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           LESSONS
           Moral
           and
           Christian
           ,
           FOR
           YOUTH
           AND
           OLD
           AGE
           .
        
         
           In
           TWO
           SERMONS
           Preach'd
           at
           Guildhall
           Chappel
           ,
           London
           .
        
         
           Chiefl●
           intended
           for
           the
           Use
           of
           this
           City
           .
        
         
           Published
           at
           Request
           .
        
         
           By
           JOHN
           STRYP
           ,
           M.
           A.
           Vicar
           of
           Low-Leyton
           in
           Essex
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             I.
             Wyat
          
           at
           the
           Rose
           in
           S.
           
             Paul's
             Church-yard
          
           ,
           1699.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           THE
           READER
           .
        
         
           THO
           the
           publishing
           of
           Discourses
           of
           this
           Nature
           need
           no
           Apology
           ,
           being
           designed
           for
           so
           good
           an
           End
           ,
           to
           Reclaim
           ,
           if
           possible
           ,
           this
           degenerate
           Age
           of
           ours
           ;
           yet
           in
           truth
           the
           Cause
           of
           the
           Author
           's
           Printing
           these
           Sermons
           ,
           was
           a
           Letter
           sent
           him
           from
           some
           well-disposed
           
           Person
           ,
           wholly
           unknown
           to
           him
           :
           Which
           is
           as
           follows
           :
           
             
               
                 
                   SIR
                   ,
                
              
               
                 Hoping
                 that
                 you
                 will
                 not
                 be
                 offended
                 at
                 my
                 Resolution
                 ,
                 I
                 make
                 bold
                 to
                 acquaint
                 you
                 therewith
                 ;
                 Which
                 is
                 as
                 follows
                 .
                 That
                 whereas
                 you
                 did
                 Preach
                 before
                 the
                 Honorable
                 the
                 Lord
                 Mayor
                 on
                 Sunday
                 last
                 ,
                 it
                 so
                 fell
                 out
                 that
                 I
                 was
                 then
                 your
                 Auditor
                 .
                 And
                 truly
                 I
                 want
                 Words
                 to
                 
                 express
                 the
                 Satisfaction
                 I
                 took
                 in
                 that
                 Discourse
                 ,
                 and
                 withall
                 do
                 judge
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 would
                 be
                 of
                 mighty
                 Advantage
                 to
                 Aged
                 Persons
                 to
                 have
                 that
                 Sermon
                 made
                 Publick
                 ,
                 there
                 being
                 not
                 as
                 I
                 know
                 of
                 ,
                 any
                 Discourse
                 of
                 that
                 Nature
                 made
                 publick
                 ;
                 especially
                 in
                 Words
                 so
                 plain
                 and
                 expressive
                 of
                 the
                 Duty
                 and
                 Demeanour
                 incumbent
                 on
                 them
                 .
                 And
                 therefore
                 Sir
                 ,
                 I
                 am
                 bold
                 to
                 tell
                 you
                 ,
                 that
                 as
                 
                 that
                 Sermon
                 was
                 then
                 taken
                 in
                 Characters
                 ,
                 so
                 I
                 intend
                 to
                 make
                 it
                 publick
                 ,
                 unless
                 your self
                 prevent
                 my
                 so
                 doing
                 ,
                 by
                 causing
                 it
                 to
                 be
                 Printed
                 by
                 your
                 own
                 Order
                 .
                 Which
                 indeed
                 I
                 rather
                 desire
                 ,
                 since
                 it
                 must
                 needs
                 come
                 more
                 perfect
                 out
                 of
                 your
                 Hand
                 ,
                 than
                 it
                 can
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 hands
                 of
                 one
                 ,
                 who
                 writing
                 in
                 haste
                 cannot
                 but
                 commit
                 some
                 Oversights
                 :
                 And
                 especially
                 since
                 you
                 mentioned
                 
