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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. › Encouragements to Young men
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.
Ah! Young men and women, it will be your eternal praise and honour, if you shall before others, if you shall be the first among many, who shall know the Lord, and seek the Lord, who shall receive the Lord, and embrace him, who shall cleave to the Lord, and serve him, who shall honour the Lord, and obey him, who shall delight in the Lord, and walk with him. The Romans built Virtues and Honours ⟨p. 104⟩Temple close together, to show, that the way to honour was by virtue, and indeed there is no crown to that which goodness sets upon a mans head, all other honour is fading and withering. Adonibezeck a mighty Prince, 1is suddenly made fellow commoner with the Dogs. 2And Nebuchadnezzar a mighty conqueror turned a grazing among the oxen And Herod reduced from a conceited God, 3to be the most loathsome of men, living carrion, arrested by the vilest of creatures, upon the suit of his affronted Creator. 4And Haman feasted with the King one day, and made a feast for Crows the next. I might tell you of Bajazet, and Belisarius, two of the greatest Commanders in the world, and many others, who have suddenly fallen from the top of worldly honour and felicity, into the greatest contempt and misery, but I shall not at this time: But that honour that arises from mens being ⟨p. 105⟩gracious betimes, is such honour that the world can neither give nor take, it is honour, it is a Crown that will still be green, and flourishing, it is honour that will bed and board with a man, that will abide with a man under all trials and changes, that will to the grave, that will to heaven with a man.
Ah! Young men and women, it will bee your eternal praise and honor, if you shall before others, if you shall bee the first among many, who shall know the Lord, and seek the Lord, who shall receive the Lord, and imbrace him, who shall cleave to the Lord, and serve him, who shall honor the Lord, and obey him, who shall delight in the Lord, and walk with him. The Romans built Vertues and Honours