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Addresses to old men, and young men, and little children. In three discourses ...…
Addresses to old men, and young men, and little children. In three discourses ... To which may be added, a short scriptural catechism, accommodated unto their capacities. / By Cotton Mather.
Boston: printed by R. Pierce for Nicholas Buttolph, 1690
THE YOUNG MAN'S Glory. OR, A Wreath of Graces for the Head of YOUTH. › Application.
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.
Young men; There are too many of you, that are to this day in the Devils Vassalage; and that have the curse of C•am upon you, to be the Servant• of servants. Let me tell you plainly, fairly, faithfully, who among you, are yet the Slaves of the Wicked One.
I am to tell you, That all worldly young men, are among those miserable slaves. The Devil i• called in Joh 12. 31. The Prince of this world: Wherefore you young men, that are merely set upon this world; you that for the sake of this world, neglect God and Christ, and your own Souls; you that follow after no Riches, no Delights, no Honours, but what this world affords; alas, the Devil, although' he be but a chained Prisoner, is yet the Prince whom you yield the most Absolute Obedience to.
I am to tell you, That all wordly young men, are among those miserable slaves. The Devil i• called in Joh 12. 31. The Prince of this world: Wherefore you young men, that are meerly set upon this world; you that for the sake of this world, neglect God and Christ, and your own Souls; you that follow after no Riches, no Delights, no Honours, but what this world affords; alas, the Devil, altho' he be but a chained Prisoner, is yet the Prince whom you yield the most Absolute Obedience to.
I am, again, to tell you, That all Ignorant young men, are under this wretched Slavery. The ⟨p. 66⟩Apostle expresses […] Col 1. 13. God has delivered us […] power of darkness, and hath transplanted us into the Kingdom of his dear Son. Therefore you young men that are yet in darkness; you that are ignorant of God and Christ, whom to know […] Life eternal: you that are ignorant of the evil that is in sin, which is an evil and a bitter thing; be assured, that the Prince of darkness is the Ruler of you undone Souls.