The blemish of government, the shame of religion, the disgrace of mankind, or, A charge drawn up against drunkards and presented to His Highness the Lord Protector, in the name of all the Sober Party in the three nations, humbly craving that they may be kept alone by themselves from infecting others ... / by R. Younge of Roxwell in Essex.
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             The blemish of government, the shame of religion, the disgrace of mankind, or, A charge drawn up against drunkards and presented to His Highness the Lord Protector, in the name of all the Sober Party in the three nations, humbly craving that they may be kept alone by themselves from infecting others ... / by R. Younge of Roxwell in Essex.
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           The
           Blemish
           of
           Government
           ,
           the
           Shame
           of
           Religion
           ,
           the
           Disgrace
           of
           Mankind
           ;
           or
           ,
           a
           Charge
           drawn
           up
           against
           Drunkards
           ,
           and
           presented
           to
           his
           Highness
           the
           Lord
           PROTECTOR
           ,
           in
           the
           name
           of
           all
           the
           Sober
           Party
           in
           the
           three
           Nations
           .
           Humbly
           craving
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           be
           kept
           alone
           by
           themselves
           from
           infecting
           others
           ;
           compelled
           to
           work
           and
           earn
           what
           they
           consume
           :
           And
           that
           none
           may
           be
           suffered
           to
           sell
           Drink
           ,
           who
           shall
           either
           Swear
           ,
           or
           be
           Drunk
           themselves
           ,
           or
           suffer
           Others
           within
           their
           Wals.
           
        
         
           
             By
          
           R.
           Younge
           
             of
          
           Roxwell
           
             in
          
           Essex
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           BRANCH
           of
           the
           Charge
           .
        
         
           THat
           as
           the
           
             Basilisk
          
           is
           chief
           of
           
             Serpents
             :
          
           so
           of
           
             sinners
          
           the
           
             Drunkard
          
           is
           chief
           .
           That
           
             Drunkenness
          
           is
           of
           
             sins
          
           the
           
             Queen
             :
          
           as
           the
           
             Gout
          
           is
           of
           
             diseases
             :
          
           even
           the
           
             root
          
           of
           all
           
             evil
             ,
          
           the
           
             rot
          
           of
           all
           
             good
             .
          
           A
           sin
           which
           turns
           a
           man
           wholly
           into
           sin
           .
           That
           all
           sins
           ,
           all
           beast-like
           ,
           all
           serpentine
           qualities
           meet
           in
           a
           
             Drunkard
             ,
          
           as
           
             rivers
          
           in
           the
           
             sea
             :
          
           and
           that
           it
           were
           far
           better
           be
           a
           
             Toad
             ,
          
           or
           a
           
             Serpent
             ,
          
           than
           a
           
             Drunkard
             .
          
           That
           the
           
             Drunkard
          
           is
           like
           
             Ahab
             ,
             who
             sold
             himself
             to
             work
             wickedness
             .
          
           That
           he
           wholly
           dedicates
           ,
           resigns
           ,
           surrenders
           ,
           and
           gives
           himself
           up
           to
           serve
           
             sin
          
           and
           
             Satan
             .
          
           That
           his
           only
           imploiment
           is
           to
           
             drink
             ,
             drab
             ,
             quarrel
             ,
             swear
             ,
             curse
             ,
             scoff
             ,
             slander
          
           and
           
             seduce
             :
          
           as
           if
           to
           
             sin
          
           were
           his
           
             trade
             ,
          
           and
           he
           could
           do
           nothing
           else
           ;
           like
           the
           
             Devil
             ,
          
           who
           was
           a
           sinner
           from
           the
           
             beginning
             ,
          
           a
           sinner
           to
           the
           
             end
             .
          
           That
           these
           
             sons
             of
             Belial
             ,
          
           are
           all
           for
           the
           
             belly
             :
          
           for
           to
           drink
           
             God
          
           out
           of
           their
           hearts
           ,
           
             health
          
           out
           of
           their
           bodies
           ,
           
             wit
          
           out
           of
           their
           heads
           ,
           
             strength
          
           out
           of
           their
           joynts
           ,
           all
           the
           
             money
          
           out
           of
           their
           purses
           ,
           all
           the
           
             drink
          
           out
           of
           the
           Brewers
           barrels
           ,
           
             wife
          
           and
           
             children
          
           out
           of
           doors
           ,
           the
           
             house
          
           out
           at
           windows
           ,
           the
           
             Land
          
           out
           of
           quiet
           ,
           
             plenty
          
           out
           of
           the
           
             Nation
             ,
          
           is
           all
           their
           business
           .
           In
           which
           their
           swinish
           swilling
           ,
           they
           resemble
           so
           many
           
             frogs
          
           in
           a
           
             puddle
             ,
          
           or
           
             water-snakes
          
           in
           a
           
             pond
             :
          
           for
           their
           whole
           exercise
           ,
           yea
           ,
           Religion
           ,
           is
           to
           drink
           ;
           they
           even
           drown
           themselves
           on
           the
           dry
           land
           .
           That
           they
           drink
           more
           
             spirits
          
           in
           one
           night
           ,
           then
           their
           
             flesh
          
           and
           
             brains
          
           be
           
             worth
             .
          
           That
           more
           is
           thrown
           out
           of
           one
           
             swines
             nose
             ,
          
           and
           
             mouth
             ,
          
           and
           
             guts
             ,
          
           than
           would
           maintain
           five
           sufficient
           families
           .
        
         
           2.
           
             Br.
          
           That
           it
           is
           not
           to
           be
           imagined
           ,
           what
           all
           the
           
             Drunkards
          
           in
           one
           
             Shire
             ,
          
           or
           
             County
          
           do
           devour
           ,
           and
           worse
           than
           throw
           away
           in
           one
           year
           :
           when
           it
           hath
           been
           known
           (
           if
           we
           may
           give
           credit
           to
           
             Authours
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Oaths
          
           of
           others
           )
           that
           
             two
             and
             thirty
          
           in
           one
           cluster
           have
           made
           themselves
           drunk
           ;
           that
           
             six
             and
             thirty
          
           have
           dranke
           themselves
           dead
           in
           the
           place
           ,
           with
           carowsing
           of
           healths
           ;
           that
           at
           one
           Supper
           ,
           
             one
             and
             fourty
          
           have
           killed
           themselves
           ,
           with
           striving
           for
           the
           conquest
           :
           that
           
             two
          
           have
           drank
           each
           of
           them
           a
           
             peck
          
           at
           a
           draught
           :
           that
           
             four
             men
          
           have
           drank
           
             four
             gallons
          
           of
           wine
           at
           a
           sitting
           :
           that
           
             one
             man
          
           hath
           drank
           
             two
             gallons
          
           of
           wine
           ;
           and
           
             two
          
           more
           ,
           
             three
             gallons
          
           of
           wine
           a
           piece
           at
           a
           time
           :
           that
           one
           Drunkard
           in
           a
           few
           hours
           ,
           drank
           
             four
             gallons
          
           of
           wine
           :
           that
           
             four
          
           ancient
           men
           drank
           as
           many
           cups
           of
           wine
           at
           one
           sitting
           ,
           as
           they
           had
           lived
           years
           ,
           which
           was
           in
           
           all
           ,
           
             three
             hundred
          
           cups
           of
           wine
           
             amongst
             four
          
           men
           :
           and
           lastly
           ,
           that
           
             three
             women
          
           came
           into
           a
           Tavern
           in
           
             Fleetstreet
          
           (
           when
           I
           was
           a
           boy
           ,
           take
           it
           upon
           
             Claptons
          
           Oath
           and
           credit
           ,
           who
           drew
           the
           Wine
           )
           and
           drank
           
             fourty
             nine
             quarts
             of
             Sack
             ;
          
           two
           of
           them
           
             sixteen
          
           a
           piece
           ,
           and
           the
           third
           to
           get
           the
           victory
           ,
           
             seventeen
             quarts
             of
             Sack
             .
          
           Which
           being
           so
           ,
           what
           may
           the
           many
           millions
           of
           these
           
             ding-thrifty
             dearth-makers
          
           consume
           in
           a
           year
           in
           all
           the
           three
           
             Nations
             ?
          
        
         
           Nor
           need
           it
           seem
           incredible
           ,
           that
           common
           drunkards
           should
           drink
           thus
           :
           for
           they
           can
           disgorge
           themselves
           at
           pleasure
           ,
           by
           only
           putting
           their
           finger
           to
           their
           throat
           .
           And
           they
           will
           vomit
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           were
           so
           many
           live
           
             Whales
          
           spuing
           up
           the
           
             Ocean
             ;
          
           which
           done
           ,
           they
           can
           drink
           afresh
           .
        
         
           Or
           if
           not
           so
           ,
           yet
           custom
           hath
           made
           it
           pass
           thorow
           them
           ,
           as
           thorow
           a
           
             tunnel
             ,
          
           or
           
             strainer
             ;
          
           whereby
           it
           comes
           out
           again
           as
           sheer
           wine
           as
           it
           went
           in
           ,
           as
           hath
           been
           observed
           .
        
         
           Nor
           hath
           the
           richest
           
             Sherry
          
           or
           old
           
             Canary
          
           any
           more
           operation
           with
           them
           ,
           then
           a
           cup
           of
           
             six
          
           hath
           with
           me
           .
           And
           no
           marvell
           for
           if
           
             physick
          
           be
           taken
           too
           oft
           ,
           it
           wil
           not
           work
           like
           
             physick
             :
          
           but
           nature
           entertains
           it
           as
           a
           
             friend
             ,
          
           not
           as
           a
           
             Physitian
             :
          
           yea
           
             poison
          
           by
           a
           familiar
           use
           becomes
           natural
           
             food
             .
          
           As
           
             Aristotle
          
           (
           in
           an
           example
           of
           a
           Maid
           ,
           who
           used
           to
           pick
           
             spiders
          
           off
           the
           wals
           and
           eat
           them
           )
           makes
           plain
           .
        
         
           3.
           
             Br.
          
           That
           as
           Drunkards
           have
           lost
           the
           prerogative
           of
           their
           
             creation
             ,
          
           and
           are
           changed
           (
           with
           
             Nebuchadnezzar
             ,
          
           Dan.
           4.
           16.
           
           )
           from
           
             men
          
           into
           
             beasts
             ,
          
           so
           they
           turn
           the
           
             sanctuary
             of
             life
          
           into
           the
           
             shambles
             of
             death
             :
          
           yea
           thousands
           (
           when
           they
           have
           made
           up
           the
           measure
           of
           their
           wickedness
           )
           are
           taken
           away
           in
           
             God's
          
           just
           wrath
           in
           their
           drink
           ;
           (
           as
           it
           were
           with
           the
           
             weapon
             in
             their
             bellies
             )
          
           it
           faring
           with
           them
           as
           it
           did
           with
           that
           
             Pope
             ,
          
           whom
           the
           
             Devil
          
           is
           said
           to
           have
           slain
           in
           the
           very
           instant
           of
           his
           Adultery
           ,
           and
           carry
           him
           quick
           to
           
             hell
             ;
          
           being
           suddenly
           struck
           with
           death
           ,
           as
           if
           the
           
             execution
          
           were
           no
           lesse
           intended
           to
           the
           
             soul
             ,
          
           than
           to
           the
           
             body
             .
          
        
         
           That
           by
           the
           
             Law
             of
             God
          
           in
           both
           
             Testaments
             ;
             He
             that
             will
             not
             labour
             ,
             should
             not
             eat
             ,
          
           Gen.
           3.
           19.
           
           Prov.
           20.
           4.
           2
           Thes.
           3.
           10.
           because
           he
           robs
           the
           
             Common-wealth
          
           of
           that
           which
           is
           altogether
           as
           profitable
           as
           
             land
             ,
          
           or
           
             treasure
             .
          
           But
           Drunkards
           are
           not
           only
           
             lazy
             get-nothings
             ,
          
           but
           they
           are
           also
           
             riotous
             spend-als
             ;
          
           and
           yet
           these
           
             drunken
             drones
             ,
          
           these
           
             gut-mongers
             ,
          
           these
           
             Quagmirists
             ,
          
           like
           
             vagrants
          
           and
           
             vermine
             ,
          
           do
           nothing
           all
           their
           life-long
           that
           may
           tend
           to
           any
           good
           ,
           as
           is
           storied
           of
           
             Margites
             ,
          
           and
           yet
           devour
           more
           of
           the
           
             fat
             of
             the
             Land
             ,
          
           than
           would
           plentifully
           maintain
           those
           
             millions
             of
             poor
          
           in
           the
           Nation
           ,
           that
           are
           ready
           to
           famish
           .
           A
           thing
           not
           fit
           to
           be
           suffered
           in
           any
           
             Christian
             Common-wealth
             ,
             yea
             far
             fitter
             they
             were
             stoned
             to
             death
             ,
          
           as
           by
           the
           
             Law
             of
             God
          
           they
           ought
           ,
           
             Deut.
             21.
             20
             ,
             21.
          
           since
           this
           might
           bring
           them
           to
           repentance
           ;
           whereas
           now
           
             they
             spend
             their
             dayes
             in
             mirth
             :
             and
             suddenly
             they
             go
             down
             into
             hell
             ,
          
           Job
           21.
           13.
           
           Drunkards
           being
           those
           
             swine
             ,
          
           whom
           the
           
             legion
          
           carries
           headlong
           into
           the
           
             Sea
             ,
          
           or
           pit
           of
           
             perdition
             .
          
        
         
           4.
           
             Br.
          
           That
           every
           
             hour
          
           seems
           a
           
             day
             ,
          
           and
           
             every
             day
          
           a
           
             month
          
           to
           a
           drunkard
           ,
           that
           is
           not
           spent
           in
           a
           
             Tap-house
             ;
          
           yea
           ,
           they
           seem
           to
           have
           nailed
           their
           ears
           to
           the
           door
           of
           some
           
             Tavern
          
           or
           
             Tap-house
             ,
          
           and
           to
           have
           agreed
           with
           
             Satan
             ,
             Master
             ,
             it
             is
             good
             being
             here
             !
          
           That
           where
           ever
           the
           Drunkards
           
             house
          
           is
           ,
           his
           dwelling
           is
           at
           the
           
             Ale-house
             ,
          
           except
           all
           his
           mony
           be
           spent
           ,
           and
           then
           if
           his
           
             wife
          
           will
           fetch
           him
           home
           with
           a
           
             lanth●rn
             ,
          
           and
           his
           men
           with
           a
           
             barrow
             ,
          
           he
           comes
           with
           as
           〈◊〉
           sense
           as
           
             〈◊〉
             Image
          
           had
           .
        
         
         
           That
           the
           
             pot
          
           is
           no
           sooner
           from
           their
           
             lips
             ,
          
           but
           they
           are
           
             melancholy
             ,
          
           and
           their
           hearts
           as
           heavy
           ,
           as
           if
           a
           
             milstone
          
           lay
           upon
           it
           .
           Or
           rather
           they
           are
           vexed
           like
           
             Saul
          
           with
           an
           
             evil
             spirit
             ,
          
           which
           nothing
           will
           drive
           away
           but
           
             drink
          
           and
           
             Tobacco
             .
          
           They
           so
           wound
           their
           consciences
           with
           all
           kind
           of
           prodigious
           wickedness
           ,
           and
           so
           exceedingly
           provoke
           
             God
             ,
          
           that
           they
           are
           
             rackt
          
           in
           conscience
           ,
           and
           
             tortured
          
           with
           the
           very
           flashes
           of
           
             hell-fire
             .
          
