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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! young men, you say you will be good towards the Lord before you die, but if you are not good towards the Lord to day, you may dye to morrow; nay justice may leave him to be his own executioner to morrow, who will not repent, nor seek the Lord to day. Otho the Emperor slew himself with his own hands, but slept so soundly the night before, 1that the grooms of his Chamber heard him snort.
Ah young men! young men, you say you will bee good towards the Lord before you die, but if you are not good towards the Lord to day, you may dye to morrow; nay justice may leave him to bee his own executioner to morrow, who will not repent, nor seek the Lord to day. Otho the Emperor slew himself with his own hands, but slept so soundly the night before, 1that the grooms of his Chamber heard him snort.
- 1Plutarch reporteth the like of Cato.
Young men, I will suppose you to be good accountants; now if you please to count the number, and mark the age of the Sacrifices in the old Testament, you shall find more Kids and Lambs offered than Goats, and old Sheep; You have no lease of your lives, you are not sure that you shall live to Isaacks age, 1to live till your eyes wax dim; you ⟨p. 121⟩are not sure that you shall live to Jacobs years, and die, 2leaning upon the top of a staff. 3You read of them who die in their youth, and whose lives are among the unclean. Slip not the present season, neglect not this day of grace; let not Satan keep your souls and Christ any longer asunder, by telling of you,