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           A
           DEHORTATION
           From
           all
           SINNE
           ,
           BUT
           Particularly
           the
           Sinne
           OF
           DRINKING
           .
        
         
           
             And
             when
             thou
             art
             converted
             strengthen
             thy
             Brethren
             .
          
           
             Luke
             Chap.
             22.
             
             Ver.
             32.
             
          
        
         
           By
           
             George
             Freman
          
           Sonne
           to
           S
           r
           
             Raphe
             Freman
          
           Master
           of
           Requests
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             A.
             M.
             Anno
             Dom.
          
           1663.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           
           A
           Dehortation
           from
           all
           Sin
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             READER
             ,
          
        
         
           IF
           thou
           hast
           been
           hitherto
           carefull
           to
           lead
           a
           good
           life
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           rule
           of
           Gods
           Word
           ,
           I
           entreat
           thee
           to
           persevere
           for
           the
           Lords
           sake
           unto
           the
           end
           ,
           that
           thou
           mayest
           receive
           the
           end
           of
           thy
           ●…ope
           even
           the
           salvation
           of
           thy
           soul
           ;
           which
           upon
           thy
           continuance
           in
           well
           doing
           ,
           thou
           shalt
           most
           certainly
           accomplish
           ,
           to
           thy
           unspeakable
           comfort
           :
           but
           if
           thou
           art
           a
           captive
           to
           the
           false
           ,
           and
           deceitfull
           pleasures
           of
           sin
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           been
           ;
           hearken
           unto
           me
           ,
           who
           can
           upon
           too
           too
           long
           an
           experience
           (
           Lord
           pardon
           my
           many
           relapses
           )
           assure
           thee
           ,
           that
           what
           fair
           appearances
           soever
           sin
           presents
           thee
           with
           in
           its
           first
           approaches
           ,
           it
           will
           leave
           a
           sting
           behind
           ,
           and
           after
           the
           commission
           of
           every
           sinfull
           act
           ,
           thou
           wilt
           most
           certainly
           be
           so
           far
           remov'd
           from
           God
           as
           the
           greatness
           of
           thy
           sin
           was
           ;
           and
           as
           the
           testimonies
           of
           a
           good
           conscience
           decay
           ,
           so
           will
           the
           accusations
           of
           an
           evil
           one
           come
           in
           their
           room
           ,
           till
           insensibly
           thou
           fall
           into
           horror
           and
           despondencies
           of
           spirit
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           least
           of
           which
           is
           far
           too
           dear
           a
           price
           for
           all
           the
           pleasures
           the
           world
           can
           afford
           thee
           .
           These
           are
           the
           entrances
           of
           Hell
           into
           thy
           soul
           ,
           upon
           the
           withdrawings
           of
           God
           and
           spirituall
           consolations
           ;
           without
           which
           the
           soul
           languisheth
           ,
           as
           the
           body
           fainteth
           upon
           a
           decay
           of
           the
           animall
           ,
           or
           vitall
           spirits
           :
           this
           must
           thou
           look
           for
           after
           the
           continuance
           in
           any
           known
           ,
           and
           presumptuous
           sin
           ,
           but
           if
           thou
           find
           it
           not
           ,
           thy
           condition
           is
           dangerous
           ,
           for
           the
           obduration
           ,
           or
           hardening
           of
           the
           heart
           is
           the
           threshold
           of
           Hell
           :
           look
           quickly
           then
           and
           seriously
           into
           thy
           soul
           ;
           labour
           to
           get
           a
           sight
           of
           thy
           sins
           in
           