           That
           they
           drink
           to
           the
           end
           only
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           forget
           
             God
             ,
          
           his
           
             threats
          
           and
           
             judgments
             ;
          
           that
           they
           may
           drown
           
             conscience
             ,
          
           and
           put
           of
           all
           thoughts
           of
           
             death
             ,
          
           and
           
             hell
             ;
          
           and
           to
           
             hearten
          
           and
           
             harden
          
           themselves
           against
           all
           the
           
             messages
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             threats
             of
             the
             Law
             :
          
           which
           is
           no
           other
           in
           mitigating
           the
           pangs
           of
           conscience
           ,
           than
           as
           a
           
             saddle
             of
             gold
          
           to
           a
           
             galled
             horse
             ,
          
           or
           a
           draught
           of
           
             poison
          
           to
           quench
           a
           mans
           
             thirst
             .
          
           That
           if
           they
           might
           have
           their
           wils
           ,
           none
           should
           refuse
           to
           be
           drunk
           
             unpunished
             ,
          
           or
           be
           drunk
           
             unrewarded
          
           at
           the
           common
           charge
           .
           As
           how
           will
           they
           boast
           what
           they
           drank
           ,
           and
           how
           many
           they
           conquer'd
           at
           such
           a
           meeting
           ,
           making
           it
           their
           only
           
             glory
             ?
          
           That
           the
           utmost
           of
           a
           Drunkards
           
             honesty
          
           is
           
             good-fellowship
             ;
          
           that
           
             temperance
          
           and
           
             sobriety
          
           with
           them
           ,
           is
           nothing
           but
           
             humour
          
           and
           
             singularity
             ;
          
           and
           that
           they
           drink
           not
           for
           
             strength
          
           or
           
             need
             ,
          
           but
           for
           
             lust
          
           and
           
             pride
             ;
          
           to
           shew
           how
           full
           of
           
             Satan
          
           they
           are
           ,
           and
           how
           near
           to
           
             swine
             .
          
        
         
           That
           though
           these
           
             swinish
             swill-bouls
          
           make
           their
           
             gullet
          
           their
           
             god
             ,
          
           and
           sacrifice
           more
           to
           their
           
             god-belly
             ,
          
           than
           those
           
             Babylonians
          
           did
           to
           their
           
             god
             Bell
             ,
             Bell
             &
             Drag
             .
             ver.
             3.
          
           yet
           they
           will
           
             say
             ,
          
           yea
           
             swear
             ,
          
           that
           they
           drink
           not
           for
           love
           of
           drink
           ,
           though
           they
           love
           it
           above
           
             health
             ,
             wealth
             ,
             credit
             ,
             child
             ,
             wife
             ,
             life
             ,
             heaven
             ,
             salvation
             ,
             all
             .
          
           They
           no
           more
           care
           for
           
             wine
             ,
          
           than
           
             Esau
          
           did
           for
           his
           
             pottage
          
           for
           which
           he
           sold
           his
           
             birth-right
             ,
          
           Isa.
           56
           12.
           
        
         
           5.
           
           
             Br.
          
           That
           Drunkards
           are
           the
           
             Devils
             captives
             ,
          
           at
           his
           command
           ,
           and
           ready
           to
           do
           his
           will
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           rules
           over
           ,
           and
           works
           in
           them
           his
           pleasure
           ,
           2
           
             Tim.
             2.
             26.
             
             Eph.
             2.
             2.
          
           that
           he
           enters
           into
           them
           ,
           and
           puts
           it
           into
           their
           hearts
           ,
           what
           he
           will
           have
           them
           to
           do
           ,
           
             Joh.
             13.
             2.
             Act.
             5.
             3.
             1
             Chro.
             21.
             1.
          
           opens
           their
           mouths
           ,
           speaks
           in
           ,
           and
           by
           them
           ,
           
             Gen.
             3.
             1
             ,
          
           to
           6.
           stretcheth
           out
           their
           hands
           ,
           and
           they
           act
           as
           he
           will
           have
           them
           ,
           
             Act.
             12.
             1
             ,
             2.
             Rev.
             2.
             10.
          
           he
           being
           their
           
             father
             ,
          
           Gen.
           3.
           15.
           
           Joh.
           8.
           44.
           their
           
             king
             ,
          
           Joh.
           12.
           31.
           
           &
           14.
           30.
           and
           their
           
             god
             ,
          
           2
           Cor.
           4.
           4.
           Eph.
           2.
           2.
           
           And
           which
           is
           worst
           of
           all
           ,
           that
           Drunkenness
           not
           only
           
             duls
          
           and
           
             dams
          
           up
           the
           
             head
          
           and
           
             spirits
          
           with
           mud
           ,
           but
           it
           beastiates
           the
           
             heart
             ,
          
           &
           (
           being
           worse
           than
           the
           
             sting
             of
             an
             Asp
             )
          
           poisoneth
           the
           very
           
             soul
          
           and
           
             reason
          
           of
           a
           man
           ,
           whereby
           the
           faculties
           and
           organs
           of
           repentance
           and
           resolution
           are
           so
           
             corrupted
          
           and
           
             captivated
             ,
          
           that
           it
           makes
           men
           utterly
           uncapable
           of
           returning
           ,
           unlesse
           
             God
          
           should
           work
           a
           greater
           
             miracle
          
           upon
           them
           ,
           then
           was
           the
           
             creating
             of
             the
             whole
             world
             .
          
           Whence
           
             Austin
          
           compares
           it
           to
           the
           very
           
             pit
             of
             hell
             ,
          
           out
           of
           which
           (
           when
           a
           man
           is
           once
           fallen
           into
           )
           there
           is
           no
           hope
           of
           
             redemption
             .
          
        
         
           That
           Drunkenness
           is
           like
           some
           
             desp●rate
             plague
             ,
          
           which
           knows
           no
           cure
           .
           As
           what
           sayes
           
             Basil
             ,
          
           Shall
           we
           speak
           to
           
             Drunkards
             ?
          
           we
           had
           as
           good
           speak
           to
           
             liveless-stones
             ,
          
           or
           
             sensless-plants
             ,
          
           or
           
             witless
             beasts
             ,
          
           as
           to
           them
           ;
           for
           they
           no
           more
           believe
           the
           threats
           of
           
             Gods
             Word
             ,
          
           than
           if
           some
           Impostor
           had
           spoken
           them
           .
           They
           will
           fear
           nothing
           ,
           till
           they
           be
           in
           
             hell-fire
             ;
          
           resembling
           the
           
             Sodomites
             ,
          
           who
           would
           take
           no
           warning
           ,
           though
           they
           were
           all
           
             struck
             blind
             ;
          
           but
           persisted
           in
           their
           course
           ,
           untill
           they
           felt
           
             fire
             and
             brimstone
          
           about
           their
           
             ears
             ,
             Gen.
             19.
             11.
             
          
        
         
         
           
             That
             there
             is
          
           no
           washing
           these
           Blackmoors
           white
           ,
           no
           charming
           of
           these
           deaf
           Adders
           ;
           blind
           men
           
             never
          
           blush
           ;
           fools
           
             are
             never
          
           troubled
           in
           conscience
           ;
           
             neither
             are
          
           beasts
           
             ever
          
           ashamed
           
             of
             their
          
           deeds
           .
        
         
           That
           a
           man
           shall
           never
           hear
           of
           an
           
             habituated
             ,
             infatuated
             ,
             incorrigible
             ,
             cauterized
             Drunkard
             ,
          
           that
           is
           reclaimed
           with
           age
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           
             Br.
          
           That
           as
           at
           first
           ,
           and
           before
           custom
           in
           sin
           hath
           hardened
           these
           
             Drunkards
             ,
          
           they
           suffer
           themselves
           to
           be
           
             transformed
          
           from
           
             men
          
           into
           
             swine
             ;
          
           as
           
             Elpenor
          
           was
           transformed
           by
           
             Circes
          
           into
           a
           
             hog
             ;
          
           so
           by
           degrees
           they
           are
           of
           
             swine
          
           transformed
           again
           into
           
             Devils
             ,
          
           as
           
             Cadmus
          
           and
           his
           
             wife
          
           were
           into
           
             serpents
             ,
          
           as
           palpably
           appears
           by
           their
           
             tempting
             to
             sin
             ,
             and
             drawing
             to
             perdition
             .
          
        
         
           That
           these
           
             Agents
          
           for
           the
           
             Devil
             ,
             Drunkards
             ,
          
           practise
           nothing
           but
           the
           
             Art
             of
             debauching
             men
             ;
          
           that
           to
           turn
           others
           into
           
             beasts
             ,
          
           they
           will
           make
           themselves
           
             devils
             ,
          
           wherin
           they
           have
           a
           notable
           dexterity
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           admirable
           how
           they
           will
           
             wind
          
           men
           in
           ,
           and
           
             draw
             men
             on
             ,
          
           by
           
             drinking
          
           first
           a
           
             health
          
           to
           such
           a
           
             man
             ,
          
           then
           to
           such
           a
           
             woman
          
           my
           
             mistress
             ,
          
           then
           to
           every
           ones
           
             mistress
             ;
          
           then
           to
           some
           
             Lord
          
           or
           
             Lady
             ;
          
           their
           
             Master
             ,
          
           their
           
             Magistrate
             ,
          
           their
           
             Captain
             ,
             Commaader
             ,
          
           &c.
           and
           never
           cease
           ,
           until
           their
           
             brains
             ,
          
           their
           
             wits
             ,
          
           their
           
             tongues
             ,
          
           their
           
             eyes
             ,
          
           their
           
             feet
             ,
          
           their
           
             senses
             ,
          
           and
           all
           their
           
             members
          
           sail
           them
           :
           that
           they
           will
           
             drink
          
           until
           they
           
             vomit
             up
             their
             shame
             again
             ,
          
           like
           a
           filthy
           
             dog
             ,
          
           or
           
             lie
             wallowing
          
           in
           their
           beastliness
           ,
           like
           a
           
             bruitish
             swine
             .
          
           That
           they
           think
           nothing
           too
           much
           either
           to
           
             do
          
           or
           
             spend
             ,
          
           that
           they
           may
           make
           a
           
             sober
             man
             a
             drunkard
             ,
          
           or
           to
           
             drink
             another
             drunkard
          
           under
           the
           
             table
             ;
          
           which
           is
           to
           
             brag
          
           how
           far
           they
           are
           become
           the
           
             Devils
             children
             :
          
           that
           in
           case
           they
           can
           make
           a
           
             sober
          
           and
           
             religious
             man
          
           exceed
           his
           
             bounds
             ,
          
           they
           will
           
             sing
          
           and
           
             rejoyce
             ,
          
           as
           in
           the
           
             division
          
           of
           a
           
             spoil
             ;
          
           and
           boast
           that
           they
           have
           
             drenched
             sobriety
             ▪
          
           and
           
             blinded
          
           the
           
             light
             ;
          
           and
           ever
           after
           be
           a
           
             snuffing
          
           of
           this
           
             taper
             ,
          
           Psal.
           13.
           4.
           
           But
           what
           a
           
             barbarous
             ,
             graceless
             ,
             and
             unchristian-like
             practice
          
           is
           this
           ,
           to
           make
           it
           their
           
             glory
             ,
             pastime
             ,
          
           and
           
             delight
             ,
          
           to
           see
           
             God
             dishonoured
             ,
          
           his
           
             Spirit
             grieved
             ,
          
           his
           
             Name
             blasphemed
             ,
          
           his
           
             creatures
             abused
             ,
             themselves
          
           and
           their
           
             friends
             souls
             damned
             .
          
           Doubtless
           such
           men
           have
           climbed
           the
           
             highest
             step
          
           of
           the
           
             ladder
             of
             wickedness
             ;
          
           as
           thinking
           their
           own
           sins
           will
           not
           press
           them
           deep
           enough
           into
           
             hell
             ,
          
           except
           they
           load
           themselves
           with
           other
           mens
           ;
           which
           is
           
             Devil-like
          
           indeed
           !
           whose
           aim
           it
           hath
           ever
           been
           ,
           seeing
           he
           must
           of
           necessity
           be
           wretched
           ,
           not
           to
           be
           wretched
           alone
           .
        
         
           That
           as
           they
           make
           these
           
             healths
          
           serve
           as
           a
           
             pulley
             ,
          
           or
           
             shoing-horn
          
           to
           draw
           men
           on
           to
           drink
           more
           ,
           then
           else
           they
           would
           or
           should
           do
           :
           so
           a
           
             health
          
           being
           once
           begun
           ,
           they
           will
           be
           sure
           that
           every
           one
           present
           shall
           
             pledge
          
           the
           same
           ,
           in
           the
           same
           manner
           and
           measure
           ,
           be
           they
           
             thirsty
          
           or
           
             not
             thirsty
             ,
             willing
             ,
          
           or
           
             not
             willing
             ,
             able
             ,
          
           or
           
             unable
             :
          
           be
           it
           against
           their
           
             stomacks
             ,
             healths
             ,
             natures
             ,
             judgments
             ,
             hearts
          
           and
           
             consciences
             ,
          
           which
           do
           utterly
           abhor
           ,
           and
           secretly
           condemn
           ▪
           the
           same
           .
           That
           in
           case
           a
           man
           will
           not
           for
           
             company
          
           grievously
           
             sin
             against
             God
             ,
          
           wrong
           his
           own
           
             body
             ,
          
           destroy
           his
           
             soul
             ,
          
           and
           wilfully
           
             leap
             into
             hell
             fire
          
           with
           them
           ;
           they
           will
           hate
           him
           worse
           than
           the
           
             hangman
             ;
          
           and
           will
           sooner
           adventure
           their
           
             bloud
             in
             the
             field
             ,
          
           upon
           refusing
           ,
           or
           crossing
           their
           
             healths
             ,
          
           than
           in
           the
           cause
           and
           quarrel
           of
           their
           
             Country
             .
          
        
         
           7.
           
           
             Br.
          
           How
           they
           are
           so
           pernicious
           ,
           that
           to
           damn
           their
           own
           souls
           ,
           is
           the
           least
           part
           of
           their
           
             mischief
             ;
          
           and
           that
           they
           
             draw
             vengeance
          
           upon
           
             thousands
             ,
          
           by
           
             seducing
             s●●e
             ,
          
           and
           giving
           
             ill
             example
             to
             others
             .
          
           That
           one
           
             Drunkard
          
           makes
           
           a
           multitude
           ;
           being
           like
           the
           
             bramble
             ,
          
           Judg.
           9.
           15.
           which
           first
           set
           it self
           on
           fire
           ,
           and
           then
           fired
           all
           the
           Wood
           .
           Or
           like
           a
           
             malicious
             man
             sick
             of
             the
             plague
             ,
          
           that
           runs
           into
           the
           throng
           to
           disperse
           his
           infection
           ;
           whose
           mischief
           out-weighs
           all
           penalty
           .
           And
           this
           shews
           ,
           that
           they
           not
           only
           partake
           of
           the
           
             Devils
             nature
             ,
          
           but
           that
           they
           are
           
             very
             devils
          
           in
           the
           
             likeness
             of
             men
             :
          
           and
           that
           the
           very
           wickedness
           of
           one
           that
           
             feareth
             God
             ,
          
           is
           far
           better
           than
           the
           
             good
             intreaty
          
           of
           a
           
             Drunkard
             .
          
