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then, how muſt his conſcience reproach him for the folly and fin he has been guilty of! beſides ſaid the gentleman, the very boys in the ſtreet make their ſport of him, while all whoſe friendſhip is worth having are aſhamed to own him for an acquaintance; but above all, think how a drunken man cuts himſelf off from God, and makes himſelf unfit for the ſociety of chriſtians. He is likewiſe continually expoſed to broils and quarrels, in danger of fatal accidents, liable to be impoſed on, and unfit for every employment in life. Drunkenneſs, continued the gentleman, is a very waſteful vice for it cauſes a man to neglect his biſineſs, diſtrels himſelf, and ſarve, or, at leaſt, injure his family: but I have not yet ſaid the worſt of drunkenneſs, for it deprives men of the grace of God, and unfits them for every religious action; while a man is under its influence he is not capable of one ſerious thought, and is continually in danger of being cut off for his wickedneſs; nay more, of being puniſhed to all eternity. Timothy had ſo ſtupiſied his mind by perpetual intoxication, that he could not clearly comprehend what Mr. Andrews ſaid to him, and replied, that he was no more of a brute than other men; and he was ſorry his worſhip thought he did not know how to take care of himſelf.
