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           THE
           Beauty
           ,
           Vigour
           &
           Strength
           OF
           YOUTH
           Bespoke
           for
           GOD
           :
           IN
           A
           SERMON
           Lately
           Preached
           to
           YOUNG
           MEN.
           
        
         
           By
           
             THOMAS
             POWELL
          
           Minister
           of
           the
           Gospel
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Ben.
             Harris
          
           at
           the
           
             Stationers
             Arms
          
           in
           Sweetings
           Rents
           ,
           near
           the
           
             Royal
             Exchange
          
           in
           Cornhill
           ,
           1676.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           THE
           READER
           .
        
         
           
             Christian
             Reader
             ,
          
        
         
           THE
           greatest
           and
           highest
           Honour
           of
           the
           Reasonable
           Creature
           is
           to
           serve
           Him
           who
           is
           the
           best
           Good
           and
           the
           last
           End
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           design
           of
           this
           little
           Treatise
           .
           The
           Excellency
           and
           Necessity
           of
           what
           is
           here
           treated
           ,
           justly
           merits
           a
           larger
           
           Volumn
           .
           But
           I
           studied
           Brevity
           ,
           and
           that
           upon
           a
           two-fold
           account
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           Because
           I
           was
           desired
           that
           there
           might
           be
           little
           or
           no
           Variation
           from
           the
           Sermon
           as
           it
           was
           Preached
           ,
           either
           in
           Altering
           or
           Enlarging
           ,
           though
           something
           of
           each
           I
           have
           done
           ,
           yet
           so
           I
           hope
           ,
           as
           to
           please
           both
           thee
           the
           Reader
           ,
           and
           they
           who
           had
           the
           Opportunity
           of
           Hearing
           the
           same
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           Because
           I
           was
           willing
           that
           more
           might
           
           have
           a
           share
           in
           it
           ,
           which
           possibly
           could
           not
           have
           been
           ,
           
           if
           I
           had
           not
           endeavoured
           to
           crowd
           my
           Meditations
           in
           a
           little
           room
           .
           Birds
           when
           they
           come
           to
           a
           full
           heap
           of
           Corn
           ,
           chirp
           and
           call
           for
           their
           fellowes
           .
           Goodness
           and
           Light
           are
           of
           a
           diffusive
           Nature
           .
           And
           now
           since
           this
           is
           Midwifed
           into
           the
           World
           ,
           (
           which
           was
           not
           intended
           by
           me
           )
           such
           as
           it
           is
           I
           offer
           it
           to
           thee
           as
           the
           product
           of
           my
           sincere
           and
           cordial
           Love
           to
           the
           Souls
           of
           young
           Men.
           
           Let
           not
           the
           Plainness
           of
           the
           Matter
           ,
           and
           the
           Homeliness
           of
           the
           Style
           offend
           thee
           ;
           I
           designed
           it
           not
           for
           a
           curious
           Pallate
           ,
           being
           preached
           unto
           a
           plain
           Countrey-people
           ,
           I
           aymed
           at
           their
           Edification
           ,
           and
           not
           at
           any
           Popular
           Applause
           .
           The
           Treatise
           is
           usefull
           for
           all
           that
           are
           enquiring
           after
           true
           Felicity
           ,
           especially
           the
           younger
           sort
           of
           People
           ,
           being
           such
           for
           the
           most
           part
           that
           were
           present
           when
           this
           Sermon
           was
           Preached
           .
           What
           thou
           (
           Reader
           )
           apprehendest
           
           not
           Sound
           ,
           carry
           it
           to
           the
           Touch-stone
           of
           the
           Word
           ,
           and
           if
           but
           a
           Mite
           of
           saving
           Knowledge
           may
           be
           (
           through
           Gods
           Blessing
           )
           added
           to
           thy
           Understanding
           ,
           let
           God
           have
           the
           Glory
           ,
           and
           the
           Author
           hath
           his
           End
           ,
           who
           is
        
         
           
             Southwark
             ,
             
               Decemb.
               
            
          
           
             READER
             ,
          
           
             Thy
             Friend
             and
             Souls
             servant
             ,
             Thomas
             Powell
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           
             ECCLES
             .
             XII
             .
             1.
             
          
           
             Remember
             Now
             thy
             Creatour
             in
             the
             Dayes
             of
             thy
             Youth
             ,
             while
             the
             Evil
             Dayes
             come
             not
             ,
             nor
             the
             Years
             draw
             nigh
             ,
             when
             thou
             shalt
             say
             ,
             I
             have
             no
             pleasure
             in
             them
             .
          
        
         
           GOD
           set
           up
           two
           great
           Lights
           in
           Solomons
           Heart
           ,
           one
           shewing
           the
           Excellency
           of
           Christ
           ,
           
           in
           the
           Canticles
           ;
           the
           other
           ,
           the
           Vanity
           of
           the
           Creature
           ,
           as
           in
           Ecclesiastes
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           second
           Book
           of
           Solomon
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           called
           Ecclesiastes
           because
           Solomon
           was
           so
           called
           :
           And
           that
           either
           because
           he
           speaks
           unto
           a
           Multitude
           at
           once
           ,
           or
           else
           because
           of
           his
           Wisdom
           ,
           with
           which
           he
           was
           indeed
           (
           after
           a
           copious
           manner
           )
           endowed
           .
           The
           whole
           Book
           is
           a
           
           declaration
           of
           Solomons
           repentance
           written
           in
           his
           old
           age
           ,
           as
           may
           be
           gather'd
           both
           out
           of
           the
           title
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           closure
           of
           it
           in
           ,
           the
           six
           last
           verses
           ,
           and
           also
           out
           of
           the
           whole
           body
           of
           it
           ,
           being
           written
           upon
           a
           serious
           view
           of
           the
           passages
           and
           practices
           of
           his
           life
           past
           ,
           and
           the
           great
           and
           manifold
           experience
           he
           made
           and
           found
           therein
           .
           He
           treats
           chiefly
           of
           the
           worlds
           vanity
           ,
           true
           felicity
           ,
           the
           maladies
           of
           old
           age
           ,
           &
           the
           Advantage
           of
           being
           good
           betimes
           .
           Hence
           it
           is
           that
           young
           men
           in
           the
           conclusion
           of
           all
           are
           call'd
           upon
           to
           mind
           their
           Creator
           ;
           and
           that
           whatsoever
           they
           are
           employed
           in
           besides
           is
           vanity
           of
           vanities
           ,
           and
           no
           wise
           yielding
           true
           satisfaction
           ,
           but
           anxiety
           and
           torment
           unto
           their
           souls
           .
        
         
           Remember
           now
           thy
           Creator
           in
           the
           dayes
           of
           thy
           youth
           ,
           while
           the
           evil
           dayes
           come
           not
           ,
           nor
           the
           years
           draw
           nigh
           when
           thou
           shalt
           say
           ,
           I
           
           have
           no
           pleasure
           in
           them
           .
        
         
           The
           words
           in
           general
           do
           press
           unto
           a
           duty
           of
           the
           greatest
           moment
           in
           the
           world
           ;
           wherein
           you
           may
           take
           notice
           of
           these
           several
           things
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           Act
           ,
           Remember
           .
           2.
           
           The
           Object
           ,
           Creator
           .
           3.
           
           The
           adjunct
           of
           Time
           ;
           Now
           ,
           in
           the
           dayes
           of
           thy
           youth
           ,
           exegetically
           repeated
           ,
           
             while
             the
             evil
             dayes
             come
             not
             ,
             nor
             the
          
           years
           draw
           nigh
           ,
           
             when
             thou
             shalt
          
           say
           I
           have
           no
           pleasure
           in
           them
           .
        
         
           The
           words
           will
           afford
           us
           many
           points
           of
           Doctrine
           .
           I
           shall
           only
           observe
           two
           ,
           and
           so
           insist
           upon
           them
           .
        
         
           Doct.
           1.
           
           That
           above
           all
           things
           whatsoever
           ,
           we
           should
           not
           forget
           ,
           but
           Remember
           our
           Creator
           .
        
         
         
           Doct.
           2.
           
           That
           there
           is
           great
           reason
           why
           we
           should
           remember
           our
           Creatour
           in
           the
           dayes
           of
           our
           youth
           ,
           
           even
           while
           we
           are
           young
           ,
           and
           before
           old
           age
           over-takes
           us
           .
        
         
           These
           in
           order
           ;
           and
           with
           the
           first
           I
           begin
           ,
           viz.
           
             That
             above
             all
             things
             whatsoever
             ,
             we
             should
             not
             forget
             ,
             but
             Remember
             our
             Creator
             .
          
        
         
           The
           prosecution
           of
           this
           Point
           ,
           I
           purpose
           ,
           through
           Gods
           assistance
           in
           this
           wise
           :
        
         
           1.
           
           I
           shall
           set
           my self
           to
           amplifie
           it
           .
           2.
           
           To
           Apply
           it
           .
        
         
           The
           amplification
           will
           consist
           of
           Explication
           and
           confirmation
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Explication
           ,
           and
           so
           I
           shall
           shew
           you
           .
           1.
           
           What
           this
           Creator
           is
           .
           2.
           
           What
           it
           is
           to
           remember
           our
           Creator
           .
           3.
           
           What
           it
           is
           to
           remember
           our
           Creator
           
             above
             all
             things
          
           whatsoever
           .
        
         
           
           
             First
             ,
             I
             am
             to
             shew
             you
             ,
          
           What
           this
           Creator
           is
           ,
           whom
           we
           are
           call'd
           
           upon
           in
           the
           text
           to
           mind
           ,
           Remember
           now
           thy
           Creator
           in
           the
           dayes
           of
           thy
           youth
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           Hebrews
           it
           is
           (
           Thy
           Creatours
           )
           alluding
           to
           the
           Trinity
           ,
           so
           that
           by
           Creatour
           we
           are
           to
           understand
           God
           the
           Father
           ,
           God
           the
           Son
           ,
           and
           God
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ;
           for
           though
           the
           Creation
           of
           the
           world
           is
           peculiarly
           ascribed
           to
           God
           the
           Father
           ,
           and
           look't
           upon
           as
           his
           proper
           work
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           order
           and
           relation
           ,
           as
           he
           is
           the
           first
           person
           of
           the
           Trinity
           ,
           yet
           not
           so
           as
           to
           exclude
           the
           rest
           ;
           
           for
           all
           the
           persons
           of
           the
           Trinity
           (
           to
           speak
           after
           the
           manner
           of
           men
           )
           had
           a
           hand
           in
           the
           Creation
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           Gen.
           1.
           26.
           
           
             And
             God
             said
             ,
             Let
             us
             make
             man
             ni
             our
             Image
             ,
             after
             our
             likeness
             :
          
           who
           should
           the
           Father
           
           speak
           unto
           here
           ;
           
             Let
             us
          
           ,
           but
           unto
           the
           Son
           and
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           What
           it
           is
           to
           Remember
           our
           Creator
           ;
           It
           is
           not
           onely
           a
           bare
           thinking
           on
           him
           ,
           and
           that
           now
           and
           then
           ,
           but
           to
           remember
           our
           Creator
           implyes
           these
           several
           things
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           To
           know
           him
           ;
           to
           know
           that
           he
           is
           ,
           and
           what
           he
           is
           .
           That
           God
           is
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           is
           to
           be
           worshipped
           ,
           is
           ,
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           
           a
           Law
           written
           in
           the
           heart
           of
           man
           ,
           and
           that
           which
           the
           book
           of
           the
           Creatures
           teacheth
           as
           well
           as
           the
           book
           of
           the
           Scriptures
           .
           But
           now
           who
           This
           God
           is
           ,
           and
           the
           right
           mode
           of
           worshipping
           him
           ,
           many
           are
           at
           a
           loss
           ;
           and
           the
           candle-light
           of
           Nature
           (
           without
           the
           help
           of
           the
           Holy
           Spirit
           in
           and
           by
           the
           Scriptures
           )
           
           cannot
           direct
           us
           ,
           neither
           can
           our
           knowledge
           of
           God
           by
           them
           be
           a
           comprehensive
           knowledge
           ,
           what
           God
           is
           in
           his
           Essence
           ,
           in
           his
           Attributes
           ,
           in
           his
           persons
           &
           in
           his
           works
           ,
           no
           man
           or
           Angel
           hath
           ,
           doth
           ,
           or
           ever
           shall
           know
           ;
           Though
           we
           must
           (
           if
           we
           would
           remember
           our
           Creator
           aright
           )
           know
           something
           of
           each
           ,
           yet
           he
           must
           have
           the
           wisdom
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           so
           be
           a
           God
           ,
           that
           comprehendeth
           God
           in
           his
           Essence
           ,
           Attributes
           ,
           Persons
           and
           works
           ,
           what
           say
           you
           now
           Sirs
           ,
           do
           you
           remember
           your
           Creator
           in
           this
           sense
           ?
           such
           who
           do
           not
           experimentally
           know
           God
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           ;
           and
           in
           measure
           ,
           What
           he
           is
           ,
           cannot
           properly
           be
           said
           to
           Remember
           him
           .
           Remember
           your
           Creator
           ,
           that
           is
           no
           less
           than
           the
           Import
           of
           knowing
           and
           acknowledging
           your selves
           with
           God
           ,
           whereby
           peace
           may
           come
           unto
           you
           ,
           according
           unto
           that
           excellent
           counsel
           of
           Eliphaz
           to
           
             Iob
             ,
             Acquaint
             now
             thy self
             
             
             
             
             
             with
             God
             ,
             thereby
             Good
             shall
             come
             unto
             thee
             ,
          
           Job
           .
           22.
           21.
           
        
         
           
             Remember
             your
             Creator
          
           :
           That
           is
           of
           no
           less
           Import
           than
           the
           dying
           words
           of
           King
           David
           to
           his
           Son
           
             Solomon
             ;
             And
             thou
             Solomon
             my
             Son
             ,
             know
             thou
             the
             God
             of
             thy
             Father
             ,
          
           1
           Chron.
           28.
           9.
           
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           To
           Remember
           our
           Creator
           ,
           implyes
           a
           reverent
           Fear
           of
           Him.
           Remembring
           of
           God
           is
           fearing
           of
           God.
           
             Prov.
             23.
             17.
             
             Be
             thou
             in
             the
             Fear
             of
             the
             Lord
             all
             the
             day
             long
             .
          
           How
           darest
           thou
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           thou
           Remembrest
           God
           ,
           when
           thou
           fearest
           him
           not
           ,
           and
           hast
           but
           little
           dread
           of
           his
           Greatness
           in
           thy
           Heart
           ?
           
           Thou
           canst
           fear
           Afflictions
           ,
           Death
           ,
           or
           any
           Evil
           approaching
           towards
           thee
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           diverting
           whereof
           ,
           applyest
           thy self
           to
           the
           Means
           in
           order
           thereunto
           ,
           but
           how
           little
           doest
           thou
           use
           thy
           Strength
           and
           Prudence
           
           against
           Sin
           that
           cursed
           thing
           ,
           and
           which
           rendreth
           thee
           obnoxious
           to
           the
           Wrath
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           if
           thou
           fearest
           not
           here
           ,
           shalt
           hereafter
           to
           thy
           sorrow
           and
           eternal
           detriment
           .
        
         
           Thou
           canst
           reverence
           a
           Person
           of
           Quality
           ,
           or
           any
           Earthly
           Monarch
           ,
           and
           when
           Access
           unto
           him
           is
           granted
           thee
           ,
           how
           great
           is
           thy
           Care
           and
           Diligence
           in
           demeaning
           thy self
           before
           him
           ?
           and
           how
           dost
           thou
           tremble
           lest
           by
           any
           uncomely
           Gesture
           or
           Action
           thou
           shouldst
           offend
           him
           ,
           
           knowing
           that
           in
           case
           of
           Default
           ,
           thou
           mayst
           not
           onely
           meet
           with
           Repulse
           ,
           but
           also
           Penalty
           ?
           And
           shall
           the
           Presence
           of
           Worms
           so
           awe
           thee
           ,
           and
           not
           God
           ,
           in
           whose
           presence
           the
           blessed
           Saints
           and
           Angels
           cover
           their
           Faces
           ,
           as
           being
           unworthy
           of
           Beholding
           him
           ?
           
           It
           's
           no
           marvel
           why
           Conscience
           bears
           so
           little
           sway
           now
           adayes
           ,
           
           why
           Piety
           is
           so
           little
           countenanc'd
           ,
           why
           Gods
           Glory
           
           is
           so
           little
           preferr'd
           ,
           why
           one
           Man
           even
           becomes
           a
           Devil
           to
           another
           ,
           and
           why
           Young
           men
           Remember
           not
           their
           Creator
           .
           The
           Reason
           of
           all
           lies
           here
           ;
           
           The
           
             Fear
             of
             God
          
           is
           not
           before
           their
           Eyes
           ,
           nor
           his
           Greatness
           studyed
           by
           them
           .
           Our
           Creator
           is
           God
           over
           all
           Blessed
           for
           evermore
           ,
           the
           Lord
           of
           Hosts
           is
           his
           Name
           ;
           all
           the
           Creatures
           are
           at
           his
           Beck
           and
           Check
           ;
           he
           is
           the
           stronger
           side
           ,
           and
           whosoever
           fears
           the
           Lord
           ,
           need
           not
           fear
           any
           thing
           else
           .
           Confidence
           and
           strong
           Confidence
           is
           in
           the
           Fear
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           
           yea
           a
           Fear-freeing
           Fear
           this
           Fear
           is
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           To
           Remember
           our
           Creator
           implies
           setting
           the
           Mind
           on
           work
           on
           the
           Excellencies
           of
           him
           .
           
           
             Psal.
             104.
             v.
             34.
             
             My
             Meditation
             of
             him
             shall
             be
             sweet
             .
          
