A20529:133
Four godly and fruitful sermons two preached at Drayton in Oxford-shire, at a fast,…Foure godlie and fruitful sermons two preached at Draiton in Oxford-shire, at a fast,…
Four godly and fruitful sermons two preached at Drayton in Oxford-shire, at a fast, enjoined by authority, by occasion of the pestilence then dangerously dispersed. Likewise two other sermons on the twelfth Psalm. Whereunto is annexed a brief tract of zeal. / By I. Dod. R. Cleaver.Foure godlie and fruitful sermons two preached at Draiton in Oxford-shire, at a fast, enioyned by authoritie, by occasion of the pestilence then dangerously dispearsed. Likewise two other sermons on the twelfth Psalme. VVhereunto is annexed a briefe tract of zeale. / By I. Dod. R. Cleauer.
London: printed by T.C. for William Welbie, 1611
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
But this will more fully appear in particular sins, as first to give instance in drunkards, whose appetite doth provoke them unto that beastly abuse of Gods good creatures: the wine delights their eye, and pleaseth their taste, and goeth down merrily:1 but in the end it will bite like a Serpent, and hurt like a cockatrice: for to whom is woe? to whom is sorrow? &c. Even to them that tarry long at the wine, to them that go and seek mixed wine: for they ruinate and overthrow their estate, they blemish and stain their names, make their wives to fall out with them, their children to contemn them, their companions to quarrel with them: their best friends to loath them: and after all this, they are a burden unto themselves, having their wits cracked, and their bodies diseased, and being fit for no place, but only for hell.
But this will more fully appeare in particular sinnes, as first to giue instance in drunkards, whose appetite doth prouoke them vnto that beastly abuse of Gods good creatures: the wine delights their eye, and pleaseth their taste, and goeth downe merily:1 but in the end it will bite like a Serpent, and hurt like a cockatrice: for to whom is woe? to whom is sorrow? &c. Euen to them that tarrie long at the wine, to them that goe and seeke mixt wine: for they ruinate and ouerthrow their estate, they blemish and staine their names, make their wiues to fall out with them, their children to contemne them, their companions to quarrell with them: their best friends to loath them: and after all this, they are a burden vnto themselues, hauing their wittes crackt, and their bodies diseased, and beeing fit for no place, but onely for hell.
- 1Pro. 13. 32. 29. 30.
The same may be said of proud men: doth not their sin throw them into great misery? Let us consider a little of Hamans fall, which was procured by his insolencie. God knew what cross would most vex his proud heart, and that he sent him: for whereas all Hamans honour could do him no good, unless Mordecai would rise up before him, and do him reverence, that was a thorn unto him, when he could not make him