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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.
11. Young men, take heed of Sabbath-breaking: Do not idle away this day as too many young men do, in the fields, in visits, in vain company, much less in Taverns, or Alehouses, in drinking, and greater wickedness than all the week besides. Value the Sabbath day, above all the days of the week; spend it in the duties of Gods immediate Worship; you may get something in the shop on the week day, you may get more in Gods House and Ordinances on the Lords day, spiritual light, and life, and strength, and peace, and joy, Gods favour; Jewels of grace, evidences for Heaven, are worthy your seeking; do not lose such benefits as these by profaning the Sabbath-day, by suffering worldly business to entrench upon this sacred time, which God hath sanctified, and you ought to keep holy.
11. Young men, take heed of Sabbath-breaking: Do not idle away this day as too many young men do, in the fields, in visits, in vain company, much less in Taverns, or Alehouses, in drinking, and greater wickedness than all the week besides. Value the Sabbath day, above all the daies of the week; spend it in the duties of Gods immediate Worship; you may get something in the shop en the week day, you may get more in Gods House and Ordinances on the Lords day, spiritual light, and life, and strength, and peace, and joy, Gods favour; Jewels of grace, evidences for Heaven, are worthy your seeking; do not lose such benefits as these by profaning the Sabbath-day, by suffering worldly business to entrench upon this sacred time, which God hath sanctified, and you ought to keep holy.
12. Young men, take heed of a frothy spirit. Some young ones are full of froth and vanity, very toyish and foolish, without any solidity or seriousness. It is time for you now to put away childish things; get the vanity of your minds emptied; let the frothiness and levity of your spirits be curbed by the fear of God, an awful apprehension of his omnipresence, and all-seeing eye; put your spirits under the Government of the Lord Jesus Christ.