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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.
GREAT Authors have affirmed, Th•• Drunkenness has Slain more […] ever the Sword has done. If ••ly Bodies had been Destroyed by it, th• Evil had not been so Woeful; but it has been the Ruin of Millions of immortal Souls. Not One of a Thousand of those unhappy Souls who have been Enslaved to it have been delivered from their Bondage. An Eminent Divine in Holland, (where this Vice has Reigned) declares, Th•• some who had been great Lovers of Wine and strong Beer, were brought to a Sense of their Evil, so as to Repe•t and Forsake it; but as for those who were Bewitched with the Love of Brandy, or such like Spirits, he never could hear of One that was Reclaimed. A Sad Observation. I wish our Rum-drinkers would think of it.
GREAT Authors have affirmed, Th•• Drunkenness has Slain more 〈…〉 ever the Sword has done. If ••ly Bodies had been Destroyed by it, th• Evil had not been so Woful; but it has been the Ruine of Millions of immortal Souls. Not One of a Thousand of those unhappy Souls who have been E•slaved to it have been delivered from their Bo•dage. An Eminent Divine in Holland, (where this Vice has Reign'd) declares, Th•• some who had been great Lovers of Wine and strong Beer, were brought to a Sense of their Evil, so as to Repe•t and Forsake it; but as for those who were Bewitched with the Love of Brandy, or such like Spirits, he never could hear of One that was Reclamed. A Sad Observation. I wish our Rum-drinkers would think of it.
There was a time (as I have elsewhere noted) when a man might Live Seven Years in New-England, and not see a Drunken man. But how is it now? Several sorts of Strong Liquors have been an occasion of the abounding of this Iniquity. In Boston there useth to be plenty of Wine; but in many Towns in the Country, there is not much of that. Nevertheless, they abound with other intoxicating Drinks. Cider, and a Spirit Extracted out of it, has been much abused to Intemperance. Some observe that since it has been so, a strange Blast has been upon the fruit Trees, in many Places; so as that some whose Orchards have yielded five hundred Barrel of Cider in a Year, now produce