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

It is even a Vapour that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away, Jam. 4.14. Nay, it is b•t a M•ment comparatively that any one hath to be in this world: In a moment they go down into the Grave; and it is a thousand ⟨p. 12⟩pities that any part of that moment should be lost; yet all is lost that is spent in Rioting and Drunkenness: For that time is lost, which a man cannot give a comfortable account concerning the spending of it unto Jesus Christ at the Last Day. Most certain it is, that all men shall be called to an account in that Solemn Great Day which is at hand, as for all Talents which they have been trusted with, so in special for that great and precious Talent of Time: But what answer can be given for the Time that hath been consumed in Lewd & Drunken Practices? When it shall be said to such sinners in the hearing of Heaven & Earth, You had such a space of Time allowed to you in the world, you Lived so many Years upon Earth, but how did you spend that Time? And when Conscience shall bring in a black Bill of Indictment, and say, There were so many days & nights spent in rioting & drunkenness, what answer can you give for this, when we shall all stand before the Son of God in that day? Yet more, Drunkenness is a great waster of a mans Estate. How common is it for those that are given to this Vice, if they gain any thing when they are Sober, to lose it again when they are in Drink? Yea, it may be to lose more in one drunken Day or Night, than they gain in many Days, Weeks, Months, Years perhaps? The Scripture saith, That the drunkard shall come to poverty, & drowsiness shall […] be a man w••b rags, Prov. 23.21. And ⟨p. 13⟩doth not Experience testify that this Word of God is Truth? How many have you known that once had considerable Estates, they were very well to pass in the world, but when once they have fallen in with idle Company, & followed drunken Courses & Consorts, their Estates have soon been consumed, and they clothed with Rags, nay, have scarce had Rags to cover them? Often so it cometh to pass, that he that liveth a Drunkard, dieth a Beggar; but seldom is it seen, that a Drunkard keepeth an Estate long: Therefore the Holy Ghost hath said by Solomon, That he that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man, & he that loveth wine shall not be rich,