Words of advice to young men delivered in two sermons at two conventions of…

In respect of | 1. The Uncertainty of Life. 2. The Uncertainty of the Means. 3. The Uncertainty of Gods working by the Means.

1. In respect of the uncertainty of Life; no Age •s secure, and fenced against the arrows of Death: Some flowers are nipped in the bud; some Springs run into the Sea so soon as they arise; the thread of Life in some is quickly cut, and the Candle blown •ut within a while after it is lighted. You may dye whilst you are young, and if you do not seek Gods kingdom and righteousness now, you may not have •ime to seek these things at all.

1. In respect of the uncertainty of Life; no Age •s secure, and fenced against the arrowes of Death: Some flowers are nipped in the bud; some Springs run into the Sea so soon as they arise; the thred of Life in some is quickly cut, and the Candle blown •ut within a while after it is lighted. You may dye whilest you are young, and if you do not seek Gods kingdom and righteousness now, you may not have •ime to seek these things at all.

2. Your danger is in respect of the uncertainty of the Means of Grace: you have now means and opportunities of seeking, hereafter you may be deprived of the means, if you be not deprived of your ⟨p. 28⟩lives. You have calls now, hereafter you may be placed where you shall be out of call: you now are planted in a fruitful soil, where the Sun shines, and the Dews of the Word do fall; if you remain fruitless God may remove you out of his Garden, or he may withhold the dews, and cause the Sun to retreat into a cloud: He may either take away the Means of grace from you, or take away you from the Means; and if you do not seek and obtain whilst you enjoy the Means, are you like to do it when you are deprived?