N00935:24
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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Thirdly; Early Piety and Repentance, is more comfortable than Delayed Repentance. What are the ways of Piety, but ways of Pleasancy: We read, Prov. 3. 17. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. Well then, the sooner thou comest into those ways, the more of Pleasure and of Comfort, will thy Life be sweetened withal. The more Early thou art in thy Piety, […] sooner shalt thou See thy Name written ⟨p. 17⟩in Heaven, to which no Delight on Earth is comparable; the sooner shalt thou Hear the very Great and Precious Promise of God Ravishing of thee with their continual Melody; the sooner shalt thou Taste that the Lord is Gracious in the Entertainments of a Fellow-ship with Him; and the sooner shalt thou Feel the Divine Consolations of the Holy Spirit, which are not Small, reviving of thee. By Delaying of Repentance, men put themselves under grievous and woeful Disadvantages. Tis therefore a more Advantageous and Comfortable thing to Repent Betimes; Yea, My Child, As soon as ever thou canst.
Thirdly; Early Piety and Repentance, is more comfortable than Delay'd Repentance. What are the wayes of Piety, but wayes of Pleasancy: We read, Prov. 3. 17. Her wayes are wayes of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. Well then, the sooner thou comest into those wayes, the more of Pleasure and of Comfort, will thy Life be sweetned withal. The more Early thou art in thy Piety, 〈…〉 sooner shalt thou See thy Name written ⟨p. 17⟩in Heaven, to which no Delight on Earth is comparable; the sooner shalt thou Hear the very Great and Precious Promise of God Ravishing of thee with their continual Melody; the sooner shalt thou Taste that the Lord is Gracious in the Entertainments of a Fellow-ship with Him; and the sooner shalt thou Feel the Divine Consolations of the Holy Spirit, which are not Small, reviving of thee. By Dela•ing of Repentance, men put themselves under grievous and woful Disadvantages. Tis therefore a more Advantagious and Comfortable thing to Repent Betimes; Yea, My Child, As soon as ever thou canst.