A short sermon preach'd at a short warning upon a short subject, (Viz.) malt, to a thin congregation To which is added, The character of a drunkard. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A93223 of text R230291 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing S3628A). 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. 4 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 3 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A93223 Wing S3628A ESTC R230291 99895972 99895972 153593 2240908849

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. A93223) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 153593) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2371:16) A short sermon preach'd at a short warning upon a short subject, (Viz.) malt, to a thin congregation To which is added, The character of a drunkard. [2], 2 p. [s.n.], London : Printed in the year, 1672. Reproduction of original in the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C.. eng Alcoholic beverages -- Early works to 1800. Satire, English -- Early works to 1800. eebo A short sermon preach'd at a short warning upon a short subject, (Viz.) malt, to a thin congregation. To which is added, The character of a drunkard. [no entry] 1672 4 545 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2008-12 Assigned for keying and markup 2009-02 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2009-03 Sampled and proofread 2009-03 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion

A Short Sermon PREACH'D at a SHORT WARNING UPON A SHORT SUBJECT , ( Viz. ) MALT , TO A THIN CONGREGATION .

To which is added , The Character of a Drunkard .

LONDON , Printed in the Year , 1672.

A Short Sermon Preach'd at a Short Warning , upon a Short Subject , ( viz. Malt , ) &c. Beloved ,

LET me crave your Reverent Attention , for I am come at a Short Warning , to Preach a Short Sermon upon a Small Subject , to a Thin Congregation :

Beloved ,

My Text is Malt , now I cannot divide it into Sentences , because it has none ; 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 four MALT .

My Beloved , M 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 Theological is when one thing is spoken of , and another thing is meant ; the thing spoken of is Malt ; the thing meant is the Oil of Malt , Strong Beer , which you Rusticks make M Meat , A Apparel , L Liberty , and T Treasure . The Litéral is according to the Letter M Much , A Ale , L Little , T Thrift , Much Ale , Little Thrift . The Theological is according to the Effects that it works , which I find in my Text to be of two kinds , First in this World . Secondly , in the World to come . In this World , the Effects which it works are in some M Murther , in others , A Adultery , in some L Looseness of Life , in others T Treason . The Effects which it works in the World to come , are , M Misery , A Anguish , L Lamentation , and T Torment .

Wherefore my First Vse shall be a Vse of Exhortation : M My Masters , A All of you , L Leave , T Tipling ; or else by way of Commination , M My Masters , A All of you , L Look for , T Torments .

And so much shall suffice for this Time and Text ; only by way of Caution take this

Character of a Drunkard .

THat He is the Annoyance of Modesty , the Trouble of Civility , the Spoil of Wealth , the Destruction of Reason , the Brewer's Agent , the Ale-house's Benefactour , the Beggar 's Companion , the Constable's Trouble , his Wife's Woe , his Children's Sorrow , his Neighbour's Scoff , his own Shame , a walking Swill-Tub , a Picture of a Beast , and a Monster of a Man .

Say-well and Doe-well end both with a Letter , Say-well is good , but Doe-well is better . FINIS .