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Conscience with the Power and Cases Thereof
Conscience with the power and cases thereof Divided into V. books. Written by the godly and learned, William Ames, Doctor, and Professor of Divinity, in the famous University of Franeker in Friesland. Translated out of Latin into English, for more public benefit.Conscience with the power and cases thereof Devided into V. bookes. Written by the godly and learned, William Ames, Doctor, and Professor of Divinity, in the famous University of Franeker in Friesland. Translated out of Latine into English, for more publique benefit.
Leiden and London : Imprinted W. Christiaens, E. Griffin, J. Dawson, Anno MDCXXIX 1639Leyden and London : Imprinted W. Christiaens, E. Griffin, J. Dawson, Anno MDCXXIX 1639
Book 3 › Chapter 16: Of Drunkenness.Book 3 › Chapter 16: Of Drunkennesse.
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.
CHAP. 16. Of Drunkenness.
CHAP. 16. Of Drunkennesse.
1. Among the sins which are opposite to Temperance, those are most remarkable which are conversant about the delights of touching, as Gluttony, Drunkenness, and such like, because such kind of abuses have most manifestly in themselves, and of themselves a moral badness as appears by the Law of nature, of God, and of man, all which do condemn them.
1. AMong the sinnes which are opposite to Temperance, those are most remarkeable which are conversant about the delightes of touching, as Gluttony, Drunkenesse, and such like, because such kinde of abuses have most manifestly in themselves, and of themselves a morall badnesse as appeares by the Law of nature, of God, and of man, all which do condemne them.
2. In all those kinds of excess, the inordinateness is commonly found to be either in regard of the substance when more precious things are desired, then do agree to a mans state; For in regard of the quantity when more is consumed then reason requires, or in regard of the quality when too much curiosity is used for the satisfying of ones lust, or in regard of the manner when a just decorum is omitted, or lastly in regard of the •ime when men give themselves unto