           the
           Book
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           whiles
           they
           may
           be
           blotted
           out
           ;
           pray
           earnestly
           to
           God
           for
           a
           true
           sense
           of
           them
           ,
           (
           for
           prayer
           is
           the
           Key
           of
           Heaven
           ;
           )
           consider
           often
           of
           Death
           ,
           Judgement
           ,
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           Hell
           ;
           think
           how
           odious
           the
           sin
           of
           ingratitude
           is
           between
           man
           and
           man
           ,
           and
           that
           unthankfulness
           for
           the
           Blood
           of
           Christ
           is
           the
           highest
           of
           that
           kinde
           :
           think
           of
           the
           shortness
           of
           mans
           life
           ,
           and
           the
           great
           business
           is
           to
           be
           done
           in
           that
           little
           life
           :
           that
           thy
           short
           life
           is
           posting
           to
           an
           end
           ;
           O
           the
           folly
           ,
           and
           madness
           of
           sin
           !
           it
           is
           a
           continuall
           acting
           against
           reason
           ,
           a
           treasuring
           up
           of
           wrath
           with
           the
           God
           of
           all
           power
           ,
           a
           providing
           for
           the
           society
           of
           Devils
           ,
           and
           damned
           souls
           ,
           who
           will
           be
           cursing
           their
           Maker
           ,
           and
           one
           another
           to
           all
           eternity
           ;
           't
           is
           that
           which
           only
           is
           dishonourable
           to
           man
           ,
           a
           disturbance
           to
           Commonwealths
           ;
           it
           is
           the
           satisfaction
           of
           Devils
           (
           if
           they
           could
           have
           any
           ,
           )
           the
           trouble
           of
           Angels
           ,
           and
           blessed
           souls
           ,
           nay
           the
           grieving
           of
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           ,
           and
           the
           continuall
           murthering
           of
           the
           Son
           of
           God.
           I
           have
           no
           design
           in
           this
           short
           Discourse
           ,
           but
           the
           Glory
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           conversion
           of
           souls
           ,
           and
           the
           discharging
           of
           my
           own
           Conscience
           ,
           by
           testifying
           to
           as
           many
           as
           I
           can
           ,
           the
           detestation
           of
           my
           former
           life
           ,
           that
           so
           the
           ill
           consequences
           of
           my
           example
           may
           be
           in
           some
           measure
           repaired
           by
           this
           publication
           of
           my self
           :
           and
           therefore
           wish
           to
           that
           end
           that
           all
           may
           see
           this
           ,
           that
           saw
           my
           debauchery
           :
           and
           I
           beseech
           God
           to
           give
           me
           boldness
           in
           the
           confession
           of
           my
           faults
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           me
           only
           shamefull
           of
           recommitting
           them
           .
           Above
           all
           things
           I
           advise
           men
           to
           beware
           of
           immoderate
           drinking
           ,
           which
           duls
           the
           understanding
           ,
           and
           makes
           the
           soul
           impatient
           of
           contemplation
           :
           it
           disposeth
           vehemently
           to
           the
           pleasures
           of
           sense
           ,
           and
           to
           a
           gigling
           impertinent
           mirth
           ;
           it
           precipitateth
           to
           the
           acts
           of
           uncleanness
           ,
           and
           exciteth
           all
           the
           Passions
           ,
           exposing
           men
           to
           many
           and
           daily
           hazards
           
