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 [Page 2] 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 Ʋse shall be a Ʋse 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