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ground_n	bring_v	fruit_n	tree_n	3,146	5	8.3016	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A22723	Twelue sermons of Saynt Augustine, now lately translated into English by Tho. Paynel	Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.; Paynell, Thomas.	1553 (1553)	STC 923; ESTC S115408	41,436	175

vnto his house trees alters or any other vayne thynge where the poore wretched symple people are wonte to make theyr vowes and doth not hewe them downe and destroye them he is and shal be partaker of al such witchcraftes and sorcery as is and shalbe committed there And what a thinge is this that whan anye suche tree vnto y e which they were wonte and accustomed to do sacrifice do fall that no man dare gether it to make them fyer withal I pray you to behold mark the wretchednes and the folyshnes of man the whych doyng honor to dede trees despise gods cōmaundements They dare not burne y e braūches of trees yet throughe inchauntmentes they caste themselues hedlyng into hel fyer And therefore let hym which hetherto hath not don this euell reioyce be gladde thanke god therefore striue to continu faithfully in good workes But let him that hetherto hath deliuered hym selfe vp to be entangled and taken with suche deuelyshe enorme fashions lette him I say do penaunce fly withal feare despise those foresayde wytchcraftes that god may forgeue hym and for the glory of his name cause hym to come to the euerlasting blesse of heauen And forasmuch as it is come to my knowledge that as yet there are some y e whiche throughe simplicitie and ignoraunce or els thoroughe glutteny the which thinge is mooste to be beleued feare not nor are not ashamed to eate of such sacrilegius meates as are yet after the vse custom of Paganes offered vp bewitched I denunce and streightly cōmaund you before god his aungels y t ye haunt nor com no more to no such diabolical dinners made in any temple or at any fountayne or tree And likewise yf any thing be sent you from thens feare it and as though you sawe the deuyll refuse it and so refuse it that ye suffer no maner of parte of such sacrilegius banke●s to be exhibited or broughte into your houses that because of this sayeng of the Apostle ye cannot sayth he drynke of the cup of God and of the cuppe of deuylles ye can not be partakers of gods table and of the table of Deuylles And because some are waye or euer I eate therof I do blesse me Let no man presume to doe soo for howe doth he that eateth of suche sacrilegius and wicked meates blesse his mouth that putteth a swearde to his owne hearte For as the bodye is slayne with the sweard so is the soule slaine with such deuelyshe and wycked meates But we truste in the mercye and goodnes of God that he wyll vouchesafe so to inspyre and inflame you to goodnes that the wickednes of the deuyl nether in other thinges nor yet in these sacrilegius obseruations and sorceries shal not come among you but that ye shall fasten and fet all your hope in God nor neuer returne agayne to their wicked abhominations our lord Jesus Christ whose empyre and honour is infinite graūtynge the same So be it ¶ Of exchuynge and auoydyng of ebrietie and dronkennes Ser. xii ALthogh dere brethren I do beleue y e thorough y e mercy of God ye doo feare the vice of drunkennes euen as ye do feare the depe pytte of hell and that ye youre selues wyll not drinke intemperatly nor ouer much nor compel no nother man to drink more than nedeth yet it can not be but that there be some negligent persons whiche wil not be sober But yet I pray you that do lyue soberly not to be miscontent nor yet to blame vs for nedes we must blame and accuse all suche drunkardes For notwithstandynge my wel beloued brethren that drunkennes be a greauous vyce and muche odious before God yet amonge manye it is throughout al the world so customably and commenly vsed that they which wil not know gods commaundemētes thinke and beleue it to be no synne Insomuche that at all theyr bankettes they doe laugh them to skorne that cānot drynke and quaft al out And thoroughe an enuious loue and amitie they are not ashamed to adiure inforce men to drinck more then suffiseth Trulye it were a lesse faut for hym that maketh a man drunken to wound him and to cutte his fleshe with a sworde than to kyl and murder his soule with superfluitie of drynke And forasmuch as oure bodyes are made of earth and that the earth by longe and to muche continuaunce of rayne is made moyste and so resolued into myre and durte that it can not be tylde nor sowen so in lykewyse whan our flesshe is to muche moysted w t drincke it cannot receaue spirituall culture nor tyllage nor bring forth the necessarye frutes of the soule And therfore as all men do desire sufficient raine for theyr feildes to exercyse tyllage withal and to reioyce in the aboundaunce of fruyte and corne so in the feild of the body men oughte to drynke that behoueth only lest that by the superfluitie and aboūdaunce of dryncke the earth of the body beyng reduced broughte as into a plashe of myre be more apte to brynge forth the wormes and serpētes of vice than the fruytes of good workes All drunkardes are lykened vnto fennes and plasshes for your charitie doth knowe that al suche thinges as growe in maras groundes do bryng forth no fruite nor nothinge els but serpentes todes and other dyuers kyndes of wormes more apt to feare man withall than to brynge forth anyethyng that should profit hym or his liuing For al such herbes and trees as do grow in fennes and plashes or about the bankes of suche places seme to haue no maner of vtilitie or profyt in them insomuche that euery yeare once men do burne them Take good hede for the thyng whiche cometh of drunkennes is prepared for the fyer And euen such as I haue sayde be al drunkardes whose diners indure and continue all the day longe and theyr suppers vntil the mornyng The whiche whē they seme to be most sober can scasely stand whose senses are slowe ponderous dull and in a maner buryed Finally in their vsual and customable drunkennes they nother knowe them selues nor yet no nother man they can nother walke nor stande nor heare nor say any thinge that doth pertayne or stand with reasō Nor they are not ashamed to drink to fyl thē selues tyl they vomit agayn and to dryncke by measure without measure They prouide for greate goddardes stryue as by a certayne law how they should drynke and he that can out drynke or ouercome his fellow shalbe for his euel doyng greatly exalted praysed Of this thinge doth growe and ensue stryfe and debate and diuers horible lepes wherby the body is much troubled Of this doth chaunce and follow adultery and somtymes murder And as oft as they do take excesse of drynke theyr stinking and fylthye bodies as thoughe they were smytten with the paiseye hauynge not the vse of theyr feete are fayne to be borne and caryed to