        
         
           That
           with
           sweet
           words
           they
           will
           tole
           men
           on
           to
           destruction
           ,
           as
           we
           tole
           
             beasts
          
           with
           
             fodder
          
           to
           the
           
             slaughter-house
             ;
          
           And
           that
           to
           take
           away
           all
           suspition
           ,
           they
           will
           so
           mollifie
           the
           stiffness
           of
           a
           mans
           prejudice
           ,
           so
           temper
           and
           fit
           him
           to
           their
           own
           mould
           ;
           that
           once
           to
           suspect
           them
           ,
           requires
           the
           spirit
           of
           discerning
           .
           And
           that
           withall
           ,
           they
           so
           confirm
           the
           profes●ion
           of
           their
           love
           with
           
             oaths
             ,
             protestations
          
           and
           
             promises
             ,
          
           that
           you
           would
           think
           ,
           
             Jonathans
          
           love
           to
           
             David
          
           nothing
           to
           it
           .
           That
           these
           
             pernicious
             seducers
             ,
             devils
             in
             the
             shape
             of
             men
             ,
          
           have
           learned
           to
           handle
           a
           man
           so
           sweetly
           ,
           that
           one
           would
           think
           it
           a
           
             pleasure
          
           to
           be
           
             seduced
             .
          
        
         
           But
           little
           do
           they
           think
           ,
           how
           they
           advance
           their
           own
           damnations
           ,
           when
           the
           blood
           of
           so
           many
           souls
           ,
           as
           they
           have
           drawn
           away
           ,
           will
           be
           required
           at
           their
           hands
           !
           For
           know
           this
           thou
           tempter
           ,
           that
           thou
           dost
           not
           more
           
             increase
             other
             mens
             wickedness
             on
             earth
             ,
          
           (
           whether
           by
           
             perswasion
             ,
          
           or
           
             provocation
             ,
          
           or
           
             example
             )
          
           than
           their
           wickedness
           shall
           
             increase
             thy
             damnation
             in
             hell
             ,
          
           Luk.
           16.
           27
           ,
           28.
           
           
             Non
             fratres
             dilexit
             ,
             sed
             seipsum
             respexit
             .
          
           And
           this
           let
           me
           say
           to
           the
           horror
           of
           their
           consciences
           ,
           that
           make
           merchandize
           of
           souls
           ;
           that
           it
           is
           a
           question
           when
           such
           an
           one
           comes
           to
           
             hell
             ,
          
           whether
           
             Judas
          
           himself
           would
           change
           
             torments
          
           with
           him
           .
        
         
           8.
           
           
             Br.
          
           That
           the
           
             Drunkard
          
           is
           so
           pleasing
           a
           
             murtherer
             ,
          
           that
           he
           
             tickles
          
           a
           man
           to
           
             death
             ,
          
           and
           makes
           him
           (
           like
           
             Solomons
             fool
             )
          
           die
           
             laughing
             .
          
           Whence
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           many
           who
           hate
           their
           other
           
             enemies
          
           (
           yea
           ,
           and
           their
           
             friends
          
           too
           )
           imbrace
           this
           
             enemy
             ,
          
           because
           he
           
             kisseth
          
           when
           he
           
             betrayeth
             .
          
           And
           indeed
           what
           
             fence
             ?
          
           for
           a
           
             pistol
             charged
          
           with
           the
           
             bullet
             of
             friendship
             .
          
           Hence
           it
           is
           also
           ,
           that
           thousands
           have
           confest
           at
           the
           
             Gallows
             ,
             I
             had
             never
             come
             to
             this
             ,
             but
             for
             such
             ,
             and
             such
             a
             Drunkard
             .
          
           For
           commonly
           the
           
             Drunkards
             progress
          
           is
           ,
           from
           
             luxury
          
           to
           
             beggery
             ,
          
           from
           
             beggery
          
           to
           
             thievery
             ,
          
           from
           the
           
             Tavern
          
           to
           
             Tyborne
             ,
          
           from
           the
           
             Ale-house
          
           to
           the
           
             Gallows
             .
          
           Briefly
           ,
           That
           these
           
             Bauds
          
           and
           
             Panders
          
           of
           
             vice
          
           breathe
           nothing
           but
           
             infection
             ,
          
           and
           study
           nothing
           but
           their
           
             own
             ,
          
           and
           other
           mens
           
             destruction
             .
          
           That
           the
           
             Drunkard
          
           is
           like
           
             Julian
             ,
          
           who
           never
           did
           a
           man
           a
           good
           turn
           ,
           but
           it
           was
           to
           damn
           his
           soul
           .
           That
           his
           proffers
           are
           like
           the
           
             Fowlers
             shrape
             ,
          
           when
           he
           casts
           
             meat
          
           to
           
             birds
             ,
          
           which
           is
           not
           out
           of
           
             pity
          
           to
           
             relieve
             ,
          
           but
           out
           of
           
             treachery
          
           to
           
             insnare
          
           them
           .
           Or
           like
           
             traps
          
           we
           set
           for
           
             vermine
             ,
          
           seeming
           charitable
           ,
           when
           they
           intend
           to
           kill
           ,
           
             Jer.
             5.
             26.
             
          
           And
           thou
           maist
           answer
           these
           cursed
           tempters
           ,
           who
           delight
           in
           the
           murther
           of
           souls
           ,
           as
           the
           
             woman
             of
             Endor
          
           did
           
             Saul
             ,
          
           1
           Sam.
           28.
           
           
             Wherefore
             seekst
             thou
             to
             take
             me
             in
             a
             snare
             ,
             to
             cause
             me
             to
             die
             ,
             vers.
             9.
             
          
        
         
           That
           he
           is
           another
           
             Absolom
             ,
          
           who
           made
           a
           feast
           for
           
             Amnon
             ,
          
           whom
           he
           meant
           to
           kill
           .
           And
           there
           is
           no
           subtilty
           like
           that
           which
           deceives
           a
           man
           ,
           and
           hath
           thanks
           for
           the
           labour
           .
           For
           as
           our
           Saviour
           saith
           ,
           
             Blessed
             is
             the
             man
             that
             is
             not
             offended
             at
             their
             scoffs
             ,
          
           Mat.
           11.
           6.
           
           So
           blessed
           is
           the
           man
           that
           is
           not
           taken
           
           with
           their
           wiles
           .
           For
           herein
           alone
           consists
           the
           difference
           ,
           
             He
             whom
             the
             Lord
             loves
             ,
             shall
             be
             delivered
             from
          
           their
           meretricious
           allurements
           ,
           
             Eccl.
             7.
             26.
             
          
           And
           
             he
             whom
             the
             Lord
             abhors
             ,
             shall
             fall
             into
             their
             snares
             ,
          
           Pro.
           22.
           14.
           
        
         
           9.
           
           
             Br.
          
           That
           
             Taverns
          
           and
           
             Tap-houses
          
           are
           the
           drinking
           
             schools
             ,
          
           where
           they
           learn
           this
           their
           
             skill
             ,
          
           and
           are
           
             trained
             up
          
           in
           this
           
             trade
          
           of
           
             tempting
             .
          
           For
           
             Satan
          
           does
           not
           work
           them
           to
           this
           heighth
           of
           impiety
           all
           at
           once
           ,
           but
           by
           degrees
           :
           When
           
             custom
             of
             sin
          
           hath
           deaded
           all
           
             remorse
             for
             sin
             ;
          
           as
           it
           is
           admirable
           how
           the
           
             soul
          
           that
           takes
           delight
           in
           leudness
           ,
           is
           gained
           upon
           by
           custom
           .
           They
           
             grow
          
           up
           in
           
             sin
             ,
          
           as
           worldlings
           grow
           in
           
             wealth
          
           and
           
             honour
             ,
             They
             wax
             worse
             and
             worse
             ,
          
           sayes
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           2
           
             Tim.
          
           3.
           13.
           they
           go
           first
           
             over-shoo's
          
           ,
           then
           
             over-boots
             ,
          
           then
           
             over-shoulders
             ;
          
           and
           at
           length
           
             over-head
          
           and
           
             ears
          
           in
           sin
           ,
           as
           some
           do
           in
           debt
           .
           Now
           these
           
             Tap-houses
          
           are
           their
           
             meeting-places
             ;
          
           where
           they
           hear
           the
           
             devils
             lectures
          
           read
           ;
           the
           
             shops
          
           and
           
             markets
             ,
          
           where
           
             Satan
             drives
             his
             trade
             ;
          
           the
           
             schools
             ,
          
           where
           they
           take
           their
           
             degrees
             ;
          
           these
           are
           the
           
             Guild-hals
          
           where
           all
           sorts
           of
           sinners
           gather
           together
           ,
           as
           the
           
             humors
          
           do
           into
           the
           
             stomack
          
           before
           an
           
             ague-fit
             ,
          
           and
           where
           is
           projected
           all
           the
           wickedness
           that
           breaks
           forth
           in
           the
           
             Nation
             ,
          
           as
           our
           
             reverend
             Judges
          
           do
           find
           in
           their
           several
           
             Circuits
             .
          
        
         
           That
           these
           
             Taverns
          
           and
           
             Ale-houses
          
           (
           or
           rather
           
             hell-houses
             )
          
           are
           the
           
             fountains
          
           and
           
             well-heads
          
           from
           whence
           
             spring
          
           all
           our
           
             miseries
          
           and
           
             mischiefs
             :
          
           these
           are
           the
           
             nurseries
          
           of
           all
           
             riot
             ,
             excess
          
           and
           
             idleness
             ,
          
           making
           our
           Land
           another
           
             Sodom
             ,
          
           and
           furnishing
           yearly
           our
           
             Jails
          
           and
           
             Gallowses
             .
          
           Here
           they
           sit
           all
           day
           in
           
             troops
             ,
          
           doing
           that
           in
           
             earnest
             ,
          
           which
           we
           have
           seen
           boyes
           do
           in
           
             sport
             ;
          
           stand
           on
           their
           
             heads
             ,
          
           and
           shake
           their
           
             heels
          
           against
           
             heaven
             ;
          
           where
           ,
           even
           to
           hear
           how
           the
           Name
           of
           the
           
             Lord
             Jesus
          
           is
           pierced
           ,
           and
           
             Gods
             Name
          
           blasphemed
           ,
           would
           make
           a
           
             dumb
             man
             speak
             ,
          
           a
           
             dead
             man
          
           almost
           to
           
             quake
             .
          
        
         
           10.
           
           
             Br.
          
           That
           it
           were
           endless
           to
           repeat
           their
           
             vain-babling
             ,
             scurrilous
             jesting
             ,
             wicked
             talking
             ,
             impious
             swearing
          
           and
           
             cursing
             :
          
           that
           when
           the
           drink
           hath
           once
           bit
           them
           ,
           and
           set
           their
           
             tongues
             at
             liberty
             ,
          
           their
           
             hearts
             come
             up
          
           as
           easily
           as
           some
           of
           their
           
             drink
             ;
          
           yea
           ,
           their
           limitless
           tongues
           do
           then
           
             clatter
          
           like
           so
           many
           
             windows
             loose
             in
             the
             wind
             ,
          
           and
           you
           may
           assoon
           perswade
           a
           
             stone
             to
             speak
             ,
          
           as
           them
           to
           be
           
             silent
             ;
          
           it
           faring
           with
           their
           
             clappers
             ,
          
           as
           with
           a
           
             sick
             mans
             pulse
             ,
          
           which
           alwaies
           
             beats
             ,
          
           but
           ever
           out
           of
           order
           .
           That
           one
           Drunkard
           hath
           
             tongue
          
           enough
           for
           
             twenty
             men
             ;
          
           for
           let
           but
           
             three
          
           of
           them
           be
           in
           a
           room
           ,
           they
           will
           make
           a
           noise
           ,
           as
           if
           all
           the
           
             thirty
             bels
             in
             Antwerp
             steeple
          
           were
           
             rung
             at
             once
             :
          
           or
           do
           but
           pass
           by
           the
           door
           ,
           you
           would
           think
           your self
           in
           the
           
             Land
             of
             Parrats
             .
          
           That
           it
           is
           the
           property
           of
           a
           Druukard
           to
           
             disgorge
             his
             bosom
          
           with
           
             his
             stomack
             ,
          
           to
           empty
           his
           
             mind
          
           with
           his
           
             maw
             :
          
           His
           tongue
           resembles
           
             Bacchus
          
           his
           
             Liber
             pater
             ,
          
           and
           goes
           like
           the
           
             sayl
             of
             a
             Wind-mill
             :
          
           For
           as
           a
           grea●gale
           
             of
             wind
          
           whirleth
           the
           
             sayls
             about
             ,
          
           so
           abundance
           of
           drink
           whirleth
           his
           
             tongue
          
           about
           ,
           and
           keeps
           it
           in
           
             continual
             motion
             .
          
           Now
           he
           
             rayls
             ,
          
           now
           he
           
             scoffs
             ,
          
           now
           he
           
             lies
             ,
          
           now
           he
           
             slanders
             ,
          
           now
           he
           
             seduces
             ,
          
           talks
           
             baudy
             ,
             swears
             ,
             bans
             ,
             foams
             ,
          
           and
           cannot
           be
           quiet
           ,
           till
           his
           
             tongue
          
           be
           
             wormed
             .
          
           So
           that
           from
           the
           beginning
           to
           the
           end
           ,
           he
           belcheth
           forth
           nothing
           ,
           but
           what
           is
           as
           far
           from
           
             truth
             ,
             piety
             ,
             reason
             ,
             modesty
             ▪
          
           as
           that
           the
           
             Moon
          
           came
           down
           from
           
             Heaven
          
           to
           visit
           
             Mahomet
             :
          
           As
           oh
           !
           the
           beastliness
           which
           
             burns
          
           in
           their
           unchaste
           and
           impure
           
             minds
             ,
          
           that
           
             smokes
             out
          
           at
           their
           polluted
           
             mouths
             !
          
           A
           man
           would
           think
           ,
           that
           even
           the
           
             Devil
          
           himself
           should
           
             blush
             ,
          
           to
           hear
           his
           
             child
          
           so
           
             talk
             .
          
           How
           doth
           his
           
             mouth
          
           run
           over
           with
           
           falshoods
           against
           both
           
             Magistrates
             ,
             Ministers
          
           and
           
             Christians
             :
          
           what
           speaks
           he
           less
           than
           
             whoredoms
             ,
             adulteries
             ,
             incests
          
           at
           every
           word
           ?
           yea
           ,
           hear
           two
           or
           three
           of
           them
           talk
           ,
           you
           would
           change
           the
           
             Lycaonians
             language
             ,
          
           and
           say
           ,
           
             Devils
          
           are
           come
           up
           
             in
             the
             likeness
             of
             men
             .
          
        
         
           11
           ▪
           
             Br.
          
           That
           at
           these
           places
           men
           learn
           to
           contemn
           
             Authority
             ,
          
           as
           
             boyes
          
           grown
           tall
           and
           stubborn
           ,
           contemn
           the
           
             rod
             :
          
           Here
           it
           is
           that
           they
           
             utter
             swelling
             and
             proud
             words
             against
             such
             as
             are
             in
             Dignity
             ,
          
           as
           St
           
             Peter
          
           and
           St
           
             Jude
          
           have
           it
           .
           