           both
           of
           soul
           ,
           and
           body
           ,
           and
           rendring
           them
           unfit
           for
           any
           employment
           either
           in
           Ecclesiasticall
           ,
           or
           Civill
           affairs
           .
           And
           since
           it
           is
           so
           ,
           that
           some
           mens
           bodies
           by
           their
           temperament
           do
           require
           strong
           drinks
           more
           than
           others
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           a
           totall
           abstinence
           but
           a
           moderate
           use
           of
           it
           which
           is
           expected
           :
           for
           which
           end
           I
           think
           it
           a
           very
           good
           rule
           by
           which
           to
           set
           some
           observable
           bounds
           to
           drinking
           ;
           that
           men
           would
           drink
           so
           far
           as
           to
           cherish
           the
           stomack
           ,
           but
           not
           to
           the
           least
           elevation
           of
           the
           brain
           ;
           and
           the
           stomack
           is
           satisfied
           with
           a
           small
           quantity
           ,
           unless
           a
           man
           lye
           under
           the
           cheat
           of
           a
           habit
           :
           but
           when
           the
           spirits
           of
           the
           wine
           ,
           or
           any
           strong
           liquor
           ,
           begin
           to
           mount
           up
           to
           the
           brain
           ,
           from
           whence
           the
           soul
           doth
           principally
           ,
           and
           most
           immediately
           act
           ;
           the
           contemplative
           power
           begins
           to
           be
           disquieted
           ,
           and
           unfixt
           ,
           and
           the
           soul
           now
           to
           fluctuating
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           and
           wavering
           in
           her
           motion
           ,
           (
           her
           best
           ,
           and
           steady
           operations
           being
           hindred
           )
           pleases
           her self
           with
           being
           conversant
           about
           outward
           things
           ,
           and
           triviall
           objects
           ,
           and
           lyes
           more
           expos'd
           to
           the
           danger
           of
           frequent
           temptations
           :
           this
           which
           I
           speak
           of
           is
           but
           the
           first
           change
           of
           the
           brain
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           altered
           from
           its
           usuall
           tone
           and
           composure
           ;
           and
           although
           a
           man
           may
           drink
           to
           this
           pitch
           ,
           and
           yet
           carry
           civility
           about
           him
           ,
           and
           a
           favourable
           correspondence
           with
           men
           ,
           because
           his
           tongue
           doth
           not
           falter
           ,
           neither
           is
           his
           understanding
           so
           obscu'rd
           ,
           as
           to
           fail
           ,
           at
           least
           in
           matters
           of
           common
           converse
           ;
           yet
           this
           person
           who
           hath
           done
           nothing
           unacceptable
           to
           the
           world
           ,
           hath
           so
           chang'd
           the
           Scene
           within
           himself
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           now
           more
           at
           the
           command
           of
           his
           sensuall
           appetite
           ,
           than
           before
           ,
           and
           his
           noble
           faculties
           begin
           to
           lean
           towards
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           stagger
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           God
           ,
           though
           his
           legs
           stand
           firm
           before
           the
           eyes
           of
           them
           that
           see
           him
           :
           I
           appeal
           to
           the
           consciences
           of
           any
           such
           plausible
           drinkers
           ,
           
           whether
           they
           do
           not
           find
           themselves
           more
           cold
           in
           acts
           of
           devotion
           ,
           more
           fond
           of
           outward
           pleasures
           ,
           more
           affected
           with
           the
           thoughts
           of
           temporall
           honours
           ,
           and
           the
           favour
           of
           great
           men
           ,
           more
           than
           the
           love
           of
           Jesus
           .
           Whether
           the
           contemplation
           of
           eternity
           and
           the
           estate
           of
           their
           souls
           in
           reference
           to
           that
           being
           ,
           doth
           so
           well
           relish
           with
           them
           at
           that
           time
           ?
           If
           they
           did
           so
           ,
           why
           do
           they
           not
           wave
           a
           Stage-play
           ,
           and
           go
           to
           publick
           prayers
           ,
           which
           are
           at
           that
           time
           ?
           Why
           ,
           instead
           of
           going
           to
           a
           wrangling
           Gaming-house
           ,
           do
           they
           not
           study
           the
           game
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           beat
           that
           experienc'd
           Gamester
           the
           Devil
           ,
           and
           win
           their
           souls
           ,
           which
           lye
           continually
           at
           stake
           ,
           and
           are
           in
           eminent
           danger
           of
           being
           lost
           ?
           What
           a
           sad
           thing
           is
           it
           that
           so
           noble
           a
           creature
           as
           man
           ,
           should
           rest
           in
           ,
           and
           be
           contented
           with
           trifles
           ,
           for
           whom
           are
           prepar'd
           the
           glories
           of
           eternity
           ,
           if
           here
           he
           will
           take
           upon
           him
           the
           easie
           yoke
           ,
           and
           light
           burden
           of
           Christ
           ?
           Now
           although
           many
           men
           that
           drink
           not
           ,
           may
           ,
           and
           do
           often
           these
           things
           ,
           and
           far
           worse
           ;
           yet
           drink
           betrays
           them
           more
           easily
           to
           vanities
           ,
           and
           idle
           pastimes
           :
           therefore
           be
           carefull
           to
           avoid
           this
           degree
           of
           drinking
           ,
           and
           thou
           wilt
           then
           be
           secure
           from
           the
           scandalous
           sin
           of
           visible
           drunkenness
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           beastly
           consummation
           of
           the
           former
           :
           I
           do
           not
           speak
           this
           to
           perswade
           men
           from
           society
           ,
           and
           chearfulness
           ;
           as
           if
           Religion
           ,
           and
           mirth
           were
           things
           inconsistent
           ;
           since
           I
           know
           that
           true
           mirth
           is
           found
           no
           where
           else
           :
           but
           we
           do
           for
           the
           most
           part
           mistake
           mirth
           the
           most
           of
           any
           thing
           :
           accounting
           that
           it
           consists
           in
           laughter
           only
           ;
           whereas
           properly
           a
           man
           may
           be
           most
           truly
           merry
           when
           he
           laugheth
           least
           :
           for
           none
           laugh
           more
           than
           Ideots
           ,
           and
           men
           of
           weak
           understanding
           ,
           and
           sensualists
           ;
           while
           men
           advanc'd
           in
           knowledge
           ,
           and
           quieted
           in
           mind
           ,
           by
           serious
           and
           due
           reflections
           on
           themselves
           ,
           do
           it
           but
           seldome
           :
           but
           none
           will
           deny
           but
           
