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A80566	Cordiall councell, in a patheticall epistle: first written to an eminent professor of religion, for the seasonable preventing of a relaps. Which proving efficacious, is again revised, enlarged, and published for the good of others. As being applyable to many thousands, whose practise is neither answerable to the Gospel, their Christian profession, nor the millions of mercies they have received. By R. Junius.	Younge, Richard.	1645 (1645)	Wing C6283; Thomason E274_16; ESTC R209892	13,437	14

Castles come once to a parley there is great feare they will yeeld Satan desires no more then to be heard speake As what thinke you If that old Serpent and Sophister did so easily perswade Eve by himselfe and Adam by her to believe what he spake though they had heard God himselfe say the contrary immediately before what hope have we to stand out being so extreamely degenerated If they in the state of innocencie when they had wit at will and their reason at command found him too hard for them when they fell once to argue the case with him how much more too weake shall we find our selves that are as we are and when our owne flesh is become our enemie and his cunning Soliciter It is not safe to commit a little Wherry to the Seas violence much lesse to put flax to fire or a match to dry powder A stick that hath once beene in the fire much more a Torch newly extinguished being forthwith put to the flame will soone be kindled againe Ob. But by slighting them I shall lose all my customers and others will be glad to humor them for all trades men doe the like both in Citie and country would you have me undoe my selfe that have nothing but my trade to live by this were to make my selfe scorned and derided of all Ans Are you convinced in your conscience that to drinke without thirst to loose your time to spend your money to wast the good creatures to disgrace Religion to harden them in their wicked practises c is evill and displeasing to God for I hope you denie not the Law to be a rule for us to walke by and square all our actions as doe some Antinomians who take the ready way to pluck up all holinesse and piety by the rootes If so it is easie to determine for as this only evidences a good conscience when the maine weight which setts the wheeles of our hearts on worke is the conscience of Gods commandement so that which is absolutely evill can by no circumstances be made good Neither is the least evill to be adventur'd one for the greatest good which commeth by accident Neither say that it is a small sinne for admit it were so comparatively yet even the least sinne in its owne nature is not only mortall but rests unpardonable so long as it is willingly committed and excused or defended And such have no good consciences that dare gratifie Satan in committing the least sinne or neglect God in the smallest precept Will any eate poyson because there is but a little of it And what saith our Saviour He that is faithfull in that which is least is faithfnll also in much and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much Luke 16. 10. He that will corrupt his conscience for a pound what would he doe for a thousand And one sinne were it but one keepes posession for Satan as well as twenty Neither will God alow those things in his owne children which he may permit in strangers As for that common and sottish excuse of others or every one doth so therefore of necessity I must now and then drinke with them least they count me rude and uncivill It savors so much of ignorance and unbeleife that I hope none who are conversant in the word will offer to aleadge it Well may it become blind worldlings who have no other rule but custome example and their owne will to walke by but its very unbeseeming a beleiver Yet least this plea should find place in your thoughts for the heart of man is deceitfull above all things I answer Gods precepts must be our only presidents Yea if your heart be not wicked custome and example will no more sway you then it doth others of Gods people who shine as lights in the midst of a crooked generation Yea you will redeeme the time because the dayes are evill Ephes 5. 15. 16. If grace doe bare sway in your heart and not the love of the world you will not make the badnes of the times and your calling a cloake to excuse your conformity in drinking and wasting your precious houres wickedly but rather a spurr to incite you to be so much the more carefull not to be swayed with the common streame And as for their good or evill report were your eyes open to see this deepnesse of Satan whose Agents they are and what their ayme and endeavour is you would count their dispraise an honour their praise a dishonour Lastly As touching the losse of your customers and undoing your selfe if you should not be sociable with and pleasing to them I would faine know whether you beleeve Gods word If you doe read the 28. chapter of Deuteronomie Mat. 6. 25. Psal 37. Marke 10. 30. Acts 17. 25. 1 Pet. 5. 7. together with that of Paul to Timothy Bodily excercise profiteth little but Godlines is profitable unto all things having the promises of the life that now is and of that which is to come 1 Tim 4. 8. If you doe indeed beleive these and many the like scriptures to be Gods word take his word at least try whether he be worth the trusting Who hath said I will not faile thee neither forsake thee Heb. 13. 5. 6. Shall I for your better encouragement the honour of my Lord and Master to justifie the truth in this behalfe to discharge my duty c. though I hazard the imputation of a foole speake what I have experimentally found Yes I will become a foole in this my present boasting for yee have compelled me Time was that in serving the Common wealth I gained in a lawfull and laudable way five hundreth pounds per Annum if not a thousand all losses and expences defraied but being unthankfull and becomming vaine in my imaginations not once intending by reason of a foolish dark heart to glorifie God with my substance what I earned God did blow upon and it was put into a bag with holes Hag. 1. 