Words of advice to young men delivered in two sermons at two conventions of…

2. Young men, take heed of Drunkenness. You are strong in body, be not strong to drink unto excess. This sin will distemper your body, intoxicate your spirit, and destroy your soul; take heed of it; it is one of the fruits of the flesh, Gal. 5. 21. and such as commit it cannot have any Inheritance in the Kingdom of Heaven, 1 Cor. 6. 10. think of the bitter cup of Gods wrath hereafter, which you must drink of, if you exceed the measure in your sweet cups here. Take heed of frequenting those places, I mean Taverns and Alehouses, where the temptation doth chiefly lye; neither go into those places often, neither stay in those places longer than need doth require. Take heed of the company of drunkards, turn away from them, if they tempt you; shake them off if they hang upon you; choose sober persons for your associates and familiars, Take heed of the ungodly practice of drinking Healths, a heathenish custom, too much in use amongst some loose Christians; I might say, a hellish custom, which the Devil doth put men upon, that it might be a shooing-horn to drunkenness. You are halt persuaded to be drunk, when you are persuaded to drink a health, forbear it, it is an occasion of much sin.

2. Young men, take heed of Drunkenness. You are strong in body, be not strong to drink unto excess. This sin will distemper your body, intoxicate your spirit, and destroy your soul; take heed of it; it is one of the fruits of the flesh, Gal. 5. 21. and such as commit it cannot have any Inheritance in the Kingdom of Heaven, 1 Cor. 6. 10. think of the bitter cup of Gods wrath hereafter, which you must drink of, if you exceed the measure in your sweet cups here. Take heed of frequenting those places, I mean Taverns and Alehouses, where the temptation doth chiefly lye; neither go into those places often, neither stay in those places longer than need doth require. Take heed of the company of drunkards, turn away from them, if they tempt you; shake them off if they hang upon you; choose sober persons for your associates and familiars, Take heed of the ungodly practice of drinking Healths, a heathenish custom, too much in use amongst some loose Christians; I might say, a hellish custom, which the Devil doth put men upon, that it might be a shooing-horn to drunkenness. You are halt perswaded to be drunk, when you are perswaded to drink a health, forbear it, it is an occasion of much sin.