyson
           killeth
           .
        
         
           Three
           forked
           is
           the
           Sting
           ,
           and
           threefold
           is
           the
           Death
           it
           procureth
           to
           all
           that
           are
           stung
           therewith
           .
           The
           first
           is
           ,
           the
           Death
           of
           Grace
           ;
           the
           second
           is
           ,
           of
           the
           Body
           ;
           the
           third
           is
           ,
           of
           Soul
           and
           Body
           eternal
           .
           All
           sin
           is
           the
           Poyson
           wherewithall
           the
           old
           Serpent
           and
           red
           Dragon
           envenomes
           
           the
           Soul
           of
           Man
           ,
           but
           no
           sin
           (
           except
           it
           be
           that
           which
           is
           unto
           Death
           )
           so
           mortal
           as
           this
           ,
           which
           though
           not
           ever
           unpardonably
           ,
           yet
           for
           the
           most
           part
           is
           also
           irrecoverably
           and
           inevitably
           unto
           death
           .
           Seest
           thou
           one
           bitten
           with
           any
           other
           Snake
           ,
           there
           is
           hope
           and
           help
           ;
           as
           the
           Father
           said
           of
           his
           Son
           ,
           when
           he
           had
           information
           of
           his
           Gaming
           ,
           of
           his
           Prodigality
           ,
           yea
           ,
           of
           his
           Whoring
           ;
           but
           when
           he
           heard
           that
           he
           was
           Poysoned
           with
           Drunkenness
           ,
           he
           gave
           him
           for
           dead
           ,
           his
           case
           for
           desperate
           and
           forlorn
           .
        
         
           The
           Adulterer
           and
           Usurer
           desire
           to
           enjoy
           their
           Sin
           alone
           ,
           but
           the
           chiefest
           pastime
           of
           a
           Drunkard
           is
           to
           heat
           and
           overcome
           others
           with
           Wine
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           discover
           their
           nakedness
           ,
           and
           glory
           in
           their
           Foyl
           and
           folly
           .
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           excess
           of
           Wine
           ,
           and
           the
           spirit
           of
           Grace
           are
           opposites
           ;
           the
           former
           expells
           the
           latter
           out
           of
           the
           Heart
           ,
           as
           Smoak
           doth
           Bees
           out
           of
           the
           Hive
           ;
           and
           makes
           the
           man
           a
           meer
           Slave
           and
           Prey
           to
           Satan
           and
           his
           snares
           ;
           when
           ,
           by
           this
           Poyson
           he
           hath
           put
           out
           his
           Eyes
           ,
           and
           spoyled
           him
           of
           his
           strength
           ,
           he
           useth
           him
           as
           the
           Philistines
           did
           Sampson
           ,
           leads
           him
           in
           a
           string
           whither
           he
           pleaseth
           ,
           like
           a
           very
           drudge
           ,
           scorn
           and
           make-sport
           to
           himself
           and
           his
           Imps
           ;
           makes
           him
           grind
           in
           the
           Mill
           of
           all
           kind
           of
           Sins
           and
           Vices
           .
           And
           that
           I
           take
           to
           be
           the
           reason
           why
           Drunkenness
           is
           not
           specially
           prohibited
           in
           any
           one
           of
           the
           Ten
           Commandments
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           not
           the
           single
           breach
           of
           any
           one
           ,
           but
           in
           effect
           the
           violation
           of
           all
           and
           every
           one
           :
           It
           is
           no
           one
           sin
           ,
           but
           all
           sins
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           the
           In
           let
           and
           Sluce
           to
           all
           other
           Sins
           .
           The
           Devil
           having
           moistened
           and
           steeped
           him
           in
           his
           Liquor
           ,
           shapes
           him
           like
           soft
           Clay
           ,
           into
           what
           mould
           he
           pleaseth
           ;
           having
           shaken
           off
           his
           Rudder
           and
           Pilot
           ,
           dashes
           his
           Soul
           upon
           what
           Rocks
           ,
           Sands
           ,
           and
           Syrts
           he
           listeth
           ,
           and
           that
           with
           as
           much
           ease
           as
           a
           man
           may
           push
           down
           his
           Body
           with
           the
           least
           thrust
           of
           his
           Hand
           or
           Finger
           .
           He
           that
           in
           his
           right
           Wits
           and
           sober
           mood
           seems
           Religious
           ,
           modest
           ,
           chast
           ,
           courteous
           ,
           secret
           ;
           in
           his
           drunken
           fits
           ,
           swears
           ,
           blasphemes
           ,
           rages
           ,
           strikes
           ,
           talks
           filthily
           ,
           
           blabs
           all
           secrets
           ,
           commits
           folly
           ,
           knows
           no
           difference
           of
           Persons
           or
           Sexes
           ,
           becomes
           wholly
           at
           Satans
           command
           ,
           as
           a
           dead
           Organ
           ,
           to
           be
           enacted
           at
           his
           will
           and
           pleasure
           .
           Oh
           that
           God
           would
           be
           pleased
           to
           open
           the
           Eyes
           of
           some
           Drunkard
           ,
           to
           see
           what
           a
           Dunghill
           and
           Carrion
           his
           Soul
           is
           become
           ,
           and
           how
           loathsome
           effects
           follow
           upon
           thy
           spiritual
           death
           ,
           and
           sting
           of
           this
           Cockatrice
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           Fountain
           of
           the
           other
           two
           following
           ,
           temporal
           and
           eternal
           death
           .
        
         
           How
           terrible
           a
           Theater
           of
           God's
           Judgments
           against
           Drunkards
           ,
           such
           as
           might
           make
           their
           Hearts
           to
           bleed
           and
           relent
           ,
           if
           not
           their
           Ears
           to
           tingle
           ;
           to
           hear
           of
           a
           taste
           of
           some
           few
           such
           noted
           and
           remarkable
           Examples
           of
           God's
           Justice
           ,
           as
           have
           come
           within
           the
           compass
           of
           mine
           own
           notice
           ,
           and
           certain
           knowledge
           ;
           I
           think
           I
           should
           offend
           to
           conceal
           them
           from
           the
           World
           ,
           whom
           they
           may
           happily
           keep
           from
           being
           the
           like
           to
           others
           themselves
           .
        
         
           
             Here
             followeth
             above
             one
             Hundred
             and
             twenty
             various
             ,
             sad
             ,
             and
             fearful
             Examples
             of
             Gods
             Judgments
             on
             notorious
             Drunkards
             and
             Health-Drinkers
             in
             England
             and
             Foreign
             Countreys
             ,
             with
             the
             places
             they
             Lived
             in
             ;
             twelve
             of
             the
             chief
             are
             Graved
             on
             Copper
             Plates
             ,
             to
             deterr
             all
             others
             from
             the
             like
             Provoking
             Sins
             ,
             least
             the
             like
             Judgments
             do
             befall
             them
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             AN
             Alewife
             in
             Kesgrave
             near
             to
             Ipswich
             ,
             who
             would
             needs
             force
             three
             Serving-men
             (
             that
             had
             been
             drinking
             in
             her
             House
             ,
             and
             were
             taking
             their
             leaves
             )
             to
             stay
             and
             drink
             the
             three
             Ou
             ts
             first
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             Wit
             out
             of
             the
             Head
             ,
             Money
             out
             of
             the
             Purse
             ,
             Ale
             out
             of
             the
             Pot
             ;
             as
             she
             was
             coming
             towards
             them
             with
             the
             Pot
             in
             her
             
             Hand
             ,
             was
             suddenly
             taken
             speechless
             and
             sick
             ,
             her
             Tongue
             swoln
             in
             her
             Mouth
             ,
             never
             recovered
             Speech
             ,
             the
             third
             day
             after
             died
             .
             This
             Sir
             
               Antheny
               Felton
            
             ,
             the
             next
             Gentleman
             and
             Justice
             ,
             with
             divers
             other
             Eye-witnesses
             of
             her
             Sickness
             ,
             related
             to
             me
             ;
             whereupon
             I
             went
             to
             the
             House
             with
             two
             or
             three
             Witnesses
             ,
             and
             inquired
             the
             truth
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Two
             Servants
             of
             a
             Brewer
             in
             Ipswich
             ,
             drinking
             for
             a
             Rump
             of
             a
             Turkey
             ,
             strugling
             in
             their
             drink
             for
             it
             ,
             fell
             into
             a
             scalding
             Cauldron
             backwards
             ;
             whereof
             the
             one
             died
             presently
             ,
             the
             other
             lingringly
             and
             painfully
             ,
             since
             my
             coming
             to
             Ipswich
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             Anno
             1619.
             
             A
             Miller
             in
             Bromeswell
             coming
             home
             drunk
             from
             Woodbridge
             ,
             (
             as
             he
             often
             did
             )
             would
             needs
             go
             and
             Swim
             in
             the
             Mill-pond
             ;
             his
             Wife
             and
             Servants
             knowing
             he
             could
             not
             Swim
             ,
             disswaded
             him
             ;
             once
             by
             intreaty
             got
             him
             out
             of
             the
             Water
             ,
             but
             in
             he
             would
             needs
             go
             again
             ,
             and
             there
             was
             Drowned
             ;
             I
             was
             at
             the
             House
             to
             inquire
             of
             this
             ,
             and
             found
             it
             to
             be
             true
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             In
             Barnwell
             near
             to
             Cambridge
             ,
             one
             at
             the
             Sign
             of
             the
             Plough
             ,
             a
             lusty
             young
             man
             ,
             with
             two
             of
             his
             Neighbours
             and
             one
             Woman
             in
             their
             company
             ,
             agreed
             to
             drink
             a
             Barrel
             of
             strong
             Beer
             ,
             they
             drank
             up
             the
             Vessel
             ;
             three
             of
             them
             died
             within
             twenty
             four
             hours
             ,
             the
             fourth
             hardly
             escaped
             after
             great
             Sickness
             .
             This
             I
             have
             under
             a
             Justice
             of
             Peace
             his
             Hand
             near
             dwelling
             ,
             besides
             the
             common
             fame
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             A
             Butcher
             in
             Hastingfield
             hearing
             the
             Minister
             inveigh
             against
             Drunkenness
             ,
             being
             at
             his
             Cups
             in
             the
             Ale-house
             ,
             fell
             a
             jesting
             and
             scoffing
             at
             the
             Minister
             and
             his
             Sermons
             ;
             and
             as
             he
             was
             drinking
             ,
             the
             Drink
             ,
             or
             something
             in
             the
             Cup
             quackled
             him
             ,
             stuck
             so
             in
             his
             Throat
             ,
             that
             he
             could
             get
             it
             neither
             up
             nor
             down
             ,
             but
             strangled
             him
             presently
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             At
             Tillingham
             in
             Dengy
             Hundred
             in
             Essex
             ,
             three
             young
             men
             meeting
             to
             drink
             Strong-waters
             ,
             fell
             by
             degrees
             to
             
             half
             pints
             :
             One
             fell
             dead
             in
             the
             Room
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             prevented
             by
             Company
             coming
             in
             ,
             escaped
             not
             without
             much
             sickness
             .
          
           
             7.
             
             At
             Bungey
             in
             Norfolk
             ,
             three
             coming
             out
             of
             an
             Ale-house
             in
             a
             very
             dark
             Evening
             ,
             swore
             ,
             they
             thought
             it
             was
             not
             darker
             in
             Hell
             it self
             :
             One
             of
             them
             fell
             off
             the
             Bridge
             into
             the
             water
             ,
             and
             was
             drowned
             :
             the
             second
             fell
             off
             his
             Horse
             ,
             the
             third
             sleeping
             on
             the
             Ground
             by
             the
             Rivers-side
             ,
             was
             frozen
             to
             death
             :
             This
             have
             I
             often
             heard
             ,
             but
             have
             no
             certain
             ground
             for
             the
             Truth
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             8.
             
             A
             Bayliff
             of
             Hadly
             ,
             upon
             the
             Lords-day
             ,
             being
             drunk
             at
             Melford
             ,
             would
             needs
             get
             upon
             his
             Mare
             ,
             to
             ride
             through
             the
             Street
             ,
             affirming
             (
             as
             the
             Report
             goes
             )
             That
             his
             Mare
             would
             carry
             him
             to
             the
             Devil
             ;
             His
             Mare
             casts
             him
             off
             ,
             and
             broke
             his
             Neck
             instantly
             .
             Reported
             by
             sundry
             sufficient
             Witnesses
             .
          
           
             9.
             
             Company
             drinking
             in
             an
             Ale-house
             at
             Harwich
             in
             the
             Night
             ,
             over
             against
             one
             Master
             Russels
             ,
             and
             by
             him
             out
             of
             his
             Window
             once
             or
             twice
             willed
             to
             depart
             ;
             at
             length
             he
             came
             down
             ,
             and
             took
             one
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             made
             as
             if
             he
             would
             carry
             him
             to
             Prison
             ,
             who
             drawing
             his
             Knife
             ,
             fled
             from
             him
             ,
             and
             was
             three
             dayes
             after
             taken
             out
             of
             the
             Sea
             with
             the
             Knife
             in
             his
             hand
             .
             Related
             to
             me
             by
             Master
             Russel
             himself
             ,
             Maior
             of
             the
             Town
             .
          
           
             10.
             
             At
             Tenby
             in
             Pembrokeshire
             ,
             a
             Drunkard
             being
             exceeding
             drunk
             ,
             broke
             himself
             all
             to
             pieces
             off
             an
             high
             and
             steep
             Rock
             ,
             in
             a
             most
             fearful
             manner
             ;
             and
             yet
             the
             occasion
             and
             circumstances
             of
             his
             fall
             were
             so
             ridiculous
             ,
             as
             I
             think
             not
             fit
             to
             relate
             ,
             lest
             ,
             in
             so
             serious
             a
             Judgment
             ,
             I
             should
             move
             Laughter
             to
             the
             Reader
             .
          
           
             11.
             
             A
             Glasier
             in
             Chancery-Lane
             in
             London
             ,
             noted
             formerly
             for
             Profession
             ,
             fell
             to
             a
             common
             course
             of
             drinking
             ,
             whereof
             being
             oft
             by
             his
             Wife
             and
             many
             Christian
             friends
             admonished
             ,
             yet
             presuming
             much
             of
             Gods
             mercy
             to
             himself
             ,
             continued
             therein
             ;
             till
             upon
             a
             time
             ,
             having
             
             surcharged
             his
             Stomach
             with
             drink
             ,
             he
             fell
             a
             vomiting
             ,
             broke
             a
             Vein
             ,
             lay
             two
             dayes
             in
             extream
             pain
             of
             Body
             ,
             and
             distress
             of
             Mind
             ,
             till
             in
             the
             end
             recovering
             a
             little
             comfort
             ,
             he
             died
             :
             Both
             these
             Examples
             related
             to
             me
             by
             a
             Gentleman
             of
             worth
             upon
             his
             own
             knowledge
             .
          
           
             12.
             
             Four
             sundry
             Instances
             of
             Drunkards
             wallowing
             and
             tumbling
             in
             their
             drink
             ,
             slain
             by
             Carts
             ;
             I
             forbear
             to
             mention
             ,
             because
             such
             examples
             are
             so
             common
             and
             ordinary
             .
          
           
             13.
             
             A
             Yeoman's
             Son
             in
             Northampton-shire
             ,
             who
             being
             drunk
             at
             Wellingborough
             on
             a
             Market-day
             ,
             would
             needs
             ride
             his
             Horse
             in
             a
             bravery
             over
             the
             plowed-lands
             ,
             fell
             from
             his
             Horse
             ,
             and
             brake
             his
             Neck
             :
             Reported
             to
             me
             by
             a
             Kinsman
             of
             his
             own
             .
          
           
             14.
             
             A
             Knight
             notoriously
             given
             to
             Drunkenness
             ,
             carrying
             sometime
             Payls
             of
             drink
             into
             the
             open
             Field
             ,
             to
             make
             people
             drunk
             withall
             ;
             being
             upon
             a
             time
             drinking
             with
             Company
             ,
             a
             Woman
             comes
             in
             ,
             delivering
             him
             a
             Ring
             with
             this
             Posie
             ,
             
               Drink
               and
               die
            
             ;
             saying
             to
             him
             ,
             
               This
               is
               for
               you
            
             ,
             which
             he
             took
             and
             wore
             ,
             and
             within
             a
             week
             after
             came
             to
             his
             end
             by
             drinking
             :
             Reported
             by
             sundry
             ,
             and
             justified
             by
             a
             Minister
             dwelling
             within
             a
             Mile
             of
             the
             place
             .
          
           
             15.
             
             Two
             Examples
             have
             I
             known
             of
             Children
             that
             murthered
             their
             own
             Mothers
             in
             drink
             ;
             and
             one
             notorious
             Drunkard
             that
             attempted
             to
             kill
             his
             Father
             ;
             of
             which
             being
             hindred
             ,
             he
             fired
             his
             Barn
             ,
             and
             was
             afterward
             executed
             :
             one
             of
             these
             formerly
             in
             Print
             .
          
           
             
               One
               Drunk
               Vomiting
               broke
               a
               Vein
               after
               2
               days
               great
               pain
               Dyed
               .
            
          
           
             
               4.
               being
               Drunk
               were
               Slain
               by
               Carts
               .
            
          
           
             
               One
               Drunk
               Rideing
               over
               plowed
               -
               lands
               fell
               and
               broke
               his
               neck
               .
            
          
           
             
               a
               Child
               that
               murthered
               his
               Mother
               he
               being
               Drunk
               .
            
          
           
             17.
             
             In
             Dengy
             Hundred
             near
             Mauldon
             ,
             about
             the
             beginning
             of
             his
             Majesties
             Reign
             ,
             there
             fell
             out
             an
             extraordinary
             Judgment
             upon
             five
             or
             six
             that
             plotted
             a
             solemn
             drinking
             at
             one
             of
             their
             Houses
             ,
             laid
             in
             Beer
             for
             the
             once
             ,
             drunk
             Healths
             in
             a
             strange
             manner
             ,
             and
             died
             thereof
             within
             a
             few
             weeks
             ,
             some
             sooner
             ,
             and
             some
             later
             :
             witnessed
             to
             me
             by
             one
             that
             was
             with
             one
             of
             them
             on
             his
             death-bed
             ,
             to
             demand
             a
             Debt
             ,
             and
             often
             spoken
             of
             by
             Mr.
             Heydon
             ,
             late
             Preacher
             of
             Mauldon
             ,
             in
             the
             hearing
             of
             many
             :
             The
             particular
             circumstances
             were
             exceeding
             remarkable
             ,
             but
             having
             not
             sufficient
             proof
             for
             the
             particulars
             ,
             I
             will
             not
             report
             them
             .
          
           
             18.
             
             One
             of
             Aylesham
             in
             Norfolk
             ,
             a
             notorious
             Drunkard
             ,
             was
             drowned
             in
             a
             shallow
             Brook
             of
             Water
             ,
             with
             his
             Horse
             by
             him
             .
          
           
             19.
             
             Whilest
             this
             was
             at
             the
             Press
             ,
             a
             man
             eighty
             five
             years
             old
             ,
             or
             thereabout
             ,
             in
             Suffolk
             ,
             overtaken
             with
             Wine
             ,
             (
             though
             never
             in
             all
             his
             Life
             before
             ,
             as
             he
             himself
             said
             a
             little
             before
             his
             fall
             ,
             seeming
             to
             bewail
             his
             present
             condition
             ,
             and
             others
             that
             knew
             him
             ,
             so
             say
             of
             him
             )
             yet
             going
             down
             a
             pair
             of
             stairs
             (
             against
             the
             perswasion
             of
             a
             woman
             sitting
             by
             him
             in
             his
             Chamber
             )
             fell
             ,
             and
             was
             so
             dangerously
             hurt
             ,
             as
             he
             died
             soon
             after
             ,
             not
             being
             able
             to
             speak
             from
             the
             time
             of
             his
             fall
             to
             his
             death
             .
          
           
             The
             Names
             of
             the
             Parties
             thus
             punished
             ,
             I
             forbear
             for
             the
             Kindreds
             sake
             yet
             living
             .
          
           
             If
             conscionable
             Ministers
             of
             all
             places
             of
             the
             Land
             would
             give
             notice
             of
             such
             Judgments
             ,
             as
             come
             within
             the
             compass
             of
             their
             certain
             knowledge
             ,
             it
             might
             be
             a
             great
             means
             to
             suppress
             this
             Sin
             ,
             which
             reigns
             every
             where
             to
             the
             scandal
             of
             our
             Nation
             ,
             and
             high
             displeasure
             of
             Almighty
             God.
             
          
           
           
             These
             may
             suffice
             for
             a
             taste
             of
             Gods
             Judgments
             :
             Easie
             were
             it
             to
             abound
             in
             sundry
             particular
             Casualties
             ,
             and
             fearful
             Examples
             of
             this
             nature
             .
             Drunkard
             ,
             that
             which
             hath
             befallen
             any
             one
             of
             these
             ,
             may
             befall
             thee
             ,
             if
             thou
             wilt
             dally
             with
             this
             Cockatrice
             ;
             whatever
             leagues
             thou
             makest
             with
             Death
             ,
             and
             dispensations
             thou
             givest
             thy self
             from
             the
             like
             .
             Some
             of
             these
             were
             Young
             ,
             some
             were
             rich
             ,
             some
             thought
             themselves
             as
             wise
             as
             thou
             ;
             none
             of
             them
             ever
             looked
             for
             such
             ignominious
             ends
             ,
             more
             than
             thou
             ,
             whoever
             thou
             art
             :
             if
             thou
             hatest
             such
             ends
             ,
             God
             give
             thee
             Grace
             to
             decline
             such
             courses
             .
          
           
             If
             thou
             beest
             yet
             insensate
             with
             Wine
             ,
             void
             of
             Wit
             and
             Fear
             ,
             I
             know
             not
             what
             further
             to
             mind
             thee
             of
             ,
             but
             of
             that
             third
             and
             worst
             Sting
             of
             all
             the
             rest
             ,
             which
             will
             ever
             be
             gnawing
             ,
             and
             never
             dying
             :
             which
             if
             thou
             wilt
             not
             fear
             here
             ,
             sure
             thou
             art
             to
             feel
             there
             ,
             when
             the
             Red
             Dragon
             hath
             gotten
             thee
             into
             his
             Den
             ,
             and
             shall
             fill
             thy
             Soul
             with
             the
             gall
             of
             Scorpions
             ,
             where
             thou
             shalt
             yell
             and
             howl
             for
             a
             drop
             of
             water
             to
             cool
             thy
             Tongue
             withall
             ,
             and
             shalt
             be
             denied
             so
             small
             a
             refreshing
             ,
             and
             have
             no
             other
             liquor
             to
             allay
             thy
             thirst
             but
             that
             which
             the
             lake
             of
             Brimstone
             shall
             afford
             thee
             :
             And
             that
             worthily
             ,
             for
             that
             thou
             wouldest
             incurr
             the
             wrath
             of
             the
             Lamb
             for
             so
             base
             and
             sordid
             a
             sin
             as
             Drunkenness
             ,
             of
             which
             thou
             mayest
             think
             as
             venially
             and
             slightly
             as
             thou
             wilt
             .
             But
             Paul
             that
             knew
             the
             danger
             of
             it
             ,
             gives
             thee
             fair
             warning
             ,
             and
             bids
             thee
             not
             deceive
             thy self
             ,
             expresly
             and
             by
             name
             mentioning
             it
             among
             the
             mortal
             sins
             ,
             excluding
             from
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Heaven
             .
             And
             the
             Prophet
             Esay
             tells
             thee
             ,
             That
             for
             it
             Hell
             hath
             enlarged
             it self
             ,
             opened
             its
             mouth
             wide
             ,
             and
             without
             measure
             ;
             and
             therefore
             shall
             the
             multitude
             and
             their
             pomp
             ,
             and
             the
             jollyest
             among
             them
             descend
             into
             it
             .
             Consider
             this
             ,
             you
             that
             are
             strong
             to
             pour
             in
             drink
             ,
             that
             love
             to
             drink
             sorrow
             and
             care
             away
             :
             And
             be
             you
             well
             assured
             ,
             that
             there
             you
             shall
             drink
             enough
             for
             all
             ,
             having
             for
             every
             drop
             of
             your
             
             former
             Bousings
             ,
             Vials
             ,
             yea
             ,
             whole
             Seas
             of
             God's
             Wrath
             ,
             never
             to
             be
             exhaust
             .
          
           
             Now
             then
             I
             appeal
             from
             your selves
             in
             drink
             ,
             to
             your selves
             in
             your
             sober
             fits
             .
             Reason
             a
             little
             the
             case
             ,
             and
             tell
             me
             calmly
             ,
             would
             you
             for
             your
             own
             ,
             or
             any
             mans
             pleasure
             ,
             to
             gratifie
             Friend
             or
             Companion
             ,
             if
             you
             knew
             there
             had
             been
             a
             Toad
             in
             the
             Wine-pot
             (
             as
             twice
             I
             have
             known
             happened
             to
             the
             death
             of
             Drinkers
             ?
             )
             or
             did
             you
             think
             that
             some
             
               Caesar
               Borgia
            
             ,
             or
             Brasutus
             had
             tempered
             the
             Cup
             ?
             or
             did
             you
             see
             but
             a
             Spider
             in
             the
             Glass
             ,
             would
             you
             ,
             or
             durst
             you
             carouse
             it
             off
             ?
             And
             are
             you
             so
             simple
             to
             fear
             the
             Poyson
             that
             can
             kill
             the
             Body
             ,
             and
             not
             that
             which
             killeth
             the
             Soul
             and
             Body
             ever
             ;
             yea
             ,
             for
             ever
             and
             ever
             ,
             and
             if
             it
             were
             possible
             for
             more
             than
             for
             ever
             ,
             for
             evermore
             ?
             Oh
             thou
             vain
             Fellow
             ,
             what
             tellest
             thou
             me
             of
             Friendship
             ,
             or
             good
             Fellowship
             !
             wilt
             thou
             account
             him
             thy
             Friend
             ,
             or
             good
             Fellow
             ,
             that
             draws
             thee
             into
             his
             company
             ,
             that
             he
             may
             poyson
             thee
             ?
             and
             never
             thinks
             he
             hath
             given
             thee
             right
             entertainment
             ,
             or
             shewed
             thee
             kindness
             enough
             ,
             till
             he
             hath
             killed
             thy
             Soul
             with
             his
             kindness
             ;
             and
             with
             Beer
             made
             thy
             Body
             a
             Carkass
             fit
             for
             the
             Biere
             ,
             a
             laughing
             and
             Loathing-stock
             ,
             not
             to
             Boys
             and
             Girls
             alone
             ,
             but
             to
             Men
             and
             Angels
             ?
             Why
             rather
             sayest
             thou
             not
             to
             such
             ,
             What
             have
             I
             to
             do
             with
             you
             ,
             ye
             Sons
             of
             Belial
             ,
             ye
             poysonful
             Generation
             of
             Vipers
             ,
             that
             hunt
             for
             the
             precious
             life
             of
             a
             man
             ?
             Oh
             but
             there
             are
             few
             good
             Wits
             ,
             or
             great
             Spirits
             now
             a
             days
             ,
             but
             will
             Pot
             it
             a
             little
             for
             company
             ,
             What
             hear
             I
             ?
             Oh
             base
             and
             low-spirited
             times
             ,
             if
             that
             were
             true
             !
             If
             we
             were
             fallen
             into
             such
             Lees
             of
             Time
             foretold
             of
             by
             Seneca
             ,
             in
             which
             all
             were
             so
             drowned
             in
             the
             dregs
             of
             Vices
             ,
             that
             it
             should
             be
             Vertue
             and
             Honour
             to
             bear
             most
             drink
             .
             But
             thanks
             be
             to
             God
             ,
             who
             hath
             reserved
             many
             thousands
             of
             men
             ▪
             and
             without
             all
             comparison
             more
             witty
             and
             valorous
             than
             such
             Pot-wits
             ,
             and
             Spirits
             of
             the
             Buttery
             ,
             who
             never
             bared
             their
             knees
             to
             drink
             health
             ,
             nor
             ever
             needed
             
             to
             whet
             their
             Wits
             with
             Wine
             ;
             or
             arm
             their
             Courage
             with
             Pot-harness
             .
             And
             if
             it
             were
             so
             ,
             yet
             if
             no
             such
             Wits
             or
             Spirits
             shall
             ever
             enter
             into
             Heaven
             without
             Repentance
             ,
             let
             my
             Spirit
             never
             come
             and
             enter
             into
             their
             Paradise
             ;
             ever
             abhor
             to
             partake
             of
             their
             bruitish
             pleasures
             ,
             lest
             I
             partake
             of
             their
             endless
             woes
             .
             If
             young
             Cyrus
             could
             refuse
             to
             drink
             Wine
             ,
             and
             tell
             Astyages
             ,
             He
             thought
             it
             to
             be
             Poyson
             ,
             for
             he
             saw
             it
             metamorphose
             men
             into
             Beasts
             and
             Carkases
             ;
             what
             would
             he
             have
             said
             ,
             if
             he
             had
             known
             that
             which
             we
             may
             know
             ,
             that
             the
             Wine
             of
             Drunkards
             is
             the
             Wine
             of
             Sodom
             and
             Gomorrah
             ;
             their
             Grapes
             ,
             the
             Grapes
             of
             gall
             ;
             their
             clusters
             ,
             the
             clusters
             of
             Bitterness
             ,
             the
             Juyce
             of
             Dragons
             ,
             and
             the
             venome
             of
             Asps.
             
          
        
         
           
             Scripture
             Examples
             of
             Drunkenness
             .
          
           
             THe
             Sin
             of
             Drunkenness
             is
             a
             bewitching
             sin
             ,
             Hos.
             4.
             11.
             
             It
             steals
             away
             the
             heart
             from
             God
             and
             all
             goodness
             :
             It
             is
             an
             old
             sin
             ,
             it
             began
             presently
             after
             the
             Flood
             .
             It
             is
             a
             malignant
             sin
             ,
             it
             drowns
             the
             Brain
             ,
             wastes
             the
             Time
             ,
             consumes
             the
             Estate
             .
             And
             fills
             the
             Body
             with
             as
             many
             diseases
             as
             hath
             an
             Horse
             ;
             It
             is
             an
             Epidemical
             sin
             ,
             that
             hath
             almost
             drowned
             the
             whole
             world
             with
             another
             deluge
             :
             In
             these
             modern
             times
             it
             began
             in
             Germany
             ,
             whence
             grew
             that
             proverb
             ,
          
           
             
               
                 Germani
                 possunt
                 cunctos
                 tolerare
                 Labores
                 :
              
               
                 O
                 Utinam
                 possint
                 tam
                 bene
                 ferre
                 sitim
                 !
              
            
          
           
             
               
                 The
                 Germans
                 can
                 all
                 Labours
                 undergo
                 ,
              
               
                 Would
                 they
                 as
                 well
                 could
                 bear
                 their
                 thirst
                 also
                 .
              
            
          
           
             But
             since
             it
             hath
             infected
             all
             Europe
             :
             It
             is
             grown
             into
             Fashion
             ,
             to
             Quaff
             Soul-sick
             healths
             till
             they
             make
             themselves
             like
             Swine
             ,
             and
             worse
             than
             beasts
             :
             whence
             one
             gives
             us
             this
             excellent
             rule
             :
          
           
             
               
               
                 Una
                 Salus
                 sanis
                 ,
                 nullam
                 potare
                 Salutem
                 :
              
               
                 Non
                 est
                 in
                 pota
                 vera
                 Salute
                 Salus
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               
                 Drinking
                 no
                 healths
                 you
                 drink
                 your
                 health
                 they
                 say
                 :
              
               
                 And
                 drinking
                 healths
                 you
                 drink
                 your
                 health
                 away
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Scriptural
               Examples
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   The
                   odiousness
                   and
                   danger
                   of
                   this
                   sin
                   may
                   further
                   appear
                   to
                   us
                   by
                   these
                   following
                   Scriptures
                   and
                   Examples
                   .
                   Drunkenness
                   dangerous
                   ,
                
                 
                   Prov.
                   23.
                   29.
                   
