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gen._n 9.20_o 21._o and_o noah_n begin_v to_o be_v a_o husbandman_n and_o he_o plant_v a_o vineyard_n and_o he_o drink_v of_o the_o wine_n and_o be_v drunken_a here_o we_o have_v noah_n employment_n and_o his_o infirmity_n his_o employment_n he_o begin_v to_o be_v a_o husbandman_n though_o all_o the_o world_n be_v he_o and_o his_o heir_n for_o ever_o yet_o he_o choose_v to_o have_v a_o call_v and_o he_o choose_v this_o call_v and_o then_o here_o be_v his_o infirmity_n where_o there_o be_v two_o extreme_n in_o opinion_n some_o make_v it_o a_o unpardonable_a crime_n that_o a_o age_a wise_a and_o holy_a man_n shall_v thus_o miscarry_v not_o charitable_o consider_v that_o it_o be_v not_o intemperance_n but_o inexperience_n that_o cause_v his_o fallâ—…_n and_o other_o hold_v it_o be_v no_o sin_n at_o all_o because_o involuntary_a and_o of_o ignorance_n but_o this_o annihilate_v it_o not_o extenuate_v it_o may_v it_o be_v ill_o do_v but_o record_v purposely_o to_o warn_v we_o from_o the_o like_a patriarchae_fw-la nos_fw-la docent_fw-la non_fw-la soluâ—…_n docentes_fw-la sed_fw-la errâ—…tes_fw-la the_o patriarch_n error_n teach_v we_o as_o well_o as_o their_o instruction_n o_o let_v this_o instance_n teach_v the_o husbandman_n never_o to_o abuse_v his_o call_v thus_o by_o drunkenness_n and_o gluttony_n i_o mean_v immoderate_a eat_n and_o drink_v when_o man_n eat_v or_o drink_v more_o than_o do_v good_a not_o only_a when_o it_o be_v too_o much_o for_o their_o head_n or_o stomach_n but_o when_o it_o be_v too_o much_o for_o their_o time_n or_o too_o much_o for_o their_o estate_n which_o god_n will_v account_v drunkenness_n at_o the_o last_o day_n though_o there_o be_v degree_n of_o it_o and_o some_o worse_a than_o other_o and_o it_o be_v worse_o in_o some_o man_n than_o in_o other_o and_o beseem_v a_o husbandman_n as_o ill_o as_o most_o other_o in_o the_o world_n and_o yet_o he_o be_v prone_a to_o think_v there_o be_v no_o recreation_n but_o a_o alehouse_n no_o way_n to_o quench_v his_o care_n but_o by_o strong_a drink_n no_o exercise_n on_o a_o festival_n but_o quaff_v and_o smoke_v but_o this_o be_v a_o fearful_a abuse_n in_o thy_o call_v thy_o hard_a labour_n will_v never_o excuse_v thy_o hard_a drink_n thy_o field_n groan_v that_o bear_v the_o grain_n which_o thou_o thus_o abuse_v why_o this_o be_v a_o beastly_a and_o deadly_a sin_n other_o sin_n it_o be_v true_a in_o their_o nature_n be_v many_o of_o they_o worse_o than_o this_o but_o few_o beyond_o it_o consider_v the_o inseparable_a effect_n of_o it_o namely_o the_o render_v the_o man_n or_o rather_o the_o beast_n liable_a to_o all_o sin_n a_o sin_n that_o by_o degree_n will_v steal_v all_o the_o money_n out_o of_o thy_o purse_n all_o the_o comfort_n out_o of_o thy_o house_n all_o thy_o credit_n and_o all_o thy_o conscience_n and_o leave_v thou_o nothing_o but_o sting_a sorrow_n o_o rectify_v therefore_o this_o abuse_n have_v thou_o no_o recreation_n but_o thy_o ruin_n no_o pleasure_n but_o in_o sin_n no_o way_n to_o refresh_v thy_o body_n but_o by_o wound_v thy_o soul_n have_v thou_o so_o many_o house_n near_o thou_o where_o thou_o may_v be_v cheerful_a and_o welcome_a for_o thy_o company_n and_o will_v none_o serve_v thou_o but_o the_o alehouse_n where_o thou_o be_v welcome_a only_o for_o thy_o money_n think_v as_o thou_o enterest_n in_o those_o door_n do_v god_n call_v i_o hither_o can_v i_o give_v account_n of_o this_o be_v god_n to_o be_v meet_v with_o here_o will_v i_o be_v find_v thus_o by_o death_n shall_v i_o gratify_v my_o flesh_n to_o provoke_v my_o god_n shall_v i_o sadden_fw-mi my_o conscience_n to_o cheer_v my_o appetite_n i_o will_v away_o i_o will_v stay_v here_o no_o long_o depart_v