           The
           
           Excellencies
           of
           God
           are
           many
           ,
           great
           and
           incommunicable
           :
           Many
           and
           wonderfull
           are
           the
           Excellencies
           of
           the
           Creature
           ,
           but
           not
           to
           be
           compar'd
           with
           God's
           ;
           because
           all
           Creature-Excellencies
           are
           but
           Derivatives
           .
           
           And
           what
           are
           the
           Streams
           ,
           compar'd
           to
           the
           Fountain
           ;
           the
           Rivers
           to
           the
           Ocean
           ,
           and
           the
           excellencies
           of
           the
           Creature
           to
           the
           Excellencies
           of
           the
           Creator
           ?
           being
           in
           him
           primitively
           and
           incommunicably
           ,
           yea
           the
           proper
           subject
           and
           seat
           of
           all
           Excellencies
           whatsoever
           ,
           God
           is
           .
           And
           canst
           thou
           Ovain
           young
           man
           set
           thy
           Heart
           on
           these
           transitory
           Excellencies
           of
           the
           Creature
           ,
           
           and
           yet
           canst
           not
           look
           up
           so
           high
           as
           to
           the
           Creator
           ,
           and
           take
           a
           View
           of
           his
           glorious
           and
           transcendent
           Excellencies
           that
           have
           and
           do
           ravish
           the
           Hearts
           of
           all
           their
           Contemplators
           ?
           Davids
           Meditations
           of
           his
           Creators
           Excellencies
           were
           sweet
           unto
           him
           .
           Call
           back
           ,
           O
           young
           Man
           ,
           all
           thy
           stragling
           Affections
           ;
           it
           is
           high
           time
           now
           ,
           they
           have
           been
           long
           enough
           seeking
           Rest
           in
           these
           terrene
           things
           ,
           and
           finding
           none
           .
           Call
           home
           (
           O
           vain
           man
           )
           thy
           Love
           ,
           thy
           Joy
           ,
           Hope
           ,
           Grief
           and
           Fear
           :
           These
           are
           to
           the
           Soul
           ,
           as
           the
           Souldiers
           to
           the
           Centurion
           ;
           
             If
             he
             said
             to
             one
             ,
             Go
             ,
             he
             went
             ;
             if
             to
             another
             ,
             Come
             ,
             he
             came
             :
          
           These
           (
           say
           some
           )
           are
           the
           Messengers
           of
           the
           Will
           ;
           these
           (
           say
           others
           )
           are
           the
           Wheels
           ,
           the
           Chariots
           ,
           the
           Wings
           ,
           the
           Feet
           of
           the
           Soul.
           But
           now
           if
           thy
           Love
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           first
           ,
           and
           General
           of
           all
           the
           Affections
           ,
           should
           be
           set
           ,
           not
           on
           God
           ,
           but
           the
           World
           ;
           if
           
           your
           Hatred
           should
           be
           directed
           ,
           not
           against
           Sin
           ,
           but
           Good
           men
           ,
           or
           (
           which
           is
           worse
           )
           against
           Goodness
           it self
           ;
           if
           your
           Zeal
           should
           not
           be
           pure
           Flames
           for
           Divine
           Glory
           ,
           but
           a
           burning
           Rage
           against
           the
           Truth
           of
           God
           ;
           if
           your
           Fear
           should
           not
           be
           a
           flight
           from
           Evil
           ,
           but
           an
           Apostasie
           from
           Christ
           ;
           if
           your
           Anger
           should
           be
           a
           Displeasure
           at
           anothers
           Eminencies
           ,
           and
           not
           at
           your
           own
           Exorbitances
           ;
           if
           your
           Hope
           should
           not
           be
           a
           well-ballanced
           Expectation
           of
           Happiness
           ,
           but
           a
           blind
           and
           venturous
           Presumption
           of
           Mercy
           ;
           and
           if
           your
           Grief
           should
           be
           a
           trouble
           that
           you
           cannot
           be
           and
           doe
           more
           evil
           ;
           Ah
           how
           vile
           ,
           how
           irregular
           ,
           how
           dangerous
           are
           Affections
           thus
           misplac'd
           !
           When
           Love
           and
           Hatred
           keep
           to
           their
           right
           Centres
           ,
           and
           move
           towards
           their
           proper
           Objects
           ,
           to
           love
           nothing
           but
           Good
           ,
           to
           hate
           nothing
           but
           Evil.
           
        
         
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           To
           Remember
           our
           Creator
           implies
           to
           recollect
           our selves
           ,
           and
           return
           unto
           him
           as
           the
           Fountain
           of
           our
           Salvation
           ,
           Psal.
           22.
           27.
           
        
         
           All
           the
           Ends
           of
           the
           World
           shall
           remember
           and
           turn
           unto
           the
           Lord.
           
        
         
           By
           Sin
           we
           have
           Apostatiz'd
           from
           God
           ;
           are
           we
           yet
           return'd
           unto
           him
           ?
           is
           there
           a
           Conversion
           of
           the
           whole
           man
           unto
           God
           ?
           Are
           Old
           things
           past
           away
           ,
           and
           all
           things
           become
           New
           ?
           Hast
           thou
           a
           New
           Heart
           ?
           till
           then
           thou
           canst
           not
           remember
           God
           with
           any
           Affection
           .
           Hast
           thou
           a
           New
           Will
           ?
           till
           then
           thou
           canst
           not
           do
           as
           thou
           oughtest
           .
           Hast
           thou
           a
           New
           Eye
           ?
           till
           then
           thou
           canst
           not
           see
           the
           difference
           that
           there
           is
           between
           things
           Spiritual
           and
           Temporal
           .
           Hast
           thou
           a
           new
           Appetite
           ?
           till
           then
           thou
           canst
           not
           know
           what
           is
           bitter
           ,
           or
           what
           is
           sweet
           .
           Every
           Faculty
           is
           become
           the
           seat
           of
           Sin
           ,
           and
           therefore
           a
           Necessity
           there
           is
           ,
           of
           a
           universal
           
           Change.
           The
           Understanding
           is
           dark
           ,
           and
           stands
           in
           need
           of
           Divine
           Illumination
           .
           The
           Will
           is
           contumacious
           ,
           
           and
           needeth
           the
           Almighty
           Power
           of
           God
           to
           make
           it
           flexible
           .
           The
           Memory
           is
           weak
           ,
           and
           needeth
           supernatural
           strengthening
           .
           The
           Affections
           are
           dull
           ,
           and
           need
           spiritual
           Operation
           .
           The
           Conscience
           is
           benumm'd
           ,
           and
           needeth
           the
           beams
           of
           God's
           Spirit
           to
           warm
           it
           ,
           and
           quicken
           it
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           no
           more
           mislead
           ,
           and
           be
           as
           a
           blind
           Guide
           .
           And
           thus
           our
           whole
           Life
           is
           crooked
           and
           perverse
           ;
           hast
           thou
           gotten
           it
           made
           strait
           by
           a
           sincere
           Repentance
           and
           Reformation
           ?
           The
           Holy
           Scriptures
           are
           a
           Rule
           ,
           hast
           thou
           measured
           thy
           Life
           by
           it
           ?
           The
           Curse
           of
           the
           Law
           hangs
           on
           thee
           ,
           why
           dost
           thou
           not
           satisfie
           its
           Demands
           ,
           
           and
           Appeal
           to
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           in
           Christ
           for
           freedom
           therefrom
           ?
           Thy
           miseries
           (
           O
           Natural
           man
           )
           are
           many
           ,
           great
           ,
           and
           intolerable
           ,
           why
           dost
           thou
           not
           endeavour
           to
           extricate
           thy self
           out
           of
           them
           ?
           Read
           this
           Scripture
           ,
           O
           
             Graceless
             Prodigal
             :
             Psal.
          
           9.
           19.
           
           
             The
             wicked
             shall
             be
             turned
             into
             Hell
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Nations
             that
             forget
             God.
             
          
        
         
           Recollect
           therefore
           your selves
           ,
           oh
           
             Old
             Men
          
           ,
           before
           your
           dayes
           are
           quite
           concluded
           .
           
             Remember
             your
             Creator
             Oh
             Young
             Men
             ,
             while
             the
             evil
             dayes
             come
             not
             ,
             nor
             the
             years
             draw
             nigh
             when
             thou
             shalt
             say
             ,
             I
             have
             no
             pleasure
             in
             them
             .
          
           Is
           it
           not
           better
           to
           live
           than
           
             die
             ,
             turn
          
           than
           burn
           ?
           O
           Sirs
           ,
           persist
           not
           till
           it
           be
           too
           late
           ,
           but
           choose
           God
           your
           chiefest
           Good
           ,
           onely
           Good
           ,
           suitable
           Good
           ,
           and
           everlasting
           Good.
           
        
         
           Fifthly
           ,
           To
           
             Remember
             our
             Creator
          
           ,
           implies
           a
           
             due
             Considering
             what
             
             may
             Please
             or
             Displease
             him
             .
          
        
         
           Col.
           1.
           10.
           
           That
           ye
           might
           walk
           worthy
           of
           the
           Lord
           unto
           all
           pleasing
           .
        
         
           But
           how
           few
           are
           there
           that
           make
           this
           their
           work
           ,
           studying
           how
           to
           please
           God
           ?
           Doth
           not
           the
           Course
           of
           their
           Lives
           rather
           tend
           to
           the
           contrary
           ?
           Who
           lives
           to
           please
           God
           ,
           but
           rather
           to
           displease
           him
           ?
           How
           little
           is
           Gods
           Favour
           now
           adayes
           esteemed
           of
           ?
           Most
           of
           us
           are
           ambitious
           of
           doing
           things
           that
           may
           please
           Persons
           highly
           dignified
           in
           this
           World
           ,
           but
           the
           pleasing
           of
           God
           is
           look'd
           upon
           as
           a
           superfluity
           ,
           and
           that
           which
           may
           be
           as
           well
           omitted
           as
           perform'd
           ;
           as
           if
           Gods
           good
           word
           would
           not
           honour
           us
           so
           much
           as
           a
           Mortals
           ,
           and
           His
           Favour
           do
           us
           more
           good
           than
           the
           Favour
           of
           Man
           ,
           whose
           breath
           is
           in
           his
           Nostrils
           ,
           and
           must
           suddenly
           perish
           .
           Mans
           Favour
           is
           good
           in
           its
           place
           ,
           but
           when
           compar'd
           with
           Gods
           ,
           there
           is
           vast
           difference
           as
           to
           the
           
           Nature
           ,
           
           Property
           ,
           Effects
           and
           Perpetuity
           of
           it
           .
           Foolish
           therefore
           is
           he
           who
           preferres
           the
           pleasing
           of
           Man
           before
           the
           pleasing
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           chooseth
           rather
           the
           one
           than
           the
           other
           ;
           that
           can
           remember
           what
           pleaseth
           the
           Creature
           ,
           but
           not
           what
           pleaseth
           the
           Creator
           .
           This
           is
           preferring
           the
           less
           before
           the
           greater
           ,
           and
           the
           Servant
           before
           the
           Master
           .
           How
           stands
           it
           therefore
           with
           us
           ?
           Are
           Gods
           Smiles
           our
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           his
           Frowns
           our
           Hell
           ?
           Is
           there
           nothing
           that
           we
           take
           in
           hand
           ,
           but
           we
           seriously
           pensitate
           and
           ponder
           it
           in
           our
           Minds
           ,
           saying
           with
           our selves
           ,
           Will
           this
           and
           that
           make
           for
           Gods
           Glory
           ?
           if
           so
           ,
           I
           'le
           do
           it
           ;
           if
           not
           ,
           I
           shall
           forbear
           .
           But
           ,
           Oh
           Christians
           ,
           how
           many
           are
           remiss
           in
           this
           kind
           of
           spiritual
           Exercise
           ,
           excusing
           themselves
           with
           Phrases
           that
           will
           not
           excuse
           them
           at
           the
           Day
           of
           Judgement
           .
           This
           is
           too
           strict
           ,
           say
           some
           ;
           what
           need
           is
           there
           
           of
           it
           ,
           say
           others
           ?
           and
           ,
           Who
           can
           do
           so
           ,
           is
           the
           language
           of
           many
           :
           But
           I
           wish
           I
           might
           have
           the
           Opportunity
           of
           telling
           part
           of
           my
           Mind
           to
           such
           persons
           .
           Is
           there
           not
           a
           Necessity
           of
           Remembring
           our
           Creator
           ,
           if
           we
           would
           prosper
           ?
           but
           can
           we
           remember
           him
           aright
           ,
           if
           we
           please
           him
           not
           ?
           and
           if
           we
           please
           him
           not
           ,
           can
           we
           be
           saved
           ?
        
         
           Sixthly
           ,
           To
           
             Remember
             our
             Creator
          
           ,
           implies
           a
           remembring
           his
           Mercies
           and
           
             retaining
             a
             thank
             full
             sense
             thereof
             .
          
        
         
           Psal.
           106.
           21.
           
           They
           forgat
           God
           their
           Saviour
           ,
           which
           had
           done
           great
           things
           in
           Egypt
           .
        
         
           Doest
           thou
           often
           think
           on
           the
           Mercies
           of
           God
           ,
           so
           frequently
           and
           bountifully
           conferred
           on
           thee
           ?
           Doest
           thou
           often
           revish
           thy
           Soul
           in
           calling
           Mercies
           past
           to
           mind
           ,
           living
           upon
           Mercies
           present
           ,
           and
           depending
           upon
           Mercies
           to
           come
           ?
           
             Remember
             your
             Creator
          
           ,
           will
           surely
           
           bear
           this
           Interpretation
           without
           any
           wrong
           to
           the
           words
           .
           Remember
           what
           your
           Creator
           has
           done
           for
           you
           ,
           his
           Mercies
           bestowed
           on
           you
           in
           such
           and
           such
           a
           kind
           ,
           at
           such
           and
           such
           a
           Time
           ,
           in
           such
           and
           such
           a
           Place
           ,
           among
           such
           and
           such
           Company
           .
           It
           is
           a
           sign
           that
           we
           sincerely
           esteem
           ,
           and
           heartily
           remember
           a
           Friend
           ,
           when
           we
           do
           not
           forget
           his
           Kindness
           ,
           but
           do
           even
           write
           them
           down
           in
           our
           Memorandum
           Book
           :
           And
           so
           it
           stands
           good
           in
           this
           Case
           also
           ;
           if
           we
           say
           ,
           we
           remember
           God
           ,
           and
           forget
           his
           Mercies
           ,
           we
           lie
           ,
           and
           the
           Truth
           is
           not
           in
           us
           ;
           it
           being
           that
           which
           cannot
           stand
           together
           .
           Such
           who
           have
           received
           Mercies
           from
           the
           hands
           of
           God
           ,
           yea
           such
           Mercies
           without
           which
           they
           could
           not
           have
           subsisted
           ,
           and
           yet
           are
           unthankfull
           ,
           
           forgetting
           both
           God
           and
           his
           Benefits
           too
           ,
           surely
           such
           of
           all
           are
           most
           ungratefull
           .
           Mercies
           above
           us
           ,
           and
           beneath
           us
           ,
           
           Mercies
           before
           us
           and
           behind
           us
           ,
           Mercies
           on
           the
           right
           hand
           and
           on
           the
           left
           ,
           renders
           us
           (
           if
           still
           we
           are
           barren
           )
           the
           most
           ungratefull
           Monsters
           that
           ever
           lived
           on
           Earth
           .
           To
           be
           unthankfull
           ,
           where
           there
           is
           the
           greatest
           reason
           of
           being
           thankfull
           ,
           is
           Folly
           in
           the
           Abstract
           .
           And
           where
           Mercy
           is
           not
           a
           Load-stone
           to
           draw
           to
           God
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           a
           Mill-stone
           to
           sink
           into
           Hell.
           Vinegar
           you
           know
           't
           is
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           
             Filius
             Vini
          
           ;
           and
           the
           sweetest
           Wine
           degenerates
           into
           the
           sharpest
           vinegar
           .
           And
           as
           nothing
           is
           more
           cold
           than
           Lead
           ,
           yet
           nothing
           more
           scalding
           than
           that
           when
           melted
           ;
           so
           nothing
           is
           more
           sweet
           than
           mercy
           ,
           when
           thankfully
           received
           ,
           yet
           nothing
           more
           terrible
           than
           that
           when
           abused
           ;
           Grace
           abused
           turns
           to
           fury
           ,
           and
           Mercies
           forgotten
           turn
           to
           sore
           Wrath.
           
        
         
           
             Seventhly
             and
             lastly
             ,
             To
          
           Remember
           our
           Creator
           ,
           
             is
             to
          
           serve
           and
           obey
           
             him
             ;
             and
             this
             indeed
             is
             
             the
             summe
             of
             all
             ,
          
           Deut.
           8.
           11.
           
           Beware
           that
           thou
           forget
           not
           the
           Lord
           thy
           God
           ,
           in
           not
           keeping
           his
           Commandments
           and
           his
           Iudgements
           ,
           and
           his
           Statutes
           ,
           which
           I
           command
           thee
           this
           day
           .
        
