Woe to drunkards. Two sermons testifying against the sin of drunkennessWo to drunkards. Two sermons testifying against the sin of drunkenness

and conceive that to be the reason of their so miscarrying, because presently after the Story of their Sin & Death, the Lord saith, Do not drink wine or strong drink when ye go into the Tabernacle of the Congregation, le•t ye die, Lev. 10.9. But tho' that conjecture be uncertain, yet it is certain, that excess in Wine will unfit for any Religious service: and he that shall venture to worship God when it is so with him, will offer strange Fire; and hath more cause to fear that he shall die before the Lord, than to expect any merciful Answer to those polluted Prayers, which are but as corrupt breath, enough to stain the Heavens. If his Breath stink, by his being overcome with Wine in the nostrils of men, how do his Prayers stink in the Lord's nostrils? Moreover, The Drunkard is a Transgressor of the Rule of Honesty as well as of Piety; therefore saith the Scripture, Let us walk honestly, not in drunkenness, Rom. 13.13. So that the Word of God will bear us out in calling those that deserve the Name of Drunkards, Impious and Dishonest Persons. 4. Drunkenness is a wasteful, destructive Evil, which is another thing which showeth the Woefulness ⟨p. 11⟩of it. A Drunkard is a mere stroy-good. Wherefore the Apostle saith that in Wine there is Excess, Eph. 5.18. The Greek word (Alotia,) which is there used, signifieth wastefulness & prodigality: It is the same word which is used concerning the Prodigal, when tis said he wasted his Substance with Riotous Living, Luk. 15.13. There is much Prodigality, Riot, Profuseness in this sin: For thereby the good Creatures of God are wasted, which is contrary to the express charge of the Lord Jesus, who hath said, Let nothing be lost Joh 6.12. But all that is spent in Drunkenness is woefully lost. And this Consideration proveth that a Drunkard is a woeful guilty Creature before the Lord, for so are they that take His Name in Vain. It is said in the Third Commandment, that God will not hold him guiltless that taketh His Name in Vain; which doth intimate that such Sinners are exceeding Guilty before the Lord. Now to abuse any of His Creatures, is to take His Name in Vain: In this respect, Drunkenness is a Breach of the Third Commandment. It is also a great waster of Precious Time: Men have no need to be Prodigal of their Time; they have not so much of it: For what is your Life?