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Apples of gold for young men and women, and a crown of glory for…Apples of gold for young men and vvomen, and a crown of glory for…
Apples of gold for young men and women, and a crown of glory for old men and women. Or, The happiness of being good betimes, and the honour of being an old disciple Clearly and fully discovered, and closely, and faithfully applied. Also the young mans objections answered, and the old mans doubts resolved. By Thomas Brooks preacher of the gospel at Margarets new Fishstreet-hill.Apples of gold for young men and vvomen, and a crown of glory for old men and women. Or, The happiness of being good betimes, and the honour of being an old disciple Clearly and fully discovered, and closely, and faithfully applyed. Also the young mans objections answered, and the old mans doubts resolved. By Thomas Brooks preacher of the gospel at Margarets new Fishstreet-hill.
London: printed by R.I. for John Hancock, 1657
THE Young-Mans Duty AND EXCELLENCY. › The Young mans Duty and Excellency.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Third of a deceitful Dog, fawning for time to come, because it feeds some men with many flattering hopes to their eternal undoing: Ah! young men and women, as you would give up your accounts at last with joy, concerning this Talent of time, with which God hath trusted you, begin to be good betimes, &c.
Third of a deceitfull Dogg, fawning for time to come, because it feeds some men with many flattering hopes to their eternal undoing: Ah! young men and women, as you would give up your accounts at last with joy, concerning this Talent of time, with which God hath trusted you, begin to be good betimes, &c.
The fifth Reason, Why young men should be really good betimes, and that is, because they will have the greater comfort and joy when they come to be old, 1the 71 Psalm. 5. 17, 18. compared. Thou art my hope, O Lord God, thou art my trust from my youth. O God, thou hast taught ⟨p. 27⟩me from my youth, and hitherto I have declared thy wondrous works. Now also when I am old and grey headed, O God, forsake me not, until I have showed thy strength, unto this Generation, and thy power unto every one that is to come. Polycarpus could say, when old, thus many years have I served my Master Christ, and hitherto hath he dealt well with me; if early converts live to be old, no joy to their joy, their joy will be the greatest joy, a joy like to the joy of harvest, 2a joy like to their joy that divide the spoil, their joy will be the soundest joy, the weightiest joy, the holiest joy, the purest joy, the strongest joy, and the most lasting joy, the carnal joy of the wicked, the glistering (golden) joy of the world-ling, and the flashing joy of the hypocrite, is but as the crackling of thorns under a pot, to the joy and comfort of such, who when old, can say, with good Obadiah, that ⟨p. 28⟩