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A fourth volume containing one hundred and fifty sermons on several texts of Scripture…
A fourth volume containing one hundred and fifty sermons on several texts of Scripture in two parts : part the first containing LXXIV sermons : part the second containing LXXVI sermons : with an alphabetical table to the whole / by ... Thomas Manton ...
London: printed by J. D., 1693
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.
2. For Ministers, their Work lies with God, therefore they had need live in constant Sobriety. Under Pain of Death, neither Aaron nor his Sons the Priests, were to drink Wine or strong Drink when they went into the Tabernacle of the Congregation; Levit. 10.9. Do not drink Wine nor strong Drink, thou nor thy Sons with thee, when ye go into the Tabernacle of the Congregation, lest ye die. It shall be a Statute for ever, throughout your Generations. It is probable Nadab and Abihu, their Miscarriage in offering strange Fire, was occasioned by Fumes of strong Drink, for presently God makes that Law for Aaron and his Sons. So the Apostle, 1 Tim. 3.3. A Bishop must be sober, not given to Wine, because of the Excellency of his Ministration, which requires Meditation and Freedom of Contemplation, which is hindered by the Fumes of Wine and strong Drink.
2. For Ministers, their Work lies with God, therefore they had need live in constant Sobriety. Under Pain of Death, neither Aaron nor his Sons the Priests, were to drink Wine or strong Drink when they went into the Tabernacle of the Congregation; Levit. 10.9. Do not drink Wine nor strong Drink, thou nor thy Sons with thee, when ye go into the Tabernacle of the Congregation, lest ye die. It shall be a Statute for ever, throughout your Generations. It is probable Nadab and Abihu, their Miscarriage in offering strange Fire, was occasioned by Fumes of strong Drink, for presently God makes that Law for Aaron and his Sons. So the Apostle, 1 Tim. 3.3. A Bishop must be sober, not given to Wine, because of the Excellency of his Ministration, which requires Meditation and Freedom of Contemplation, which is hindred by the Fumes of Wine and strong Drink.
3. For Women, because of the Weakness and Modesty of their Sex. In some Nations it was Death for Women to be intemperate, because by this means they make Shipwreck of that Modesty which is the Ornament of that feeble Sex; and therefore Excess in them is more filthy and shameful.