                   &c.
                   
                
              
               Who
               hath
               wo
               ?
               who
               hath
               Sorrow
               ?
               who
               hath
               contentions
               ?
               who
               hath
               babling
               ?
               who
               hath
               wounds
               without
               cause
               ?
               who
               hath
               redness
               of
               eyes
               ?
               &
               31.
               4.
               
               It
               is
               not
               for
               Kings
               ,
               O
               Lemuel
               ,
               it
               is
               not
               for
               Kings
               to
               drink
               Wine
               :
               nor
               for
               Princes
               ,
               strong
               drink
               :
               
                 Deut.
                 21.
                 20.
              
               
               And
               they
               shall
               say
               unto
               the
               elders
               of
               his
               city
               ,
               This
               our
               Son
               is
               stubborn
               and
               rebellious
               ,
               he
               will
               not
               obey
               our
               voice
               :
               he
               is
               a
               glutton
               ,
               and
               a
               drunkard
               ;
               
                 Prov.
                 20.
                 1.
              
               
               Wine
               is
               a
               mocker
               ,
               strong
               drink
               is
               raging
               :
               and
               whosoever
               is
               deceived
               thereby
               ,
               is
               not
               Wise.
               
                 Hos.
                 4.
                 11.
              
               
               Whoredom
               ,
               and
               wine
               ,
               and
               new
               wine
               take
               away
               the
               Heart
               .
               
                 Nah.
                 1.
                 10.
              
               
               For
               while
               they
               be
               folden
               together
               as
               thorns
               ,
               and
               while
               they
               are
               drunken
               as
               drunkards
               ,
               they
               shall
               be
               devoured
               as
               stubble
               fully
               dry
               .
               
                 1
                 Cor.
                 11.
                 21.
              
               
               For
               in
               eating
               every
               one
               taketh
               before
               other
               ,
               his
               own
               supper
               :
               and
               one
               is
               hungry
               ,
               and
               another
               is
               drunken
               .
            
             
               
                 Threatened
                 ,
                 Isai.
                 5.
                 11
                 ,
                 22.
                 
              
               Wo
               unto
               them
               that
               rise
               up
               early
               in
               the
               morning
               ,
               that
               they
               may
               follow
               strong
               drink
               ,
               that
               continue
               untill
               night
               till
               Wine
               inflame
               them
               .
               22.
               
               Woe
               unto
               them
               that
               are
               mighty
               to
               drink
               Wine
               ,
               and
               men
               of
               strength
               to
               mingle
               strong
               drink
               .
               
                 Amos
                 6.
                 6.
              
               
               That
               drink
               wine
               in
               bowls
               ,
               and
               anoint
               themselves
               with
               the
               chief
               ointments
               :
               but
               they
               are
               not
               grieved
               for
               affliction
               of
               
                 Joseph
                 .
                 Prov.
                 23.
                 21
              
               
               For
               the
               drunkard
               and
               the
               glutton
               shall
               come
               to
               poverty
               :
               and
               drowsiness
               shall
               cloath
               a
               man
               with
               rags
               .
               
                 Isa.
                 28.
                 1.
                 3
                 
                 ▪
              
               Wo
               to
               the
               Crown
               of
               pride
               ,
               to
               the
               drunkards
               of
               Ephraim
               :
               
               whose
               glorious
               beauty
               is
               as
               a
               fading
               flower
               ,
               which
               are
               on
               the
               head
               of
               the
               fat
               valleys
               of
               them
               that
               are
               overcome
               with
               wine
               .
               V.
               3.
               
               The
               Crown
               of
               pride
               ,
               the
               drunkards
               of
               Ephraim
               shall
               be
               troden
               under
               feet
               .
               
                 Joel
                 1.
                 5.
              
               
               Awake
               ye
               drunkards
               ,
               and
               weep
               and
               howl
               all
               ye
               drinkers
               of
               wine
               ,
               because
               of
               the
               new
               wine
               ,
               for
               it
               is
               cut
               off
               from
               your
               mouth
               .
               
                 1
                 Cor.
                 6.
                 10.
              
               
               Nor
               Thieves
               ,
               nor
               Covetous
               ,
               nor
               Drunkards
               ,
               nor
               Revilers
               ,
               nor
               Extortioners
               ,
               shall
               inherit
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               God.
               
            
             
               
                 Forbidden
                 ,
                 1
                 Cor.
                 5.
                 11.
                 
              
               But
               now
               I
               have
               written
               unto
               you
               ,
               not
               to
               keep
               company
               ,
               if
               any
               man
               that
               is
               called
               a
               brother
               be
               a
               fornicator
               ,
               or
               covetous
               ,
               or
               an
               idolater
               ,
               or
               a
               railer
               ,
               or
               a
               drunkard
               ,
               or
               an
               extortioner
               ,
               with
               such
               an
               one
               ,
               no
               not
               to
               eat
               .
               
                 Luke
                 22.
                 34.
              
               
               And
               he
               said
               ,
               I
               tell
               thee
               ,
               Peter
               ,
               the
               Cock
               shall
               not
               crow
               this
               day
               ,
               before
               that
               thou
               shalt
               thrice
               deny
               that
               thou
               knowest
               me
               .
               
                 Eph.
                 5.
                 18.
              
               
               And
               be
               not
               drunk
               with
               wine
               ,
               wherein
               is
               excess
               :
               but
               be
               ye
               filled
               with
               the
               Spirit
               :
               
                 Hab.
                 2.
                 15.
              
               
               Wo
               unto
               him
               that
               giveth
               his
               neighbour
               drink
               :
               that
               puttest
               thy
               bottle
               to
               him
               ▪
               and
               makest
               him
               drunken
               also
               ,
               that
               thou
               mayest
               look
               on
               their
               nakedness
               .
               
                 Mat.
                 24.
                 49.
              
               
               And
               shall
               begin
               to
               smite
               his
               fellow-servants
               ,
               and
               to
               eat
               and
               drink
               with
               the
               drunken
               :
               
                 Luke
                 12.
                 45.
              
               
               But
               and
               if
               that
               servant
               say
               in
               his
               heart
               ,
               My
               Lord
               delayeth
               his
               coming
               ,
               and
               shall
               begin
               to
               beat
               the
               men-servants
               ,
               and
               maidens
               ,
               and
               to
               eat
               ,
               and
               drink
               ,
               and
               to
               be
               drunken
               ,
               
                 &c.
                 Rom.
                 13.
                 13.
              
               
               Let
               us
               walk
               honestly
               as
               in
               the
               day
               ,
               not
               in
               rioting
               and
               drunkenness
               ,
               not
               in
               chambering
               and
               wantonness
               ,
               not
               in
               strife
               and
               envying
               .
            
             
               
                 Staggering
                 is
                 a
                 sign
                 of
                 a
                 drunkard
                 ,
                 Job
                 .
                 12.
                 25.
                 
              
               They
               grope
               in
               the
               dark
               without
               light
               ,
               and
               he
               maketh
               them
               to
               stagger
               like
               a
               drunken
               man.
               
                 Psal.
                 107.
                 27.
              
               
               They
               reel
               to
               and
               fro
               ,
               and
               stagger
               like
               a
               drunken
               man
               ;
               and
               are
               at
               their
               wits
               end
               .
               
                 Isa.
                 19.
                 14.
              
               
               The
               Lord
               hath
               mingled
               a
               perverse
               spirit
               in
               the
               midst
               thereof
               :
               and
               they
               have
               caused
               Egypt
               to
               erre
               in
               every
               work
               thereof
               ,
               as
               a
               drunken
               man
               staggereth
               in
               his
               vomit
               .
            
             
               Lot
               ,
               Gen.
               19.
               32.
               
               Come
               ,
               let
               us
               make
               our
               Father
               drink
               wine
               ,
               and
               we
               will
               lie
               with
               him
               ,
               that
               we
               may
               preserve
               seed
               
               of
               our
               Father
               .
               Noah
               ,
               Gen.
               9.
               21.
               
               And
               he
               drank
               of
               the
               wine
               ,
               and
               was
               drunken
               ,
               and
               he
               was
               uncovered
               within
               his
               tent
               .
               Amalekites
               ,
               1
               Sam.
               30.
               16.
               
               And
               when
               he
               had
               brought
               him
               down
               ,
               behold
               they
               were
               spread
               abroad
               upon
               all
               the
               Earth
               ,
               eating
               ,
               and
               drinking
               ,
               and
               dancing
               ,
               because
               of
               all
               the
               great
               spoil
               that
               they
               had
               taken
               out
               of
               the
               land
               of
               the
               Philistines
               ,
               and
               out
               of
               the
               land
               of
               
                 Judah
                 .
                 Amnon
              
               ,
               2
               Sam.
               13.
               28.
               
               Now
               Absolom
               had
               commanded
               his
               servants
               ,
               saying
               ,
               Mark
               ye
               now
               when
               Amnons
               heart
               is
               merry
               with
               wine
               ,
               and
               when
               I
               say
               unto
               you
               ,
               Smite
               Amnon
               ,
               then
               kill
               him
               ,
               fear
               not
               ,
               have
               not
               I
               commanded
               you
               ?
               be
               couragious
               ,
               and
               be
               valiant
               .
               Benhadad
               ,
               1
               Kings
               20.
               12.
               
               And
               it
               came
               to
               pass
               when
               Benhadad
               heard
               this
               message
               ,
               (
               as
               he
               was
               drinking
               ,
               he
               ,
               and
               the
               Kings
               in
               the
               Pavilions
               )
               that
               he
               said
               unto
               his
               servants
               ,
               Set
               your selves
               in
               aray
               .
               And
               they
               set
               themselves
               in
               aray
               against
               the
               city
               .
               
                 David
                 made
              
               Uriah
               drunk
               ,
               2
               Sam.
               11
               13.
               
               And
               when
               David
               had
               called
               him
               ,
               he
               did
               eat
               and
               drink
               before
               him
               ,
               and
               he
               made
               him
               drunk
               :
               and
               at
               even
               he
               went
               out
               to
               lie
               on
               his
               bed
               with
               the
               servants
               of
               his
               Lord
               ,
               but
               went
               not
               down
               to
               his
               house
               .
               Belshazzar
               ,
               Dan.
               5.
               2.
               
               Belshazzar
               whilest
               he
               tasted
               the
               wine
               ,
               commanded
               to
               bring
               the
               Golden
               and
               Silver
               vessels
               ,
               which
               his
               Father
               Nebuchadnezzar
               had
               taken
               out
               of
               the
               Temple
               which
               was
               in
               Jerusalem
               ,
               that
               the
               King
               and
               his
               Princes
               ,
               his
               Wives
               and
               his
               Concubines
               might
               drink
               therein
               .
               Nabal
               ,
               1
               Sam.
               25.
               36.
               
               And
               Abigal
               came
               to
               Nabal
               ,
               and
               behold
               ,
               he
               held
               a
               feast
               in
               his
               house
               like
               the
               feast
               of
               a
               King
               ,
               and
               Nabals
               heart
               was
               merry
               within
               him
               ,
               for
               he
               was
               very
               drunken
               ,
               wherefore
               she
               told
               him
               nothing
               ,
               less
               or
               more
               ,
               untill
               the
               morning
               light
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             More
             Scriptural
             Examples
             of
             Drunkenness
             ,
             and
             how
             that
             great
             Sin
             hath
             been
             punished
             .
          
           
             THe
             Amalekites
             being
             drunk
             were
             destroyed
             ,
             1
             Sam.
             30.
             16
             ,
             v.
             
               to
               the
            
             21.
             
             And
             when
             he
             had
             brought
             him
             down
             ,
             behold
             ,
             they
             were
             spread
             abroad
             upon
             all
             the
             earth
             ,
             eating
             ,
             and
             drinking
             ,
             and
             dancing
             ,
             because
             of
             all
             the
             great
             spoil
             that
             they
             
             had
             taken
             out
             of
             the
             land
             of
             the
             Philistines
             ,
             and
             out
             of
             the
             land
             of
             Judah
             .
             And
             David
             smote
             them
             from
             the
             twilight
             ,
             even
             unto
             the
             evening
             of
             the
             next
             day
             :
             and
             there
             escaped
             not
             a
             man
             of
             them
             save
             four
             hundred
             young
             men
             which
             rode
             upon
             Camels
             and
             fled
             .
             And
             David
             recovered
             all
             that
             the
             Amalekites
             had
             carried
             away
             :
             and
             David
             rescued
             his
             two
             Wives
             .
             And
             there
             was
             nothing
             lacking
             to
             them
             ,
             neither
             small
             nor
             great
             ,
             neither
             Sons
             nor
             Daughters
             ,
             neither
             spoil
             ,
             nor
             any
             thing
             that
             they
             had
             taken
             to
             them
             :
             David
             recovered
             all
             .
             And
             David
             took
             all
             the
             flocks
             ,
             and
             the
             herds
             ,
             which
             they
             drave
             before
             those
             other
             cattel
             ,
             and
             said
             ,
             This
             is
             Davids
             spoil
             .
          
           
             David
             
               Recovered
               all
               the
               spoil
               he
               had
               taken
               at
            
             Ziglag
             
               and
               his
               two
               Wives
            
             :
             Benhadad
             
               King
               of
            
             Assiria
             
               being
               drunk
               ,
               with
               thirty
               two
               Kings
               more
               ,
               is
               defeated
            
             ;
             1
             Kings
             20.
             16.
             
               to
               the
            
             22.
             v.
             And
             they
             went
             out
             at
             noon
             :
             but
             Benhadad
             was
             drinking
             himself
             drunk
             in
             the
             Pavilions
             ,
             he
             ,
             and
             the
             Kings
             ,
             the
             thirty
             and
             two
             Kings
             that
             helped
             him
             .
             17.
             
             And
             the
             young
             men
             of
             the
             Princes
             of
             the
             Provinces
             ,
             went
             out
             first
             ,
             and
             Benhadad
             sent
             out
             ,
             and
             they
             told
             him
             ,
             saying
             ,
             There
             are
             men
             come
             out
             of
             Samaria
             .
             18.
             
             And
             he
             said
             ,
             Whether
             they
             be
             come
             out
             for
             peace
             ,
             take
             them
             alive
             :
             or
             whether
             they
             be
             come
             out
             for
             war
             ,
             take
             them
             alive
             .
             19.
             
             So
             these
             young
             men
             of
             the
             Princes
             of
             the
             provinces
             ,
             came
             out
             of
             the
             City
             ,
             and
             the
             Army
             which
             followed
             them
             .
             20.
             
             And
             they
             slew
             every
             one
             his
             man
             :
             and
             the
             Syrians
             fled
             ,
             and
             Israel
             pursued
             them
             :
             and
             Benhadad
             the
             King
             of
             Syria
             escaped
             on
             an
             horse
             ,
             with
             the
             horsemen
             .
             21.
             
             And
             the
             King
             of
             Israel
             went
             out
             ,
             and
             smote
             the
             horses
             and
             chariots
             ,
             and
             slew
             the
             Syrians
             with
             a
             great
             slaughter
             .
          
           
             Elah
             
               King
               of
            
             Israel
             ,
             
               being
               drunk
               ,
               he
               is
               slain
               by
            
             Zimri
             ,
             1
             Kings
             16.
             8.
             
               to
               the
            
             11.
             
             In
             the
             twentieth
             and
             sixth
             year
             of
             Asa
             King
             of
             Judah
             ,
             began
             Elah
             the
             Son
             of
             Baasha
             to
             reign
             over
             Israel
             in
             Tirzah
             two
             years
             .
             And
             his
             servant
             Zimri
             (
             captain
             of
             half
             his
             Chariots
             )
             conspired
             against
             him
             ,
             as
             he
             was
             in
             Tirzah
             ,
             drinking
             himself
             drunk
             in
             the
             house
             
             of
             Arza
             Steward
             of
             his
             house
             in
             Tirzah
             .
             And
             Zimri
             went
             in
             ,
             and
             smote
             him
             ,
             and
             killed
             him
             ,
             in
             the
             twenty
             and
             seventh
             year
             of
             Asa
             King
             of
             Judah
             ,
             and
             reigned
             in
             his
             stead
             .
             Belshazzar
             
               being
               drunk
               ,
               was
               slain
               by
               God
            
             ;
             he
             praised
             the
             Gods
             of
             Gold
             ,
             
               &c.
               
               And
               in
               the
               same
               hour
               came
               out
               the
               Hand
               writing
               against
               him
               ,
            
             Dan.
             5.
             
             Mene
             ,
             Mene
             ,
             Tekel
             ,
             Upharsin
             .
          
           
             King
             Herod
             
               being
               drunk
               ,
               caused
            
             John
             Baptist
             
               to
               be
               beheaded
            
             ,
             Mat.
             14.
             6.
             
               to
               the
            
             12.
             
             But
             when
             Herods
             birth-day
             was
             kept
             ,
             the
             Daughter
             of
             Herodias
             danced
             before
             them
             ,
             and
             pleased
             Herod
             .
             Whereupon
             he
             promised
             with
             an
             oath
             ,
             to
             give
             her
             whatsoever
             she
             would
             ask
             .
             And
             she
             being
             before
             instructed
             of
             her
             Mother
             ,
             said
             ,
             Give
             me
             here
             
               John
               Baptists
            
             head
             in
             a
             charger
             .
             And
             the
             King
             was
             sorry
             :
             nevertheless
             for
             the
             Oaths
             sake
             ,
             and
             them
             which
             sat
             with
             him
             at
             meat
             ,
             he
             commanded
             it
             to
             be
             given
             her
             :
             And
             he
             sent
             and
             beheaded
             John
             in
             the
             prison
             :
             And
             his
             head
             was
             brought
             in
             a
             charger
             ,
             and
             given
             to
             the
             damsel
             ,
             and
             she
             brought
             it
             to
             her
             Mother
             .
             
               Titus
               2.
               12.
            
             
             Teaching
             us
             that
             denying
             all
             ungodliness
             and
             wordly
             lusts
             ,
             we
             should
             live
             soberly
             ,
             righteously
             and
             godly
             in
             this
             present
             World.
             1
             Pet.
             4.
             3.
             4.
             
             For
             the
             time
             past
             of
             our
             Life
             may
             suffice
             us
             to
             have
             wrought
             the
             will
             of
             the
             Gentiles
             ,
             when
             we
             walked
             in
             lasciviousness
             ,
             lusts
             ,
             excess
             of
             Wine
             ,
             revellings
             ,
             banquetings
             ,
             and
             abominable
             idolatries
             .
             Wherein
             they
             think
             it
             strange
             ,
             that
             you
             run
             not
             with
             them
             to
             the
             same
             excess
             of
             riot
             ,
             speaking
             evil
             of
             you
             .
          
        
         
           
             Other
             Examples
             Forreign
             and
             Domestick
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Whilest
             the
             Gaul's
             besieged
             the
             
               Roman
               Capitol
            
             ,
             they
             sent
             out
             a
             great
             party
             to
             Sack
             the
             Countrey
             thereabouts
             ,
             who
             being
             Loaden
             with
             spoil
             were
             returning
             towards
             Rome
             :
             And
             at
             night
             being
             full
             of
             Wine
             ,
             they
             laid
             them
             down
             to
             sleep
             ,
             not
             fearing
             any
             Enemy
             :
             At
             which
             time
             Camillus
             with
             his
             men
             came
             upon
             them
             ,
             all
             his
             Souldiers
             giving
             a
             mighty
             shout
             ,
             yet
             could
             the
             Gauls
             hardly
             be
             awakened
             ,
             they
             were
             so
             deadly
             drunk
             ,
             so
             that
             they
             were
             easily
             all
             of
             them
             slain
             either
             upon
             the
             place
             ,
             or
             by
             the
             Horsemen
             in
             the
             pursuit
             :
             Plutarch
             .
          
           
           
             2.
             
             The
             Tuscans
             besieging
             Sturium
             ,
             (
             a
             City
             that
             was
             confederate
             with
             Rome
             )
             Camillus
             marched
             privately
             with
             his
             Army
             against
             them
             ,
             and
             coming
             upon
             them
             found
             the
             Tuscans
             secure
             ,
             Eating
             and
             Drinking
             themselves
             Drunken
             ;
             by
             which
             means
             he
             slew
             most
             of
             them
             without
             resistance
             :
             And
             thereby
             freed
             the
             City
             from
             danger
             .
             Plutarch
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             Many
             Dutch-men
             in
             Joppa
             drinking
             themselves
             drunk
             upon
             St.
             
             Martins-day
             (
             their
             Arch-Saint
             ,
             )
             the
             Turks
             came
             in
             suddenly
             upon
             them
             ,
             and
             cut
             every
             ones
             throat
             ,
             to
             the
             number
             of
             2000.
             
             And
             indeed
             they
             were
             quickly
             stabbed
             with
             the
             Sword
             ,
             who
             were
             Cup-shot
             before
             .
             
               Fullers
               Holy
               War.
            
             
          
           
             4.
             
             Edgar
             King
             of
             England
             perceiving
             that
             his
             people
             had
             learned
             of
             the
             Danes
             (
             many
             of
             which
             were
             in
             this
             land
             at
             that
             time
             )
             to
             drink
             excessively
             ,
             whereupon
             ensued
             much
             Drunkenness
             ,
             together
             with
             many
             other
             Vices
             :
             He
             ordained
             certain
             wooden
             Cups
             with
             pins
             ,
             or
             nails
             set
             in
             them
             ,
             commonly
             used
             ,
             making
             also
             a
             law
             ,
             That
             whosoever
             drank
             past
             that
             mark
             at
             one
             draught
             ,
             should
             forfeit
             a
             summe
             of
             Money
             ,
             one
             part
             to
             the
             Informer
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             to
             the
             Judge
             or
             Chief
             Officer
             .
             
               Sp.
               Chron.
            
             
          
           
             5.
             
             Eschines
             commending
             Philip
             King
             of
             Macedon
             for
             a
             Jovial
             man
             ,
             that
             would
             drink
             freely
             ;
             Demosthenes
             Answered
             ,
             That
             this
             was
             a
             good
             quality
             in
             a
             Spunge
             ,
             but
             not
             in
             a
             King.
             
               Plut.
               in
               vit
               .
               Demost.
            
             
          
           
             6.
             
             Alexander
             the
             Great
             having
             taken
             Persepolis
             ,
             wherein
             was
             a
             stately
             Pallace
             of
             the
             Kings
             of
             Persia
             ,
             in
             a
             drunken
             fit
             ,
             by
             the
             perswasion
             of
             Lais
             the
             Harlot
             ,
             burned
             it
             down
             to
             the
             ground
             .
             Diod.
             
          
           
             7.
             
             A
             Turk
             having
             in
             one
             of
             their
             great
             Feasts
             drunk
             wine
             too
             freely
             (
             which
             is
             a
             thing
             forbidden
             in
             their
             Law
             )
             being
             apprehended
             and
             carryed
             before
             the
             Gand
             Visier
             ,
             and
             there
             found
             guilty
             ,
             was
             adjudged
             to
             have
             boiling
             Lead
             poured
             into
             his
             Mouth
             and
             Ears
             ,
             which
             was
             accordingly
             executed
             .
             
               Turk
               .
               Hist.
            
             p.
             1332.
             
          
           
           
             8.
             
             Phocas
             a
             drunken
             ,
             bloody
             and
             Adulterous
             Tyrant
             ,
             was
             worthily
             slaughtered
             by
             Heraclius
             ,
             who
             cut
             off
             his
             hands
             and
             feet
             ,
             and
             then
             his
             privy
             parts
             by
             Piece-meal
             .
          
           
             9.
             
             Not
             long
             since
             a
             Souldier
             in
             Salisbury
             ,
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             his
             health-drinking
             and
             Carousing
             in
             a
             Tavern
             ,
             drank
             a
             health
             to
             the
             Devil
             ,
             saying
             ,
             That
             if
             the
             Devil
             would
             not
             come
             and
             pledge
             him
             ,
             he
             would
             not
             believe
             that
             there
             was
             either
             God
             or
             Devil
             .
             Whereupon
             his
             Companions
             strucken
             with
             horror
             ,
             hastened
             out
             of
             the
             room
             ;
             and
             presently
             after
             hearing
             a
             hideous
             noise
             ,
             and
             smelling
             a
             stinking
             favour
             ,
             the
             Vintner
             ran
             up
             into
             the
             Chamber
             ,
             and
             coming
             in
             he
             missed
             his
             Guest
             ;
             and
             found
             the
             window
             broken
             ,
             the
             Iron
             Bar
             in
             it
             bowed
             ,
             and
             all
             bloody
             ;
             but
             the
             man
             was
             never
             heard
             of
             afterwards
             .
          
           
             10.
             
             A
             young
             Gentleman
             being
             drunk
             ,
             as
             he
             rode
             homewards
             was
             thrown
             by
             his
             Horse
             ,
             and
             had
             his
             brains
             dashed
             out
             by
             the
             Pomel
             of
             his
             Sword.
             
          
           
             11.
             
             
               Anno
               Christi
            
             1629.
             there
             was
             one
             
               T.
               W.
            
             a
             notorious
             Blasphemer
             and
             Drunkard
             ,
             upon
             a
             small
             occasion
             being
             angry
             with
             his
             Wife
             ,
             not
             daring
             to
             proffer
             violence
             to
             her
             ,
             drew
             his
             Knife
             and
             stabbed
             himself
             .
          
           
             12.
             
             The
             same
             year
             one
             
               J.
               B.
            
             of
             Ely
             a
             Gentlemans
             Coachman
             ,
             being
             exceedingly
             given
             to
             Swearing
             and
             Drunkenness
             ,
             drinking
             himself
             drunk
             on
             a
             Sabbath-day
             at
             Sermon-time
             ,
             fell
             from
             his
             Coach-box
             ,
             and
             was
             killed
             by
             his
             Horses
             .
          
           
             13.
             
             
               Anno
               Christi
            
             ,
             1621.
             one
             
               R.
               B.
            
             of
             Ely
             ,
             who
             used
             to
             travel
             on
             the
             Sabbath-dayes
             ,
             seldom
             or
             never
             coming
             to
             Church
             ;
             as
             he
             went
             to
             the
             Market
             at
             St.
             Ives
             being
             drunk
             ,
             Gods
             Judgment
             overtook
             him
             ;
             for
             going
             up
             the
             River
             in
             his
             Boat
             ,
             he
             fell
             over
             into
             the
             water
             and
             was
             drowned
             .
          
           
             14.
             
             
               Anno
               Christi
            
             1618.
             one
             
               T.
               A.
            
             of
             Godmanchester
             ,
             being
             a
             common
             Drunkard
             ,
             was
             intreated
             by
             a
             Neighbour
             to
             unpitch
             a
             Load
             of
             Hay
             :
             And
             being
             at
             that
             
             time
             drunk
             ,
             the
             Pitchfork
             slipt
             out
             of
             his
             hand
             ,
             which
             he
             stooping
             to
             take
             up
             again
             ,
             fell
             from
             the
             Cart
             with
             his
             head
             downward
             ;
             and
             the
             Fork
             standing
             with
             the
             Tines
             upward
             ,
             he
             fell
             directly
             upon
             them
             ,
             which
             striking
             to
             his
             heart
             killed
             him
             immediately
             .
          
           
             15.
             
             
               Anno
               Christi
            
             1628.
             
             
               J.
               V.
            
             of
             Godmanchester
             ,
             a
             known
             Drunkard
             and
             Scoffer
             at
             Religion
             ,
             fell
             from
             the
             top
             of
             a
             Pear
             ▪
             tree
             and
             brake
             his
             neck
             .
             All
             these
             are
             attested
             by
             sundry
             Godly
             Ministers
             .
          
           
             16.
             
             
               Anno
               Christi
            
             1551.
             
             In
             Bohemia
             five
             Drunkards
             were
             Quaffing
             ,
             and
             blaspheming
             the
             Name
             of
             God
             :
             And
             the
             picture
             of
             the
             Devil
             being
             painted
             upon
             the
             wall
             ,
             they
             drank
             healths
             to
             him
             ,
             who
             the
             night
             after
             paid
             them
             their
             Wages
             ;
             for
             they
             were
             found
             dead
             with
             their
             necks
             broken
             and
             quashed
             to
             pieces
             ,
             as
             if
             a
             wheel
             had
             gone
             over
             them
             the
             blood
             running
             out
             of
             their
             mouths
             ,
             nostrils
             ,
             and
             ears
             in
             a
             Lamentable
             manner
             .
             Fincelius
             .
          
           
             17.
             
             A
             Vintner
             that
             accustomed
             himself
             to
             swearing
             and
             drunkenness
             ,
             as
             he
             was
             upon
             the
             Lords
             day
             standing
             in
             his
             door
             with
             a
             pot
             in
             his
             hand
             to
             invite
             guests
             ,
             there
             came
             suddenly
             such
             a
             violent
             Whirlewind
             as
             carryed
             him
             up
             into
             the
             Air
             ,
             after
             which
             he
             was
             never
             more
             seen
             .
          
           
             18.
             
             Armitus
             and
             Cinanippus
             ,
             two
             Syracusians
             ,
             being
             drunk
             ,
             committed
             Incest
             with
             their
             two
             Daughters
             .
             Plut.
             The
             like
             did
             Lot
             ,
             Gen.
             19.
             33
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             19.
             
             Cleomenes
             King
             of
             Laceaemonia
             ,
             drinking
             himself
             drunken
             fell
             distracted
             ,
             never
             recovering
             his
             wits
             again
             .
          
           
             20.
             
             Anacreon
             the
             Poet
             ,
             a
             notable
             drunkard
             ,
             was
             choaked
             with
             the
             Husk
             of
             a
             Grape
             .
          
           
             21.
             
             Zeno
             the
             Emperour
             was
             such
             a
             drunkard
             ,
             that
             he
             would
             often
             lye
             as
             one
             dead
             for
             many
             hours
             ,
             so
             that
             he
             grew
             odious
             to
             all
             ,
             and
             to
             his
             own
             Wife
             ,
             who
             once
             sinding
             him
             in
             that
             case
             ,
             caused
             him
             to
             be
             laid
             in
             a
             Tomb
             ,
             with
             a
             great
             stone
             on
             the
             top
             of
             it
             ,
             where
             he
             was
             miserably
             pined
             to
             death
             :
             Platina
             .
          
           
           
             22.
             
             But
             a
             few
             years
             since
             in
             Gloucester-shire
             ,
             an
             horrid
             Patricide
             was
             committed
             by
             another
             ungracious
             Son
             ,
             being
             drunken
             ,
             upon
             his
             Father
             ,
             whom
             he
             desperately
             slew
             .
          
           
             23.
             
             The
             like
             unnatural
             villany
             was
             committed
             by
             one
             Purchas
             ,
             an
             Essex
             Monster
             ,
             upon
             the
             Body
             of
             his
             Mother
             ,
             whom
             he
             slew
             for
             the
             same
             cause
             .
          
           
             24.
             
             
               John
               Maginus
            
             reports
             ,
             that
             Fliolmus
             King
             of
             the
             Goths
             ,
             was
             by
             his
             drunken
             Servants
             thrown
             headlong
             into
             a
             great
             Vessel
             of
             Ale
             ,
             and
             therein
             drowned
             .
          
           
             25.
             
             Plato
             ,
             who
             elsewhere
             holds
             that
             men
             should
             be
             sober
             ,
             and
             forbids
             drunkenness
             as
             an
             unseemly
             thing
             ;
             yet
             in
             the
             Feasts
             celebrated
             to
             Bacchus
             ,
             he
             lets
             loose
             the
             reins
             to
             intemperancy
             ,
             and
             thinks
             it
             then
             no
             fault
             at
             all
             to
             be
             drunk
             .
          
