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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
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Ans. I. An Universal respect to the Commandments of God argueth sincerity. Deut. 5. 29. O that there were such a heart in them that they would fear me, and keep all my Commandments always. A constant regard to all the Commandments is a sign that the heart is touched with the true fear of God. Let such a man hope for Salvation and he shall never be ashamed by finding himself disappointed of his expectation, Psal 119. 6. Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy Commandments. Davids integrity of heart is noted by his being a man that would fulfil all Gods will, Act. 13. 22. This is an evidence of Regeneration and of a true Faith. No man in the […] does Conscientiously observe every Commandment, but only the true […] on Christ. Joh. 15. 14. You are my friends if you do whatsoever I command you. An Hypocrite does […] and choose among• the Commandments ⟨p. 109⟩of God; some of them he will obey, but others of them, he would be dispensed with, though he liveth transgressing of them. Jehu went far, and made a glorious profession, but See 2 King. 10. 31. So […] Mark▪ 6. 19, 20. The sincere child of God is like Cornelius, resolved to bear, that is to obey, all things that are commanded of God. Act. 10, 33. And like Zechariah and Elizabeth of whom it is said, as in Luk. 1. 6.