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A14757
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VVoe to drunkards A sermon by Samuel Ward preacher of Ipswich.
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Ward, Samuel, 1577-1640.
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STC 25055; ESTC S111607
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rage_a evil_n if_o chrysostome_n be_v now_o alive_a the_o bent_n of_o all_o his_o homily_n or_o at_o least_o one_o part_n of_o they_o shall_v be_v spend_v to_o cry_v down_o drunkenness_n as_o he_o do_v swear_v in_o antioch_n never_o desist_v to_o reprove_v it_o till_o if_o not_o the_o fear_n of_o god_n yet_o his_o importunity_n make_v they_o weary_a of_o the_o sin_n such_o anakims_n and_o zanzummims_n as_o the_o spiritual_a sword_n will_v not_o work_v upon_o i_o turn_v they_o over_o to_o the_o secular_a arm_n with_o a_o signification_n of_o the_o dangerous_a and_o contagious_a spread_v of_o this_o poison_n in_o the_o vein_n and_o bowel_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n in_o the_o church_n and_o christ_n his_o name_n also_o entreat_v they_o to_o carry_v a_o more_o vigilant_a eye_n over_o the_o den_n and_o burrow_n of_o this_o cockatrice_n superfluous_a blind_a and_o clandestine_v alehouse_n i_o mean_v the_o very_a pest-house_n of_o the_o nation_n which_o i_o can_v wish_v have_v all_o for_o their_o sign_n a_o picture_n of_o some_o hideous_a serpent_n or_o a_o pair_n of_o they_o as_o the_o best_a hieroglyphic_n of_o the_o genius_n of_o the_o place_n angues_fw-la to_o warn_v passenger_n to_o shun_v and_o avoid_v the_o danger_n of_o they_o who_o see_v and_o know_v not_o that_o some_o one_o needle_n alehouse_n in_o a_o country_n town_n undo_v all_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o house_n in_o it_o eat_v up_o the_o thrift_n and_o fruit_n of_o their_o labour_n the_o ill_a manner_n of_o sundry_a place_n be_v there_o to_o meet_v in_o some_o one_o night_n of_o the_o week_n and_o spend_v what_o they_o have_v gather_v and_o spare_v all_o the_o day_n of_o the_o same_o before_o to_o the_o prejudice_n of_o their_o poor_a wife_n and_o child_n at_o home_n and_o upon_o the_o lord_n day_n after_o evening_n prayer_n there_o to_o quench_v and_o drown_v all_o the_o good_a lesson_n they_o have_v hear_v that_o day_n at_o church_n if_o this_o go_v on_o what_o shall_v become_v of_o we_o in_o time_n if_o 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think_v it_o not_o unworthy_a his_o pen_n to_o discover_v their_o danger_n a_o royal_a and_o eloquent_a oration_n be_v happy_o and_o worthy_o preserve_v in_o the_o large_a volume_n of_o ancient_a write_n with_o this_o title_n patrum_fw-la oratio_fw-la magnifici_fw-la et_fw-la pacifici_fw-la edgari_fw-la regis_fw-la habita_fw-la ad_fw-la dunstanum_n archiep._n episcopos_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o main_a scope_n whereof_o be_v to_o excite_v the_o clergy_n care_v &_o devotion_n for_o the_o suppress_n of_o this_o vice_n for_o the_o common_a good_a undertaker_n of_o difficult_a plot_n promise_v themselves_o speed_n and_o effect_n if_o once_o they_o interest_n the_o king_n and_o make_v he_o a_o party_n and_o what_o more_o general_o beneficial_a can_v be_v devise_v or_o propose_v then_o this_o with_o more_o honour_n and_o