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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
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.
Fifthly, To provoke you to be good betimes, consider, how just it is with God to reserve the dregs of his wrath for them, who reserve the dregs of their days for him: how can a husband embrace that wife in her old age, ⟨p. 123⟩who hath spent all the time of her youth, in following after strangers? Will any man receive such into his service, who hath all their days served his enemies? and received such wounds, blows, and bruises, that renders them unfit for his service?
Fifthly, To provoke you to bee good betimes, consider, how just it is with God to reserve the dregs of his wrath for them, who reserve the dregs of their dayes for him: how can a husband embrace that wife in her old age, ⟨p. 123⟩who hath spent all the time of her youth, in following after strangers? Will any man receive such into his service, who hath all their dayes served his enemies? and received such wounds, blows, and bruses, that renders them unfit for his service?
Ah young men! young men, 1do not thus foolishly and unwisely requite the Lord, for all his patient waiting, his gracious wooing, and his merciful dealing with you. Ah! do not put off God to old age, 2for old, lame, and sick Sacrifices rarely reach as high as Heaven. Is not old age very unteachable; in old age are not men very unapt to take in, and as unapt to give out? In old age (oftentimes) men are men, and no men, they have eyes, but see not, ears, but hear not, tongues, but speak not, feet, but walk not. An aged man is but a moving Anatomy, or a living Mortuary; now how unlovely, how uncomely, how unworthy, nay, how incensing, ⟨p. 124⟩how provoking a thing must this needs be,