         
           Many
           ,
           
           nay
           more
           serve
           the
           Devil
           and
           their
           own
           Lusts
           ,
           than
           there
           do
           serve
           God.
           God
           made
           man
           for
           himself
           ,
           but
           he
           hath
           less
           from
           him
           than
           any
           other
           Creature
           .
           Man
           should
           serve
           God
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           the
           first
           place
           ;
           but
           instead
           thereof
           he
           serves
           himself
           first
           ,
           the
           Devil
           and
           his
           Lusts
           first
           .
           Oh
           ,
           wonderfull
           Degeneration
           ,
           and
           the
           Cursedness
           of
           our
           lapsed
           Estate
           !
           One
           would
           think
           it
           incredible
           ,
           that
           the
           Creature
           should
           not
           serve
           the
           Creator
           ;
           we
           may
           Wonder
           at
           it
           indeed
           ,
           and
           yet
           Believe
           it
           we
           must
           ,
           because
           that
           it
           is
           ,
           nothing
           is
           more
           certain
           ;
           God
           who
           is
           Truth
           it self
           hath
           said
           so
           ,
           and
           we
           by
           daily
           Experience
           find
           it
           so
           :
           here
           then
           is
           a
           
             Mystery
             of
             Iniquity
          
           ,
           That
           Man
           
           should
           Renounce
           God
           who
           made
           him
           ,
           and
           Side
           with
           the
           Devil
           who
           hates
           him
           ,
           and
           will
           Eternally
           destroy
           him
           ,
           if
           still
           sided
           with
           :
           That
           Man
           should
           take
           more
           Delight
           in
           Self-destruction
           ,
           than
           in
           Self-felicitating
           :
           That
           Man
           should
           sell
           himself
           to
           sin
           ,
           and
           take
           more
           delight
           therein
           than
           in
           Obeying
           one
           reasonable
           Commandement
           :
           Why
           should
           all
           this
           be
           ,
           O
           vain
           man
           ?
           Are
           the
           wayes
           of
           God
           unequal
           ,
           his
           Demands
           impossible
           ,
           his
           Commands
           intollerable
           ?
           Have
           a
           care
           of
           harbouring
           hard
           thoughts
           of
           God
           ,
           who
           hath
           said
           that
           his
           
             Yoak
             is
             easie
             ,
             and
             his
             burden
             is
             light
             ,
          
           Matth.
           11.
           29.
           
        
         
           If
           thou
           hast
           but
           a
           mind
           to
           be
           engaged
           in
           the
           Service
           of
           God
           ,
           
           let
           not
           the
           Difficulties
           that
           attend
           it
           discourage
           thee
           ;
           but
           know
           ,
           that
           God
           can
           by
           the
           sweet
           Discoveries
           of
           himself
           (
           whilest
           thou
           art
           in
           his
           Service
           )
           chear
           thy
           Heart
           ,
           and
           make
           that
           which
           seemed
           hard
           
           and
           difficult
           ,
           the
           very
           Delight
           of
           thy
           Soul.
           Iacobs
           meeting
           with
           ,
           and
           enjoying
           of
           Rachel
           ,
           rendered
           his
           hard
           and
           long
           Service
           easie
           and
           delightfull
           unto
           him
           :
           And
           so
           a
           feeling
           of
           Gods
           Spirit
           moving
           on
           thy
           Heart
           ,
           when
           thou
           art
           engaged
           in
           any
           Religious
           Exercise
           ,
           will
           make
           it
           joyous
           and
           not
           grievous
           ,
           a
           Delight
           and
           not
           a
           Burden
           ,
           a
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           not
           an
           Hell.
           
        
         
           Besides
           ,
           holy
           Obedience
           is
           only
           hard
           and
           difficult
           to
           the
           Ignoble
           part
           of
           a
           Saint
           ,
           viz.
           the
           Flesh
           ,
           not
           to
           the
           Noble
           part
           of
           a
           Saint
           ,
           viz.
           the
           Soul.
           All
           the
           Wayes
           of
           God
           (
           though
           tending
           to
           the
           pulling
           out
           of
           right
           Eyes
           ,
           and
           cutting
           off
           of
           right
           Hands
           )
           are
           wayes
           of
           Pleasantness
           to
           the
           Noble
           part
           of
           a
           Saint
           .
           So
           far
           as
           every
           Christian
           is
           Renewed
           ,
           he
           is
           best
           when
           he
           can
           serve
           God
           most
           ,
           according
           unto
           the
           Apostle
           ;
           
             I
             delight
             in
             the
             Law
             of
             God
             after
             the
             inward
             Man
             :
             with
             my
             Mind
             I
             serve
             the
             Law
             of
             
             God
             ,
             though
             with
             my
             Flesh
             the
             Law
             of
             Sin.
             
          
        
         
           
             Remember
             thy
             Creator
          
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           Remember
           him
           so
           as
           to
           
             love
             ,
             serve
          
           ,
           and
           obey
           him
           .
           And
           thus
           you
           have
           heard
           first
           and
           last
           the
           full
           Import
           of
           these
           words
           ;
           
             Remember
             thy
             Creator
          
           .
        
         
           The
           third
           thing
           I
           am
           to
           speak
           unto
           by
           way
           of
           Explication
           ,
           is
           this
           .
           What
           is
           it
           to
           
             remember
             our
             Creator
          
           above
           all-things
           whatsoever
           ,
           which
           may
           fall
           under
           these
           three
           heads
           .
        
         
           
             1.
             
             Loving
             God
             above
             all
             things
             whatsoever
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Fearing
             God
             above
             all
             things
             whatsoever
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             Obeying
             God
             above
             all
             things
             whatsoever
             .
          
        
         
           First
           ,
           Loving
           God
           above
           all
           things
           whatsoever
           .
           Here
           is
           Love
           in
           its
           highest
           stature
           ,
           and
           such
           a
           kind
           of
           Love
           God
           requires
           ;
           nay
           ,
           no
           other
           Love
           will
           he
           acccept
           of
           ;
           
           either
           of
           that
           kind
           we
           must
           give
           him
           ,
           or
           none
           at
           all
           .
           The
           prime
           of
           our
           Affections
           must
           God
           have
           ;
           and
           indeed
           who
           deserves
           
           them
           more
           than
           He
           ?
           who
           shall
           have
           them
           ,
           if
           not
           He
           ?
           Verily
           ,
           our selves
           have
           not
           so
           great
           a
           right
           unto
           our selves
           ,
           as
           He
           ?
           We
           and
           our selves
           ,
           and
           all
           that
           is
           ours
           are
           Gods
           ;
           yea
           we
           are
           more
           Gods
           than
           our
           own
           .
           How
           is
           it
           then
           ,
           that
           God
           is
           no
           more
           lov'd
           than
           he
           is
           ,
           and
           that
           even
           some
           who
           profess
           Love
           unto
           him
           ,
           do
           not
           love
           him
           above
           all
           things
           whatsoever
           ?
           Surely
           here
           lies
           the
           Reason
           ,
           Ignorance
           ,
           Ignorance
           ,
           Ignorance
           ;
           
             Ignoti
             nulla
             cupido
          
           ,
           sayes
           the
           old
           Poet
           ;
           what
           we
           know
           not
           ,
           we
           love
           not
           .
           Did
           persons
           but
           know
           God
           more
           ,
           they
           would
           love
           him
           more
           .
           O
           who
           would
           not
           but
           love
           that
           infinite
           Love
           and
           
           Excellency
           ,
           though
           he
           had
           no
           Interest
           of
           his
           own
           in
           it
           !
           God
           is
           Love
           it self
           ,
           and
           if
           we
           will
           not
           love
           Love
           it self
           ,
           surely
           we
           are
           distracted
           .
        
         
           Doest
           thou
           therefore
           ,
           O
           my
           Soul
           ,
           Remember
           thy
           Creator
           ?
           and
           doest
           thou
           so
           Remember
           him
           as
           to
           Love
           him
           ?
           
           and
           doest
           thou
           so
           love
           him
           ,
           as
           to
           love
           him
           above
           all
           things
           whatsoever
           ?
           How
           many
           ,
           I
           fear
           ,
           if
           weighed
           in
           the
           Ballance
           would
           be
           found
           wanting
           as
           to
           this
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           summe
           and
           substance
           of
           Christianity
           !
           And
           shall
           I
           here
           expostulate
           with
           the
           Young
           man
           ?
           What
           sayest
           thou
           ?
           Art
           thou
           willing
           to
           give
           Christ
           the
           First-born
           of
           every
           Affection
           in
           thy
           Soul
           ?
           Doest
           thou
           love
           God
           above
           all
           things
           whatsoever
           ?
           Doest
           thou
           love
           him
           above
           thy
           Relations
           ,
           Estate
           ,
           and
           very
           Life
           ?
           Canst
           thou
           preferre
           Gods
           Glory
           before
           all
           Secular
           Interest
           whatsoever
           ,
           and
           even
           deny
           thy
           
           very
           Life
           for
           him
           ,
           if
           called
           thereunto
           ?
           This
           indeed
           is
           Love
           like
           Gold
           tried
           in
           the
           Fire
           .
           Verily
           ,
           when
           Carnal
           Relations
           come
           in
           competition
           with
           ,
           and
           stand
           in
           opposition
           unto
           Christ
           ,
           we
           must
           hate
           them
           ;
           when
           our
           Friends
           would
           prove
           Snares
           ,
           and
           hinder
           us
           from
           doing
           our
           Duty
           ,
           
           we
           must
           either
           
             leap
             over
          
           them
           ,
           or
           
             tread
             upon
          
           them
           ;
           like
           
             Galeacius
             Caracciolus
          
           ,
           that
           most
           famous
           Patron
           and
           Second
           Moses
           ;
           who
           though
           he
           was
           the
           Son
           of
           a
           Marquess
           ,
           the
           Pope's
           Nephew
           ,
           yet
           deserted
           Italy
           ,
           and
           (
           with
           Moses
           )
           Pharaoh's
           Court
           ,
           treading
           upon
           and
           leaping
           over
           his
           Wife
           and
           Children
           ,
           rather
           than
           he
           would
           worship
           Idols
           ,
           and
           so
           that
           he
           might
           be
           with
           Reverend
           Calvin
           ,
           under
           his
           Ministry
           in
           Geneva
           .
           So
           that
           in
           this
           case
           ,
           
             Odium
             in
             suos
          
           ,
           is
           
             Pietas
             in
             Deum
             .
             Ierome
          
           likewise
           hath
           an
           excellent
           passage
           :
           
             If
             my
             Wife
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             should
             hang
             about
             my
             
             Neck
             ,
             
             my
             Mother
             shew
             me
             the
             Breasts
             that
             gave
             me
             suck
             ,
             perswading
             me
             to
             deny
             Christ
             ,
             I
             would
             not
             .
          
        
         
           Peter
           
             though
             a
          
           Friend
           and
           Disciple
           
             of
             Christ
             ,
             yet
          
           when
           he
           prov'd
           a
           Tempter
           ,
           
             Christ
             saith
             unto
             him
          
           ,
           Get
           thee
           behind
           me
           ,
           Satan
           .
           
             I
             cannot
             omit
             that
             excellent
             Passage
             of
             Mr.
          
           Swinnock
           ,
           
           
             that
             Laborious
             and
             Pious
             Divine
             ,
             concerning
          
           Love
           to
           God
           ,
           
             being
             as
             followeth
          
           :
           I
           wish
           (
           since
           Love
           is
           the
           greatest
           thing
           my
           Saviour
           can
           give
           ,
           for
           God
           is
           Love
           ,
           and
           the
           greatest
           which
           I
           can
           give
           my
           Saviour
           ,
           )
           that
           his
           love
           to
           me
           may
           be
           reflected
           back
           again
           ;
           that
           my
           chiefest
           Love
           may
           be
           as
           a
           Fountain
           seal'd
           up
           to
           all
           others
           ,
           and
           broached
           onely
           for
           him
           who
           is
           altogether
           lovely
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           hate
           Father
           ,
           Mother
           ,
           Wife
           ,
           Child
           ,
           House
           and
           Land
           ,
           out
           of
           Love
           to
           him
           ;
           that
           many
           Waters
           of
           Affliction
           may
           not
           quench
           this
           Love
           ,
           but
           rather
           like
           snuffers
           make
           this
           Lamp
           to
           burn
           the
           brighter
           .
        
         
         
           Again
           ,
           Doest
           thou
           love
           Christ
           (
           O
           Young
           man
           )
           above
           thy
           Estate
           or
           this
           present
           World
           ?
           Hast
           thou
           put
           thy
           Love
           to
           Christ
           in
           one
           Ballance
           ,
           and
           thy
           Love
           to
           the
           World
           in
           another
           ;
           
           and
           doth
           thy
           Love
           to
           Christ
           weigh
           down
           thy
           Love
           to
           the
           World
           ?
           or
           is
           not
           thy
           Case
           like
           the
           young
           Man
           in
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           who
           was
           Christs
           Hearer
           ,
           but
           not
           his
           Follower
           :
           When
           Christ
           said
           unto
           him
           ,
           
             Sell
             all
             and
             give
             to
             the
             Poor
          
           ;
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           
             Abiit
             tristis
          
           ,
           he
           went
           away
           
             sorrowfull
             ,
             Mat.
          
           19.
           22.
           
           Doth
           the
           World
           lye
           nearer
           thy
           heart
           than
           Christ
           ?
           How
           then
           dost
           thou
           love
           Christ
           above
           all
           things
           whatsoever
           ?
        
         
           Again
           ,
           
           Is
           Christ
           (
           O
           young
           Man
           )
           of
           more
           esteem
           unto
           thee
           than
           
           thy
           Life
           ?
           canst
           thou
           lay
           it
           down
           for
           his
           sake
           ?
           His
           Love
           to
           thee
           was
           stronger
           than
           Death
           ,
           is
           thy
           Love
           to
           him
           stronger
           than
           Life
           ?
           Can
           wicked
           Men
           be
           content
           to
           suffer
           for
           their
           Lusts
           ,
           and
           will
           not
           ye
           suffer
           for
           Christ
           ?
        
         
           Heroick
           Luther
           hath
           an
           Expression
           ,
           and
           indeed
           it
           is
           like
           himself
           :
           
             I
             would
             rather
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             be
             a
             Martyr
             than
             a
             Monarch
             .
          
           And
           the
           same
           said
           again
           ,
           
             Disce
             mori
             ut
             vivat
             Christi
             Gloria
             :
          
           Learn
           to
           die
           that
           the
           Glory
           of
           Christ
           may
           live
           .
        
         
           Such
           who
           do
           preferre
           Christ
           ,
           
           think
           not
           much
           to
           die
           for
           him
           ;
           and
           that
           it
           is
           so
           ,
           see
           it
           confirm'd
           in
           this
           Cloud
           of
           Witnesses
           .
           The
           Prophet
           Isaiah
           was
           kill'd
           with
           a
           Saw
           ,
           Ieremiah
           with
           Stones
           ,
           Amos
           with
           an
           Iron-barre
           ,
           and
           St.
           Luke
           was
           hanged
           on
           an
           Olive-tree
           :
           So
           that
           this
           is
           clear
           ,
           he
           who
           preferres
           his
           Life
           before
           Christ
           ,
           is
           not
           worthy
           of
           him
           .
           He
           that
           with
           Iudas
           
           and
           Spira
           will
           rather
           sin
           than
           suffer
           ,
           must
           with
           them
           suffer
           a
           Hell
           on
           this
           side
           of
           Hell.
           
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           Fearing
           God
           above
           all
           things
           whatsoever
           .
           Thou
           fearest
           thy
           Father
           and
           Mother
           ,
           thy
           Master
           ,
           and
           such
           who
           have
           the
           Rule
           over
           thee
           ;
           but
           doest
           thou
           fear
           thy
           Maker
           ?
           How
           many
           ,
           I
           fear
           ,
           (
           especially
           Young
           men
           )
           may
           I
           find
           tardy
           in
           this
           ?
           Why
           now
           to
           remember
           thy
           Creator
           above
           all
           things
           whatsoever
           ,
           is
           to
           fear
           him
           ;
           and
           to
           fear
           him
           above
           all
           things
           whatsoever
           ,
           is
           to
           fear
           him
           in
           an
           otherguise
           manner
           than
           one
           Mortal
           fears
           another
           .
           Civil
           or
           Natural
           Difference
           among
           us
           here
           below
           ,
           commandeth
           proportionable
           Reverence
           ,
           and
           if
           such
           Reverence
           be
           due
           from
           one
           Creature
           to
           another
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           all
           made
           of
           the
           same
           coarse
           earthly
           Mould
           ,
           and
           must
           all
           be
           buried
           in
           the
           bowels
           of
           their
           common
           Mother
           ,
           the
           Earth
           ;
           when
           there
           
           is
           no
           Essential
           ,
           but
           onely
           an
           Extrinsecal
           difference
           between
           them
           :
           What
           Fear
           and
           Reverence
           then
           is
           due
           from
           us
           poor
           dust
           and
           ashes
           to
           the
           God
           of
           the
           Spirits
           of
           all
           Flesh
           ,
           the
           King
           of
           Kings
           ,
           and
           the
           Lord
           of
           Lords
           ,
           between
           whom
           and
           his
           Creatures
           there
           is
           an
           infinite
           distance
           !
           O
           be
           perswaded
           (
           above
           all
           things
           )
           
             to
             fear
          
           that
           glorious
           and
           fearfull
           Name
           ,
           
             The
             Lord
             thy
             God.
          
           That
           Name
           which
           is
           the
           greatest
           prop
           of
           thine
           Affiance
           ,
           commandeth
           thy
           Fear
           and
           Reverence
           ,
           when
           thou
           hearest
           :
           
             In
             the
             fear
             of
             God
             give
             Audience
             to
             his
             Word
          
           ;
           
           Acts
           13.
           16.
           
           Poor
           Peasants
           should
           tremble
           when
           this
           Prince
           is
           speaking
           .
           It
           becomes
           the
           greatest
           Person
           to
           be
           awfull
           in
           Gods
           Presence
           ,
           more
           than
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           any
           other
           .
           Abraham
           ,
           who
           had
           the
           honour
           and
           favour
           
           to
           be
           Gods
           Friend
           ,
           yet
           when
           God
           spake
           to
           him
           ,
           fell
           on
           his
           face
           ,
           
             Gen.
             17.
             3.
             
             Moses
          
           ,
           though
           high
           in
           the
           Heart
           of
           God
           ,
           yet
           is
           humble
           when
           he
           hears
           from
           God
           ;
           
             He
             bowed
             his
             Head
             towards
             the
             Earth
             and
             worships
             ,
          
           Exod.
           34.
           8.
           
