An Extempore sermon preached at the request of two scholars (by a lover of ale) out of a hollow tree. Lover of ale. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A39088 of text R36407 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing E3900). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 3 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A39088 Wing E3900 ESTC R36407 15689635 ocm 15689635 104380 2240945196

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. A39088) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 104380) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1592:19) An Extempore sermon preached at the request of two scholars (by a lover of ale) out of a hollow tree. Lover of ale. 1 broadside. s.n., [London? : 1680?] Imprint suggested by Wing. Imperfect: cropped, with probable loss of imprint. Reproduction of original in the Harvard University Library. eng eebo An extempore sermon preached at the request of two scholars (by a lover of ale) out of a hollow tree. Dod, John, 1680 1 544 1 0 0 0 0 0 18.38 C The rate of 18.38 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2008-09 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-11 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2009-02 Sampled and proofread 2009-02 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
AN EXTEMPORE SERMON Preached at the Request of two Scholars ( by a Lover of ALE ) out of a Hollow Tree . Beloved ,

LET me Crave your Attention ; for I am a little Man , come at a short Warning , to Preach a brief Sermon , upon a small Subject , to a thin Congregation , in an unworthy Pulpit .

And now Beloved my Text is MALT .

Which I cannot divide into Sentences because it is none ; nor into Words , it being but one ; nor into Syllables , because ( upon the whole Matter ) it is but a Monosyllable ; therefore I must ( as necessity enforces me ) divide it into Letters ; which I find in my Text , to be only these four , MALT , Malt , M ( My Beloved , ) is Moral . A is Allegorical . L is Literal , and T is Theological .

The Moral is well set forth to teach you Drunkards good Manners , Wherefore , M My Masters , A All of you , L Listen , T To my Text.

The Allegorical is , when one thing is spoken of , and another thing is meant . Now the thing spoken of is bare MALT , but the thing meant is strong Beer , which you Rusticks make M Meat , A Apparel , L Liberty , & T Treasure .

The Literal is according to the Letter ; M Much , A Ale , L Little , T Thrift .

Much Ale , Little Thrift .

The Theological is according to the Effects which it works ; which I find in my Text , to be of two kinds , 1. In this World ; 2. in the World to come , In this World the Effects which it works are , In some , M , Murder , In others , A , Adultery , In some , L , Loosness of Life ; In others , T , Treason .

In the World to come . In some , M , Misery , In others , A , Anguish , In some , L , Languishing , In others , T , Torment .

Wherefore my first Use shall be Exhortation . M , My Masters , A , All of you , L , Leave , T , Tipling .

Or else , Secondly by way of Commination I say , M , my Masters , A , All of you , L , Look for , T. Torment .

So much for this Time and Text , only by way of Caution , take this , a Drunkard is an Annoyance of Modesty , the trouble of Civility , the spoyl of Wealth , the Destruction of Reason , the Brewers Agent , the Ale-Houses Benefactor , the Beggars Companion , the Constables Trouble , his Wives Woe , his Childrens Sorrow , his Neighbours Scoff , his own Shame , a Waking-swill-tub , the Picture of a Beast , and the Monster of a man .

Say well and Doe well end both with a Letter , June ● : 1680