6. 9 For my estate rather lessened then increased and thrice happie for me that it fell out so for I had utterly perished in my soule if I had prospered in my estate for this brought me on my knees and humbled me to the very ground made me reforme what so ever I conceived might displease God as touching the Sabbath and the like and make vowes of new and better obedience so farre as he should give me grace and likewise indent with him that in case he should blesse me with a conveniencie that I might not be a scorne to the world I would returne to him the tith of all mine increase as he should be pleased to direct Whereupon for sundery yeares after though my meanes of getting failed and to the eye of reason my necessary expences were farre more then my gettings God did so blesse and prosper me that I purst up two or three hundreth pounds a yeare Which to me appeared miraculous for no reason could be given of this his mercy but his mercy and O the depth I speake it before God in Christ who knoweth that I lye not my conscience also bearing me witnesse in the Holy Ghost that I speake it only to Gods glory whose goodnesse constraines me though I could have spoken as much of that reverend Divine Mr. Wheatly and many others that I have converst with And why all this but to verifie what the Lord speakes by the Prophet Haggai 1 and 2 Chapters Which I pray read at your leasure So that when all is done giving and loosing rather then sinning is the way to grow rich Pro. 19. 17. and 22. 9. and 28. 27. Mat. 19 29. And in reason If rising ●early going to bed late and eating the bread of carefulnes will not make rich without Gods blessing upon it Psal 127. 1 2. much lesse will drinking doe it And what a base and unworthy thing is it to thinke that God will let us be loosers by our serving of him Indeed an ancient acquaintance of mine working to Gentlemen who would have their Bootes brought home on Sabbath day mornings for some yeares together durst not breake that no lesse wicked then common custome though it was much against his judgement for feare of loosing them and undoing himselfe But at length he gathers courage and resolves rather to displease them all then anger God and his conscience as he had formerly done Whereupon no lesse then threescore of his best customers forsooke him which in all probability would prove his undoing But he lost nothing by it for contrarily from that day he began to thrive in his estate which he could never doe before As his wife friends and servants did averr after his death and are still alive to witnesse 〈◊〉 you should not only loose your customers but undoe your selfe by refusing to drinke with 〈◊〉 what then will you therefore with Demas forsake Christ to imbrace this present world 〈…〉 then possible that if God should give you riches they would doe you hurt and prove your 〈◊〉 That it would prove like the putting of a sword into a mad mans hand for not seldome as we grow 〈◊〉 in temporalls we grow poore in spiritualls Well might this ad to your content but it would endanger 〈◊〉 soule You are Gods Patient prescribe not your Physitian be not wiser th●n he ●he Nurse knowes better then the Child what is good fit for it and indeed no man would be more miserable and pittie upon the grosse misopinions and misprisions of others Rom. 9. 3. John 4. 28. 29. And what knowest thou O man whether thou shalt save thy brother 1 Cor. 7. 16. 2 Tim. 2. 24. 25. For a word seasonably spoken God blessing it like a rudder sometimes steeres a man quite into another course Yea how many have I knowne to blesse the time that ever they were plainly dealt withall And certainly there could never be such bowsing and quaffing and whiffing and healthing such reeling and staggering and stabbing both with tongue and hand where the Gospel is so gloriously taught if men were but so happie as to meet with timely and faithfull admonition But this is the misery that which worldly men call discretion hath eate up all true wisedome and devotion Imprimatur John Downame FJNJS

CORDIALL COVNCELL IN A PATHETICALL EPISTLE First written to an Eminent Professor of Religion for the seasonable preventing of a RELAPS WHICH PROVING EFFICACIOVS IS AGAINE REUISED ENLARGED and published for the good of others As being applyable to many thousands whose practise is neither answerable to the Gospel their Christian profession nor the millions of mercies they have received By R. Junius The back-slider in heart shall bee filled with his owne waies PRO. 14. 14. As they did not like to reteine God in their knowledge God gave them over to a reprobate minde to doe those things which are not convenient ROM 1. 28. Thy wisedome and thy knowledge hath perverted thee ISA. 47. 10. Yee looked for much and loe it came to little and when ye brought it home I did blow upon it c. HAG. 1. 6. 9. My sonne if sinners intise thee consent thou not walke not thou in the way with them refraine thy foote from their path PRO. 1. 10. 15. London Printed by Tho. Paine and are to be sold by James Crump in little Bartholomewes Well-yard 164● CORDIALL COVNSELL IN A PATHETICALL Epistle written to an Eminent Professor of Religion For the seasonable preventing of a Relaps Curteous Sir IF you aske why I take this paines turne to Levit 19. 17. Heb. 3. 