           
             26.
             
             In
             the
             Parish
             of
             Castleterra
             in
             the
             county
             of
             Cavan
             in
             Ireland
             ,
             a
             Gentleman
             when
             he
             met
             with
             Jovial
             Comrades
             ,
             used
             to
             drink
             healths
             ,
             and
             to
             fling
             the
             Glasses
             against
             the
             Walls
             :
             he
             delighted
             also
             to
             contradict
             what
             Ministers
             delivered
             in
             their
             Sermons
             ,
             and
             having
             heard
             one
             preach
             of
             the
             benefits
             and
             tryal
             of
             a
             justifying
             Faith
             ,
             after
             Sermon
             he
             demanded
             of
             the
             Preacher
             ,
             Whether
             he
             could
             remove
             mountains
             ?
             If
             I
             could
             see
             you
             do
             that
             ,
             then
             (
             said
             he
             )
             I
             would
             believe
             you
             had
             faith
             ,
             otherwise
             not
             ;
             for
             doth
             not
             the
             Gospel
             say
             ,
             
               If
               a
               man
               have
               faith
               but
               as
               a
               grain
               of
               Mustard-seed
               ,
               he
               shall
               say
               to
               Mountains
               ,
               Be
               removed
               hence
               ,
               and
               it
               shall
               be
               done
               ?
            
             But
             at
             length
             this
             Gentleman
             was
             strucken
             with
             the
             Small-pox
             ,
             which
             got
             into
             his
             throat
             in
             such
             manner
             ,
             that
             he
             could
             not
             swallow
             ,
             nor
             let
             down
             a
             little
             Beer
             to
             cool
             his
             excessive
             internal
             heat
             ,
             wherewith
             being
             tormented
             he
             broke
             out
             into
             these
             expressions
             ,
             to
             an
             honest
             man
             that
             stood
             by
             :
             
               O
               Thomas
               ,
               would
               I
               could
               now
               receive
               one
               of
               those
               glass-fulls
               of
               drink
               which
               formerly
               I
               have
               thrown
               against
               the
               walls
               in
               a
               frolick
               :
            
             And
             afterwards
             when
             he
             saw
             there
             was
             no
             remedy
             but
             die
             he
             must
             ,
             he
             said
             again
             ,
             
             
               O!
               that
               now
               I
               had
               Faith
               like
               a
               grain
               of
               mustard-seed
               !
            
             And
             a
             little
             after
             he
             deceased
             ,
             in
             the
             fifty
             seventh
             year
             of
             his
             age
             .
          
           
             27.
             
             We
             read
             of
             a
             drunkard
             who
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             his
             Cups
             sold
             his
             Soul
             to
             the
             Devil
             for
             a
             Tankard
             of
             Wine
             :
             And
             the
             Devil
             forthwith
             had
             his
             bargain
             .
             
               Theat
               .
               Hist.
            
             
          
           
             28.
             
             The
             like
             of
             a
             Woman
             ,
             who
             at
             a
             Whitson-Ale
             fell
             a
             cursing
             God
             ,
             having
             nothing
             but
             the
             Devil
             in
             her
             mouth
             ;
             so
             long
             ,
             till
             at
             last
             the
             Devil
             came
             ,
             and
             hoisting
             her
             up
             into
             the
             Air
             ,
             threw
             her
             down
             again
             in
             a
             place
             not
             for
             remote
             ,
             where
             she
             was
             found
             dead
             .
          
           
             29.
             
             Acosta
             and
             Benzo
             write
             of
             the
             West-Indians
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             exceedingly
             given
             to
             Drunkenness
             ,
             the
             people
             there
             for
             the
             most
             part
             delighting
             themselves
             beyond
             measure
             in
             intoxicating
             their
             brains
             in
             strong
             Liquors
             ;
             in
             which
             mad
             and
             distempered
             fits
             they
             many
             times
             commit
             many
             salvage
             Outrages
             ,
             and
             unruly
             pranks
             one
             against
             another
             ,
             and
             account
             it
             a
             matter
             of
             praise
             so
             to
             do
             :
             I
             saw
             (
             saith
             Acosta
             )
             two
             men
             coming
             drunk
             out
             of
             a
             Tavern
             ,
             for
             a
             very
             trifle
             kill
             one
             another
             with
             the
             same
             Sword.
             
          
           
             30.
             
             Alexander
             the
             great
             ,
             when
             he
             was
             drunk
             ,
             would
             hack
             ,
             and
             hew
             ,
             kill
             ,
             and
             slay
             he
             cared
             not
             whom
             ,
             and
             oft-times
             his
             very
             Friends
             ;
             as
             he
             did
             Clytus
             his
             dear
             friend
             ,
             who
             had
             formerly
             saved
             his
             life
             ,
             whom
             in
             a
             drunken
             mood
             he
             commanded
             presently
             to
             be
             slain
             :
             Neither
             would
             he
             hearken
             to
             Ptolomy
             and
             Perdiccas
             ,
             two
             of
             his
             great
             Captains
             ,
             who
             upon
             their
             knees
             would
             have
             begged
             one
             dayes
             respite
             for
             him
             :
             Though
             the
             same
             Alexander
             when
             he
             was
             sober
             ,
             would
             have
             slain
             himself
             for
             having
             caused
             Clytus
             to
             be
             slain
             .
             
               Q.
               Curt.
            
             
          
           
             31.
             
             Tenthio
             King
             of
             the
             Illyrians
             ,
             in
             his
             drunkenness
             slew
             his
             own
             brother
             
               Pleuratus
               .
               Polybius
            
             .
          
           
             32.
             
             Of
             Bonosus
             the
             Emperor
             it
             was
             said
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             born
             ,
             
               Non
               ut
               vivat
               ,
               sed
               ut
               bibat
               :
            
             Not
             to
             live
             ,
             but
             to
             drink
             :
             And
             when
             (
             being
             overcome
             by
             Probus
             )
             he
             hanged
             himself
             ;
             it
             was
             said
             in
             scorn
             that
             a
             Tankard
             hanged
             there
             ,
             not
             a
             Man.
             
          
           
           
             33.
             
             What
             a
             Beast
             was
             
               Marcus
               Antonius
            
             ,
             that
             he
             wrote
             a
             book
             in
             Commendation
             of
             his
             great
             strength
             to
             bear
             strong
             drink
             ?
          
           
             34.
             
             Philip
             King
             of
             Macedon
             in
             his
             drunkenness
             once
             passing
             an
             unrighteous
             sentence
             ,
             the
             Woman
             concerned
             therein
             appealed
             from
             Philip
             now
             drunk
             ,
             to
             Phiilp
             when
             he
             should
             be
             sober
             again
             .
          
           
             35.
             
             The
             Carthagenians
             made
             a
             Law
             that
             no
             Magistrate
             of
             theirs
             should
             drink
             Wine
             .
          
           
             36.
             
             The
             Persians
             permitted
             their
             Kings
             to
             be
             drunk
             but
             one
             day
             in
             a
             year
             .
          
           
             37.
             
             Solon
             made
             a
             Law
             at
             Athens
             ,
             that
             drunkenness
             in
             a
             Prince
             should
             be
             punished
             with
             death
             ,
             Prov.
             3.
             1
             ,
             5.
             
          
           
             38.
             
             Domitius
             the
             Father
             of
             Nero
             ,
             slew
             Liberius
             an
             honest
             Roman
             because
             he
             refused
             to
             take
             off
             his
             Cups
             as
             he
             commanded
             him
             .
          
           
             39.
             
             Amos
             6.
             6.
             
             
               That
               drink
               Wine
               in
               Bowls
            
             :
             Not
             in
             Cups
             ,
             Pots
             ,
             or
             Chalices
             ,
             but
             in
             Vessels
             of
             price
             ,
             and
             largest
             receipt
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             be
             accounted
             ,
             and
             called
             (
             as
             young
             Cicero
             was
             )
             Tricongii
             ,
             such
             as
             can
             drink
             whole
             ones
             ,
             and
             no
             small
             ones
             neither
             .
          
           
             40.
             
             Diotimus
             of
             Athens
             ,
             for
             his
             excessive
             drinking
             was
             termed
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             Tundish
             .
          
           
             41.
             
             
               Aeneas
               Silvius
            
             tells
             us
             of
             one
             Henry
             Earl
             of
             Goricia
             ,
             who
             having
             two
             Sons
             ,
             drunkards
             both
             ,
             was
             wont
             oft-times
             in
             the
             night
             to
             call
             upon
             them
             ,
             and
             ask
             whether
             they
             were
             a
             thirsty
             ?
             And
             when
             they
             gave
             him
             no
             Answer
             ,
             he
             would
             himself
             carry
             Wine
             unto
             them
             ,
             pressing
             them
             to
             drink
             ,
             and
             if
             by
             reason
             of
             sleepiness
             or
             late
             excess
             ,
             they
             refused
             ,
             he
             would
             return
             in
             a
             rage
             to
             his
             Wife
             ,
             and
             call
             her
             Whore
             ,
             saying
             they
             were
             Bastards
             ,
             and
             not
             his
             Sons
             ,
             who
             could
             sleep
             all
             night
             without
             being
             athirst
             .
          
           
             42.
             
             Vortigern
             King
             of
             the
             Brittains
             ,
             being
             well
             warmed
             with
             Wine
             ,
             was
             ensnared
             by
             the
             Daughter
             of
             Hengist
             the
             Saxon
             ,
             which
             proved
             the
             undoing
             of
             the
             Brittish
             Nation
             .
             
               Pol.
               Virg.
               Hist.
               Ang.
            
             
          
           
           
             43.
             
             
               Venter
               Mero
               aestuante
               cito
               despumat
               in
               libidines
               :
            
             A
             Belly
             or
             stomach
             boiling
             with
             Wine
             ,
             doth
             suddenly
             foam
             up
             into
             a
             scum
             of
             sinful
             lusts
             and
             foul
             Affections
             :
             Hierom.
             
          
           
             44.
             
             Bonzo
             relates
             of
             the
             Indians
             of
             Peru
             ,
             that
             when
             they
             have
             drunk
             away
             that
             little
             reason
             wherewith
             they
             are
             endowed
             ,
             they
             use
             to
             fall
             to
             immodest
             embracings
             ,
             without
             respect
             had
             to
             Mothers
             ,
             Daughters
             ,
             Brothers
             ,
             Sisters
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             Relations
             whatsoever
             .
          
           
             45.
             
             Saint
             Jerom
             could
             not
             be
             perswaded
             that
             a
             Drunkard
             could
             be
             a
             chast
             man.
             
          
           
             46.
             
             A
             certain
             young
             Man
             that
             had
             devoted
             himself
             to
             a
             pious
             and
             retired
             course
             of
             life
             ,
             was
             much
             assaulted
             by
             the
             Devil
             ,
             by
             sundry
             temptations
             ,
             and
             pressed
             to
             make
             choice
             of
             one
             of
             these
             three
             sins
             :
             Once
             to
             be
             drunk
             ,
             or
             to
             lye
             with
             his
             Neighbours
             Wife
             ,
             or
             to
             kill
             his
             Neighbour
             ;
             and
             the
             temptation
             so
             far
             prevailed
             ,
             that
             at
             the
             last
             he
             chose
             the
             first
             ;
             (
             viz.
             )
             Once
             to
             be
             drunk
             ,
             as
             deeming
             it
             the
             least
             sin
             :
             But
             when
             the
             Devil
             had
             drawn
             him
             to
             that
             ,
             at
             the
             same
             time
             both
             the
             other
             sins
             were
             committed
             by
             him
             .
          
           
             47.
             
             
               Ad
               universa
               ,
               vel
               crudelitatis
               ,
               vel
               turpitudinis
               facinora
               perpetranda
               facilis
               invenitur
               via
               ,
               cui
               nulla
               sobriae
               mentis
               ratio
               ,
               sed
               ebrietas
               dominatur
               .
            
             A
             drunken
             man
             is
             easily
             drawn
             to
             commit
             any
             villany
             :
             Bern.
             
          
           
             48.
             
             Pausanias
             makes
             mention
             of
             a
             Company
             of
             young
             men
             in
             Greece
             ,
             who
             upon
             a
             time
             contrary
             to
             the
             command
             of
             their
             Captain
             Aristomenes
             ,
             being
             drunk
             ,
             offered
             Violence
             to
             the
             Chastity
             of
             certain
             young
             Virgins
             ;
             and
             so
             violent
             they
             were
             therein
             ,
             till
             the
             sword
             and
             death
             put
             an
             end
             to
             the
             same
             .
          
           
             49.
             
             The
             cruel
             Tyrant
             Lucius
             being
             drunk
             ,
             became
             like
             a
             mad
             Horse
             ;
             and
             when
             he
             could
             not
             prevail
             to
             satisfie
             his
             lust
             upon
             the
             Daughter
             of
             Philodemus
             ,
             he
             barbarously
             slew
             her
             Flying
             for
             shelter
             into
             her
             Fathers
             Arms.
             Plut.
             
          
           
           
             50.
             
             What
             a
             Beast
             was
             Darius
             King
             of
             Persia
             ,
             who
             commanded
             this
             Inscription
             to
             be
             set
             on
             his
             Tomb
             :
             
               I
               was
               able
               to
               hunt
               lustily
               ,
               to
               drink
               Wine
               soundly
               ,
               and
               to
               bear
               it
               bravely
               .
               Strabo
               .
            
          
           
             51.
             
             Saint
             Augustine
             in
             his
             Confessions
             ,
             tells
             us
             a
             story
             of
             his
             Mother
             ,
             who
             by
             sipping
             a
             little
             Wine
             at
             first
             when
             she
             filled
             the
             Cup
             ,
             came
             by
             degrees
             to
             be
             a
             Tippling
             Gossip
             ,
             and
             at
             last
             to
             drink
             off
             her
             whole
             Cups
             .
             Sin
             that
             is
             modest
             at
             first
             ,
             afterwards
             growes
             shameless
             .
          
           
             52.
             
             In
             
               Lacedemon
               ,
               Crete
            
             and
             Carthage
             ,
             the
             name
             of
             a
             drunkard
             was
             so
             hateful
             and
             contemptible
             ,
             that
             such
             as
             were
             found
             guilty
             of
             this
             sin
             were
             disabled
             to
             bear
             any
             publick
             Office
             ,
             and
             thrust
             out
             of
             the
             Senate
             (
             if
             they
             were
             Magistrates
             )
             with
             shame
             and
             ignominy
             .
             
               Alex.
               ab
               Alex.
            
             
          
           
             53.
             
             
               Levinus
               Lemnius
            
             writes
             of
             the
             Dutchmen
             ,
             the
             High-Germans
             especially
             ,
             and
             that
             part
             of
             the
             low
             Countries
             that
             borders
             upon
             them
             ,
             that
             they
             never
             account
             that
             man
             worth
             whistling
             for
             ,
             that
             will
             not
             
               strenuum
               se
               potatorem
               praebere
            
             ;
             upon
             all
             occasions
             prove
             himself
             strong
             to
             drink
             strong
             drink
             .
          
           
             54.
             
             Suetonius
             relates
             ,
             that
             
               Novellius
               Torquatus
            
             was
             highly
             honoured
             amongst
             the
             Romans
             ,
             for
             that
             he
             could
             drink
             three
             Gallons
             of
             Wine
             at
             a
             draught
             without
             taking
             his
             breath
             :
             for
             that
             he
             fairly
             drank
             off
             his
             Liquor
             and
             left
             no
             snuff
             behind
             ;
             and
             after
             he
             had
             drunk
             so
             much
             ,
             he
             neither
             stammered
             in
             his
             speech
             ,
             nor
             unburthened
             his
             stomach
             by
             vomiting
             ;
             for
             which
             he
             was
             preferred
             to
             be
             Proconsul
             of
             
               Syria
               .
               Pliny
            
             .
          
           
             55.
             
             Also
             Firmus
             who
             assumed
             the
             title
             of
             Emperour
             in
             the
             absence
             of
             Aurelian
             ,
             when
             he
             had
             drunk
             off
             two
             Buckets
             of
             Wine
             ,
             went
             forthwith
             to
             a
             Banquet
             ,
             and
             seemed
             as
             sober
             as
             if
             he
             had
             drunk
             none
             at
             all
             .
             
               Vopiscus
               in
               vita
               Firm.
            
             
          
           
             56.
             
             Flaccus
             and
             Piso
             had
             Dignities
             bestowed
             upon
             them
             ,
             the
             one
             being
             made
             a
             Proconsul
             ,
             the
             other
             Governour
             of
             the
             City
             of
             Rome
             ,
             for
             that
             they
             were
             strong
             to
             pour
             in
             strong
             drink
             :
             Suet.
             
          
           
           
             57.
             
             One
             Hulderick
             a
             Bohemian
             ,
             told
             Frederick
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             That
             he
             trained
             up
             his
             Sons
             to
             drink
             great
             quantities
             of
             Wine
             without
             disturbance
             :
             Thou
             art
             wise
             ,
             said
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             the
             same
             thing
             did
             Mithidrates
             ;
             but
             if
             it
             happen
             that
             I
             have
             a
             Son
             ,
             if
             that
             Son
             shall
             not
             hate
             excess
             of
             Wine
             ,
             I
             shall
             hate
             him
             .
             
               Aeneas
               Sil.
            
             
          
           
             58.
             
             
               Anno
               Christi
            
             764.
             
             London
             and
             
               York
               ,
               Donwick
            
             and
             Doncaster
             ,
             with
             many
             other
             places
             in
             this
             Land
             were
             consumed
             with
             Fire
             ,
             (
             saith
             the
             Historian
             :
             )
             If
             any
             one
             ask
             the
             cause
             ,
             we
             can
             render
             none
             more
             probable
             than
             this
             ,
             That
             it
             was
             a
             Judgement
             of
             God
             upon
             them
             ,
             for
             their
             Gluttony
             and
             Drunkenness
             .
             
               Antiq.
               Brit.
            
             p.
             291.
             
          
           
             59.
             
             
               Anno
               Christi
            
             1567.
             
             Tir-Owen
             the
             Irish
             Rebel
             ,
             was
             such
             a
             Drunkard
             ,
             that
             when
             his
             Body
             was
             immoderately
             inflamed
             with
             drinking
             strong
             drink
             and
             Usque-bagh
             ,
             he
             used
             many
             times
             to
             be
             set
             in
             the
             Earth
             up
             to
             the
             Chin
             to
             cool
             himself
             .
             
               Camb.
               Eliz.
            
             
          
           
             60.
             
             Luxury
             is
             ordinarily
             the
             Companion
             of
             Idolatry
             ,
             as
             Ex.
             32.
             6.
             1
             
             Cor.
             10.
             7.
             
             Rev.
             18.
             13
             ,
             14.
             
             
               O
               Monachi
               ,
               vestri
               stomachi
            
             ,
             &c.
             At
             Paris
             and
             Lovane
             ,
             the
             best
             Wine
             is
             called
             
               Vinum
               Theologicum
            
             ,
             the
             Divinity
             Wine
             :
             It
             's
             also
             called
             
               Vinum
               Cos
               :
               Coloris
               ,
               Odoris
               ,
               Saporis
               Optimi
               .
            
          
           
             61.
             
             Drunkenness
             is
             a
             detestable
             Vice
             in
             any
             ,
             but
             especially
             in
             men
             of
             Place
             and
             Power
             ,
             Prov.
             31.
             4.
             
             Woe
             be
             to
             those
             drunken
             Vice-gods
             (
             as
             in
             the
             worst
             sence
             they
             may
             be
             best
             called
             :
             )
             Wo
             to
             the
             very
             Crown
             of
             their
             pride
             in
             drinking
             down
             many
             ,
             Isa.
             28.
             1.
             
             As
             
               Marcus
               Antonius
            
             wrote
             ,
             or
             rather
             spued
             out
             a
             Book
             concerning
             his
             own
             abilities
             to
             bear
             strong
             drink
             ;
             Darius
             also
             boasted
             of
             the
             same
             faculty
             in
             his
             very
             Epitaph
             ,
             as
             we
             saw
             before
             .
          
           
             62.
             
             Drunkenness
             in
             a
             King
             is
             a
             capital
             sin
             ,
             and
             makes
             the
             Land
             reel
             :
             Witness
             Belshazzar
             ,
             carousing
             in
             the
             Bowls
             of
             the
             Sanctuary
             to
             the
             honour
             of
             Shar
             his
             drunken
             god
             .
          
           
             63.
             
             Alexander
             the
             Great
             drunk
             himself
             to
             death
             ,
             and
             
             killed
             forty
             one
             more
             by
             excessive
             drinking
             ,
             to
             get
             the
             Crown
             of
             one
             hundred
             Eighty
             pounds
             weight
             ,
             which
             he
             had
             provided
             for
             him
             that
             drank
             most
             .
             Plut.
             
          
           
             64.
             
             Tiberius
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             for
             his
             tipling
             was
             called
             Biberius
             .
          
           
             65.
             
             Erasmus
             for
             the
             same
             cause
             called
             
               Eccius
               ,
               Jeccius
            
             :
             for
             ,
             as
             he
             lived
             a
             shameful
             Drunkard
             ,
             so
             being
             nonplust
             at
             Ratisbon
             by
             Melancton
             ,
             he
             drank
             more
             than
             was
             fit
             that
             night
             ,
             at
             the
             Bishop
             of
             
             Mundina's
             Lodgings
             (
             who
             had
             store
             of
             the
             best
             Italian
             Wines
             ;
             )
             and
             so
             fell
             into
             a
             Feaver
             ,
             whereof
             he
             dyed
             :
             
               Jo.
               Man.
               L.
               Com.
            
             
          
           
             66.
             
             Drunkenness
             is
             a
             flattering
             evil
             ,
             a
             sweet
             poyson
             ,
             a
             cunning
             Circe
             that
             besots
             the
             Soul
             ,
             destroyes
             the
             Body
             ,
             
               Dolores
               gignit
               in
               Capite
               ,
               in
               Stomacho
               ,
               in
               toto
               corpore
               acerrimos
               :
            
             Breeds
             grievous
             diseases
             in
             the
             head
             ,
             in
             the
             stomach
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             whole
             man
             :
             At
             last
             it
             bites
             like
             a
             Serpent
             ,
             and
             stings
             like
             an
             Adder
             ,
             Prov.
             23.
             32.
             
             The
             Drunkard
             saith
             as
             the
             Vine
             in
             Jothams
             parable
             ,
             
               Non
               possum
               relinquere
               Vinum
               meum
            
             .
             Take
             away
             my
             Liquor
             ,
             you
             take
             away
             my
             Life
             :
             but
             at
             last
             it
             proves
             like
             the
             Wine
             mentioned
             by
             
               Moses
               ,
               Deut.
            
             32.
             33.
             
             
               The
               Poyson
               of
               Dragons
               ,
               and
               the
               cruel
               Venom
               of
               Asps.
               Trap.
               
            
          
           
             67.
             
             Austin
             Brings
             in
             the
             Drunkard
             saying
             ,
             
               Malle
               se
               vitam
               quam
               Vinum
               eripi
               :
            
             And
             Ambrose
             tells
             us
             of
             one
             Theotinus
             ,
             who
             being
             told
             by
             his
             Physicians
             ,
             that
             much
             quaffing
             would
             make
             him
             blind
             ;
             
               Vale
               lumen
               Amicum
            
             ,
             said
             he
             ;
             Farewell
             sweet
             Eyes
             ,
             if
             ye
             will
             bear
             no
             Wine
             ,
             ye
             are
             not
             Eyes
             for
             me
             :
             He
             had
             rather
             lose
             his
             sight
             than
             his
             sin
             ;
             his
             Soul
             than
             his
             lust
             ,
             2
             Pet.
             2.
             14.
             
             Psal.
             11.
             6.
             
          
           
             
               Woe
               unto
               them
               that
               rise
               up
               early
               in
               the
               morning
               that
               they
               may
               follow
               strong
               drink
               ,
               that
               continue
               untill
               night
               till
               wine
               enflame
               them
               :
            
             
               Isa.
               5.
               11.
               
            
          
        
         
           
           
             More
             Forreign
             Examples
             of
             Drunkenness
             and
             Drunkards
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             
               John
               Manlius
            
             ,
             in
             his
             
               Common-places
               ,
               p.
            
             244.
             
             Tells
             us
             of
             three
             abominable
             Drunkards
             ,
             who
             drank
             so
             long
             till
             one
             of
             them
             fell
             down
             stark
             dead
             ;
             and
             yet
             the
             other
             two
             nothing
             terrified
             with
             such
             a
             dreadful
             Example
             of
             divine
             Vengeance
             ,
             went
             on
             to
             drink
             ,
             and
             poured
             the
             dead
             mans
             part
             into
             him
             as
             he
             lay
             by
             them
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Darius
             boasted
             of
             the
             same
             faculty
             in
             his
             very
             Epitaph
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             The
             Greeks
             ,
             when
             they
             met
             at
             Feasts
             or
             Banquets
             ,
             drink
             small
             draughts
             at
             first
             ,
             which
             by
             degrees
             they
             increased
             till
             they
             came
             to
             the
             heighth
             of
             Intemperancy
             .
             Hence
             Graecari
             ,
             and
             as
             merry
             as
             a
             Greek
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             Minos
             King
             of
             Crete
             ,
             ordered
             that
             his
             Subjects
             should
             not
             drink
             one
             to
             another
             ,
             unto
             drunkenness
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             Seneca
             calls
             drunkenness
             a
             voluntary
             madness
             ;
             another
             calls
             it
             a
             Noon-day-Devil
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             Cato
             that
             was
             a
             most
             severe
             censurer
             of
             other
             mens
             manners
             ,
             had
             this
             objected
             against
             him
             ;
             
               Quod
               nocturnis
               potationibus
               indulgeret
            
             :
             That
             by
             night
             he
             would
             drink
             soundly
             .
          
           
             7.
             
             I
             was
             once
             with
             a
             Drunkard
             (
             saith
             mine
             Author
             ,
             a
             Godly
             Minister
             )
             that
             lay
             a
             dying
             ,
             and
             after
             I
             had
             prayed
             with
             him
             ,
             in
             came
             one
             of
             his
             old
             Companions
             in
             Sin
             ,
             and
             asked
             him
             ,
             How
             he
             did
             ;
             at
             which
             he
             was
             ready
             to
             gnash
             his
             teeth
             ;
             and
             made
             to
             me
             this
             dreadful
             Reflection
             concerning
             him
             :
             
               O
               that
               ,
               that
               was
               the
               wicked
               Wretch
               that
               drew
               me
               away
               ;
               if
               it
               had
               not
               been
               for
               him
               ,
            
             I
             had
             not
             been
             in
             so
             lamentable
             a
             case
             upon
             my
             Death-bed
             .
          
           
             8.
             
             Bonosus
             a
             Britain
             ,
             and
             bred
             up
             in
             Spain
             ,
             usurped
             the
             Empire
             of
             Rome
             in
             the
             Reign
             of
             Probus
             ;
             of
             whom
             it
             is
             written
             ▪
             That
             he
             would
             drink
             so
             much
             Wine
             ,
             as
             ten
             great
             drinkers
             could
             not
             drink
             so
             much
             :
             and
             therewithall
             ,
             
             he
             had
             two
             wonderful
             properties
             :
             The
             one
             was
             that
             how
             much
             soever
             he
             drank
             ,
             he
             was
             never
             drunk
             :
             The
             other
             was
             ,
             that
             when
             it
             pleased
             him
             ,
             he
             could
             piss
             it
             out
             as
             fast
             as
             he
             poured
             it
             in
             ,
             without
             retaining
             any
             jot
             within
             his
             body
             .
             Being
             overcome
             by
             Probus
             ,
             he
             hang'd
             himself
             .
             The
             Emperour
             Aurelian
             was
             wont
             to
             say
             of
             him
             ,
             That
             Bonosus
             was
             not
             born
             to
             live
             ,
             but
             to
             drink
             .
             
               Imperial
               Hist.
            
             page
             211.
             
          
           
             9.
             
             
               Tiberus
               Nero
            
             made
             
               Novellus
               Tricongius
            
             Pro-consul
             ,
             for
             that
             he
             could
             drink
             three
             Pottles
             of
             Wine
             together
             with
             one
             breath
             .
          
           
             10.
             
             He
             also
             preferred
             
               Lucius
               Piso
            
             to
             the
             Government
             of
             the
             City
             of
             Rome
             ,
             because
             he
             could
             sit
             drinking
             with
             him
             continually
             for
             two
             whole
             dayes
             and
             nights
             together
             .
             Suetonius
             .
          
           
             11.
             
             To
             prevent
             drunkenness
             ,
             and
             the
             evil
             consequents
             of
             it
             ,
             the
             Carthaginians
             forbad
             their
             Magistrates
             all
             use
             of
             Wine
             .
          
           
             12.
             
             Solon
             punished
             Drunkenness
             in
             a
             Ruler
             with
             Death
             .
          
           
             13.
             
             
               Anno
               Christi
            
             1578.
             
             February
             10.
             in
             the
             Countrey
             of
             S●aben
             ,
             about
             Eight
             persons
             that
             were
             Citizens
             and
             Citizens
             Sons
             (
             whose
             names
             my
             Author
             setteth
             down
             )
             met
             together
             at
             a
             Tavern
             ,
             whereof
             the
             Masters
             name
             was
             
               Anthony
               Huge
            
             ,
             on
             a
             Sabbath
             morning
             ,
             where
             they
             drank
             themselves
             drunk
             ,
             and
             then
             began
             to
             blaspheme
             God
             ,
             and
             to
             scoff
             at
             the
             Host
             ;
             who
             advised
             them
             to
             leave
             drinking
             ,
             and
             to
             go
             to
             Church
             to
             hear
             the
             Word
             preached
             ;
             at
             which
             they
             not
             only
             continued
             to
             mock
             ,
             but
             went
             on
             in
             their
             drinking
             ;
             when
             suddenly
             the
             Devil
             came
             in
             among
             them
             in
             the
             habit
             of
             a
             Cavalier
             ,
             who
             drinking
             to
             them
             ,
             set
             their
             mouths
             in
             such
             a
             fire
             ,
             that
             these
             Drunkards
             not
             only
             became
             amazed
             thereat
             ,
             but
             also
             after
             a
             miserable
             manner
             were
             all
             strangled
             to
             death
             .
             
               Stephen
               Batemen
            
             ,
             Professor
             of
             Divinity
             .
          
           
             14.
             
             
               Anno
               Christi
            
             1556.
             in
             the
             Town
             of
             St.
             Gallus
             ,
             in
             
             Switzerland
             ,
             there
             was
             one
             
               Peter
               Besler
            
             ,
             who
             was
             born
             at
             Rotmund
             ,
             but
             was
             now
             a
             Servant
             to
             a
             Citizen
             ,
             whose
             habitation
             was
             near
             unto
             St.
             Gallus
             :
             This
             dissolute
             young
             man
             was
             much
             given
             to
             the
             beastly
             Sin
             of
             Drunkenness
             ;
             and
             upon
             Trinity-Sunday
             ,
             which
             was
             May
             the
             21
             st
             ,
             he
             together
             with
             some
             of
             his
             Companions
             went
             to
             the
             Town
             of
             Sangal
             ,
             there
             to
             be
             merry
             :
             And
             when
             they
             had
             drunk
             freely
             ,
             this
             young
             man
             began
             to
             rail
             at
             ,
             and
             to
             quarrel
             with
             his
             Companions
             ;
             and
             using
             many
             Blasphemies
             against
             God
             ,
             he
             added
             this
             Execration
             also
             :
             
               If
               I
               serve
               my
               Master
               any
               longer
               ,
               I
               give
               my
               Body
               and
               Soul
               to
               the
               Devil
               .
            