           the
           latter
           sort
           ,
           have
           the
           greater
           cause
           for
           mirth
           ,
           and
           consequently
           must
           needs
           be
           more
           truly
           merry
           ;
           for
           true
           mirth
           is
           a
           complacency
           of
           the
           mind
           ,
           arising
           from
           the
           apprehension
           of
           our
           personall
           happiness
           ;
           yet
           while
           we
           are
           in
           the
           body
           ,
           laughter
           is
           naturall
           ,
           and
           if
           it
           be
           kept
           within
           its
           bounds
           ,
           and
           plac't
           upon
           right
           subjects
           ,
           is
           both
           allowable
           ,
           and
           conducing
           to
           health
           ;
           but
           is
           not
           tyed
           to
           the
           Glass
           ,
           or
           Bowl
           :
           This
           caution
           against
           drinking
           ,
           concerns
           those
           chiefly
           whose
           bodies
           require
           strong
           drinks
           in
           some
           small
           proportion
           ,
           (
           for
           none
           do
           much
           )
           since
           those
           who
           are
           of
           another
           temperament
           ,
           will
           abstain
           without
           any
           mans
           counsell
           ,
           or
           any
           vertue
           of
           their
           own
           ,
           which
           is
           only
           seen
           where
           there
           are
           propensities
           to
           the
           contrary
           ;
           though
           some
           men
           of
           this
           sort
           may
           contract
           habits
           to
           themselves
           ,
           contrary
           to
           the
           first
           requisites
           of
           nature
           .
           I
           cannot
           methinks
           disswade
           men
           enough
           from
           this
           sin
           ,
           because
           I
           have
           so
           often
           drawn
           others
           into
           it
           ,
           and
           therefore
           hope
           to
           make
           some
           reparation
           for
           the
           spirituall
           hurt
           I
           may
           have
           done
           them
           who
           are
           yet
           living
           ,
           whiles
           for
           those
           of
           my
           associates
           who
           are
           departed
           this
           life
           ,
           I
           hope
           the
           mercies
           of
           God
           did
           overtake
           them
           ▪
           and
           I
           wish
           from
           my
           soul
           that
           the
           spirituall
           dangers
           which
           I
           have
           experimented
           ,
           and
           do
           know
           to
           be
           in
           that
           which
           we
           call
           good
           fellowship
           ,
           or
           a
           chirping
           Cup
           (
           two
           seducing
           terms
           )
           and
           the
           great
           scandall
           ,
           besides
           the
           sin
           it self
           ,
           which
           is
           in
           staggering
           drunkenness
           ,
           may
           have
           such
           an
           influence
           upon
           those
           who
           have
           no
           account
           to
           make
           for
           any
           thing
           that
           they
           have
           yet
           done
           as
           to
           this
           sin
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           never
           commit
           it
           ;
           and
           for
           those
           who
           have
           ,
           and
           do
           yet
           continue
           in
           it
           ,
           that
           considering
           the
           great
           dangers
           attending
           upon
           it
           ,
           which
           (
           though
           now
           drown'd
           in
           the
           lavours
           of
           the
           Grape
           )
           will
           one
           day
           rise
           up
           and
           shew
           themselves
           to
           their
           terrour
           ,
           they
           may
           start
           from
           it
           with
           as
           terrible
           apprehensions
           ,
           while
           they
           may
           prevent
           the
           danger
           ,
           as
           the
           reprobate
           will
           do
           at
           Hell
           when
           time
           is
           past
           ,
           
