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Early religion. Urged in a sermon. the duties, wherein, and the reasons wherefore, young…
Early religion. Urged in a sermon. the duties, wherein, and the reasons wherefore, young people should become religious. Whereto are added, the extracts of several papers, written by several persons, who are dying in their youth, left behind them those admonitions for the young survivors; with brief memoirs relating to the exemplary lives of some such, that have gone from hence to their everlasting rest. / By Cotton Mather. ; [Two lines of Scripture text]Early religion. Urged in a sermon. the duties, wherein, and the reasons wherefore, young people should become religious. Whereto are added, the extracts of several papers, written by several persons, who are dying in their youth, left behind them those admonitions for the young survivers; with brief memoirs relating to the exemplary lives of some such, that have gone from hence to their everlasting rest. / By Cotton Mather. ; [Two lines of Scripture text]
Boston: printed by B.H. i.e for Michael Perry, 1694
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.
PROPOSITION II.
The WORD of GOD is of Glorious Use, to cleanse the way of all people, and even of Young people, from its Con••minations. Tis marvellous! What is the Word of God for? 'Tis answered, in Prov. 1.4. 'tis To give to the young man, knowledge and discretion; So, 'twill Give to the Young man Cleanness and Purity. But there are Three Things, after which we are to be Inquisitive.
I. What WORD of God, should Young people regard, for the Cleansing of their way?
I. What WORD of God, should Young people reg•rd, for the Cleansing of their way?
For Answ••; Let young people […] nothing less tha• the WHOLE WORD of GOD. There is no Word of God, whereof you may not say, Good is that word […] the Lord! You are told, in 2 Tim. 3.16.17