             They
             set
             their
             mouths
             against
             heaven
             ,
             and
             their
             tongues
             walk
             through
             the
             earth
             ,
          
           Psal.
           73.
           9.
           
           So
           that
           many
           a
           good
           
             Minister
          
           and
           
             Christian
          
           may
           say
           with
           holy
           
             David
             ,
             I
             became
             a
             song
             of
             the
             Drunkards
             ,
          
           Psal.
           69.
           12.
           
           And
           in
           case
           any
           of
           them
           have
           
             wit
             ,
          
           here
           they
           will
           shew
           it
           in
           
             scoffing
          
           at
           
             Religion
             ,
          
           and
           
             flouting
          
           at
           
             holiness
             .
          
           From
           whence
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           we
           have
           so
           
             many
             Atheists
             ,
          
           and
           so
           
             few
             Christians
          
           amongst
           us
           (
           notwithstanding
           our
           so
           much
           means
           of
           grace
           )
           and
           that
           the
           
             Magistracy
          
           and
           
             Ministry
          
           are
           so
           wofully
           
             contemned
          
           by
           all
           sorts
           of
           people
           .
        
         
           That
           these
           
             tippling
             Tap-houses
          
           are
           the
           
             common
             Quagmires
          
           of
           all
           filthiness
           ,
           where
           too
           many
           drawing
           their
           
             Patrimonies
          
           through
           their
           
             throats
             ,
             exhaust
          
           and
           
             lavish
          
           out
           their
           
             substance
             ,
          
           and
           lay
           
             plots
          
           and
           
             devices
          
           how
           to
           get
           more
           .
           For
           hence
           they
           fall
           either
           to
           
             open
             courses
          
           of
           
             violence
             ,
          
           or
           
             secret
             mischief
             ,
          
           till
           at
           last
           the
           
             Jail
          
           prepares
           them
           for
           the
           
             Gibbet
             ;
          
           for
           lightly
           they
           
             sing
          
           through
           a
           
             red
             Lattise
             ,
          
           before
           they
           
             cry
          
           through
           a
           
             Grate
             .
          
        
         
           12.
           
           
             Br.
          
           I
           speak
           not
           of
           all
           ,
           I
           know
           the
           
             calling
          
           to
           be
           
             good
             ,
          
           and
           that
           there
           are
           
             good
             of
             that
             calling
             ,
          
           (
           and
           these
           will
           thank
           me
           ,
           because
           what
           I
           have
           said
           ,
           makes
           for
           their
           honour
           and
           profit
           too
           )
           but
           sure
           I
           am
           ,
           too
           many
           of
           these
           
             drinking-houses
          
           are
           the
           very
           
             dens
          
           and
           
             shops
             ,
          
           yea
           the
           
             thrones
             of
             Satan
             ,
          
           very
           
             sinks
             of
             sin
             ,
          
           which
           like
           so
           many
           
             common-shores
             ,
          
           refuse
           not
           to
           welcome
           and
           incourage
           any
           ,
           in
           the
           most
           loathsom
           pollutions
           they
           are
           able
           to
           invent
           ,
           and
           put
           in
           practice
           .
           As
           did
           you
           but
           
             hear
             ,
          
           and
           
             see
             ,
          
           and
           
             smell
             ,
          
           and
           
             know
          
           what
           is
           done
           in
           these
           
             Taverns
          
           and
           
             Ale-houses
             ,
          
           you
           would
           wonder
           that
           the
           
             earth
          
           could
           bear
           the
           
             houses
             ,
          
           or
           the
           
             Sun
          
           indure
           to
           look
           upon
           them
           .
           That
           lest
           they
           should
           not
           in
           all
           this
           do
           
             homage
          
           enough
           to
           
             Satan
             ,
          
           they
           not
           seldom
           drink
           their
           
             healths
             upon
             their
             knees
             ,
          
           as
           the
           
             Heathen
             Witches
          
           and
           
             Sorcerers
          
           (
           of
           whom
           these
           have
           learned
           it
           )
           used
           to
           do
           ,
           when
           they
           offered
           
             drink-offerings
          
           to
           
             Beelzebub
             the
             prince
             of
             Devils
             ,
          
           and
           other
           their
           
             Devil-gods
             .
          
        
         
           That
           these
           godless
           
             Ale-drapers
             ,
          
           and
           other
           
             sellers
             of
             drink
             ,
          
           in
           entertaining
           into
           their
           houses
           ,
           and
           complying
           with
           those
           
             traiters
             against
             God
             ,
          
           and
           in
           suffering
           so
           much
           impiety
           to
           rest
           within
           their
           wals
           ,
           do
           make
           themselves
           guilty
           of
           all
           ,
           by
           suffering
           the
           same
           ;
           and
           that
           a
           fearfull
           curse
           hangs
           over
           their
           heads
           ,
           so
           long
           as
           they
           remain
           such
           ▪
           For
           if
           
             one
             sin
          
           of
           
             theft
             ,
          
           or
           
             perjury
          
           is
           enough
           ▪
           to
           
             rot
             the
             rafters
             ,
          
           to
           
             grind
             the
             stones
             ,
          
           to
           
             level
          
           the
           
             wals
          
           and
           
             roof
          
           of
           any
           
             house
          
           with
           the
           
             ground
             ;
          
           as
           it
           is
           
             Zec.
             5.
             4.
             
          
           What
           are
           the
           
             oaths
             ,
          
           the
           
             lies
             ,
          
           the
           
             thefts
             ,
          
           the
           
             whoredoms
             ,
          
           the
           
             murthers
             ,
          
           the
           damnable
           
             drunkenness
             ,
          
           the
           
             numberless
             ,
          
           and
           
             nameless
             abominations
          
           that
           are
           committed
           there
           .
           For
           these
           
             Ale-house-keepers
          
           are
           accessory
           to
           the
           Drunkards
           sin
           ,
           and
           have
           a
           fearfull
           account
           to
           give
           for
           their
           tollerating
           such
           ,
           since
           they
           might
           ,
           and
           ought
           to
           redress
           it
           :
           so
           that
           their
           gain
           is
           most
           unjust
           ,
           and
           all
           they
           have
           is
           by
           
             the
             the
             sins
             of
             the
             people
             ;
          
           as
           
             Diogenes
          
           said
           of
           the
           
             strumpet
             Phryne
             .
          
        
         
           13.
           
           
             Br.
          
           That
           
             of
             all
          
           seducing
           Drunkards
           ,
           these
           
             Drink-sellers
          
           are
           the
           
             chief
             ;
          
           
           their
           whole
           life
           being
           nought
           else
           but
           a
           
             vicissitude
          
           of
           
             devouring
          
           and
           
             venting
             ,
          
           and
           their
           whole
           study
           ,
           how
           to
           
             tole
             in
             customers
             ,
          
           and
           then
           
             egg
             them
             on
             to
             drink
             ;
          
           for
           as
           if
           
             drinking
          
           and
           
             tempting
          
           were
           
             their
             trade
             :
          
           they
           are
           alwayes
           
             guzling
             within
             doors
             ,
          
           or
           else
           
             tempting
             at
             the
             door
             ,
          
           where
           they
           
             spend
          
           their
           
             vacant
             hours
             ,
          
           watching
           for
           a
           
             companion
             ,
          
           as
           a
           
             spider
          
           would
           watch
           for
           a
           poor
           
             flie
             ;
          
           or
           as
           the
           
             whorish
             woman
          
           in
           the
           
             Proverbs
             laid
             wait
          
           for
           the
           
             young
             novice
             ,
          
           untill
           
             with
             her
             great
             craft
             ,
             and
             flattering
             lips
             ,
             she
             had
             caused
             him
             to
             yeeld
             ,
          
           Prov.
           7.
           6
           ,
           to
           24.
           
           Though
           when
           he
           sees
           a
           Drunkard
           ,
           if
           he
           but
           
             hold
             up
             his
             finger
             ,
          
           the
           other
           follows
           him
           into
           his
           
             Burrough
             ,
          
           just
           
             like
             a
             fool
             to
             the
             stocks
             ,
          
           and
           as
           an
           
             Ox
             to
             the
             slaughter-house
             ,
          
           having
           no
           power
           to
           withstand
           the
           temptation
           .
           So
           in
           he
           goes
           ,
           and
           there
           continues
           as
           one
           
             bewitch'd
             ,
          
           or
           
             conjur'd
             with
             a
             spell
             ;
          
           out
           of
           which
           he
           returns
           not
           ,
           untill
           he
           hath
           emptied
           his
           
             purse
          
           of
           
             money
             ,
          
           and
           his
           
             head
          
           of
           
             reason
             :
          
           while
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           his
           poor
           
             wife
             ,
             children
          
           and
           
             servants
          
           want
           bread
           .
        
         
           That
           did
           
             Sellers
             of
             drink
          
           aim
           at
           the
           
             glory
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             good
             of
             others
             ,
          
           as
           they
           ought
           ,
           1
           
             Cor.
          
           10.
           31.
           there
           would
           not
           be
           an
           hundreth
           part
           of
           the
           
             drunkards
             ,
             beggars
             ,
             brawls
             ,
          
           and
           
             famished-families
          
           there
           are
           :
           whereas
           now
           thousands
           do
           in
           sheer
           drink
           ,
           spend
           all
           the
           
             cloaths
          
           on
           their
           
             beds
          
           and
           
             backs
             .
          
           As
           be
           they
           poor
           
             labouring
             men
             ,
          
           that
           must
           dearly
           earn
           it
           before
           they
           have
           it
           ,
           these
           
             Ale-house
             keepers
             ,
          
           these
           
             vice-breeders
             ,
          
           these
           
             soul-murtherers
          
           will
           make
           them
           drink
           away
           as
           
             much
             in
             a
             day
             ,
          
           as
           they
           
             can
             get
             in
             a
             week
             ;
             spend
             twelve
             pence
             ,
          
           sooner
           than
           
             earn
             two-pence
             ,
          
           as
           St
           
             Ambrose
          
           observes
           .
        
         
           That
           thousands
           of
           these
           
             Labouring-men
          
           may
           be
           found
           in
           the
           very
           
             Suburbs
          
           of
           this
           
             City
             ,
             that
             drink
             the
             very
             blood
             of
             their
             wives
             and
             children
             ,
          
           who
           are
           near
           
             famished
             ,
          
           to
           
             satisfie
          
           the
           Drunkards
           
             throat
             ,
          
           or
           
             gut
             ,
          
           wherein
           they
           are
           
             worse
             than
             Infidels
             ,
          
           or
           
             Cannibals
             ,
          
           1
           Tim.
           5.
           8.
           who
           again
           are
           justly
           met
           withall
           :
           For
           as
           if
           
             God
          
           would
           
             pay
          
           them
           in
           their
           
             own
             coyn
             ,
          
           how
           often
           shall
           you
           see
           
             vermine
          
           sucking
           the
           
             Drunkards
             blood
             ,
          
           as
           fast
           as
           he
           the
           others
           .
        
         
           14.
           
           
             Br.
          
           That
           these
           
             Drunkards
          
           and
           
             Ale-drapers
          
           are
           always
           laying
           their
           heads
           together
           ,
           
             plotting
          
           and
           
             consulting
          
           how
           to
           
             charm
          
           and
           
             tame
          
           their
           
             poor
             wives
          
           (
           for
           the
           
             Drunkard
          
           and
           his
           
             wife
          
           agree
           like
           the
           
             harp
          
           and
           the
           
             harrow
             )
          
           which
           if
           
             maids
          
           did
           but
           hear
           ,
           they
           would
           rather
           make
           choice
           of
           an
           
             Ape-carrier
             ,
          
           or
           a
           
             Jakes-farmers
             servant
             ,
          
           than
           of
           one
           who
           will
           be
           drawn
           to
           the
           
             Ale-house
             .
          
           For
           let
           them
           take
           this
           for
           a
           Rule
           ,
           He
           that
           is
           a
           
             tame
             devil
             abroad
             ,
          
           will
           be
           a
           
             roaring
             devil
             at
             home
             ;
          
           and
           he
           that
           hath
           
             begun
          
           to
           be
           a
           Drunkard
           ,
           will
           
             ever
             be
          
           a
           Drunkard
           .
           True
           ,
           they
           will
           
             promise
          
           a
           maid
           
             fair
             ,
          
           and
           
             bind
             themselves
          
           by
           an
           hundred
           
             oaths
          
           and
           
             protestations
             ;
          
           and
           she
           (
           when
           
             love
          
           hath
           blinded
           and
           besotted
           her
           )
           will
           believe
           them
           ;
           yea
           ,
           promise
           her self
           the
           victory
           ,
           not
           doubting
           but
           she
           shall
           reclaim
           him
           from
           his
           
             evil
             company
             ;
          
           but
           
             not
             one
             of
             a
             thousand
             ,
             scarce
             one
             of
             ten
             thousand
          
           that
           ever
           finds
           it
           so
           ,
           but
           the
           contrary
           .
           For
           let
           Drunkards
           
             promise
             ,
          
           yea
           and
           
             purpose
          
           what
           they
           will
           ;
           Experience
           shews
           ,
           that
           
             they
             mend
             as
             sowr
             Ale
             does
             in
             Summer
             ;
          
           or
           as
           a
           
             dead
             hedge
             ,
          
           which
           the
           
             longer
          
           it
           stands
           is
           the
           
             rottener
             .
          
           And
           how
           should
           it
           be
           other
           ,
           when
           they
           cannot
           go
           the
           length
           of
           a
           
             street
             ,
          
           but
           they
           must
           pass
           by
           ,
           perhaps
           an
           
             hundred
             Ale-houses
             ,
          
           where
           they
           shall
           be
           called
           in
           .
           And
           all
           the
           while
           they
           are
           in
           the
           
             drinking-school
             ,
          
           they
           are
           bound
           by
           
             their
             law
             of
             good
             fellowship
          
           to
           be
           
             pouring
             in
          
           at
           their
           
             mouths
             ,
          
           or
           
             whiffing
             out
          
           at
           their
           
             noses
             :
          
           one
           serving
           as
           a
           shoing-horn
           to
           the
           
           other
           ;
           which
           makes
           them
           like
           
             ratsban'd
             Rats
             ,
             drink
             and
             vent
             ,
             vent
             and
             drink
             ,
             Sellengers
             round
             ,
          
           and
           the
           same
           again
           .
           Oh
           that
           a
           
             maids
             fore-wit
          
           were
           but
           so
           good
           as
           her
           
             after-wit
             !
          
           then
           the
           Drunkard
           should
           
             never
             have
             wife
             more
             to
             make
             a
             slave
             of
             ,
          
           nor
           
             wives
             such
             cause
             to
             curse
             Ale-house
             keepers
             ,
          
           as
           now
           they
           have
           .
           And
           indeed
           ,
           if
           I
           may
           speak
           my
           thoughts
           ,
           or
           what
           reason
           propounds
           to
           me
           ,
           Drunkards
           are
           such
           
             children
          
           and
           
             fools
          
           (
           to
           what
           Governours
           of
           families
           ought
           to
           be
           )
           that
           a
           
             rod
          
           is
           fitter
           for
           them
           than
           a
           
             wife
             .
          
           But
           of
           this
           by
           the
           way
           only
           ,
           that
           
             maids
          
           may
           not
           so
           miserably
           
             cast
             away
             themselves
             ;
          
           for
           they
           had
           
             better
             be
             buried
             alive
             ,
          
           than
           
             so
             married
             ,
          
           as
           most
           poor
           mens
           wives
           can
           inform
           them
           .
        
