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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.
1. That the most difficult things are the most excellent things, Pulchra quae difficilia: though it b• a difficult way, it is the way of God, not the way […] the Devil; it is a clean way, not the way of wickedness; it is the way to the Crown, to the Kingdom not the Road that leadeth to Hell, and therefore,
1. That the most difficult things are the most excellent things, Pulchra quae difficilia: though it b• a difficult way, it is the way of God, not the way 〈…〉 the Devil; it is a clean way, not the way of wickedness; it is the way to the Crown, to the Kingdom not the Road that leadeth to Hell, and therefore,
2. That it is a necessary way: it is necessary tha• you come into this way, if you would be happy, you would escape eternal misery.
3. That the difficulty is not from the way, b• from your selves, from your own lusts, which a• ⟨p. 71⟩the weights that hang about you, and maketh the way to seem difficult and tedious to you: lay aside those weights, and the sin that doth easily beset you, and you may not only walk, but run with easiness in this race, Heb. 12. 12.