A friendly admonition to the drinkers of brandy, and other distilled spiritous liquors.

  • Hales, Stephen, 1677-1761.
Date:
1733
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A friendly admonition to the drinkers of brandy, and other distilled spiritous liquors. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    I ( 19 ) W h e n we refled upon the unhappy Courfe and Life of thefe miferabie, infa¬ tuated Wretches, how ought it to af~ fed us with Concern, to confider that it is deftrudive of their Happinefs both here and hereafter* Could we peep into the Chambers of Death, and fee thofe un¬ happy Souls, who were once indulging in exceflive Drinking here on Earth, on whom the Pit has fliut her Mouth; who are full of Anguifh and Indignation for their former Folly, when it is too late. It much imports us therefore to remem¬ ber that there remains ftiil the fame Threatping to the Drunkards of this Generation, which was formerly denoun¬ ced by the Prophet againft the Drun* kards of Ephraim ; They Jhall be trod- den under Feet, Ifa. xxviii. 3. It is commonly pleaded by thofe who are under a Habit of Drunkennefs, that they cannot forfake it ; fo they flatter and deceive their own Souls, that either God will not require them to do an im- poffible Thing, and therefore they fhall be excufed ; or they fay he is a hard Matter, to fhut a Man out of Heaven, and call him into Hell, for doing a Thing which he could not help. But, O wic¬ ked Servant 1 Wherefore doft thou, to keep thy own Wickednefs, accufe God foolifhly and falfely ? for he will not lay C 2 upon