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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	cup_n	drink_v	lord_n	8,123	5	4.8759	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01517	A delicate diet, for daintiemouthde droonkardes Wherein the fowle abuse of common carowsing, and quaffing with hartie draughtes, is honestlie admonished. By George Gascoyne Esquier.	Gascoigne, George, 1542?-1577.; Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.	1576 (1576)	STC 11640; ESTC S105710	14,266	50

lyfe then doeth the Bryncher séeme to bee guyltie of his death Yea though he bée of a lustye dysposition and constitution of body considering the sundrie sicknesses which growe vppon surfeytes the Bryncher doth at the least put a naked Sworde in a mad mannes hande and is culpable both of his owne transgression and of his fellowes faulte this is then one braunche of this droonken curtesie But to speake of empayring the credite both of himselfe and his companion what greater shame can bée shewed then to weaken reason and vnderstanding which are the pryncipall gyftes that we receyue of God to lee● the power to guyde or gouerne our handes feete tongue and other members whiche are lent vs of God to serue him with honour to bleare our eyes puffe vp our face and to cast our heayre whiche are the ornamentes of nature to bée vsed vnto the glorye of our creatour to buylde a kingdome for lust and concupiscence to chase vertue from our company to bewraye secréetes to become our enemies iesting stocke and our friendes cause of lamentation to ronne headlong into euery peryll to begyn lyke Apes to ende lyke Asses to geue occasion of strife lyke wrathfull Boares and to yéelde vnto the slaughter lyke weaklings and Calues To conclude I knowe nothing that maye more impayre mans credite then of a reasonable soule to become a brute senceles Beast and this is the second braunche of this curtesie friendship which we vse in drynking and Duassing Nowe finally to proue that it woundeth mans soule is euident in that almighty God hath aswell by his Prophets as also by his Apostles so often and so manifoldly reproued forbydden the same And we must fyrmely beleeue that whosoeuer doth wyttingly trāsgresse the counsels or commandements of almighty God conteined in his holy word doth manifestly wound and hurt his own soule in that he doth aggreuate his original imperfections render himselfe more and more culpable of Gods iudgementes For the Prophet Esai in his fowrth Chap. hath these words VVo be vnto them that ryse vp early to folow droonkennesse now this word VVo in the holy Scriptures is commonly taken for a gréeuous curse and threatning but the Prophet doth procéede more plainly saying In their feastes are Harps and Lutes Tabrets Pipes vvine but they regard not the Lord and consider not the operatiou of his handes therefore commeth my folke vnto captiuity because they haue none vnderstanding their glory is famished with hunger aud their multytude or plentye dried vp with thyrst therfore gapeth hell sayth he and openeth hir mouth maruailous wyde that their glory multitude and wealth with such as reioyce therein may descend into it And againe in his xxviii Chapt. speaking of the prowde Potestates he sayth VVo bee vnto the crowne of pryde euen vnto the droonken people of Ephraim whose great pompe is as a flowre c. And speaking against false Iudges and Teachers he sayth They are out of the way by reason of wine yea farre out of the waye through strong drinke And Salomon in his Prouerbs hath sūdry passages against this lothsome vyce as in the. xx Chap. he sayeth VVine maketh a man scorneful and strong drinke causeth a mā to be vnquiet who so delighteth therin shall not be wyse And in the. xxxi Cha. he sayth O Lamuel it is not for Kings it is not for Kings I saye to drinke vvine nor Princes strong drinke least they by drinking forgette the Lawe and peruert the iudgement of all poore mennes chyldren The Prophete Amos in the sixt Chapter reprouing the Princes of Israell for wallowing in vayne delyghtes reckeneth on the abhomination of a Droonkard in these words They drinke wine in Bowles sayth hee and annoynt them selues with chiefe oyntmennts but no man is sorie for the affliction of Ioseph Micheas also in his seconde Chapter taunting and reproouing the chyldishnesse and ignoraunce of the people sayth If a man lye falsely saying I wyll prophesie to thee of vvine and strong drinke that were a meete Prophet for this people And the Prophete Abacuc in his seconde Chapter seemeth to ioyne the prowde man and the Droonkard together where he sayeth Yea in deede the prowde man is as hee that transgresseth by vvine therefore shall he not endure because hee hath enlarged his desyre as the hell and is as death And in the end of the same Chapter he sayeth VVoo bee vnto him that geueth his neyghbour drinke thou ioynest thy rage and makest him droonken also that thou mayst see theyr priuities thou arte fylled with shame for glorie drinke thou also and bee made naked the Cuppe of the Lordes right hande shall be turned vnto thee and shamefull spewing shal be for thy glorie But to conclude this proposition although I myght héere alledge very many other textes of holy Scriptures which doo expressedly reproue this lothsome abhomination I thinke it sufficient to recyte the wordes of Paule in the sixt Chapter of his fyrst Epistle to the Corinthians where amongste sundrye other vyces hée pronounceth playne sentence against Droonkardes saying That they shall not inheryte the kingdome of God And in his fyfth Chapter to the Galathians and to the Ephesians hée repeateth in manner the selfe same wordes This is then the thyrde branche of the fruites which grow by this beastly vyce euen the wrath of God and losse of the heauenly habitation Nowe if these aucthorities examples counsels and commandements séeme not sufficient to terrifye vs from falling into this swynish and filthye abhomination I can doo no more but praye vnto God that some better learned and more eloquent then I maye by assistance of his holy spyrite be made able to set downe such wholsome lessons for the auoyding thereof that the excesse and custome of the same maye generallye throughout all Christendome and especially héere in England be reformed And the plagues and punishmentes by him threatened and pronounced by his clemency and mercy may be withdrawne and remytted So that in all cleanesse and purenesse of hart we maye praise his name To whome with the Sonne and the holy Ghost bée all dominion power and glory nowe and for euer So bée it FINIS Genes 9. Genes 19. Iudges 16. Iudith 12. 13. 14. Psal. 2. ●●for your ●aistreesse and best beloued sake pledge mee this Cupfull c.