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Woe to drunkards. Two sermons testifying against the sin of drunkennessWo to drunkards. Two sermons testifying against the sin of drunkenness
Woe to drunkards. Two sermons testifying against the sin of drunkenness: wherein the woefulness of that evil, and the misery of all that are addicted to it, is discovered from the word of God. / By Increase Mather, D.D.Wo to drunkards. Two sermons testifying against the sin of drunkenness: wherein the wofulness of that evil, and the misery of all that are addicted to it, is discovered from the word of God. / By Increase Mather, D.D.
Boston: printed by Timothy Green, 1712
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. We have the Judgment denounced by the Prophet against this Kingdom of Israel, Woe to them; i.e. Woeful Misery shall surely come upon them: Woe to the Crown of Pride, Woe to the Drunkards, Woe to Ephraim. And in the Verses following we have a more particular description of the Woe which is in this Verse generally threatened, the sum whereof is, A denunciation of speedy & utter Ruin, which was executed accordingly by Salman•sser.
2. We have the Judgment denounc'd by the Prophet against this Kingdom of Israel, Wo to them; i.e. Woful Misery shall surely come upon them: Wo to the Crown of Pride, Wo to the Drunkards, Wo to Ephraim. And in the Verses following we have a more particular description of the Wo which is in this Verse generally threatned, the sum whereof is, A denunciation of speedy & utter Ruine, which was executed accordingly by Salman•sser.
3. We have the Causes of this Woe, viz. Their Sins; of which two are mentioned in the Text, Namely, Pride and Drunkenness. No doubt but there were many other Evils which they were guilty of; but these two were Principal, & the Causes of many others, and thence put for all the rest. The DOCTRINE therefore from the Words, is,
3. We have the Causes of this Wo, viz. Their Sins; of which two are mentioned in the Text, Namely, Pride and Drunkenness. No doubt but there were many other Evils which they were guilty of; but these two were Principal, & the Causes of many others, and thence put for all the rest. The DOCTRINE therefore from the Words, is,
That Pride and Drunkenness are Two Woeful Evils.