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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.
17. Young men, take heed of anal security. You have health, and strength, and peace, and prosperity it may be […], and never tasted the bitter cup of Affliction; and therefore may be apt to be secure, and secretly hope that this state will last, that your Mountain is so strong, that you shall never be moved, that you shall never come into Adversity. Alas! you are little acquainted with the World; Man is born to trouble as the sparks fly upwards; crosses, and cares, and losses, and sickness, and pain, and many miseries are the attendants of this Life; and you must look sooner or later, in one measure or other, to have your share: be not secure, but prepare, lest being unprovided, the miseries of this life be more irksome and unsupportable.
17. Young men, take heed of •nal security. You have health, and strength, and peace, and prosperity it may be 〈…〉, and never tasted the bitter cup of Affliction; and therefore may be apt to be secure, and secretly hope that this state will last, that your Mountain is so strong, that you shall never be moved, that you shall never come into Adversity. Alas! you are little acquainted with the World; Man is born to trouble as the sparks flye upwards; crosses, and cares, and losses, and sickness, and pain, and many miseries are the attendants of this Life; and you must look sooner or later, in one measure or other, to have your share: be not secure, but prepare, lest being unprovided, the miseries of this life be more irksome and unsupportable.
18. Young men, take heed of carnal Confidence. You may be apt now to put your trust in Arms of flesh, to repose much confidence in Friends or Means, and some external props; but you will find them all like broken reeds, or a foot out of joint; and where you have the greatest hope and trust, you are like to meet with the greatest disappointment: Cease then from Man, whose breath is in his nostrils; trust not in uncertain riches; stay not upon any Creature, but put your trust in the Lord, who is omnipotent and faithful; in ⟨p. 108⟩