           and
           he
           cannot
           escape
           it
           .
           For
           my
           own
           particular
           ,
           I
           have
           habituated
           my self
           to
           this
           vice
           from
           my
           youth
           ,
           and
           of
           later
           years
           have
           continued
           in
           it
           upon
           a
           misapprehension
           ,
           that
           the
           predominancy
           of
           my
           temperament
           being
           Melancholy
           ,
           which
           is
           cold
           ,
           and
           dry
           ,
           it
           did
           require
           the
           supply
           of
           some
           accidentall
           heat
           to
           correct
           it
           :
           but
           I
           do
           now
           think
           I
           have
           mistaken
           my self
           all
           this
           while
           ,
           since
           looking
           back
           upon
           my
           beginning
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           find
           I
           was
           so
           when
           I
           was
           under
           tutelage
           ;
           and
           therefore
           do
           impute
           it
           to
           a
           habit
           contracted
           since
           ,
           and
           some
           intervening
           causes
           of
           discontent
           :
           but
           since
           it
           is
           so
           easie
           a
           thing
           to
           be
           cheated
           into
           an
           ill
           custome
           ,
           and
           so
           dangerous
           to
           be
           under
           it
           ,
           it
           behoves
           us
           to
           be
           very
           vigilant
           against
           this
           adversary
           ,
           which
           comes
           in
           the
           shape
           of
           nature
           ,
           and
           hath
           such
           great
           advantages
           upon
           us
           .
           Custome
           hath
           an
           interest
           in
           the
           actions
           of
           the
           whole
           world
           ;
           in
           good
           men
           it
           disposeth
           them
           to
           goodness
           ,
           though
           the
           first
           principle
           that
           moves
           in
           them
           is
           a
           principle
           of
           Grace
           ;
           but
           when
           the
           sanctified
           soul
           hath
           made
           some
           progress
           in
           a
           good
           life
           ,
           custome
           comes
           in
           ,
           and
           promotes
           it
           ,
           and
           facilitates
           our
           perseverance
           :
           in
           bad
           men
           likewise
           it
           disposeth
           ,
           and
           enclines
           them
           the
           more
           strongly
           to
           vice
           ;
           and
           you
           shall
           finde
           ,
           that
           men
           who
           accustome
           themselves
           to
           a
           constant
           afternoons-draught
           in
           the
           Week
           dayes
           ,
           seldomest
           go
           to
           an
           afternoons
           Sermon
           upon
           the
           Sunday
           ,
           if
           they
           go
           at
           all
           ;
           because
           the
           ill
           habit
           prevails
           so
           strongly
           ,
           that
           the
           vitiated
           stomack
           must
           have
           its
           false
           wants
           supplied
           ,
           though
           the
           soul
           miss
           of
           her
           spirituall
           repast
           .
        