less_o charge_n to_o be_v effect_v if_o it_o shall_v please_v his_o majesty_n but_o to_o make_v trial_n of_o the_o strength_n of_o his_o temporal_a &_o spiritual_a arm_n for_o the_o effect_n of_o it_o if_o this_o help_v not_o what_o have_v we_o else_o remain_v but_o wish_n &_o prayer_n to_o cast_v out_o this_o kind_n withal_o god_n help_v us._n to_o he_o i_o commend_v the_o success_n of_o these_o labour_n &_o the_o vanquish_a of_o this_o cockatrice_n finis_fw-la isaiah_n 21._o isaiah_n 5.11.22_o isaiah_n 28.1_o joel_n 1.5_o hab._n 2._o jamesâ—_n â—_z 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d basil_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d acharito_fw-la chenachash_n veche_o siphgnoni_n iaphresh_v no_o vissimo_fw-la sub_fw-la tanquam_fw-la serpens_fw-la mordebit_fw-la &_o tanquam_fw-la regulus_fw-la punget_fw-la montanus_n &_o mercerus_n tamquam_fw-la haemorrhois_fw-la vel_fw-la dipsas_fw-la tremelius_fw-la vim_fw-la habens_fw-la presentaneam_fw-la sopori_fw-la ferara_fw-mi etc._n etc._n remus_n in_o spici_fw-la legiis_fw-la vide_fw-la etiam_fw-la seneca_n ep_n 84._o ubi_fw-la cum_fw-la opio_fw-la elleboro_fw-la veneno_fw-la ebrietatem_fw-la comparat_fw-la de_fw-fr ebrioso_fw-la non_fw-la de_fw-la ebrio_fw-la cvius_fw-la vivere_fw-la est_fw-la bibere_fw-la principia_fw-la ledit_n &_o coedit_fw-la hominem_fw-la in_o fungum_fw-la &_o testudinem_fw-la vertit_fw-la vers._n 34.35_o omne_fw-la vitium_fw-la incendit_fw-la &_o detegit_fw-la obstantem_fw-la malis_fw-la conatibus_fw-la verecundiam_fw-la removet_fw-la senec_n epist._n 84._o ebrietas_fw-la in_o se_fw-la culoas_fw-la complectitur_fw-la omnes_fw-la musto_n dolia_fw-la ipsa_fw-la tumpuntur_fw-la sie_n vino_fw-la exestuante_fw-la quicquid_fw-la in_o imo_fw-la latet_fw-la effertur_fw-la idem_fw-la ibidem_fw-la 1._o cor._n 6.10_o isaiah_n 5.14_o seneca_n de_fw-fr benesicii_fw-la lib._n 1._o ca._n 10_o quum_fw-la plurimum_fw-la me_fw-it i_fw-it sumpsisse_fw-la virtus_fw-la erit_fw-la etc._n etc._n deut._n 32.32_o qui_fw-la ludibrium_fw-la fuerat_fw-la ebrietatis_fw-la factus_fw-la est_fw-la postea_fw-la sobrietatis_fw-la exemplum_fw-la amb._n de_fw-fr hes._n magna_fw-la medicina_fw-la tollit_fw-la peccata_fw-la magna_fw-la ambrose_n cant._n 8.2_o cant._n 2.4_o hubet_fw-la deus_fw-la suum_fw-la inebriamini_fw-la etc._n etc._n bernard_n in_o cant._n ut_fw-la serpens_fw-la hominis_fw-la qua_fw-la tacta_fw-la salivis_fw-la disperit_fw-la ac_fw-la sese_fw-la mandendo_fw-la conficit_fw-la ipsa_fw-la lucretius_n vide_fw-la etiam_fw-la ophilium_fw-la et_fw-la gesuerum_fw-la &c_n &c_n pinge_fw-la duos_fw-la angues_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d aelian_n lib._n 14._o cap_n 27._o tauta_n potentia_fw-la huius_fw-la mali_fw-la ut_fw-la sanari_fw-la prorsus_fw-la sine_fw-la concilii_fw-la autoritate_fw-la non_fw-la possit_fw-la aug._n ep_n â—4_n ad_fw-la aureliuns_n bibamus_fw-la pro_fw-la saluite_fw-la imperatorum_fw-la comitum_fw-la oh_o fluititiam_fw-la vitium_fw-la sacrificium_fw-la putant_fw-la amb._n de_fw-fr helia_n etc._n etc._n bazil_n hom._n contra_fw-la ebrios_fw-la where_o the_o word_n of_o a_o king_n be_v there_o be_v power_n eccl._n 8.4_o excerpta_fw-la ex_fw-la historia_fw-la nicolai_n harpsteldii_fw-la arbiep_n contuariensis_fw-la viae_fw-la tomum_fw-la 13_o bibliotheca_fw-la patrum_fw-la