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The young man's guide through the wilderness of this world to the heavenly Canaan…
The young man's guide through the wilderness of this world to the heavenly Canaan showing him how to carry himself Christian-like in the whole course of his life / by Tho. Gouge ...The young man's guide through the wilderness of this world to the heavenly Canaan shewing him how to carry himself Christian-like in the whole course of his life / by Tho. Gouge ...
London: printed by S. and B.G. for Nevil Simmons, 1676
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Lastly, I add, Whereby in drinking men so exceed, as they distemper both their mind and body; because this is the usual sign which maketh a difference betwixt a lawful, and an unlawful measure of drinking. If any way it makes a man unfit to the duties of his Calling, if the mind be thereby intoxicated, if the Brain be distempered, if the senses made dull and heavy, there is excess, which makes it Drunkenness.
II. The heinousness of this sin doth appear by the fearful sad effects thereof, which are
First, Excellently set forth by the Wise Man, Prov. 23. 29. &c. Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? They that tarry long at the Wine, they that go to seek mixed Wine. This Text I may call The Drunkards Looking-glass, wherein they may see the woes and sorrows that attend them. As if Solomon had said, You Drunkards promise your selves mirth, pleasure and jollity in your Cups; but for one drop of your mad mirth, be sure of Gallons of Gall and Wormwood, of woe and sorrow, both here and hereafter. Other sinners shall taste of the Cup of Gods Wrath, but you after your tasting, and turning off so many Cups of pleasure, shall drink off the dregs of the Cup of Gods wrath and displeasure.
First, Excellently set forth by the Wise Man, Prov. 23. 29. &c. Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? They that tarry long at the Wine, they that go to seek mixt Wine. This Text I may call The Drunkards Looking-glass, wherein they may see the woes and sorrows that attend them. As if Solomon had said, You Drunkards promise your selves mirth, pleasure and jollity in your Cups; but for one drop of your mad mirth, be sure of Gallons of Gall and Wormwood, of woe and sorrow, both here and hereafter. Other sinners shall taste of the Cup of Gods Wrath, but you after your tasting, and turning off so many Cups of pleasure, shall drink off the dregs of the Cup of Gods wrath and displeasure.