                 another
                 Sermon
                 before
                 Preached
                 in
                 that
                 Audience
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 addrest
                 to
                 Young
                 Persons
                 .
                 Which
                 Sermon
                 I
                 did
                 did
                 not
                 hear
                 ;
                 but
                 if
                 there
                 be
                 in
                 it
                 those
                 Marks
                 and
                 Tokens
                 of
                 a
                 Christian
                 Spirit
                 as
                 appeared
                 in
                 that
                 other
                 which
                 was
                 addrest
                 to
                 Aged
                 Men
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 pity
                 but
                 the
                 same
                 should
                 be
                 made
                 publick
                 with
                 it
                 .
                 And
                 I
                 hope
                 you
                 will
                 do
                 it
                 ,
                 if
                 you
                 think
                 fit
                 to
                 prevent
                 this
                 my
                 Resolution
                 ,
                 
                 which
                 I
                 shall
                 forbear
                 to
                 put
                 in
                 execution
                 ,
                 till
                 about
                 a
                 Month
                 be
                 past
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 may
                 understand
                 your
                 Determination
                 .
              
               
                 Sir
                 ,
                 I
                 humbly
                 beg
                 your
                 Pardon
                 for
                 this
                 Boldness
                 ,
                 and
                 hope
                 you
                 will
                 not
                 take
                 it
                 in
                 ill
                 part
                 ,
                 since
                 it
                 is
                 the
                 Good
                 of
                 Mankind
                 ,
                 that
                 constrains
                 me
                 thereunto
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Who
                   am
                   yours
                   I.
                   
                
              
            
          
        
         
         
           This
           Letter
           induced
           me
           to
           make
           these
           Two
           Discourses
           Publick
           ,
           hoping
           they
           may
           prove
           as
           useful
           as
           they
           were
           by
           that
           Gentleman
           supposed
           to
           be
           .
           Tho
           I
           confess
           I
           have
           not
           been
           hasty
           to
           do
           it
           ,
           till
           now
           a
           good
           while
           after
           ,
           upon
           a
           particular
           occasion
           ,
           Preaching
           one
           of
           them
           again
           ,
           some
           that
           heard
           it
           thought
           it
           so
           seasonable
           for
           their
           own
           Spiritual
           Needs
           ,
           that
           they
           desired
           to
           have
           it
           to
           Read
           ,
           Consider
           ,
           and
           make
           their
           Better
           use
           of
           ;
           which
           is
           the
           True
           Cause
           of
           hastening
           this
           Impression
           .
           
           And
           thus
           wishing
           God's
           Blessing
           to
           accompany
           the
           reading
           of
           this
           Little
           Book
           ,
           I
           bid
           the
           Reader
           Farewell
           .
        
         
           
             J.
             STRYP
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           Admonitions
           TO
           YOUTH
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 TIT.
                 II.
                 6
              
               .
            
             
               Young
               Men
               likewise
               exhort
               to
               be
               sober
               minded
               .
            
          
        
         
           THIS
           Honourable
           Auditory
           will
           excuse
           the
           Subject
           I
           have
           taken
           for
           my
           present
           Discourse
           ,
           when
           they
           
           shall
           consider
           ,
           how
           much
           the
           Future
           Good
           of
           the
           Universe
           depends
           upon
           the
           Sobriety
           of
           Youth
           .
           If
           they
           that
           are
           to
           come
           next
           upon
           the
           Stage
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           to
           act
           their
           Parts
           there
           ,
           would
           but
           avoid
           the
           Folly
           and
           Wickedness
           of
           the
           present
           Age
           ,
           and
           frame
           themselves
           to
           better
           and
           wiser
           Courses
           than
           are
           now
           commonly
           taken
           ,
           how
           much
           happier
           would
           the
           Condition
           of
           Mankind
           be
           ?
           For
           't
           is
           a
           very
           bad
           World
           we
           live
           in
           ,
           (
           that
           we
           all
           feel
           ,
           and
           as
           many
           as
           are
           Good
           ,
           lament
           )
           .
           And
           such
           Root
           have
           Vices
           got
           in
           the
           Hearts
           of
           Men
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           little
           hope
           to
           see
           any
           Amendment
           in
           our
           Days
           .
           And
           there
           
           is
           no
           Way
           but
           one
           to
           mend
           this
           Degenerate
           World
           under
           the
           mighty
           Grace
           of
           God
           ;
           and
           that
           is
           ,
           that
           Care
           be
           taken
           ,
           that
           the
           next
           Generation
           be
           made
           better
           .
        
