Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David ‎#191a

191a. Intemperance punished and pardoned; or, A Psalm for the Glutton and the Drunkard

1 Vain man on foolish pleasures bent,
Prepares for his own punishment;
What pains, what loathsome maladies
From luxury and lust arise!

2 The drunkard feels his vitals waste;
Yet drowns his health to please his taste;
Till all his active powers are lost,
And fainting life draws near the dust.

3 The glutton groans, and loaths to eat,
His soul abhors delicious meet;
Nature, with heavy loads opprest
Would yield to death to be releas'd.

4 Then how the frighten'd sinners fly
To God for help with earnest cry!
He hears their groans, prolongs their breath,
And saves them from approaching death.

5 No med'cines could effect the cure
So quick, so easy, or so secure:
The deadly sentence God repeals,
He sends his sovereign word, and heals.

6 Oh may the sons of men record
The wondrous goodness of the Lord!
And let their thankful offering prove
How they adore their Maker's love.

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• First Line: Vain man on foolish pleasures bent
• Title: Intemperance punished and pardoned; or, A Psalm for the Glutton and the Drunkard
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1790
• Scripture:
  Psalm 107
• Topic: Afflictions: removed by prayer; Church: restored by prayer; Colonies Planted; Deliverance: from shipwreck; Drunkard and Glutton; Glutton and Drunkard: and Drunkard; Intemperance: and pardoned; Israel: saved from Egypt and brought to Canaan; Israel: punished and pardoned; Israel: travels in the wilderness; Luxury: pardoned; Mercies: recorded; Nation's: blest and punished; Providence: recorded; Providence: in air, earth, and sea; Psalm: for mariners; Psalm: for gluttons and drunkards; Saints: punished and pardoned; Seaman's Song; Weather
• Notes: Third Part

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