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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.
And now, my Friend, I bid thee farewell. Take these words along with thee, let them ever be before thine eyes, and upon thine heart, and then go on thy way. Good Counsel be with thee, that thou mayst guide thine affairs with discretion: and good success be upon thee, that thou mayst eat the fruit of thy good doings. I wish first that thy Soul may prosper, and then I also wish that thy Body may prosper, and thy Family may prosper, and thy Estate may prosper, as thy Soul prospereth.
And now, my Friend, I bid thee farewel. Take these words along with thee, let them ever be before thine eyes, and upon thine heart, and then go on thy way. Good Counsel be with thee, that thou mayst guide thine affairs with discretion: and good success be upon thee, that thou mayst eat the fruit of thy good doings. I wish first that thy Soul may prosper, and then I also wish that thy Body may prosper, and thy Family may prosper, and thy Estate may prosper, as thy Soul prospereth.
The Lord be with thee in all that thou settest thine hand unto. The Almighty bless thee; let his blessing be upon thy labours; let his blessing be upon all thy substance: let him help thee in thy work, and increase thy store: let his Sun shine upon thy Tabernacle, and let the light of his Countenance make glad thine heart, let him guide thee with his eye, hold thee in his hands, carry thee in his bosom, till he hath lodged thee safe in the Everlasting Rest.
Amen.