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The drunkards vvarning A sermon preached at Canterbury in the Cathedral Church of Christ. By Thomas Kingsmill Mr. of Arts, and preacher of the Word at Hyth, one of the Cinque-ports, in the county of Kent.
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Kingsmill, Thomas.
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THE DRVNKARDS VVarning A Sermon Preached at Canterbury in the Cathedral Church of CHRIST By THOMAS KINGSMILL Mr. of Arts and Preacher of the Word at Hyth one of the Cinque-Ports in the County of Kent Eccles 31.25 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Imprinted at London by N. Okes for Richard Collins at the signe of the three Kings in Paules Church-yard 1631. TO THE RIGHT Reuerend Father in God IOHN by GODS Prouidence Lord Bishop of St. Asaph Grace Mercy and Peace be Multiplied THE Charge that was giuen to the Prophet Esay by the Lord himselfe cry aloud spare not lift vp thy voice like a Trumpet and shewe my people their Transgressions and the House of Iacob their sinnes Esay 58.1 is also imposed Right Reuerend Father in God on euery Preacher of the Word in these last daies and perilous times For iniquity aboundeth now as much as euer it did there is no truth nor mercy nor knowledge of God in the Land by swearing and lying and killing and stealing and committing adultery men break out and blood toucheth blood Hose 4.1.2 They rise vp early in the morning that they may follow strong drinke they continue vntill night till wine inflame them Esay 5.11 Oh! now is the time if euer for a Preacher to lift vp his voyce and crye downe these loud-crying sinnes As for my selfe I haue already by Gods assistance lifted vp my voyce in a Sermon in a great Congregation against the beastly sinne of Drunkennes but a man may crye louder with pen then with tongue and bee heard further out of the Presse then out of the Pulpit Therefore sith there is no Labourer so simple but may bring somewhat to Gods building I haue incouraged my selfe vpon assurance of your Lordships pardon humbly to commend this Sermon as it was deliuered with out addition or detraction to the view of your Wisedome and vnder your protection to the Householde of Faith Not doubting but that which hath passed the fauourable censure of so Reuerend and so Learned an assembly as then were the Hearers will now finde like acceptance with all that be iudicious and indifferent Readers Many weighty reasons I could shew that mooued me to Dedicate these my slender labours vnto your Lordship but I forbeare to expresse them least I exceede an Epistle to so small a Booke and make the Wals as big as the City And thus hauing satisfied my desire by giuing some testimony of my duty to your Lordship fearing to hinder the course of your more serious cogitations and actions I humbly take my leaue and commend my selfe to your fauour and your Lordship to the grace and fauour of God in Christ From Hyth one of the Cinque-Ports in Kent February 12. 1630 Your Lordships most obliged to all humble duty Thomas Kingsmill THE DRVNKARDS warning PRO. 23. 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For the Drunkard and the Glutton shall come to pouerty IT were vaine to be at open defiance with iniquity if first we subdue not beastly Concupiscence in Gluttony which like a false-hearted subiect in a City is ready to worke a mischiefe at home when the forreine enemy is encountred abroad Many not knowing the right order of a spirituall Combate cherish that vice and giue the on-set vppon some other sinne it may be valiantly I dare say vnprofitably at length in steppeth Gluttony for the rescue violently tearing out the throate of Vertue and giuing sinne as much aduantage as it had before Let this Traytour be first wounded the flesh subdued and brought into subiection then shall you with more facility get the mastery ouer all transgression Gluttony if we take it largely brancheth it selfe into Drunkennesse and all excesse in meate or drinke The body of my Text contayneth both which may thus be read a part though Hypozeugma ioyne both in one The Drunkard shall come to Pouerty and the glutton shall come to pouerty The former onely is now the obiect of my speech wherein you may obserue the party delinquent and his heauy punishment Defin. Drunkennesse is a violent priuation of reason by excessiue drinking through inordinate affection to any lyquor of intoxicating power Losse of