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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 3: III. CAUTION.
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Arg. 5. It scatters thy substance, und roots up the foundation of thy state. Job 31. 12. It roots up all the increase. Strangers shall be filled with thy wealth, and thy labours shall be in the house of a stranger. Prov. ⟨p. 43⟩5. 10. For by means of a whorish woman, a man is brought to a morsel of bread. Prov. 6. 26. It gives rags for its Livery (saith one:) and though it be furthered by the fullness, yet it's followed with a morsel of bread. This is one of those temporal Judgments with which God punishes the unclean person in this life. The word Delilah, which is the name of an Harlot, is conceived to come from a root that signifies•to exhaust, drain, or draw dry. This sin will quickly exhaust the fullest estate; and oh what a dreadful thing will this be, when God shall require an account of thy Stewardship in the great day! How righteous is it, that that man should be fuel to the wrath of God, whose health and wealth have been so much fuel to maintain the flame of Lust! Oh how lavish of their estates are sinners to satisfy their Lusts! If the Members of Christ be sick, or in Prison, they may there perish and starve, before they will relieve them; but to obtain their Lusts, Oh how expensive! Ask me never so much and I will give it, said Shechem, Gen. 34. 12. Ask what thou wilt, and it shall be given thee, said Herod to the daughter of his Herodias. Well, you are liberal in spending treasures upon you lusts; and believe it, God will spend treasures of wrath to punish you for your Lusts. It had been a thousand times better for thee, thou hadst never had an estate, that thou hadst begged thy bread from door to door, than to have such a sad reckoning as thou shalt shortly have for it.
Arg. 5. It scatters thy substance, und roots up the foundation of thy state. Iob 31. 12. It roots up all the increase. Strangers shall be filled with thy wealth, and thy labours shall be in the house of a stranger.