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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. 9. Consider further, how closely soever thou carriest thy wickedness in this world, tho it should ⟨p. 48⟩never be discovered here, yet there is a day coming when all will out, and that before Angels and men. God will rip up thy secret sins, in the face of that great Congregation at the day of judgment: then that which was done in secret shall be proclaimed as upon the house-top, Luke 12. 3. Then God will judge the [secrets] of men, Rom. 2. 16. the hidden things of darkness will be brought into the open light. Sinner, there will be no skulking for thee in the Grave, no declining this Bar; thou refusedst indeed to come to the Throne of Grace, when God invited thee, but there will be no refusing to appear before the Bar of Justice, when Christ shall summon thee. And as thou canst not decline appearance, so neither canst thou then palliate and hide thy wickedness any longer: for then shall the Books be opened; the Book of God's Omniscience, and the Book of thine own Conscience, wherein all thy secret Villainy is recorded; for though it ceased to speak to thee, yet it ceased not to write and record thy actions. If thy shameful sins should be divulged now, it would make thee tear off thy hair in indignation; but then all will be discovered. Angels and men shall point at thee, and say, Lo, this is the Man, this is he that carried it so smoothly in in the world. Mr. Thomas Fuller relates a story of Ottocar King of Bohemia, who refusing to do his homage to Rodolphus the first, Emperor, being at last sorely chastised with war, condescended to do him homage privately in a Tent: but the Tent was so contrived by the Emperors Servants, (saith the Historian) that by drawing one cord it was all taken away, and so Ottocar presented on his knees, doing Homage to the Emperor, in the view of three Armies. O Sirs, you think to carry it closely, you wait for the Twilight: that none may see you; but alas! it will be to no end, this day will ⟨p. 49⟩discover it; and then what confusion and everlasting shame will cover thee! Will not this work then?
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