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A looking-glasse for a drunkard or a drunkard defined.
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Wing L3013; Thomason 669.f.16[59]; ESTC R211507
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A Looking-Glasse for a Drunkard Or a DRUNKARD Defined IN which Description is plainly shewed the filthy abominable sin of Drunkennesse proved by many places of Scripture How through Drunkennesse many have been punished others threatned and admonished very needful to be set up in every house for the Information of the Judgement and the Reformation of the lives of those men and women who take pleasure in the sin of Drunkennesse the common sin of these times The Definition of a Drunkard A Drunkard is the annoyance of Modesty The trouble of Civility The spoile of Wealth The destruction of Reason He is the Brewers Agent The Alehouse Benefactor The Beggars Companion The Constables trouble He is his Wives woe His Childrens sorrow His Neighbours scoffe His own shame In summe a Tubbe of Swill A spirit of sleep A Picture of a Beast A Monster of a man The Evils attending Drunkennesse hurtful to the Soule and Body Drunkennesse confounds the Memory dulls the Understanding distempers the Body defaceth the Beauty hurts the Minde It inflames the Blood It ingenders unnatural Thirst a stinking Breath rednesse of the Eyes It diminisheth strength It brings Woes Sorrowes Wounds without cause corrupteth the Blood drowneth the Spirits It enricheth the Carcasse with Surfets turneth Blood into Water turnes Reason to Poyson It causeth vomiting and filthinesse By excessive drinking comes Dropsies Consumptions and cold Diseases with untimely Deaths Many by drinking Healths to others leave none to themselves Drunkennesse is a flattering Devil a sweet Poyson a delightsome sin which who so hath in himself hath not himself And he that useth it is not himself in the Concrete but sinfulnesse it self in the Abstract being a voluntary Devil the common Shame of Nature and the prodigious Disgrace of Mankinde Examples laid down in Scripture shewing how Drunkennesse made some fall by the Sword Others became Murderers Others being drunk were murdered betrayed Incest committed many destroyed in the midst of their sin-sporting c. Through Drunkennesse The Amalekites lay scattered on the earth so that David slew them 1 Sam. 30. 16. Ammons heart was merry so that Absaloms Servants slew him 2 Sam. 28. 29. Benhadad with fifty two other Kings were by Israel overcome 1 Kings 20. 16. c. Belshazzars countenance fell down and the Medes took his Kingdom Dan. 5. 31. David useth meanes to move Vriah to cover his sin committed 2 Sam. 11. 13. Elah was by his Servant Conspiring against him murthered 1 Kings 16. 9 10. Gaal with his Brethren against Ahimelech Conspired Judg. 9. 26 27. Herod in his drunken Banquet caused John to be beheaded Mat. 14. 10. The Israelites drank till they were thirsty Hell was prepared for them Isa. 5. 12 14. Lots Daughters lay with their Father two cursed Nations came of them Gen. 19. 31. Noah was uncovered in his Tent and discovered by his Sonne Gen. 9. 21 22. Nabals heart was merry and suddenly died within him 1 Sam. 25. 36 37. The Philistines sporting with Samson were by the fall of an House slaine Judg. 16. 26 27 28 29 30. Priests and Prophets stumble in Judgement and faile by Vision Isa. 28. 7. The Corinthians profained the Lords Supper by their immoderate drinking before 1 Cor. 11. 21. These forementioned places of Scriptures and Examples prove plainly the evil Consequence of Drunkennesse Now follow Threatnings and Exhortations to Drunkards Threatnings Wo to them that rise up early in the Morning to follow strong drink that continue till night the wine inflaming them Isa. 5. 11. Wo to them that are mighty to drink Wine and to men of strength mingling strong drinke which causeth men to erre and to go out of the way being swallowed up with wine and strong drink Isa. 5. 22. chap. 28. 7 8. c. Awake now ye Drunkards weep and howle all ye drinkers of Wine because of the new Wine for it shall be pulled from your mouth Joel 1. 5. c. Exhortations The Drunkard shall come to Poverty Rags shall be his cloathing Prov. 23. 21. Wine is a mocker and strong drink is raging and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise Prov. 20. 1. Remember Christs Admonition Take heed of Drunkennesse Luke 21. 34. Forget not Pauls and Solomons Counsel 1 Cor. 5. 11. Prov. 23. 20. Company not with Drunkards c. And know that no Drunkard shall inherit the Kingdome of Heaven 1 Cor. 26. 10 11. Therefore be not drunken with Wine wherein is Excesse but be filled with the Spirit Eph. 5. 18. London Imprinted for I. D. and are to be sold by George Wilford in little Britain neer the Hospitall gate 1652.