             When
             he
             had
             staid
             there
             all
             night
             ,
             in
             the
             morning
             awaking
             ,
             he
             began
             to
             think
             what
             words
             he
             had
             uttered
             the
             night
             before
             ;
             yet
             having
             no
             other
             means
             of
             subsistence
             ,
             he
             resolved
             to
             return
             to
             his
             Masters
             Service
             ;
             but
             going
             out
             of
             the
             City
             ,
             when
             he
             was
             now
             not
             far
             from
             his
             Masters
             House
             ,
             a
             man
             met
             him
             clad
             in
             black
             ,
             and
             fearful
             to
             behold
             ;
             who
             said
             unto
             him
             ,
             
               Go
               to
               (
               Good
               fellow
               ,
               )
               I
               am
               now
               ready
               to
               take
               that
               which
               is
               my
               right
               ,
               and
               which
               thou
               gavest
               me
               yesterday
               :
            
             Which
             when
             he
             had
             said
             ,
             taking
             the
             fellow
             by
             the
             hand
             ,
             (
             who
             was
             amazed
             with
             horror
             ,
             and
             altogether
             astonished
             )
             he
             threw
             him
             to
             the
             ground
             ,
             and
             so
             vanished
             .
             Not
             long
             after
             this
             ,
             this
             miserable
             young
             man
             being
             found
             by
             some
             of
             the
             Neighbours
             ,
             had
             his
             hands
             and
             feet
             drawn
             together
             ;
             and
             being
             brought
             to
             a
             Lodging
             ,
             he
             had
             the
             use
             of
             all
             his
             Limbs
             taken
             from
             him
             ,
             and
             so
             continued
             till
             he
             dyed
             miserably
             .
             Ibid.
             
          
           
             Felix
             quem
             faciunt
             aliena
             pericula
             cautum
             .
          
           
             It
             's
             good
             to
             be
             warned
             by
             other
             mens
             harms
             .
          
           
             
               Healths
               Drank
               one
               Drinks
               off
               a
               pottle
               pot
               of
               Sack
               and
               -
               dyes
               within
               two
               hours
               after
               .
            
          
           
             
               One
               Drownd
               in
               a
               Shallow
               brook
               of
               water
               being
               Drunk
               ,
               his
               horse
               standing
               by
               .
            
          
           
             
               5.
               or
               6.
               
               Drank
               Healths
               in
               a
               Strange
               manner
               and
               dyed
               one
               after
               another
               in
               few
               weeks
               .
            
          
           
             
               An
               exceeding
               Drunkard
               in
               Pembrock
               shire
               being
               Drunk
               ,
               broke
               himself
               all
               to
               pieces
               from
               an
               high
               Rock
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
           
             More
             Examples
             worthy
             of
             serious
             Consideration
             .
          
           
             THere
             is
             a
             very
             remarkable
             Story
             published
             by
             Mr.
             
               Robert
               Abbot
            
             Minister
             some
             years
             since
             of
             Cranebrook
             in
             Kent
             ,
             concerning
             one
             
               William
               Rogers
            
             an
             Apothecary
             there
             ,
             that
             was
             exceeding
             much
             given
             to
             Drinking
             ,
             and
             Sabbath
             breaking
             :
             He
             was
             in
             his
             general
             course
             ,
             as
             he
             relates
             of
             him
             ,
             a
             Young
             man
             of
             a
             sweet
             and
             pleasing
             temper
             :
             It
             was
             reported
             ,
             that
             the
             Devil
             never
             abused
             a
             better
             Nature
             ;
             and
             he
             was
             observed
             never
             to
             Swear
             or
             Curse
             in
             all
             his
             Life
             ,
             except
             once
             ;
             but
             was
             often
             admonished
             and
             perswaded
             by
             Mr.
             Abbot
             to
             come
             to
             the
             Church
             on
             the
             Sabbath-dayes
             ;
             at
             last
             he
             was
             prevailed
             with
             to
             come
             ,
             though
             he
             had
             often
             promised
             ,
             and
             failed
             :
             The
             Lords
             day
             before
             in
             the
             morning
             ,
             when
             as
             he
             said
             he
             was
             ready
             to
             come
             to
             Church
             ,
             he
             was
             taken
             sick
             ,
             and
             betook
             himself
             to
             his
             Bed
             ;
             it
             was
             but
             as
             a
             fit
             of
             an
             Ague
             ,
             which
             being
             over
             ,
             he
             was
             the
             next
             morning
             in
             his
             old
             course
             again
             ;
             but
             about
             the
             middle
             of
             the
             week
             after
             ,
             the
             messenger
             of
             Death
             came
             ,
             and
             Mr.
             Abbot
             forthwith
             addressed
             himself
             to
             him
             in
             his
             Chamber
             ,
             saying
             ,
             Oh
             how
             often
             have
             you
             deceived
             God
             ,
             your
             own
             Soul
             ,
             and
             me
             !
             and
             what
             is
             now
             to
             be
             done
             ?
             I
             fear
             you
             will
             dye
             ,
             and
             then
             what
             will
             become
             of
             you
             ?
             His
             sickness
             so
             prevailed
             ,
             that
             it
             emptied
             him
             of
             any
             hopes
             of
             Life
             ,
             and
             filled
             him
             with
             thoughts
             of
             his
             present
             Guilt
             ,
             and
             future
             Judgment
             before
             the
             great
             God
             ,
             who
             is
             a
             consuming
             fire
             :
             He
             apprehending
             his
             own
             misery
             ,
             made
             it
             known
             to
             him
             and
             others
             ;
             there
             was
             too
             great
             a
             fire
             within
             to
             be
             Smothered
             ,
             it
             burned
             in
             his
             own
             Soul
             ,
             and
             it
             Lightened
             from
             his
             Heart
             and
             Lips
             ,
             into
             the
             Ears
             and
             Hearts
             of
             those
             Friends
             that
             were
             about
             him
             .
             One
             while
             he
             cryes
             out
             of
             his
             sins
             ,
             saying
             ,
             I
             have
             been
             a
             fearful
             Drunkard
             ,
             pouring
             in
             one
             draught
             after
             another
             ,
             till
             one
             draught
             could
             not
             keep
             down
             another
             ;
             I
             now
             would
             be
             glad
             if
             I
             could
             take
             the
             least
             of
             Gods
             
             Creatures
             which
             I
             have
             abused
             :
             I
             have
             neglected
             my
             Patients
             ,
             which
             have
             put
             their
             Lives
             in
             my
             hands
             ,
             and
             how
             many
             Souls
             have
             I
             thus
             murthered
             !
             I
             have
             wilfully
             neglected
             Gods
             House
             ,
             Service
             and
             Worship
             ,
             and
             though
             I
             purposed
             to
             go
             ,
             God
             strikes
             me
             thus
             before
             the
             day
             of
             my
             promise
             comes
             ,
             because
             I
             am
             unworthy
             to
             come
             among
             Gods
             people
             again
             .
             Another
             while
             he
             falls
             to
             wishing
             ,
             Oh
             ,
             that
             I
             might
             burn
             a
             long
             time
             in
             that
             fire
             ,
             (
             pointing
             to
             the
             fire
             before
             him
             )
             so
             I
             might
             not
             burn
             in
             Hell
             !
             Oh
             that
             God
             would
             grant
             me
             but
             one
             Year
             or
             a
             Month
             ,
             that
             the
             world
             might
             see
             with
             what
             an
             Heart
             I
             have
             promised
             to
             God
             my
             amendment
             !
             Oh
             that
             God
             would
             try
             me
             a
             little
             !
             but
             I
             am
             unworthy
             .
             Another
             while
             he
             speaks
             to
             his
             Companions
             ,
             praying
             all
             to
             be
             warned
             by
             him
             to
             forsake
             their
             wicked
             wayes
             ,
             lest
             they
             go
             to
             Hell
             ,
             as
             he
             must
             do
             .
             He
             forgot
             not
             his
             Servant
             that
             was
             young
             ,
             calls
             him
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             tells
             him
             ,
             That
             he
             had
             been
             a
             wicked
             Master
             to
             him
             ;
             But
             be
             warned
             by
             me
             ,
             said
             he
             ;
             you
             have
             a
             Friend
             that
             hath
             an
             Iron
             Furnace
             ,
             which
             burns
             hot
             a
             long
             time
             ,
             but
             if
             you
             give
             your self
             to
             my
             sins
             ,
             you
             shall
             be
             burned
             in
             the
             Furnace
             of
             Hell
             ,
             an
             hotter
             Furnace
             ,
             millions
             of
             millions
             of
             Ages
             :
             Therefore
             look
             to
             your self
             ,
             and
             be
             warned
             by
             my
             Example
             ,
             who
             must
             be
             burned
             in
             Hell
             for
             ever
             ;
             I
             must
             to
             the
             Furnace
             of
             Hell
             ,
             millions
             of
             millions
             of
             Ages
             .
             The
             Minister
             offered
             to
             him
             the
             Comforts
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ▪
             Promises
             of
             the
             largest
             size
             ,
             shewed
             him
             that
             God
             was
             delighted
             to
             save
             Souls
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             destroy
             them
             :
             But
             he
             cryed
             ,
             It
             was
             too
             late
             ,
             I
             must
             be
             burned
             in
             Hell
             :
             He
             pressed
             him
             with
             tears
             not
             to
             cast
             away
             that
             Soul
             for
             which
             Christ
             died
             ;
             and
             told
             him
             ,
             Christ
             rejected
             none
             that
             did
             not
             reject
             him
             :
             He
             answered
             ,
             He
             had
             cast
             off
             Christ
             ,
             and
             therefore
             he
             must
             go
             to
             Hell.
             He
             often
             complained
             ,
             that
             former
             Counsels
             and
             Prayers
             might
             have
             done
             him
             good
             ,
             but
             now
             it
             was
             too
             late
             ;
             he
             was
             no
             Swearer
             ,
             Whoremonger
             ,
             Thief
             ,
             no
             scoffer
             at
             Religion
             ,
             no
             Perjured
             wretch
             ,
             nor
             wilful
             Lier
             ;
             yet
             when
             Conscience
             
             was
             awakened
             ,
             and
             sate
             as
             Judge
             on
             him
             ,
             he
             confessed
             his
             being
             given
             to
             drunkenness
             ,
             and
             neglect
             of
             mens
             bodies
             ,
             and
             neglect
             of
             Prayer
             and
             other
             dutyes
             ,
             hearing
             the
             Word
             ,
             and
             keeping
             the
             Sabbath-day
             :
             which
             caused
             him
             to
             pass
             this
             heavy
             doom
             on
             himself
             ,
             and
             at
             last
             in
             Idleness
             of
             thoughts
             and
             talk
             he
             ended
             his
             miserable
             Life
             :
             And
             whatsoever
             God
             hath
             done
             with
             his
             Soul
             ,
             we
             are
             bound
             to
             hope
             the
             best
             ;
             this
             sad
             example
             is
             a
             warning-piece
             from
             Heaven
             ,
             to
             warn
             all
             young
             men
             to
             leave
             off
             their
             evil
             courses
             ,
             lest
             a
             worse
             thing
             befall
             them
             .
             He
             desired
             others
             might
             be
             warned
             by
             his
             Example
             .
          
           
             The
             Relation
             of
             him
             the
             said
             
               William
               Rogers
            
             was
             published
             by
             Mr.
             Abbot
             ,
             called
             ,
             
               The
               Young
               mans
               Warning
               piece
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             I
             shall
             here
             give
             you
             a
             short
             Relation
             how
             
               Nathaniel
               Butler
            
             ,
             who
             murthered
             his
             Friend
             
               John
               Knight
            
             in
             
               Milk-street
               ,
               London
               ,
               August
               6.
               
               Ann.
               1657.
            
             behaved
             himself
             .
          
           
             
               NAthaniel
               Butler
            
             ,
             declared
             that
             before
             this
             Murther
             committed
             ,
             he
             was
             addicted
             to
             divers
             sins
             ,
             as
             Drunkenness
             ,
             &c.
             which
             he
             himself
             freely
             confessed
             .
             For
             instance
             :
          
           
             1.
             
             He
             was
             a
             great
             Company-keeper
             ,
             and
             given
             to
             Gameing
             very
             much
             ;
             whereby
             he
             gain'd
             Money
             and
             several
             Watches
             of
             Young
             men
             ,
             one
             whereof
             he
             restor'd
             to
             the
             Owner
             after
             his
             Conscience
             was
             awakened
             in
             prison
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             He
             enticed
             some
             Servants
             to
             purloin
             from
             their
             Masters
             ,
             and
             sell
             the
             Goods
             ;
             then
             would
             he
             and
             they
             go
             together
             ,
             and
             spend
             the
             money
             among
             themselves
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             He
             lived
             in
             Fornication
             ,
             frequenting
             the
             company
             and
             the
             Houses
             of
             Harlots
             ;
             insomuch
             that
             (
             as
             he
             himself
             under
             his
             own
             hand
             informed
             me
             )
             he
             judged
             
             this
             very
             sin
             of
             Whoredom
             did
             draw
             him
             on
             to
             that
             of
             shedding
             blood
             .
             Concerning
             which
             fact
             I
             shall
             now
             speak
             ,
             as
             also
             concerning
             his
             carriage
             in
             Prison
             ,
             and
             at
             his
             Execution
             ,
             being
             an
             eye
             and
             ear
             witness
             thereof
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             This
             
               Nathaniel
               Butler
            
             ,
             came
             from
             Alten
             in
             Hampshire
             ,
             where
             he
             was
             born
             ;
             and
             at
             the
             time
             of
             his
             apprehension
             ,
             was
             an
             Apprentice
             with
             one
             Mr.
             Goodday
             ,
             a
             Drawer
             of
             Cloth
             in
             
               Carter-lane
               ,
               London
            
             ;
             during
             which
             time
             he
             became
             acquainted
             with
             one
             
               John
               Knight
            
             ,
             and
             Apprentice
             also
             in
             the
             same
             City
             .
             These
             two
             were
             much
             together
             ,
             but
             especially
             when
             Mr.
             
               Worth
               (
               John
            
             Knight's
             Master
             )
             was
             gone
             to
             
             Bristol-Fair
             ;
             then
             did
             these
             two
             young
             men
             lye
             together
             several
             nights
             at
             Mr.
             
             Worth's
             house
             ,
             at
             the
             Rose
             in
             Milk-street
             ;
             where
             in
             the
             Shop
             ,
             on
             Wednesday
             morning
             being
             the
             sixth
             of
             August
             1657.
             
             
               Nathaniel
               Butler
            
             seeing
             some
             Bags
             of
             Money
             ,
             he
             was
             thereupon
             tempted
             to
             take
             away
             the
             Life
             of
             his
             Friend
             and
             Bed-fellow
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             securely
             convey
             away
             the
             money
             which
             he
             had
             now
             seen
             in
             the
             Till
             of
             the
             Shop
             .
             After
             they
             had
             been
             abroad
             that
             day
             ,
             at
             night
             they
             lay
             again
             together
             ,
             the
             bloody
             design
             running
             still
             in
             the
             mind
             of
             Bulter
             :
             he
             intending
             about
             the
             dead
             of
             the
             night
             (
             for
             so
             he
             expressed
             himself
             to
             me
             )
             to
             destroy
             the
             Young
             man
             by
             cutting
             his
             Throat
             :
             Accordingly
             he
             took
             his
             Knife
             in
             his
             hand
             ,
             but
             his
             Heart
             would
             not
             suffer
             him
             to
             do
             it
             ;
             then
             he
             laid
             down
             the
             Knife
             again
             ;
             yea
             ,
             he
             took
             up
             and
             laid
             down
             his
             Knife
             several
             times
             (
             so
             he
             told
             me
             )
             before
             he
             acted
             his
             cruelty
             :
             But
             in
             the
             morning
             very
             early
             ,
             he
             did
             indeed
             fall
             very
             violently
             and
             inhumanely
             on
             the
             Youth
             ,
             who
             lay
             harmlesly
             asleep
             upon
             the
             bed
             .
             The
             first
             wound
             not
             being
             mortal
             ,
             awakened
             him
             ,
             whereupon
             he
             struggled
             and
             made
             a
             noise
             (
             not
             considerable
             enough
             )
             which
             was
             heard
             into
             another
             room
             of
             the
             same
             house
             .
             Then
             Butler
             chopt
             his
             fist
             into
             the
             mouth
             of
             the
             Young
             man
             ,
             and
             so
             they
             two
             lay
             striving
             and
             tumbling
             very
             near
             half
             an
             hour
             ,
             before
             the
             fatal
             blow
             was
             given
             ;
             but
             at
             length
             ,
             he
             did
             
             most
             barbarously
             murder
             the
             Young-man
             ,
             giving
             him
             a
             very
             ghastly
             deadly
             wound
             cross
             the
             Throat
             :
             And
             then
             he
             went
             down
             ,
             taking
             away
             out
             of
             the
             shop
             a
             summ
             of
             money
             in
             two
             bags
             ,
             being
             about
             One
             hundred
             and
             ten
             pounds
             :
             And
             so
             with
             his
             double
             guilt
             of
             Robbery
             and
             Murder
             ,
             leaving
             his
             bloody
             Shirt
             behind
             him
             ,
             and
             a
             lock
             of
             his
             own
             hair
             in
             the
             hand
             of
             the
             dead
             Young-man
             ,
             which
             Hair
             was
             pulled
             off
             in
             their
             striving
             together
             ,
             one
             to
             commit
             ,
             the
             other
             to
             prevent
             the
             fact
             ;
             after
             he
             had
             so
             done
             ,
             he
             went
             to
             his
             Masters
             house
             in
             Carter-lane
             ,
             where
             he
             privately
             laid
             the
             Money
             in
             a
             new
             Trunk
             that
             he
             bought
             with
             part
             of
             the
             Money
             .
             This
             Murderer
             abode
             for
             certain
             dayes
             ,
             that
             is
             from
             ▪
             Thursday
             to
             Saturday
             ,
             at
             his
             Masters
             house
             unsuspected
             ,
             following
             his
             business
             at
             home
             ,
             as
             formerly
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             Many
             thoughts
             and
             jealousies
             were
             working
             in
             men
             ,
             who
             should
             be
             the
             Murderer
             :
             And
             in
             a
             few
             dayes
             ,
             one
             in
             Milk-street
             (
             the
             street
             where
             the
             Murder
             was
             done
             )
             knowing
             that
             Butler
             used
             sometimes
             to
             be
             with
             the
             Young
             man
             who
             was
             now
             murder'd
             ,
             went
             to
             Butlers
             Masters
             house
             in
             Carter-lane
             ,
             and
             spake
             with
             him
             ,
             by
             whose
             words
             and
             carriage
             ,
             he
             supposed
             he
             might
             be
             guilty
             ,
             and
             so
             caused
             him
             to
             be
             apprehended
             :
             But
             yet
             for
             some
             small
             time
             ,
             the
             said
             Butler
             denied
             the
             Fact
             ;
             but
             at
             length
             confessed
             ,
             That
             he
             ,
             and
             he
             only
             did
             it
             .
             After
             his
             apprehension
             ,
             he
             was
             brought
             before
             the
             Lord
             Mayor
             of
             London
             ,
             to
             whom
             he
             declared
             the
             murder
             ,
             and
             the
             circumstances
             of
             it
             ,
             crying
             out
             for
             a
             little
             Time
             for
             his
             Soul
             ,
             and
             much
             lamenting
             his
             Sin.
             That
             night
             he
             was
             committed
             to
             Newgate
             ,
             and
             there
             lay
             exceedingly
             startled
             about
             the
             state
             of
             his
             Soul
             ,
             saying
             often
             ,
             
               What
               will
               become
               of
               my
               poor
               Soul
               !
               What
               shall
               I
               do
               to
               be
               saved
               !
            
             beginning
             now
             to
             see
             the
             sinfulness
             of
             sin
             .
             Whom
             I
             may
             compare
             to
             Manasses
             in
             three
             respects
             .
             1.
             
             As
             to
             matter
             of
             Fact
             ;
             for
             Manasses
             shed
             much
             innocent
             blood
             ,
             2
             Kings
             21.
             16.
             so
             did
             he
             shed
             (
             too
             much
             )
             innocent
             blood
             .
             2.
             
             He
             something
             resembled
             
             Manasses
             in
             his
             Imprisonment
             ,
             mentioned
             2
             Chr.
             33.
             11.
             
             As
             Manasses
             was
             taken
             and
             bound
             with
             Fetters
             ,
             so
             was
             he
             clapt
             in
             the
             hole
             or
             Dungeon
             of
             Newgate
             ,
             with
             heavy
             Irons
             about
             his
             legs
             .
             3.
             
             Manasses
             and
             he
             were
             one
             and
             the
             same
             in
             this
             sense
             ,
             that
             when
             they
             were
             in
             affliction
             ,
             they
             besought
             the
             Lord
             God
             ,
             and
             humbled
             themselves
             greatly
             before
             the
             God
             of
             their
             Fathers
             .
             For
             this
             great
             Offendor
             could
             often
             say
             ,
             
               He
               could
               never
               be
               humbled
               enough
               .
            
          
           
             Upon
             the
             13
             of
             August
             ,
             when
             he
             was
             arraigned
             at
             the
             Sessions
             in
             the
             Old-Baily
             ,
             he
             pleaded
             Guilty
             to
             the
             Indictments
             ,
             with
             very
             much
             shame
             ,
             confusion
             of
             face
             and
             sorrow
             of
             heart
             :
             And
             on
             Friday
             the
             15
             of
             August
             ,
             he
             demeaned
             himself
             very
             humbly
             before
             the
             Bench
             ,
             heartily
             submitting
             to
             the
             Sentence
             of
             death
             that
             then
             passed
             upon
             him
             ,
             saying
             ,
             
               He
               had
               destroyed
               the
               Image
               of
               the
               Eternal
               GOD
            
             ;
             alluding
             (
             as
             I
             verily
             believe
             )
             to
             those
             words
             in
             
               Gen.
               6.
               9.
               
               —
               For
               in
               the
               Image
               of
               God
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             After
             his
             Sentence
             ,
             he
             was
             conveyed
             back
             to
             prison
             ;
             penitently
             acknowledging
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             neglected
             the
             good
             Word
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             therefore
             was
             the
             longer
             kept
             off
             (
             through
             ignorance
             of
             the
             Gospel
             )
             from
             closing
             with
             Christ
             Jesus
             .
             But
             after
             a
             few
             dayes
             discourse
             with
             several
             Ministers
             and
             others
             ,
             who
             opened
             the
             Scriptures
             to
             him
             ,
             he
             began
             to
             understand
             (
             through
             the
             Grace
             of
             God
             )
             the
             Word
             of
             Grace
             .
             And
             though
             he
             had
             many
             good
             Books
             brought
             to
             him
             by
             divers
             visiting
             Friends
             ,
             yet
             he
             chiefly
             looked
             into
             the
             holy
             Scriptures
             themselves
             ,
             and
             found
             very
             much
             advantage
             ,
             light
             and
             peace
             ,
             by
             these
             following
             passages
             out
             of
             the
             Old
             Testament
             ,
             viz.
             
          
           
             2
             Sam.
             12.
             9.
             
             Where
             Nathan
             spake
             sharply
             to
             David
             ,
             for
             despising
             the
             Commandment
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             to
             do
             evil
             in
             the
             sight
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             in
             killing
             Uriah
             the
             Hittite
             with
             the
             Sword
             ,
             vers
             .
             13.
             
             
               David
               said
               to
               Nathan
               ,
               I
               have
               sinned
               against
               the
               Lord
               ;
               and
               Nathan
               said
               to
               David
               ,
               The
               Lord
               also
               hath
               put
               away
               thy
               sin
               .
            
             From
             hence
             he
             understood
             
             the
             readiness
             of
             God
             to
             forgive
             confessing
             ,
             repenting
             sinners
             ,
             though
             they
             are
             guilty
             of
             innocent
             blood
             .
          
           
             
               Job
               33.
               27
               ,
               28
               ,
               He
            
             (
             the
             Lord
             )
             
               looketh
               upon
               men
            
             (
             Oh
             that
             men
             would
             look
             after
             the
             Lord
             !
             )
             
               and
               if
               AN
               T
               say
               ,
               I
               have
               sinned
               and
               perverted
               that
               which
               was
               right
               ,
               and
               it
               profited
               me
               not
               ;
               he
            
             (
             that
             is
             the
             Lord
             )
             
               will
               deliver
               his
               Soul
               from
               going
               into
               the
               pit
               ,
               and
               his
               life
               shall
               see
               the
               light
               .
            
          
           
             Isa.
             45.
             18
             ,
             19.
             —
             
               I
               said
               not
               unto
               the
               seed
               of
               Jacob
               ,
               Seek
               ye
               me
               in
               vain
               ?
            
          
           
             Isa.
             55.
             7.
             
             
               Let
               the
               wicked
               forsake
               his
               way
               ,
               and
               the
               unrighteous
               man
               his
               thoughts
               ,
               and
               let
               him
               return
               to
               the
               Lord
               ,
               and
               he
               will
               ABUNDANTLY
               pardon
            
             ;
             The
             word
             abundantly
             he
             used
             to
             pronounce
             with
             an
             emphasis
             ;
             for
             he
             saw
             (
             his
             eyes
             being
             now
             anointed
             with
             spiritual
             Eye
             salve
             )
             that
             he
             had
             multiplied
             sins
             exceedingly
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             stood
             in
             absolute
             need
             of
             the
             Lords
             abundant
             multiplied
             pardons
             :
             whereof
             he
             had
             good
             hope
             through
             this
             good
             word
             of
             Isaiah
             .
          
           
             Ezek.
             18.
             23.
             
             
               Have
               I
               any
               pleasure
               at
               all
               that
               the
               wicked
               should
               die
               ,
               saith
               the
               Lord
               God
               ,
               and
               not
               that
               he
               should
               return
               from
               his
               wayes
               and
               live
               ?
            
          
           
             30.
             —
             
               Repent
               and
               turn
               your selves
               from
               all
               your
               transgressions
               ;
               So
               iniquity
               shall
               not
               be
               your
               ruine
               .
            
          
           
             31.
             
             
               Cast
               away
               from
               you
               all
               your
               transgressions
               ,
               whereby
               ye
               have
               transgressed
               ,
               and
               make
               you
               a
               new
               heart
               ,
               and
               a
               new
               spirit
               ;
               for
               why
               will
               you
               die
               ,
               O
               house
               of
               Israel
               ?
            
          
           
             32.
             
             
               For
               I
               have
               no
               pleasure
               in
               the
               death
               of
               him
               that
               dyeth
               ,
               wherefore
               turn
               your selves
               ,
               and
               live
               ye
               .
            
          
           
             Ezek.
             33.
             11.
             
             
               Say
               unto
               them
               ,
               As
               I
               live
               ,
               saith
               the
               Lord
               ,
            
             (
             here
             the
             poor
             Prisoner
             would
             note
             to
             his
             comfort
             ,
             that
             a
             repenting
             sinner
             had
             not
             onely
             the
             Word
             and
             Promise
             of
             God
             for
             forgiveness
             ,
             but
             the
             Oath
             of
             God
             ,
             to
             give
             such
             a
             sinner
             the
             greater
             assurance
             of
             pardon
             ,
             )
             
               I
               have
               no
               pleasure
               in
               the
               death
               of
               the
               wicked
               ,
               but
               that
               the
               wicked
               turn
               from
               his
               wayes
               and
               live
               :
               Turn
               ye
               ,
               turn
               ye
               ,
            
             (
             see
             the
             importunity
             of
             God
             with
             poor
             sinners
             for
             the
             good
             of
             their
             
             souls
             )
             
               from
               your
               evil
               wayes
               ;
               For
               why
               will
               ye
               die
               ,
               O
               house
               of
               Israel
               ?
            
          
           
             Micah
             7.
             18.
             was
             a
             place
             pleasant
             to
             his
             Soul.
             
               Who
               is
               a
               God
               like
               unto
               thee
               ,
               that
               pardoneth
               iniquity
               ,
               and
               passeth
               by
               the
               transgression
               of
               the
               remnant
               of
               his
               heritage
               ?
               He
               retaineth
               not
               his
               anger
               for
               ever
               ,
               because
               he
               delighteth
               in
               mercy
               ,
            
             Vers.
             19.
             
             
               He
               will
               turn
               again
            
             ,
             (
             as
             one
             doth
             when
             his
             anger
             is
             gone
             )
             
               he
               will
               have
               compassion
               upon
               us
               ,
               he
               will
               subdue
               our
               iniquities
               ,
               and
               thou
               wilt
               cast
               ALL
               their
               sins
               into
               the
               depth
               of
               the
               Sea.
               
            
          
           
             Now
             I
             shall
             give
             you
             a
             short
             List
             of
             some
             New-Testament
             Texts
             ,
             whereby
             the
             Lord
             conveyed
             Counsel
             and
             Consolation
             to
             this
             doubting
             ,
             staggering
             ,
             poor
             Wretch
             .
          
           
             Mat.
             18.
             11.
             
             —
             
               For
               the
               Son
               of
               man
               is
               come
               to
               save
               that
               which
               was
               lost
               .
            
          
           
             Joh.
             3.
             14
             ,
             15
             ,
             16.
             
             
               And
               as
               Moses
               lifted
               up
               the
               Serpent
               in
               the
               Wilderness
               ,
               even
               so
               must
               the
               Son
               of
               man
               be
               lifted
               up
               ,
               that
               whosoever
               believeth
               in
               him
               ,
               should
               not
               perish
               ,
               but
               have
               eternal
               life
               ;
               for
               God
               SO
               loved
               the
               WORLD
               ,
               that
               whosoever
            
             (
             this
             word
             [
             whosoever
             ]
             he
             spake
             with
             joy
             )
             
               believeth
               in
               him
               ,
               should
               not
               perish
               ,
               but
               have
               everlasting
               life
               :
            
             Now
             (
             saith
             
               Nathaniel
               Butler
            
             )
             I
             am
             one
             to
             whom
             this
             word
             speaketh
             ;
             and
             therefore
             God
             gave
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             for
             my
             Soul
             ;
             I
             believe
             in
             him
             ,
             and
             therefore
             I
             trust
             to
             live
             eternally
             through
             him
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             gracious
             terms
             of
             the
             Gospel
             .
          
           
             John
             6.
             37.
             
             —
             
               And
               him
               that
               cometh
               to
               me
               I
               will
               in
               no
               wise
            
             (
             here
             he
             would
             repeat
             and
             reiterate
             these
             words
             in
             
               NO
               WISE
               CAST
               OUT
            
             ,
             in
             
               NO
               WISE
            
             ,
             in
             
               NO
               WISE
               )
               cast
               out
            
             .
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             1.
             15.
             
             
               This
               is
               a
               faithful
               saying
               ,
               and
               worthy
               of
               all
               acceptation
               ,
               that
               Christ
               Jesus
               came
               into
               the
               world
               to
               save
               sinners
               ,
               of
               whom
               I
               am
               chief
               .
            
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             2.
             5
             ,
             6.
             
             
               For
               there
               is
               one
               God
               ,
               and
               one
               Mediator
               between
               God
               and
               men
               ,
               the
               Man
               Christ
               Jesus
               ,
               who
               gave
               himself
               a
               ransom
               for
               all
               ,
               to
               be
               testified
               in
               due
               time
               .
            
