John Trapp on Joel 1:5

Verſe 5. Awake ye drunkards,] ye Ale-ſtakes, and Suckers (Heb. Shiccorim) that pour in heady and intoxicating drinks, ſuch as ſoon lay you to ſleep, and (beſides) take away your heart, Hoſ. 4.11. rob you of your ſelves, and lay a beaſt in your room. Portentoſum ſane potionis genus, ſaith Pliny concerning ale, Lib. 14. cap. ult. that exceſſively drunk, maketh men more ſleepy then dormiſe: beſides that worſe ſleep of carnall ſecurity, Eph. 5.14. Rom. 13.11. Theſe therefore are here called upon to be ſober and watch, (See 1 Theſſ. 5.6. 1 Pet. 5.8. 1 Pet. 4.7.) ye to weep and howl, to turn their laughter into mourning, and their joy into heavineſſe. And why? For their ſinne they ſhould have done (as that drunkard in the Eccleſiaſticall Hiſtory, that, toucht with a ſenſe of his ſin, wept himſelf blind) but here they are ſarcaſtically called upon to weep for their great loſſe, as they eſteem it.Vinum merum nondum dilutum.

Becauſe of the new-wine for it is cut off from your mouth,] As many things fall out betwixt the chin and the challice, the cup and the lip: You made account to have mouthed it, to have ſwilled your ſouls, as they ſay, and to have ſwallowed it down your wide gullets. But behold, it falls out ſomewhat otherwiſe: the caterpiller hath been before you, and left you nothing better then Adams-ale to tipple. This is cold comfort to the drunkard, whoſe Word is that of the Vine in Jothams parable, Non poſſum relinquere vinum meum, Take away my liquor,Aug. de temp. ſer. 131. you take away my life. Auſtin brings him in ſaying, Malle ſe vitam quàm vinum eripi, He had rather loſe his life then his wine. And Ambroſe tells of one Theotimus, that being told by his Phyſicians, that much quaffing would make him blinde, Vale lumen amicum, ſaid he, Farewell ſweet eyes; if ye will not bear wine, ye are no eyes for me. This drunkard would rather loſe his ſight then his ſin; his ſoul then his luſt. Such kinde of perſons are like the Panther, which is ſaid to love the dung of man ſo much, as if it be hang'd on high from it, it will skip and leap up, and never leave till it have burſt it ſelf in pieces to get it: and this is the way they take that creature. God will take theſe naturall brute beaſts, made to be taken and deſtroyed, 2 Pet. 2.14. after another manner. He will not onely cut them ſhort enough here,Grand ſign. Serag. 186. but turn a cup of fire and brimſtone down their throats, Pſal. 11.6. which will be worſe to them then that ladle full of boyling lead, poured down the throat of a drunken Turk, by the command of a Baſhaw.