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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of the book of Job being the sum of twenty three lectures delivered at Magnus near the bridge, London / by Joseph Caryl.An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of the book of Job being the summe of twenty three lectures delivered at Magnus neer the bridge, London / by Joseph Caryl.
London: printed by Matthew Simmons, 1650
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AN EXPOSITION Upon the Fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth Chapte… › Chapter 15 › Verse 16
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Hence observe:
That it is a very pleasant thing to a carnal man to sin, he drinks iniquity, not only like water, but in this sense, like the sweetest Wine; a draught of sin is the only Merry-go-down to a carnal man. A drunkard likes his drink well, but he likes his drunkenness better: His liquor is sweet to him, but O how sweet is the satisfying of his lust! When he hath his desire he is pleased, when he is frustrated of his desire he is sullen, and like Ahab, when he could not obtain Naboth's Vineyard, he is displeased, and refuses (as he did) to eat bread, because he cannot have this water of iniquity to drink.
That it is a very pleasant thing to a carnall man to sin, he drinkes iniquity, not onely like water, but in this sense, like the sweetest Wine; a draught of sin is the onely Merry-goe-downe to a carnall man. A drunkard likes his drinke well, but he likes his drunkennesse better: His liquor is sweet to him, but O how sweet is the satisfying of his lust! When he hath his desire he is pleased, when he is frustrated of his desire he is sullen, and like Ahab, when he could not obtaine Naboaths Vineyard, he is displeased, and refuses (as he did) to eate bread, because he cannot have this water of iniquity to drink.
Thirdly, Consider the easiness of it, to drink is no hard labour; hence we speak proverbially, I can do• such a thing as easily as I can drink; there are no bones in drink: Good liquor (we say also) needs no chewing: Besides, it is easy to drink, because it is natural to drink; Children have no Tutors to teach them to drink: Again, to drink water is easy, because we may get it easily; water is not kept under Lock and Key, but in the common Storehouses or Cellars of nature.
Thirdly, Consider the easinesse of it, to drink is no hard labour; hence we speake proverbially, I can do such a thing as easily as I can drinke; there are no bones in drink: Good liquor (we say also) needs no chewing: Besides, it is easie to drink, because it is naturall to drink; Children have no Tutors to teach them to drink: Againe, to drink water is easie, because we may get it easily; water is not kept under Lock and Key, but in the common Storehouses or Cellars of nature.