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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
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5. Drunkenness weakeneth mens Estates. He that loveth Wine shall not be rich, Prov. 21. 17. The Drunkard and the Glutton shall come to poverty, Prov. 23. 21. Experience hath verified the truth of this: for how many poor men have oftentimes spent more in an Evening at an Alehouse, than they have earned all the day before at their work? And how many rich men who have had fair Revenues left them by their Fathers, have in a short time bezzled all away by Drinking? and so robbed not only their Wives and Children, but likewise God, and the Poor, of what belonged unto them. How sad will it be with many, when they shall see how many pounds they have spent in Drink, and how little for Gods honour?
5. Drunkenness weakneth mens Estates. He that loveth Wine shall not be rich, Prov. 21. 17. The Drunkard and the Glutton shall come to poverty, Prov. 23. 21. Experience hath verified the truth of this: for how many poor men have oftentimes spent more in an Evening at an Alehouse, than they have earned all the day before at their work? And how many rich men who have had fair Revenues left them by their Fathers, have in a short time bezel'd all away by Drinking? and so robb'd not only their Wives and Children, but likewise God, and the Poor, of what belonged unto them. How sad will it be with many, when they shall see how many pounds they have spent in Drink, and how little for Gods honour?
6. Drunkenness robs men of their precious time. No sort of men usually mis-spend so much precious time, as Drunkards: for they use to sit long at the Wine, as the Prophet Isaiah describeth them, (Chapt. 5. 11.) They rise up early to follow Drunkenness, and continue unto the night, till the Wine do inflame them. And when the Wine hath once inflamed them, then are they a while after unfit for any thing but sleep.