Clapham's Selected Sermons Esther 1:10 On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha… I. THE DRUNKARD'S EXCUSES. 1. Good-fellowship. But can friendship be founded on vice; especially on a vice which impairs the memory and the sense of obligation, leads to the betrayal of secrets, and stirs up strife end contention? 2. It drowns care. But the drunkard's care must arise either from the ill state of his health, the unfortunate position of his worldly affairs, or the stings of a guilty conscience; and in either case his temporary oblivion is purchased at the cost of an aggravation of the evils which cause him to desire it. II. THE DRUNKARD'S WOE. This is made up of the miserable effects. 1. Temporal. (1) Poverty. (2) Contempt. (3) Ill-health. (4) An untimely death. 2. Spiritual. (1) The understanding is depraved and darkened. (2) The will is enfeebled and dethroned. (3) Regard for men, reverence for God, are destroyed.Drunkenness travels with a whole train of other vices, and requires the whole breadth of the broad way to give it room. (Clapham's Selected Sermons.) Parallel Verses KJV: On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king, |
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