         
           15.
           
           
             Br.
          
           That
           to
           speak
           to
           these
           
             Demetriuses
             ,
          
           that
           
             get
             their
             wealth
             by
             drinking
             ;
          
           yea
           ,
           by
           helping
           to
           
             consume
             their
             drink
             ,
          
           and
           that
           
             live
             only
             by
             sin
             ,
             and
             the
             sins
             of
             the
             people
             ,
          
           were
           to
           speed
           as
           
             Paul
          
           did
           at
           
             Ephesus
             ,
          
           after
           some
           one
           of
           them
           had
           told
           
             the
             rest
             of
             their
             occupation
             .
          
           Yea
           to
           expect
           amendment
           from
           such
           ,
           in
           a
           manner
           were
           to
           expect
           amendment
           from
           a
           
             Witch
             ,
          
           who
           hath
           already
           
             given
             her
             soul
             to
             the
             devil
             .
          
           That
           to
           what
           hath
           been
           spoken
           of
           
             Drunkards
          
           and
           
             Drink-sellers
          
           in
           the
           particular
           cases
           of
           
             drinking
          
           and
           
             tempting
             ,
          
           might
           be
           added
           
             seventy
             times
             seven
             more
          
           of
           the
           like
           
             abominations
             .
          
           For
           the
           Drunkard
           is
           like
           some
           
             putrid
             grave
             ,
             the
             deeper
          
           you
           dig
           ,
           
             the
             fuller
          
           you
           shall
           find
           him
           both
           of
           
             stench
          
           and
           
             horrour
             :
          
           Or
           like
           
             Hercules's
          
           
             monster
             ,
          
           wherein
           were
           
             fresh
             heads
             still
             arising
             one
             after
             the
             cutting
             off
             of
             another
             .
          
           But
           there
           needs
           no
           more
           than
           this
           
             taste
             ,
          
           to
           make
           any
           
             wise
             man
          
           (
           or
           any
           that
           love
           their
           own
           souls
           )
           to
           
             detest
          
           and
           beware
           these
           
             Bawds
          
           and
           
             pandors
             of
             vice
             ,
          
           that
           breathe
           nothing
           but
           
             infection
             ,
          
           and
           
             study
          
           nothing
           but
           
             their
             own
             ,
          
           and
           
             other
             mens
             destruction
             .
          
           These
           
             Brokers
          
           of
           
             villany
             ,
          
           whose
           very
           
             acquaintance
          
           is
           
             destruction
             :
          
           As
           how
           can
           they
           be
           other
           than
           
             dangerously
          
           infectious
           ,
           and
           
             desperately
          
           wicked
           ,
           whose
           very
           
             mercies
          
           are
           
             cruelty
             ?
          
        
         
           16.
           
           Br.
           
             That
             I
             have
          
           unmasked
           their
           faces
           ,
           
             is
             to
          
           infatuate
           their
           purpose
           :
           
             that
             I
             have
          
           inveighed
           
             and
          
           declaimed
           against
           Drunkenness
           ,
           
             is
          
           to
           keep
           men
           sober
           ;
           
             For
          
           vices
           
             true
          
           picture
           ,
           
             makes
             us
          
           vice
           detest
           .
        
         
           O
           that
           I
           had
           
             Dehortation
          
           answerable
           to
           my
           
             detestation
          
           of
           it
           !
           Only
           here
           is
           a
           
             discovery
          
           how
           
             Drunkards
             tempt
             ;
          
           if
           you
           will
           see
           
             directions
          
           how
           to
           avoid
           their
           
             temptations
             ,
          
           read
           my
           
             Sovereign
             Antidote
             against
             the
             contagion
             of
             evil
             company
             ▪
          
           Only
           take
           notice
           for
           the
           present
           ,
           that
           
             the
             best
             way
             to
             avoid
             evil
             ,
          
           is
           to
           
             shun
             the
             occasions
             :
          
           Do
           not
           only
           
             shun
             Drunkenness
             ,
          
           but
           the
           
             means
          
           to
           come
           to
           it
           :
           and
           to
           
             avoid
             hurt
             ,
          
           keep
           thy self
           
             out
             of
             shot
             ;
          
           come
           not
           in
           
             drunken
             company
             ,
          
           nor
           to
           
             drinking
             places
             :
          
           As
           for
           their
           
             love
          
           and
           
             friendship
             ,
          
           consider
           but
           whose
           
             Facters
          
           they
           are
           ,
           and
           thou
           wilt
           surely
           
             hate
          
           them
           .
           
             Consider
             what
             I
             say
             ,
             and
             the
             Lord
             give
             you
             understanding
             in
             all
             things
             .
          
        
         
           
             POSTSCRIPT
             .
          
           
             COnsidering
             the
             premisses
             ,
             if
             there
             were
             any
             
               love
               of
               God
               ,
            
             any
             
               hatred
               of
               sin
               ,
            
             any
             
               zeal
               ,
            
             any
             
               courage
               ,
            
             any
             
               conscience
               of
               an
               Oath
            
             in
             most
             of
             our
             
               Justices
               of
               the
               Peace
               ,
            
             they
             would
             rather
             
               put
               down
            
             and
             
               purge
               out
            
             of
             their
             
               Parishes
            
             and
             
               Liberties
               ,
            
             this
             
               viperous
               brood
            
             of
             
               vice-breeders
               ,
            
             and
             
               soul-murtherers
            
             (
             I
             mean
             
               Ale-house
               keepers
               )
            
             then
             
               increase
               them
            
             as
             they
             do
             ,
             when
             any
             
               common
               Drunkard
               ,
               Cheat
               ,
            
             or
             
               Witch
            
             may
             procure
             a
             
               Licence
            
             to
             sell
             drink
             ,
             if
             they
             will
             
             but
             
               bribe
            
             some
             one
             of
             their
             
               Clerks
               .
            
             But
             if
             it
             be
             left
             to
             them
             (
             if
             his
             
               Highness
            
             himself
             do
             not
             by
             some
             other
             way
             redress
             it
             ,
             as
             blessed
             be
             
               God
            
             he
             hath
             already
             begun
             the
             work
             in
             some
             
               Counties
               )
            
             look
             never
             to
             see
             it
             mended
             ,
             untill
             
               Christ
               comes
               in
               the
               clouds
               .
            
          
           
             Only
             it
             is
             much
             to
             be
             feared
             ,
             that
             as
             we
             turn
             the
             
               sanctuary
               of
               life
            
             into
             the
             
               shambles
               of
               death
               :
            
             so
             
               God
            
             may
             send
             a
             
               famine
            
             after
             such
             a
             
               satiety
               ,
            
             and
             
               pestilence
            
             after
             
               famine
               .
            
             Or
             rather
             that
             our
             
               Land
               ,
            
             which
             hath
             been
             so
             long
             
               sick
            
             of
             this
             
               disease
               ,
            
             and
             so
             often
             
               surfeited
            
             of
             this
             sin
             ,
             should
             
               spue
               us
               all
               out
               ,
            
             who
             are
             the
             
               Inhabitants
               .
            
          
           
             Or
             in
             case
             
               God
            
             be
             pleased
             to
             dispense
             with
             the
             
               Nation
               ,
            
             the
             wickedness
             that
             is
             done
             by
             these
             
               Drunkards
            
             and
             
               Drink-sellers
               ,
            
             shall
             be
             reckoned
             ,
             unto
             those
             that
             are
             the
             
               permitters
               ,
            
             for
             their
             own
             .
             For
             
               Governors
            
             make
             themselves
             
               guilty
            
             of
             
               those
               sins
            
             they
             may
             redress
             ,
             and
             will
             not
             .
             But
             I
             know
             to
             whom
             I
             speak
             ,
             and
             my
             hopes
             are
             depending
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             mean
             time
             ,
             it
             is
             sad
             to
             consider
             ,
             how
             many
             
               Drunkards
            
             will
             hear
             this
             
               Charge
               ,
            
             for
             one
             that
             will
             
               apply
            
             it
             to
             himself
             .
             For
             confident
             I
             am
             ,
             that
             
               fifteen
            
             of
             
               twenty
               ,
            
             all
             this
             
               City
            
             over
             ,
             are
             
               Drunkards
               ,
            
             yea
             ,
             
               seducing
               Drunkards
               ,
            
             in
             the
             dialect
             of
             
               Scripture
               ,
            
             &
             by
             the
             
               Law
               of
               God
               ,
            
             which
             extends
             even
             to
             the
             heart
             and
             affections
             ,
             
               Mat.
               5.
               21
               ,
               22
               ,
               28.
               
            
             Perhaps
             by
             the
             
               Laws
            
             of
             the
             
               Land
               ,
            
             a
             man
             is
             not
             taken
             for
             drunk
             ,
             except
             his
             
               eyes
               stare
               ,
            
             his
             
               tongue
               stutter
               ,
            
             and
             his
             
               legs
               stagger
               ;
            
             but
             by
             
               Gods
               Law
               ,
            
             he
             is
             one
             
               that
               goes
               often
               to
               the
               drink
               ,
            
             or
             that
             
               tarrieth
               long
               at
               it
               ,
               Prov.
               23.
               30
               ,
               31.
               
            
             He
             that
             will
             be
             drawn
             to
             the
             
               Tavern
            
             or
             
               Ale-house
            
             by
             every
             idle
             soliciter
             ,
             and
             there
             be
             deteined
             to
             drink
             ,
             when
             he
             hath
             
               neither
               need
               of
               it
               ,
            
             or
             
               mind
               to
               it
               ;
            
             to
             the
             spending
             of
             his
             
               money
               ,
            
             wasting
             of
             his
             precious
             
               time
               ,
            
             neglect
             of
             his
             
               calling
               ,
            
             abusing
             of
             the
             
               creatures
            
             (
             which
             thousands
             want
             )
             discredit
             of
             the
             
               Gespel
               ,
            
             the
             stumbling
             of
             
               weak
               ones
               ,
            
             the
             incouraging
             of
             
               indifferent
               ones
               ,
            
             the
             hardning
             of
             his
             
               associates
               ,
            
             and
             all
             the
             truths
             enemies
             that
             know
             or
             hear
             of
             it
             .
             Briefly
             ,
             he
             that
             
               drinks
            
             more
             for
             
               lust
               ,
            
             or
             
               pride
               ,
            
             or
             
               covetousness
               ,
            
             or
             
               fear
               ,
            
             or
             
               good
               fellowship
               ,
            
             or
             to
             
               drive
               away
               time
               ,
            
             or
             to
             
               still
               conscience
               ,
            
             than
             for
             
               thirst
               ,
            
             is
             a
             Drunkard
             in
             
               Solomon's
            
             esteem
             ,
             
               Prov.
               23.
               30
               ,
               31.
               
            
             Perhaps
             thou
             dost
             not
             think
             so
             ;
             but
             can
             you
             produce
             that
             
               holy
               man
               of
               God
               ,
            
             that
             will
             not
             deem
             him
             a
             drunkard
             ,
             who
             can
             neither
             
               buy
               ,
            
             nor
             
               sell
               ,
            
             nor
             
               meet
            
             any
             
               friend
               ,
            
             or
             
               customer
               ,
            
             but
             he
             must
             go
             to
             the
             Tavern
             ,
             or
             Ale-house
             ,
             perhaps
             
               six
               times
            
             in
             a
             day
             ;
             and
             who
             constantly
             
               clubs
            
             it
             ,
             first
             for
             his
             
               mornings
               draught
               ,
            
             secondly
             at
             
               Exchange-time
               ,
            
             thirdly
             
               at
               night
               ,
            
             when
             shops
             are
             shut
             in
             ;
             as
             is
             the
             common
             ,
             but
             
               base
               custom
            
             of
             most
             
               Tradesmen
               ;
            
             yea
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Devil
            
             so
             blinds
             them
             ,
             that
             they
             will
             plead
             a
             
               necessity
            
             of
             it
             ;
             and
             that
             it
             is
             for
             their
             
               profit
               ?
            
          
           
             Nor
             can
             it
             be
             denied
             ,
             but
             in
             cases
             of
             this
             nature
             ,
             things
             are
             rather
             measured
             by
             the
             
               intention
            
             and
             
               affection
            
             of
             the
             
               doer
               ,
            
             than
             of
             the
             
               issue
               ,
            
             and
             
               event
               .
            
             And
             why
             should
             not
             a
             man
             be
             deemed
             a
             
               Drunkard
            
             for
             his
             immoderate
             and
             inordinate
             
               affection
               to
               drink
               ,
            
             or
             
               drunken
               company
               ?
            
             as
             well
             as
             another
             ,
             an
             
               Adulterer
               ,
            
             for
             the
             like
             affecton
             to
             his
             
               neighbours
               wife
               ,
            
             Matth.
             5.
             21
             ,
             22
             ,
             28.
             
             Yet
             these
             men
             are
             in
             their
             own
             ,
             and
             other
             mens
             esteem
             ,
             not
             only
             
               good
            
             and
             
               civil
               men
               ,
            
             but
             
               good
               Christians
            
             forsooth
             .
             Certainly
             ,
             the
             
               more
               light
            
             we
             have
             ,
             the
             
               more
               blind
            
             men
             are
             ,
             or
             else
             this
             could
             not
             be
             ;
             For
             I
             would
             gladly
             ask
             such
             ,
             Are
             you
             
               Christians
               ?
            
             In
             what
             part
             of
             the
             
               Word
            
             find
             you
             a
             warrant
             for
             it
             ?
             Where
             find
             you
             ,
             that
             this
             
               custom
            
             was
             ever
             used
             by
             any
             one
             of
             the
             
               Saints
            
             in
             former
             ages
             ?
             
             Well
             may
             you
             (
             with
             
               Agrippa
               )
            
             be
             
               almost
               Christians
               ,
            
             but
             sure
             enough
             ,
             you
             are
             not
             with
             St
             
               Paul
               ,
               altogether
               such
               :
            
             and
             then
             what
             will
             become
             of
             you
             ?
             For
             
               almost
               a
               son
            
             is
             a
             
               bastard
               ,
               almost
               sweet
            
             is
             
               unsavoury
               ,
               almost
               hot
            
             is
             
               lukewarm
               ;
            
             and
             those
             that
             are
             lukewarm
             
               will
               God
               spue
               out
               of
               his
               mouth
               ,
            
             Rev.
             3.
             15
             ,
             16.
             
          
           
             
               A
               Christian
               almost
               ,
            
             is
             like
             a
             
               woman
               that
               dieth
               in
               travel
               ,
               almost
            
             she
             brought
             forth
             a
             
               son
               ;
            
             but
             that
             
               almost
            
             killed
             the
             
               mother
               ,
            
             and
             the
             
               son
            
             too
             If
             thou
             
               believ'st
               almost
               ,
            
             thou
             shalt
             be
             
               saved
               almost
               ;
            
             as
             we
             say
             of
             a
             
               Thief
            
             that
             hath
             a
             
               pardon
            
             brought
             him
             whiles
             he
             is
             upon
             the
             
               gallows
               ,
            
             he
             was
             
               almost
               saved
               ,
            
             but
             he
             was
             
               hanged
               ,
            
             and
             his
             pardon
             did
             him
             no
             good
             .
             To
             be
             
               almost
               a
               Christian
               ,
            
             is
             to
             be
             like
             the
             
               foolish
               Virgins
               ,
            
             that
             had
             
               Lamps
               ,
               but
               without
               oyl
            
             in
             them
             ;
             for
             which
             they
             were
             
               shut
               out
               of
               heaven
               ,
            
             though
             they
             came
             to
             the
             very
             door
             ,
             
               Mat.
               25.
               10
               ,
               11
               ,
               12.
               