        
         
           And
           so
           when
           thou
           prayest
           ,
           put
           up
           thy
           Petitions
           to
           God
           with
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           Trepidation
           ,
           knowing
           that
           though
           thou
           takest
           upon
           thee
           to
           speak
           unto
           the
           great
           God
           of
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           ,
           yet
           still
           thou
           art
           but
           Dust
           and
           Ashes
           .
           Luther
           prayed
           with
           Confidence
           as
           to
           a
           Father
           ,
           
           but
           with
           Reverence
           as
           to
           a
           God.
           Thou
           art
           at
           best
           but
           a
           Begger
           ,
           and
           a
           
             proud
             heart
          
           will
           not
           suit
           a
           
             Beggers
             purse
          
           .
           The
           Eastern
           Christians
           when
           they
           called
           on
           God
           ,
           threw
           themselves
           on
           the
           ground
           .
        
         
           The
           Lord
           will
           give
           Grace
           and
           Glory
           ;
           no
           good
           thing
           will
           he
           withhold
           from
           them
           that
           walk
           uprightly
           ,
           Psal.
           84.
           11.
           
        
         
         
           God
           resisteth
           the
           proud
           ,
           
           but
           giveth
           Grace
           to
           the
           humble
           .
        
         
           God
           sets
           himself
           in
           battel-array
           against
           a
           
             proud
             man
          
           ,
           as
           the
           Greek
           word
           emphatically
           signifies
           :
           To
           this
           man
           will
           I
           look
           ,
           
           even
           to
           him
           that
           is
           poor
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           contrite
           spirit
           ,
           and
           trembleth
           at
           my
           Word
           ,
           Isa.
           66.
           2.
           
        
         
           Again
           ,
           when
           thou
           approachest
           to
           the
           
             Lords
             Supper
          
           ,
           is
           another
           special
           time
           when
           God
           should
           be
           more
           than
           ordinarily
           reverenced
           and
           feared
           .
           This
           is
           
             Mysterium
             tremendum
          
           ,
           a
           Mystery
           to
           be
           trembled
           at
           .
           Read
           that
           excellent
           Scripture
           .
           
           
             Let
             us
             have
             Grace
             whereby
             we
             may
             serve
             him
             acceptably
             with
             reverence
             and
             godly
             fear
             ,
             for
             our
             God
             is
             a
             consuming
             fire
             ,
          
           Heb.
           12.
           28
           ,
           29.
           
        
         
         
           This
           holy
           Fear
           and
           Trembling
           it
           is
           that
           graceth
           all
           our
           performances
           ,
           and
           makes
           them
           acceptable
           unto
           God.
           
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           Obeying
           God
           above
           all
           things
           whatsoever
           .
           All
           Service
           must
           be
           denyed
           ,
           rather
           than
           Gods
           must
           be
           neglected
           :
           Not
           that
           I
           would
           hereby
           encourage
           Servants
           unto
           Neglect
           in
           their
           Masters
           Employ
           ,
           that
           is
           not
           my
           drift
           ;
           that
           which
           I
           would
           have
           Servants
           and
           all
           do
           ,
           is
           serving
           and
           obeying
           God
           in
           a
           right
           manner
           .
           And
           now
           God
           is
           obey'd
           and
           serv'd
           in
           a
           right
           manner
           ,
           and
           above
           all
           things
           whatsoever
           ,
        
         
           First
           ,
           
           
             When
             he
             is
             serv'd
          
           sincerely
           and
           without
           the
           mixtures
           of
           hypocrisie
           .
           A
           little
           leaven
           leaveneth
           the
           whole
           lump
           ,
           1
           Cor.
           5.
           6.
           
        
         
           My
           Son
           give
           me
           thy
           Heart
           ,
           Prov.
           23.
           26.
           
        
         
         
           'T
           is
           the
           Heart
           that
           God
           looks
           at
           ,
           the
           Heart
           that
           God
           requires
           ,
           and
           the
           Heart
           it
           is
           that
           makes
           the
           Service
           acceptable
           ,
           and
           shews
           the
           sincerity
           of
           him
           that
           performs
           it
           .
           
             My
             Son
             give
             me
             thy
             heart
          
           ;
           not
           lend
           me
           thy
           Ear
           ,
           or
           afford
           me
           thy
           Tongue
           .
           A
           Sacrifice
           unto
           God
           
             without
             the
             Heart
             ,
             is
             an
             abomination
             unto
             him
             .
             I
             hate
             your
             Burnt-Offerings
             ,
             my
             Soul
             nauseates
             your
             solemn
             Assemblies
             .
             Odi
             Dianos
             ,
             &
             dona
             ●erentes
             .
          
           Bring
           me
           no
           more
           vain
           Oblations
           ;
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           .
           Hypocrisie
           spoyls
           every
           Prayer
           ,
           
           soyls
           every
           Ordinance
           ,
           stains
           and
           discolours
           every
           Duty
           ,
           invenoms
           every
           Mercy
           .
           If
           such
           an
           one
           Pray
           ,
           't
           is
           esteemed
           Howling
           ;
           if
           he
           Mourn
           ,
           't
           is
           hanging
           down
           the
           head
           like
           a
           Bulrush
           ;
           if
           he
           Sacrifice
           ,
           't
           is
           cutting
           off
           a
           Dogs
           Neck
           ;
           if
           he
           Rejoyce
           ,
           't
           is
           but
           a
           Blaze
           ,
           a
           crackling
           of
           Thorns
           under
           the
           Pot.
           
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           When
           he
           is
           serv'd
           ,
           not
           
           with
           a
           servile
           ,
           but
           with
           a
           
             filial
             Fear
          
           ;
           when
           he
           is
           serv'd
           ,
           not
           with
           constraint
           ,
           but
           willingly
           and
           chearfully
           .
           God
           loves
           a
           willing
           Servant
           .
           
           Religion
           should
           be
           full
           of
           Alacrity
           .
           Heavenly
           Duties
           and
           spiritual
           Performances
           are
           to
           flow
           freely
           from
           the
           Soul
           ,
           like
           those
           voluntary
           drops
           that
           come
           sweating
           from
           the
           Honey-comb
           of
           its
           own
           accord
           ,
           without
           any
           pressing
           or
           crushing
           .
           It
           is
           onely
           the
           Dregs
           of
           Obedience
           that
           will
           not
           come
           forth
           without
           squeezing
           and
           wringing
           .
           The
           better
           any
           thing
           is
           ,
           the
           more
           freely
           doth
           it
           diffuse
           it self
           .
           If
           therefore
           you
           would
           serve
           God
           as
           you
           should
           do
           ,
           serve
           him
           with
           a
           chearfull
           Fear
           ;
           because
           Chearfulness
           puts
           a
           gloss
           and
           lustre
           upon
           Religion
           ,
           and
           makes
           it
           amiable
           even
           in
           the
           eyes
           of
           the
           world
           .
        
         
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           
             When
             he
             is
             served
          
           universally
           ,
           
             in
             all
             respects
          
           ,
           in
           Holiness
           towards
           God
           ,
           in
           Righteousness
           towards
           man.
           
        
         
           Then
           shall
           I
           not
           be
           ashamed
           ,
           when
           I
           have
           respect
           unto
           all
           thy
           Commandments
           ,
           Psal.
           119.
           6.
           
        
         
           How
           many
           are
           there
           that
           pick
           and
           cull
           their
           Duties
           ,
           and
           so
           indeed
           serve
           not
           the
           will
           of
           God
           ,
           but
           their
           own
           Choyce
           ?
           That
           answer
           the
           Lord
           with
           half-Obedience
           ,
           like
           the
           Eccho
           ,
           which
           makes
           not
           a
           perfect
           Respondence
           of
           the
           Voice
           ,
           but
           of
           some
           part
           thereof
           ?
           Many
           make
           such
           a
           difference
           amongst
           the
           Tables
           ,
           
           as
           if
           onely
           one
           side
           ,
           or
           one
           part
           were
           of
           Gods
           writing
           ;
           The
           Man
           that
           (
           like
           Agrippa
           )
           doth
           but
           almost
           Believe
           ,
           almost
           Repent
           ,
           almost
           Obey
           ,
           that
           man
           shall
           be
           sav'd
           proportionably
           ,
           almost
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           When
           he
           is
           serv'd
           constantly
           ;
           not
           now
           and
           then
           admitting
           Cessations
           ,
           but
           all
           the
           
           dayes
           of
           our
           Life
           ,
           
           constantly
           in
           all
           Estates
           ,
           unto
           the
           End
           ,
           Col.
           1.
           10.
           
           I
           have
           done
           with
           Explication
           ,
           and
           so
           have
           shewed
           you
           the
           Import
           of
           
             Remembring
             your
             Creator
          
           ,
           
           as
           it
           lies
           before
           you
           in
           the
           Text
           and
           Doctrine
           .
           The
           Second
           part
           of
           the
           Amplification
           will
           be
           Confirmation
           ,
           which
           shall
           consist
           of
           several
           Scripture-Reasons
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           
           Above
           all
           things
           whatsoever
           ,
           we
           must
           not
           forget
           ,
           but
           
             Remember
             our
             Creator
          
           ,
           because
           He
           hath
           commanded
           us
           :
           
             Remember
             thy
             Creator
          
           .
           Doth
           it
           become
           a
           Child
           when
           commanded
           ,
           to
           dispute
           his
           Fathers
           Command
           ?
           Is
           it
           not
           his
           Father
           that
           commands
           him
           ,
           and
           therefore
           he
           must
           do
           it
           ?
           Why
           ,
           is
           not
           God
           the
           Father
           of
           us
           all
           by
           Creation
           ,
           and
           are
           we
           not
           obliged
           to
           Obey
           him
           ?
           The
           Wind
           and
           Seas
           do
           obey
           him
           ,
           and
           shall
           We
           turn
           Rebels
           ?
           All
           Creatures
           pay
           Homage
           unto
           him
           ,
           and
           shall
           Man
           refuse
           ?
           
             Doth
             the
             Oxe
             
             know
             his
             Owner
             ,
             and
             the
             Ass
             his
             Masters
             Crib
          
           ;
           Isa.
           1.
           3.
           
           And
           shall
           not
           we
           whom
           God
           hath
           endowed
           with
           Reason
           ,
           and
           made
           
             capaces
             Religionis
          
           ,
           capable
           of
           Religion
           ?
           Are
           all
           the
           Creatures
           at
           Gods
           beck
           ,
           and
           ready
           to
           obey
           him
           whensoever
           he
           desireth
           it
           ,
           and
           yet
           shall
           we
           spurn
           against
           him
           ,
           provoking
           him
           to
           wrath
           ,
           and
           grieving
           his
           holy
           Spirit
           ?
           Why
           cannot
           we
           find
           in
           our
           hearts
           to
           obey
           our
           Father
           ,
           Creator
           and
           Lord
           ?
           Is
           he
           not
           our
           Sovereign
           ,
           and
           have
           any
           gone
           on
           in
           a
           course
           of
           Rebellion
           against
           him
           ,
           that
           did
           ever
           prosper
           ?
           Is
           it
           not
           a
           vain
           thing
           to
           stand
           it
           out
           with
           God
           ,
           or
           contend
           with
           the
           Almighty
           ?
           Would
           it
           not
           be
           more
           advantagious
           to
           lay
           down
           the
           Weapons
           ,
           and
           crie
           peccavi
           ,
           than
           to
           wrestle
           and
           be
           foyl'd
           ,
           fight
           and
           be
           kill'd
           ?
           Is
           it
           not
           better
           to
           remember
           our
           Friend
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           remember
           us
           ,
           when
           the
           proudest
           and
           most
           ambitious
           
           shall
           e're
           long
           see
           their
           need
           of
           him
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           
           We
           must
           not
           forget
           ,
           but
           above
           all
           things
           
             Remember
             our
             Creator
          
           ,
           
           because
           it
           is
           
             the
             End
             of
             our
             Creation
          
           .
           Man
           was
           made
           to
           love
           ,
           serve
           and
           obey
           his
           Maker
           ,
           and
           God
           hath
           made
           him
           capable
           ,
           though
           now
           by
           Sin
           degenerated
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           
           God
           who
           made
           us
           ,
           can
           destroy
           us
           ;
           our
           Creator
           is
           our
           Preserver
           ;
           
           as
           we
           had
           our
           Being
           from
           God
           ,
           so
           on
           him
           doth
           our
           Being
           depend
           .
           The
           same
           Power
           that
           made
           the
           World
           ,
           upholds
           the
           World
           ;
           the
           same
           God
           that
           made
           us
           out
           of
           nothing
           ,
           can
           make
           us
           into
           nothing
           :
           It
           concerns
           us
           therefore
           that
           all
           of
           us
           do
           see
           to
           this
           main
           thing
           ,
           
             Remember
             thy
             Creator
          
           .
           Are
           we
           not
           in
           Gods
           hands
           ,
           as
           the
           Clay
           is
           in
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           Potter
           ;
           we
           are
           his
           Creatures
           ,
           and
           he
           may
           do
           with
           us
           what
           he
           pleaseth
           ,
           and
           who
           shall
           gainsay
           
           or
           oppose
           him
           in
           the
           least
           ?
           Let
           us
           now
           therefore
           deferre
           no
           longer
           ,
           but
           remember
           and
           call
           to
           mind
           our
           Holy
           Creator
           ,
           lest
           he
           becomes
           so
           angry
           as
           not
           to
           be
           pacified
           ,
           but
           to
           destroy
           us
           for
           evermore
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           God
           is
           a
           
             bountifull
             Benefactor
          
           ,
           he
           feeds
           us
           ,
           cloaths
           us
           ,
           and
           gives
           us
           House-room
           ,
           and
           therefore
           not
           to
           remember
           him
           ,
           is
           double
           Ingratitude
           .
           God
           shewed
           Mercy
           unto
           thee
           before
           thou
           couldst
           understand
           it
           ;
           he
           prevented
           thee
           with
           Blessings
           ,
           before
           thou
           couldst
           desire
           them
           .
           
           When
           thou
           wast
           in
           the
           Womb
           ,
           his
           Bounty
           embrac'd
           thee
           ;
           when
           thou
           hangedst
           on
           thy
           Mothers
           Breast
           ,
           he
           did
           care
           for
           thee
           .
           How
           many
           years
           are
           past
           ,
           in
           which
           thou
           wast
           not
           ?
           yet
           God
           erected
           this
           House
           of
           thy
           Body
           for
           thee
           ;
           gave
           thee
           a
           Reasonable
           Soul
           ,
           made
           thee
           a
           Man
           and
           not
           a
           Stone
           or
           a
           Serpent
           ;
           And
           yet
           wilt
           thou
           
           not
           love
           this
           God
           ,
           take
           delight
           in
           this
           God
           ,
           fear
           this
           God
           ,
           serve
           and
           obey
           this
           God
           ?
           Is
           it
           not
           in
           and
           by
           him
           that
           thou
           livest
           ,
           movest
           and
           hast
           thy
           being
           ?
           Is
           not
           the
           Aire
           which
           thou
           breathest
           in
           ,
           his
           ?
           Is
           not
           the
           Night
           and
           Day
           his
           ,
           whose
           Intercourses
           serve
           for
           thy
           Labour
           and
           Rest
           ?
           Is
           not
           the
           Earth
           his
           ,
           whose
           Fruits
           do
           nourish
           thee
           most
           plentifully
           ?
           Yea
           doth
           not
           this
           Benefactor
           wonderfully
           form
           ,
           furnish
           and
           conserve
           all
           the
           Creatures
           for
           thy
           sake
           ,
           some
           whereof
           serve
           to
           obey
           thee
           ,
           some
           to
           nourish
           thee
           ,
           some
           to
           cloath
           thee
           ,
           some
           to
           cure
           thee
           ,
           some
           to
           chastise
           thee
           ;
           but
           all
           of
           them
           to
           teach
           and
           inform
           thee
           ?
           What
           sayest
           thou
           now
           ,
           wilt
           thou
           resolve
           to
           think
           now
           and
           then
           on
           this
           precious
           Creator
           of
           ours
           ?
           Muzzle
           not
           ,
           I
           beseech
           you
           ,
           the
           mouth
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           but
           give
           it
           leave
           to
           speak
           its
           mind
           freely
           .
        
         
           
             Fifthly
             ,
             We
             should
             not
          
           forget
           ,
           
           
             but
             above
             all
             things
          
           remember
           
             our
             Creator
             ,
             because
             he
             is
             our
          
           Redeemer
           
             also
             .
             We
             do
             not
             onely
             owe
             unto
             God
             our
             Creation
             ,
             Sustentation
             ,
             but
          
           Redemption
           
             likewise
             .
             So
             that
             thou
             mayst
             say
             ,
          
           
           I
           was
           in
           the
           jaws
           of
           Hell
           ,
           but
           thou
           O
           God
           didst
           pluck
           me
           out
           by
           the
           Blood
           of
           thy
           Son
           ;
           I
           was
           the
           slave
           of
           Satan
           ,
           but
           thy
           Grace
           hath
           deliver'd
           me
           out
           of
           his
           power
           :
           I
           owe
           unto
           thee
           more
           than
           I
           can
           perform
           for
           my
           Creation
           ,
           how
           then
           shall
           I
           do
           to
           repay
           thee
           for
           my
           Redemption
           ?
           The
           lost
           Sheep
           thou
           hast
           deliver'd
           out
           of
           the
           Claws
           of
           the
           infernal
           Wolf.
           The
           fugitive
           Slave
           thou
           hast
           brought
           out
           of
           the
           Prison
           of
           Hell.
           The
           lost
           Groat
           thou
           hast
           sought
           out
           with
           great
           carefulness
           .
           In
           Adam
           I
           fell
           ,
           and
           thou
           hast
           erected
           me
           .
           In
           Adam
           I
           was
           captivated
           ,
           but
           thou
           hast
           set
           me
           at
           liberty
           .
           In
           Adam
           I
           was
           lost
           ,
           and
           again
           thou
           hast
           saved
           me
           .
        
