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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20760	Foure treatises tending to disswade all Christians from foure no lesse hainous then common sinnes; namely, the abuses of swearing, drunkennesse, whoredome, and briberie. Wherein the greatnes and odiousnesse of these vices is discouered; and the meanes and remedies, which may either preserue, or weane men from them, are propounded. Whereunto is annexed a treatise of anger. By Iohn Dovvname Batcheler in Diuinitie, and preacher of Gods word.	Downame, John, d. 1652.; Downame, John, d. 1652. Spiritual physicke to cure the diseases of the soule, arising from superfluitie of choller, prescribed out of Gods word. aut	1609 (1609)	STC 7141; ESTC S110222	260,958	336

of a man but a senselesse trunck and filthie carcase Vnto which also the Prophet Esay alludeth chap. 28.7 Esa 28.7 for setting downe the sinne of the priests and false prophets and their vtter neglect of all good duties hee saith that they erred through strong drinke and were swallowed vp of wine Yea euen the Heathen man discerned this by the light of nature where speaking of the Grecians surprising Troy in the time of the Troianes drunkennes Virg Aeneid 2. l. 265. he saith Inuadunt vrbem somno vinoque sepultam They assaulted the Citie which was buried in sleepe and wine So that they who giue themselues to this vice are no more able to performe any good duties of their callings then those who are dead and buried be able to doe the workes of the liuing And hence it is that as the Lord restraineth all men from this sinne so especially Magistrates and Ministers Luk. 21.34 because their callings are of greaest vse and importance and therfore their neglect of them most pernicious both to Church and Common-wealth To this purpose is that Pro. 31.4 Pro. 31.4 It is not for Kings O Lemuel it is not for Kings to drinke wine nor for Princes strong drinke 5. Lest hee drinke and forget the decree and change the iudgement of the children of affliction So the Priests and Leuits were prohibited the vse of wine and strong drinke vpon the penaltie of death when they were to come into the Tabernacle of the congregation to execute the office of the Priesthood Leu. 10.9 Leuit. 10.9 And the Nazarites also who had dedicated themselues to Gods seruice Num. 6.3 as appeareth Num. 6.3 which commandement when the priests neglected they shamefully erred out of the waie of truth failed in vision and stumbled in iudgement as we may see Esa 28.7 Esa 28.7 The like care the Lord hath shewed in restraining the Ministers of the Gospell from this vice for where he describeth what manner of men he would haue chosen into the Ministerie he still requireth that they be sober temperate 1. Tim. 3.3.8 Tit. 1.7 and not giuen to excesse and drunkennesse 1. Tim. 3.3.8 Tit. 1.7 Secondly §. Sect. 2. 2. The drunkard disgraceth his profession and exposeth himselfe to contempt the drunkard disgraceth himselfe and his profession and exposeth his name and person to the iust contempt and reproch of all for whereas he professeth that hee is a Christian who hath his part in Christ and his merits in this his practise he clearly prooueth that he is nothing lesse for a true Christian is a child of the light and walketh in the light 1. Thes 5.5.7 1. Thes 5.5 But the drunkard is the child of darknesse and the workes which he worketh are workes not of the day but of the night vers 7. A true Christian is religious and full of pietie but the drunkard is so farre from this that he hath not so much as common honestie for they who walke honestly as in the day they doe not walke in gluttonie and drunkennesse Rom. Rom. 13.13 13.13 The true Christian hath forsaken and mortified the lusts of the Gentiles for Christianitie and Paganisme can neuer agree together but the drunkard stil walloweth in them for the lusts of the Gentiles wherein they walked were wantonnes vncleannes drunkennes gluttonie drinkings and in abominable idolatries As it is 1. Pet. 4.3 1. Pet. 4.3 Those vnto whom the grace of God hath appeared are taught thereby to denie vngodlinesse and worldly lusts Tit. 2.12 and to liue soberly and righteouslie and godly in this present world and therefore they who spend their time in intemperance surfetting and drunkennes haue not had so much as a glimpse of this grace which bringeth saluation shining vnto them Whosoeuer then professeth Christianitie and yet liueth in drunkennes he prooueth himselfe a plaine dissembler in making shew of that he is not and his profession doth not grace him but he disgraceth his profession for whatsoeuer shew hee may seeme to make of pietie and honestie when he is in his deuouter kinde of drunkennesse yet no wise man esteemeth his words of any credit seeing he is an inordinate person in his whole carriage who hath no rule ouer himselfe and is readie to blesse curse to pray and blaspheme to vtter holy speeches and filthie ribauldrie with the same breath Thirdly § Sect. 3. The drunkard maketh himselfe a slaue to his vice the drunkard by his much tipling maketh himselfe a slaue to his vice and by long custome bringeth superfluitie into vrgent necessitie for as it is in other sinnes so in this before it is admitted it creepeth and croucheth flattereth and allureth like a lowlie vassall but being entertained it straight sheweth it selfe not onely a master but also a Lordly tyrant which raigneth and ruleth with great insolence First sinne is committed then practised and often practise bringeth custome and custome becommeth a second nature and hath in it the force of a law which must be obeyed not in courtesie but vpon necessitie And as this is true of all sins in generall so especially it is verified in this sinne of drunkennesse for first men drinke for thirst then for delight then for wantonnesse and so by much bibbing they bring themselues to such an vnsatiable thirst that they cannot sit without the cup at their elbow Fourthly §. Sect. 4. The drunkard maketh himselfe vvorse then a beast where as man by creation is the most excellent of all the creatures being created according to Gods owne image by this vice hee maketh himselfe equall with the beasts for he is depriued thereby not onely of pietie but of humanitie euen of his vnderstanding and reason wherein hee differeth from a beast farre more then in his outward shape yea in truth in diuers respects he maketh himselfe inferiour to the brutish creatures for he much more degenerateth from the excellencie of his creation hee depriueth himselfe not onely of the vse of his reason but also of his senses not of his vnderstanding alone but of his standing and motion also for when he standeth he is readie to fall and when he mooueth he reeleth and staggereth Lastly he is farre more intemperate then almost any beast for when they haue eaten sufficient they will eate no more and when they haue drunke to quench their thirst and to satisfie nature they cannot bee forced by any violence to drinke againe whereas these tiplers drinke double and treble more then they neede and not onely satisfie nature but also glut and oppresse it with superfluitie Lastly §. Sect. 5. Drunkennesse bringeth pouertie this sinne bringeth men to pouertie and want for they consume their wealth at the wine and swallow downe their whole estate and so it commeth to passe that hauing spent all in superfluities in the end they want necessaries and because in their youth they will drinke nothing but wine they are oftentimes