13. If for a president take that of Photion who when a friend of his would have cast himselfe away suffered him not saying I was made thy friend to this purpose And he that loves not such a friend hates himselfe Or is a foole for he that is a friend to our faults is no friend to our selves I confesse one maine motive to induce me was I called to remembrance the invaluable good which redowned to my soule by meanes of a poore mans plaine full free faithfull and timely admonishing of me And is there not a cause of my uttmost endeavour when you that have knowne the way of righteousnesse and had for some time escaped the polutions of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Iesus Christ Doe againe seeme to be intangled therein and turne from the holy commandement If you demand wherein I answer what is it other when you will be drawn to the Taverne by every idle Solisiter there be detained whole houres yea many houres in drinking even against your stommake constitution of body against your judgement the checks of your own conscience the motions of Gods spirit the earnest dehortation of your godly friends and many vowes to the contrary though you much abhor and condemne it To the spending of your money wasting of your precious time abusing the creatures which thousands better then you want wounding of your good name impayring of your health prejudice of your peace discredit of the Gospel and Professors thereof the stumbling of weake ones the incouraging of indifferent and unresolved ones the forestaling and hardning of your Asociates and all other enemies who know or heare of it Is this according to the Apostles rule 1 Thes 5. 22. Abstaine from all appearance of evill Is this to hate even the garment that is spotted by the flesh Iude 23. Is this becomming one who is so strict touching Ceremonies one who out of tendernes separates from our publique Assemblies Yea to speake plainely is not this to straine out a Gnat and swallow a Cammell Admitt men tearme you an Hypocrite for so they will doe what can be said in your defence Is not this to resemble the Priests Scribes and Elders who intending to murther the Sonne of God yet feare to be defiled with the touch of Pilates pavement Consider of it seriously and tell me if you can where or in what part of Gods word you find a warrant for your so doing for where is no precept there is no promise If we want Gods word in vaine doe we looke for his ayde We may trust him we may not tempt him Our heavenly father hath promised to give his Angels charge over us to keepe us in all our waye● Psal 91. 11. That is in the wayes of obedience or the wayes of his commandements but this is one of the Devils wayes a way of sinne and disobedience and therefore hath no assurance of protection And miserable is that man who in unwarrantable actions is left to his own keeping for wests and strayes are properly due to the Lord of the soyle even the God of this world 2 Cor. 4. 4. So long as we hold the tenure of obedience we are the Lords subjects and if we serve him he will preserve us Neither need we vex our selves with cares as if we lived at our owne cost or trusted to our owne strength but when a man is falne to the state of an our-law or rebell the Law dispenseth with them that kill him because the Prince hath excluded him from the benefit of his protection And indeed why do we pray not 〈◊〉 be led into temptation if we lead our selves into it If we will not keepe our selves from the occasion God will not keepe us from the sinne and if God doe not keepe us we cannot be keept we cannot we will not choose but fall Ob. But you have set bounds to your selfe beyond which you will not passe Ans It is hard for the best man to say how farre he will be tempted If one will put himselfe into lewd company he cannot promise to come forth innocent How many have falne into a fashion of swearing scoffing drinking out of the usuall practice of others Yea when once a man gives himselfe over to be the companion of vice in the end he becomes the very slave of vice And little doe you know or consider the insinuative power of evill or the treachery of your owne heart in receiving it or the importunity of wicked deceivers in obtruding it you will be the worse for their society and perceive it not for no man proves extreamely evill on the suddaine but through many insensible declinations doe we fall from vertue Satan workes men by degrees and not all at once to the height of impiety David at first was so tender of conscience that the lap of Sauls garment greived him to the heart but giving way to his own corruptions and Satans temptations to what a heigth of sin was he risen At first he only loosed the raines to idlenesse from idlenesse he proceedes to lust from lust to drunkennesse from drunkennesse to murther c. And how many have declined from a vigorous heate of zeale to a temper of luke-warme indifferency and then from a carelesse mediocritie to all extremity of debauchednes and so of hopefnll beginnings have ended in incarnate Divels Frequencie in sin takes away the sence of sinne as a man may looke so long upon the Sun that he shall become blind and not sensible of any light it hath Oh how the soule that gives way to sin is gayned upon by custome and when once crusted over with custome no hope of