         
           Sixthly
           and
           lastly
           ,
           we
           must
           not
           forget
           ,
           but
           above
           all
           things
           what-whatsoever
           
           Remember
           our
           Creator
           ,
           
           because
           our
           
             chiefest
             Happiness
          
           and
           Felicity
           consists
           therein
           .
           God
           is
           the
           
             summum
             bonum
          
           ,
           and
           if
           we
           would
           be
           happy
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           by
           resting
           in
           him
           ,
           setling
           and
           staying
           the
           heart
           on
           him
           ,
           not
           the
           Creature
           but
           the
           Creator
           is
           the
           Souls
           Centre
           :
           The
           Soul
           is
           immortal
           ,
           and
           nothing
           can
           satisfie
           it
           but
           God
           who
           is
           immortal
           .
        
         
           Thy
           Soul
           nothing
           can
           satiate
        
         
           But
           God
           who
           did
           thy
           Soul
           create
           .
        
         
           The
           Needle
           of
           the
           Compass
           trembles
           till
           it
           turns
           to
           the
           North
           Pole.
           There
           is
           in
           Man
           a
           Natural
           Pulse
           that
           beats
           after
           Happiness
           .
           Noahs
           Dove
           could
           find
           no
           rest
           for
           the
           sole
           of
           her
           foot
           ,
           till
           she
           came
           to
           the
           Ark.
           
             Return
             unto
             thy
             Rest
             ,
             
             O
             my
             Soul
             ,
          
           Psal.
           116.
           7.
           
           There
           is
           an
           impossibility
           of
           finding
           true
           Rest
           ,
           Solace
           ,
           and
           Satisfaction
           of
           
           Soul
           any
           where
           but
           in
           God
           ,
           and
           with
           God
           alone
           .
           You
           may
           as
           soon
           find
           Life
           in
           Death
           ,
           or
           Light
           in
           Darkness
           ,
           as
           Rest
           for
           your
           Souls
           any
           where
           but
           in
           God
           alone
           .
           On
           the
           transitory
           things
           of
           this
           world
           the
           Soul
           often
           seeks
           for
           Rest
           ,
           but
           finds
           it
           not
           ,
           why
           ?
           Because
           the
           Soul
           is
           more
           worthy
           than
           all
           the
           Creatures
           .
           God
           is
           the
           End
           whereunto
           the
           Soul
           was
           created
           :
           For
           it
           was
           made
           after
           the
           Image
           of
           God
           ;
           therefore
           it
           cannot
           be
           quiet
           and
           at
           rest
           but
           in
           its
           End
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           in
           God.
           As
           the
           Soul
           is
           the
           Life
           of
           the
           Body
           ,
           so
           is
           God
           the
           Life
           of
           the
           Soul.
           
           And
           where
           wilt
           thou
           go
           ,
           Sinner
           ?
           thou
           canst
           not
           find
           Rest
           here
           below
           in
           any
           thing
           at
           all
           .
           Can
           Sin
           give
           rest
           ,
           that
           is
           the
           greatest
           Evil
           in
           the
           world
           ?
           Can
           that
           give
           rest
           ,
           that
           is
           the
           Cause
           of
           all
           the
           Confusions
           and
           Desolations
           that
           are
           in
           the
           world
           ?
           Can
           that
           give
           Rest
           ,
           that
           was
           the
           first
           and
           onely
           Cause
           and
           Founder
           of
           
           Hell
           ?
           Can
           that
           give
           rest
           ,
           that
           makes
           us
           like
           the
           Devil
           ,
           that
           restless
           Spirit
           ?
           will
           you
           have
           recourse
           to
           the
           good
           things
           of
           this
           world
           ,
           to
           Creature-comforts
           and
           Enjoyments
           ;
           to
           Friends
           ,
           Relations
           ,
           Estate
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           ?
           
             The
             Creatures
          
           (
           sayes
           a
           worthy
           Divine
           )
           
             are
             not
             good
             ;
             at
             least
             they
             are
             not
             the
             Souls
             good
             ;
             nothing
          
           (
           says
           he
           )
           
             but
             an
             infinite
             Godhead
             can
             allay
             your
             hunger
             after
             Happiness
             .
          
           And
           so
           another
           ;
           
             The
             understanding
             ,
             Will
             and
             Affections
             are
             such
             a
             Triangle
             ,
             as
             that
             nothing
             but
             the
             Trinity
             can
             sill
             them
             .
             Dura
             sunt
             omnia
             ,
             &
             tu
             solus
             requies
             :
             
             All
             things
          
           (
           sayes
           
             Austin
             )
             are
             full
             of
             trouble
             and
             difficulty
             ;
             Thou
             alone
             ,
             
             O
             God
             ,
             art
             the
             true
             Rest.
             
          
           All
           things
           on
           this
           side
           God
           have
           their
           Mixtures
           ,
           they
           have
           a
           dark
           as
           well
           as
           a
           bright
           side
           :
           Is
           not
           our
           Wine
           mixt
           with
           Water
           ,
           our
           Honey
           with
           Gall
           ,
           
           our
           Sugar
           with
           Wormwood
           ,
           and
           our
           Roses
           with
           Prickles
           ?
           But
           now
           God
           is
           every
           way
           a
           pure
           and
           immixed
           Good
           ;
           He
           is
           all
           Light
           ,
           Love
           ,
           Sweetness
           and
           Holiness
           .
           
             Deus
             meus
             ,
             Vita
             mea
             ,
             Dulcedo
             mea
             ,
          
           &c.
           
             O
             my
             God
             ,
             my
             Life
             ,
             my
             Sweetness
             !
          
           saith
           Augustine
           .
           Why
           then
           should
           we
           seeke
           Happiness
           in
           those
           things
           that
           cannot
           give
           us
           Health
           ,
           or
           Strength
           ,
           or
           Ease
           ,
           or
           a
           good
           Nights
           Rest
           ,
           or
           an
           Hours
           Sleep
           ,
           or
           a
           good
           Stomach
           .
        
         
           
             The
             Application
             of
             the
             first
             Doctrine
             .
          
           
             It
             will
             be
             of
             great
             Use
             unto
             us
             by
             way
             of
             
               Reprchension
               ,
               Exhortation
            
             and
             Commendation
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             
             By
             way
             of
             Reprehension
             ;
             if
             this
             be
             so
             ,
             then
             such
             are
             to
             be
             Reproved
             that
             neither
             
               remember
               God
            
             or
             his
             Mercies
             ,
             whose
             Minds
             are
             fill'd
             with
             Vanity
             ,
             and
             swell
             therewith
             ,
             but
             God
             and
             his
             Mercies
             
             are
             out
             of
             their
             Thoughts
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             
             By
             way
             of
             Exhortation
             ;
             we
             who
             have
             given
             God
             but
             little
             of
             our
             Time
             ,
             Strength
             and
             superior
             Powers
             ,
             let
             us
             now
             begin
             ;
             For
             shame
             let
             us
             not
             live
             longer
             in
             the
             world
             without
             God
             and
             Christ
             ;
             how
             comfortless
             and
             dangerous
             is
             it
             ?
             Some
             of
             us
             have
             liv'd
             a
             great
             while
             ,
             and
             yet
             have
             not
             made
             choyce
             of
             our
             chiefest
             Good
             ,
             but
             are
             as
             far
             from
             it
             as
             when
             we
             came
             first
             into
             the
             world
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             
             You
             who
             have
             call'd
             upon
             God
             betimes
             ,
             and
             do
             serve
             ,
             love
             and
             obey
             him
             ,
             are
             to
             be
             commended
             ;
             and
             whatsoever
             Reputation
             or
             Fame
             ye
             may
             get
             among
             men
             ,
             yet
             know
             this
             is
             your
             highest
             Dignity
             ,
             that
             you
             Know
             God
             ,
             Obey
             God
             ,
             Love
             God
             ,
             and
             Walk
             with
             God.
             
               This
               Man
               fears
               God
            
             ,
             is
             an
             Encomium
             indeed
             .
          
           
           
             The
             Second
             Doctrine
             is
             this
             :
          
           
             
               There
               is
               great
               Reason
               why
               we
               should
               Remember
               our
               Creator
               in
               the
               dayes
               of
               our
               Youth
               ,
               
               even
               while
               we
               are
               young
               ,
               and
               before
               Old
               Age
               overtakes
               us
               .
            
          
           
             And
             this
             I
             shall
             endeavour
             to
             make
             obvious
             in
             these
             several
             particulars
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             
             Because
             your
             Creator
             requires
             it
             .
             Young
             men
             ,
             God
             calls
             upon
             you
             ,
             saying
             ,
             
               Remember
               your
               Creator
               in
               the
               dayes
               of
               your
               Youth
               .
            
             Young
             men
             ,
             Ministers
             call
             upon
             you
             ,
             saying
             ,
             
               Remember
               your
               Creator
               in
               the
               dayes
               of
               your
               Youth
               .
            
             Young
             men
             ,
             Good
             Company
             calls
             upon
             you
             ,
             saying
             ,
             
               Remember
               your
               Creator
               in
               the
               dayes
               of
               your
               Youth
               .
            
             Angels
             desire
             it
             ,
             the
             Spirit
             strives
             ;
             Christs
             Invitation
             is
             ,
             Come
             ;
             the
             Gospel
             cries
             ,
             Now
             ;
             and
             what
             ,
             will
             you
             rather
             listen
             unto
             Satan
             ?
             will
             nothing
             prevail
             with
             you
             ?
             Shall
             
             God
             call
             for
             your
             Youth
             ,
             and
             will
             you
             deny
             it
             ?
             How
             can
             ye
             think
             then
             to
             prosper
             ?
             As
             therefore
             you
             would
             tender
             your
             own
             safety
             ,
             answer
             like
             the
             Eccho
             ;
             Lord
             doest
             thou
             call
             for
             my
             Youth
             ?
             O
             take
             it
             then
             ,
             and
             thank
             thee
             too
             ;
             for
             what
             is
             there
             in
             me
             that
             should
             attract
             God
             ,
             and
             make
             him
             accept
             of
             me
             ?
             My
             Youth
             ,
             is
             it
             not
             full
             of
             Levity
             ,
             Wantonness
             and
             Vanity
             ?
             Am
             I
             not
             all
             over
             corrupt
             ,
             from
             the
             Crown
             of
             the
             Head
             unto
             the
             sole
             of
             the
             Foot
             ,
             full
             of
             wounds
             ,
             bruises
             and
             putrifying
             Sores
             ?
             
             Am
             I
             not
             (
             especially
             considering
             me
             in
             my
             Youth
             )
             as
             an
             untamed
             Beast
             ?
             all
             my
             Actions
             being
             rash
             and
             rude
             ,
             
             and
             no
             Good
             in
             me
             can
             be
             found
             at
             all
             ;
             my
             Affections
             being
             strong
             ,
             are
             impatient
             of
             Reproof
             and
             Correction
             ,
             they
             will
             
             not
             submit
             their
             shoulders
             to
             the
             Yoke
             of
             God
             ,
             but
             like
             wild
             shee-Asses
             they
             snuffe
             up
             the
             wind
             ,
             and
             despise
             the
             Hunter
             .
             Satan
             hath
             Temptations
             suited
             to
             every
             Age
             :
             And
             the
             Age
             whereupon
             he
             works
             most
             busily
             ,
             and
             prevails
             most
             mightily
             ,
             is
             Youth
             .
             The
             Devil
             he
             is
             for
             the
             prime
             of
             our
             Dayes
             ,
             and
             God
             he
             is
             for
             the
             prime
             of
             our
             Dayes
             ,
             and
             who
             hath
             the
             most
             right
             ,
             God
             or
             the
             Devil
             ?
             surely
             God
             ,
             thy
             Conscience
             will
             say
             :
             But
             yet
             how
             many
             (
             notwithstanding
             this
             )
             are
             there
             that
             give
             their
             young
             and
             lusty
             years
             unto
             the
             Prince
             of
             the
             Aire
             ,
             the
             God
             of
             this
             World
             ,
             who
             allures
             them
             so
             to
             doe
             ,
             by
             telling
             them
             that
             their
             old
             ,
             withered
             and
             decrepit
             Age
             is
             good
             enough
             to
             serve
             God.
             But
             Iniquity
             many
             times
             is
             repaired
             with
             a
             proportionable
             Plague
             ,
             that
             because
             they
             will
             not
             give
             their
             young
             Years
             unto
             the
             Lord
             ,
             he
             will
             not
             accept
             
             the
             service
             of
             their
             Old
             Age
             ,
             but
             cuts
             them
             away
             ,
             (
             yea
             ,
             which
             is
             most
             fearfull
             ,
             in
             their
             sins
             )
             and
             lets
             them
             never
             come
             to
             the
             Honour
             of
             a
             hoary
             head
             .
             Will
             ye
             now
             Young
             Men
             ,
             hearken
             unto
             this
             ,
             and
             flee
             Youthfull
             Lusts
             ;
             God
             requires
             the
             Cream
             of
             your
             dayes
             .
             In
             the
             Law
             he
             required
             unto
             himself
             the
             First-fruits
             ,
             Lev.
             2.
             14.
             
             
               Wheat
               beaten
               out
               of
               the
               green
               Ears
            
             ;
             to
             signifie
             that
             he
             will
             be
             serv'd
             with
             the
             First-fruits
             of
             our
             green
             and
             flourishing
             Age.
             
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             
             Remember
             your
             Creator
             in
             the
             dayes
             of
             your
             Youth
             ,
             because
             
               too
               soon
            
             you
             cannot
             Remember
             him
             .
             
               Nunquam
               sera
               est
               ad
               bonos
               more
               's
               via
               :
            
             The
             way
             to
             be
             Good
             is
             never
             too
             late
             .
             I
             am
             sure
             the
             way
             to
             be
             Good
             ,
             is
             never
             too
             soon
             ;
             and
             though
             Divines
             do
             say
             ,
             a
             True
             Repentance
             is
             never
             too
             late
             ,
             yet
             a
             late
             Repentance
             is
             seldom
             true
             .
             True
             Repentance
             (
             without
             doubt
             )
             cannot
             be
             too
             
             late
             ;
             but
             then
             ,
             late
             Repentance
             is
             very
             suspicious
             ,
             being
             seldom
             true
             :
             Could
             we
             have
             served
             God
             in
             our
             Mothers
             Womb
             ,
             yet
             we
             could
             not
             serve
             him
             too
             soon
             .
             And
             those
             who
             shall
             serve
             him
             to
             Eternity
             ,
             cannot
             serve
             him
             too
             much
             .
             
               Hark
               ,
               young
               men
               ,
               hark
               ,
               but
               let
               it
               not
               amaze
               you
               ;
               We
               can
               never
               serve
               God
               too
               soon
               ,
               because
               he
               lov'd
               us
               from
               Eternity
               ;
               and
               we
               cannot
               serve
               him
               too
               much
               because
               he
               loves
               us
               to
               Eternity
               .
            
             Never
             fear
             thy
             setting
             out
             too
             soon
             ,
             for
             the
             sooner
             the
             welcomer
             ,
             and
             too
             soon
             thou
             canst
             not
             be
             .
             The
             consideration
             of
             this
             methinks
             should
             perplex
             the
             Aged
             that
             have
             lost
             their
             time
             ,
             and
             spur
             on
             such
             who
             are
             in
             their
             full
             vigour
             and
             strength
             ,
             and
             
               tempus
               commodum
            
             ,
             they
             have
             for
             God.
             Know
             ,
             you
             who
             are
             here
             present
             ,
             and
             yet
             shall
             not
             put
             in
             practice
             what
             has
             been
             told
             you
             ,
             will
             have
             nothing
             to
             say
             for
             your selves
             .
             You
             cannot
             
             not
             serve
             God
             too
             soon
             ,
             why
             then
             do
             you
             not
             begin
             ,
             run
             ,
             and
             keep
             on
             in
             that
             way
             ?
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             
             Remember
             your
             Creator
             in
             the
             dayes
             of
             your
             Youth
             ,
             because
             
               it
               is
               a
               Time
               that
               is
               most
               Acceptable
               .
               Now
               is
               the
               acceptable
               time
               ,
               Now
               is
               the
               day
               of
               Salvation
               .
            
             2
             Cor.
             6.
             4.
             
             Upon
             this
             Monosyllable
             Now
             ,
             (
             saith
             one
             )
             depends
             Eternity
             .
             As
             there
             is
             a
             
               present
               Time
            
             ,
             so
             there
             is
             a
             
               present
               Truth
            
             to
             lay
             hold
             on
             .
             
             The
             time
             of
             our
             Youth
             is
             the
             onely
             time
             to
             lay
             hold
             on
             Eternal
             Life
             ,
             and
             to
             make
             a
             surrender
             of
             our selves
             unto
             God
             and
             Jesus
             Christ.
             When
             we
             take
             a
             far
             Journey
             ,
             it
             is
             requisite
             that
             we
             have
             the
             Morning
             before
             us
             .
             Sirs
             ,
             to
             goe
             from
             Earth
             to
             Heaven
             is
             a
             great
             Journey
             ,
             let
             us
             then
             be
             carefull
             to
             set
             out
             in
             the
             Spring
             and
             Morning
             of
             our
             Age
             ;
             deferre
             not
             till
             thou
             beest
             Old
             ,
             but
             walk
             while
             thou
             hast
             Light
             ,
             lest
             the
             Darkness
             and
             Night
             
             of
             Old
             Age
             and
             Death
             overtake
             thee
             ,
             when
             no
             man
             can
             work
             .
             If
             therefore
             ,
             young
             Men
             ,
             you
             would
             ever
             be
             serviceable
             to
             God
             ,
             let
             it
             be
             while
             your
             strength
             lasts
             ,
             and
             before
             it
             quite
             fails
             .
             Give
             not
             the
             Devil
             the
             Prime
             ,
             Bud
             ,
             Blossome
             ,
             Flower
             of
             your
             Age
             ,
             and
             the
             Cream
             of
             your
             dayes
             ,
             and
             in
             your
             Old
             Age
             (
             when
             you
             can
             do
             nothing
             )
             offer
             your selves
             to
             God
             ;
             as
             if
             he
             were
             bound
             to
             have
             you
             then
             ,
             and
             onely
             then
             when
             the
             Devil
             has
             done
             with
             you
             :
             And
             O
             unreasonable
             Creature
             ,
             that
             hast
             nothing
             for
             thy
             Maker
             but
             the
             Devils
             Leavings
             ,
             viz.
             Old
             Age
             ,
             a
             Receptacle
             of
             all
             manner
             of
             Maladies
             !
             Behold
             ,
             the
             wrinckled
             Face
             ,
             rotten
             Teeth
             ,
             stinking
             Breath
             ,
             withered
             with
             Drieness
             ,
             dim'd
             with
             Blindness
             ,
             absurded
             with
             Deafness
             ,
             overwhelm'd
             with
             Sickness
             ,
             and
             bowed
             together
             with
             Weakness
             ,
             having
             no
             use
             of
             any
             sense
             but
             the
             sense
             of
             Pain
             .
             
