Venning's remains, or, Christ's school consisting of four classes of Christians, I. babes, II.…

I Shall not concern my self about the notation or Etymology, but the sense of the word ([Greek or Hebrew]) and that not with reference to the Age but the State and Attainment of these Young men. Among very good Authors (Historians, &c.) the word is used in a Military sense to signify Soldiers, and so 'tis also in the Sacred Writ, to which use it is most properly applicable in the Text: Yea, 'tis used not only for a Soldier at large and in common, but for the flower of an Army, the choicest Soldiers; Romana juventus was the Roman Army, yea the flower and glory of both their Infantry and Cavalry; Juventutem legere is to list Soldiers, the choicest Soldiers. When the two Armies of Ish-bosheth and David (under their two Generals Abner and Joab) met together by the Pool of Gibeon, Abner said to Joab, Let the Young men now arise and play before us (as if War were but a sport and pastime!) and the Field where they fought and fell was called, Helkath Hazzurim, the Field of strong men, 2 Sam. 2.12,—16. accordingly (in a moral sense) the Young men in our Text are said to be strong men; yea that they had sought with and overcome the evil one: the house of Saul, Abner and the men of Israel were beaten before the Servants of David, to ⟨p. 327⟩allude to what was the issue of the fight in the forementioned place.

I Shall not concern my self about the notation or Etymology, but the sense of the word (〈non-Latin alphabet〉) and that not with reference to the Age but the State and Attainment of these Young men. Among very good Authors (Eistorians, &c.) the word is used in a Military sense to signifie Souldiers, and so 'tis also in the Sacred Writ, to which use it is most properly applicable in the Text: Yea, 'tis used not only for a Souldier at large and in common, but for the flower of an Atmy, the choicest Souldiers; Romana juventus was the Roman Army, yea the flower and glory of both their Infantry and Cavalry; Juventutem legere is to list Souldiers, the choicest Souldiers. When the two Armies of Ish-bosheth and David (under their two Generals Abner and Joab) met together by the Pool of Gibeon, Abner said to Joab, Let the Young men now arise and play before us (as if War were but a sport and pastime!) and the Field where they fought and fell was called, Helkath Hazzurim, the Field of strong men,