         
           To
           prevent
           the
           contracting
           of
           this
           habit
           upon
           such
           as
           are
           yet
           free
           ,
           and
           to
           set
           those
           at
           liberty
           who
           are
           enslav'd
           by
           it
           ,
           I
           shall
           propose
           this
           generall
           remedy
           ;
           Be
           alwaies
           employ'd
           in
           lawfull
           exercises
           :
           It
           is
           an
           Epidemicall
           disease
           amongst
           the
           Nobility
           and
           Gentry
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           to
           be
           sick
           of
           their
           time
           ;
           which
           is
           such
           a
           burden
           to
           them
           ,
           that
           being
           tir'd
           with
           the
           tediousness
           of
           the
           day
           ,
           they
           must
           either
           drink
           or
           trifle
           
           it
           away
           to
           avoid
           a
           surfeit
           ;
           this
           as
           it
           is
           a
           disparagement
           to
           their
           judgements
           ,
           so
           it
           is
           an
           exceeding
           detriment
           to
           their
           souls
           ;
           for
           since
           man
           hath
           a
           soul
           which
           must
           be
           eternally
           sav'd
           or
           damn'd
           ,
           he
           is
           a
           fool
           that
           thinks
           he
           wants
           employment
           ,
           and
           he
           doth
           every
           minute
           draw
           neerer
           to
           the
           ruin
           of
           himself
           ;
           therefore
           let
           none
           of
           us
           ever
           pretend
           that
           we
           want
           business
           :
           If
           I
           have
           no
           accounts
           to
           take
           concerning
           my
           estate
           ;
           no
           Law-suits
           to
           follow
           ;
           though
           I
           am
           not
           a
           Magistrate
           ,
           or
           a
           Divine
           ,
           though
           I
           have
           no
           Office
           at
           Court
           ,
           though
           I
           have
           the
           Gout
           and
           cannot
           walk
           ;
           though
           I
           am
           blind
           ,
           or
           shut
           up
           in
           a
           dungeon
           from
           conversing
           either
           with
           men
           or
           Books
           ,
           or
           whatsoever
           can
           befall
           me
           ,
           yet
           still
           I
           have
           a
           soul
           which
           is
           in
           her
           militant
           estate
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           worst
           of
           these
           conditions
           I
           can
           do
           acts
           of
           repentance
           ,
           reflecting
           with
           sorrow
           and
           detestation
           upon
           my
           sins
           past
           ,
           and
           renewing
           my
           purposes
           of
           amendment
           :
           I
           can
           meditate
           upon
           Gods
           Mercies
           and
           all
           his
           Attributes
           ;
           I
           can
           perform
           acts
           of
           Praise
           to
           him
           :
           and
           for
           those
           publike
           actions
           which
           I
           cannot
           do
           if
           I
           am
           denied
           the
           liberty
           of
           my
           body
           ,
           and
           the
           society
           of
           men
           ,
           yet
           I
           can
           have
           them
           in
           voto
           ,
           and
           desiring
           to
           do
           what
           I
           am
           denied
           ,
           and
           so
           I
           can
           keep
           on
           my
           journey
           to
           Heaven
           ,
           though
           I
           lie
           sheckel'd
           in
           a
           dungeon
           .
           But
           indeed
           employment
           is
           as
           generally
           mistaken
           as
           mirth
           ;
           for
           most
           men
           think
           they
           want
           it
           ,
           if
           their
           time
           be
           not
           spent
           in
           some
           bodily
           exercise
           ,
           or
           upon
           some
           slight
           or
           common
           subject
           ;
           but
           for
           meditation
           upon
           God
           and
           the
           soul
           ,
           the
           concernments
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           's
           accounted
           a
           symptome
           of
           Melancholly
           ,
           and
           reading
           ,
           writing
           ,
           or
           discoursing
           of
           any
           thing
           that
           is
           serious
           ,
           or
           profitable
           ,
           which
           comes
           the
           neerest
           to
           it
           .
           A
           great
           cause
           of
           this
           evil
           ariseth
           ,
           either
           from
           the
           carelesness
           of
           Parents
           in
           not
           giving
           their
           Children
           a
           literate
           education
           ,
           or
           their
           own
           neglect
           of
           improving
           it
           ,
           when
           they
           
