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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.
3. It hurts the Souls of men, filling them full of noisome lusts, Prov. 23. 33. Solomon speaking to the Drunkard, saith, Thine eyes shall behold strange Women; that is, Harlots; implying Drunkenness to be the occasion of Adultery? Though all Adulterers are not Drunkards, yet there are few Drunkards but are Adulterers.
3. It hurts the Souls of men, filling them full of noysom lusts, Prov. 23. 33. Solomon speaking to the Drunkard, saith, Thine eyes shall behold strange Women; that is, Harlots; implying Drunkenness to be the occasion of Adultery? Though all Adulterers are not Drunkards, yet there are few Drunkards but are Adulterers.
4. It is dangerous to the several faculties of the Soul. For it besotteth the Wit, infeebleth the Memory, dulleth the Spirits, drowneth the Judgment, and depriveth men of the use of their Understanding; so that many times they differ not from Beasts. Zenophon in his [Greek or Hebrew], reports of Cyrus the Persian Monarch, that being asked by his Grandfather Astyages, why he refused to drink Wine, answered, For fear he should drink Poison instead of Wine: For sure I am, saith he, that not one of the Guests yesterday did rise from your Table in his right mind, or wit, which makes me think that ⟨p. 78⟩Poison […] with their Wine. Whereas indeed it was the abundance of Wine which they had drunk, that had […] them of their senses.
4. It is dangerous to the several faculties of the Soul. For it besotteth the Wit, infeebleth the Memory, dulleth the Spirits, drowneth the Judgment, and depriveth men of the use of their Understanding; so that many times they differ not from Beasts. Zenophon in his 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, reports of Cyrus the Persian Monarch, that being asked by his Grandfather Astyages, why he refused to drink Wine, answered, For fear he should drink Poyson instead of Wine: For sure I am, saith he, that not one of the Guests yesterday did rise from your Table in his right mind, or wit, which makes me think that