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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.
For the remembrance of their sins remains in their Consciences for ever. Jer. 17. •. The sin of Judah is written with a pen of Iron, and with the point of a Diamon: Where is it written? It is graven upon the Table of their heart. It ha's made such Impressions upon Conscience as cannot be gotten out. A sin which a Young man commits now, he will remember it after he is dead, and at the day of Judgment, and throughout the days of Eternity. We see that men of an hundred years old will remember what they did fourscore years ago more perfectly than what they did but four weeks since; a clear demonstration that the Immortal Souls of men will never forget what was done by them ⟨p. 39⟩whilst in their bodies, though never so long ago since. Therefore in the Parable concerning the Rich man and Lazarus, it was said to him, Remember that in thy life time thou receivedst thy good things, Luk. 16. 25. Sinners in the World to come have a perfect remembrance of all that they did whilst in this World: When therefore they shall be told of their secret sins, they will remember them all, and a dreadful remembrance it will be.
For the remembrance of their sins remains in their Consciences for ever. Jer. 17. •. The sin of Judah is written with a pen of Iron, and with the point of a Diamon: Where is it written? It is graven upon the Table of their heart. It ha's made such Impressions upon Conscience as cannot be gotten out. A sin which a Young man commits now, he will remember it after he is dead, and at the day of Judgment, and throughout the days of Eternity. We see that men of an hundred years old will remember what they did fourscore years ago more perfectly than what they did but four weeks since; a clear demonstration that the Immortal Souls of men will never forget what was done by them ⟨p. 39⟩whilest in their bodys, though never so long ago since. Therefore in the Parable concerning the Rich man and Lazarus, it was said to him, Remember that in thy life time thou receivedst thy good things,