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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
THE Young Man's Guide. › Chapter 20: Of the well-ordering our Actions.
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.
1. Some general. 2. Some particular Directions.
General Directions are these.
1. Engage thy self deeply in a design for Eternity. Resolve for Heaven, and the way that leads to it. Be not longer a man for this world, but for the Everlasting Kingdom; and study out with plainness of heart, what is the surest way to the blessedness to come; and what ever thou findest it to be, what ever Objections thou ⟨p. 113⟩meetest with against it, let that be thy way. Studiously consider how thou mayst get into that way, and contrive and cast about how thou mayst effectually make progress in it.
1. Ingage thy self deeply in a design for Eternity. Resolve for Heaven, and the way that leads to it. Be not longer a man for this world, but for the Everlasting Kingdom; and study out with plainness of heart, what is the surest way to the blessedness to come; and what ever thou findest it to be, what ever Objections thou ⟨p. 113⟩meetest with against it, let that be thy way. Studiously consider how thou mayst get into that way, and contrive and cast about how thou mayst effectually make progress in it.