            
             Can
             the
             
               door
            
             which
             is
             but
             
               almost
               shut
               ,
            
             keep
             out
             the
             
               Thief
               ?
            
             Can
             the
             
               ship
            
             that
             is
             but
             
               almost
               tite
               ,
            
             keep
             out
             the
             
               water
               ?
            
             The
             
               souldier
            
             that
             does
             but
             
               almost
               fight
            
             is
             a
             
               coward
               ?
            
             And
             therefore
             if
             thou
             lovest
             thy self
             ,
             look
             to
             it
             ,
             and
             that
             in
             time
             ,
             lest
             hereafter
             you
             most
             dolefully
             rue
             it
             :
             For
             know
             this
             ,
             that
             you
             shall
             once
             give
             an
             
               account
            
             for
             every
             
               idle
               peny
            
             and
             
               hour
            
             you
             spend
             ,
             and
             for
             every
             
               cup
               of
               drink
            
             you
             shall
             spoil
             ,
             or
             waste
             ;
             and
             for
             every
             one
             that
             is
             encouraged
             to
             do
             the
             like
             by
             your
             
               example
               .
            
             For
             which
             see
             
               Mat.
               12.
               36.
               
               Luke
               16.
               2.
               Rom.
               14.
               12.
               1
               Pet.
               4.
               5.
               
               Rev.
               20.
               13.
               
            
             &
             22.
             12.
             
          
           
             That
             (
             by
             the
             blessing
             of
             
               God
               )
            
             our
             children
             ,
             and
             childrens
             children
             may
             
               loath
               drunkenness
               ,
            
             and
             
               love
               sobriety
               ;
            
             let
             this
             be
             fixed
             to
             some
             place
             convenient
             in
             every
             house
             ,
             for
             all
             to
             read
             .
             The
             
               Persians
               ,
               Parthians
               ,
               Spartans
               ,
            
             and
             
               Lacedemonians
            
             did
             the
             like
             ,
             and
             found
             it
             exceeding
             efficacious
             :
             And
             
               Anacharsis
            
             holds
             it
             the
             most
             effectual
             means
             to
             that
             end
             .
          
        
         
           
             Imprimatur
          
           
             
               EDMUND
               CALAMIE
               .
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
       
         
           Offer
           of
           Help
           to
           Drowning-Men
           .
        
         
           
             Imprimatur
          
           
             
               THO
               ▪
               GATAKER
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             SEeing
             ,
             and
             fore-seeing
             the
             sad
             effects
             of
             mens
             crying
             down
             
               Books
               ,
               Learning
               ,
            
             the
             
               Ministry
               ,
               Sanctification
               ,
            
             &c.
             if
             this
             their
             deep
             and
             devilish
             design
             do
             meet
             with
             no
             stop
             :
             and
             seeing
             we
             should
             specially
             prepare
             for
             
               defence
               ,
            
             where
             
               Satan
            
             specially
             prepares
             for
             
               offence
               .
            
             Considering
             also
             the
             
               numberless
               number
            
             of
             those
             that
             by
             professing
             themselves
             
               Protestants
               ,
            
             discredit
             the
             
               Protestant
               Religion
               :
            
             Who
             because
             they
             have
             been
             
               Christened
               ,
            
             as
             
               Simon
               Magus
            
             was
             ,
             received
             the
             
               Sacrament
               of
               the
               Lords
               Supper
               ,
            
             like
             
               Judas
               ;
            
             and
             for
             company
             go
             to
             
               Church
            
             also
             as
             
               Dogs
            
             do
             ,
             are
             called
             
               Christians
               ,
            
             as
             we
             call
             the
             
               Heathen
               Images
               gods
               :
            
             yea
             ,
             and
             
               (
               being
               blinded
               by
               the
               Prince
               of
               darkness
               ,
            
             2
             Cor.
             4.
             4.
             
             )
             think
             to
             be
             saved
             by
             
               Christ
               ,
            
             though
             they
             take
             up
             
               Arms
            
             against
             him
             :
             and
             are
             no
             more
             like
             
               Christians
               ,
            
             than
             
               Michols
               Image
               of
               Goats
               hair
            
             was
             like
             
               David
               :
            
             Who
             make
             the
             
               world
            
             only
             their
             
               god
               ,
            
             &
             
               pleasure
            
             or
             
               profit
            
             alone
             their
             
               Religion
               :
            
             Who
             are
             so
             graceless
             ,
             
               that
               God
               is
               not
               in
               all
               their
               thoughts
               ;
            
             except
             to
             blaspheme
             him
             ,
             and
             to
             spend
             his
             dayes
             in
             the
             
               Devils
               service
               :
            
             Who
             being
             
               Christians
               in
               name
               ,
            
             will
             scoff
             at
             a
             
               Christian
               indeed
               :
            
             Who
             
               honour
            
             the
             
               dead
               Saints
               in
               a
               cold
               profession
               ,
            
             while
             they
             
               worry
            
             the
             
               living
               Saints
            
             in
             a
             
               cruel
               persecution
               :
            
             Who
             so
             hate
             Holiness
             ,
             that
             they
             will
             hate
             a
             man
             for
             it
             ;
             and
             say
             of
             
               good
               living
               ,
            
             (
             as
             
               Festus
            
             of
             
               great
               learning
               )
               It
               makes
               a
               man
               mad
               :
            
             whose
             
               hearts
            
             will
             rise
             at
             the
             sight
             
             of
             a
             
               good
               man
               ,
            
             as
             some
             
               stomacks
            
             will
             
               rise
            
             at
             the
             sight
             of
             
               sweet
               meats
               :
            
             Whose
             
               Religion
            
             is
             to
             oppose
             the
             power
             of
             
               Religion
               ;
            
             and
             whose
             knowledge
             of
             the
             
               Truth
               ,
            
             to
             know
             how
             to
             argue
             against
             the
             
               Truth
               :
               Who
               justifie
               the
               wicked
               ,
               and
               condemn
               the
               just
               :
            
             who
             call
             
               Zeal
               ,
               madness
               ;
            
             and
             
               Religion
               ,
               foolishness
               :
            
             Who
             love
             their
             
               sins
            
             so
             much
             above
             their
             
               souls
               ,
            
             that
             they
             will
             not
             only
             
               mock
            
             their
             Admonisher
             ,
             
               scoff
            
             at
             the
             means
             to
             be
             saved
             ,
             and
             make
             themselves
             merry
             with
             their
             own
             
               damnations
               ;
            
             but
             even
             hate
             one
             to
             the
             
               death
               ,
            
             for
             shewing
             them
             the
             way
             to
             eternal
             
               life
               :
            
             who
             will
             condemn
             all
             for
             
               Round-heads
               ,
            
             that
             have
             more
             
               Religion
            
             than
             an
             
               Heathen
               ,
            
             or
             
               knowledg
            
             of
             heavenly
             things
             ,
             than
             a
             
               child
            
             in
             the
             womb
             hath
             of
             the
             things
             of
             this
             life
             ;
             or
             conscience
             than
             an
             
               Atheist
               ,
            
             or
             care
             of
             his
             soul
             ,
             than
             a
             
               Beast
               ,
            
             and
             are
             mockers
             of
             all
             that
             march
             not
             under
             the
             pay
             of
             the
             
               devil
               :
            
             Who
             with
             
               Adam
               ,
            
             will
             become
             
               Satans
            
             bondslaves
             for
             an
             
               Apple
               ;
            
             and
             like
             
               Esau
               ,
               sell
               their
               birth-right
               of
               Grace
            
             here
             ,
             and
             their
             
               Blessing
               of
               Glory
            
             hereafter
             
               for
               a
               mess
               of
               Pottage
               :
            
             Who
             prefer
             the
             pleasing
             of
             their
             
               palates
            
             before
             the
             
               saving
               of
               their
               souls
               :
            
             who
             have
             not
             only
             cast
             off
             
               Religion
               ,
            
             that
             should
             make
             them
             
               good
               men
               ;
            
             but
             
               reason
            
             also
             ,
             that
             should
             make
             them
             
               men
               :
            
             Who
             waste
             
               virtues
            
             faster
             than
             
               riches
               ,
            
             and
             
               riches
            
             faster
             than
             any
             
               virtues
            
             can
             get
             them
             :
             Who
             do
             nothing
             else
             but
             
               sin
               ,
            
             and
             make
             
               others
               sin
               too
               :
            
             who
             spend
             their
             time
             and
             patrimonies
             in
             
               Riot
               ;
            
             and
             upon
             
               Dice
               ,
               Drabs
               ,
               Drunkenness
               ;
            
             who
             place
             all
             their
             felicity
             in
             a
             
               Tavern
            
             or
             
               Brothel-house
               ,
            
             where
             
               Harlots
            
             and
             
               Sycophants
            
             rifle
             their
             Estates
             ,
             and
             then
             send
             them
             to
             rob
             :
             Who
             will
             
               borrow
            
             of
             every
             one
             ,
             but
             never
             intend
             to
             
               satisfie
            
             any
             one
             :
             
               Who
               glory
               in
               their
               shame
               ,
            
             and
             are
             
               ashamed
            
             of
             that
             which
             should
             and
             would
             be
             their
             
               glory
               :
            
             Who
             desire
             not
             the
             reputation
             of
             honesty
             ,
             but
             of
             good
             fellowship
             :
             Who
             in
             stead
             of
             quenching
             their
             thirst
             ,
             drown
             their
             senses
             ;
             and
             had
             rather
             leave
             their
             
               wits
               ,
            
             than
             the
             
               wine
            
             behind
             them
             :
             Who
             place
             their
             
               Paradise
            
             in
             their
             
               throats
               ,
               Heaven
            
             in
             their
             
               guts
               :
            
             and
             
               make
               their
               belly
               their
               god
               :
            
             who
             pour
             their
             
               Patrimonies
            
             down
             their
             
               throats
               ,
            
             and
             throw
             the
             
               house
            
             so
             long
             out
             at
             
               windows
               ,
            
             that
             at
             length
             their
             
               house
            
             throws
             them
             out
             of
             
               doors
               :
            
             Who
             think
             every
             one
             exorbitant
             that
             walks
             not
             after
             their
             Rule
             :
             Who
             will
             
               traduce
            
             all
             whom
             they
             cannot
             
               seduce
               ;
            
             even
             condemning
             with
             their
             
               tongues
               ,
            
             what
             they
             
               commend
            
             in
             their
             
               consciences
               :
            
             Who
             ,
             as
             they
             have
             no
             
               reason
               ,
            
             so
             they
             will
             
               hear
               none
               :
            
             Who
             are
             not
             more
             
               blind
            
             to
             their
             own
             faults
             ,
             than
             
               quick-sighted
            
             in
             other
             mens
             :
             Who
             being
             displeased
             with
             others
             ,
             will
             flie
             in
             their
             
               Makers
               face
               ,
            
             and
             tear
             their
             
               Saviours
               Name
            
             in
             pieces
             with
             
               oaths
            
             and
             
               execrations
               ,
            
             as
             being
             worse
             than
             any
             
               mad
               dog
            
             that
             
               flies
               in
               his
               Masters
               face
            
             that
             keeps
             him
             :
             Who
             
               swear
            
             and
             
               curse
            
             even
             out
             of
             
               custom
               ,
            
             as
             
               Currs
               bark
               ;
            
             yea
             ,
             they
             have
             so
             
               sworn
               away
            
             all
             
               grace
               ,
            
             that
             they
             count
             it
             a
             
               grace
            
             to
             
               swear
               ;
            
             and
             being
             reproved
             for
             
               swearing
               ,
            
             they
             will
             
               swear
            
             that
             
               they
               swore
               not
               .
            
          
           
             Or
             perhaps
             they
             are
             
               covetous
               Cormorants
               ,
               greedy
               Gripers
               ,
               miserly
               Muck-worms
               ;
            
             all
             whose
             
               reaches
            
             are
             at
             
               riches
               :
            
             Who
             make
             
               gold
            
             their
             
               god
               ,
            
             and
             commodity
             the
             stern
             of
             their
             
               consciences
               :
            
             Who
             hold
             every
             thing
             
               lawfull
               ,
            
             if
             it
             be
             
               gainfull
               :
            
             Who
             prefer
             a
             little
             base
             pelf
             before
             
               God
               ,
            
             and
             their
             own
             
               salvations
               ;
            
             and
             who
             being
             fatted
             with
             
               Gods
               blessings
               ,
            
             do
             spurn
             at
             his
             
               precepts
               :
            
             Who
             like
             men
             
               sleeping
            
             in
             a
             
               Boat
               ,
            
             are
             carried
             down
             the
             
               stream
            
             of
             this
             
               World
               ,
            
             untill
             they
             arrive
             at
             their
             
               Gravesend
            
             [
             Death
             ]
             without
             once
             
               waking
            
             to
             bethink
             themselves
             whether
             they
             are
             a
             
               going
            
             [
             to
             Heaven
             or
             Hell
             .
             ]
          
           
             Or
             
               Ignorant
            
             and
             
               Formal
               Hypocrites
               :
            
             who
             do
             as
             they
             see
             others
             do
             ,
             without
             either
             
               conscience
            
             of
             sin
             ,
             or
             guidance
             of
             
               reason
               :
            
             Who
             do
             what
             is
             morally
             good
             ,
             more
             
             for
             
               fear
               of
               the
               Law
               ,
            
             then
             for
             
               love
               of
               the
               Gospel
               :
            
             Who
             fear
             the
             
               Magistrate
            
             more
             ,
             than
             they
             fear
             
               God
            
             or
             the
             
               Devil
               ;
            
             regard
             more
             the
             
               blasts
               of
               mens
               breath
               ,
            
             than
             the
             
               fire
               of
               Gods
               wrath
               ;
            
             will
             tremble
             more
             at
             the
             thought
             of
             a
             
               Bailiff
               ,
            
             or
             a
             
               Prison
               ,
            
             than
             of
             
               Satan
               ,
            
             or
             
               Hell
               ,
            
             and
             everlasting
             perdition
             :
             Who
             will
             say
             ,
             they
             
               love
               God
            
             and
             
               Christ
               ,
            
             yet
             hate
             all
             that
             any
             way
             resemble
             him
             ;
             are
             
               flint
            
             unto
             
               God
               ,
               wax
            
             to
             
               Satan
               ;
            
             have
             their
             
               ears
            
             alwayes
             
               open
            
             to
             the
             
               Tempter
               ,
               shut
            
             to
             their
             
               Maker
            
             and
             
               Redeemer
               ;
            
             will
             
               chuse
            
             rather
             to
             
               disobey
               God
               ,
            
             than
             
               displease
               great
               Ones
               ;
            
             fear
             more
             the
             
               Worlds
               scorns
               ,
            
             than
             
               His
               anger
               ;
            
             and
             rather
             than
             
               abridge
               themselves
            
             of
             their
             
               pleasure
               ,
            
             will
             incur
             the
             
               displeasure
            
             of
             
               God
               :
            
             Who
             will
             do
             what
             
               God
               forbids
               ,
            
             yet
             confidently
             hope
             to
             escape
             what
             
               He
               threatens
               :
            
             Who
             will
             do
             the
             
               Devils
               works
            
             only
             ,
             and
             yet
             look
             for
             
               Christs
               wages
               ;
            
             expect
             that
             
               Heaven
            
             will
             meet
             them
             at
             their
             
               last
               hour
               ,
            
             when
             all
             their
             
               life
            
             long
             they
             have
             
               galloped
            
             in
             the
             
               beaten
               Road
            
             towards
             
               Hell
               :
            
             Who
             expect
             to
             have
             
               Christ
            
             their
             
               Redeemer
            
             and
             
               Advocate
               ;
            
             when
             their
             
               consciences
            
             tell
             them
             ,
             that
             they
             
               seldom
               remember
            
             him
             ,
             but
             to
             
               blaspheme
            
             him
             ;
             and
             more
             often
             name
             him
             in
             their
             
               Oaths
            
             and
             
               Curses
               ,
            
             than
             in
             their
             
               Prayers
               :
            
             Who
             will
             persecute
             
               Honest
            
             and
             
               Orthodox
               Christians
               ;
            
             and
             say
             ,
             they
             mean
             
               base
            
             and
             
               dissembling
               Hypocrites
               :
            
             Who
             
               think
               they
               do
               God
               service
               in
               killing
               his
               servants
               ,
            
             Joh.
             16.
             2.
             