returning And what doe those agents for the Divell drunkards aime at or practice more then the art of debauching men as what will they not doe or spend to make a sober man a drunkard Yea let but a religious man fall into their company as a purse of money may fall into a stinking privie how will they wind him in to drinke by little and little How will they conspire to provoke his unwilling appetite with drunken healthes And in case they can never so little prevaile O then they will sing and rejoyce as in the division of a spoile and brag that they have drenched sobriety and blinded the light and ever after be a snuffing of this Taper Psal 13. 4. And is it not a faire credit for you and the Gospel that they should boast when you are gon that you make great scruple of praying with them but none of being drunke with them That you have a good mind to please God but a greater to please the world Good sir remember your vow in baptisme confirmed againe at your first conversion and often renewed at the Lords table and in time of affliction Remember what Christ hath done for your soule and whether you were not divorc't from the world when married to him It is not for such as have given up their names to Christ and weare his Livory to consort with or conforme to the fashions of the world much lesse to her leude customes Or if they doe the more emminent the person the more notorious the corruption both in respect of others and themselves For In regard of others better many Israelites commit Adultery or Idolatry then one David or Solomon For many Iewes to deny Christ was not so much as for one Peter Yea if all the Cities of the world had done filthily it were short of this wonder The Virgin daughter of Sion is become an harlot Isay 1. 21. And likewise in respect of themselves For their sinne is and their punishment shall be greater The more glorious the Angels excellency the more damnable their Apostacie If Iudas prove a villaine how mischeivous is his villanie If the light become darkenesse how great is that darkenesse Yea if that we call vertue turne into vice the shame is triple And as the sinne of such is greater so shall their punishment be if they apostatize Iulian and Lucifer had beene lesse damned if the one had not beene a Christian and the other an Angel of light However men live or dye without the pale of the Church a wicked professor shall be sure of plagues Ob But I was never yet distempered with drinking nor I hope ever shall be neither are those drunkards which you tax me with but loving friends and customers Ans They that tarrie long at the wine are drunkards in Solomons dialect Pro. 23. 30. He that drinkes to much for his purse too much for his calling and occasions too much for his health and quiet of body or mind he that drinkes more for lusty or pride or coveteousnesse or feare or good fellowship or to drive away time or to still conscience then for thirst is a drunkard in Gods account whose law extends even to the heart and affections Mat. 5. 28. And know this that you shall give an account for every Idle peny and houre you spend and for every cup of drinke you spoile or wast Besides little doe you know what will be the event for of all other sinnes this sinne and coveteousnesse which I take to be the maine roote or cause of it in you increaseth with age Nor did I ever know one once falne into it ever get out of it Which makes St. Austine compare it to the pit of Hell out of which there is no hope of redemption I confesse a drunkard may have many good purposes to forsake his sin as I have knowne some both purpose and strive against the same yea detest and bewaile it yea indent with himselfe and his friends to relinquish it but never knew one get the mastery of it For let him but meet a companion that holds but up his finger he followes him as a foole to the stocks and as an Ox to the slaughter house having no power to withstand the temptation Oh the difficulty of disposessing a drunken divell And no marvell for besides that by a long and desperate custome they turne delight and infirmity into necessity so that without wine they are sicke having by a kind of frequency made other mens physicke their naturall food And bring upon themselves such an insatiable thirst that they will as willingly leave to live as leave their excessive drinking Wine takes away the heart Hosea 4. 11. Yea drunkennesse beastiates the soule and spoiles the braine overthrowes the faculties and organs of repentance Againe by it the spi●it is quenched Ephes 5. 18. and the body of sinne with its lusts strengthened If the Divell comes in the Holy Ghost will goe out and then what should hinder a man from running head long to hell When the belly is fild with wine Satan may stampe in that heart the fowlest sinne But lust will admit no deniall Pro. 23. 29 to 35. You shall rarely see a man continent that is not abstinent I need not tell you how Satan and those two ungracious daughters prevailed with righteous Lot when he was drunke though he never intended either drunkennesse or incest Nor how your predecessor fell into that sinne of adultery for I dare say and you will not deny it that his drinking was the maine and only cause of his drabbing which hath beene the case of many noted professors that I could name And take heed for I feare it exceedingly least God give you over to adultery as you give your selfe over to drunkennesse Nay hath he not told you already what he will doe if you continue to provoke him by what he hath done As why hath he given you over to this sottish and sordid custome of resorting to and consorting with these base places and persons for seldome or never doth God give any of his over to this more then brutish sinne but some particular provoaking cause went before it 2 Sam. 21. 1. Shall I guesse what that cause is from what I have observed in others of your temper mind it seriously for I shall goe neere to strike that veine from whence arises all your distemper God hath endowed you with strength of braine sweetnesse of nature and other eminent parts great blessings I grant being well used but if the mind doe not answer they were better mist for these especially the first not seldome prove by accident strong barres to keepe the owners out of heaven 1 Cor. 1. 18. to 30. and this hath made you proud even to the dispising of others Yea parhaps to depend more upon your gifts then the givers aid And to stand more upon the praise of men then the favour of God 1 Sam. 15. 30 Iohn 12. 42. 43. Whereupon he hath left