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Four treatises tending to dissuade all Christians from four no less heinous then common…Foure treatises tending to disswade all Christians from foure no lesse hainous then common…
Four treatises tending to dissuade all Christians from four no less heinous then common sins; namely, the abuses of swearing, drunkenness, whoredom, and bribery. Wherein the greatness and odiousness of these vices is discovered; and the means and remedies, which may either preserve, or wean men from them, are propounded. Whereunto is annexed a treatise of anger. By John Downame Bachelor in Divinity, and preacher of Gods word.Foure treatises tending to disswade all Christians from foure no lesse hainous then common sinnes; namely, the abuses of swearing, drunkennesse, whoredome, and briberie. Wherein the greatnes and odiousnesse of these vices is discouered; and the meanes and remedies, which may either preserue, or weane men from them, are propounded. Whereunto is annexed a treatise of anger. By Iohn Dovvname Batcheler in Diuinitie, and preacher of Gods word.
London: printed by Felix Kyngston for William Welby, 1609
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.
CHAP. III. That the drunkard sinneth heinously against God.
CHAP. III. That the drunkard sinneth hainously against God.
And well doth the vice of drunkenness deserve to be thus condemned both of God and men,1 seeing it hath in it all respects of evil, both the evil of sin, and also the evil of punishment. The evil of sin, both as it is in it self sinful, and also as it is the cause of other sins. It is in it self sinful, as may appear by a threefold relation which it hath to divers objects: for the drunkard grievously sinneth, 1. against God, 2. against his neighbour, 3. against himself. And of these I will speak severally; in handling whereof, it is not to ⟨p. 86⟩be expected that I should observe a distinct propriety, in referring particulars to their general heads, for as much as many of them are coincident one with another, and in a divers relation may diversly be referred; only I thought good to propound this division, that we may proceed in some order.
ANd well doth the vice of drunkennesse deserue to be thus condemned both of God and men,1 seeing it hath in it all respects of euill, both the euill of sinne, and also the euill of punishment. The euill of sinne, both as it is in it selfe sinfull, and also as it is the cause of other sinnes. It is in it selfe sinful, as may appeare by a threefold relation which it hath to diuers obiects: for the drunkard grieuously sinneth, 1. against God, 2. against his neighbour, 3. against himselfe. And of these I will speake seuerally; in handling whereof, it is not to ⟨p. 86⟩be expected that I should obserue a distinct proprietie, in referring particulars to their generall heads, for as much as manie of them are coincident one with another, and in a diuers relation may diuersly be referred; onely I thought good to propound this diuision, that wee may proceed in some order.