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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.
I remember Austin beginneth one of his Sermons thus (Ad vos mihi Sermo, 1O juvenes, flos aetatis, periculum mentis) To you is my speech, O young men, the flower of age, the danger of the mind.
- 1August. de tempore serm. 246
So say I, to you O Young men, do I dedicate the ensuing Treatise, and that first because, the matter contained therein, doth primarily and eminently concern you.
So say I, to you O Young men, do I dedicate the ensuing Treaetise, and that first because, the matter contained therein, doth primarily and eminently concern you.
And Secondly, Because of an earnest desire, that I have of your internal and eternal welfare.
And Thirdly, Because of some late impulses that have been upon my spirit, to leave this Treatise in your hands as a Legacy of my Love, and as a testimony and witness of my (great) ambition to help forward your everlasting salvation.