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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A97281	The Britannian magazine: or, A new art of making above twenty sorts of English wines viz, of apples, pears, peaches, cherries, plums, sloes, damasins, quinces, figgs, goosberries, mulberries, currens, blackberries, elderberries, roses, carnations, cowslips, scurvy-grass, mint, and balm, &c. More pleasant and agreeable to the English constitution than those of France. With the way of making brandy and other spirits: as likewise how to make artificial clarets, rhenish, &c. The second edition. To which is added, the foundation of the art of distillation: or the true and genuine way of making malt into low-wines, proof-spirits, and brandy-wines, compliant to the late act of Parliament concerning distillation. By W.Y. M.D.	Y-Worth, W. (William)	1694 (1694)	Wing Y214; ESTC R230793	82,523	252

advantage and here some Mens excellency out-does others as may be seen by many examples in their improvements but still all this must be perform'd with abundance of more pains and labour than originally they were A Third Observation is seeing the excellency of Man was such as to be adorned with Wisdom and Vnderstanding to know things in their Primitive state as they were so now he is deprived of the same and 't is impossible for him to arrive to any degree of Perfection therein either to rule or dispence aright of his Office except he ask it of the Lord as Solomon did to rule the Kingdom of his Father that it might be for the Glory of God by dividing and adjusting things according to the ballance of Truth sound Reason and firm Judgment this was so acceptable to the Lord although his Petition was great yet that he asked was small in comparison to what the Lord bestowed on him for to him was not only given Wisdom but Riches Honour and Length of days and in so great Superiority to others that there was none either before or after him that were to be compared to him and this proceeded from his right asking Now this Solomon in all his Writings prefers Wisdom before any other Gift for he says That all things are but dung and dross in comparison of it and O Man One of the principal Seals of Wisdom is to know thy self aright and in doing that thou wilt know from what thou wast Created and for what end thou wilt also know the difference between the Primitive and Fall'n State also by what Power thou art upheld and from whence Wisdom must proceed and what that Power is that flows into the Center of thy Soul that carries a transmuting Power with it of changing the vilest of Sinners into the best of Saints and in knowing this thou wilt certainly know thy Office and Power and what Degrees and Measures are so to be taken in thy exercise thereof for now thou wilt know the right use of the Creatures and in such a way that God may be Glorified For as the Apostle saith concerning such The recompence of reward was before their Eyes looking towards a City which was not made with hands but the builder and maker thereof was the Lord they know that in all states Man hath the excellent Principle of Immortality in the Synterrisis of his Fabrick which was to be dissolv'd from thence and to receive the reward of her Deeds c. This will cause every Man to consider with himself how he may walk so as to walk aright For the fear of the Lord is the beginning of Wisdom and to harken unto Truth that is Understanding therefore I heartily wish that every Man might know the station the Lord hath placed him in and how to improve his Talent aright for we are not to be like the slothful servant that tyed up his Talent in a Napkin and buried it in the earth and when the Lord examined the reason thereof he complains that he was a hard Master but this I can testifie that God requires of no Man more than he hath given him For where much is given much is required some had five some ten and others fifty here the improvement was to be according to the principles for the right use of five Talents had the same reward as the improvement of fifty for the Widows mite mention'd in the Gospel was accepted by the Lord as a deed of great importance for that she had cast in her all Now I shall examine by what hath been said how the Inhabitants of this Land do proceed in improving their Talent or prising the great and manifold mercies bestowed on them In our opinion the returns are very small for very few there be in comparison to the multitude that are found that do rightly consider the greatness of the mercies bestowed on them but on the contrary are swollow'd up as I may say in the excess of abomination the intemperance is such that they turn the grace of God into wantonness as is too too evidently seen by the grand debaucheries this Age aboundeth with for the Sons and Daughters of Men delights too too much to inhabit the wrathful sphere and from thence send forth principles and practices agreeable to such a Nature for they are not satisfy'd in their negligence in giving their obedience to the word of God but daily start up new Atheism and Schismatical Doctrines to plead for and maintain their damnable lust which indeed flows into the Pit of Destruction these have the Austere and Lustfull principles so kindled by their intemperance that there ambition is such that they lust at all and are never satisfy'd without they could enlarge their Tents and Borders to the greatest of dignities they are for building and enlarging their Barns and Store houses which points forth the end of their desire which can be nothing but to Eat and Drink and be merry and enjoy themselves in the pomps and pleasures of this World but let them remember what was said to one in the Gospel Thou Fool this very Night thou must or shall dye and it may be in his Sins too and what must be his portion seeing there is a Woe pronounced against such that dye in their Sins and 't is a very hainous one not to use the mercies of God aright for that which was design'd to them as a Blessing they turn to a Curse and thus are guilty of depriving their selves of the great benefits design'd by the bountifull God for their Temporal and Eternal Welfares and so may expect at the final end the dreadful Sentence of Depart from me ye workers of Iniquity and the Body Soul and Spirit as they rise again to be east into the wrathfull Fire there for ever to remain for as the Prophet saith the Worm never dies nor doth the Fire go out Therefore while ye have time prize it and esteem not the Shadowy Fig leaves beyond the covering of God's Spirit nor the forbidden Fruit more than obedience to God's Command for who would willingly loose the comfort of a matchless Paradise for a dreadful portion amongst Dogs and Sorcerers without the Walls of the Holy City which every true Christian both Man and Woman ought to labour to be delivered from so indeed ought all so to do by Temperance Humility Fasting and Prayer and by a stedfast Faith in Jesus Christ by whose merits and by the blood of the Covenant we are so bountifully redeemed c. Thus much for such general Considerations I shall now come to lay down some Benefits as they arise from Temperance and other disadvantages that proceed from the neglect hereof First the benefits that proceed from Temperance are many and wonderful as may be in part discern'd from what hath been already said for then the body is more free and the judgment more sound to discern things aright for the illuminating Spirit acts most freely in pure Tabernacles for