             Who
             will
             boast
             of
             a
             
               strong
               faith
               ,
            
             and
             yet
             fall
             short
             of
             the
             
               Devils
               in
               believing
               ,
            
             Jam.
             2.
             19.
             
             
               Who
               turn
               the
               grace
               of
               God
               into
               wantonness
               ;
            
             as
             if
             a
             condemned
             person
             should
             head
             his
             
               Drum
            
             of
             
               Rebellion
            
             with
             his
             
               Pardon
               ;
            
             resolving
             to
             be
             
               evil
               ,
            
             because
             
               God
            
             is
             
               good
               :
            
             Who
             will
             not
             
               believe
            
             what
             is
             
               written
               ,
            
             till
             they
             
               feel
            
             what
             is
             
               written
               ;
            
             and
             whom
             nothing
             will
             
               confute
               ,
            
             but
             
               fire
            
             and
             
               brimstone
               :
            
             Who
             think
             their
             
               villany
            
             is
             
               unseen
               ,
            
             because
             it
             is
             
               unpunished
               ;
            
             and
             therefore
             
               live
               like
               beasts
               ,
            
             because
             they
             think
             they
             shall
             
               die
               like
               beasts
               .
            
          
           
             Considering
             the
             swarms
             ,
             Legions
             ,
             Millions
             of
             these
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             and
             many
             the
             like
             ,
             which
             I
             cannot
             stand
             to
             repeat
             .
             As
             also
             in
             reference
             to
             
               Lev.
               19.
               17.
               
               Isa.
               58.
               1.
               
            
             And
             out
             of
             compassion
             to
             their
             precious
             souls
             ;
             there
             are
             above
             twenty
             several
             Books
             purposely
             composed
             ,
             wherein
             are
             
               proper
               remedies
            
             (
             of
             the
             same
             alloy
             )
             for
             
               each
               soul
               seduced
            
             or
             
               afflicted
               ;
            
             to
             be
             had
             without
             any
             
               expence
               :
            
             which
             
               Books
            
             (
             like
             
               glasses
               )
            
             will
             shew
             them
             (
             from
             
               Gods
               Word
               )
            
             the
             very
             
               faces
            
             of
             their
             
               hearts
               :
            
             And
             (
             like
             
               Peter
            
             to
             
               Cornelius
               ,
            
             Act.
             11.
             )
             
               tell
               them
               words
               whereby
            
             (
             with
             blessing
             from
             above
             )
             both
             
               they
               ,
            
             and
             their
             
               Associates
            
             (
             by
             their
             means
             )
             
               may
               be
               saved
               ,
            
             ver.
             14.
             
          
           
             And
             that
             they
             might
             the
             better
             recompence
             the
             
               Readers
            
             pains
             ;
             whether
             he
             propound
             to
             himself
             
               pleasure
            
             or
             
               profit
               :
            
             they
             are
             (
             as
             many
             
               Reverend
               Divines
            
             deem
             )
             a
             brief
             
               Collection
            
             of
             the
             most
             winning
             and
             convincing
             Arguments
             out
             of
             the
             
               choisest
               Authors
               ;
            
             very
             pithily
             ,
             orderly
             ,
             and
             elegantly
             conveyed
             ,
             and
             embellished
             with
             much
             both
             variety
             of
             graceful
             and
             delightful
             illustration
             .
             Yea
             ,
             if
             such
             as
             they
             concern
             ,
             shall
             be
             pleased
             to
             make
             use
             of
             them
             ;
             they
             may
             (
             with
             
               Gods
               blessing
               )
            
             not
             only
             have
             their
             vices
             lessened
             ,
             their
             knowledge
             increased
             ,
             and
             their
             minds
             cheered
             and
             comforted
             :
             but
             probably
             they
             shall
             find
             in
             them
             the
             flower
             ,
             cream
             ,
             or
             quintessence
             ,
             of
             what
             would
             otherwise
             cost
             them
             twenty
             years
             
               reading
            
             to
             extract
             .
          
           
             It
             remains
             only
             ,
             that
             the
             
               Patients
               ,
            
             for
             whom
             this
             
               Physick
            
             is
             proper
             ,
             be
             prevailed
             withall
             to
             
               take
               it
               .
            
             For
             although
             here
             is
             all
             necessary
             
               provision
               made
               ,
            
             and
             the
             
               guests
            
             lovingly
             
               invited
               ,
            
             yet
             (
             of
             themselves
             )
             they
             will
             
               refuse
               to
               come
               ,
            
             as
             in
             that
             
               Parable
               of
               the
               Lords
               Supper
               ,
            
             Luk.
             14.
             16.
             to
             25.
             
             Because
             ,
             as
             
               good
               meats
            
             are
             unwelcome
             to
             
               sick
               persons
               ;
            
             so
             
               is
               good
               counsel
               to
               obstinate
               sinners
               .
            
             Here
             is
             
               light
               ,
               but
               
               they
               love
               darkness
               rather
               than
               light
               ;
               lest
               their
               deeds
               which
               are
               evil
               ,
               should
               be
               reproved
               .
            
             Only
             
               they
               that
               do
               well
               ,
               and
               love
               truth
               ,
               will
               come
               to
               the
               light
               ,
               that
               their
               deeds
               may
               be
               made
               manifest
               ,
            
             Joh
             3.
             19
             ,
             20
             ,
             21.
             
             Also
             many
             
               young
               novices
            
             in
             sin
             ,
             will
             entertain
             them
             ,
             as
             
               Lot
            
             did
             those
             
               Angels
               ,
            
             that
             came
             to
             fetch
             him
             out
             of
             
               Sodom
               ,
            
             Gen.
             19.
             
             And
             probably
             some
             
               Parents
            
             and
             
               Masters
            
             will
             desire
             them
             ,
             to
             prevent
             the
             spreading
             of
             these
             
               Gangrenes
            
             in
             their
             
               children
            
             and
             
               servants
               .
            
             But
             as
             for
             the
             parties
             principally
             concerned
             and
             invited
             ,
             and
             that
             stand
             in
             the
             greatest
             need
             ,
             and
             are
             most
             to
             be
             pitied
             ;
             they
             will
             even
             
               storm
            
             at
             this
             very
             
               offer
               of
               help
               ,
            
             and
             
               hiss
            
             like
             
               serpents
               ,
            
             because
             it
             troubles
             their
             
               nests
               .
            
             Being
             like
             him
             ,
             
               Luk.
               8.
               27
               ,
               28.
            
             who
             having
             bin
             
               possest
               with
               devils
               a
               long
               time
               ,
            
             was
             at
             length
             very
             loath
             to
             part
             with
             his
             
               Guests
               .
            
          
           
             Indeed
             ,
             if
             some
             ,
             whose
             hearts
             
               God
            
             hath
             already
             changed
             ,
             would
             put
             them
             into
             their
             hands
             ,
             and
             use
             their
             best
             Art
             to
             make
             them
             relished
             :
             (
             For
             like
             
               Babes
               ,
               meat
            
             must
             not
             only
             be
             given
             them
             ,
             but
             
               prepared
            
             too
             ,
             and
             
               put
               into
               their
               mouths
               ,
               )
            
             some
             return
             of
             good
             might
             happily
             come
             thereof
             .
             As
             weak
             means
             shall
             serve
             the
             turn
             ,
             where
             
               God
            
             intends
             success
             .
             Even
             a
             word
             seasonably
             spoken
             
               (
               God
            
             blessing
             it
             )
             like
             a
             
               Rudder
               ,
            
             sometimes
             
               steers
            
             a
             man
             quite
             into
             another
             
               Course
               .
               Antiochus
            
             by
             hearing
             from
             a
             poor
             man
             ,
             all
             the
             
               faults
            
             which
             he
             and
             his
             
               Favourites
            
             had
             committed
             ,
             carried
             himself
             most
             virtuously
             ever
             after
             ▪
             
               Antoninus
            
             amended
             his
             future
             life
             and
             manners
             ,
             by
             only
             hearing
             what
             the
             people
             spake
             of
             him
             .
             The
             very
             
               crowing
               of
               a
               Cock
               occasioned
            
             Peters
             
               repentance
               .
               Augustine
               ,
            
             that
             famous
             Doctor
             ,
             was
             converted
             ,
             by
             only
             reading
             that
             Text
             ,
             
               Rom.
               13.
               13.
               
               Let
               us
               walk
               honestly
               ,
               as
               in
               the
               day-time
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             Learned
             
               Junius
               ,
            
             with
             reading
             the
             
               first
               Chapter
            
             of
             St
             
               Johns
               Gospel
               ,
            
             was
             won
             to
             the
             Faith
             of
             
               Christ
               .
            
             And
             
               Melancthon
            
             much
             after
             the
             same
             manner
             .
             I
             have
             read
             of
             two
             famous
             
               Strumpets
               ,
               ,
            
             that
             were
             suddenly
             converted
             by
             this
             only
             Argument
             ,
             That
             
               God
            
             seeth
             all
             things
             ,
             even
             in
             the
             dark
             ;
             when
             the
             
               doors
            
             are
             shut
             ,
             and
             the
             
               curtains
               drawn
               .
            
             And
             
               Mountaign
            
             tels
             of
             a
             libidinous
             
               Gentleman
               ,
            
             that
             sporting
             with
             a
             
               Courtizan
            
             in
             a
             
               house
               of
               sin
               ,
            
             happened
             to
             ask
             her
             name
             ,
             which
             she
             said
             was
             
               Mary
               ;
            
             whereat
             he
             was
             so
             stricken
             with
             reverence
             and
             remorse
             ;
             that
             he
             instantly
             both
             cast
             off
             the
             Harlot
             ,
             and
             amended
             his
             whole
             future
             life
             .
             
               Bilney's
            
             Confe●sion
             converted
             
               Latimer
               :
            
             yea
             ,
             
               Adrianus
            
             was
             not
             only
             converted
             ,
             but
             became
             a
             
               Martyr
            
             too
             ,
             by
             only
             hearing
             a
             
               Martyr
            
             at
             the
             
               Stake
            
             alledge
             that
             Text
             ,
             
               Eye
               hath
               not
               seen
               ,
               nor
               Ear
               heard
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             1
             
               Cor.
            
             2.
             9.
             
             Yea
             ,
             it
             was
             an
             observation
             of
             Mr
             
               John
               Lindsay
               ,
            
             that
             the
             very
             smoke
             of
             Mr
             
               Hamilton
            
             converted
             as
             many
             as
             it
             blew
             upon
             .
             Yea
             ,
             even
             those
             
               Jews
            
             that
             
               crucified
               the
               Son
               of
               God
               ,
            
             were
             converted
             by
             hearing
             those
             few
             words
             of
             
               Peter
               ,
            
             Act.
             2.
             
             And
             it
             pleased
             
               God
               ,
            
             when
             ,
             my self
             ,
             was
             in
             as
             hopeless
             a
             condition
             ,
             as
             any
             of
             those
             
               Sensualists
            
             before
             mentioned
             ;
             (
             I
             mean
             ,
             as
             much
             fore-stalled
             with
             prejudice
             against
             
               Religion
               ,
            
             and
             the
             
               Religious
               )
            
             that
             a
             
               poor
               mans
            
             perswading
             me
             to
             leave
             reading
             of
             
               Poetry
               ,
            
             and
             fall
             upon
             the
             
               Bible
               ,
            
             was
             a
             means
             of
             changing
             my
             heart
             ,
             before
             I
             had
             read
             out
             
               Genesis
               ,
            
             being
             but
             twenty
             years
             of
             age
             :
             whom
             ●
             more
             bless
             
               God
            
             for
             ,
             than
             for
             my
             
               Parents
            
             from
             whom
             I
             received
             life
             .
             And
             this
             (
             because
             I
             know
             no
             better
             way
             to
             express
             my
             thankfulness
             to
             him
             ,
             who
             hath
             freed
             me
             from
             frying
             in
             
               Hel-flames
            
             for
             ever
             and
             ever
             ,
             than
             by
             endeavoring
             to
             win
             others
             from
             
               Satans
               standard
            
             to
             
               Christs
               )
            
             makes
             me
             do
             the
             like
             to
             others
             .
             For
             I
             seldom
             hear
             any
             one
             
               swear
               ,
            
             or
             
               scoff
               ,
            
             or
             see
             any
             
               drunk
               ,
            
             or
             the
             like
             ,
             but
             I
             present
             them
             with
             one
             of
             these
             fore-mentioned
             Messages
             ,
             from
             that
             
               God
               ,
            
             whom
             they
             so
             
               daringly
            
             and
             
               audaciously
               provoke
               .
            
             Nor
             do
             I
             alwayes
             miss
             the
             mark
             at
             which
             I
             aim
             .
             
             And
             I
             tel
             it
             you
             ,
             because
             many
             
               discreet
               ones
            
             are
             apt
             to
             wonder
             ,
             that
             I
             so
             make
             my
             ●f
             a
             
               scorn
               and
               gazing
               stock
               to
               fools
               :
            
             Though
             I
             shall
             never
             think
             it
             a
             shame
             to
             me
             ,
             ●hich
             was
             the
             only
             glory
             of
             him
             ,
             
               that
               was
               a
               man
               after
               Gods
               own
               heart
               ,
            
             as
             you
             ●ay
             very
             often
             hear
             him
             profess
             ,
             as
             in
             
               Psal.
               50.
               15.
               
            
             &
             71.
             17
             ,
             18
             ,
             19
             ,
             24.
             
             &
             51.
             14.
             ●119
             .
             171.
             
             &
             22.
             22.
             
             &
             35.
             18.
             and
             many
             the
             like
             ;
             See
             
               Luk.
               8.
               38
               ,
               39.
               
