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They are made foolish, for as Hosea saith, wine, & new wine, do §3take away their heart, bereaving them of meet discretion, and¹ good desires, by means whereof, they show themselves to be both silly & sinful. Their brains are drowned, their wits are dulled, their understandings decayed, & their whole souls filled full of lusts, & lewd affections. And to proceed yet further, to other effects of their Foolishness, they bring diseases upon their bodies, they bring necessity upon their estates, they bring reproach upon their names, they bring confusion into their houses, they bring the curse of God upon themselves in every thing here, & stop up their own way from everlasting life hereafter. For Drunkards are in the number of those unrighteous, which² the Scripture saith, shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

They are made foolish, for as Hosea saith, wine, & new wine, do §3take away their heart, bereauing them of meete discretion, and¹ good desires, by meanes whereof, they shewe themselues to be both sillie & sinfull. Their braines are drowned, their wittes are dulled, their vnderstandings decayed, & their whole soules filled full of lusts, & leaud affections. And to proceed yet further, to other effects of their Foolishnes, they bring diseases vpō their bodies, they bring necessitie vpon their estates, they bring reproch vpon their names, they bring confusion into their houses, they bring the curse of God vpon themselues in euery thing here, & stop vp their owne way from euerlasting life hereafter. For Drunkards are in the number of those vnrighteous, which² the Scripture saith, shall not inherit the kingdome of God.

1. 1Hos 4. 11.
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