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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. X. That whoredom is the cause of many grievous punishments.
CHAP. X. That whoredome is the cause of many grieuous punishments.
But as whoredom is the punishment of other sins;1 so also it self as a grievous sin is punished with Gods heavy judgements. And because men who are Gods deputies do oftentimes wink at it, and carelessly pass over the due execution of justice in the punishment of this sin; therefore the Lord oftentimes taketh the cause ⟨p. 162⟩into his own hands, and proceedeth against these filthy persons, not only as a Judge and witness against them, but as the executioner of that just sentence which himself hath pronounced. So he saith that he would come near unto the Israelites to judgement, and be a swift witness against the whoremongers.2 Mal. 3.5. and Heb. 13.4, it is said that whoremongers and adulterers, God himself will judge. Yea, so odious is this sin in the sight of this upright Judge, that though he be infinite in mercy, yet he professeth that he could not in his justice let this sin go unpunished:3 Jer. 5.7. How shall I spare thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, &c. And though I fed them to the full, yet they committed whoredom, and assembled themselves by companies in harlots houses, &c. A notable example of this severe execution of justice for this sin, we have Numb. 25