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

Reas. 6. May be taken from the benefits which follow and accompany thine early serving of God.

1. Thereby thou wilt prevent manifold sins, especially thy youthful lusts, which to many prove very bitter in their Age, when God is pleased to set them home upon their Consciences, or suffer them to fly in their faces. As every Calling, so every Age of life hath its special and peculiar sins, unto which it is most subject. Thus Covetousness is usually the Old Mans sin, and Voluptuousness the Young Mans sin; the remembrance of which oft-times is very grievous in Old Age: Therefore Job speaks of some wicked men, (Job 20. 11.) whose bones are full of the sins of their Youth; meaning, that they feel more smart of them in their old age, than ever they found pleasure and delight in them in their Youth. It must needs be a sad burden, when men in their old age do feel the heavy weight of their Youthful lusts: And yet what more ordinary; we read of Job, that though he was one that truly feared God, and eschewed evil, as God himself restifieth of him, Job 1. 8. yet was the remembrance of the sins of his Youth very bitter unto him. Thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the sins of my Youth, saith he, Job 13. 26. Oh then how bitter and grievous will they be unto them, who in their Youth do wholly prostitute themselves to lust and lewdness?

1. Thereby thou wilt prevent manifold sins, especially thy youthful lusts, which to many prove very bitter in their Age, when God is pleased to set them home upon their Consciences, or suffer them to fly in their faces. As every Calling, so every Age of life hath its special and peculiar sins, unto which it is most subject. Thus Covetousness is usually the Old Mans sin, and Voluptuousness the Young Mans sin; the remembrance of which oft-times is very grievous in Old Age: Therefore Iob speaks of some wicked men, (Iob 20. 11