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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.
3. The third thing is to show what is implied in this word First, Seek first the Kingdom and righteousness of God.
3. The third thing is to shew what is implyed in this word First, Seek first the Kingdom and righteousness of God.
Two things, | 1. Precedency of Time. 2. Precedency of Dignity. Seek First, that is, | Before other things. Above other things. Seek First, that is, | Timely. Chiefly.
1. Seek first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness, that is, seek these things timely, before other things; seek them in the Morning of your Life, in the Spring of your years, in the flower of your Youth. Read Ecclesiastes 12. 1. Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy Youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them. Remember thy Creator, that God that made thee, and who alone can new make thee; who formed thy body in the womb, and who alone can form Christ in thy heart; who created thy soul, breathing into thee the breath of life, and who alone can create the New Man in thee after his Image, by breathing into thee his quickening Spirit: Remember thy Creator, who not long since brought thee out of the loathed estate of Nothing, and numbered ⟨p. 9⟩