             Therefore
             (
             said
             the
             Wise-man
             )
             
               Remember
               thy
               Creator
               in
               the
               dayes
               of
               thy
               Youth
               ,
            
             
             
               while
               the
               evil
               dayes
               come
               not
               ,
               nor
               the
               years
               draw
               nigh
               when
               thou
               shalt
               say
               ,
               I
               have
               no
               pleasure
               in
               them
            
             ;
             And
             so
             the
             Wiseman
             goes
             on
             ,
             Allegorically
             describing
             Old
             Age
             ;
             shewing
             the
             Miseries
             that
             do
             attend
             the
             same
             ;
             a
             little
             whereof
             you
             may
             take
             notice
             of
             ,
             for
             the
             quickening
             you
             unto
             an
             Improvement
             of
             your
             Time
             while
             ye
             are
             young
             .
             
               While
               the
               Sun
               ,
               or
               the
               Light
               ,
               or
               the
               Moon
               ,
               or
               the
               Stars
               be
               not
               darkened
               ,
               nor
               the
               Clouds
               return
               after
               the
               Rain
               :
            
             Shewing
             hereby
             ,
             that
             in
             Old
             Age
             all
             the
             Abilities
             of
             the
             Mind
             shall
             be
             decayed
             :
             
               The
               Clouds
               retrn
               after
               the
               rain
            
             ;
             ]
             As
             in
             Winter
             ,
             one
             Evil
             following
             another
             .
             
               In
               the
               day
               when
               the
               Keepers
               of
               the
               House
               shall
               tremble
            
             ;
             ]
             The
             Hands
             and
             Arms
             prove
             crazy
             .
             
               And
               the
               strong
               men
               shall
               bow
               themselves
            
             ;
             ]
             The
             Thighs
             and
             Leggs
             shall
             bend
             under
             
             us
             .
             
               And
               the
               Grinders
               cease
               ,
               because
               they
               are
               few
               ;
               ]
               Dentes
               molares
               .
            
             Teeth
             cease
             .
             
               And
               those
               that
               look
               out
               of
               the
               Windowes
               be
               darkened
            
             ;
             ]
             The
             Eyes
             darkened
             and
             dimm'd
             with
             Blindness
             .
             
               And
               the
               Doors
               shall
               be
               shut
               in
               the
               streets
            
             ;
             ]
             Their
             Maladies
             so
             noysome
             ,
             that
             none
             can
             come
             to
             visit
             them
             .
             
               And
               he
               shall
               rise
               up
               at
               the
               voyce
               of
               the
               Bird
            
             ;
             ]
             That
             is
             ,
             take
             little
             rest
             ;
             the
             chirping
             of
             a
             Bird
             ,
             or
             any
             little
             thing
             shall
             awake
             and
             disturb
             him
             .
             
               And
               all
               the
               daughters
               of
               Musick
               shall
               be
               brought
               low
            
             ;
             ]
             This
             may
             be
             interpreted
             by
             comparing
             it
             with
             2
             
               Sam.
               19.
               35.
               
               Man
               goeth
               to
               his
               long
               home
               ;
               ]
               Comp.
               Iob
            
             30.
             23.
             and
             
               Isa.
               26.
               4.
               
               Or
               ever
               the
               silver
               Cord
               be
               loosed
            
             ;
             ]
             Some
             interpret
             it
             of
             the
             Marrow
             ,
             others
             of
             the
             Sinews
             .
             
               Or
               the
               golden
               Bowl
               be
               broken
               ,
               or
               the
               Pitcher
               be
               broken
               at
               the
               Fountain
            
             ;
             ]
             The
             Liver
             is
             the
             Fountain
             of
             Blood
             ,
             the
             Heart
             of
             Spirits
             ,
             these
             lose
             their
             drawing
             and
             distributing
             Power
             .
          
           
           
             These
             things
             considered
             ,
             viz.
             the
             Inconveniencies
             of
             Old
             Age
             ,
             and
             the
             Fitness
             of
             Youth
             for
             the
             Service
             of
             his
             Creator
             ,
             should
             (
             methinks
             )
             prevail
             with
             young
             men
             to
             live
             henceforth
             not
             unto
             themselves
             ,
             but
             unto
             their
             Creator
             and
             Redeemer
             .
             
               The
               time
               of
               Youth
               is
               Seed-time
               .
            
             
             The
             Proverb
             is
             ,
             
               Youth
               ▪
               layes
               in
               ,
               and
               Age
               lives
               upon
               it
               :
               The
               one
               sowes
               ,
               the
               other
               reaps
               .
            
             Now
             is
             your
             Market-time
             ,
             in
             which
             ,
             if
             ye
             be
             wise
             ,
             ye
             may
             make
             a
             happy
             Exchange
             of
             Earth
             for
             Heaven
             ,
             of
             a
             Valley
             of
             Tears
             for
             a
             Paradise
             of
             Delights
             .
             Young
             Men
             ,
             consider
             ,
             you
             are
             now
             Flowers
             in
             the
             bloom
             ;
             your
             Friends
             Delight
             ,
             
             your
             Countreys
             Hope
             ;
             It
             lyeth
             very
             much
             in
             your
             Sphere
             ,
             to
             be
             either
             a
             Crown
             of
             Rejoyceing
             to
             them
             ,
             or
             to
             bring
             down
             their
             Gray
             hairs
             with
             sorrow
             to
             the
             Grave
             .
             But
             I
             dare
             not
             enlarge
             .
          
           
             Fourthly
             ,
             
             
               Remember
               your
               Creator
               
               in
               the
               dayes
               of
               your
               Youth
               ,
            
             because
             if
             thou
             thinkest
             of
             deferring
             till
             
               Old
               Age
            
             ,
             it
             is
             a
             question
             whether
             thou
             mayst
             
               live
               so
               long
            
             ;
             besides
             the
             Inconveniences
             of
             Old
             Age
             ,
             which
             I
             have
             told
             you
             ,
             (
             as
             above
             written
             ,
             )
             The
             Best
             of
             us
             cannot
             promise
             our selves
             a
             day
             .
             The
             present
             Time
             is
             onely
             ours
             ;
             the
             Morrow
             we
             are
             not
             sure
             of
             .
             Take
             Time
             therefore
             by
             the
             Forelock
             ,
             and
             cry
             not
             
               Cras
               ,
               Cras
            
             ,
             to
             Morrow
             ,
             to
             Morrow
             ;
             Manna
             must
             be
             gathered
             in
             the
             Morning
             ;
             the
             Orient
             Pearl
             is
             generated
             by
             the
             Morning
             Dew
             .
             Egregious
             folly
             it
             is
             to
             procrastinate
             and
             put
             off
             to
             the
             last
             :
          
           
             
               At
               tu
               dum
               primi
               floret
               tibi
               temporis
               aetas
               ,
               Vtere
               .
            
             
               Tib.
               
            
          
           
             Improve
             your
             Time
             while
             you
             are
             Young.
             
          
           
             Fifthly
             ,
             
             
               Remember
               your
               Creator
               in
               the
               dayes
               of
               your
               Youth
               ,
            
             because
             the
             
               Day
               of
               Grace
               may
               have
               its
               Sun-set
               on
               a
               sudden
               :
            
             Thou
             mayst
             live
             
             perhaps
             to
             an
             Old
             Age
             ,
             but
             the
             Day
             of
             Grace
             may
             not
             last
             so
             long
             .
             Now
             the
             Gospel
             is
             preached
             ,
             Christ
             crucified
             set
             forth
             ,
             the
             assistance
             of
             the
             Spirit
             offered
             ,
             
             and
             the
             Gates
             of
             Heaven
             opened
             to
             entertain
             you
             ;
             O
             therefore
             Now
             ,
             
             
               To
               day
               if
               ye
               will
               hear
               his
               voyce
               ,
            
             Heb.
             3.
             7.
             
             If
             to
             day
             thou
             sayst
             thou
             
               wilt
               not
            
             pray
             ,
             
             to
             morrow
             thou
             mayst
             say
             thou
             
               canst
               not
            
             pray
             .
             Now
             therefore
             ,
             now
             ,
             as
             you
             would
             tender
             the
             good
             of
             your
             own
             Souls
             ,
             work
             apace
             ;
             you
             have
             the
             Sun-shine
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             but
             a
             Cloud
             will
             come
             :
             While
             the
             Sun
             therefore
             doth
             shine
             ,
             cock
             your
             Hay
             ,
             shock
             your
             Corn
             ;
             wanton
             not
             away
             your
             Summer
             ,
             lest
             you
             begge
             in
             Winter
             :
             The
             Night
             indeed
             is
             for
             sleeping
             ,
             but
             the
             Day
             (
             especially
             a
             Sun-shine
             Day
             ,
             a
             clear
             Day
             ,
             )
             is
             
             for
             working
             .
             One
             being
             in
             a
             fit
             of
             Anger
             ,
             a
             person
             said
             unto
             him
             ,
             
               Domine
               ,
               Sol
               ad
               Occasum
            
             ;
             The
             Sun
             is
             going
             down
             .
             If
             the
             Sun
             must
             not
             go
             down
             upon
             our
             Wrath
             ,
             let
             it
             not
             go
             down
             upon
             our
             Loytering
             .
          
           
             Sixthly
             ,
             
             If
             you
             have
             your
             Life
             prolonged
             ,
             and
             the
             Means
             of
             Grace
             continued
             ,
             yet
             if
             no
             more
             
               gales
               of
               the
               Spirit
            
             be
             afforded
             ,
             
             what
             art
             thou
             the
             nearer
             ?
             When
             Gods
             Spirit
             blows
             upon
             us
             ,
             we
             shall
             go
             full
             Sail
             to
             Heaven
             .
             It
             is
             good
             striking
             therefore
             while
             the
             Iron
             is
             hot
             ,
             and
             lanching
             out
             while
             Wind
             and
             Tide
             serve
             ;
             open
             all
             thy
             Sails
             to
             every
             breath
             and
             gale
             of
             Gods
             Spirit
             :
             Welcome
             every
             Suggestion
             ,
             reverence
             every
             Dictate
             ,
             cherish
             every
             Illapse
             of
             this
             blessed
             Monitor
             .
             Let
             every
             Inspiration
             find
             thee
             as
             the
             Seal
             doth
             the
             Wax
             ,
             or
             the
             Spark
             the
             Tinder
             .
          
           
             Seventhly
             and
             lastly
             ,
             
             
               Remember
               
               your
               Creator
               in
               the
               dayes
               of
               your
               Youth
               ,
            
             because
             the
             Promise
             is
             made
             unto
             
               Early
               Seekers
            
             ;
             Prov.
             8.
             17.
             
             
               They
               that
               seek
               me
               Early
               ,
               shall
               find
               me
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Application
             .
          
           
             Is
             there
             good
             Reason
             why
             we
             should
             
               Remember
               our
               Creator
               in
               the
               dayes
               of
               our
               Youth
               ?
            
             Then
             let
             my
             Message
             to
             you
             (
             O
             Young
             Men
             )
             this
             day
             be
             accepted
             .
             The
             Reasonableness
             of
             my
             Message
             I
             have
             shewed
             in
             several
             Respects
             .
             Did
             I
             press
             you
             to
             things
             that
             might
             tend
             to
             your
             hurt
             ,
             it
             were
             something
             ;
             but
             I
             am
             onely
             intreating
             you
             this
             day
             to
             be
             kind
             unto
             your
             Souls
             ,
             and
             make
             your
             peace
             with
             God
             :
             
               While
               the
               dayes
               come
               not
               ,
               nor
               the
               years
               draw
               nigh
               ,
               when
               ye
               shall
               say
               ,
               I
               have
               no
               pleasure
               in
               them
               .
            
          
           
             The
             Result
             of
             all
             therefore
             is
             ;
             Young
             men
             ,
             
               Remember
               your
               Creator
            
             ,
             by
             whom
             it
             is
             that
             you
             
               live
               ,
               
               move
            
             ,
             and
             have
             your
             Being
             .
             Forget
             him
             not
             ,
             lest
             he
             forget
             you
             ,
             but
             seek
             him
             Early
             ,
             and
             ye
             shall
             find
             him
             .
             Motives
             hereunto
             I
             think
             very
             convenient
             .
             As
             ,
          
           
             First
             ,
             If
             Honour
             will
             sway
             you
             ,
             
             know
             that
             it
             is
             the
             Honourablest
             thing
             in
             the
             world
             to
             Remember
             your
             
               Creator
               in
               the
               dayes
               of
               your
               Youth
               .
            
             Is
             it
             commendable
             for
             a
             Child
             to
             obey
             his
             Earthly
             Father
             ,
             how
             much
             more
             commendable
             is
             it
             then
             for
             us
             to
             Obey
             our
             Heavenly
             Father
             ?
             Shun
             (
             O
             Young
             Men
             )
             the
             Worlds
             Ambition
             ,
             and
             make
             this
             your
             Ambition
             (
             with
             good
             Iosiah
             )
             to
             set
             out
             betimes
             ;
             with
             spiritual
             Isaac
             ,
             to
             give
             your selves
             to
             Meditation
             while
             ye
             are
             young
             ;
             with
             heavenly
             Iacob
             ,
             to
             prize
             and
             seek
             the
             Blessing
             ,
             while
             others
             in
             the
             use
             of
             their
             vain
             Sports
             lose
             it
             ;
             with
             King
             Solomon
             ,
             to
             know
             the
             God
             of
             your
             Fathers
             ;
             with
             righteous
             Obadiah
             ,
             to
             fear
             the
             Lord
             from
             your
             Youth
             ;
             and
             
             with
             Ingenious
             
               Timothy
               ▪
            
             to
             know
             the
             Scriptures
             from
             a
             Child
             .
             And
             what
             a
             Cloud
             of
             young
             Worthies
             are
             here
             ?
             and
             are
             they
             not
             Honoured
             ,
             Renowned
             and
             made
             Famous
             ,
             and
             that
             for
             their
             
               soon
               beginning
            
             ?
             The
             like
             will
             be
             with
             you
             ,
             Young
             men
             .
             Remember
             your
             Creator
             in
             the
             
               dayes
               of
               your
               Youth
            
             ,
             and
             he
             will
             Honour
             you
             .
             But
             alas
             ,
             how
             few
             are
             the
             number
             of
             these
             young
             Branches
             !
          
           
             How
             few
             are
             there
             of
             the
             Sons
             of
             Wisdom
             ,
             that
             being
             enticed
             by
             Men
             ,
             consent
             not
             !
             But
             how
             Honourable
             is
             it
             (
             I
             say
             )
             for
             young
             Men
             ,
             like
             Samuel
             ,
             to
             minister
             and
             serve
             before
             the
             Lord
             while
             he
             was
             but
             a
             Child
             !
             and
             how
             comely
             was
             the
             Carriage
             of
             those
             Children
             that
             sang
             Hosanna's
             unto
             Christ
             !
             Contemplate
             often
             (
             Young
             men
             )
             these
             Looking-glasses
             ;
             imitate
             and
             copy
             out
             these
             patterns
             and
             Presidents
             ;
             Besides
             ,
             King
             Edward
             the
             Sixth
             ,
             that
             Phoenix
             of
             
             his
             time
             ;
             that
             truely
             Noble
             Prince
             Henry
             ,
             and
             the
             young
             Lord
             Harrington
             ;
             with
             many
             others
             ,
             who
             blossomed
             as
             the
             Almond-tree
             ,
             betimes
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             
             The
             longer
             you
             neglect
             ,
             the
             
               more
               difficult
            
             will
             the
             
               setting
               upon
            
             your
             Duty
             be
             .
             Much
             Sloath
             and
             Procrastination
             will
             at
             last
             take
             away
             the
             very
             Heart
             and
             Desire
             of
             seeking
             God
             ;
             but
             now
             ,
             Youth
             improved
             ,
             will
             make
             the
             Performance
             of
             the
             Duty
             more
             facile
             .
             Opportunity
             improv'd
             ,
             (
             sayes
             one
             )
             facilitates
             every
             Action
             and
             Employment
             ,
             making
             a
             work
             come
             off
             sweetly
             ,
             smoothly
             and
             with
             facility
             .
             It
             is
             as
             the
             laying
             of
             the
             Knife
             upon
             the
             Joynt
             ,
             when
             we
             would
             divide
             the
             Bone.
             It
             is
             Wind
             and
             Tide
             to
             the
             Oars
             of
             Industry
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             
             The
             more
             Wrath
             you
             will
             treasure
             up
             unto
             your selves
             ,
             by
             having
             more
             sins
             to
             
               answer
               for
            
             .
             The
             sooner
             we
             begin
             ,
             the
             less
             we
             
             shall
             have
             to
             answer
             for
             ;
             but
             the
             longer
             we
             deferre
             ,
             the
             more
             we
             shall
             have
             to
             answer
             for
             .
          
