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Navigation spiritualized: or, A new compass for seamen consisting of XXXII points of pleasant observations, profitable applications, and serious reflections: all concluded with so many spiritual poems. Whereunto is now added, I. A sober consideration of the sin of drunkenness. II. The harlots face in the Scripture-glass. III. The art of preserving the fruit of the lips. IV. The resurrection of buried mercies and promises. V. The sea-mans catechism. Being an essay toward their much desired reformation from the horrible and detestable [sic] sins of drunkenness, swearing, uncleanness, forgetfulness of mercies, violation of promises, and atheistical contempt of death. Fit to be seriously recommended to their profane relations, whether sea-men or others, by all such as unfeignedly desire their eternal welfare. By John Flavel, minister of the Gospel.Navigation spiritualiz'd: or, A new compass for seamen consisting of XXXII points of pleasant observations, profitable applications, and serious reflections: all concluded with so many spiritual poems. Whereunto is now added, I. A sober consideration of the sin of drunkenness. II. The harlots face in the Scripture-glass. III. The art of preserving the fruit of the lips. IV. The resurrection of buried mercies and promises. V. The sea-mans catechism. Being an essay toward their much desir'd reformation from the horrible and destable [sic] sins of drunkenness, swearing, uncleanness, forgetfulness of mercies, violation of promises, and atheistical contempt of death. Fit to be seriously recommmended to their profane relations, whether sea-men or others, by all such as unfeignedly desire their eternal welfare. By John Flavel, minister of the Gospel.
London: printed for M. Fabian, 1698
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A Sober Consideration Of the SIN of DRUNKENNESS. › Caution 1: I. CAUTION.
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Who hath redness of eyes? They that tarry long at Wine, they that go to seek mixed Wine, Prov. 23. 29, 30. By this Enumeration, and manner of Interrogation, he seems to make it ⟨p. 14⟩a difficult thing to recount the miseries that Drunkenness loads the outward man with: for look as Vermin abound where there is store of Corn, so do Diseases in the bodies of Drunkards, where crudities do so abound: Now methinks if thou have no regard to thy poor Soul, or the glory of God; yet such a sensible Argument as this, from thy body, should move thee.
VVho hath redness of eyes? They that tarry long at VVine, they that go to seek mixt VVine, Prov. 23. 29, 30. By this Enumeration, and manner of Interrogation, he seems to make it ⟨p. 14⟩a difficult thing to recount the miseries that Drunkenness loads the outward man with: for look as Vermine abound where there is store of Corn, so do Diseases in the bodies of Drunkards, where crudities do so abound: Now methinks if thou have no regard to thy poor Soul, or the glory of God; yet such a sensible Argument as this, from thy body, should move thee.
Arg. 4. Drunkenness wastes and scatters thine estate, Poverty attends excess: the Drunkard shall be clothed with Rags, and brought to a morsel of bread. Solomon hath read thy fortune, Prov. 21. 17. He that loveth Wine and Oil shall not be rich, Luxury and Beggary are seldom far asunder. When Diogenes heard a Drunkards house cried to be sold; I thought, quoth he, it would not be long ere he vomited up his house also. The Hebrew word [Greek or Hebrew] and the Greek word [Greek or Hebrew], which signify Luxury; the former is compounded of two words, which signify, Thou shalt be poor; and the latter signifies the losing of the possession of that good which is in our hand. The Drunkard and the Glutton shall surely come to poverty,