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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. › The Young mans objections Answered
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.
Ninthly, A faithful friend. ⟨p. 306⟩Tenthly, 1A compassionate friend. Eleventhly, A close friend. There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother, Prov. 18.24. such a friend is Christ, and such a friend is as ones own soul, a rare happiness, hardly to be matched. Twelfthly, An universal friend, a friend in all cases, and a friend in all places. Christ is so a friend to every one of his, as if he were a friend to none besides; hence it is that they say, not only our Lord our God, but my Lord, and my God. 2Christ is such an universal friend, as that he supplies the place, and acts the part of every friend.
Ninethly, A faithful friend. ⟨p. 306⟩Tenthly, 1A compassionate friend. Eleventhly, A close friend. There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother, Prov. 18.24. such a friend is Christ, and such a friend is as ones own soul, a rare happiness, hardly to bee matcht. Twelfthly, An universal friend, a friend in all cases, and a friend in all places. Christ is so a friend to every one of his, as if he were a friend to none besides; hence it is that they say, not onely our Lord our God, but my Lord, and my God. 2Christ is such an universal friend, as that he supplies the place, and acts the part of every friend.