N00935:20
Agreeable admonitions for old & young. Or, Aged piety honoured, and early piety quickened.…
Agreeable admonitions for old & young. Or, Aged piety honoured, and early piety quickened. In a brief discourse, delivered, April 25. 1703. : [Two lines of quotation in Latin]
Boston: printed by T. Green, 1703
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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.
But, What Advantage have they that are First, or more Early in Believing on the Lord Jesus Christ, above those that make it more Late, or do more lag and flag in that important matter? Why, Much every way.
First, Early Piety and Repentance, is more Acceptable than Delayed Repentance. The more Early we are in our Obedience to God, the more Conformable and Agreeable we are to the Commandment of God; For the Commandment of God enjoins Early Obedience, yea, it enjoins Present Obedience. The motto upon the Command is, To Day. We read 2 Joh. 4. I rejoiced greatly, that I found of thy Children walking in the Truth, as we have received a Commandment from the Father. Truly, is the Commandment of the Father, even unto you that are Children, that you should Walk according to the Directions ⟨p. 12⟩of His Holy Truth. And if it be Acceptable unto Good men, who will thereat Rejoice greatly, to see you doing so, how much more Acceptable will it be, to the GOD of all Goodness? The Commandment of God is, Let the Wicked for sake his way, and let him turn unto the Lord. The Commandment of God is, Work out your own Salvation. And, This His Commandment, That we Believe on the Name of His Son Jesus Christ. Young People as well as Old, are concerned in the Commandment. And it is very particularly directed unto Young People, when it is said, Eccl. 12 1. Remember now thy Creator in the Days of thy Youth. Now, the more Conformable we are in our Obedience, to the Commandment of God, the more Acceptable is our Obedience. If it could be said, Act. 17. 30. God now commands all men every where to Repent, then tis plain, He now commands Young men to Repent, yea, and Now to Repent. It is therefore highly pleasing to the most High God, that Young Men should not put off Repentance. The Debt of Obedience, that we owe unto God, the sooner we pay it, the more pleasing will be the payment. God hath no where said. Let Young people To […] turn unto me. No, but He says, Turn