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Wine for Gospel wantons, or, Cautions against spiritual drunkenness being the brief notes of…Wine for Gospel wantons, or, Cautions against spirituall drunkenness being the brief notes of…
Wine for Gospel wantons, or, Cautions against spiritual drunkenness being the brief notes of a sermon preached at Cambridge in New-England, upon a day of public fasting and prayer throughout the colony / by that reverend servant of the Lord, Mr. Thomas Shepard, deceased.Wine for Gospel wantons, or, Cautions against spirituall drunkenness being the brief notes of a sermon preached at Cambridge in New-England, upon a day of publick fasting and prayer throughout the colony / by that reverend servant of the Lord, Mr. Thomas Shepard, deceased.
Cambridge Mass. printed : s.n., 1668
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Use. 1. Hence learn, when you see any Nation, Churches or People, given over to a spirit of Drunkenness, to bemoan and bewail their condition bitterly; for they have the tokens of certain ruin upon them.
Vse. 1. Hence learn, when you see any Nation, Churches or People, given over to a spirit of Drunkenness, to bemoan and bewaile their condition bitterly; for they have the tokens of certain ruine upon them.
And for this end let us take a little pains to consider the state of Gods People at this day in England: let us see whether the cup of this wine is not given to the Godly party there: there is no doubt of it to the wicked, but that it is now for the godly part, let us examine it in three things.
And for this end let us take a little paines to consider the state of Gods People at this day in England: let us see whether the cup of this wine is not given to the Godly party there: there is no doubt of it to the wicked, but that it is now for the godly part, let us examine it in three things.
First▪ Hath not the Lord given them up to a spirit of blindness in matters of Doctrine? I will not mention the thousands of persons doubting and staggering, and unsettled souls, not knowing what to do, nor what side to take; and abundance among them, that any religion will serve their turn, so long as their stakes may be settled, and may be in peace and quiet.
First▪ Hath not the Lord given them up to a spirit of blindness in matters of Doctrine? I will not mention the thousands of persons doubting and staggering, and unsetled souls, not knowing what to do, nor what side to take; and abundance among them, that any religion will serve their turn, so long as their stakes may be setled, and may be in peace and quiet.