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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 2: II. CAUTION.
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Another Text I would commend to your consideration is that Exod. 20. 7. The Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his Name in vain. Where vain Oaths are especially included. Now what doth God mean, when He saith, He will not hold him guiltless? The meaning is plain, his sins shall be reckoned and imputed to him, they shall lie upon his Soul; he shall be bound over to answer God for them. O terrible sentence! What Soul can bear it, or stand before it! Blessed is the man (saith David) to whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity. Surely then, cursed is that man, to whom God will impute them. And to the Swearer they shall all be imputed, if he break not off his sin by repentance, and get a Christ the sooner. O Soul! How darest thou think of going before the Lord with the guilt of all thy sins upon thee? When Christ would administer the very spirit of Joy in one sentence to a poor Sinner, Matth. 9. 4. He said, Son be of good cheer, thy sins are forgiven. And when God would contract the sum of all misery into one word, He saith, His sins shall lie down with him in the dust, Job 20. 11. Ah soul! One of these days thou shalt be laid on thy Death-bed, or see the waves that shall entomb thee leaping and roaring upon every side; and then thou wilt surely have other thoughts of the happiness that lies in remission of sin, than thou hast now. Observe the most incorrigible Sinner then; hark how he sighs, and groans, and cries; Ah Lord! and must I die? And then see how the tears trickle down his Cheeks, ⟨p. 33⟩and his heart ready to burst within him. Why, what's the matter? Oh, the Lord will not pardon him, he holds him guilty. If he were sure his sins were forgiven, then he could die; but oh! to appear before the Lord in them, appals him, daunts him, kills the very heart of him. He would fain cry for mercy, but Conscience stops his mouth. Oh, saith Conscience, how canst thou move that tongue to God in prayer for mercy, that hath so often rent and torn his glorious Name, by Oaths and Curses? Sirs! I pray you, do not make light of these things: they will look wishly upon you one of these days, except ye prevent it by sound conversation.
Another Text I would commmend to your consideration is that