           are
           at
           liberty
           from
           their
           Tutors
           ,
           or
           Parents
           ,
           or
           whoever
           had
           the
           charge
           of
           them
           :
           for
           as
           the
           principles
           of
           Learning
           and
           Knowledge
           do
           wear
           out
           ,
           so
           the
           delight
           in
           superficiall
           things
           grows
           more
           strong
           and
           prevalent
           ;
           because
           the
           knowledge
           of
           any
           one
           thing
           ,
           and
           the
           delight
           in
           it
           ,
           alwayes
           go
           ,
           and
           come
           together
           ;
           since
           we
           cannot
           take
           pleasure
           in
           any
           thing
           which
           we
           are
           ignorant
           of
           :
           therefore
           Hawking
           ,
           Hunting
           ,
           Horse-matches
           ,
           Gaming
           ,
           Stage-plays
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           ,
           are
           made
           the
           business
           of
           our
           time
           ,
           in
           which
           our
           delights
           do
           terminate
           ,
           which
           should
           only
           be
           us'd
           to
           unbend
           the
           mind
           ,
           and
           give
           it
           relief
           after
           serious
           employments
           ;
           and
           to
           exercise
           the
           body
           for
           the
           preservation
           of
           health
           ,
           being
           altogether
           subordinate
           to
           greater
           ends
           ;
           and
           this
           is
           one
           reason
           why
           Taverns
           are
           so
           much
           frequented
           ;
           because
           Libraryes
           are
           out
           of
           request
           ,
           and
           holy
           ,
           learned
           ,
           or
           serious
           communications
           do
           not
           relish
           with
           us
           :
           but
           this
           is
           not
           sufficient
           to
           excuse
           them
           :
           for
           though
           men
           either
           want
           education
           ,
           or
           stifle
           it
           ,
           yet
           they
           cannot
           extinguish
           reason
           ,
           and
           lose
           the
           principles
           of
           Religion
           ,
           which
           they
           have
           in
           their
           Catechismes
           ,
           in
           their
           Bibles
           ,
           and
           by
           Preaching
           ;
           and
           therefore
           upon
           that
           account
           it
           is
           expected
           by
           God
           ,
           that
           they
           yeeld
           obedience
           to
           him
           proportionably
           to
           this
           common
           ,
           and
           generall
           Knowledge
           ;
           which
           if
           any
           man
           fails
           to
           do
           ,
           want
           of
           education
           will
           not
           be
           a
           sufficient
           plea
           ,
           because
           it
           will
           be
           found
           to
           be
           an
           act
           of
           his
           will
           ,
           running
           contrary
           to
           these
           degrees
           of
           Knowledge
           :
           if
           any
           man
           shall
           say
           at
           the
           Tribunal
           of
           Christ
           ,
           that
           he
           spent
           his
           time
           in
           drinking
           ,
           and
           idle
           pastimes
           ,
           because
           he
           was
           not
           brought
           up
           to
           Learning
           ,
           what
           will
           that
           avail
           him
           ,
           who
           did
           live
           under
           the
           means
           of
           Grace
           ,
           which
           were
           sufficient
           for
           his
           salvation
           ?
           for
           though
           he
           had
           no
           knowledge
           in
           Tongues
           ,
           and
           Sciences
           ,
           yet
           he
           knew
           the
           Commandements
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           could
           not
           plead
           ignorance
           in
           