reason Excessiue drinking Inordinate affection these three make drunkennesse compleate The first is the losse of reason eyther in whole or in part Proprijssime illi dicuntur ebrij qui prae nimio potu mente altenantur Zanc. in Ep. ad Ephe. c. 5. p. 18. §. de Ebrietate they are most properly sayd to be drunken who are depriued of reason by excessiue drinking As for the intemperate drinker that can downe with aboundance of lyquor and yet for strength of braine is no whit mooued in body or minde I suppose I may truely call him a Glutton how euer I excuse him not Tanto nequior quanto sub poculo inuictior Aug. de ver apost ser 4. the more able a man is to beare his lyquor the more full of Sathan if hee abuse his strength that way Woe vnto them that are mighty to drinke wine and men of strength to mingle strong drinke Esay 5.22 But there is a two-fold priuation of reason to wit naturall and violent When a sober man lyeth downe to rest sleepe depriueth him of reason for a little time Yet so as that hee can haue it and vse it at his pleasure if hee appoynt one to call him or a Bell to a wake him at sâ—ch an houre Like Pliny his Cranes Nat. histor lib 10. ca. 3. who in a long iourney maintayne a watch all night and haue their Sentinels that stand with one foot and hold a stone in the other if they chance to sleepe downe falleth the stone and awaketh them But the Drunkard being violently bereft of reason by the fume of the Grape hath no such shift to recouer his wits Till the lyquor cease working hee is not himselfe whether hee sleepe or wake Ebrietas ita mentem alienat ut vbi sit nesciat Isidor senten lib. 2. ca. 43. Drunkennesse doth so besot him that hee knoweth not where hee is A man is violently bereft of reason diuers manner of wayes by strong sents and poysonous hearbes that cause distraction Anger lust vayne-glory couetousnesse each vehement inordinate affection deserueth the name of Drunkennesse They are drunken but not with wine they stagger but not with strong drink Esay 29.9 But Salomon speaketh here of drunkennesse by wine be not amongst wine-bibbers where by Wine is meant any lyquor of intoxicating power Ebrietas dicta est quasi extra briam quod debitam vini mensuram excedit In Aquin. 22â— q. 150 ar 1. Drunkennesse is so called saith Lessius from taking strong drinke out of measure When as Saint Augustine hath it Ad mensuras sine mensura bibunt De temp ser 231. By full cups and measures men drinke out of measure It is not simply vnlawfull to drinke VVine if wee keepe a meane according to that of Caietan Vinum potatum non
and life together Alexander at a supper brought out a crowne for a reward to him that dranke most Plutarc Alexa. Promachus swallowed downe foure gallons of wine and wan the Crowne worth a Talent but hee liued not aboue three dayes after and forty one of his fellowes dyed of an extreame cold that tooke them in their drunkennesse A fearefull example and a faire warning for all pot-companions Though the Mariners escape with life yet they are halfe vndone their wares are lost and their ship well-nigh broken So is the Drunkard almost if not quite vndone Ebrietas mors omnium virtutum Vincen. specul mor. lib. 3. par 8 dist 8. Drunkennesse is the shipwracke of all goodnesse his modesty sobriety and temperance most precious wares are cast away and the shippe of his body is fore shaken with palsies and other diseases that he will haue much adoe to patch it vp againe Who goeth with a rugged coate the Drunkard who turneth wife and children out of doores the Drunkard Who hath woe who hath sorrow who hath contentions who hath babling who hath wounds without cause who hath rednes of eies they that tarry long at the wine they that goe to seeke mixt wine Oh! looke not vpon the wine when it is red when it giueth his colour in the cap when 〈…〉 it selfe aright at the last it biteth like a Serpent and stingeth like an Adder Man that is in honour and vnderstandeth not is like the beast that perish Psal 49.10 Tell me O man wherein differest thou from a beast is it not in the excellent gift of reason whereby thou rulest the creatures Oh! then be not thou so base to be led by the sway of sensuall desire and for the loue of liquor turne thy selfe on grazing with Nebuchadnezzar among the beasts of the field The silly Asse will quench his thirst and drinke no more but thou for thy pleasure wilt passe the bounds of nature and become a beast nay rather worse for they haue no reason no