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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.
Quest. II. How doth it appear that Drunkenness is a Woeful Evil?
Quest. II. How doth it appear that Drunkenness is a Woful Evil?
Answ. Several things may here be mentioned, as Demonstrations of the Doctrine. 1. If we look into the Original & Causes of this ⟨p. 7⟩Sin, we shall see the Evil of it. It hath no better an Author than the Devil himself, who never was the Author of any good (except accidentally, besides his intention, & against his will) since he was a Devil. Drink is in it self a good Creature of God, & to be received with thankfulness; but the abuse of drink is from Satan: The Wine is from God, but the Drunkard is from the Devil; 1 Joh. 3.8. He that committeth Sin is of the Devil; for the Devil Sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose was the Son of God manifest, that He might destroy the works of the Devil. Therefore he that committeth Drunkenness (for that is Sin) that is, (if in his ordinary course he commi• i•) is of the Devil. Drunkenness was one of the works of the Devil which Christ came to destroy. It hath also another Cause, as bad, nay worse than the Devil, namely, Sin. It is a Sin, and the Cause of Sin, (as afterwards will be showed) and also the Effect of Sin. Therefore what a woeful Evil is it? That Corrupt Nature which is in sinners, causeth them to become guilty of this Evil; J•m. 1.14. He is drawn array of his own lust, & enticed. When a sinner is drawn into Drunkenness, his own Lust hath enticed him. Hence Drunkenness is expressly & by name mentioned amongst the works of the Flesh; Gal. 5.19 •1. The works of the ••••h are manifest, drunkenness, revellings, and such like. How woeful must that