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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.
To overcome this prejudice of the wicked one, know,
1. That indeed you must repent of sin, if you would be saved, and your sorrow in some measure must last so long as your lives last, because of the lasting of sin.
2. That you must mourn for sin here, or else you must burn for sin in Hell, where you will mourn without measure, without end, and to no purpose.
3. That you cannot avoid sorrow, if you should continue in the way of sin, pride crossed, the world failing, afflictions unexpected coming upon you, which are born with cheerfulness by the children of God, may be heart-breaking to you; one time or other you will have sorrows in a sinful course; and is it not better to have godly sorrow which worketh repentance unto salvation, than the sorrow of the world and lust which worketh death and destruction?
3. That you cannot avoid sorrow, if you should continue in the way of sin, pride crossed, the world failing, afflictions unexpected coming upon you, which are born with chearfulness by the children of God, may be heart-breaking to you; one time or other you will have sorrows in a sinfull course; and is it not better to have godly sorrow which worketh repentance unto salvation, than the sorrow of the world and lust which worketh death and destruction?