          
           
           
             In
             hearing
             ,
             reading
             ,
             and
             conferring
             upon
             these
             (
             and
             many
             more
             )
             Scriptures
             ,
             he
             would
             often
             say
             to
             me
             and
             others
             ,
             These
             are
             good
             Scriptures
             ,
             brave
             Scriptures
             ;
             are
             they
             not
             brave
             Scriptures
             ?
             He
             would
             make
             very
             diligent
             and
             frequent
             search
             into
             his
             Soul
             ,
             concerning
             the
             sincerity
             of
             his
             Sorrow
             ,
             and
             would
             not
             easily
             believe
             that
             his
             Repentance
             was
             true
             ,
             or
             that
             he
             had
             right
             to
             the
             precious
             Promises
             of
             the
             Gospel
             .
             But
             by
             much
             speaking
             to
             him
             by
             many
             good
             people
             ,
             that
             he
             would
             apply
             Christ
             ,
             and
             also
             by
             seeking
             unto
             God
             for
             a
             spirit
             of
             Faith
             for
             him
             ,
             he
             did
             begin
             to
             act
             a
             faith
             of
             recumbency
             and
             adherence
             ,
             being
             (
             as
             he
             often
             said
             )
             perswaded
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             was
             able
             to
             save
             to
             the
             uttermost
             ,
             and
             willing
             to
             save
             such
             as
             come
             unto
             God
             by
             him
             ;
             yet
             he
             could
             not
             come
             up
             to
             that
             full
             assurance
             of
             hope
             and
             confidence
             ,
             as
             he
             desired
             ;
             and
             we
             also
             desired
             heartily
             on
             his
             behalf
             .
             Yet
             for
             some
             certain
             dayes
             before
             his
             suffering
             death
             ,
             it
             pleased
             the
             God
             of
             all
             Comfort
             ,
             to
             give
             him
             Joy
             and
             Consolation
             ,
             and
             sometimes
             strong
             consolation
             ,
             insomuch
             that
             he
             would
             at
             times
             express
             very
             great
             inward
             gladness
             ,
             which
             all
             that
             knew
             his
             former
             mournings
             ,
             were
             glad
             to
             see
             ,
             and
             glorified
             God
             for
             giving
             him
             the
             Joy
             of
             his
             Salvation
             ;
             for
             he
             was
             so
             satisfied
             concerning
             the
             favour
             and
             mercy
             of
             God
             towards
             him
             in
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             that
             he
             rather
             now
             desired
             Death
             then
             feared
             it
             ;
             as
             seeing
             death
             through
             Jesus
             Christ
             without
             a
             Sting
             .
             He
             was
             executed
             in
             Cheapside
             against
             Milk-street
             end
             ,
             and
             died
             penitently
             :
          
           
             See
             more
             at
             large
             in
             the
             Books
             of
             
               Nathaniel
               Butler
            
             and
             
               William
               Rogers
            
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Here
             followeth
             a
             True
             Relation
             of
             the
             Wicked
             Life
             ,
             and
             Shameful-happy
             Death
             of
             
               Thomas
               Savage
            
             ;
             Imprisoned
             ,
             Justly
             condemned
             ,
             and
             Twice
             Executed
             at
             Ratcliff
             ,
             for
             his
             Bloody
             Fact
             in
             Killing
             his
             Fellow-servant
             ,
             on
             
               Wednesday
               ,
               Octob.
               28.
               1668.
            
             
          
           
             
               THomas
               Savage
            
             ,
             born
             in
             the
             Parish
             of
             Giles
             in
             the
             Fields
             ,
             he
             was
             put
             out
             Apprentice
             to
             Mr.
             Collins
             ,
             Vintner
             ,
             at
             the
             Ship-Tavern
             in
             Ratcliff
             ,
             where
             he
             lived
             about
             the
             space
             of
             one
             year
             and
             three
             quarters
             :
             in
             which
             time
             he
             manifested
             himself
             to
             all
             that
             knew
             him
             ,
             to
             be
             a
             meer
             Monster
             in
             sin
             :
             in
             all
             that
             time
             he
             never
             once
             knew
             what
             it
             was
             to
             hear
             one
             whole
             Sermon
             ;
             but
             used
             to
             go
             in
             at
             one
             door
             ,
             and
             out
             at
             the
             other
             ;
             and
             accounted
             them
             fools
             that
             could
             spare
             so
             much
             time
             from
             sin
             ,
             as
             two
             or
             three
             hours
             on
             a
             Lords
             day
             ,
             to
             spend
             in
             the
             Lords
             service
             .
             He
             spent
             the
             Sabbath
             commonly
             at
             the
             Ale-house
             ,
             or
             rather
             at
             a
             base
             house
             ,
             with
             that
             vile
             Strumpet
             
               Hannah
               Blay
            
             ,
             which
             was
             the
             cause
             of
             his
             ruine
             ;
             he
             was
             by
             a
             young
             man
             (
             now
             gone
             to
             Sea
             )
             first
             enticed
             to
             go
             drink
             there
             ,
             and
             after
             that
             he
             went
             alone
             ,
             and
             now
             and
             then
             used
             to
             bring
             her
             a
             Bottle
             or
             two
             of
             Wine
             ,
             which
             satisfied
             not
             her
             wicked
             desires
             ;
             but
             she
             told
             him
             ,
             if
             he
             would
             frequent
             her
             house
             ,
             he
             must
             bring
             money
             with
             him
             :
             he
             told
             her
             often
             ,
             he
             could
             bring
             none
             but
             his
             Masters
             ,
             and
             he
             never
             wronged
             his
             Master
             of
             two-pence
             in
             his
             Life
             :
             still
             she
             enticed
             him
             to
             take
             it
             privately
             :
             He
             replyed
             ,
             he
             could
             not
             do
             it
             ,
             because
             the
             Maid
             was
             alwayes
             at
             home
             with
             him
             :
             Hang
             her
             Jade
             ,
             saith
             this
             impudent
             Slut
             ,
             knock
             her
             brains
             out
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             receive
             the
             money
             ;
             this
             she
             many
             times
             said
             ;
             and
             that
             day
             that
             he
             committed
             the
             murther
             ,
             he
             was
             with
             her
             in
             the
             morning
             ,
             and
             she
             made
             him
             drunk
             with
             burnt
             Brandy
             ,
             and
             he
             wanted
             one
             Groat
             to
             pay
             of
             his
             reckoning
             :
             she
             
             then
             again
             perswaded
             him
             to
             knock
             the
             Maid
             on
             the
             Head
             ,
             and
             she
             would
             receive
             the
             Money
             :
             he
             going
             home
             between
             twelve
             and
             one
             of
             the
             clock
             ;
             his
             Master
             standing
             at
             the
             Street-door
             ,
             did
             not
             dare
             to
             go
             in
             that
             way
             ,
             but
             climbed
             over
             a
             back
             door
             ,
             and
             cometh
             into
             the
             Room
             where
             his
             Fellow-servants
             were
             at
             dinner
             :
             O
             saith
             the
             Maid
             to
             him
             ,
             Sirrah
             ,
             you
             have
             been
             now
             at
             this
             Bawdy-House
             ,
             you
             will
             never
             leave
             till
             you
             are
             undone
             by
             them
             :
             He
             was
             much
             vexed
             at
             her
             ;
             and
             while
             he
             was
             at
             Dinner
             ,
             the
             Devil
             entred
             so
             strong
             into
             him
             ,
             that
             nothing
             would
             satisfie
             him
             but
             he
             must
             kill
             her
             ;
             and
             no
             other
             way
             ,
             but
             with
             the
             Hammer
             ;
             to
             which
             end
             ,
             when
             his
             Master
             was
             gone
             with
             all
             the
             rest
             of
             his
             Family
             to
             Church
             ,
             leaving
             only
             the
             Maid
             and
             this
             Boy
             at
             home
             ;
             he
             goeth
             into
             the
             Bar
             ,
             fetcheth
             the
             Hammer
             ,
             and
             taketh
             the
             Bellows
             in
             his
             hand
             ,
             and
             sitteth
             down
             by
             the
             fire
             ,
             and
             there
             knocketh
             the
             bellows
             with
             the
             Hammer
             :
             the
             Maid
             saith
             to
             him
             ;
             
               Sure
               the
               boy
               is
               mad
               ,
               Sirrah
               ,
               what
               do
               you
               make
               this
               noise
               for
               ?
            
             He
             said
             nothing
             ,
             but
             went
             from
             the
             Chair
             ,
             and
             lay
             along
             in
             the
             Kitchin
             Window
             ,
             and
             knocked
             with
             the
             Hammer
             there
             ;
             and
             on
             a
             sudden
             threw
             the
             Hammer
             with
             such
             force
             at
             the
             maid
             ,
             that
             hitting
             her
             on
             the
             head
             she
             fell
             down
             presently
             ,
             screeching
             out
             :
             then
             he
             taketh
             up
             the
             Hammer
             three
             times
             ,
             and
             did
             not
             dare
             to
             strike
             her
             any
             more
             ,
             at
             last
             the
             Devil
             was
             so
             great
             with
             him
             ,
             that
             he
             taketh
             the
             Hammer
             and
             striketh
             her
             many
             blows
             with
             all
             the
             force
             he
             could
             ,
             and
             even
             rejoyced
             that
             he
             had
             got
             the
             victory
             over
             her
             :
             which
             done
             ,
             he
             immediately
             taketh
             the
             Hammer
             ,
             and
             with
             it
             strikes
             at
             the
             Cupboard-Door
             in
             his
             masters
             Chamber
             ,
             which
             being
             but
             slit
             Deal
             presently
             flew
             open
             ,
             and
             thence
             he
             taketh
             out
             a
             Bag
             of
             Money
             ,
             and
             putting
             it
             upon
             his
             arm
             ,
             under
             his
             Cloak
             ,
             he
             went
             out
             at
             a
             back-door
             straightway
             to
             this
             base
             house
             again
             :
             when
             he
             came
             thither
             ,
             the
             Slut
             would
             fain
             have
             seen
             what
             he
             had
             under
             his
             Cloak
             ,
             and
             knowing
             what
             he
             had
             done
             ,
             would
             very
             fain
             
             have
             had
             the
             Money
             ;
             he
             gave
             her
             half
             a
             Crown
             ,
             and
             away
             he
             went
             without
             any
             remorse
             for
             what
             he
             had
             done
             .
             Going
             over
             a
             Stile
             ,
             he
             sat
             down
             to
             rest
             himself
             ,
             and
             then
             began
             to
             think
             with
             himself
             ;
             
               Lord
               what
               have
               I
               done
            
             !
             and
             he
             would
             have
             given
             ten
             thousand
             worlds
             he
             could
             have
             recalled
             the
             blow
             .
             After
             this
             ,
             he
             was
             in
             so
             much
             horrour
             ,
             that
             he
             went
             not
             one
             step
             but
             he
             thought
             every
             one
             he
             met
             came
             to
             take
             him
             .
             He
             got
             that
             Night
             to
             Greenwich
             ,
             and
             lay
             there
             ;
             telling
             the
             people
             of
             the
             house
             that
             he
             was
             to
             go
             down
             to
             Gravesend
             :
             that
             night
             he
             rose
             and
             walked
             about
             ,
             and
             knew
             not
             what
             to
             do
             ,
             Conscience
             so
             flew
             in
             his
             face
             :
             The
             Mistress
             of
             the
             house
             perceiving
             the
             Lad
             to
             have
             Money
             ,
             and
             not
             sealed
             up
             ,
             said
             ,
             
               I
               wish
               this
               Lad
               came
               by
               this
               Money
               honestly
               .
            
             The
             next
             morning
             he
             going
             away
             towards
             Woolliedge
             ,
             the
             Mistriss
             of
             the
             house
             could
             not
             be
             satisfied
             ,
             but
             sent
             for
             him
             back
             ,
             and
             told
             him
             ,
             
               Sweet
               heart
               ,
               I
               fear
               you
               came
               not
               by
               this
               Money
               honestly
               .
               Yes
               ,
               indeed
               Mistris
               ,
            
             saith
             he
             ,
             
               I
               did
               ;
               for
               I
               am
               carrying
               of
               it
               down
               to
            
             Gravesend
             
               to
               my
               Master
               ,
               a
               Wine-Cooper
               .
               We
               live
               upon
            
             London-bridge
             ,
             
               and
               if
               you
               please
               to
               send
               any
               one
               to
               my
               Mistris
               ,
               I
               will
               leave
               my
               Money
               with
               you
               .
            
          
           
             So
             there
             were
             some
             people
             going
             to
             London
             ,
             and
             he
             writ
             a
             Note
             to
             send
             to
             his
             Mistris
             ,
             and
             he
             left
             the
             Money
             with
             the
             woman
             of
             the
             House
             ,
             and
             went
             his
             way
             ,
             wandring
             toward
             Woolliedge
             ,
             and
             there
             was
             in
             the
             Ship-yard
             ;
             about
             which
             time
             news
             came
             to
             Greenwich
             of
             the
             Murther
             that
             was
             committed
             at
             Ratcliff
             by
             a
             Youth
             ,
             upon
             his
             Fellow-servant
             ,
             and
             that
             a
             Bag
             of
             Money
             was
             taken
             away
             :
             the
             Mistris
             of
             the
             House
             forthwith
             concluded
             that
             sure
             it
             was
             the
             same
             Youth
             that
             was
             at
             her
             house
             ,
             and
             that
             was
             the
             Money
             :
             whereupon
             she
             sent
             men
             out
             presently
             to
             seek
             him
             :
             who
             found
             him
             in
             an
             Ale-house
             ,
             where
             he
             had
             called
             for
             one
             pot
             of
             Beer
             ,
             and
             was
             laid
             down
             with
             his
             head
             on
             the
             Table
             and
             faln
             asleep
             :
             One
             of
             the
             men
             calling
             him
             by
             his
             name
             ,
             Tom
             ,
             saith
             he
             ,
             Did
             
             
               you
               not
               live
               at
            
             Ratcliff
             ?
             He
             said
             ,
             
               Yes
               :
               And
               did
               you
               not
               murther
               your
               fellow-servant
               ?
            
             He
             confessed
             it
             :
             
               And
               you
               took
               so
               much
               Money
               from
               your
               Master
               ,
            
             he
             acknowledged
             all
             :
             then
             said
             they
             ,
             
               You
               must
               go
               along
               with
               us
               :
            
             He
             said
             ,
             
               Yes
               ,
               with
               all
               my
               heart
               .
            
             So
             they
             went
             forthwith
             to
             Greenwich
             ,
             to
             the
             house
             where
             he
             lay
             that
             night
             :
             where
             when
             he
             came
             ,
             he
             met
             his
             Master
             with
             some
             Friends
             ,
             and
             when
             his
             Master
             spake
             to
             him
             of
             it
             ,
             he
             was
             not
             much
             affected
             at
             first
             ,
             but
             after
             a
             little
             while
             burst
             out
             into
             many
             tears
             :
             thence
             he
             was
             conveyed
             to
             the
             Justice
             at
             Ratcliff
             ,
             where
             he
             fully
             confessed
             the
             Fact
             again
             ,
             and
             by
             him
             was
             committed
             close
             Prisoner
             in
             the
             Goal
             of
             Newgate
             ,
             where
             Mr.
             
               H.
               B.
            
             (
             who
             after
             some
             acquaintance
             with
             him
             ,
             had
             this
             preceeding
             Narrative
             from
             his
             own
             Mouth
             )
             came
             to
             see
             and
             speak
             with
             him
             :
             and
             he
             seemed
             but
             little
             sensible
             of
             what
             he
             had
             done
             .
             
               Are
               you
            
             (
             said
             he
             )
             
               the
               person
               that
               committed
               the
               murther
               upon
               the
               maid
               at
            
             Ratcliff
             ?
             He
             said
             ,
             
               Yes
               :
               O
               what
               think
               you
               of
               your
               condition
               ?
               What
               do
               you
               think
               will
               become
               of
               your
               precious
               Soul
               ?
               you
               have
               by
               this
               Sin
               not
               only
               brought
               your
               body
               to
               the
               Grave
               ,
               but
               your
               Soul
               to
               Hell
               ,
               without
               Gods
               Infinite
               mercy
               :
               Were
               you
               not
               troubled
               for
               the
               Fact
               when
               you
               did
               it
               ?
               Not
               for
               the
               present
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               said
               he
               ;
               but
               soon
               after
               I
               was
               ,
               when
               I
               began
               to
               think
               with
               my self
               what
               I
               had
               done
               .
            
             The
             next
             time
             he
             asked
             him
             ,
             whether
             he
             were
             sorry
             for
             the
             Fact
             ?
             He
             said
             ,
             wringing
             his
             hands
             ,
             and
             striking
             his
             breast
             ,
             with
             tears
             in
             his
             Eyes
             ,
             
               Yes
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               for
               it
               cuts
               me
               to
               the
               Heart
               to
               think
               that
               I
               should
               take
               away
               the
               Life
               of
               a
               poor
               innocent
               Creature
               ;
               and
               that
               is
               not
               all
               ,
               but
               for
               any
               thing
               I
               know
               ,
               I
               have
               sent
               her
               Soul
               to
               Hell
               :
               O
               how
               can
               I
               think
               to
               appear
               before
               Gods
               Bar
               ,
               when
               she
               shall
               stand
               before
               me
               ,
               and
               say
               ,
               Lord
               ,
               this
               wretch
               took
               away
               my
               Life
               ,
               and
               gave
               me
               not
               the
               least
               space
               that
               I
               might
               turn
               to
               thee
               :
               he
               gave
               me
               no
               warning
               at
               all
               ,
               Lord
               :
               O
               then
               what
               will
               become
               of
               me
               ?
            
          
           
             Soon
             after
             the
             imprisonment
             of
             this
             
               Thomas
               Savage
            
             ,
             in
             Newgate
             ;
             upon
             the
             desire
             of
             one
             of
             his
             Friends
             ,
             Mr.
             
             
               R.
               F.
            
             and
             
               T.
               V.
            
             went
             to
             him
             in
             the
             Prison
             ,
             and
             had
             liberty
             ,
             with
             much
             readiness
             from
             the
             Keepers
             to
             discourse
             with
             him
             :
             They
             asked
             him
             ,
             if
             he
             were
             the
             person
             that
             had
             murthered
             the
             Maid
             ?
             He
             answered
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             ;
             they
             did
             then
             open
             to
             him
             the
             hainous
             nature
             of
             that
             sin
             ,
             endeavouring
             to
             set
             it
             home
             upon
             his
             Conscience
             ,
             telling
             him
             of
             the
             express
             Law
             of
             God
             ,
             
               Thou
               shalt
               not
               Kill
            
             ,
             and
             the
             express
             threatnings
             ,
             
               That
               whosoever
               sheddeth
               mans
               blood
               ,
               by
               man
               shall
               his
               blood
               be
               shed
               .
            
             They
             spake
             to
             him
             of
             the
             Law
             of
             the
             Land
             ,
             and
             the
             punishment
             of
             Death
             which
             would
             certainly
             be
             inflicted
             upon
             him
             ;
             that
             he
             had
             but
             a
             few
             Weeks
             more
             to
             live
             ,
             and
             then
             he
             would
             be
             Tryed
             ,
             and
             Condemned
             ,
             and
             Executed
             :
             but
             they
             told
             him
             ,
             that
             the
             punishment
             of
             the
             temporal
             Death
             was
             but
             small
             in
             comparison
             with
             the
             punishment
             of
             Eternal
             Death
             in
             Hell
             ,
             which
             he
             had
             deserved
             ,
             and
             was
             exposed
             unto
             .
             They
             told
             him
             ,
             that
             so
             soon
             as
             Death
             should
             make
             a
             separation
             between
             his
             Soul
             and
             body
             ,
             that
             his
             Soul
             must
             immediately
             appear
             before
             the
             dreadful
             Tribunal
             of
             the
             Sin-revenging
             God
             ,
             and
             there
             receive
             its
             final
             doom
             ,
             and
             be
             irreversibly
             sentenced
             to
             depart
             from
             the
             presence
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             into
             everlasting
             fire
             ,
             if
             he
             were
             found
             under
             the
             guilt
             of
             this
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             sin
             .
             They
             asked
             him
             if
             he
             knew
             what
             Hell
             was
             ?
             telling
             him
             what
             a
             fearful
             thing
             it
             would
             be
             for
             him
             to
             fall
             into
             the
             hands
             of
             the
             living
             God
             ;
             how
             intolerable
             the
             immediate
             expressions
             of
             Gods
             Wrath
             would
             be
             upon
             his
             Soul
             ,
             what
             horrour
             and
             anguish
             he
             would
             there
             be
             filled
             withal
             ,
             and
             how
             he
             would
             be
             bound
             up
             in
             Chains
             of
             darkness
             until
             the
             Judgment
             of
             the
             great
             day
             ;
             and
             then
             told
             him
             of
             the
             glorious
             appearance
             of
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             to
             Judgment
             :
             that
             Soul
             and
             Body
             should
             be
             then
             joyned
             together
             ,
             and
             condemned
             together
             ,
             and
             punished
             together
             with
             such
             exquisite
             torments
             as
             never
             entred
             into
             the
             Heart
             of
             man
             to
             conceive
             ;
             declaring
             the
             Extremity
             and
             the
             Eternity
             of
             the
             Torments
             of
             Hell
             ,
             
             which
             were
             the
             just
             demerit
             of
             his
             sins
             .
             Then
             they
             asked
             him
             ,
             whether
             he
             had
             any
             hopes
             of
             escaping
             this
             dreadful
             punishment
             of
             Hell
             ?
             He
             answered
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             :
             they
             enquired
             the
             grounds
             of
             his
             hopes
             ?
             He
             told
             them
             ,
             that
             he
             repented
             of
             his
             fault
             ,
             and
             hoped
             God
             would
             have
             mercy
             on
             his
             Soul.
             They
             asked
             him
             ,
             whether
             he
             thought
             his
             Repentance
             could
             procure
             for
             him
             a
             Pardon
             ?
             He
             knew
             no
             other
             way
             .
             They
             told
             him
             that
             God
             was
             just
             ,
             and
             his
             Justice
             must
             be
             satisfied
             :
             and
             there
             was
             no
             way
             for
             him
             to
             do
             it
             ,
             but
             by
             undergoing
             the
             Eternal
             torments
             of
             Hell
             :
             and
             did
             he
             know
             no
             way
             of
             satisfying
             God's
             Justice
             besides
             ?
             and
             pacifying
             his
             anger
             that
             was
             kindled
             against
             him
             ?
             No
             ,
             he
             knew
             not
             any
             :
             And
             yet
             did
             he
             hope
             to
             be
             saved
             ?
             He
             answered
             ,
             Yes
             .
             They
             enquired
             whether
             ever
             he
             had
             experience
             of
             a
             gracious
             change
             wrought
             in
             him
             .
             Herein
             he
             could
             give
             no
             account
             ,
             and
             yet
             hoped
             to
             be
             saved
             .
             They
             told
             him
             his
             hopes
             were
             unsound
             ,
             having
             no
             good
             foundation
             :
             and
             he
             would
             find
             himself
             disappointed
             :
             that
             it
             was
             not
             his
             Repentance
             ,
             his
             Tears
             ,
             and
             Prayers
             (
             though
             he
             ought
             to
             use
             them
             as
             means
             )
             that
             would
             save
             him
             ,
             if
             he
             fixed
             the
             Anchor
             of
             his
             hope
             upon
             them
             .
             That
             if
             he
             hoped
             to
             be
             saved
             in
             the
             condition
             which
             for
             the
             present
             he
             was
             in
             ,
             he
             would
             certainly
             be
             damned
             :
             that
             he
             must
             cast
             away
             all
             those
             groundless
             hopes
             he
             had
             conceived
             ,
             and
             endeavour
             to
             despair
             in
             himself
             ,
             that
             being
             pricked
             and
             pained
             at
             heart
             ,
             through
             the
             apprehensions
             of
             the
             wrath
             of
             God
             ready
             to
             fall
             upon
             him
             ,
             and
             seeing
             no
             possibility
             of
             flying
             and
             escaping
             ,
             if
             he
             looked
             only
             to
             himself
             ,
             he
             might
             cry
             out
             ,
             
               What
               shall
               I
               do
               to
               be
               saved
               ?
            
             and
             enquire
             after
             a
             Saviour
             .
             And
             then
             they
             spake
             to
             him
             of
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             and
             the
             way
             of
             Salvation
             by
             him
             ,
             which
             before
             he
             was
             sottishly
             ignorant
             of
             ,
             as
             if
             he
             had
             been
             brought
             up
             in
             a
             Countrey
             of
             Infidels
             ,
             and
             not
             of
             Christians
             .
             The
             words
             spoken
             to
             him
             by
             these
             two
             Ministers
             ,
             seemed
             to
             take
             little
             impression
             upon
             him
             whilest
             they
             were
             present
             ,
             yet
             after
             they
             were
             gone
             ,
             the
             Lord
             did
             begin
             to
             
             work
             ,
             and
             he
             did
             acknowledge
             to
             Mr.
             B.
             that
             two
             had
             been
             ▪
             with
             him
             (
             he
             knew
             not
             their
             names
             )
             whose
             words
             were
             like
             arrows
             shot
             into
             his
             heart
             ,
             and
             he
             did
             wish
             he
             had
             those
             words
             in
             writing
             ,
             especially
             one
             expression
             of
             
               T.
               V.
               That
               he
               would
               not
               be
               in
               his
               condition
               for
               ten
               thousand
               Worlds
               ,
            
             did
             affect
             and
             so
             affright
             him
             ,
             that
             he
             said
             it
             made
             his
             hair
             stand
             on
             end
             .
          
           
             Mr.
             Vincent
             ,
             Mr.
             Francklin
             ,
             Mr.
             Doolittle
             ,
             Mr.
             Janeway
             ,
             discoursed
             with
             him
             ,
             and
             he
             suffered
             very
             penitently
             and
             chearfully
             at
             Ratcliff
             near
             his
             Masters
             House
             .
          
           
             We
             do
             not
             read
             of
             any
             more
             of
             all
             the
             drunkards
             and
             debauched
             persons
             ,
             that
             were
             Converted
             ,
             but
             those
             two
             ,
             
               Nathaniel
               Butler
            
             and
             
               Thomas
               Savage
            
             ,
             whom
             God
             gave
             true
             Repentance
             unto
             .
          
        
         
           
             A
             Common
             Drunkard
             ,
             is
             the
             fittest
             man
             to
             make
             a
             debauched
             .
             Health-drinker
             of
             ,
             they
             are
             so
             near
             akin
             to
             one
             another
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             little
             difference
             :
             you
             can
             hardly
             know
             one
             from
             another
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             seldom
             seen
             ,
             that
             a
             Health
             is
             begun
             for
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             or
             his
             Highness
             the
             Duke
             of
             York
             ,
             till
             the
             Feasters
             are
             well
             entred
             in
             there
             Glasses
             of
             Wine
             first
             .
          
           
             This
             I
             can
             Witness
             ,
             That
             one
             Evening
             this
             Winter
             ,
             two
             or
             three
             Drunken
             Companions
             met
             another
             drunken
             man
             in
             the
             street
             ,
             and
             did
             ask
             him
             if
             he
             would
             drink
             the
             Dukes
             Health
             :
             He
             answered
             presently
             ,
             Yea
             ,
             I
             'le
             drink
             any
             mans
             Health
             :
             Is
             not
             the
             King
             and
             Duke
             much
             beholden
             to
             such
             for
             their
             Love
             ,
             that
             can
             shew
             it
             in
             no
             better
             way
             ?
             We
             are
             commanded
             ,
             and
             it
             s
             our
             duty
             ,
             to
             Fear
             God
             and
             to
             Honour
             the
             King
             ;
             and
             he
             that
             truly
             doth
             so
             ,
             will
             pray
             heartily
             to
             God
             to
             bless
             and
             preserve
             his
             Majesty
             from
             the
             danger
             of
             all
             Popish
             and
             Sham-Plots
             :
             and
             
             this
             way
             is
             better
             to
             shew
             their
             true
             Love
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             than
             in
             a
             Sinful
             Custom
             of
             Healths
             ,
             which
             provokes
             the
             King
             of
             Kings
             to
             send
             Judgments
             on
             the
             Kingdom
             .
             Read
             Dr.
             Stillingfleets
             Text
             ,
             of
             his
             Fast-Sermon
             before
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             ,
             Novem.
             13.
             1
             
             Sam.
             12.
             24
             ,
             25.
             
          
           
             Some
             Audacious
             Abominable
             Health-drinkers
             were
             so
             Wicked
             as
             to
             drink
             a
             Health
             to
             the
             great
             Prince
             of
             Darkness
             ,
             their
             Father
             the
             Devil
             ;
             and
             it
             is
             credibly
             .
             Reported
             ,
             he
             came
             boldly
             amongst
             them
             and
             carryed
             away
             some
             of
             them
             ,
             as
             bold
             as
             he
             was
             .
             One
             being
             told
             ,
             that
             unless
             he
             left
             off
             his
             Drunkenness
             and
             Whoring
             he
             would
             loose
             his
             sight
             :
             He
             answered
             thus
             ,
             
               Tum
               valeat
               Lumen
               amicum
            
             ,
             —
             Then
             Farewell
             Sweet
             Light.
             
          
           
             One
             was
             put
             to
             his
             choice
             ,
             which
             of
             these
             sins
             he
             would
             choose
             to
             commit
             ,
             either
             to
             be
             drunk
             ,
             or
             to
             kill
             his
             Father
             ,
             or
             to
             lie
             with
             his
             Mother
             :
             he
             refused
             the
             two
             last
             ,
             and
             was
             drunk
             ,
             and
             then
             committed
             the
             other
             two
             .
          
           
             At
             one
             great
             Feast
             in
             the
             City
             since
             his
             Majesties
             happy
             Restoration
             ,
             I
             heard
             they
             were
             so
             mad
             ,
             in
             their
             Frolick
             Cups
             of
             Wine
             and
             Healths
             ,
             as
             to
             drink
             down
             small
             live
             Fishes
             ,
             and
             make
             Fish-ponds
             in
             there
             Bellyes
             :
             it
             's
             a
             wonderful
             Mercy
             it
             proved
             not
             their
             last
             drinking
             .
             So
             to
             abuse
             themselves
             and
             Gods
             Creatures
             ,
             by
             Drunkenness
             and
             Gluttony
             ,
             it
             is
             the
             way
             to
             provoke
             God
             to
             send
             a
             Famine
             on
             the
             Land
             ;
             for
             such
             wanton
             excessive
             doings
             .
          
           
             Remember
             the
             Plague
             time
             .
             There
             died
             ,
             in
             that
             one
             Year
             of
             the
             Plague
             ,
             Anno
             ,
             1665.
             68596.
             in
             London
             and
             Liberties
             .
             And
             let
             us
             not
             forget
             the
             Lamentable
             Fire
             time
             ,
             the
             2
             d
             Septem
             .
             1666.
             
             As
             it
             was
             computed
             ,
             there
             was
             consumed
             to
             Ashes
             ,
             thirteen
             Thousand
             and
             two
             Hundred
             Houses
             ,
             with
             a
             vast
             deal
             of
             Goods
             and
             Rich
             commodities
             ,
             to
             the
             undoing
             of
             many
             Thousands
             ,
             besides
             the
             Ghastly
             walls
             of
             eighty
             nine
             Parish
             Churches
             and
             stately
             Houses
             and
             Halls
             ,
             with
             the
             Royal
             Exchange
             ,
             which
             cost
             almost
             an
             Hundred
             thousand
             pounds
             the
             new
             building
             it
             again
             .
             You
             can
             expect
             but
             a
             brief
             touch
             of
             things
             in
             this
             Paper
             ,
             but
             
             it
             may
             serve
             for
             a
             Memento
             ,
             and
             a
             Caveat
             to
             take
             heed
             of
             sin
             ,
             that
             is
             the
             Plague
             (
             or
             cause
             )
             of
             all
             Plagues
             and
             Judgments
             in
             the
             World
             ;
             and
             it
             caused
             God
             to
             drown
             the
             old
             World
             ,
             and
             to
             Rain
             down
             Fire
             and
             Brimstone
             on
             Sodom
             ,
             five
             Cities
             together
             ;
             and
             he
             is
             able
             to
             do
             the
             like
             again
             to
             any
             Nation
             that
             provoke
             him
             .
             We
             may
             fear
             this
             immoderate
             Rain
             and
             flood
             in
             the
             Countrey
             ;
             and
             beyond
             the
             Seas
             a
             while
             since
             ,
             how
             many
             have
             been
             drowned
             ,
             persons
             and
             Estates
             by
             it
             !
             it
             speaks
             aloud
             to
             England
             .
          
