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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. › Good Couns 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.
Fourthly and lastly, If you would be good betimes, then you must acquaint your selves with those that are good betimes; if you would be gracious in the spring and morning of your youth, then you must begin betimes to be much in with them, who are much in with Christ, who lye near his heart, and knows much of his mind: 1He that walketh with wise men shall be wise, but a companion of fools shall be destroyed, or as the Hebrew hath it, 2shall be broken in pieces, 3as when an army is broken and routed by an enemy. (Holech from Halach) walking with the wise, he shall be wise, ⟨p. 250⟩for so the Original hath it; 4it is not talking with the wise, but walking with the wise that will make you wise; it is not your commending, and praising of the wise, but your walking with the wise, that will make you wise; it is not your taking a few turns with the wise, that will make you wise, but your walking with the wise, that will make you wise; there is no getting much good by them that are good, but by making them your ordinary and constant companions.
Fourthly and lastly, If you would bee good betimes, then you must acquaint your selves with those that are good betimes; if you would bee gracious in the spring and morning of your youth, then you must begin betimes to bee much in with them, who are much in with Christ, who lye near his heart, and knows much of his mind: 1Hee that walketh with wise men shall bee wise, but a companion of fools shall bee destroyed, or as the Hebrew hath it, 2shall bee broken in peeces, 3as when an army is broken and routed by an enemy. (Holech from Halach) walking with the wise, hee shall bee wise, ⟨p. 250⟩