            
          
           
             I
             also
             mention
             it
             ,
             that
             I
             may
             (
             if
             possible
             in
             this
             
               covetous
               ,
               cold
            
             and
             
               dull
               Age
               )
            
             ●ovoke
             others
             to
             do
             the
             same
             ;
             or
             at
             least
             somthing
             for
             the
             saving
             of
             these
             poor
             ,
             ●●norant
             ,
             and
             impotent
             wretches
             ;
             that
             are
             neither
             able
             nor
             willing
             to
             help
             them●●lves
             ,
             Though
             as
             one
             would
             think
             (
             for
             I
             speak
             to
             
               enlightned
               souls
               )
            
             they
             should
             ●ot
             need
             spurring
             ,
             nor
             prompting
             to
             this
             Duty
             :
             For
             what
             
               heart
            
             would
             it
             not
             ●ake
             to
             
               bleed
               ,
            
             that
             hath
             any
             
               Christian
               blood
               in
               his
               veins
               ,
            
             to
             see
             what
             multitudes
             ●ere
             are
             that
             go
             blind-fold
             to
             destruction
             ;
             and
             no
             man
             offer
             to
             stop
             or
             check
             ●●em
             before
             they
             arrive
             there
             ,
             from
             whence
             there
             is
             no
             Redemption
             .
             
               Mat.
               7.
               ●3
               ,
               14.
               1
               Joh.
               5.
               19.
               
               Rev.
               20.
               8.
               
            
             &
             13.
             16.
             
             
               Isa.
               10.
               22.
               
               Rom.
               9.
               27.
               2
               Tim.
               2.
               26.
               2
               Cor.
               〈◊〉
               4.
               Eph.
               2.
               1
               ,
            
             to
             4
             ,
             
               Phil.
               3.
               18.
               
               Joh
               8.
               44.
               
            
             &
             14.
             30.
             
          
           
             ●
             Yea
             ,
             how
             should
             it
             not
             make
             all
             ,
             that
             are
             themselves
             got
             out
             of
             
               Satans
               clutches
               ,
            
             ●●ot
             ,
             study
             ,
             &
             contrive
             all
             they
             can
             ;
             to
             draw
             others
             of
             their
             brethren
             after
             them
             .
          
           
             We
             read
             that
             
               Andrew
            
             was
             no
             sooner
             converted
             ,
             and
             become
             
               Christs
               Disciple
               ,
            
             ●ut
             instantly
             he
             drew
             others
             after
             him
             to
             the
             same
             
               Faith
               ,
            
             Joh.
             1.
             41.
             
             &
             the
             like
             of
             
               Philip
               ,
            
             ver.
             45.
             and
             of
             the
             
               woman
               of
               Samaria
               ,
            
             Joh.
             4.
             28
             ,
             to
             41.
             
             And
             of
             
               Peter
               ,
            
             Luke
             ●2
             .
             32.
             
             
               Act.
               2.
               41.
               
            
             &
             
               Chap
               3.
               
            
             &
             4.
             4.
             and
             so
             of
             all
             the
             Apostles
             .
             Yea
             ,
             
               Moses
            
             so
             thrist●d
             after
             the
             salvation
             of
             
               Israel
               ,
            
             that
             rather
             than
             he
             would
             be
             saved
             without
             ●hem
             ,
             
               he
               desired
               the
               Lord
               to
               blot
               him
               out
               of
               the
               book
               of
               life
               ,
            
             Exo.
             32.
             32.
             
             And
             
               Paul
            
             〈◊〉
             this
             purpose
             saith
             ,
             
               I
               could
               wish
               my self
               to
               he
               separated
               from
               Christ
               ,
               for
               my
               brethren
               ,
               ●●at
               are
               my
               kinsmen
               according
               to
               the
               flesh
               :
            
             meaning
             the
             
               Jews
               ,
            
             Rom.
             9.
             3.
             
             And
             indeed
             
               ●ll
               heavenly
               hearts
               are
               charitable
               .
            
             Neither
             are
             we
             of
             the
             
               Communion
               of
               Saints
               ,
            
             if
             ●e
             desire
             not
             the
             blessedness
             of
             others
             :
             it
             being
             an
             inseparable
             adjunct
             ,
             or
             rela●●ve
             to
             grace
             ;
             for
             none
             but
             a
             
               Cain
            
             will
             say
             ,
             
               Am
               I
               my
               brothers
               keeper
               ?
            
             Yea
             ,
             where
             the
             ●eart
             is
             thankful
             ,
             and
             
               inflamed
            
             with
             the
             
               love
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               our
               neighbour
               ,
            
             this
             will
             be
             ●●e
             principal
             aim
             :
             
               As
            
             by
             
               my
               sins
               ,
            
             and
             
               bad
               example
               ,
            
             I
             have
             drawn
             others
             
               from
               God
               ,
            
             〈◊〉
             now
             I
             will
             ,
             all
             I
             can
             ,
             draw
             others
             with
             my self
             
               to
               God
               .
               Saul
            
             converted
             ,
             
               will
               build
            
             〈◊〉
             ,
             as
             fast
             as
             ever
             he
             
               plucked
               down
               ,
            
             &
             
               preach
            
             as
             
               zealously
            
             as
             ever
             he
             
               persecuted
               .
            
             And
             ●e
             are
             no
             whit
             thankful
             for
             our
             own
             salvation
             ,
             if
             we
             do
             not
             look
             with
             
               charity
            
             and
             
               ●●ty
            
             upon
             the
             gross
             
               mis-opinions
            
             &
             
               misprisions
            
             of
             our
             Brethren
             .
             And
             what
             though
             ●e
             cannot
             do
             
               what
               we
               would
               ?
            
             yet
             we
             must
             labour
             to
             do
             
               what
               we
               can
               ,
            
             to
             win
             o●●ers
             ;
             not
             to
             merit
             by
             it
             ,
             but
             to
             express
             our
             thanks
             .
             Besides
             ,
             it
             were
             very
             disho●orable
             to
             
               Christ
            
             not
             to
             do
             so
             .
             Did
             you
             ever
             know
             that
             
               wicked
               men
               ,
               thievs
               ,
               drun●ards
               ,
               adulterers
               ,
               persecutors
               ,
               false
               prophets
               ,
            
             or
             the
             like
             ,
             would
             be
             
               damned
               alone
               ?
            
             no
             ●●ey
             mis-leade
             all
             they
             can
             ,
             as
             desiring
             to
             have
             
               companions
               .
            
             Yea
             ,
             
               the
               Pharisees
               ●ould
               take
               great
               pains
               ,
               compass
               sea
               and
               land
               ,
               to
               make
               others
               two-fold
               more
               the
               chil●ren
               of
               hell
               then
               themselves
               ,
            
             as
             our
             
               Saviour
            
             expresly
             saith
             ,
             
               Mat.
               23.
               15.
            
             which
             ●ay
             cast
             a
             blush
             upon
             our
             cheeks
             ,
             who
             are
             nothing
             so
             industrious
             to
             win
             souls
             〈◊〉
             
               God
               .
            
             And
             what
             a
             shame
             is
             it
             ,
             that
             our
             
               God
            
             should
             not
             have
             as
             
               faithfull
               ●●rvants
               ,
            
             as
             he
             hath
             
               unfaithfull
               enemies
               ?
            
             That
             wicked
             men
             should
             be
             at
             more
             ●●st
             and
             pains
             to
             please
             an
             
               ill
               master
               ,
            
             than
             we
             can
             afford
             to
             please
             so
             
               good
               a
               ●od
               ,
            
             so
             
               gracious
               ,
            
             and
             so
             
               loving
               a
               Father
               ?
            
             Shall
             they
             labour
             so
             hard
             ,
             for
             that
             ●hich
             will
             but
             
               inhance
               their
               damnation
               ?
            
             And
             shall
             we
             think
             any
             pains
             too
             
             much
             for
             that
             ,
             which
             will
             
               add
               to
               the
               weight
               of
               our
               eternal
               glory
               and
               salvation
               .
            
          
           
             And
             what
             though
             their
             case
             be
             not
             only
             desperate
             ,
             but
             almost
             hopeless
             ?
             (
             as
             i●
             reason
             ,
             that
             sin
             is
             past
             cure
             ,
             which
             strives
             against
             the
             cure
             :
             nor
             would
             these
             
               drowning
               men
            
             refuse
             help
             ,
             were
             they
             not
             
               wilful
               murtherers
            
             of
             their
             own
             
               souls
               )
            
             yet
             ther●
             is
             a
             
               mercy
            
             due
             even
             to
             them
             :
             And
             it
             is
             our
             
               duty
            
             to
             use
             the
             
               means
               ;
            
             leaving
             the
             
               i●sue
            
             to
             him
             ,
             who
             is
             able
             to
             
               quicken
               the
               dead
               ,
               and
               to
               make
               even
               of
               stones
               children
               to
               Abraham
               ;
            
             Witness
             
               Manasses
            
             in
             the
             
               Old
               Testament
               ,
            
             and
             
               Paul
            
             in
             the
             
               New
               ▪
            
             Yea
             ,
             I
             suppose
             ,
             that
             this
             their
             sad
             
               condition
               ,
            
             cals
             for
             our
             more
             ▪
             than
             ordinary
             
               compassio●
            
             Since
             they
             have
             precious
             souls
             ,
             that
             must
             everlastingly
             live
             ,
             in
             bliss
             ,
             or
             wo
             .
             An●
             hence
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             the
             
               Angels
            
             are
             said
             
               to
               rejoyce
               more
               at
               the
               conversion
               of
               such
               a
               sinne●
               then
               for
               the
               building
               up
               of
               ninety
               and
               nine
               ,
            
             that
             are
             already
             
               converted
               ,
            
             Luk.
             15.
             7.
             because
             he
             to
             whom
             
               God
            
             hath
             given
             a
             
               new
               heart
               ,
            
             and
             
               spiritual
               life
               ,
            
             will
             be
             sure
             〈◊〉
             seek
             out
             for
             ,
             and
             use
             the
             means
             of
             
               growing
               in
               grace
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               knowledg
               of
               our
               Lo●●
               and
               Saviour
               Jesus
               Christ
               .
            
             Whereas
             the
             former
             are
             not
             only
             
               dead
               in
               sin
               ;
            
             but
             so
             
               b●ried
            
             in
             the
             
               grave
            
             of
             long
             
               custom
               ,
            
             that
             they
             cannot
             
               stir
            
             the
             
               least
               joint
               ;
            
             no
             ,
             not
             〈◊〉
             much
             as
             
               feel
               their
               deadness
               ,
            
             nor
             
               desire
               life
               ;
            
             but
             
               resist
               all
               means
            
             tending
             thereunt●
             Insomuch
             ,
             that
             the
             
               conversion
            
             of
             such
             an
             one
             is
             ,
             held
             by
             
               Divines
            
             a
             greater
             worl●
             or
             
               Miracle
               ,
            
             than
             the
             
               creating
               of
               the
               whole
               World
               :
            
             For
             in
             every
             
               New
               creature
            
             are
             〈◊〉
             number
             of
             
               Miracles
               ;
               A
               blind
               man
               is
               restored
               to
               sight
               :
               A
               deaf
               man
               to
               hearing
               ,
               A
               m●●
               possest
               with
               many
               Devils
               ,
               dispossest
               ;
            
             Yea
             ,
             
               A
               dead
               man
               raised
            
             from
             the
             
               dead
               ;
            
             an●
             in
             every
             one
             a
             
               stone
            
             turned
             into
             
               flesh
               :
            
             in
             all
             which
             
               God
            
             meets
             with
             nothing
             〈◊〉
             
               opposition
               ,
            
             which
             in
             the
             
               Creation
            
             he
             met
             not
             with
             .
          
           
             Wherefore
             you
             ,
             that
             (
             by
             calling
             to
             mind
             your
             own
             
               former
               blindness
               ,
            
             and
             
               bo●dage
               )
            
             are
             able
             to
             know
             how
             it
             fares
             with
             them
             ;
             and
             accordingly
             to
             pity
             the●●
             you
             that
             fear
             
               God
               ,
            
             or
             have
             any
             
               bowels
               of
               compassion
            
             towards
             their
             
               precious
               soul●●
            
             use
             your
             utmost
             indeavour
             to
             reduce
             them
             ;
             
               earnestly
               admonish
               them
               ;
               draw
               them●●
               hear
               some
            
             Boanerges
             ,
             
               that
               preaches
               with
               power
               and
               authority
               ,
               and
               not
               as
               the
               Scribe●
            
             Perswade
             them
             also
             to
             
               read
               Books
            
             that
             are
             
               convincing
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             So
             shall
             you
             dischar●●
             your
             
               Duty
               to
               God
               ,
            
             shew
             your
             
               love
               to
               them
               ,
            
             your
             
               thankfulness
               to
               your
               Redeemer
               ;
            
             an●
             not
             a
             little
             
               pleasure
               your selves
               .
            
             For
             if
             you
             do
             gain
             them
             ,
             
               you
               shall
               shine
               as
               the
               sta●●
               in
               Heaven
               ,
               for
               ever
               and
               ever
               ,
            
             Dan.
             12.
             3.
             
             Or
             in
             case
             you
             cannot
             reclaim
             them
             ,
             〈◊〉
             he
             who
             requires
             it
             at
             your
             hands
             ,
             
               Will
               return
               the
               same
               into
               your
               own
               bosoms
               ,
            
             I●●
             49.
             4
             ,
             5.
             
             Prov.
             11.
             18.
             
             &
             25.
             22.
             
          
           
             
               But
               I
               were
               as
            
             good
             knock
             at
             a
             deaf
             mans
             door
             ,
             
               as
            
             press
             
               or
            
             perswade
             
               the
               most
               to
               the
            
             duty
             ,
             
               though
               thus
            
             necessary
             :
             
               for
               those
            
             two
             Idols
             ,
             Discretion
             
               and
            
             cursed
             Covetousn●●bear
             
               a
            
             greater
             sway
             
               with
               the
            
             common
             Professors
             of
             this
             age
             ,
             
               than
               either
               their
            
             Ma●●or
             Redeemer
             :
             
               Though
               confident
               I
               am
               ,
               others
            
             will
             do
             more
             than
             I●say
             ,
             
               Philem.
               21●
            
          
           
             
               Melancthon
            
             having
             found
             the
             
               Word
               ,
            
             most
             easily
             to
             prevail
             with
             him
             ,
             doubt●●
             not
             but
             his
             
               Preaching
            
             should
             do
             
               wonders
               upon
               others
               :
            
             but
             having
             tried
             ,
             he
             fou●●
             and
             confest
             ,
             That
             
               old
               Adam
               ,
            
             was
             too
             strong
             for
             
               young
               Melancthon
               .
            
          
           
             Many
             Lepers
             were
             in
             Israel
             ,
             in
             the
             time
             of
             Elizeus
             the
             Prophet
             ,
             but
             none
             of
             the
             was
             cleansed
             ,
             saving
             Naaman
             the
             Syrian
             ,
             
               Luk.
               4.
               22.
               to
               29.
               
            
          
           
             Many
             are
             called
             ,
             but
             few
             are
             chosen
             ,
             
               Mat.
               22.
               14.
               
            
          
           
             FINIS
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
           Printed
           by
           
             A.
             M.
          
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           by
           
             Henry
             Crips
          
           in
           
             Popes-head-alley
             ,
          
           and
           
             Ja●●
             Crump
             ,
          
           in
           
             Little-Bartholmews
             Well-yard
             ,
          
           who
           will
           also
           shew
           the
           other
           Books
           ,
           and
           tell
           the
           place
           where
           any
           one
           may
           borrow
           them
           
             gratis
             ,
             1658.