Drunkard, says Solomon, shall come to poverty. {49b} Many that
have begun the world with Plenty, have gone out of it in Rags;
through drunkenness. Yea, many Children that have been born to
good Estates, have yet been brought to a Flail & a Rake, through
this beastly sin of their Parents.

2. This sin of Drunkenness, it bringeth upon the Body, many,
great, and incurable Diseases, by which Men do in little time come
to their end, and none can help them. So, because they are
overmuch wicked, therefore they dye before their time. {49c}

3. Drunkenness, is a sin that is often times attended with
abundance of other evils. Who hath woe? Who hath sorrow? Who
hath contention? Who hath babblings? Who hath wounds without
cause? Who hath redness of the eyes? They that tarry long at the
Wine, they that go to seek mixt wine. {49d} That is, the Drunkard.

4. By Drunkenness, Men do often times shorten their dayes; goe out
of the Ale-house drunk, and break their Necks before they come
home. Instances not a few might be given of this, but this is so
manifest, a man need say nothing.

Atten. But {50a} {50b} that which is worse than all is, it also
prepares men for everlasting burnings.

Wise. Yea, and it so stupifies and besotts the soul, that a man
that is far gone in Drunkenness, is hardly ever recovered to God.
Tell me, when did you see an old drunkard converted? No, no, such
an one will sleep till he dies, though he sleeps on the top of a
{50c} Mast, let his dangers be never so great and Death and