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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
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.
The Lord speaks many a secret in the ears of aged Saints, of old Christians, which young Christians are not acquainted with, as that phrase imports, 2 Sam. 7.27. Thou O Lord God of host, hath revealed to thy servant, 1so you read it in your books, but in the Hebrew it is, Lord thou hast revealed this to the ear of thy servant. Some wonder how that word to the ear comes to be left out in your books, in which indeed the Emphasis lies, we will tell many things in an old friends ear, which we will not acquaint young ones with. So doth God many times whisper an old Disciple in the ear, and acquaints him with ⟨p. 62⟩such things that he hides from those that are of younger years. And by this you may see what an honour it is to be an old Disciple.
The Lord speaks many a secret in the ears of aged Saints, of old Christians, which young Christians are not acquainted with, as that phrase imports, 2 Sam. 7.27. Thou O Lord God of host, hath revealed to thy servant, 1so you read it in your books, but in the Hebrew it is, Lord thou hast revealed this to the ear of thy servant. Some wonder how that word to the ear comes to bee left out in your books, in which indeed the Emphasis lyes, wee will tell many things in an old friends ear, which wee will not acquaint young ones with. So doth God many times whisper an old Disciple in the ear, and acquaints him with ⟨p. 62⟩such things that hee hides from those that are of younger years. And by this you may see what an honor it is to be an old Disciple.
- 1[Greek or Hebrew] Galitha ethozen.〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Galitha ethozen.