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Words of advice to young men delivered in two sermons at two conventions of…
Words of advice to young men delivered in two sermons at two conventions of young men, the one Decemb. 25, 1666, the other Decemb. 25, 1667 / by Thomas Vincent ...
London: printed for Thomas Parkhurst, 1668
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.
2. That sincere Professors of Religion have above all others the greatest wisdom: None are so wise as those that make their peace with God; that get their feet out of Satan's snare; that flee from the wrath to come; that choose God for their portion; that deny themselves some sensual satisfactions, that they may obtain eternal pleasures: Those are the most wise, that are wise unto salvation; that have the wit to thrive in grace, that make provision for eternity.
2. That sincere Professours of Religion have above all others the greatest wisdom: None are so wise as those that make their peace with God; that get their feet out of Satans snare; that flee from the wrath to come; that chuse God for their portion; that deny themselves some sensual satisfactions, that they may obtain eternal pleasures: Those are the most wise, that are wise unto salvation; that have the wit to thrive in grace, that make provision for eternity.
3. The wicked one doth represent Professors as proud and singular; that they are a company of self-conceited persons, that think themselves wiser than the whole world besides; that they affect singularity, and are needlessly precise, and make the way to Heaven narrower than it is.
3. The wicked one doth represent Professours as proud and singular; that they are a company of selfconceited persons, that think themselves wiser than the whole world besides; that they affect singularity, and are needlesly precise, and make the way to Heaven narrower than it is.
That you may overcome this prejudice, know,