           presumptuous
           sins
           ;
           and
           though
           he
           that
           cannot
           read
           and
           understand
           Greek
           ,
           or
           Latin
           ,
           yet
           if
           he
           can
           read
           English
           ,
           let
           him
           spend
           a
           part
           of
           his
           time
           in
           reading
           the
           Bible
           ,
           and
           other
           good
           Books
           ,
           and
           though
           he
           cannot
           discourse
           in
           Naturall
           or
           Morall
           Philosophy
           ,
           or
           in
           the
           Metaphysicks
           ,
           nor
           much
           in
           practicall
           Divinity
           ,
           yet
           let
           him
           speak
           within
           the
           limits
           of
           his
           knowledge
           ,
           let
           him
           reprove
           common
           sins
           ,
           and
           give
           all
           encouragement
           to
           the
           generals
           of
           a
           holy
           life
           ,
           both
           by
           word
           and
           example
           :
           and
           if
           he
           be
           sooner
           tir'd
           with
           discourse
           ,
           than
           men
           of
           greater
           knowledge
           would
           be
           ;
           then
           let
           him
           betake
           himself
           (
           as
           I
           advis'd
           before
           )
           to
           some
           honest
           divertisements
           ;
           but
           not
           to
           any
           thing
           that
           hath
           the
           least
           appearance
           of
           evil
           in
           it
           ;
           the
           result
           of
           this
           is
           ,
           that
           whether
           a
           man
           be
           literate
           ,
           or
           illiterate
           ,
           he
           may
           serve
           God
           :
           and
           those
           Gentlemen
           of
           our
           Nation
           that
           are
           not
           members
           of
           the
           Commonwealth
           of
           Learning
           ,
           may
           yet
           be
           members
           of
           the
           Mysticall
           Body
           of
           Christ
           :
           and
           though
           their
           delight
           in
           great
           Studies
           ,
           in
           Polemicall
           discourses
           and
           Meditations
           are
           lost
           ,
           proportionably
           to
           the
           decay
           of
           their
           Knowledge
           ,
           yet
           their
           time
           may
           be
           the
           more
           spent
           in
           the
           Agenda
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           they
           may
           be
           allow'd
           a
           more
           frequent
           use
           of
           lawfull
           recreations
           ,
           but
           not
           of
           drinking
           though
           but
           to
           good-fellowship
           ;
           which
           though
           the
           word
           sounds
           finely
           ,
           a
           man
           can
           hardly
           do
           it
           and
           secure
           his
           innocence
           :
           but
           since
           the
           remedy
           of
           continuall
           employment
           is
           not
           sufficient
           for
           an
           accustomed
           drinker
           ,
           he
           must
           unravell
           the
           habit
           by
           little
           and
           little
           ,
           to
           which
           the
           shunning
           of
           idleness
           will
           very
           much
           help
           him
           .
           To
           conclude
           ,
           Let
           us
           be
           carefull
           to
           resist
           all
           the
           species
           and
           kindes
           of
           sin
           whatsoever
           ,
           for
           it
           is
           only
           sin
           which
           can
           deprive
           us
           of
           the
           favour
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           if
           once
           we
           are
           excluded
           from
           ,
           we
           are
           eternally
           lost
           ;
           but
           especially
           the
           sin
           of
           Drinking
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           unhappy
           Parent
           of
           all
           other
           sins
           :
           and
           therefore
           the
           more
           carefully
           to
           be
           withstood
           ;
           
           which
           care
           if
           this
           short
           Admonition
           may
           but
           stir
           up
           in
           one
           soul
           ,
           I
           should
           more
           rejoyce
           to
           know
           than
           to
           have
           the
           greatest
           honour
           of
           the
           Nation
           confer'd
           upon
           me
           .
           
             Now
             to
             God
             the
             Father
             ,
             God
             the
             Son
             ,
             and
             God
             the
             holy
             Ghost
             ,
             be
             all
             honour
             ,
             glory
             ,
             praise
             and
             adoration
             ,
             given
             by
             me
             ,
             and
             by
             all
             his
             creatures
             ,
             from
             hence
             forth
             to
             all
             eternity
             .
          
        
         
           Amen
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .