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A20760	Foure treatises tending to disswade all Christians from foure no lesse hainous then common sinnes; namely, the abuses of swearing, drunkennesse, whoredome, and briberie. Wherein the greatnes and odiousnesse of these vices is discouered; and the meanes and remedies, which may either preserue, or weane men from them, are propounded. Whereunto is annexed a treatise of anger. By Iohn Dovvname Batcheler in Diuinitie, and preacher of Gods word.	Downame, John, d. 1652.; Downame, John, d. 1652. Spiritual physicke to cure the diseases of the soule, arising from superfluitie of choller, prescribed out of Gods word. aut	1609 (1609)	STC 7141; ESTC S110222	260,958	336

nations vnto it First because long before the iudiciall law was giuen the same punishment was inflicted vpon adulterrers as appeareth by Iuda his sentence against his daughter in law Thamar Gen. 38.24 namely that because being espoused to his sonne shee had plaied the harlot she should be burnt to death So when Abimilech being a king had no superiour to execute this law vpon him the Lord himselfe threatneth death against him if he abused Sara Abrahams wife Gen. 20.3.7 The same punishment also Abimilech threatneth against any of his people without exception that should touch Isaacs wife Secondly Gen. 26.11 because the Heathens themselues who had not Moses law by the light of nature inflicted the punishment of death vpon adulterers whereby it appeareth that it is not iudiciall but morall and perpetuall seeing it was common to the Iewes and Gentils Ier. 29.22.23 Lucianus Strab. geograph lib. 16. Euseb de praeparat Euangel lib. 6. cap. 8. Alex. ab Alex. lib. 4. cap. 1. Lib. 1. bell Ieth So Nebuchadnezzar caused those two adulterous Prophets Zedechias and Achab to bee burnt with fire as the Prophet foretelleth Ier. 29.22.23 So Saletus Prince of Crotone a citie of Greece enacted a law that adulterers should be burnt to death By Draco his law likewise the same punishment was inflicted vpon the like offenders In like manner this sin was capital among the Arabians as Eusebius recordeth And so also among the Gothes as Procopius writeth Finallie among the Romans adulterie was punished with death both by the twelue tablei and by their law called lex Iulia which was made by Augustustus Cesar Other nations which did not inflict death vpon the adulterers punished them with tortures as bitter as death The Egyptians decreed that the nose of the adultresse should be cut off Diodor. Sic. lib. 1. cap. 6. and that the adulterer should bee beaten with a 1000. stripes almost vnto death Zaleucus King of the Locrenses made a law that the adulterer should lose both his eies which law when his owne sonne transgressed notwithstanding that the people being inclined to pitie would haue had his fault remitted he would not condescend but caused one of his owne Aelian in varia hist lib. 13. and one of his sonnes eies to be pulled out Among the Germans as Cornelius Tacitus recordeth the adultres being stripped naked before her kindred and friends had first her haire cut off and afterwards was beaten with cudgels through the towne by her husband By all which it appeareth §. Sect. 3. An obiection ansvvered that euen by the light of nature adultery in all ages hath bin condemned punished as a capitall crime and consequently that this punishment among the Iewes was not meerely iudiciall but morall and of common equitie Neither is that obiection of any force that our Sauiour Christ refused to condemne the woman taken in adulterie seeing hee came into the world not to execute the office of an earthlie Iudge but of a mediatour who should from God procure the pardon of our sinnes he came not to condemne but to saue and to giue his life a ransome for manie againe whereas our Sauiour asketh the woman if any man had condemned her according to the law in that case prouided it seemeth thereby that if the sentence of death had been lawfully passed against her he would not haue repealed it for he came not to violate the law but to fulfill it §. Sect. 4. That Magistrates ought to punish this sinne of adulterie vvith all seueritie And therefore our Christian Magistrates are to be exhorted that they would not lightly account of this sinne of whoredome which the law of God and the law of nations hath condemned as capitall but that they would enact seuere lawes for the punishment of this sinne which is so abominable vnto God and so pernicious vnto humane societie otherwise the guilt thereof will lie heauie vpon the land and prouoke the Lord in his iust displeasure Deut. 22.22 Ezech. 22.11 not only to punish them and the whole country for their negligence and remisnesse but also to take vengeance of the offenders himselfe by his extraordinarie iudgements when ordinarie punishments are not inflicted For when Magistrates neglect their dutie in punishing this sinne then the Lord will take the sword of iustice into his owne hand according to that Heb. 13.4 Heb. 13.4 Mal. 3.5 Whoremongers and adulterers God will iudge So he saith Mal. 3.5 that himselfe would come neere vnto the people of Iuda in iudgement and would be a swife witnesse against the adulterers and Ier. 5.7.8.9 Ier. 5.7.8 he professeth that in his instice he could not spare them who were guiltie of this sinne of whoredome but would visit them and be auenged on them for this and such other abominations As therefore it is impossible for a man to take fire into his bosome or to walke vpon the hot coales and not be burnt so impossible is it that a man should defile his neighbours wife and be acquitted of the Lord as innocent as the Wise man telleth vs Prou. 6.27.29 Prou. 6.27.29 Now the punishments which the Lord vsually inflicteth vpon adulterers in this life §. Sect. 5. God punisheth adulterie by the lavv of requitall are not only the same which hee inflicteth vpon fornicators of which I haue alreadie spoken as pouertie infamie slauerie to their lusts and harlots lothsome diseases impenitencie and such like the which the Lord encreaseth according to the rule of his iustice in a due proportion to their sinne and causeth them to light much more heauily vpon the adulterer then vpon the fornicator in as much as hee much more hainouslie offendeth but also with some peculiar punishments which are more proper to this sinne As first hee punisheth adulterie by the law of requitall and as they defile other mens wiues so hee suffereth other men to abuse theirs with the like filthines and vncleannesse And this is that punishment which the Lord threatned against Dauid 2. Sam. 12.11 and 16.22 and afterwards inflicted vpon him for his adulterie with Vriahs wife 2. Sam. 12.11 Thus saith the Lord Behold I will raise vp euill against thee out of thine owne house and will take thy wiues before thine eies and giue them vnto thine neighbour and he shall lie with thy wiues in the sight of this sunne The which was accordingly executed as appeareth 2. Sam. 16.22 And this iudgement Iob to approoue his innocencie in this behalfe imprecateth against himselfe if he had at anie time polluted himselfe and his neighbours wife with this sin Iob 31.9.10 Iob 31.9.10 If mine heart hath been deceiued with a woman or if I haue laid waite at the doore of my neighbour let my wife grinde vnto another man and let other men bow downe vpon her Secondly §. Sect. 6. God punisheth adulterie with his heauie curse Gal. 3.10 the Lord punisheth this hainous sinne with his

dearest children of God are not priuiledged from them nor any other pardonable sin but onely from the cōtinuing and liuing in them Againe these faithfull seruants of God did not often fall into this sin of drunkennes for Noah fell into it but once and that as it seemeth vpon ignorance because hee did not know the propertie and operation of wine the vse whereof himselfe inuented whereby hee was also the more easilie ouertaken as being ouerioyed when he tasted such excellent fruites of his owne labours And Lot was but twice ouertaken and that by the allurement of his owne daughters to which he was more apt to giue eare because their hearts being oppressed with griefe for the destruction of Sodome the losse of his goods and suddaine death of his wife he tooke more libertie in the vse of these creatures for their comfort and refreshing So that howsoeuer these holy men were ouertaken once or twice with drunkennesse yet they were no drunkards for we must put a difference betweene those who fall into this sinne through infirmitie and those who make it their vsuall practise and consequently these examples serue no better for their excuse who liue and continue in this vice then Peters once denying of his master excuseth them who make a totall and finall apostasie from Christ and his true religion Againe §. Sect. 12. Drunkards abuse the Scriptures let these men know that they horribly abuse the Scriptures when as they harten themselues in their sinnes by the example of the faithfull who haue fallen into the like for the spirit of God hath purposely recorded their slips to shew humaine frailtie that we may not rest vpon our owne strength and Gods infinite mercies in pardoning these grosse offences of his seruants that those who through infirmitie fall into the like sinnes may not despaire of his goodnesse but receiue some refreshing for their fainting soules And finally that wee may bee stirred vp with more care to watch ouer our owne hearts and seeing their falles who haue gone before vs may turne aside from these slipperie places or more warilie looke to our owne footing lest we also slipping come to the like downe-falls There is no Pilot in his right wits when hee seeth sea-markes purposely set to giue warning of rockes sands and shelues whereupon others haue made shipwracke will take occasion thereby to runne his ship vpon them but rather will imploy all his care and skill that by auoiding them he may escape the same danger let vs therefore follow the like practise and seeing these examples are recorded for our learning that hee who thinketh he doth stand may take heede lest hee fall 1. Cor. 10.12 let them not make vs more securely to goe forward in our sinnes but rather mooue vs to worke out our saluation with feare and trembling as the Apostle exhorteth Phil. 2.12 Phil. 2.12 CHAP. IX The greatnes of their sinne who purposely make others drunke ANd thus haue I not onely shewed the hainousnes of this sinne of drunkennesse §. Sect. 1. The greatnesse of this sinne who make others drunke on set purpose but also haue pulled away from it such couerings of excuses vnder which men labour to hide it and so haue laid open the filthie nakednesse of this vice to the publike view that those who are not addicted thereunto may the more detest it and that those who haue been ouertaken with it may bee mooued seriously to repent for that which is past and for the time to come constantly resolue to leaue and forsake it as being to God odious hurtfull and iniurious to their neighbours and to their owne bodies and soules most pernitious Now for conclusion of this treatise we are briefly to shew that as it is a great sinne to liue in this vice ones selfe so it is no lesse grieuous in the sight of God to be guiltie of anothers drunkennesse In which respect many in our daies fearfully offend Some delight in others drunkennesse and that in a diuers manner for some take delight to see others drunken and make a sport and may-game of their neighbours sinne as though it were fit matter to moue laughter to see God dishonored his name blasphemed his creatures abused and to behold our neighbours nakednesse and as it were from a man transformed into a beast yea in truth in a farre worse condition both in respect of his present state and future danger in that he taketh a readie course to runne headlong into hell It would bee accounted barbarous inhumanitie for a man to laugh and delight himselfe when hee beholdeth another running vpon his swords point or casting himself downe from a high rock or fallen into the fire what therefore is it but horrible impietie to solace a mans selfe in anothers sinne whereby hee is laid open to Gods fearefull iudgements and indangered to suffer eternall torments in the fire of hell Others there are who doe not onely take pleasure in seeing the drunkennesse of their neighbour § Sect. 2. Some vse all meanes to help forward others in drunkennes but also helpe him forward in this wicked course and that both by alluring inticements and also forcible constraint They allure them by giuing them bad example by drinking vnto them in shew of kindnes requiring of them that by imitation they will returne a pledge of the like loue by chalenging them to expresse their loue and honourable respect to their absent friends by drinking carouses to their health and lastly by liberall spending they care not how much for the procuring store of the choisest wines and most inticing drinkes for vnto such a height of wickednesse are men come in these our times that though the wofull teares and pitifull complaints of their poore brethren cannot wring from them one penie for the reliefe of their extreme want or so much as a peece of bread to satisfie their hunger and sustaine their liues yet are they open handed and prodigally liberall in spending their money to make their neighbours drunke that so they may make themselues merrie in beholding their nakednesse But this will make a fearfull reckoning at the day of iudgement when God and their owne consciences shall accuse them of their gracelesse mispending the Lords talents by pinching the hungrie to pamper the full by withholding drinke from the thirstie to make others drunke with too great abundance by denying a penie to the poore needie vnlesse it bee squized out of them by authoritie whereas they are willing prodigally to spend shillings and pounds in these wicked abuses which tend to Gods dishonour and the destruction of their neighbour But howsoeuer this is a high degree of sinne §. Sect. 3. Some compell others to drunkennesse yet there are others in these wretched times who climbe a step higher on this ladder of wickednesse For taking pleasure to see others drunke they do not only allure them to take more then they should but also force and

from him to bestow vpon her louers but also in bringing into his familie an adulterous issue who deuoure the fruite of his labours and confusedly diuide his substance and patrimonie amongst his owne children In which respect the adulterie of the wife is more pernicious then of the husband because it is accompanied with more abominable deceit no man being able who hath an harlot to his wife to know his owne children from the children of a stranger whereby hee is compelled to nourish his enemies for feare of destroying his chiefest friends and to giue inheritance to the children of fornication lest otherwise through his ignorance he may perchance disinherit the lawfull fruite of his owne bodie Lastly §. Sect. 6. Adulterers rob their yoke-fellovv of their heart and affection the adulterer or adultresse rob their wife or husband of their most valued right namely their hart affection and the vse of their bodie of which there is by vertue of mariage a communion in respect of one another and a peculiar and incommunicable proprietie in respect of all other persons in the world 1. Cor. 7.4 So the Apostle saith 1. Cor. 7.4 The wife hath not the power of her owne bodie but the husband and likewise the husband hath not the power of his owne bodie but the wife And therefore in adulterie there is also included the grossest and most pernicious kinde of theft seeing married persons liuing in this sinne are not only theeues of goods but man-stealers and theeues of the bodie and person which is of much greater value Thirdly and lastly §. Sect. 7. The adulterer sinneth against his owne familie the adulterer in a peculiar manner sinneth against his owne familie both by vtter neglecting of it all his thoughts endeuours and imployments being wholly taken vp by his harlot so as he hath neither leisure nor pleasure either to spend his time in the honest workes of his calling whereby he may maintaine his charge or with any wise prouidence dispose of that which he alreadie hath whereby he runneth into wilfull beggerie not caring which end goeth forward and maketh all his familie to partake of the fruit of his sinne and feele the like want and miserie And also by bringing Gods iudgements and heauie punishments vpon the whole house for his sinne whereby it is destroyed and brought to nought For this sinne of whoredome is a fire that shall deuoure vnto destruction and which shall roote out all the adulterers increase as Iob speaketh chap. 31.14 Iob 31.14 But as the adulterer sinneth against others §. Sect. 8. That adulterers sinne most grieuouslie against themselues so most grieuously against himselfe in that he not only defileth his bodie and soule with this abominable filthines but also woundeth his conscience with a sinne which as it is in it selfe very hainous so likewise of all other sinnes most vnexcusable seeing the Lord hath not only prouided a remedie against this sin but also hath in mercie granted vnto him the vse and fruition of it namely lawfull mariage For why should hee steale of his neighbour that hath plentie of water in his owne cesterne as the Wise man speaketh Prou. 5.15.19 Why should hee delight himselfe in vnlawfull lusts with a stranger vnto whom God hath giuen a wife in whom hee may reioyce as being neere vnto him euen as a part of himselfe and who may bee vnto him if the fault be not his owne either in his choice or vse as the louing Hinde and pleasant Roe Prou. 5.19 whose breasts may satisfie him at all times and in whose loue he may delight continually Whereby it appeareth that the adulterer is a wilfull theefe who stealeth not vpon necessitie but through curious wantonnesse like a rich miser who hauing plentie of gold at his owne command steales from his neighbour brasse or copper And this is that argument which the holy Ghost vseth to aggrauate the sinne of adulterie farre aboue the sinne of theft Men saith he doe not despise a theefe when he stealeth to satisfie his soule because he is hungrie c. But he that committeth adulterie with a woman he is destitute of vnderstanding he that doth it Prou. 6.30.32 destroyeth his owne soule Prou. 6.30.32 CHAP. XVI Of the punishment of Adulterie ANd thus haue I shewed that adulterie is a grieuous sinne §. Sect. 1. That by the law of God adulterie was pun shed with death The consideration whereof should bee an effectuall argument to restraine all men from falling into it for if euery ordinarie sinne deserueth Gods anger and eternall condemnation then what fierce wrath and deepe condemnation is due vnto them who make no conscience of committing these sinnes which are so capitall and hainous But because many secure worldlings make light account of the heauiest burthen of sinne and care little for prouoking Gods wrath so they may securely enioy their carnall pleasures therefore in the next place I will also shew how fearefully this sinne is punished and that both in this life and the life to come In this life the punishment of adulterie is either ordinarie or extraordinarie The ordinarie punishment which by the law of God is to be inflicted vpon adulterers Leuit. 20.10 is death it selfe as appeareth Leuit. 20.10 The man that committeth adulterie with another mans wife because he hath committed adulterie with his neighbours wife the adulterer and adulteresse shall die the death Deut. 22.22 So Deut. 22.22 If a man be found lying with a woman married to a man then they shall dye euen both twaine to wit the man that lay with the wife and the wife so thou shalt put away euill from Israel The which law was executed with the greatest seueritie among the people of God by his owne expresse appointment for whereas other crimes were not punished with death vnlesse the party were conuicted by the direct testimonie of two witnesses at the least the Lord permitted the iealous husband to make a speciall triall of his wiues chastitie and honestie and gaue vnto him an extraordinary and most admirable meanes for the conuincing her if she were guiltie of her sinne when no witnesses could bee produced namely that shee should drinke of the cursed water which should not hurt her being innocent but rather should make her fruitfull but if shee were guiltie then vpon the drinking thereof her bellie should swell and her thigh rot and so the woman should be accursed among her people Num. 5.14.15.27.28 Numb 5.14.27 So that rather then the Lord would haue this hainous sinne of adulterie goe vnpunished he would himselfe after this wonderfull manner discouer and punish it Now this punishment of adulterie by death §. Sect. 2. That the punishment of adulterie by death is a law of common equitie seemeth to be not a meere iudiciall law which was proper and peculiar to the common-wealth of Israel but a law of common equity which bindeth and holdeth in subiection all