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A96969	A short view of the principal duties of the Christian religion with plain arguments to perswade to the sincere and speedy practice of them : to which is added, a prayer suited to the whole, to be used morning and evening / by a divine of the Church of England for the use of his parishioners.	Wrench, Jonathan, 1667?-1741.	1700 (1700)	Wing W3679A; ESTC R42878	40,968	65

grateful sense of them in suitable returns of Care and Endeavour not only to abstain from those fleshly Lusts which war against the Soul but to exchange them 1 Pet. 2. 11. for such good Dispositions as may move us to express our thankfulness to God for all his Benefits in Arts of new Obedience to him Thirdly it may be further considered that these Lusts and Vices which I am now persuading you to deny are very prejudicial to all Societies for besides that they justly expose Men to the Judgments of God Who turns a fruitful Land into Barreness for the Wickedness of them Psalm 107. 34. that dwell therein they have a natural tendency to introduce Mischief Thus it 's evident without any further proof of Argument that Drunkenness Gluttony and Whoredom breed Prov. 23. 21 29 30. 7. 26. Diseases which weaken the Force and Strength of a Nation Malice Envy and Revenge render Men very troublesome to others as well as to themselves turn them into Beasts of Prey fit them more for a Den of Lyons Wolves and Tygers than the Society of rational Creatures James 3. 16. and so Pride Covetousness Injustice and Perfidiousness administer occasion of Contention and set men directly together by the Ears so much reason have we to answer or resolve St. James his Question in the Affirmative from whence come Wars and Fightings among you come James 4. 1. they not hence even from your Lusts which war in your Members And as Men's Lusts have thus a very ill Influence upon them as private Members of Society So they fail not to communicate their Malignity to them in their publick Capacities as Governours for when Magistrates are not just ruling in the Fear of God they weaken their Authority lessen themselves in the Eyes of their People and make their Subjects very uneasie and unmanageable and on the other hand when Subjects by submitting to their Lusts violate and abuse their Conscience they deprive the Publick of it's best Security of their Obedience For this is the only firm and lasting Principle of Obedience which can hold Men fast when all other Obligations to it will fly in pieces He that is Subject only for Wrath and not for Conscience sake will be sure to submit no longer than till he can resist with Safety But he that is subject for Conscience sake will continue so as long as his Conscience keeps up her Authority which when his Lusts have once dethroned then farewel all Submission and Obedience nothing then succeeds but Strife and Contention and every evil James 3. 16. Work and this will turn to our own great Disadvantage being by Nature not only fitted for but made to stand in need of those Benefits of Society of which our Lusts are very destructive Fourthly Ye may please to consider further that Ungodliness and wordly Lusts have very ill Effects upon the Souls Bodies and Estates of Men. Thus as to the Soul Sensuality and Intemperance naturally darken the Understanding Eph. 4. 18 19. for these by overcharging Nature load the animal Spirits keep them low and render them gross which by being low cast a Damp upon the Soul and hinder her in her sprightly Operations So Anger Envy Malice and Revenge pervert our Judgments raise such Prejudices in our Minds as hinder our clear and due Perceptions of things Sensual Pleasures and Delights overcast the Mind with such thick Mists of Darkness that neither are our Understandings able to discern or our Wills to persue their true and chief Good Rom. 7. 15. Lastly the extravagant Motions of our wild Affections and the Rebellions of our brutish Appetites against our Reason hurry us into all manner of unaccountable Follies make us forget our selves and dispose us to act like the Beasts that perish Besides many other necessary but uneasie Effects of these Disorders and Violences offered to our Reason such are the ungrateful Recoilings of Nature the uneasie and perpetual Struglings between the Flesh and the Spirit The miserable Distractions of their Minds which are drawn first one way and then another by contrary and impetuous Passions the great and just confusion of Face Shame and Self-condemnation the continual frettings at their past Follies their grievous Suspicions of an After-reckoning their insupportable Horror Pro. 18. 14. Isa 57. 20. 21. and anguish of Mind arising from their unwelcome Reflections on their past Guilt these are such intolerable Mischiefs as are enough to discourage the most daring Sinner from giving any longer Entertainment to those Lusts which are the unhappy causes of them especially if it be considered Secondly That they incommode not only our Souls but our Bodies too by robbing them of their Health and Ease together Thus the forementioned Vices Luxury Drunkenness and Wantonness have a natural Tendency to ruin our Stomachs spoil our Digestion Corrupt our Blood consume our Spirits and waste our Strength Envy Malice Discontent and Passion rot our Bones sour the Humours stir them up to Excess and put the Pro. 14. 30. whole Body into Combustion Covetousness with all it's Train of carking cares and distracting Thoughts drives away Sleep one of the supports of Nature oppresses the Heart damps the Spirits sets the Humors upon the Fret and in what can we think all these Disorders should end but in all manner of Dis●●●●● Paroxysms Epilepses Catarhs and I know not what hard Names and harder things as being the natural Effects of these Lusts And these ill Effects me thinks should the more effectually prevail with wicked Men to forsake their Sins by how much the more they value their Bodies above their Souls and therefore may well be supposed to use more care in shunning those Things which are destructive to them Thirdly It may be consider'd also that your Lusts will as certainly ruin your Estates as they do your Bodies or your Souls and that not only by hastening the just Judgments of Pro. 23. 21. God upon them but by that natural Tendency which there is in some particular Vices to consume them I need to instance only in Sensuality and Revenge as to the former I will leave you to judge whether men cannot by eating fine and drinking hard and using their Palates to both and so render the Gratification of them necessary whether they cannot by these means sooner spend an Estate than satiate their Pro. 21. 17. craving Appetites For an Estate though large is yet limited but so are not our Desires and therefore the one must needs be much sooner spent than the other As to our Revenge how chargeable the Gratification of that is every Lawyer can inform you and now since it is so chargeable to be wicked our Lusts being very expensive to us 't is undoubtedly ill Husbandry and therefore worth no Mans while to give them Entertainment especially considering in the Last place what is worst of all and that is that they most certainly betray men into eternal