           
             Fourthly
             ,
             
             Young
             Men
             shall
             come
             to
             Iudgement
             as
             well
             as
             those
             of
             riper
             years
             :
             You
             think
             that
             you
             have
             a
             Priviledge
             by
             your
             Age
             ;
             Youth
             must
             have
             its
             course
             ,
             (
             say
             some
             ;
             )
             they
             must
             sow
             their
             wild
             Oats
             .
             But
             now
             the
             Counsel
             of
             the
             Spirit
             is
             otherwise
             .
             
               In
               the
               Morning
               sow
               thy
               Seed
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               Evening
               withhold
               not
               thy
               hand
               ,
               for
               thou
               knowest
               not
               whether
               shall
               prosper
               .
            
             And
             David
             doth
             tie
             up
             your
             untamed
             Age
             to
             the
             
               horns
               of
               the
               Altar
            
             ,
             saying
             ,
             That
             even
             
               You
               must
               cleanse
               your
               wayes
               ,
               by
               taking
               heed
               thereto
               according
               to
               Gods
               Word
               .
            
             Think
             not
             (
             I
             say
             )
             because
             you
             are
             Young
             ,
             you
             shall
             be
             excused
             :
             For
             
               the
               dead
               ,
               small
               and
               great
            
             shall
             stand
             before
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             you
             that
             now
             take
             your
             pleasures
             ,
             know
             ,
             that
             for
             all
             that
             ,
             ye
             shall
             come
             to
             Judgement
             ,
             
             and
             your
             Pleasures
             shall
             have
             an
             End.
             Methinks
             that
             Scripture
             in
             the
             11
             of
             
               Eccles.
               v.
            
             9.
             should
             cool
             the
             Courage
             of
             such
             Young
             men
             who
             go
             on
             in
             their
             Career
             to
             Hell
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             their
             Pleasures
             .
             
               Rejoyce
               ,
               O
               young
               Man
               ,
               in
               thy
               youth
               ,
               and
               let
               thy
               Heart
               cheer
               thee
               in
               the
               dayes
               of
               thy
               youth
               ,
               and
               walk
               in
               the
               wayes
               of
               thy
               heart
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               sight
               of
               thine
               eyes
               ;
               but
               know
               thou
               ,
               that
               for
               all
               these
               things
               God
               will
               bring
               thee
               into
               Iudgement
               .
            
          
           
             Fifthly
             ,
             You
             will
             not
             Repent
             ▪
             that
             you
             have
             
               call'd
               God
               to
               mind
               so
               soon
               .
            
             But
             thou
             shalt
             esteem
             Gods
             Grace
             the
             more
             for
             it
             ;
             rejoyce
             in
             the
             sense
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             in
             Comfort
             conclude
             thy
             Life
             whensoever
             God
             shall
             call
             thee
             hence
             .
          
           
             I
             would
             fain
             lay
             down
             some
             Cautions
             and
             Exhortations
             unto
             the
             Young
             Men
             of
             this
             Age
             ,
             which
             if
             observed
             by
             them
             ,
             I
             am
             confident
             would
             help
             them
             much
             in
             remembring
             of
             their
             great
             Creator
             .
             
             But
             should
             I
             doe
             this
             ,
             it
             would
             make
             this
             little
             Book
             swell
             too
             much
             ,
             which
             for
             the
             Poor's
             sake
             I
             would
             prevent
             ;
             and
             yet
             a
             little
             too
             I
             will
             venture
             .
          
           
             First
             more
             generally
             ,
             have
             a
             care
             Young
             Men
             of
             laying
             a
             stress
             on
             Parentage
             ,
             Birth
             ,
             Education
             ,
             Civility
             ,
             and
             your
             Natural
             Endowments
             :
             They
             are
             all
             but
             painted
             shews
             of
             Righteousness
             ,
             and
             crack'd
             Titles
             to
             Heaven
             .
             Faith
             comes
             not
             by
             Birth
             ,
             Generation
             ,
             or
             Education
             ;
             and
             he
             who
             is
             Gifted
             ,
             is
             not
             alwayes
             Believing
             .
          
           
             But
             (
             Secondly
             )
             more
             particularly
             ,
             I
             would
             caution
             you
             from
             these
             Vices
             ,
             which
             tend
             much
             to
             the
             Corruption
             of
             Youth
             :
          
           
             First
             ,
             I
             would
             caution
             you
             from
             
               Love
               of
               the
               World.
               If
               any
               man
               love
               the
               World
               ,
               the
               love
               of
               the
               Father
               is
               not
               in
               him
               ,
            
             1
             Joh.
             2.
             15.
             
             O
             let
             not
             the
             World
             lye
             so
             neer
             your
             Hearts
             ,
             as
             it
             did
             to
             the
             Young
             Man
             's
             in
             the
             Gospel
             .
             You
             
             can
             never
             Love
             your
             Creator
             so
             as
             to
             die
             for
             him
             ,
             if
             the
             World
             get
             root
             in
             your
             Heart
             .
             Have
             a
             care
             (
             I
             beseech
             you
             )
             of
             preferring
             the
             Gifts
             of
             God
             before
             God
             himself
             .
             All
             Creatures
             that
             the
             Lord
             made
             ,
             he
             made
             for
             Man
             ,
             and
             Man
             for
             himself
             :
             But
             this
             is
             a
             fearfull
             Contempt
             of
             God
             and
             disestimation
             of
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             when
             the
             Creature
             is
             better
             lov'd
             than
             God
             ;
             as
             Evah
             for
             the
             love
             of
             an
             Apple
             lost
             the
             love
             of
             the
             Lord
             ;
             and
             Esau
             for
             a
             Mess
             of
             Pottage
             sold
             his
             Birthright
             ;
             and
             the
             Gadarens
             counted
             their
             Swine
             more
             precious
             than
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             ,
             
               Christ
               Iesus
            
             .
             He
             that
             loveth
             these
             bodily
             ,
             worldly
             ,
             and
             perishing
             Riches
             ,
             cannot
             love
             the
             spiritual
             ,
             heavenly
             and
             eternal
             Riches
             .
             Love
             not
             this
             World
             ,
             
             because
             the
             Devil
             is
             the
             God
             of
             it
             ;
             love
             not
             
             this
             World
             ,
             because
             it
             cools
             thy
             Affections
             to
             God
             and
             the
             things
             of
             God.
             Love
             not
             this
             World
             ,
             because
             it
             is
             the
             Bird-lime
             of
             spiritual
             
             Punishments
             ;
             Love
             not
             this
             World
             ,
             because
             the
             Love
             of
             the
             World
             is
             Enmity
             towards
             God.
             The
             Riches
             in
             this
             World
             are
             call'd
             
               Thick
               Clay
               ,
               Hab.
            
             2.
             6.
             which
             will
             sooner
             break
             the
             Back
             ,
             than
             lighten
             the
             Heart
             .
             O
             that
             I
             could
             but
             disswade
             Young
             men
             from
             this
             
               peccatum
               peccatorum
            
             ,
             sin
             of
             Earthly-mindedness
             .
             Consider
             ,
             O
             young
             Men
             ,
             what
             Solomon
             sayes
             of
             this
             World
             ,
             who
             knew
             as
             much
             as
             ever
             any
             did
             as
             to
             the
             sweetness
             of
             
               sensual
               pleasures
            
             .
             Three
             Advantages
             Solomon
             had
             above
             others
             to
             know
             the
             Vanity
             of
             the
             Creature
             .
             (
             1
             )
             In
             regard
             of
             his
             
               Wisdome
               ,
               1
               Kings
            
             4.
             29
             ,
             30.
             
             (
             2
             )
             
               Riches
               ,
               1
               King.
            
             10.
             23.
             
             (
             3
             )
             In
             that
             he
             gave
             himself
             to
             
               make
               trial
            
             and
             Experience
             of
             the
             Creature
             :
             Yet
             ,
             
               Vanity
               of
               Vanities
            
             (
             saith
             the
             
             Preacher
             )
             
               Vanity
               of
               Vanities
               ,
               all
               is
               Vanity
               .
            
          
           
             Five
             times
             
               Vanity
               .
               1.
               
               Vanity
            
             ,
             not
             vain
             onely
             ,
             but
             Vanity
             it self
             in
             the
             Abstract
             .
             2.
             
             
               Excessive
               Vanity
               ;
               Vanity
               of
               Vanities
               ,
            
             Hebraism
             ,
             superlative
             ,
             by
             doubling
             he
             signifies
             
               most
               vain
               ,
               imperfect
               ,
               uncertain
               ,
               transitory
               ,
               void
               of
               Content
               ▪
               full
               of
               Grief
               .
            
             3.
             
             An
             
               heap
               of
               Vanities
               ;
               Vanity
               of
               Vanities
            
             ;
             an
             Hebraism
             ,
             and
             imports
             
               most
               great
               Vanity
               .
               4.
               
               An
               universal
               Proposition
               ;
               all
               is
               Vanity
               .
               Fugiamus
               hinc
               ubi
               nihil
               est
               ,
               ubi
               inane
               est
               omne
               quod
               magnificum
               putatur
               .
            
             Let
             us
             flye
             from
             this
             World
             ,
             wherein
             is
             nothing
             but
             Vanity
             .
             
               Nihil
               siquidem
               a
               somni
               Vanitate
               differt
               rerum
               praesentium
               figura
               ,
               sive
               illae
               tristes
               sint
               ,
               sive
               prosperae
               :
            
             The
             most
             excellent
             Shews
             of
             this
             Life
             are
             but
             Dreams
             ,
             which
             may
             affect
             for
             a
             time
             ,
             but
             do
             vanish
             so
             soon
             as
             the
             man
             awaketh
             .
             And
             this
             is
             the
             first
             Caution
             ,
             
               Love
               not
               the
               
               World.
            
             The
             Love
             of
             the
             World
             is
             an
             Obstacle
             that
             must
             be
             removed
             ,
             where
             Love
             to
             Christ
             and
             to
             thy
             Soul
             (
             Young
             man
             )
             is
             to
             be
             shewn
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             I
             would
             caution
             you
             from
             
               Evil
               Company
            
             .
             I
             know
             very
             well
             ,
             that
             we
             are
             mighty
             apt
             to
             follow
             a
             Multitude
             to
             do
             Evil
             ;
             I
             know
             that
             Youth
             ,
             above
             all
             ,
             is
             apt
             to
             keep
             Company
             ,
             especially
             had
             Company
             .
             And
             how
             many
             have
             been
             brought
             to
             Ruine
             thereby
             ?
             
             Have
             not
             many
             at
             the
             Gallowes
             laid
             their
             sins
             at
             the
             Door
             of
             
               bad
               Company
            
             ,
             forewarning
             all
             to
             shun
             the
             same
             ,
             and
             take
             Example
             by
             them
             .
             Every
             man
             is
             as
             his
             Company
             :
             The
             Heathen
             could
             say
             ,
             
               Noscitur
               ex
               comite
               qui
               non
               cognoscitur
               ex
               se
            
             ;
             He
             is
             known
             by
             his
             Company
             ,
             that
             cannot
             be
             known
             by
             himself
             .
             A
             Mans
             Company
             is
             as
             it
             were
             a
             Commentary
             on
             his
             Life
             .
             A
             Company
             or
             Multitude
             (
             and
             I
             pray
             Young
             Men
             
             do
             you
             especially
             take
             notice
             of
             it
             )
             is
             not
             the
             Rule
             you
             should
             walk
             by
             ,
             as
             for
             
               doing
               Evil
            
             ,
             so
             for
             
               doing
               Good.
            
             He
             that
             doth
             Good
             because
             a
             Multitude
             doth
             it
             ,
             
             will
             also
             do
             Evil
             because
             a
             Multitude
             doth
             it
             .
             
               We
               must
               not
            
             (
             saith
             
               Austin
               )
               do
               a
               good
               thing
               because
               Many
               do
               it
               ,
               
               but
               because
               it
               is
               Good
               :
               If
               others
               doe
               that
               which
               is
               Good
            
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             
               I
               will
               rejoyce
               because
               they
               doe
               it
               ,
               but
               I
               will
               not
               do
               it
               because
               they
               do
               it
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             Keep
             good
             Company
             we
             must
             ,
             it
             is
             profitable
             ,
             but
             we
             must
             not
             make
             their
             doing
             Good
             as
             the
             Grounds
             of
             our
             doing
             Good.
             Shun
             Evil
             Company
             ;
             Is
             it
             not
             an
             hard
             thing
             for
             a
             Bird
             to
             flie
             away
             that
             is
             taken
             in
             the
             Lime-twigs
             ?
             Why
             Evil
             Company
             are
             the
             Devils
             Lime-twigs
             ;
             And
             what
             is
             the
             Reason
             that
             many
             a
             man
             doth
             
             continue
             in
             Sin
             ,
             who
             is
             convinced
             of
             the
             Evil
             of
             it
             ,
             but
             because
             he
             is
             held
             fast
             in
             the
             Bands
             of
             his
             wicked
             Company
             ?
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             I
             would
             caution
             you
             from
             Pride
             .
             This
             is
             a
             Vice
             which
             is
             incident
             to
             all
             more
             or
             less
             ,
             but
             especially
             to
             young
             men
             .
             Converted
             young
             men
             ,
             beware
             of
             Pride
             ,
             for
             it
             is
             that
             which
             will
             rankor
             all
             your
             Graces
             ;
             know
             that
             you
             are
             vile
             in
             Progress
             ,
             Egress
             and
             Ingress
             .
             Unconverted
             young
             Men
             ,
             do
             you
             also
             beware
             of
             Pride
             ,
             for
             it
             tends
             to
             your
             hurt
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             it
             doth
             to
             the
             other
             ;
             for
             that
             self-conceitedness
             of
             yours
             is
             that
             which
             helps
             to
             barre
             your
             Hearts
             against
             Christ.
             Young
             Men
             ,
             be
             cloathed
             with
             Humility
             ;
             let
             every
             one
             of
             us
             look
             with
             one
             eye
             upon
             Grace
             ,
             to
             keep
             the
             Heart
             cheerfull
             ;
             and
             with
             the
             other
             eye
             upon
             Sin
             ,
             to
             keep
             it
             humble
             .
          
           
             Fourthly
             ,
             I
             would
             have
             young
             
             men
             to
             beware
             of
             Lust
             ,
             it
             being
             their
             Complexion
             ,
             Constitution
             ,
             and
             beloved
             Sin
             ;
             the
             sin
             that
             attends
             their
             Age
             ,
             and
             therefore
             so
             much
             the
             more
             diligence
             and
             pains
             must
             be
             taken
             in
             the
             Mortification
             thereof
             ;
             and
             I
             know
             not
             any
             thing
             that
             is
             so
             proper
             hereunto
             as
             being
             moderate
             in
             Diet
             ,
             keeping
             the
             Body
             down
             by
             frequent
             Fastings
             in
             private
             between
             God
             and
             thy
             own
             Soul
             upon
             that
             Occasion
             .
             
               Flee
               Youthfull
               Lusts
            
             ,
             2
             Tim.
             2.
             22.
             
          
           
             Fifthly
             and
             lastly
             ,
             Beware
             of
             Hypocrisie
             .
             Perhaps
             the
             Devil
             may
             flatter
             you
             ,
             with
             telling
             you
             ,
             That
             if
             ye
             can
             get
             the
             Shape
             ,
             Figure
             ,
             and
             Form
             of
             Godliness
             ,
             it
             is
             no
             matter
             for
             any
             thing
             else
             ,
             thou
             mayst
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             go
             for
             a
             Christian
             eminent
             enough
             among
             men
             .
             Ah
             ,
             but
             tell
             the
             Tempter
             ,
             It
             is
             onely
             Piety
             that
             hath
             the
             Promise
             of
             the
             Life
             to
             come
             ,
             and
             though
             thou
             mayst
             goe
             for
             a
             Christian
             
             amongst
             Men
             ,
             and
             seem
             well
             enough
             in
             their
             sight
             ;
             yet
             know
             ,
             in
             Gods
             sight
             thou
             shalt
             be
             discern'd
             ;
             God
             will
             one
             day
             pull
             off
             thy
             paint
             ,
             discover
             thee
             ,
             and
             shew
             thee
             to
             the
             world
             in
             thy
             proper
             Colours
             .
             The
             very
             Interiour
             Intents
             of
             thy
             Soul
             he
             knows
             ,
             thy
             heart
             he
             can
             read
             without
             a
             Commentary
             ,
             and
             those
             things
             that
             are
             secret
             ,
             which
             thou
             keepest
             under
             Lock
             and
             Key
             ,
             he
             knows
             ;
             and
             though
             thou
             mayest
             deceive
             Man
             ,
             yet
             thou
             canst
             not
             deceive
             God.
             
               Deus
               nee
               f●llere
               ,
               nec
               falli
               potest
               .
            
          
           
             I
             should
             now
             give
             some
             Exhortation
             ,
             but
             I
             cannot
             ,
             because
             of
             being
             prevented
             as
             to
             that
             which
             I
             spoke
             before
             .
             
               Remember
               your
               Creator
               in
               the
               dayes
               of
               your
               youth
               :
            
             And
             as
             Helps
             hereunto
             take
             these
             ,
             and
             enlarge
             upon
             them
             your selves
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             View
             often
             the
             Creation
             of
             the
             World
             ;
             what
             Man
             in
             the
             
             World
             can
             forget
             God
             ,
             that
             has
             himself
             and
             the
             whole
             Creation
             to
             contemplate
             at
             any
             time
             ?
          
           
             2.
             
             Call
             to
             mind
             his
             
               signal
               Favours
            
             vouchsafed
             unto
             you
             ,
             in
             such
             a
             Time
             ,
             at
             such
             a
             Place
             ,
             among
             such
             Company
             .
             Can
             the
             Begger
             soon
             forget
             that
             hand
             which
             he
             constantly
             receives
             his
             Alms
             from
             ?
          
