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The young man's guide through the wilderness of this world to the heavenly Canaan…
The young man's guide through the wilderness of this world to the heavenly Canaan showing him how to carry himself Christian-like in the whole course of his life / by Tho. Gouge ...The young man's guide through the wilderness of this world to the heavenly Canaan shewing him how to carry himself Christian-like in the whole course of his life / by Tho. Gouge ...
London: printed by S. and B.G. for Nevil Simmons, 1676
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.
2. As it causeth a Corruption in the body, so likewise a Consumption in the goods and estate of a man. Who so keepeth company with Harlots, spendeth his Substance. Prov. 29. 3. Lust not therefore, saith Solomon, after a strange woman in thine heart, for by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread, Prov. 6. 26. Thus it was with the Prodigal, who no sooner fell into the company of Harlots, but presently consumed, and wasted all his substance, and was reduced to such extreme Poverty, that his desire was but to be fellow-Commoner with the Swine, (of all Creatures the most nasty and filthy) that he might fill his belly with their husks. Wantonness is usually accompanied with want, partly because it is a sin, which bringeth the curse of God upon a mans estate: and partly because it is many ways a costly sin, much being spent in feasting and Revelling, besides gifts and rewards. When Lais that famous Courtesan of Corinth asked Demosthenes a great sum of money to lye with her one night, he answered her wisely, that he would not buy repentance at so dear a rate.
2. As it causeth a Corruption in the body, so likewise a Consumption in the goods and estate of a man. Who so keepeth company with Harlots, spendeth his Substance. Prov. 29. 3. Lust not therefore, saith Solomon, after a strange woman in thine heart, for by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread, Prov. 6. 26. Thus it was with the Prodigal, who no sooner fell into the company of Harlots, but presently consumed, and wasted all his substance, and was reduced to such extream Poverty, that his desire was but to be fellow-Commoner with the Swine, (of all Creatures the most nasty and filthy) that he might fill his belly with their husks. Wantonness is usually accompanied with want, partly because it is a sin, which bringeth the curse of God upon a mans estate: and partly because it is many wayes a costly sin, much being spent in feasting and Revelling, besides gifts and rewards. When Lais that famous Curtizan of Corinth asked Demosthenes a great sum of money to lye with her one night, he answered her wisely, that he would not buy repentence at so dear a rate.