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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.
Neither are they in Jesus Christ, seeing they walk not after the spirit, but after the flesh; they have not as yet put on Christ, seeing they have not put off drunkenness, for he will not be our garment wherein being clothed, we may appear glorious and righteous in Gods sight, before we cast away from us the filthy rags of the flesh; and therefore the Apostle teacheth us, first to give a final farewell to gluttony and drunkenness, chambering and wantonness, strife and envying, casting them from us as polluted rags, which are not worth our wearing, and then to take unto us Jesus Christ, and put him on as our wedding garment with the hand of faith. Rom. 13.13 14.1
Neither are they in Iesus Christ, seeing they walke not after the spirit, but after the flesh; they haue not as yet put on Christ, seeing they haue not put off drunkennesse, for he will not be our garment wherein being clothed, we may appeare glorious and righteons in Gods sight, before we cast away from vs the filthie ragges of the flesh; and therefore the Apostle teacheth vs, first to giue a finall farewell to gluttonie and drunkennesse, chambering and wantonnes, strife and enuying, casting them from vs as polluted ragges, which are not worth our wearing, and then to take vnto vs Iesus Christ, and put him on as our wedding garment with the hand of faith. Rom. 13.13 14.1
Secondly, as this drunkenness quencheth the spirit,1 so it choketh the gifts thereof; and therefore the Apostle teacheth us, that there must be an emptiness of wine, before there can be a fullness of the spirit,