           
             God
             threatens
             to
             punish
             a
             people
             four
             seven
             times
             more
             ,
             Lev.
             26.
             18
             ,
             21
             ,
             24
             ,
             28.
             v.
             except
             they
             repent
             .
             And
             we
             ought
             to
             Fear
             that
             great
             God
             ,
             that
             is
             able
             easily
             to
             Kill
             both
             Body
             and
             Soul
             ,
             and
             cast
             them
             into
             Hell-Fire
             .
             Drunkards
             are
             named
             amongst
             the
             greatest
             sinners
             that
             shall
             be
             shut
             out
             of
             Heaven
             .
          
        
         
           
             Ten
             several
             Arguments
             to
             prove
             that
             Drunkenness
             is
             a
             great
             ,
             a
             Dangerous
             and
             a
             Woful
             Sin.
             
          
           
             
               Arg.
               1.
               
               That
               Drunkenness
               is
               expresly
               against
               the
               command
               of
               God.
               
            
             
               (
               1.
               )
               Drunkenness
               is
               plainly
               and
               expresly
               forbidden
               in
               Gods
               Word
               ,
               Eph.
               5.
               18.
               
               
                 Be
                 not
                 drunk
                 with
                 wine
              
               .
               Luke
               21.
               34.
               
               
                 Take
                 heed
                 to
                 your selves
                 ,
                 lest
                 at
                 any
                 Time
                 your
                 Hearts
                 be
                 overcharged
                 with
                 surfeiting
                 ,
                 and
                 Drunkenness
                 .
                 Rom.
              
               13.
               13.
               
               
                 Let
                 us
                 walk
                 honestly
                 as
                 in
                 the
                 day
                 ,
                 not
                 in
                 rioting
                 and
                 Drunkenness
                 .
              
               The
               Drunkard
               cannot
               plead
               Ignorance
               ,
               that
               he
               did
               not
               know
               Drunkenness
               to
               be
               a
               sin
               ;
               he
               cannot
               plead
               for
               himself
               as
               Peter
               did
               for
               the
               Jews
               that
               put
               Christ
               to
               Death
               ,
               Act.
               3.
               17.
               
               
                 I
                 wot
                 that
                 through
                 ignorance
                 ye
                 did
                 it
                 ,
                 as
                 did
                 also
                 your
                 Rulers
                 .
              
               1
               Cor.
               2.
               8.
               
               
                 For
                 had
                 they
                 known
                 it
                 ,
                 they
                 would
                 not
                 have
                 Crucified
                 the
                 Lord
                 of
                 Glory
                 .
              
               Drunkards
               sin
               against
               light
               ;
               both
               against
               the
               light
               of
               Nature
               ,
               for
               Nature
               teacheth
               us
               that
               it
               is
               a
               shameful
               thing
               for
               a
               man
               to
               be
               drunk
               :
               and
               against
               the
               
               light
               of
               Gods
               Word
               ,
               and
               that
               is
               a
               great
               aggravation
               of
               sin
               ,
               to
               sin
               against
               the
               light
               of
               Gods
               Word
               :
               sins
               of
               ignorance
               are
               as
               it
               were
               no
               Sins
               ,
               compared
               with
               sins
               against
               Knowledge
               .
               Joh.
               15.
               22.
               
               
                 If
                 I
                 had
                 not
                 come
                 and
                 spoken
                 to
                 them
                 they
                 had
                 not
                 had
                 Sin
                 ,
                 but
                 now
                 they
                 have
                 no
                 cloak
                 for
                 their
                 Sin.
              
               Drunkards
               cast
               Gods
               Word
               behind
               their
               backs
               ,
               and
               trample
               his
               Commandments
               under
               their
               feet
               :
               God
               saith
               ,
               
                 Be
                 not
                 drunk
                 with
                 Wine
                 :
                 take
                 heed
                 left
                 your
                 Hearts
                 be
                 overcharged
                 with
                 Drunkenness
                 :
              
               But
               they
               say
               in
               effect
               ,
               though
               not
               in
               words
               ,
               We
               will
               not
               regard
               these
               Commandments
               of
               God
               ;
               let
               God
               say
               and
               do
               what
               he
               will
               ,
               we
               will
               take
               our
               fill
               of
               Wine
               and
               strong
               drink
               :
               Drunkards
               and
               other
               sinners
               that
               know
               Gods
               will
               ,
               and
               will
               not
               do
               it
               ,
               contemn
               and
               dispise
               God.
               Psal.
               10.
               13.
               
               
                 Wherefore
                 doth
                 the
                 Wicked
                 contemn
                 God
                 ?
              
               Drunkards
               are
               guilty
               of
               Rebellion
               against
               God
               ,
               who
               is
               King
               of
               Kings
               and
               Lord
               of
               Lords
               :
               for
               sinning
               against
               the
               Light
               of
               Gods
               Word
               ,
               is
               accounted
               Rebellion
               ;
               Job
               24.
               13.
               
               
                 They
                 are
                 of
                 those
                 that
                 rebell
                 against
                 the
                 Light
                 :
              
               and
               that
               is
               a
               hainous
               Sin
               ,
               to
               be
               Stubborn
               and
               Rebellious
               against
               the
               God
               of
               Heaven
               .
               1
               Sam.
               15.
               23.
               
               
                 Rebellion
                 is
                 as
                 the
                 Sin
                 of
                 Witchcraft
                 ,
                 and
                 Stubbornness
                 is
                 as
                 iniquity
                 and
                 Idolatry
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Arg.
               2.
               
               It
               is
               a
               Beastly
               Sin.
               
            
             
               Drunkennss
               is
               a
               beastly
               Sin
               ,
               in
               depriving
               a
               man
               of
               his
               Reason
               ,
               and
               makes
               him
               carry
               himself
               like
               a
               Beast
               :
               it
               is
               a
               vile
               thing
               for
               a
               man
               to
               degrade
               ,
               and
               make
               himself
               like
               a
               Beast
               .
               Job
               18.
               3.
               
               
                 Wherefore
                 are
                 we
                 counted
                 as
                 Beasts
                 ,
                 and
                 reputed
                 as
                 vile
                 in
                 your
                 Sight
                 .
                 Bildàd
              
               thought
               himself
               and
               his
               Friends
               wonderfully
               disparaged
               ,
               when
               he
               thought
               they
               were
               counted
               as
               Beasts
               ;
               but
               how
               do
               they
               vilifie
               and
               disparage
               themselves
               ,
               who
               do
               in
               reality
               make
               themselves
               no
               better
               than
               bruit
               Beasts
               by
               their
               drunkenness
               :
               Yea
               this
               sin
               makes
               a
               man
               worse
               than
               a
               Beast
               ;
               the
               Ass
               is
               a
               Silly
               Beast
               ,
               yet
               the
               Ass
               will
               not
               drink
               to
               excess
               ,
               they
               drink
               no
               more
               than
               will
               quench
               their
               thirst
               ,
               Psal.
               104.
               11.
               
               
                 The
                 Wild
                 Asses
                 quench
                 their
                 thirst
                 :
              
               And
               therefore
               ,
               as
               
               Solomon
               sends
               the
               Sluggard
               to
               the
               Ant
               ,
               Prov
               6.
               6.
               
               
                 Go
                 to
                 the
                 Ant
                 thou
                 sluggard
                 ,
                 consider
                 her
                 wayes
                 and
                 be
                 wise
              
               ;
               so
               may
               I
               send
               the
               Drunkard
               to
               the
               wild
               Asses
               :
               Go
               to
               the
               wild
               Asses
               thou
               Drunkard
               ,
               and
               consider
               their
               wayes
               and
               be
               wise
               ;
               who
               having
               no
               guide
               ,
               overseer
               or
               ruler
               ,
               never
               drink
               any
               more
               than
               will
               quench
               their
               thirst
               ,
               though
               they
               meet
               with
               the
               best
               and
               pleasantest
               Springs
               ,
               and
               purest
               Fountains
               under
               Heaven
               ;
               and
               wilt
               thou
               who
               hast
               had
               many
               Instructors
               ,
               that
               have
               taught
               thee
               the
               odiousness
               of
               this
               sin
               of
               Drunkenness
               ,
               be
               inticed
               by
               the
               pureness
               of
               the
               Wine
               ,
               or
               the
               pleasantness
               of
               this
               drink
               ,
               to
               drink
               to
               excess
               ?
               Toads
               and
               Serpents
               which
               are
               hateful
               Creatures
               ,
               will
               not
               drink
               more
               than
               is
               suitable
               and
               convenient
               to
               their
               natures
               :
               And
               shall
               Man
               who
               was
               made
               after
               the
               Image
               of
               God
               ,
               make
               himself
               worse
               than
               a
               Toad
               or
               a
               Serdent
               by
               drinking
               to
               excess
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Arg.
               3.
               
               It
               is
               a
               mischievous
               Sin
               both
               to
               Body
               ,
               Soul
               ,
               and
               Estate
               .
            
             
               Drunkenness
               is
               a
               most
               Mischievous
               Sin
               ,
               and
               brings
               a
               world
               of
               mischief
               along
               with
               it
               ,
               both
               to
               Soul
               and
               Body
               ,
               Estate
               and
               good
               Name
               .
            
             
               1.
               
               It
               doth
               great
               mischief
               to
               the
               Soul
               :
               For
               (
               1
               )
               It
               besots
               and
               Stupifies
               the
               Soul
               ,
               and
               estranges
               a
               mans
               Heart
               from
               God
               ,
               who
               is
               his
               chiefest
               good
               :
               Hos.
               4.
               11.
               
               
                 Whoredom
                 and
                 Wine
                 ,
                 and
                 new
                 Wine
                 take
                 away
                 the
                 Heart
                 :
              
               We
               may
               take
               Heart
               here
               for
               the
               Understanding
               ;
               as
               Rom.
               2.
               21.
               
               
                 Their
                 foolish
                 Heart
                 was
                 darkened
              
               :
               And
               so
               it
               is
               true
               ,
               that
               Wine
               takes
               away
               the
               Heart
               ;
               that
               is
               ,
               it
               stupisieth
               the
               mind
               ,
               it
               blinds
               and
               darkens
               the
               understanding
               ,
               and
               maketh
               men
               sottish
               ;
               as
               Jeremiah
               complains
               of
               the
               Jews
               ,
               who
               were
               much
               addicted
               to
               drunkenness
               .
               Jer.
               4.
               22.
               
               
                 My
                 People
                 is
                 Foolish
                 ,
                 they
                 have
                 not
                 known
                 me
                 ,
                 they
                 are
                 sottish
                 Children
                 ,
                 and
                 have
                 no
                 understanding
                 ,
                 they
                 are
                 wise
                 to
                 do
                 evil
                 ,
                 but
                 to
                 do
                 good
                 they
                 have
                 no
                 Knowledge
                 :
              
               Or
               we
               may
               take
               Heart
               for
               the
               Affections
               ;
               and
               so
               it
               is
               true
               ,
               that
               Wine
               takes
               away
               the
               Heart
               ,
               for
               Drunkenness
               takes
               off
               the
               Heart
               from
               God
               
               and
               all
               things
               that
               are
               good
               :
               Drunkards
               have
               no
               Love
               to
               God
               ,
               no
               delight
               in
               God
               ;
               no
               desire
               of
               enjoying
               God
               ,
               no
               Fear
               of
               God
               ,
               no
               Heart
               to
               that
               which
               is
               good
               .
               Drunkenness
               is
               a
               fleshly
               lust
               ;
               and
               fleshly
               lusts
               war
               against
               ,
               and
               tend
               to
               the
               ruine
               of
               our
               precious
               Souls
               .
               1
               Pet
               2.
               11.
               
               
                 Dearly
                 beloved
                 ,
                 I
                 beseech
                 you
                 as
                 strangers
                 and
                 Pilgrims
                 abstain
                 from
                 fleshly
                 Lusts
                 ,
                 which
                 War
                 against
                 the
                 Soul.
                 
              
            
             
               2.
               
               It
               brings
               great
               mischief
               to
               the
               Body
               ,
               by
               the
               painful
               Diseases
               that
               it
               breeds
               in
               the
               Body
               ,
               and
               by
               the
               Wounds
               and
               Bruises
               men
               get
               by
               falls
               ,
               when
               they
               have
               drunk
               so
               much
               they
               are
               not
               able
               to
               go
               ,
               or
               to
               guide
               the
               Horses
               they
               ride
               on
               ;
               and
               also
               by
               the
               wounds
               they
               get
               in
               quarrels
               and
               contentions
               with
               their
               Companions
               when
               they
               are
               in
               their
               Cups
               .
               Prov.
               23.
               29
               ,
               30.
               
               
                 Who
                 hath
                 Woe
                 ?
                 who
                 hath
                 Sorrow
                 ?
                 who
                 hath
                 Contentions
                 ?
                 who
                 hath
                 Bablings
                 ?
                 who
                 hath
                 wounds
                 without
                 cause
                 ?
                 who
                 hath
                 redness
                 of
                 Eyes
                 ?
                 They
                 that
                 tarry
                 long
                 at
                 the
                 Wine
                 :
              
               Not
               only
               the
               Eyes
               are
               made
               red
               ,
               but
               the
               whole
               Body
               is
               inflamed
               and
               greatly
               distempered
               by
               excessive
               drinking
               .
               Isa.
               5.
               11.
               
               
                 Woe
                 to
                 them
                 that
                 follow
                 strong
                 drink
                 ,
                 that
                 continue
                 till
                 night
                 ,
                 till
                 Wine
                 enflame
                 them
                 .
              
               Our
               Bodies
               should
               be
               the
               Temples
               of
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               ;
               1
               Cor.
               6.
               19.
               
               
                 What
                 ,
                 know
                 you
                 not
                 that
                 your
                 Body
                 is
                 the
                 Temple
                 of
                 the
                 Holy
                 Ghost
                 which
                 is
                 in
                 you
                 ?
              
               And
               it
               is
               dangerous
               defiling
               the
               Temple
               of
               God
               with
               excess
               of
               Wine
               or
               strong
               Drink
               :
               1
               Cor.
               3.
               17.
               
               
                 If
                 any
                 man
                 defile
                 the
                 Temple
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 him
                 shall
                 God
                 destroy
                 .
              
            
             
               3.
               
               It
               brings
               ruine
               on
               a
               mans
               Estate
               ;
               Prov.
               23.
               21.
               
               
                 The
                 Drunkard
                 and
                 the
                 Glutton
                 shall
                 come
                 to
                 poverty
                 .
              
               Many
               persons
               by
               their
               drunken
               and
               sottish
               courses
               waste
               fair
               Estates
               ,
               that
               were
               left
               them
               by
               their
               Parents
               :
               Others
               that
               have
               been
               brought
               up
               to
               Callings
               ,
               spend
               all
               they
               gain
               by
               their
               Callings
               in
               excessive
               drinking
               ,
               whereby
               it
               comes
               to
               pass
               that
               they
               make
               no
               provision
               for
               their
               Families
               ,
               but
               their
               Wives
               and
               Children
               are
               brought
               into
               great
               wants
               and
               straits
               ;
               such
               as
               these
               are
               as
               bad
               ,
               yea
               worse
               than
               Infidels
               ;
               1
               Tim.
               5.
               8.
               
               
                 But
                 if
                 any
                 provide
                 not
                 for
                 his
                 own
                 ,
              
               
               
                 and
                 especially
                 for
                 those
                 of
                 his
                 own
                 House
                 ,
                 he
                 hath
                 denyed
                 the
                 Faith
                 ,
                 and
                 is
                 worse
                 than
                 an
                 Infidel
                 .
              
            
             
               4.
               
               It
               blasts
               a
               mans
               Reputation
               ;
               it
               is
               a
               shame
               for
               a
               man
               to
               have
               the
               brand
               of
               a
               Drunkard
               set
               upon
               him
               :
               Even
               Children
               will
               hout
               and
               deride
               a
               drunken
               ma●
               when
               they
               see
               him
               reel
               and
               stagger
               as
               he
               goeth
               in
               the
               Street
               .
            
          
           
             
               Arg.
               4.
               
               Drunkenness
               is
               the
               Cause
               of
               many
               other
               Sins
               .
            
             
               The
               greatness
               of
               the
               Sin
               of
               Drunkenness
               will
               appear
               from
               hence
               ,
               that
               it
               disposeth
               a
               man
               to
               many
               other
               great
               and
               crying
               sins
               :
               as
               for
               Instance
               ,
            
             
               1.
               
               Drunkenness
               disposeth
               men
               to
               commit
               Uncleanness
               ;
               Prov.
               23.
               31
               ,
               33.
               
               
                 Look
                 not
                 upon
                 the
                 Wine
                 when
                 it
                 is
                 red
                 :
                 —
                 Thine
                 Eyes
                 shall
                 behold
                 strange
                 Women
                 .
              
               When
               men
               are
               overcome
               with
               Wine
               ,
               they
               are
               easily
               drawn
               to
               commit
               the
               worst
               of
               uncleanness
               :
               Lot
               though
               a
               Righteous
               man
               ,
               being
               overtaken
               with
               Drunkenness
               ,
               commited
               Incest
               twice
               .
               Eph.
               5.
               18.
               
               
                 Be
                 not
                 drunk
                 with
                 Wine
                 ,
                 wherein
                 is
                 excess
                 .
              
               As
               Beza
               observes
               ,
               
                 Omnis
                 profusio
                 eaque
                 summâ
                 cum
                 turpitudine
                 conjuncta
              
               ;
               All
               excess
               of
               riot
               ,
               even
               that
               which
               is
               joyned
               with
               the
               greatest
               filthiness
               :
               No
               filthiness
               comes
               amiss
               to
               a
               drunken
               man
               ,
               who
               is
               shameless
               whilest
               he
               is
               overcome
               with
               strong
               drink
               .
               The
               Jews
               ,
               who
               were
               much
               addicted
               to
               Drunkenness
               ,
               were
               greatly
               addicted
               to
               Whoredom
               also
               .
               Hos.
               4.
               11
               ,
               18.
               
               
                 Whoredom
                 and
                 Wine
                 take
                 away
                 the
                 Heart
                 :
                 Their
                 drink
                 is
                 sowre
                 ,
                 they
                 have
                 committed
                 Whoredom
                 continually
                 .
              
               Their
               drink
               is
               sowre
               ,
               some
               interpret
               of
               the
               sowre
               belches
               drunkards
               have
               after
               their
               Cups
               :
               And
               another
               effect
               of
               immoderate
               drinking
               Wine
               ,
               besides
               the
               sowring
               of
               it
               in
               the
               Stomach
               ,
               is
               ,
               that
               it
               provokes
               men
               to
               Whoredom
               .
               Hierom
               hath
               a
               smart
               passage
               to
               this
               effect
               ,
               
                 Nunquam
                 ego
                 ebrium
                 castum
                 putabo
              
               ;
               I
               shall
               never
               think
               a
               Drunkard
               can
               be
               a
               chaste
               man.
               
            
             
               2.
               
               Drunkards
               are
               easily
               perswaded
               to
               be
               Idolaters
               ;
               for
               they
               making
               ▪
               
                 their
                 Belly
                 their
                 God
                 ,
                 Phil.
              
               3.
               19.
               will
               easily
               be
               perswaded
               to
               bow
               down
               their
               Bodies
               to
               an
               Idol
               ,
               and
               
               comply
               with
               any
               Religion
               which
               will
               suit
               best
               with
               their
               Interest
               :
               Hos.
               3.
               1.
               
               
                 The
                 Children
                 of
              
               Israel
               
                 who
                 look
                 to
                 other
                 Gods
                 ,
                 and
                 Love
                 Flagons
                 of
                 Wine
                 .
              
               Dan.
               5.
               4.
               
               
                 They
                 drank
                 Wine
                 ,
                 and
                 praised
                 the
                 Gods
                 of
                 Gold
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 Silver
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 Brass
                 ,
                 of
                 Iron
                 ,
                 of
                 Wood
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 Stone
                 .
              
            
             
               3.
               
               Drunkenness
               is
               accompanied
               with
               abundance
               of
               Vain
               Bablings
               ,
               and
               Foolish
               and
               Idle
               talk
               ,
               which
               men
               have
               together
               when
               they
               are
               in
               their
               Cups
               .
               Prov.
               23.
               29
               ,
               30.
               
               
                 Who
                 hath
                 Bablings
                 ?
                 They
                 that
                 tarry
                 long
                 at
                 the
                 Wine
                 .
              
               And
               if
               any
               think
               there
               is
               no
               great
               hurt
               in
               those
               Bablings
               ,
               and
               Foolish
               talking
               that
               Drunkards
               have
               when
               they
               sit
               together
               at
               Inns
               or
               Alehouses
               ,
               let
               such
               consider
               ,
            
             
               (
               1.
               )
               That
               Vain
               Bablings
               hardens
               the
               Heart
               ,
               and
               dispose
               a
               man
               to
               ungodly
               practices
               .
               2
               Tim.
               2.
               16.
               
               
                 But
                 shun
                 profane
                 and
                 vain
                 Bablings
                 ,
                 for
                 they
                 will
                 increase
                 to
                 more
                 Ungodliness
                 .
              
            
             
               (
               2.
               )
               Though
               Foolish
               Talking
               and
               Jesting
               is
               made
               Light
               of
               ,
               and
               accounted
               by
               many
               a
               matter
               of
               Mirth
               ,
               yet
               it
               is
               a
               sin
               brings
               down
               Gods
               wrath
               .
               Eph.
               5.
               4
               ,
               6.
               
               
                 Neither
                 filthiness
                 ,
                 nor
                 Foolish
                 talking
                 ,
                 nor
                 Jesting
                 ,
                 which
                 are
                 not
                 convenient
                 :
                 Let
                 no
                 man
                 deceive
                 you
                 with
                 Vain
                 words
                 ;
                 for
                 because
                 of
                 these
                 things
                 cometh
                 the
                 wrath
                 of
                 God
                 upon
                 the
                 Children
                 of
                 Disobedience
                 .
              
            
             
               (
               3.
               )
               Men
               must
               give
               an
               Account
               for
               every
               Idle
               Word
               at
               the
               day
               of
               Judgment
               ,
               and
               without
               Repentance
               they
               shall
               be
               condemned
               for
               their
               Idle
               Words
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               their
               other
               sins
               :
               Mat.
               12.
               36
               ,
               37.
               
               
                 But
                 I
                 say
                 unto
                 you
                 ,
                 that
                 every
                 Idle
                 word
                 that
                 men
                 shall
                 speak
                 ,
                 they
                 shall
                 give
                 an
                 account
                 thereof
                 in
                 the
                 day
                 of
                 Judgment
                 :
                 For
                 by
                 thy
                 Words
                 thou
                 shalt
                 be
                 justified
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 thy
                 words
                 thou
                 shalt
                 be
                 condemned
                 .
              
            
             
               (
               4.
               )
               There
               are
               few
               Drunkards
               ,
               but
               they
               will
               mock
               and
               scost
               and
               rail
               at
               the
               Ministers
               and
               Servants
               of
               Christ
               ,
               and
               sing
               Songs
               of
               them
               ,
               especially
               when
               they
               are
               in
               their
               Cups
               :
               Prov.
               20.
               1.
               
               
                 Wine
                 is
                 a
                 mocker
              
               ;
               that
               is
               ,
               it
               makes
               men
               Mockers
               .
               Mercer's
               note
               upon
               that
               Text
               is
               ,
               
                 Vini
                 potor
                 derisor
                 Dei
                 hominumque
                 esse
                 solet
                 :
              
               A
               Drunkard
               is
               wont
               to
               
               be
               a
               Derider
               of
               God
               and
               Men.
               It
               hath
               been
               usual
               with
               Drunkards
               in
               former
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               these
               dayes
               ,
               to
               sing
               Songs
               of
               the
               People
               of
               God
               :
               Psal.
               69.
               12.
               
               
                 I
                 am
                 the
                 Song
                 of
                 Drunkards
                 .
              
               Now
               this
               mocking
               the
               Ministers
               and
               People
               of
               God
               is
               a
               grievous
               Sin
               ,
               it
               brings
               down
               wrath
               without
               Remedy
               ;
               2
               Chron.
               36.
               16.
               
               
                 They
                 mocked
                 the
                 Messengers
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 despised
                 his
                 words
                 ,
                 and
                 misused
                 his
                 Prophets
                 ,
                 untill
                 the
                 wrath
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 arose
                 against
                 his
                 People
                 ,
                 till
                 there
                 was
                 no
                 Remedy
                 .
              
               Mockers
               bring
               upon
               themselves
               mighty
               and
               unavoidable
               Judgments
               .
               Isa.
               28.
               24.
               
               
                 Now
                 therefore
                 be
                 ye
                 not
                 Mockers
                 ,
                 lest
                 your
                 bands
                 be
                 made
                 stronger
                 .
              
               Forty
               two
               little
               Children
               were
               torn
               in
               pieces
               by
               two
               she-Bears
               ,
               for
               mocking
               a
               Prophet
               ,
               and
               calling
               him
               Bald-head
               ,
               2
               Kin.
               2.
               23
               ,
               24.
               
               And
               if
               God
               was
               so
               offended
               with
               little
               Children
               for
               this
               sin
               of
               Mocking
               a
               Prophet
               ,
               that
               he
               sent
               two
               Bears
               which
               tore
               in
               pieces
               forty
               two
               Children
               ,
               how
               offensive
               is
               it
               to
               the
               Lord
               ,
               to
               hear
               those
               that
               are
               come
               to
               mans
               Estate
               ,
               knowing
               and
               understanding
               men
               ,
               mock
               and
               scoff
               at
               his
               Servants
               ?
               Though
               no
               Judgment
               come
               upon
               them
               in
               this
               World
               for
               their
               Sin
               ,
               yet
               without
               Repentance
               a
               worse
               thing
               will
               come
               unto
               them
               ;
               they
               shall
               be
               rent
               and
               torn
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               they
               shall
               be
               tormented
               in
               the
               other
               World
               for
               ever
               by
               the
               Devil
               ,
               who
               is
               a
               roaring
               Lyon
               ,
               a
               far
               more
               dreadful
               Enemy
               than
               the
               Bears
               that
               tore
               the
               little
               Children
               in
               pieces
               .
            
             
               (
               5.
               )
               Drunkards
               are
               usually
               Swearers
               ,
               and
               some
               of
               them
               will
               Swear
               dreadful
               Oaths
               ,
               such
               as
               would
               make
               a
               man
               tremble
               to
               hear
               them
               :
               And
               Swearing
               ,
               profane
               Swearing
               is
               an
               abominable
               Sin
               ,
               and
               brings
               a
               man
               in
               danger
               of
               Hell
               Fire
               :
               Jam.
               5.
               
               1●
               .
               
                 But
                 above
                 all
                 things
                 ,
                 my
                 Brethren
                 ,
                 Swear
                 not
                 ,
                 neither
                 by
                 Heaven
                 ,
                 neither
                 by
                 the
                 Earth
                 ,
                 neither
                 by
                 any
                 other
                 Oath
                 ;
                 but
                 let
                 your
                 Yea
                 be
                 Yea
                 ,
                 and
                 your
                 Nay
                 be
                 Nay
                 ,
                 lest
                 you
                 fall
                 into
                 Condemnation
                 .
              
            
             
               (
               6.
               )
               Drunkards
               are
               oftentimes
               Persecutors
               ,
               and
               Smiters
               of
               their
               Fellow
               Servants
               :
               Mat.
               24.
               48
               ,
               49.
               
               
                 If
                 that
                 Evil
                 Servant
                 shall
                 say
                 in
                 his
                 Heart
                 ,
                 My
                 Lord
                 delayeth
                 his
                 coming
                 ,
                 and
                 shall
                 begin
                 to
                 smite
                 his
                 Fellow-Servants
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 eat
                 and
              
               
               
                 drink
                 with
                 the
                 drunken
              
               .
               They
               are
               such
               which
               eat
               and
               drink
               with
               the
               drunken
               ,
               that
               smite
               their
               Fellow-servants
               ;
               and
               smiting
               and
               persecuting
               the
               Servants
               of
               Christ
               is
               a
               hainous
               Sin
               :
               he
               takes
               it
               as
               ill
               when
               his
               Servants
               are
               persecuted
               ,
               as
               if
               he
               himself
               was
               persecuted
               :
               Act.
               9.
               4.
               
               
                 Saul
                 ,
                 Saul
                 ,
                 why
                 persecutest
                 thou
                 me
                 ?
                 Saul
              
               did
               not
               persecute
               Christ
               in
               his
               own
               person
               ,
               for
               he
               was
               in
               Heaven
               ,
               sitting
               at
               his
               Fathers
               right
               hand
               :
               but
               he
               persecuted
               Christs
               Servants
               ,
               and
               Christ
               was
               as
               much
               offended
               at
               the
               persecuting
               of
               his
               Members
               ,
               as
               if
               he
               himself
               had
               been
               persecuted
               .
            
             
               (
               7.
               )
               Drunkenness
               casts
               men
               into
               a
               deep
               Sleep
               ,
               and
               maketh
               them
               dreadfully
               secure
               under
               those
               Judgments
               that
               hang
               over
               their
               Heads
               .
               Prov.
               23.
               34.
               
               
                 Yea
                 ,
                 thou
                 shalt
                 be
                 as
                 one
                 that
                 lyeth
                 down
                 in
                 the
                 midst
                 of
                 the
                 Sea
                 ,
                 or
                 as
                 he
                 that
                 lyeth
                 on
                 the
                 top
                 of
                 the
                 Mast.
                 Solomon
              
               speaking
               of
               such
               that
               tarry
               long
               at
               the
               Wine
               ,
               sets
               out
               their
               danger
               by
               one
               that
               lyeth
               on
               the
               Top
               of
               the
               Mast
               in
               the
               midst
               of
               the
               Sea
               ,
               who
               is
               in
               danger
               every
               moment
               of
               falling
               into
               the
               Sea
               and
               to
               be
               drowned
               ,
               yet
               fears
               nothing
               whilest
               he
               is
               asleep
               :
               Such
               is
               the
               case
               of
               Drunkards
               ,
               they
               are
               in
               danger
               of
               falling
               into
               Hell
               every
               day
               ,
               and
               yet
               they
               fear
               nothing
               ,
               till
               God
               awakens
               their
               Consciences
               ,
               and
               shews
               them
               their
               Sin
               and
               Misery
               .
               When
               the
               Prophet
               calls
               ,
               
                 Awake
                 ye
                 Drunkards
                 ,
                 Joel
              
               2.
               5.
               it
               implies
               ,
               they
               are
               in
               a
               deep
               Sleep
               ,
               and
               that
               it
               is
               no
               easie
               matter
               to
               awake
               them
               .
            
             
               (
               8.
               )
               Sometimes
               Drunkards
               commit
               Murder
               in
               their
               Drunkenness
               ,
               and
               quarrel
               with
               and
               kill
               their
               best
               Friends
               .
               It
               is
               reported
               of
               Alexander
               ,
               that
               when
               he
               was
               drunk
               he
               killed
               his
               beloved
               Friend
               Clytus
               :
               yea
               ,
               there
               is
               no
               Sin
               so
               horrid
               ,
               but
               a
               Drunken
               man
               may
               ▪
               fall
               into
               it
               ,
               if
               he
               hath
               an
               occasion
               and
               Temptation
               to
               commit
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               Arg.
               5.
               
               Drunkenness
               is
               such
               an
               abominable
               Sin
               ,
               that
               it
               brings
               down
               National
               Judgments
               :
               whole
               Nations
               are
               punished
               for
               this
               Sin
               of
               Drunkenness
               ;
               the
               Earth
               is
               weary
               of
               bearing
               Drunkards
               ,
               and
               often
               spueth
               out
               its
               inhabitants
               :
               
               we
               read
               of
               the
               Canaanites
               ,
               that
               their
               Land
               spued
               them
               out
               for
               their
               defiling
               it
               ;
               and
               the
               Israelites
               are
               warned
               not
               to
               defile
               their
               Land
               ,
               lest
               they
               also
               be
               spued
               out
               ;
               Lev.
               18.
               28.
               
