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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 2: Containeth the grand proposition, with the Reasons thereof.
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.
Reas. 2. The service of thy Youth is the most acceptable service unto God. When Abraham manifested his willingness to sacrifice his young Son Isaac, upon the Command of God, oh how kindly did the Lord take it▪ and thereupon promised, yea swore unto him, saying, Because thou hast done this thing, that in blessing I will bless thee, Gen. 22. 16. In like manner, if thou shalt consecrate thy younger years unto God, which is (as it were) to sacrifice thy Isaac, he will take it kindly at thy hands, and thou shalt be remembered with a blessing in thine age: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. When our Saviour heard the rich man in the Gospel say, All these Commandments have I kept from my Youth, the Evangelist no•eth, that beholding him he loved him, to show possibly, how he loveth the service of young men, how pleasing and acceptable it is to him. And it is questionable, whether God who calls for the first fruits of thy life, if thou deny him that, will accept the gleanings of thine age.
Reas. 2. The service of thy Youth is the most acceptable service unto God. When Abraham manifested his willingness to sacrifice his young Son Isaac, upon the Command of God, oh how kindly did the Lord take it▪ and thereupon promised, yea swore unto him, saying, Because thou hast done this thing, that in blessing I will bless thee, Gen. 22. 16. In like manner, if thou shalt consecrate thy younger years unto God, which is (as it were) to sacrifice thy Isaac, he will take it kindly at thy hands, and thou shalt be remembred with a blessing in thine age: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. When our Saviour heard the rich man in the Gospel say, All these Commandments have I kept from my Youth, the Evangelist no•eth, that beholding him he loved him, to shew possibly, how he loveth the service of young men, how pleasing and acceptable it is to him. And it is questionable, whether God who calls for the first fruits of thy life, if thou deny him that, will accept the gleanings of thine age.