First, By the Sword of an Extended and Prolonged War, Our Young men are Dead: they were brought forth, and brought up, for the Murderer. The Almighty and provoked God, pass,d upon us that Sentence, in Jer. 18.21. Let their Young ⟨p. 11⟩men be Slain by the Sword. And accordingly, our Young men were for many years together, Pressed into the Wars; but the Pressing of them was but Numbering […] for the Slaughter. What were the Enemies, that for many years together vexed us, but those, of whom we might say, and sigh, The Lord has called an Assembly against me, to Crush my Young men. But then, Our Young People terrified by the Hardships Ashore, have gone to Do Business on the Great Waters; and the Storms of the Divine Displeasure have so pursued them there also, that more of our Young men are Dead. It hath been with our Young People, as it was with Zidon's, in Isa. 23.4. The Sea hath spoken, I do not nourish up young men. Wonderful Shipwrecks have sunk Multitudes, Multitudes of our Young men, into the deep Valley of Destruction: God has cast them into the Place of Silence, and the Waters have compassed them about, they have gone down to the Bottom of the Mountains, the Bars of the Pit have been about them for ever. And of those that have Escaped Shipwrecks, how many, [God knows!] how many have Sailed unto their Long Home at the Ports where they have arrived; and so come short Home? Themistius Elegantly compares the Death of Old men, to going out of an Inn, the Death of Young men to a Shipwreck; alas, how often does it happen unto us every year, by a Literal Shipwreck? The Sea has been the Snare of our Young men: and a Snare of Death. For this invites us to Reflect upon a Third Way ⟨p. 12⟩of Dying, wherein our Young men are Dead. Not only Contagious and Epidemical Distempers have been raging in our own Towns, whereby our Young People, have been chiefly preyed upon; but our Young People have gone into Frigates, and gone unto Islands, that have been so many Post-Houses, for their Sickliness. We are from thence often informed, as in Jer. 9.21. Death has cut off the young men from the Streets, and from the Ships: and for that cause, there are many Mourners in our Streets. But in fine, lest here should not be Deaths enough, to take off our young men, behold, how many Casualties, do ever now and then, produce this Report among our Neighbours, The Young men are Dead!
First, By the Sword of an Extended and Prolonged War, Our Young men are Dead: they were brought forth, and brought up, for the Murderer. The Almighty and provoked God, pass,d upon us that Sentence, in Jer. 18.21. Let their Young ⟨p. 11⟩men be Slain by the Sword. And accordingly, our Young men were for many years together, Press'd into the Wars; but the Pressing of them was but Numbring 〈…〉 for the Slaughter. What were the Enemies, that for many years together vexed us, but those, of whom we might say, and sigh, The Lord has called an Assembly against me, to Crush my Young men. But then, Our Young People terrified by the Hardships Ashore, have gone to Do Business on the Great Waters; and the Storms of the Divine Displeasure have so pursued them there also, that more of our Young men are Dead. It hath been with our Young People, as it was with Zidons, in Isa. 23.4. The Sea hath spoken, I do not nourish up young men. Wonderful Shipwrecks have sunk Multitudes, Multitudes of our Young men, into the deep Valley of Destruction: God has cast them into the Place of Silence, and the Waters have compassed them about, they have gone down to the Bottom of the Mountains, the Bars of the Pit have been about them for ever. And of those that have Escaped Shipwrecks, how many, [God knows!] how many have Sailed unto their Long Home at the Ports where they have arrived; and so come short Home? Themistius Elegantly compares the Death of Old men, to going out of an Inn, the Death of Young men to a Shipwreck; alas, how often does it happen unto us every year, by a Literal Shipwreck? The Sea has been the Snare of our Young men: and a Snare of Death. For this invites us to Reflect upon a Third Way ⟨p. 12⟩of Dying, wherein our Young men are Dead. Not only Contageous and Epidemical Distempers have been raging in our own Towns, whereby our Young People, have been chiefly prey'd upon; but our Young People have gone into Frigats, and gone unto Islands, that have been so many Post-Houses, for their Sickliness. We are from thence often informed, as in Jer. 9.21. Death has cut off the young men from the Streets, and from the Ships: and for that cause, there are many Mourners in our Streets. But in fine, lest here should not be Deaths enough, to take off our young men, behold, how many Casualties, do ever now and then, produce this Report among our Neighbours, The Young men are Dead!
