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Solemn advice to young men, not to walk in the ways of their heart,…Solemn advice to young men, not to walk in the wayes of their heart,…
Solemn advice to young men, not to walk in the ways of their heart, and in the sight of their eyes; but to remember the Day of Judgment. / By Increase Mather, president of Harvard College in Cambridge, & preacher of the Gospel at Boston, in New-England. ; [Five lines of Scripture texts]Solemn advice to young men, not to walk in the wayes of their heart, and in the sight of their eyes; but to remember the Day of Judgment. / By Increase Mather, praesident of Harvard Colledge in Cambridge, & preacher of the Gospel at Boston, in New-England. ; [Five lines of Scripture texts]
printed by Bartholomew Green. Sold by Samuel Phillips, 1695
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.
CONSIDER. II.
The Sins of men have Exposed the Son of God to all these bitter Sorrows and Death which He suffered. They were the procuring cause of it. I do not say, that we were the Crucifiers of Christ as the Jews were, or that the guilt of His death does lie upon us as it does on them: But this I say, that our sins were the Cursed weapons which wounded Christ to death. How then can we look on sin with a pleasant Countenance? It is reported that when some of Caesars friends showed the People his bloody robes, saying, Here is the blood of your Emperor, they were filled with rage against the men that •ad Murdered him. Our sins have been the Murderers of the Prince of ⟨p. 103⟩Life: we may see them dyed with the blood of Christ: And shall not the thought of that fill us with an holy rage against sin? The works of Our hands drave the Nails into His; our feet being so swift to sin, have caused His feet to be Nailed to the Cross. If thou art one that shall be saved, every one of thy sins ha's had a stab at Christ: not one of thy sins but the Soul of the Son of God ha's had a stab for it. He felt that for thy sins which made Him to swear Blood. If you should see the knife that had Murdered your dearest friend, would you not be filled with indignation at the sight of it? Sin is the Sword that ha's Pierced the heart of the best friend that ever thou hadst in the World. He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities, Isa. 53. 5. Oh•• then abhor to have any more to do with sin. When some did with the hazard of their lives fetch water for David to drink, he willing to let the World see that he valued the lives of his Subjects more than the satisfaction of his own sensual appetite, refused to drink thereof, and said, Far be it from me, O Lord, that I should do this! Is not this the blood of the men that went in Jeopardy of their lives,