The young man's guide through the wilderness of this world to the heavenly Canaan…

This getting life, this merry life, which thou now blessest thy self in, will not last always with thee, and when 'tis gone, then thou wilt see how wise a man thou wert in promising thy self happiness in such things as these, where is the hope of the Hypocrite though he hath gained, when God shall take away his Soul? Job. 27. 8. Thy soul, Man, thy soul must be gone, the time is at hand when God will take away thy s•ul, and lay it in the dark for ever: and when that day comes, where then will thy gains be? What shall it profit a man to win the whole World, and lose his own soul? Matth. 16. 26.

This getting life, this merry life, which thou now blessest thy self in, will not last alwayes with thee, and when 'tis gone, then thou wilt see how wise a man thou wert in promising thy self happiness in such things as these, where is the hope of the Hypocrite though he hath gained, when God shall take away his Soul? Job. 27. 8. Thy soul, Man, thy soul must be gone, the time is at hand when God will take away thy s•ul, and lay it in the dark for ever: and when that day comes, where then will thy gains be? What shall it profit a man to win the whole World, and lose his own soul? Matth. 16. 26.

Young man, what art thou for? Art thou for profit? Wilt thou study thy own commodity? Wilt thou count that thy profit, which will make thee the honester man, and the happier man? Wouldst thou get something to comfort thee when thou art old? Wouldst thou be really happy? Then go to God, join thy self to him, give thy self to him to be his servant for ever: Get the Lord to be thy portion, and then thou mayest say, Return ⟨p. 45⟩