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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.
Seventhly, and Lastly, because there are very many that do lye in wait, to deceive, corrupt, 1and Poison young persons with God-dishonouring, Christ denying, conscience wasting, and soul damning opinions, Principles, and Blasphemies.
Seventhly, and Lastly, because there are very many that do lye in wait, to deceive, corrupt, 1and Poyson young persons with God-dishonoring, Christ denying, conscience wasting, and soul damning opinions, Principles, and Blasphemies.
I have read of one who boasted, and gloried in this, that he had spent thirty years in corrupting and ⟨image 5⟩Poisoning of youth; doubtless many wretches, many monsters there be among us, who make it their business, their glory, their all, to delude and draw young Persons to those dangerous errors and Blasphemies, that leads to destruction. Error and folly (saith one very well) be the knots of Satan, wherewith he ties children to the stake to be burnt in hell.
I have read of one who boasted, and gloried in this, that he had spent thirty years in corrupting and ⟨image 5⟩