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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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III. An earnest desire after much Holiness, is an infallible sign of true Saving Grace, wrought in the Soul. The Holy Spirit […] Sealed that man unto the day of Redemption whose Soul within him does desire holiness more than any thing in this world. Enquire of thy Soul; if the Lord should put it to thy choice, whether thou wouldest be the richest of the holiest person on the earth, which of these would thy heart choose? would thy heart say, Let me be an holy rather than a great man on the earth. If I may but have much Grace, and bring much Glory to God and to Jesus Christ, Let who will take the great things of the world. Then thou art born of God: the marks of the Lord Jesus are on thy Soul; thou dost follow holiness, and thou shalt see God. Heb. 12. 14.
III. An earnest desire after much Holiness, is an infalliable sign of true Saving Grace, wrought in the Soul. The Holy Spirit 〈…〉 Sealed that man unto the day of Redemption whose Soul within him does desire holiness more than any thing in this world. Enquire of thy Soul; if the Lord should put it to thy choice, whether thou wouldest be the richest of the holiest person on the earth, which of these would thy heart chuse? would thy heart say, Let me be an holy rather than a great man on the earth. If I may but have much Grace, and bring much Glory to God and to Jesus Christ, Let who will take the great things of the world. Then thou art born of God: the marks of the Lord Jesus are on thy Soul; thou dost follow holiness, and thou shalt see God. Heb. 12. 14.