more hast thou but they can vse their limbes soe canst not thou Whereto shall I liken drunkards but to the Idols of the heathen who haue eyes and see not eares and heare not feete and walke not The Drunkard can neither reade nor pray hee is not for the workes of piety or policy to say plainely hee is good for iust nothing like the vnprofitable ground which hauing drunke too much beareth no fruite but turneth into dirt Alas what good fruite should wee expect from a Drunkard Who is no better then a dead man nay worse by farre hee that is dead can doe neyther good nor ill but the Drunkard is dead to all goodnesse whatsoeuer and aliue yea very actiue to all wickednesse Loe yee haue heard how the Drunkard is voyde of goodnesse apt to lewdnesse and that hee shal bee impouerished diseased a thousand wayes tormented in this life If it come to passe when hee heareth the wordes of this curse that hee blesse himselfe in his heart saying I shall haue peace though I walke in the imagination of mine heart to adde drunkennes to thirst the Lord will not spare him but then the anger of the Lord and his iealousy shall smoake against that man Deut. 29.19.20 Woe to them that rise early in the morning that they may follow strong drinke that continue vntill night till the wine inflame them Esay 5.11 Vae lamentabilis est acclamatio lamentatione autem digni sunt ebriosi quia regnum Dei non possidebunt Basil Mag. contra ebrioses Woe is a dolefull exclamation and indeed all drunkards deserue lamentation for they are in the Catalogue of those that shall neuer inherite the kingdome of God Audite et cauete vos O quibus istud malum non in crimine sed in vsu est Orig. in Gen c. 19. hom 5 heare and beware O yee that blame not this sinne but make a common practise of it haue some respect to your outward estate to the teares of your wiues to the good of your children be not altogether carelesse of the health of your bodies of the vertue of your minde of the Lawes of God of the sauing of your soules preferre not a little beastly pleasure before them all doe not wilfully cast away your selues for whom Christ dyed If yee repent and amend hee is ready to forgiue I can shewe your pardon from the great King of Heauen for all that is past the tenour whereof is this Let the wicked forsake his way and the vnrighteous man his thoughts and let him returne to the Lord and he will haue mercy vpon him and to our God for he will aboundantly pardon Esay 55.7 Gods mercy is greater then your misery Yee cannot be so infinite in sinning as he is infinite in pardoning if you repent I know an euill habite is not cast off in a moment but by degrees therefore as Saint Augustine aduiseth De tempor serm 232. presently withdraw one cup to morrow another and next day another till you come to a setled and sober dyet Giue thy selfe to fasting and prayer without which exercise this kinde of Diuell is not cast out Then haue a care to shunne lewd company be not amongst Wine-bibbers least they make thee returne to thy wonted course Bonum esse inter malos est quasi natare contra torrentem Steâ—â—a de contemp mundi p. 2. cap. 27. to be abstemious among the Gluttonous were to swimme against the streame If vrgent occasions call thee to such places resolue by Gods grace not to pledge their healths Nay but they will stab then care not for that looke what wrong they offer thee beare it patiently and God will reward thee Nemo dicat quod in istis temporibus martyres non sint quotidie martyres fiunt August de temp s 232 let no man say wee haue no Martyrs in these our dayes wee haue Martyrs daily A Martyr is a witnesse of the truth of God and whatsoeuer a man suffereth for the truth sake the Lord esteemeth it no lesse then Martyrdome Moreouer consider the great want of Christs poore members and thou wilt not for pitty wast that prodigally wherewith the bowels of the Saints may be refreshed Finally be a frequent hearer of the word and thou shalt often meete with good exhortations to sobriety and powerfull reasons to diswade from drunkennesse Vse these remedies conscionably and thou wilt soone abandon this iniquity so shalt thou liue godly righteously and soberly in this present world to the glory of God the good example of thy Neighbour and the sauing of thy soule through Gods tender mercy in Christ Iesu To whom with the Father and the Holy Ghost be ascribed all Glory Honour and Praise Power Might and dominion of vs and all people now and for euer Amen FINIS