               
                 That
                 the
                 Land
                 spue
                 not
                 you
                 out
                 also
                 when
                 ye
                 defile
                 it
                 ,
                 as
                 it
                 spued
                 out
                 the
                 Nations
                 that
                 were
                 before
                 you
                 :
              
               And
               when
               the
               Israelites
               did
               defile
               their
               Land
               by
               Drunkenness
               and
               others
               Sins
               ,
               they
               were
               a
               burthen
               to
               the
               Land
               ;
               it
               was
               weary
               with
               bearing
               them
               ,
               it
               spued
               them
               out
               ,
               and
               they
               were
               carryed
               captive
               into
               a
               strange
               Land
               :
               Isa.
               5.
               11
               ,
               13.
               
               
                 Woe
                 to
                 them
                 that
                 rise
                 up
                 early
                 to
                 follow
                 strong
                 drink
                 ,
                 and
                 continue
                 until
                 night
                 ,
                 till
                 Wine
                 enslame
                 them
                 :
                 Therefore
                 my
                 People
                 are
                 gone
                 into
                 captivity
                 .
              
               The
               Lord
               threatned
               to
               send
               mighty
               Adversaries
               against
               Ephraim
               ,
               for
               their
               Pride
               ,
               and
               Drunkenness
               ,
               which
               should
               come
               upon
               them
               as
               furiously
               as
               a
               tempest
               of
               Hail
               and
               a
               destroying
               Storm
               ,
               and
               as
               a
               mighty
               flood
               of
               Water
               ,
               that
               should
               overflow
               all
               places
               ,
               and
               bear
               down
               all
               before
               it
               .
               Isa.
               28.
               1
               ,
               2.
               
               
                 Woe
                 to
                 the
                 Crown
                 of
                 Pride
                 ,
                 the
                 Drunkards
                 of
                 Ephraim
                 :
              
               So
               that
               Drunkards
               are
               the
               Plague
               of
               a
               Nation
               ,
               that
               bring
               down
               Gods
               Judgements
               on
               themselves
               ,
               and
               the
               place
               where
               they
               live
               :
               And
               when
               an
               overflowing
               Scourge
               comes
               on
               a
               Nation
               ,
               usually
               Drunkards
               have
               the
               speediest
               and
               deepest
               share
               in
               the
               Judgments
               of
               God.
               Amos
               6.
               1
               ,
               3
               ,
               6
               ,
               7.
               
               
                 Wo
                 to
                 them
                 that
                 are
                 at
                 ease
                 in
                 Zion
                 :
                 That
                 put
                 far
                 away
                 the
                 evil
                 day
                 :
                 That
                 drink
                 in
                 Bowls
                 :
                 Therefore
                 now
                 shall
                 they
                 go
                 Captive
                 with
                 the
                 first
                 that
                 go
                 Captive
                 .
              
               When
               the
               King
               of
               Assyria
               invaded
               the
               Land
               of
               Israel
               ,
               the
               Drunkards
               were
               trod
               under
               feet
               like
               mire
               in
               the
               streets
               ;
               Isa.
               28.
               2
               ,
               3.
               
               
                 Behold
                 the
                 Lord
                 hath
                 a
                 mighty
                 and
                 strong
                 one
                 :
                 The
                 Crown
                 of
                 Pride
                 ,
                 the
                 Drunkards
                 of
              
               Ephraim
               
                 shall
                 be
                 trod
                 under
                 feet
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Arg.
               6.
               
               Drunkards
               oft-times
               dye
               in
               the
               Act
               of
               Sin.
               
            
             
               Drunkenness
               appears
               to
               be
               a
               great
               Sin
               ,
               because
               oft-times
               it
               is
               punished
               with
               sudden
               Death
               ;
               and
               sometimes
               Drunkards
               are
               cut
               off
               in
               the
               very
               Act
               of
               Sin
               ;
               they
               are
               very
               frequently
               cut
               off
               suddenly
               and
               unexpectedly
               .
               Nah.
               1.
               10.
               
               
                 While
                 they
                 are
                 Drunken
                 as
                 Drunkards
                 ,
                 they
                 shall
                 be
              
               
               
                 devoured
                 as
                 stubble
                 fully
                 dry
              
               :
               Stubble
               that
               is
               fully
               dry
               ,
               is
               devoured
               in
               a
               moment
               .
               Luk.
               12.
               45
               ,
               46.
               
               
                 If
                 that
                 Servant
                 shall
                 begin
                 to
                 eat
                 and
                 to
                 drink
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 be
                 drunken
                 ,
                 the
                 Lord
                 of
                 that
                 Servant
                 will
                 come
                 in
                 a
                 day
                 when
                 he
                 looketh
                 not
                 for
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 at
                 an
                 hour
                 when
                 he
                 is
                 not
                 aware
                 ,
                 and
                 will
                 cut
                 him
                 asunder
                 ,
                 and
                 appoint
                 him
                 his
                 portion
                 with
                 unbelievers
                 :
              
               We
               see
               here
               the
               Woful
               Condition
               of
               Drunkards
               ,
               both
               in
               their
               Death
               and
               after
               their
               Death
               ;
               their
               Death
               is
               oftentimes
               sudden
               and
               unexpected
               ,
               they
               have
               not
               a
               day
               ,
               not
               an
               hours
               warning
               ,
               Rev.
               21.
               8.
               
               Elah
               a
               King
               in
               Israel
               was
               cut
               off
               in
               the
               very
               Act
               of
               Sin
               ,
               while
               he
               was
               drinking
               himself
               drunk
               in
               his
               Stewards
               house
               ,
               1
               Kings
               16.
               9
               ,
               10.
               
               As
               Christ
               said
               to
               deterr
               us
               from
               looking
               back
               ,
               
                 Remember
                 Lots
                 Wife
              
               ;
               so
               may
               I
               say
               ,
               to
               deterre
               you
               from
               Drunkenness
               ,
               Remember
               Elah
               ,
               who
               was
               kill'd
               whil'st
               he
               was
               drinking
               himself
               drunk
               :
               And
               if
               God
               did
               not
               spare
               a
               King
               in
               Israel
               ,
               take
               heed
               lest
               he
               do
               not
               spare
               you
               .
               Besides
               Elah's
               Example
               ,
               Amnon
               one
               of
               Davids
               Sons
               ,
               was
               killed
               whil'st
               his
               Heart
               was
               merry
               with
               Wine
               ,
               2
               Sam.
               13.
               28.
               
               When
               Belshazzar
               had
               been
               drinking
               Wine
               with
               a
               thousand
               of
               his
               Lords
               in
               the
               day
               time
               ,
               he
               was
               slain
               in
               the
               Night
               ,
               Dan.
               5.
               1
               ,
               30.
               
               Besides
               these
               Examples
               ,
               we
               have
               known
               and
               heard
               of
               several
               others
               that
               have
               dyed
               dead
               drunk
               ,
               and
               never
               came
               to
               Life
               again
               ;
               others
               that
               have
               fallen
               off
               their
               Horses
               in
               their
               Drunkenness
               ,
               and
               broke
               their
               Necks
               ;
               others
               that
               have
               faln
               into
               the
               Water
               and
               been
               drowned
               ,
               and
               others
               cut
               off
               by
               other
               means
               .
            
          
           
             
               Arg.
               7.
               
               It
               unfits
               a
               man
               for
               the
               Service
               of
               God.
               
            
             
               Drunkenness
               makes
               a
               man
               unfit
               for
               any
               good
               work
               ,
               unfit
               for
               the
               service
               of
               God
               and
               men
               ,
               unfit
               for
               Death
               and
               Judgment
               :
               it
               makes
               a
               man
               unfit
               for
               Prayer
               ,
               and
               all
               other
               Religious
               duties
               .
               1
               Pet.
               4.
               7.
               
               
                 The
                 end
                 of
                 all
                 things
                 is
                 at
                 hand
                 ,
                 be
                 ye
                 therefore
                 sober
                 and
                 watch
                 unto
                 prayer
                 :
              
               No
               men
               are
               fit
               for
               Prayer
               ,
               but
               sober
               men
               .
               It
               is
               probable
               Nadab
               and
               Abihu
               had
               distempered
               themselves
               with
               Wine
               or
               strong
               drink
               ,
               when
               they
               presumed
               to
               offer
               up
               strange
               
               Fire
               ,
               and
               Fire
               went
               out
               from
               the
               Lord
               and
               devoured
               them
               :
               for
               immediately
               after
               the
               Relation
               of
               their
               Sin
               and
               Punishment
               ,
               there
               is
               a
               strict
               charge
               given
               to
               Aaron
               and
               his
               Sons
               ,
               that
               they
               should
               
                 not
                 drink
                 Wine
                 or
                 strong
                 drink
                 ,
                 when
                 they
                 went
                 into
                 the
                 Tabernacle
                 of
                 the
                 Congregation
                 ,
                 on
                 pain
                 of
                 Death
                 ,
              
               Lev.
               10.
               8
               ,
               9
               ,
               10
               ,
               11.
               
               It
               also
               unfits
               a
               man
               for
               the
               service
               of
               his
               Generation
               ,
               especially
               for
               a
               place
               of
               publick
               Trust
               ;
               many
               Armies
               have
               been
               ruined
               ,
               Towns
               and
               Kingdoms
               lost
               by
               the
               Drunkenness
               of
               Commanders
               .
               A
               small
               Army
               of
               the
               Israelites
               ,
               not
               exceeding
               seven
               thousand
               ,
               setting
               upon
               the
               Syrians
               ,
               when
               Benhadad
               their
               King
               was
               drinking
               himself
               drunk
               with
               his
               Confederates
               ,
               put
               the
               Syrians
               to
               flight
               ,
               and
               slew
               them
               with
               a
               great
               Slaughter
               ;
               although
               besides
               his
               own
               great
               Army
               he
               had
               thirty
               two
               Kings
               that
               came
               to
               his
               assistance
               ;
               1
               Kings
               16.
               17
               ,
               20.
               
               And
               as
               this
               sin
               renders
               us
               unfit
               for
               the
               service
               of
               God
               and
               men
               ,
               so
               also
               it
               makes
               us
               unfit
               for
               the
               day
               of
               Death
               and
               Judgment
               :
               Luk.
               21.
               34.
               
               
                 And
                 take
                 heed
                 to
                 your selves
                 ,
                 lest
                 at
                 any
                 time
                 your
                 Hearts
                 be
                 overcharged
                 with
                 surfeiting
                 and
                 Drunkenness
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Arg.
               8.
               
               It
               will
               Exclude
               a
               man
               out
               of
               Heaven
               .
            
             
               Drunkenness
               is
               such
               an
               odious
               Sin
               ,
               that
               the
               Lord
               hath
               told
               us
               expresly
               ,
               that
               he
               will
               not
               admit
               any
               Drunkards
               into
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               Heaven
               .
               1
               Cor.
               6.
               9
               ,
               10.
               
               
                 Know
                 ye
                 not
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 unrighteous
                 shall
                 not
                 enter
                 into
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 of
                 God
                 :
                 Be
                 not
                 deceived
                 ,
                 neither
                 Fornicators
                 ,
                 nor
                 Drunkards
                 shall
                 inherit
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 of
                 God.
              
               Gal.
               5.
               19
               ,
               20
               ,
               21.
               
               
                 Now
                 the
                 Works
                 of
                 the
                 Flesh
                 are
                 manifest
                 ,
                 which
                 are
                 these
                 ,
                 Adultery
                 ,
                 Fornications
                 ,
                 Uncleanness
                 and
                 Lasciviousness
                 ,
                 Revellings
                 and
                 such
                 like
                 :
                 of
                 which
                 I
                 tell
                 you
                 before
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 have
                 told
                 you
                 in
                 times
                 past
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 which
                 do
                 such
                 things
                 ,
                 shall
                 not
                 Inherit
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 of
                 God.
              
               It
               was
               a
               Foolish
               Act
               in
               Esau
               ,
               and
               argued
               him
               to
               be
               a
               profane
               man
               ,
               to
               sell
               his
               Birth-right
               for
               a
               Morsel
               of
               Meat
               .
               Heb.
               12.
               16.
               
               
                 Lest
                 there
                 be
                 any
                 Fornicator
                 ,
                 or
                 profane
                 person
                 ,
                 as
              
               Esau
               ,
               
                 who
                 for
                 one
                 Morsel
                 of
                 Meat
                 sold
                 his
                 Birth-right
                 .
              
               Drunkards
               are
               guilty
               of
               worse
               profaneness
               than
               Esau
               ,
               for
               
               they
               part
               with
               a
               better
               Blessing
               than
               a
               Birth-right
               ,
               namely
               ,
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               Heaven
               ,
               for
               a
               pot
               of
               Drink
               or
               cup
               of
               Wine
               ,
               which
               do
               them
               no
               good
               ,
               but
               much
               hurt
               .
            
          
           
             
               Arg.
               9.
               
               It
               is
               a
               damnable
               Sin.
               
            
             
               Drunkenness
               is
               a
               damnable
               Sin
               ;
               a
               Sin
               for
               which
               men
               shall
               be
               condemned
               to
               the
               Torments
               of
               Hell
               for
               ever
               .
               
                 The
                 Drunkard
                 shall
                 be
                 cut
                 asunder
                 ,
                 and
                 have
                 his
                 portion
                 with
                 unbelievers
                 ,
              
               Luk.
               12.
               45
               ,
               46.
               
               There
               is
               scarce
               any
               Sin
               fills
               Hell
               like
               Drunkenness
               ;
               following
               Wine
               and
               strong
               drink
               send
               great
               multitudes
               to
               Hell
               :
               the
               drunken
               Gentleman
               and
               drunken
               Prince
               ,
               notwithstanding
               all
               their
               bravery
               shall
               descend
               into
               Hell
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               the
               drunken
               Begger
               .
               They
               that
               inflame
               themselves
               with
               Wine
               and
               strong
               drink
               ,
               shall
               be
               tormented
               in
               flames
               of
               fire
               for
               ever
               ;
               and
               then
               they
               that
               drunk
               Wine
               in
               boles
               ,
               and
               filled
               themselves
               with
               strong
               drink
               ,
               shall
               not
               with
               all
               their
               entreaties
               get
               so
               much
               as
               one
               drop
               of
               Water
               to
               cool
               their
               Tongues
               .
            
          
           
             
               Arg.
               10.
               
               It
               is
               a
               Bewitching
               Sin
               ,
               very
               hardly
               left
               by
               those
               that
               are
               addicted
               to
               it
               .
            
             
               Drunkenness
               is
               an
               enticing
               ,
               bewitching
               Sin
               ,
               which
               is
               very
               hardly
               left
               by
               those
               that
               are
               addicted
               to
               it
               :
               Neither
               the
               Word
               nor
               Rod
               of
               God
               prevaileth
               with
               men
               to
               leave
               this
               Sin
               ,
               but
               they
               go
               on
               sinning
               against
               Light
               ,
               sinning
               against
               the
               Counsels
               ,
               Reproofs
               and
               Tears
               of
               Friends
               ,
               against
               the
               checks
               of
               their
               own
               Consciences
               ;
               though
               the
               Lord
               afflict
               them
               in
               their
               Bodies
               ,
               Estates
               ,
               Good
               Names
               ,
               yet
               still
               they
               persevere
               in
               this
               sin
               :
               though
               when
               upon
               sick
               beds
               they
               are
               under
               terrors
               of
               Conscience
               ,
               and
               feel
               as
               it
               were
               some
               flashes
               of
               Hell-fire
               ,
               and
               make
               great
               Vows
               and
               solemn
               Protestations
               ,
               that
               if
               God
               will
               spare
               their
               Lives
               ,
               and
               raise
               them
               up
               again
               ,
               they
               will
               leave
               off
               their
               Drunkenness
               ;
               yet
               when
               they
               are
               restored
               to
               Health
               ▪
               they
               return
               to
               their
               old
               course
               again
               :
               Prov.
               23.
               35.
               
               
                 They
                 have
                 stricken
                 me
                 ,
                 shalt
                 thou
                 say
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 was
                 not
                 sick
                 :
                 they
                 have
                 beaten
                 me
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 felt
                 it
                 not
                 :
                 when
                 shall
                 I
                 awake
                 ?
                 I
                 will
                 seek
                 it
                 yet
                 again
                 :
                 Solomon
              
               speaks
               here
               of
               Drunkards
               ,
               who
               are
               not
               disheartened
               by
               all
               the
               
               difficulties
               ,
               and
               troubles
               ▪
               and
               blowes
               that
               they
               meet
               with
               in
               following
               after
               strong
               drink
               ;
               but
               resolve
               to
               seek
               it
               yet
               again
               ,
               and
               to
               persist
               in
               their
               dissolute
               courses
               .
               Drunkards
               are
               wont
               to
               encourage
               themselves
               ,
               and
               one
               another
               ,
               to
               persist
               in
               their
               drunken
               courses
               under
               all
               discouragements
               .
               Isa.
               56.
               12.
               
               
                 Come
                 ye
                 ,
                 say
                 they
                 ,
                 I
                 will
                 fetch
                 Wine
                 ,
                 and
                 we
                 will
                 fill
                 our selves
                 with
                 strong
                 drink
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 morrow
                 shall
                 be
                 as
                 this
                 day
                 ,
                 and
                 much
                 more
                 abundant
                 .
              
               Instead
               of
               desisting
               they
               grow
               more
               resolved
               in
               their
               way
               :
               and
               the
               reason
               why
               this
               sin
               is
               so
               hardly
               left
               ,
               and
               so
               few
               recovered
               from
               it
               ,
               may
               be
               partly
               from
               the
               strength
               this
               sinful
               habit
               gets
               in
               the
               Soul
               by
               the
               many
               repeated
               Acts
               of
               this
               Sin
               ,
               and
               also
               from
               the
               Pleasingnesse
               of
               this
               Sin
               to
               corrupt
               Nature
               ;
               for
               the
               more
               pleasing
               any
               sin
               is
               ,
               the
               more
               hardly
               it
               is
               left
               :
               And
               chiefly
               from
               the
               Just
               and
               Righteous
               Judgment
               of
               God
               ,
               who
               giveth
               up
               men
               who
               go
               on
               sinning
               against
               Light
               ,
               unto
               their
               own
               Hearts
               Lusts
               ,
               saying
               to
               them
               ,
               
                 He
                 that
                 is
                 filthy
                 ,
                 let
                 him
                 be
                 filthy
                 still
                 .
              
               Drunkenness
               is
               called
               by
               some
               ,
               
                 Vitium
                 maximae
                 adhaerentiae
              
               ;
               a
               Sin
               that
               sticks
               closer
               and
               faster
               to
               a
               man
               than
               any
               other
               Sin.
               
            
             
               These
               ten
               Arguments
               against
               Drunkennss
               were
               taken
               out
               of
               the
               Sermons
               of
               Mr.
               
                 Owen
                 Stockton
              
               of
               Colchester
               ,
               lately
               deceased
               ,
               an
               able
               and
               worthy
               Divine
               ,
               in
               a
               Larger
               discourse
               again
               that
               Sin
               ,
               well
               I
               worth
               the
               Reading
               ,
               sold
               by
               Mr.
               
                 Thomas
                 Parkhurst
              
               at
               the
               Bible
               and
               three
               Crowns
               in
               Cheapside
               :
               Preached
               upon
               the
               occasion
               of
               a
               sad
               and
               dreadful
               Providence
               ,
               which
               lately
               befell
               a
               young
               man
               ,
               who
               for
               some
               years
               was
               very
               hopefull
               for
               Religion
               ,
               a
               diligent
               attender
               upon
               God's
               Ordinances
               ,
               and
               well
               esteemed
               of
               among
               the
               People
               of
               God
               ;
               but
               afterwards
               being
               led
               away
               by
               temptation
               ,
               he
               was
               sometime
               overtaken
               with
               the
               sin
               of
               Drunkenness
               ,
               and
               it
               seemed
               good
               to
               the
               Holy
               and
               Righteous
               God
               to
               cut
               him
               off
               in
               the
               Act
               of
               sin
               ,
               when
               he
               was
               (
               as
               is
               generally
               reported
               )
               so
               far
               overcome
               
               with
               strong
               drink
               ,
               that
               he
               was
               not
               able
               to
               go
               ,
               but
               was
               led
               ,
               and
               laid
               upon
               a
               Bed
               ,
               and
               dyed
               in
               a
               few
               Hours
               ,
               without
               coming
               to
               himself
               again
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             HIS
             MAJESTIES
             PROCLAMATION
             AGAINST
             Vicious
             ,
             Debauch'd
             ,
             and
             Prophane
             Persons
             ,
             and
             against
             drinking
             his
             Health
             .
          
           
             
               CHARLES
               ,
               R.
               
            
          
           
             SInce
             it
             hath
             pleased
             the
             Divine
             Providence
             in
             so
             wonderful
             a
             manner
             ,
             and
             by
             wayes
             and
             means
             no
             less
             miraculous
             ,
             than
             those
             by
             which
             he
             did
             ,
             heretofore
             ,
             preserve
             and
             restore
             his
             own
             chosen
             People
             ,
             to
             restore
             Us
             ,
             and
             Our
             good
             Subjects
             to
             each
             other
             ,
             and
             to
             shew
             Us
             a
             very
             hopeful
             Prospect
             ,
             if
             not
             to
             put
             us
             already
             into
             possession
             of
             that
             Peace
             ,
             Happiness
             and
             Security
             ,
             with
             which
             this
             our
             Kingdom
             hath
             been
             heretofore
             blessed
             ;
             It
             will
             become
             Us
             all
             ,
             in
             our
             several
             Stations
             ,
             to
             acknowledge
             this
             transcendent
             goodness
             of
             Almighty
             God
             in
             so
             seasonable
             a
             conjuncture
             ,
             with
             such
             a
             Circumspection
             ,
             Integrity
             ,
             and
             Reformation
             in
             Our
             Lives
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             not
             drive
             away
             that
             Mercy
             which
             so
             near
             approacheth
             Us
             ,
             by
             making
             Our selves
             (
             wholly
             )
             unworthy
             of
             it
             .
             And
             in
             Order
             hereunto
             ,
             We
             think
             it
             high
             time
             to
             shew
             Our
             dislike
             of
             
             those
             (
             against
             whom
             We
             have
             been
             ever
             enough
             offended
             ,
             though
             We
             could
             not
             ,
             in
             this
             manner
             declare
             it
             ,
             )
             who
             under
             pretence
             of
             Affection
             to
             Us
             and
             Our
             Service
             ,
             assume
             to
             themselves
             the
             liberty
             of
             Reviling
             ,
             Threatning
             and
             Reproaching
             others
             ;
             and
             as
             much
             as
             in
             them
             lies
             ,
             endeavour
             to
             stifle
             and
             divert
             their
             good
             Inclinations
             to
             Our
             Service
             ,
             and
             so
             to
             prevent
             that
             Reconciliation
             and
             Union
             of
             Hearts
             and
             Affections
             ,
             which
             can
             only
             ,
             with
             Gods
             Blessing
             ,
             make
             Us
             rejoyce
             in
             each
             other
             ,
             and
             keep
             Our
             Enemies
             from
             rejoycing
             .
          
           
             There
             are
             likewise
             another
             sort
             of
             Men
             ,
             of
             whom
             we
             have
             heard
             much
             ,
             and
             are
             sufficiently
             ashamed
             ;
             who
             spend
             their
             time
             in
             Taverns
             ,
             Tipling-houses
             and
             Debauches
             ,
             giving
             no
             other
             Evidence
             of
             their
             Affection
             to
             Us
             ,
             but
             in
             drinking
             Our
             Health
             ,
             and
             Inveighing
             against
             all
             others
             ,
             who
             are
             not
             of
             their
             own
             dissolute
             temper
             ;
             and
             who
             ,
             in
             truth
             ,
             have
             more
             discredited
             Our
             Cause
             ,
             by
             the
             Licence
             of
             their
             Manners
             and
             Lives
             ,
             than
             they
             could
             ever
             advance
             it
             by
             their
             Affection
             or
             courage
             .
             We
             hope
             that
             this
             extraordinary
             way
             of
             delivering
             Us
             all
             ,
             from
             all
             we
             feared
             ,
             and
             almost
             bringing
             Us
             to
             all
             We
             can
             reasonably
             hope
             for
             ,
             hath
             and
             will
             work
             upon
             the
             Hearts
             ,
             even
             of
             these
             Men
             to
             that
             degree
             ,
             that
             they
             will
             cordially
             renounce
             all
             that
             Licentiousness
             ,
             Prophaneness
             ,
             and
             Impiety
             ,
             with
             which
             they
             have
             been
             corrupted
             ,
             and
             endeavoured
             to
             corrupt
             others
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             will
             hereafter
             ,
             become
             examples
             of
             Sobriety
             and
             Uertue
             ,
             and
             make
             it
             appear
             ,
             that
             what
             is
             past
             ,
             was
             rather
             the
             Uice
             of
             the
             Time
             ,
             than
             of
             the
             Persons
             ,
             and
             the
             fitter
             to
             be
             forgotten
             together
             .
          
           
             And
             ,
             because
             the
             fear
             of
             punishment
             ,
             or
             apprehension
             of
             Our
             Displeasure
             ,
             may
             have
             influence
             upon
             many
             ,
             who
             will
             not
             be
             restrained
             by
             the
             Conscience
             of
             their
             Duty
             ,
             We
             do
             declare
             ,
             That
             We
             will
             not
             exercise
             
             just
             Severity
             against
             any
             Malefactors
             sooner
             ,
             than
             against
             Men
             of
             dissolute
             ,
             debauch'd
             ,
             and
             profane
             Lives
             ,
             with
             what
             parts
             soever
             they
             may
             be
             otherwise
             qualified
             and
             endowed
             ;
             and
             We
             hope
             ,
             that
             all
             Persons
             of
             Honour
             ,
             or
             in
             Place
             and
             Authority
             ,
             will
             so
             far
             assist
             Us
             ,
             in
             discountenancing
             such
             Men
             ,
             that
             their
             discretion
             and
             shame
             will
             perswade
             them
             to
             reform
             what
             their
             Conscience
             would
             not
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             displeasure
             of
             good
             Men
             towards
             them
             ,
             may
             supply
             what
             the
             Laws
             have
             not
             ;
             and
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             ,
             cannot
             well
             provide
             against
             ,
             there
             being
             by
             the
             Licence
             and
             Corruption
             of
             the
             Times
             ,
             and
             the
             depraved
             Nature
             of
             Men
             ,
             many
             Enormities
             ,
             Scandals
             ,
             and
             Impieties
             ,
             in
             Practice
             and
             Manners
             ,
             which
             Laws
             cannot
             well
             describe
             ,
             and
             consequently
             not
             enough
             provide
             against
             ,
             which
             may
             by
             the
             example
             and
             severity
             of
             Uertuous
             Men
             ,
             be
             easily
             discountenanced
             ,
             and
             by
             degrees
             suppressed
             .
          
           
             However
             ,
             for
             the
             more
             effectual
             reforming
             these
             Men
             ,
             who
             are
             a
             discredit
             to
             the
             Nation
             ,
             and
             unto
             any
             Cause
             they
             pretend
             to
             favour
             ,
             and
             to
             wish
             well
             to
             ;
             We
             require
             all
             Maiors
             ,
             Sheriffs
             ,
             and
             Justices
             of
             Peace
             ,
             to
             be
             very
             vigilant
             and
             strict
             in
             the
             discovery
             and
             prosecution
             of
             all
             Dissolute
             and
             Prophane
             Persons
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             Blaspheme
             the
             Name
             of
             God
             ,
             by
             prophane
             Swearing
             and
             Cursing
             ,
             or
             revile
             or
             disturb
             Ministers
             ,
             and
             despise
             the
             Publick
             Worship
             of
             God
             ;
             that
             being
             first
             bound
             to
             the
             good
             Behaviour
             ,
             they
             may
             be
             further
             proceeded
             against
             ,
             and
             exposed
             to
             shame
             ,
             in
             such
             a
             manner
             ,
             as
             the
             Laws
             of
             the
             Land
             ,
             and
             the
             just
             and
             necessary
             Rules
             of
             Government
             shall
             direct
             or
             permit
             .
          
           
             
               Dated
               
                 the
                 Twelfth
                 Year
                 of
                 Our
                 Reign
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
           
             See
             the
             Dialogue
             between
             Tory
             and
             Timothy
             in
             the
             Weekly
             Pacquet
             of
             
               Aug.
               5.
               1681.
            
             
             This
             passage
             :
          
           
             
               Tory.
               
            
             
               There
               are
               a
               Thousand
               of
               my
               Companions
               that
               are
               not
               capable
               to
               express
               their
               Loyalty
               any
               way
               in
               the
               World
               ,
               if
               they
               should
               be
               barr'd
               from
               Drinking
               of
               Healths
               ,
               and
               Huzzaing
               ,
               as
               if
               Bedlam
               were
               broken
               loose
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tim.
               
            
             
               Loyalty
               is
               the
               indispensable
               duty
               of
               every
               good
               Subject
               ,
               and
               signifies
               no
               more
               than
               an
               obedience
               and
               Hearty
               serving
               of
               the
               King
               according
               to
               Law
               ;
               and
               I
               am
               sure
               our
               
                 Most
                 Gracious
                 Soveraign
              
               will
               not
               be
               serv'd
               any
               otherwise
               .
               Nor
               can
               I
               understand
               how
               a
               Common
               
                 Drunkard
                 ,
                 Swearer
                 ,
                 Whoremonger
              
               ,
               &c.
               ought
               to
               be
               accounted
               either
               Loyal
               ,
               or
               a
               Son
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               ,
               since
               thereby
               he
               violates
               daily
               the
               Laws
               of
               
                 God
                 ,
                 Nature
              
               ,
               and
               the
               Land
               ,
               and
               for
               the
               same
               ought
               to
               stand
               Excommunicated
               by
               the
               Church
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Such
             as
             will
             not
             refrain
             from
             Intemperate
             drinking
             ,
             and
             be
             reclamed
             by
             Scripture
             ,
             Arguments
             ,
             and
             Examples
             ,
             let
             the
             regard
             of
             their
             Bodily
             Health
             move
             them
             :
             From
             these
             weighty
             reasons
             of
             Doctor
             
             Maynwaring's
             ,
             shewing
             how
             it
             impairs
             their
             Health
             many
             wayes
             .
          
           
             Preservaton
             of
             Health
             in
             the
             choice
             of
             Drinks
             ,
             and
             Regular
             Drinking
             .
          
           
             DRink
             for
             necessity
             ,
             not
             for
             bad
             fellowship
             ;
             especially
             soon
             after
             meat
             ,
             which
             hinders
             due
             fermentation
             of
             the
             stomach
             ,
             and
             washeth
             down
             before
             digestion
             be
             finished
             :
             but
             after
             the
             first
             concoction
             ,
             if
             you
             have
             a
             hot
             Stomach
             ,
             a
             dry
             or
             costive
             Body
             ,
             you
             may
             drink
             more
             freely
             than
             others
             :
             or
             if
             thirst
             importunes
             you
             at
             any
             time
             ,
             to
             satisfie
             ▪
             with
             a
             moderate
             draught
             is
             better
             than
             to
             forbear
             .
          