           
             3.
             
             Study
             the
             
               Holy
               Scriptures
            
             .
             Who
             can
             soon
             forget
             a
             holy
             God
             ,
             that
             may
             read
             of
             him
             every
             day
             in
             the
             Holy
             Scriptures
             ?
          
           
             4.
             
             Attend
             upon
             the
             
               Ministry
               of
               the
               Word
            
             .
             You
             in
             London
             may
             hear
             from
             God
             every
             day
             ,
             and
             surely
             cannot
             soon
             forget
             him
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             Keep
             
               good
               company
            
             ,
             and
             then
             you
             cannot
             easily
             forget
             God
             ,
             because
             you
             converse
             with
             his
             Friends
             ;
             and
             't
             will
             be
             marvel
             if
             they
             do
             not
             talk
             of
             him
             sometimes
             unto
             you
             .
          
           
             I
             shall
             conclude
             with
             the
             words
             of
             the
             Text.
             
          
           
           
             
               Remember
               now
               your
               Creator
               in
               the
               dayes
               of
               your
               youth
            
             ;
             that
             you
             may
             be
             as
             so
             many
             Vessels
             of
             Gold
             for
             the
             Prayse
             and
             Service
             of
             your
             Maker
             .
             Amen
             .
          
           
             
               Oecolampadius
               de
               Scriptis
               suis.
               
            
             
               
                 
                   
                     〈◊〉
                     〈◊〉
                     〈◊〉
                     〈◊〉
                     〈◊〉
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     〈◊〉
                     〈◊〉
                     〈◊〉
                     〈◊〉
                     〈◊〉
                  
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Si
                   bene
                   quid
                   scripsi
                   ,
                   Christo
                   gratate
                   datori
                   :
                
                 
                   Si
                   male
                   quid
                   scripsi
                   ,
                   noveris
                   esse
                   meum
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             FINIS
             .
          
           
        
      
    
     
       
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           Notes for div A55560-e120
           
             When
             a
             Book
             is
             of
             too
             ,
             great
             a
             〈◊〉
             ,
             the
             Poor
             cannot
             purchase
             it
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A55560-e260
           
             Ecclesiastes
             ,
             
               i.
               e.
            
             a
             Preacher
             .
          
           
             The
             evil
             dayes
             spoken
             of
             in
             the
             text
             ,
             and
             the
             years
             wherein
             we
             have
             no
             pleasure
             ,
             is
             old
             age
             .
          
           
             Quoad
             ordinem
             ,
             Patris
             oper
             andi
             modus
             est
             à
             se
             ,
             per
             Filium
             ,
             &
             Spiritum
             Sanctum
             .
             Hinc
             origo
             rerum
             ,
             nempe
             Creatio
             ,
             propriè
             tribuitur
             Patri
             ,
             qui
             ordine
             originis
             est
             personarum
             prima
             .
             Deus
             )
             Hebr.
             Elohim
             ,
             id
             est
             ,
             unus
             ex
             Elohim
             ,
             scil
             .
             Pater
             ,
             alloqui
             Filium
             &
             Spiritum
             Sanctum
             Synecd
             .
             integri
             .
             Non
             alloquitur
             Angelos
             .
             Piscat
             .
             in
             loc
             .
          
           
             Homo
             naturâ
             duplicem
             format
             syllogismum
             de
             Deo
             ,
             theoricum
             et
             practicum
             .
             Theoricus
             est
             duplex
             1.
             
             Deus
             est
             :
             ergo
             debeo
             eum
             cognoscere
             .
             2.
             
             Deus
             est
             bonus
             ,
             ergo
             debeo
             cum
             colere
             .
             Practicus
             est
             ,
             in
             quo
             conscientia
             format
             assumptionem
             :
             Deus
             mihi
             bonus
             est
             ;
             Ergo
             mihi
             est
             colendus
             ,
             
               Alsted
               .
               Syst.
               Theolog.
            
             
          
           
             Where
             the
             Fear
             of
             God
             is
             ,
             there
             Sin
             is
             conquer'd
             as
             to
             its
             reigning
             Power
             ,
             and
             it
             shall
             no
             more
             storm
             Walls
             ,
             demolish
             Castles
             ,
             break
             through
             Guards
             ,
             beat
             up
             Quarters
             ,
             and
             let
             in
             Enemies
             .
          
           
             By
             the
             
               Fear
               of
               God
            
             Men
             do
             not
             only
             depart
             from
             that
             which
             is
             Evil
             ,
             but
             are
             also
             inclin'd
             to
             do
             that
             which
             is
             Good.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             16.
             6.
             
          
           
             Deut.
             5.
             29.
             
          
           
             So
             did
             not
             I
             (
             
               said
               good
            
             Nehemiah
             )
             because
             of
             the
             fear
             of
             God.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             14.
             26.
             
          
           
             Pulchra
             sunt
             omnia
             faciente
             te
             Domine
             ,
             &
             ecce
             tu
             inenarr
             abiliter
             pulchrior
             qui
             fecisti
             omnia
             .
             Chrys.
             All
             those
             things
             which
             thou
             hast
             made
             ,
             are
             beautifull
             ,
             but
             thou
             thy self
             art
             infinitely
             more
             beautifull
             .
          
           
             Some
             Eyes
             have
             been
             dazled
             too
             much
             with
             the
             glitterings
             of
             the
             Creatures
             ,
             so
             as
             to
             take
             the
             Servant
             for
             the
             Master
             ;
             and
             have
             been
             so
             much
             in
             admiring
             the
             Glass
             ,
             as
             that
             they
             forgot
             the
             glorious
             Beauty
             that
             is
             represented
             .
             What
             Worship
             and
             Adoration
             hath
             the
             Sun
             had
             ?
             even
             almost
             as
             much
             as
             the
             great
             Creator
             of
             Heaven
             and
             Earth
             himself
             .
             Strange
             !
             that
             they
             should
             see
             so
             darkly
             ,
             as
             not
             to
             discern
             the
             Face
             from
             the
             Veil
             that
             covers
             it
             .
             For
             the
             Sun
             is
             at
             best
             but
             
               umbra
               Dei
            
             ,
             and
             
               nubecula
               citò
               transitura
            
             ,
             a
             mere
             spot
             ,
             a
             cloud
             ,
             if
             compar'd
             with
             so
             bright
             an
             Essence
             ;
             and
             as
             He
             saith
             notably
             ,
             the
             same
             Worshippers
             must
             needs
             be
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             Atheists
             in
             the
             Night-time
             .
          
           
             Man
             is
             defiled
             
               à
               capite
               ad
               calcem
            
             ,
             from
             Head
             to
             Foot
             ;
             that
             (
             as
             the
             Philosopher
             saith
             concerning
             the
             Soul
             ,
             It
             is
             in
             every
             part
             ;
             where
             there
             is
             Life
             ,
             there
             is
             the
             Soul
             ,
             for
             the
             Soul
             is
             the
             Life
             ;
             so
             )
             whatever
             is
             in
             us
             ,
             and
             cometh
             from
             us
             ,
             and
             is
             acted
             by
             us
             ,
             receiveth
             defilement
             from
             us
             .
             Sin
             is
             like
             a
             Leprosie
             ,
             over
             the
             whole
             man
             ;
             like
             a
             gangrene
             spreading
             over
             the
             whole
             Soul.
             
          
           
             In
             thy
             favour
             is
             life
             ,
             Psal.
             30.
             5.
             
          
           
             Hostis
             Gratiae
             ,
             inimica
             salutis
             .
             Bern.
             
          
           
             Every
             wicked
             man
             carries
             (
             saith
             one
             )
             the
             Devils
             ,
             Pack
             .
          
           
             God's
             Spirit
             is
             an
             assisting
             and
             supporting
             Spirit
             .
          
           
             Love
             is
             due
             to
             God
             ,
             not
             onely
             for
             the
             Good
             he
             hath
             done
             us
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             Good
             that
             we
             hope
             for
             from
             him
             ,
             but
             for
             the
             Good
             that
             is
             in
             him
             .
             Yea
             God
             is
             to
             be
             loved
             for
             himself
             .
             
               Du
               Moulin
            
             ,
             Treatise
             of
             
               Peace
               and
               Contentment
               of
               Mind
            
             .
          
           
             Tota
             Lex
             Christi
             tribus
             literulis
             includitur
             :
             Ama.
             Deum
             ama
             ,
             &
             omnes
             leges
             servasti
             .
             Drexelius
             .
          
           
             Christus
             inter
             Amicos
             maximus
             .
          
           
             Praecepta
             docent
             ,
             exempla
             movent
             .
          
           
             
               Treatise
               of
            
             making
             Religion
             ones
             Business
             ,
             pag.
             333.
             
          
           
             Mr.
             
               Francis
               Xavarias
            
             counsel'd
             Iohn
             the
             Third
             ,
             King
             of
             Portugal
             ,
             to
             meditate
             every
             day
             ,
             a
             quarter
             of
             an
             hour
             upon
             this
             Text
             :
             
               What
               shall
               it
               profit
               a
               man
               to
               gain
               the
               whole
               World
               ,
               and
               lose
               his
               own
               Soul
               ,
            
             Mark
             8.
             36
             
             ?
          
           
             The
             Apostle
             Paul
             carryed
             the
             Image
             of
             Christ
             in
             his
             heart
             as
             a
             Saint
             ,
             the
             Message
             of
             Christ
             in
             his
             mouth
             as
             a
             Minister
             ,
             and
             the
             Mark
             of
             Christ
             in
             his
             body
             as
             a
             Martyr
             .
          
           
             The
             way
             to
             Paradise
             is
             by
             a
             flaming
             Sword
             ,
             the
             way
             to
             Canaan
             is
             through
             a
             howling
             Wilderness
             ,
             and
             the
             way
             to
             Heaven
             is
             by
             the
             Gates
             of
             Hell.
             
          
           
             Constantine
             the
             Great
             ,
             when
             hearing
             a
             Sermon
             ,
             would
             ever
             and
             anon
             start
             out
             of
             his
             Chair
             of
             State
             ,
             and
             stand
             up
             for
             a
             while
             ,
             being
             affected
             ,
             and
             (
             it
             may
             be
             )
             terrified
             with
             the
             Word
             ,
             insomuch
             that
             his
             Courtiers
             were
             amazed
             ,
             because
             such
             a
             posture
             did
             not
             become
             so
             high
             a
             place
             .
             
               Euseb.
               de
               vit
               .
               Constant.
               l.
               3.
               c.
            
             17.
             
          
           
             Tantâ
             reverentiâ
             ut
             si
             Deo
             ,
             &
             tantâ
             fiduciâ
             ut
             si
             amico
             .
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             Deus
             propitius
             est
             illis
             qui
             dolent
             quòd
             ipsum
             peccatis
             suic
             offenderunt
             ,
             ac
             proinde
             trepidant
             ,
             quum
             cogitant
             se
             damnationem
             aeternam
             esse
             meritos
             .
             
               Piscat
               .
               in
               loc
            
             .
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             v.
             28.
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             v.
             29.
             
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             Esau
             mourned
             ,
             Iudas
             confessed
             ,
             Ahab
             humbled
             himself
             in
             dust
             ,
             and
             Cain
             sacrificed
             ,
             but
             none
             of
             these
             were
             accepted
             with
             God
             ,
             because
             the
             root
             of
             the
             matter
             was
             not
             in
             them
             .
          
           
             Hypocritae
             cupit
             se
             videri
             justum
             .
          
           
             Thy
             people
             shall
             be
             willing
             in
             the
             day
             of
             thy
             power
             ,
             
               Psal.
               110.
               3.
               
               Hebr.
            
             Willingnesses
             ,
             
               the
               Abstract
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               Plural
               Number
               .
               See
            
             Psal.
             68.
             10.
             
             As
             if
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             could
             not
             speak
             enough
             how
             willing
             they
             are
             ,
             to
             note
             exceeding
             great
             willingness
             to
             submit
             to
             every
             Commandment
             of
             the
             Lord
             ;
             or
             it
             may
             signifie
             Free-will
             Offerings
             ,
             voluntary
             Oblations
             .
             
               Jun.
               &
               alii
            
             .
          
           
             Our
             Obedience
             must
             be
             compleat
             .
          
           
             We
             must
             not
             only
             begin
             well
             but
             end
             well
             .
          
           
             Finit
             coronat
             Opus
             .
          
           
             Rea.
             1.
             
          
           
             Rea.
             2.
             
          
           
             Religion
             that
             was
             first
             in
             Gods
             intention
             ,
             is
             now
             become
             last
             in
             mans
             execution
             .
          
           
             Rea.
             3.
             
          
           
             God
             can
             easily
             look
             us
             into
             the
             Grave
             ,
             &
             frown
             us
             into
             Hell.
             
          
           
             He
             is
             a
             beast
             in
             the
             shape
             of
             a
             Man
             ,
             that
             will
             not
             serve
             that
             God
             at
             whose
             Mercy
             he
             lies
             every
             moment
             .
          
           
             The
             work
             of
             Redemption
             is
             many
             wayes
             to
             be
             admired
             more
             than
             Creation
             .
          
           
             God
             is
             
               Centrum
               quietativum
            
             (
             as
             the
             Schools
             speak
             )
             the
             proper
             ,
             quieting
             resting
             Centre
             of
             the
             Soul
             ,
             and
             in
             him
             alone
             can
             it
             truely
             rest
             .
          
           
             In
             h●c
             peccabam
             quod
             non
             in
             Deo
             ,
             sed
             in
             creaturis
             ejus
             ,
             me
             atque
             caeteras
             voluptates
             quarebam
             ,
             atque
             ita
             irruebamin
             dolores
             ,
             confusiones
             &
             errores
             animae
             .
             Aug.
          
           
             Tu
             bonum
             null
             ▪
             indigens
             bouo
             ,
             semper
             quietus
             es
             ,
             quoniam
             tua
             quies
             tuipse
             es
             .
             Idem
             .
          
           
             Bonus
             est
             qui
             secit
             me
             ,
             &
             ipse
             est
             bonum
             meum
             ,
             &
             illi
             exulto
             omnibus
             bonis
             meis
             .
          
           
             He
             is
             Good
             that
             made
             me
             (
             saith
             Aug
             )
             and
             he
             is
             My
             Good
             ,
             and
             in
             him
             do
             I
             exult
             and
             rejoyce
             .
          
           
             Vse
             1.
             
          
           
             Vse
             2.
             
          
           
             Vse
             3.
             
          
           
             Doct.
             2.
             
          
           
             Rea.
             1.
             
          
           
             
               Iuventutis
               assecla
               est
               stultitia
            
             ;
             as
             a
             Page
             follows
             his
             Master
             ,
             so
             Folly
             follows
             Youth
             .
             
               Nazian
               .
               orat
               .
               46.
               in
               Ecclesiast
               .
            
          
           
             
               Vicina
               la●sibus
               est
               Adolescentia
            
             :
             Youth
             is
             the
             Age
             whereunto
             men
             are
             neerest
             ,
             and
             most
             ready
             to
             fall
             ;
             witness
             the
             Prodigal
             .
          
           
             Rea.
             2.
             
          
           
             Rea.
             3.
             
          
           
             The
             great
             weight
             of
             Eternity
             hangs
             upon
             the
             small
             wire
             of
             Time.
             
          
           
             Dumvires
             annique
             sinunt
             ,
             tolerate
             laborem
             ,
             I
             am
             veniet
             tacito
             curva
             senecta
             pede
             .
             Ovid.
             
          
           
             Iuveni
             parandum
             ,
             seni
             utendum
             ,
             Sen.
             
          
           
             Primitiae
             terrae
             ,
             &
             primitiae
             aetatis
             Deosacrae
             .
          
           
             Rea.
             4.
             
          
           
             Rea.
             5.
             
          
           
             It
             is
             observed
             ,
             that
             the
             Season
             of
             Grace
             is
             call'd
             but
             
               a
               Day
            
             ,
             not
             a
             Month
             ,
             Week
             or
             Year
             .
          
           
             The
             Season
             of
             Grace
             (
             saith
             one
             )
             is
             a
             Summers
             day
             for
             Clearness
             ,
             but
             a
             Winters
             day
             for
             Shortness
             .
          
           
             
             Caesar's
             deferring
             to
             read
             his
             Letter
             before
             he
             went
             to
             the
             Senate-house
             ,
             cost
             him
             his
             Life
             .
          
           
             Rea.
             6.
             
          
           
             The
             Word
             is
             as
             the
             Wax
             ,
             the
             Spirit
             is
             as
             the
             Seal
             ,
             so
             that
             the
             Spirit
             is
             the
             principal
             Verbal
             in
             the
             sentence
             .
          
           
             Rea.
             7.
             
          
           
             Motive
             1.
             
          
           
             Motive
             2.
             
          
           
             Motive
             3.
             
          
           
             Motive
             4.
             
          
           
             Noli
             (
             anima
             )
             diligere
             ea
             quae
             sunt
             in
             mundo
             ,
             peribit
             Mundus
             ,
             &
             omnia
             quae
             sunt
             in
             eo
             exurentur
             .
             Ger.
             Meditat.
             
          
           
             Amor
             rerum
             terrenarum
             viscus
             est
             spiritualium
             poenarum
             .
             Aug.
             
          
           
             Wirness
             
               Thomas
               Savage
            
             that
             penitent
             Sinner
             .
          
           
             Non
             saciendum
             ,
             quia
             Multifaciunt
             .
             sed
             quia
             Bonum
             ut
             Bon●m
             faciunt
             ,
             aut
             bene
             satis
             mihi
             sunt
             pauci
             ,
             satis
             unus
             ,
             satis
             nullus
             :
             August
             .
          
           
             Si
             potenti●res
             faciunt
             ,
             non
             faciunt
             ,
             sed
             gaudeo
             quia
             faciunt
             .