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

This Son, as he grew up, fell in with Bad Company, and became a Drunkard, & once coming Home much Distempered with Drink, he attempted to Ravish one of his own Sisters & Killed two other of his own Sisters, & Murdered his own Father that begat him, and his own Mother that bare him, who was then great with Child: For which Monstrous Impieties he was Condemned & Executed. Now say, Was not this Young mans Drunkenness Bitterness in the Latter End? For the present, this Iniquity may be Sweet to you; but what will it be upon a Death-bed, think you? It may be Conscience will Roar for it then. Some Notorious Drunkards, when they have been upon Death beds, ⟨p. 42⟩have cried out in Hellish horror of heart, Ale-houses are Hell-houses: The Ale-house hath brought my Soul down to the house of Hell for Ever. Shall I tell you what I am able upon my own personal Knowledge to testify? I will tell you, that there have been some in this very Congregation, who upon Sick-beds & Death-beds have sent for me, desiring that I would Cry to the Lord for them, & give them the best Advice I could for their Souls: Seeing them in miserable distress of Conscience, I have said to them; Tell me now, what is that Sin that doth most of all torment & perplex your Conscience? O my Company-keeping, & my Drunkenness, saith one; and, O my Company-keeping, & my Drunkenness, saith another. These have been the lamentable Cries of poor dying Sinners in this Place, when they have seen themselves upon the borders of Eternity. And after Death this Sin will be bitter indeed: Then (as one speaketh) the Drunkard for every Cup of pleasure, will receive a Gallon of woe. Yea, for every Drop of pleasure which he enjoyed whilst living & sinning, he shall have a Tun of woe. After Death comes Judgment, and then the truth of this will be felt and believed. For,

This Son, as he grew up, fell in with Bad Company, and became a Drunkard, & once coming Home much Distempered with Drink, he attempted to Ravish one of his own Sisters & Killed two other of his own Sisters, & Murthered his own Father that begat him, and his own Mother that bare him, who was then great with Child: For which Monstrous Impie•ies he was Condemned & Executed. Now say, Was not this Young mans Drunkenness Bitterness in the Latter End? For the present, this Iniquity may be Sweet to you; but what will it be upon a Death-bed, think you? It may be Conscience will Roar for it then. Some Notorious Drunkards, when they have been upon Death beds,