           
           
             Accustom
             Youth
             and
             strong
             Stomachs
             to
             small
             drink
             ;
             but
             stronger
             drink
             ,
             and
             Wine
             ,
             to
             the
             infirm
             and
             aged
             :
             it
             chears
             the
             Spirits
             ,
             quickens
             the
             Appetite
             ,
             and
             helps
             Digestion
             ,
             moderately
             taken
             :
             but
             being
             used
             in
             excess
             ,
             disturbs
             the
             course
             of
             Nature
             ,
             and
             procures
             many
             Diseases
             :
             for
             corpulent
             gross
             and
             fat
             Bodies
             ,
             thin
             ,
             hungry
             ,
             abstersive
             ,
             penetrating
             Wines
             are
             best
             ,
             as
             
               White-Wine
               ,
               Rhenish
            
             ,
             and
             such
             like
             .
          
           
             For
             lean
             thin
             Bodies
             ;
             black
             ,
             red
             and
             yellow
             Wines
             ,
             sweet
             ,
             full
             bodied
             and
             fragrant
             ,
             are
             more
             fit
             and
             agreeable
             ;
             as
             
               Malaga
               ,
               Muscadel
               ,
               Tent
               ,
               Alicant
            
             and
             such
             like
             .
          
           
             For
             Drink
             ,
             whether
             it
             be
             wholsomer
             warmed
             than
             cold
             ,
             is
             ▪
             much
             controverted
             ;
             some
             stifly
             contending
             for
             the
             one
             ,
             and
             some
             for
             the
             other
             :
             I
             shall
             rather
             chuse
             the
             middle
             way
             ,
             with
             limitation
             and
             distinction
             ,
             than
             impose
             it
             upon
             all
             as
             a
             rule
             to
             be
             observed
             under
             the
             penalty
             of
             forfeiting
             their
             health
             ,
             the
             observations
             of
             the
             one
             or
             the
             other
             .
          
           
             There
             are
             three
             sorts
             of
             persons
             ,
             one
             cannot
             drink
             
               cold
               Beer
            
             ,
             the
             other
             cannot
             drink
             warm
             ,
             the
             third
             ,
             either
             :
             You
             that
             cannot
             drink
             cold
             Beer
             ,
             to
             you
             it
             is
             hurtful
             ,
             cools
             the
             Stomach
             ,
             and
             checks
             it
             much
             :
             therefore
             keep
             to
             
               warm
               drink
            
             as
             a
             wholsome
             custom
             :
             you
             that
             cannot
             drink
             warm
             Beer
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             find
             no
             refreshment
             ,
             nor
             thirst
             satisfied
             by
             it
             ,
             you
             may
             drink
             it
             cold
             ,
             nor
             is
             it
             injurious
             to
             you
             :
             you
             that
             are
             indifferent
             and
             can
             drink
             either
             ,
             drink
             yours
             cold
             ,
             or
             warmed
             ,
             as
             the
             company
             does
             ,
             since
             your
             Stomach
             makes
             no
             choice
             .
          
           
             That
             
               warm
               drink
            
             is
             no
             bad
             custom
             ,
             but
             agreeable
             to
             Nature
             in
             the
             generality
             ;
             First
             ,
             Because
             it
             comes
             the
             nearest
             to
             the
             natural
             temper
             of
             the
             Body
             ,
             and
             
               similia
               similibus
               conservantur
            
             ,
             every
             thing
             is
             preserved
             by
             its
             like
             ,
             and
             destroyed
             by
             its
             contrary
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             Though
             I
             do
             not
             hold
             it
             the
             principal
             Agent
             in
             digestion
             ,
             yet
             it
             does
             excite
             ,
             is
             auxiliary
             ,
             and
             a
             necessary
             concomitant
             of
             a
             good
             digestion
             ,
             
               ut
               signum
               &
               causa
            
             .
             Thirdly
             ,
             
               Omne
               frigus
               per
               se
               ,
               &
               pro
               viribus
               destruit
            
             ;
             Cold
             in
             its
             own
             nature
             ,
             and
             according
             to
             the
             graduation
             of
             its
             power
             ,
             extinguisheth
             natural
             heat
             ,
             and
             is
             destructive
             ;
             but
             
               per
               accidens
            
             ,
             and
             as
             it
             is
             in
             
               gradu
               remisso
            
             ,
             
             it
             may
             contemperate
             ,
             allay
             ,
             and
             refresh
             ,
             where
             heat
             abounds
             ,
             and
             is
             exalted
             .
          
           
             Therefore
             as
             there
             is
             variety
             of
             Palates
             ,
             and
             Stomachs
             liking
             and
             agreeing
             best
             with
             such
             kind
             of
             Meats
             and
             Drinks
             ,
             which
             to
             others
             are
             utterly
             disgustful
             ,
             disagreeing
             and
             injurious
             ,
             though
             good
             in
             themselves
             :
             so
             is
             it
             in
             Drink
             warmed
             or
             cold
             ;
             what
             one
             finds
             a
             benefit
             in
             ,
             the
             other
             receives
             a
             prejudice
             ;
             at
             least
             does
             not
             find
             that
             satisfaction
             and
             refreshment
             ,
             under
             such
             a
             qualification
             ;
             because
             of
             the
             various
             natures
             ,
             particular
             appetitions
             ,
             and
             idiosyncratical
             properties
             of
             several
             bodies
             ,
             one
             thing
             will
             not
             agree
             with
             all
             :
             Therefore
             he
             that
             cannot
             drink
             warm
             ,
             let
             him
             take
             it
             cold
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             well
             to
             him
             ;
             but
             he
             that
             drinks
             it
             warm
             ,
             does
             better
             .
             And
             this
             is
             to
             be
             understood
             in
             Winter
             ,
             when
             the
             extremity
             of
             cold
             hath
             congelated
             and
             fixed
             the
             Spirits
             of
             the
             Liquor
             in
             a
             torpid
             inactivity
             ;
             which
             by
             a
             gentle
             
             warmth
             are
             
               unfettered
               ,
               volatile
            
             and
             brisk
             ;
             whereby
             the
             drink
             is
             more
             agreeable
             and
             grateful
             to
             the
             Stomachs
             fermenting
             heat
             ,
             being
             so
             prepared
             ,
             than
             to
             be
             made
             so
             by
             it
             .
          
           
             There
             are
             three
             sorts
             of
             Drinkers
             :
             one
             drinks
             to
             satisfie
             Nature
             ,
             and
             to
             support
             his
             body
             ;
             without
             which
             he
             cannot
             well
             subsist
             ,
             and
             requires
             it
             as
             necessary
             to
             his
             Being
             .
             Another
             drinks
             a
             degree
             beyond
             this
             man
             ,
             and
             takes
             a
             larger
             dose
             ,
             with
             this
             intention
             ,
             to
             exhilerate
             and
             chear
             his
             mind
             ,
             to
             banish
             cares
             and
             trouble
             ,
             and
             help
             him
             to
             sleep
             the
             better
             ;
             and
             these
             two
             are
             lawful
             Drinkers
             .
             A
             third
             drinks
             neither
             for
             the
             good
             of
             the
             body
             ,
             or
             the
             mind
             ,
             but
             to
             stupifie
             and
             drown
             both
             ;
             by
             exceeding
             the
             former
             bounds
             ,
             and
             running
             into
             excess
             ,
             frustrating
             those
             ends
             for
             which
             drink
             was
             appointed
             by
             Nature
             ;
             converting
             this
             support
             of
             Life
             and
             Health
             ,
             making
             it
             a
             procurer
             of
             sickness
             and
             untimely
             death
             .
          
           
             Many
             such
             there
             are
             ,
             who
             drink
             not
             to
             satisfie
             Nature
             ,
             but
             force
             it
             down
             many
             times
             contrary
             to
             natural
             inclination
             ;
             and
             when
             there
             is
             a
             reluctancy
             against
             it
             :
             as
             Drunkards
             that
             pour
             in
             Liquor
             ,
             not
             for
             love
             of
             the
             drink
             ,
             or
             that
             Nature
             requires
             it
             by
             thirst
             ,
             but
             onely
             to
             maintain
             
             the
             
               mad
               frolick
            
             ,
             and
             keep
             the
             Company
             from
             breaking
             up
             .
             Some
             to
             excuse
             this
             intemperance
             ,
             hold
             it
             as
             good
             Physick
             to
             be
             drunk
             once
             a
             month
             ,
             and
             plead
             for
             that
             liberty
             as
             a
             wholesom
             custom
             ,
             and
             quote
             the
             authority
             of
             a
             famous
             Physician
             for
             it
             .
             Whether
             this
             Opinion
             be
             allowable
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             admitted
             in
             the
             due
             Regiment
             for
             preservation
             of
             Health
             ,
             is
             fit
             to
             be
             examined
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             a
             Canon
             established
             upon
             good
             reason
             ;
             
               That
               every
            
             
             
               thing
               exceeding
               its
               just
               bounds
               ,
               and
               golden
               mediocrity
               ,
               is
               hurtful
               to
               Nature
               .
            
             The
             best
             of
             things
             are
             not
             excepted
             in
             this
             general
             rule
             ;
             but
             are
             restrained
             and
             limited
             here
             to
             a
             due
             proportion
             .
             The
             supports
             of
             Life
             may
             prove
             the
             procurers
             of
             Death
             ,
             if
             not
             qualified
             and
             made
             wholsom
             by
             this
             corrective
             .
          
           
             Meat
             and
             drink
             is
             no
             longer
             sustenance
             ,
             but
             a
             load
             and
             overcharge
             ,
             if
             they
             exceed
             the
             quantum
             due
             to
             each
             particular
             person
             ;
             and
             then
             they
             are
             not
             ,
             what
             they
             are
             properly
             in
             themselves
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             appointment
             of
             Nature
             ,
             the
             preservatives
             of
             Life
             and
             Health
             ;
             but
             the
             causes
             of
             sickness
             ,
             and
             consequently
             of
             Death
             .
          
           
             Drink
             was
             not
             appointed
             man
             ,
             to
             discompose
             and
             disorder
             him
             in
             all
             his
             faculties
             ,
             but
             to
             
               supply
               ,
               nourish
            
             ,
             and
             strengthen
             them
             .
             Drink
             exceeding
             its
             measure
             ,
             is
             no
             longer
             a
             refreshment
             ,
             to
             irrigate
             and
             water
             the
             thirsty
             body
             ,
             but
             makes
             an
             inundation
             to
             drown
             and
             suffocate
             the
             
               vital
               powers
            
             .
             It
             puts
             a
             man
             out
             of
             the
             state
             of
             Health
             ,
             and
             represents
             him
             in
             such
             a
             degenerate
             condition
             both
             in
             respect
             of
             body
             and
             mind
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             look
             upon
             the
             man
             ,
             as
             going
             out
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             because
             he
             is
             already
             gone
             out
             of
             himself
             ,
             and
             strangely
             metamorphosed
             from
             what
             he
             was
             .
          
           
             I
             never
             knew
             sickness
             or
             a
             Disease
             ,
             to
             be
             good
             preventing
             Physick
             ;
             and
             to
             be
             drunk
             ,
             is
             no
             other
             than
             an
             unsound
             state
             ,
             and
             the
             whole
             body
             out
             of
             frame
             by
             this
             great
             change
             .
             What
             difference
             is
             there
             between
             sickness
             and
             drunkenness
             ?
             Truly
             I
             cannot
             distinguish
             them
             otherwise
             than
             as
             genus
             and
             species
             :
             Drunkenness
             being
             a
             raging
             Disease
             ,
             denominated
             and
             distinguished
             from
             other
             sicknesses
             ,
             by
             its
             procatarctick
             or
             procuring
             cause
             ,
             Drink
             .
          
           
           
             That
             Drunkenness
             is
             a
             Disease
             or
             Sickness
             ,
             will
             appear
             in
             that
             it
             hath
             all
             the
             requisites
             to
             constitute
             a
             Disease
             ,
             and
             is
             far
             distant
             from
             a
             state
             of
             Health
             :
             for
             as
             Health
             is
             the
             free
             and
             regular
             discharge
             of
             all
             the
             functions
             of
             the
             Body
             and
             Mind
             ;
             and
             sickness
             ,
             when
             the
             functions
             are
             not
             performed
             ,
             or
             weakly
             and
             depravedly
             :
             then
             Ebriety
             may
             properly
             be
             said
             to
             be
             a
             Disease
             or
             sickness
             ,
             because
             it
             hath
             the
             symptoms
             and
             diagnostick
             signs
             of
             an
             acute
             and
             great
             Disease
             :
             for
             ,
             during
             the
             time
             of
             drunkenness
             ,
             and
             some
             time
             after
             ,
             few
             of
             the
             faculties
             perform
             rightly
             ,
             but
             very
             depravedly
             and
             preternaturally
             :
             if
             we
             examine
             the
             
               intellectual
               faculties
            
             ,
             we
             shall
             find
             the
             reason
             gone
             ,
             the
             memory
             lost
             or
             much
             abated
             ,
             and
             the
             will
             strangely
             perverted
             :
             if
             we
             look
             into
             the
             sensitive
             faculties
             ,
             they
             are
             disordered
             ,
             and
             their
             functions
             impedited
             or
             performed
             very
             deficiently
             :
             the
             eyes
             do
             not
             see
             well
             ,
             nor
             the
             ears
             hear
             well
             ,
             nor
             the
             palate
             rellish
             ,
             &c.
             
             The
             speech
             faulters
             and
             is
             imperfect
             ;
             the
             stomach
             perhaps
             vomits
             or
             nauseates
             ;
             his
             legs
             fail
             :
             Indeed
             if
             we
             look
             through
             the
             whole
             man
             ,
             we
             shall
             see
             all
             the
             faculties
             depraved
             ,
             and
             their
             functions
             either
             not
             executed
             ,
             or
             very
             disorderly
             ,
             and
             with
             much
             deficiency
             .
          
           
             Now
             according
             to
             these
             symptoms
             in
             other
             sicknesses
             ,
             we
             judge
             a
             man
             not
             likely
             to
             live
             long
             ;
             and
             that
             it
             is
             very
             hard
             he
             should
             recover
             ;
             the
             danger
             is
             so
             great
             from
             the
             many
             threatning
             symptoms
             that
             attend
             this
             sickness
             ,
             and
             prognosticate
             a
             bad
             event
             :
             here
             is
             nothing
             appears
             salutary
             ;
             but
             from
             head
             to
             foot
             ,
             the
             Disease
             is
             prevalent
             in
             every
             part
             ;
             which
             being
             collated
             ,
             the
             syndrom
             is
             lethal
             ,
             and
             Judgment
             to
             be
             given
             so
             .
          
           
             Surely
             then
             Drunkenness
             is
             a
             very
             great
             Disease
             for
             the
             time
             ;
             but
             because
             it
             is
             not
             usually
             mortal
             ,
             nor
             lasts
             long
             ;
             therefore
             it
             is
             slighted
             ,
             and
             look't
             upon
             as
             a
             trivial
             matter
             that
             will
             cure
             it self
             .
             But
             now
             the
             question
             may
             be
             asked
             ,
             Why
             is
             not
             Drunkenness
             usually
             mortal
             ;
             since
             the
             same
             signs
             in
             other
             Diseases
             are
             accounted
             mortal
             ,
             and
             the
             event
             proves
             
             it
             so
             ?
             To
             which
             I
             answer
             ;
             All
             the
             hopes
             we
             have
             that
             a
             man
             drunk
             should
             live
             ,
             is
             ;
             First
             ,
             From
             common
             experience
             that
             it
             is
             not
             deadly
             :
             Secondly
             ,
             From
             the
             nature
             of
             the
             Primitive
             or
             procuring
             Cause
             ,
             strong
             Drink
             or
             Wine
             ;
             which
             although
             it
             rage
             ,
             and
             strangely
             discompose
             the
             man
             for
             a
             time
             ,
             yet
             it
             lasts
             not
             long
             ,
             nor
             is
             mortal
             .
             The
             inebriating
             spirits
             of
             the
             liquor
             ,
             flowing
             in
             so
             fast
             ,
             and
             joyning
             with
             the
             spirits
             of
             mans
             body
             ,
             make
             so
             high
             a
             tide
             ,
             that
             overflows
             all
             the
             banks
             and
             bounds
             of
             order
             :
             For
             ,
             the
             spirits
             of
             mans
             body
             ,
             those
             agents
             in
             each
             faculty
             ,
             act
             smoothly
             ,
             regularly
             and
             constantly
             ,
             with
             a
             moderate
             supply
             ;
             but
             being
             overcharged
             ,
             and
             forced
             out
             of
             their
             natural
             course
             ,
             and
             exercise
             of
             their
             duty
             ,
             by
             the
             large
             addition
             of
             
               furious
               spirits
            
             ;
             spurs
             the
             functions
             into
             strange
             disorders
             ,
             as
             if
             nature
             were
             conflicting
             with
             death
             and
             dissolution
             :
             but
             yet
             it
             proves
             not
             mortal
             .
          
           
             And
             this
             ,
             first
             ,
             because
             these
             
               adventitious
               spirits
            
             are
             amicable
             and
             friendly
             to
             our
             bodies
             in
             their
             own
             nature
             ,
             and
             therefore
             not
             so
             
               deadly
               injurious
            
             ,
             as
             that
             which
             is
             not
             so
             familiar
             or
             noxious
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             Because
             they
             are
             very
             
               volatile
               ,
               light
            
             and
             active
             ;
             Nature
             therefore
             does
             much
             sooner
             recover
             her self
             ,
             transpires
             and
             sends
             forth
             the
             overplus
             received
             ;
             than
             if
             the
             Morbisick
             matter
             were
             more
             ponderous
             and
             fixed
             ;
             the
             gravamen
             from
             thence
             would
             be
             much
             worse
             and
             longer
             in
             removing
             :
             as
             an
             over-charge
             of
             
               Meat
               ,
               Bread
               ,
               Fruit
            
             ,
             or
             such
             like
             substances
             not
             spirituous
             ;
             but
             dull
             and
             heavy
             (
             comparative
             )
             is
             of
             more
             difficult
             digestion
             ,
             and
             layes
             a
             greater
             and
             more
             dangerous
             load
             upon
             the
             faculties
             ,
             having
             not
             such
             
               volatile
               brisk
            
             spirits
             to
             assist
             Nature
             ,
             nor
             of
             so
             liquid
             a
             fine
             substance
             ,
             of
             quicker
             and
             easier
             digestion
             :
             So
             that
             the
             symptoms
             from
             thence
             are
             much
             more
             dangerous
             ,
             than
             those
             peracute
             distempers
             arising
             from
             Liquors
             .
             So
             likewise
             those
             bad
             symptoms
             in
             other
             Diseases
             are
             more
             to
             be
             feared
             and
             accounted
             mortal
             (
             than
             the
             like
             arising
             from
             drunkenness
             )
             because
             those
             perhaps
             depend
             upon
             
               malignant
               causes
            
             ;
             or
             such
             as
             by
             time
             are
             radicated
             in
             the
             body
             ;
             or
             from
             the
             defection
             of
             some
             
               principal
               part
            
             :
             
             but
             the
             storm
             and
             discomposure
             arising
             from
             drunkenness
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             suddenly
             raised
             ,
             so
             commonly
             it
             soon
             falls
             ,
             depending
             upon
             
               benign
               causes
            
             ,
             and
             a
             spirituous
             matter
             ,
             that
             layes
             not
             so
             great
             an
             oppression
             ;
             but
             inebriates
             the
             spirits
             ,
             that
             they
             act
             very
             disorderly
             and
             unwontedly
             ;
             or
             by
             the
             soporiferous
             vertue
             ,
             stupifies
             them
             for
             a
             time
             ,
             until
             they
             recover
             their
             agility
             again
             .
          
           
             But
             all
             this
             while
             ,
             I
             do
             not
             see
             ,
             
               that
               to
               be
               drunk
               once
               a
               month
            
             should
             prove
             good
             Physick
             :
             all
             I
             think
             that
             can
             be
             said
             in
             this
             behalf
             ,
             is
             ;
             that
             by
             overcharging
             the
             Stomach
             ,
             
               vomiting
               is
               procured
            
             ;
             and
             so
             carries
             off
             something
             that
             was
             lodged
             there
             ,
             which
             might
             breed
             Diseases
             .
          
           
             This
             is
             a
             
               bad
               excuse
            
             for
             good
             Fellows
             ,
             and
             a
             
               poor
               plea
            
             for
             drunkenness
             :
             for
             the
             gaining
             of
             one
             supposed
             benefit
             (
             which
             might
             be
             obtained
             otherwise
             )
             you
             introduce
             twenty
             inconveniences
             by
             it
             .
             I
             do
             not
             like
             the
             preventing
             of
             one
             Disease
             that
             
               may
               be
            
             ,
             by
             procuring
             of
             one
             at
             the
             
               present
               certainly
            
             ,
             and
             many
             hereafter
             most
             probably
             :
             and
             if
             the
             Disease
             feared
             ,
             or
             
               may
               be
            
             ,
             could
             be
             prevented
             no
             otherwise
             ,
             but
             by
             this
             
               drunken
               means
            
             ;
             then
             that
             might
             tolerate
             and
             allow
             it
             :
             but
             there
             are
             other
             wayes
             better
             and
             safer
             to
             cleanse
             the
             body
             either
             upwards
             or
             downwards
             ,
             than
             by
             overcharging
             with
             strong
             drink
             ,
             and
             making
             the
             man
             to
             unman
             himself
             ;
             the
             evil
             consequents
             of
             which
             are
             many
             ,
             the
             benefit
             hoped
             for
             ,
             but
             pretended
             ;
             or
             if
             any
             ,
             but
             very
             small
             and
             inconsiderable
             .
          
           
             And
             although
             ,
             as
             I
             said
             before
             ,
             the
             
               drunken
               fit
            
             is
             not
             mortal
             ,
             and
             the
             danger
             perhaps
             not
             great
             for
             the
             present
             ;
             yet
             those
             
               drunken
               bouts
            
             being
             repeated
             ;
             the
             relicts
             do
             accumulate
             ,
             debilitate
             Nature
             ,
             and
             lay
             the
             foundation
             of
             many
             
               chronick
               Diseases
            
             .
             Nor
             can
             it
             be
             expected
             otherwise
             ;
             but
             you
             may
             justly
             conclude
             from
             the
             manifest
             irregular
             actions
             which
             appear
             to
             us
             externally
             ,
             that
             the
             functions
             within
             also
             ,
             and
             their
             motions
             are
             strangely
             disordered
             :
             for
             ,
             the
             
               outward
               madness
            
             and
             unwonted
             actions
             ,
             proceed
             from
             the
             
               internal
               impulses
            
             ,
             and
             disordered
             motions
             of
             the
             faculties
             :
             which
             general
             disturbance
             and
             discomposure
             (
             being
             frequent
             )
             must
             needs
             subvert
             
             the
             oeconomy
             and
             government
             of
             humane
             Nature
             ;
             and
             consequently
             ruine
             the
             Fabrick
             of
             mans
             body
             .
          
           
             The
             ill
             effects
             ,
             and
             more
             eminent
             products
             of
             Ebriety
             ,
             are
             ;
             first
             ,
             
               A
               changing
               of
               the
               natural
               tone
               of
               the
               Stomach
               ,
               and
               alienating
               the
               digestive
               faculty
            
             ;
             That
             instead
             of
             a
             good
             transmutation
             of
             food
             ,
             a
             degenerate
             Chyle
             is
             produced
             .
             Common
             experience
             tells
             ,
             that
             after
             a
             
               drunken
               debauch
            
             ,
             the
             stomach
             loseth
             its
             appetite
             ,
             and
             acuteness
             of
             digestion
             ;
             as
             
               belching
               ,
               thirst
               ,
               disrelish
               ,
               nauseating
               ,
            
             do
             certainly
             testifie
             :
             yet
             to
             support
             nature
             ,
             and
             continue
             the
             custom
             of
             eating
             ,
             some
             food
             is
             received
             ;
             but
             we
             cannot
             expect
             from
             such
             a
             Stomach
             that
             a
             
               good
               digestion
            
             should
             follow
             :
             and
             it
             is
             some
             dayes
             before
             the
             Stomach
             recover
             its
             eucrasy
             ,
             and
             perform
             its
             office
             well
             :
             and
             if
             these
             miscarriages
             happen
             but
             seldom
             ,
             the
             injury
             is
             the
             less
             ,
             and
             sooner
             recompenced
             ;
             but
             by
             the
             
               frequent
               repetition
            
             of
             these
             ruinous
             practices
             ,
             the
             Stomach
             is
             overthrown
             and
             alienated
             from
             its
             integrity
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             
               An
               unwholsom
               corpulency
               and
               cachectick
               plenitude
               of
               body
               does
               follow
               :
               or
               a
               degenerate
               macilency
               ,
               and
               a
               decayed
               consumptive
            
             
             constitution
             .
             Great
             Drinkers
             that
             continue
             it
             long
             ,
             few
             of
             them
             escape
             ,
             but
             fall
             into
             one
             of
             these
             conditions
             and
             habit
             of
             body
             :
             for
             ,
             if
             the
             Stomach
             discharge
             not
             its
             office
             a
             right
             ,
             the
             
               subsequent
               digestions
            
             will
             also
             be
             defective
             .
             So
             great
             a
             consent
             and
             dependance
             is
             there
             upon
             the
             Stomach
             ;
             that
             other
             parts
             cannot
             perform
             their
             duty
             ,
             if
             this
             leading
             
               principal
               Part
            
             be
             perverted
             and
             debauched
             :
             nor
             can
             it
             be
             expected
             otherwise
             ;
             for
             ,
             from
             this
             Laboratory
             and
             
               prime
               office
            
             of
             digestion
             ,
             all
             the
             parts
             must
             receive
             their
             supply
             ;
             which
             being
             not
             suitable
             ,
             but
             depraved
             ,
             are
             drawn
             into
             debanchery
             also
             ,
             and
             a
             degenerate
             state
             ;
             &
             the
             whole
             Body
             fed
             with
             vitious
             
               alimentary
               succus
            
             .
          
           
             Now
             that
             different
             products
             or
             habits
             of
             body
             should
             arise
             from
             the
             same
             kind
             of
             debauchery
             ,
             happens
             upon
             this
             score
             .
             As
             there
             are
             different
             properties
             and
             conditions
             of
             bodies
             ;
             so
             the
             result
             from
             the
             same
             procuring
             causes
             shall
             be
             much
             different
             and
             various
             :
             one
             puffs
             up
             ,
             fills
             ,
             and
             grows
             hydropical
             ;
             another
             pines
             away
             ,
             and
             falls
             Consumptive
             ,
             from
             excess
             in
             drinking
             ;
             and
             this
             proceeds
             from
             the
             different
             disposition
             of
             parts
             :
             for
             ,
             in
             some
             persons
             ,
             although
             the
             stomach
             be
             vitiated
             ,
             yet
             the
             
             strength
             of
             the
             
               subsequent
               digestions
            
             is
             so
             great
             ,
             from
             the
             integrity
             and
             vigor
             of
             those
             parts
             destinated
             to
             such
             offices
             ;
             that
             they
             act
             strenuously
             ,
             though
             their
             
               object
               matter
            
             be
             transmitted
             to
             them
             imperfect
             and
             degenerate
             :
             und
             therefore
             do
             keep
             the
             body
             plump
             and
             full
             ,
             although
             the
             juyces
             be
             foul
             ,
             and
             of
             a
             depraved
             nature
             .
             Others
             
               è
               contra
            
             ,
             whose
             parts
             are
             not
             so
             firm
             and
             vigorous
             ;
             that
             will
             not
             act
             upon
             any
             score
             ,
             but
             with
             their
             
               proper
               object
            
             ;
             does
             not
             endeavour
             a
             transmutation
             of
             such
             
               aliene
               matter
            
             ,
             but
             receiving
             it
             with
             a
             
               nice
               reluctance
            
             ,
             transmits
             it
             to
             be
             evacuated
             and
             sent
             forth
             by
             the
             next
             convenient
             ducture
             ,
             or
             emunctory
             :
             and
             from
             hence
             the
             body
             is
             frustrated
             of
             nu●●ition
             ,
             and
             falls
             away
             :
             So
             that
             the
             pouring
             in
             of
             much
             liquor
             (
             although
             it
             be
             good
             in
             
               sua
               natura
            
             )
             does
             not
             beget
             
               much
               aliment
            
             ,
             but
             washeth
             through
             the
             body
             ,
             and
             is
             not
             assimilated
             .
          
           
             But
             here
             some
             may
             object
             and
             think
             ;
             
               That
               washing
               of
               the
               body
               through
               with
               good
               Liquor
               ,
               should
               cleanse
               the
               body
               ,
               and
               make
               it
               fit
               for
               nourishment
               ,
               and
               be
               like
               good
               Physick
               for
               a
               foul
               body
               .
            
             But
             the
             effect
             proves
             the
             contrary
             ;
             and
             it
             is
             but
             reason
             it
             should
             be
             so
             :
             for
             ,
             suppose
             the
             Liquor
             (
             whether
             Wine
             ,
             or
             other
             )
             be
             pure
             and
             good
             ;
             yet
             when
             the
             spirit
             is
             drawn
             off
             from
             it
             ,
             the
             remainder
             is
             but
             
               dead
               ,
               flat
               ,
               thick
            
             ,
             and
             a
             
               muddy
               flegm
            
             .
             As
             we
             find
             in
             the
             distillation
             of
             Wine
             ,
             or
             other
             Liquors
             ;
             so
             it
             is
             in
             mans
             body
             :
             the
             spirit
             is
             drawn
             off
             first
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             parts
             of
             mans
             body
             are
             ready
             Receivers
             ,
             and
             do
             imbibe
             that
             
               limpid
               congenerous
            
             enlivener
             ,
             freely
             and
             readily
             :
             but
             the
             remainder
             ,
             of
             greatest
             proportion
             ;
             that
             heavy
             ,
             dull
             ,
             
               phlegmy
               part
            
             ,
             and
             of
             a
             
               narcotick
               quality
            
             ;
             lies
             long
             fluctuating
             upon
             the
             digestions
             ,
             and
             passeth
             but
             slowly
             ;
             turns
             sowre
             ,
             and
             vitiates
             the
             Crases
             of
             the
             parts
             :
             So
             that
             this
             great
             inundation
             ,
             and
             supposed
             washing
             of
             the
             body
             ,
             does
             but
             drown
             the
             Faculties
             ,
             stupifie
             or
             choak
             the
             Spirits
             ,
             and
             defile
             all
             the
             Parts
             ;
             not
             purifie
             and
             cleanse
             .
             And
             although
             the
             more
             subtile
             and
             thinner
             portion
             ,
             passeth
             away
             in
             some
             persons
             pretty
             freely
             by
             Urine
             ;
             yet
             the
             grosser
             and
             worse
             part
             stayes
             behind
             ,
             and
             clogs
             in
             the
             percolation
             .
          
           
             A
             third
             injury
             ,
             and
             common
             ,
             manifest
             prejudice
             from
             intemperate
             drinking
             ,
             is
             ;
             
               An
               imbecillity
               of
               the
               Nerves
            
             ;
             which
             is
             procured
             from
             the
             disorderly
             motions
             of
             the
             Animal
             Spirits
             ;
             being
             impulsed
             and
             agitated
             preternaturally
             by
             the
             
               inebriating
               spirits
            
             of
             strong
             Liquors
             :
             which
             vibration
             being
             frequent
             ,
             begets
             a
             habit
             ,
             and
             causeth
             a
             trepidation
             of
             Members
             .
          
           
             Transcribed
             verbatim
             out
             of
             Dr.
             
             Maynwaring's
             Treatise
             
               Of
               long
               Life
            
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           Are
           to
           be
           Sold
           near
           the
           Exchange
           and
           in
           Popes-head-Alley
           .
        
         
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A67662-e340
           
             Primum
             crater
             ad
             sitim
             pertinere
             ,
             secundum
             ad
             hilaritatem
             ,
             tertium
             ad
             voluptatem
             ,
             quartum
             ad
             insaniam
             dixit
             .
             Apulius
             .
          
           
             Omne
             nimium
             naturae
             est
             inimicum
             .
          
           
             A
             Cacotrophy
             ,
             or
             Atrophy
             .