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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.
SECT. VI.
2. You must seek Gods Kingdom and Righteousness First, that is Chiefly and above other things. These things must have the chief of your study, and care, and labour; you must make it your business, and look upon it as your chief business; if business about the world have more of your time, because of your engagements in your particular callings, yet this should have more of your care and heart. Better miscarry in any business than in this business; better miss of an Estate, than miss of Gods Kingdom; better be a poor beggar than remain a guilty sinner; better the body be clothed with rags, than the soul be without the white robes of Christs Righteousness; better the body were starved, than to have the soul damned; the greatest poverty and misery in this life which can befall you, is not to be compared with the eternal misery of Hell, which in the neglect of the duty of the Text you cannot escape. And suppose you should gain the whole world, what is that in comparison with the gain of the Crown of Glory? what is earthly riches compared with heavenly treasures?
2. You must seek Gods Kingdom and Righteousness First, that is Chiefly and above other things. These things must have the chief of your study, and care, and labour; you must make it your business, and look upon it as your chief business; if business about the world have more of your time, because of your engagements in your particular callings, yet this should have more of your care and heart. Better miscarry in any business than in this business; better miss of an Estate, than miss of Gods Kingdom; better be a poor begger than remain a guilty sinner; better the body be cloathed with rags, than the soul be without the white robes of Christs Righteousness; better the body were starved, than to have the soul damned; the greatest poverty and misery in this life which can befall you, is not to be compared with the eternal misery of Hell, which in the neglect of the duty of the Text you cannot escape. And suppose you should gain the whole world, what is that in comparison with the gain of the Crown of Glory? what is earthly riches compared with heavenly treasures?