         
           And
           to
           make
           that
           so
           ,
           Youth
           must
           be
           better
           Principled
           ,
           and
           better
           minded
           .
           Extraordinary
           Care
           must
           be
           taken
           of
           the
           Education
           of
           the
           Younger
           Sort
           ;
           that
           they
           imbibe
           in
           their
           tender
           years
           Sobriety
           and
           Virtue
           ;
           That
           their
           Souls
           may
           be
           imbued
           with
           a
           true
           Fear
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           with
           right
           Apprehensions
           of
           Virtue
           and
           Vice.
           They
           must
           be
           taught
           from
           their
           earliest
           Days
           to
           hate
           Sin
           ;
           and
           they
           must
           be
           shewn
           the
           Baseness
           ,
           the
           Disorders
           ,
           the
           Irregularities
           and
           Mischievousness
           of
           it
           .
           
           And
           they
           must
           be
           inwardly
           convinced
           of
           the
           Amiableness
           ,
           and
           the
           Rectitude
           ,
           and
           the
           Profitableness
           of
           a
           sober
           and
           just
           Life
           and
           Conversation
           .
           They
           must
           be
           learned
           to
           have
           a
           great
           Sense
           and
           Awe
           of
           Almighty
           God
           upon
           their
           Minds
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           a
           great
           Conscience
           to
           Love
           their
           Neighbours
           ,
           and
           to
           do
           them
           all
           exact
           Justice
           and
           Equity
           ;
           and
           to
           be
           willing
           to
           be
           at
           Pains
           and
           Charges
           to
           do
           Offices
           of
           Friendship
           and
           Compassion
           to
           Men
           in
           their
           Necessities
           .
        
         
           Could
           Young
           Men
           ,
           who
           are
           the
           Expectation
           of
           the
           next
           Generation
           ,
           and
           who
           must
           Act
           and
           bear
           their
           Parts
           in
           that
           ▪
           could
           they
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           be
           thus
           Disciplined
           ,
           What
           a
           Golden
           Age
           
           would
           return
           after
           this
           cruel
           Iron
           Age
           of
           Ours
           ?
        
         
           This
           will
           be
           sufficient
           to
           justify
           the
           Subject
           I
           have
           taken
           in
           hand
           to
           Treat
           of
           before
           you
           .
           Worthy
           Citizens
           ,
           namely
           ,
           To
           give
           some
           Seasonable
           Admonitions
           to
           Youth
           ;
           which
           is
           such
           a
           considerable
           Part
           of
           this
           great
           City
           :
           Some
           Thousands
           of
           Young
           Persons
           being
           transplanted
           hither
           every
           Year
           from
           all
           Parts
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           to
           learn
           Trades
           and
           Ocupations
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           necessary
           Services
           of
           it
           .
           And
           these
           are
           in
           the
           next
           Generation
           to
           supply
           your
           Places
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           the
           Traders
           ,
           Members
           and
           Magistrates
           of
           London
           .
           The
           Wisdom
           and
           Sobriety
           of
           the
           Inhabitants
           whereof
           hath
           such
           a
           notable
           Influence
           
           upon
           the
           Welfare
           and
           Prosperity
           not
           only
           of
           the
           City
           it self
           ,
           but
           of
           the
           whole
           Nation
           .
        
         
           Let
           us
           therefore
           review
           the
           Text
           ,
           and
           the
           Occasion
           of
           it
           .
           
             Young
             Men
             exhort
             to
             be
             Sober-minded
             .
          
        
         
           St.
           Paul
           had
           sent
           forth
           Titus
           to
           be
           a
           Preacher
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           and
           to
           instruct
           Men
           in
           the
           Ways
           of
           Christian
           Piety
           and
           Peace
           .
           And
           here
           in
           this
           Epistle
           to
           him
           he
           is
           instructing
           the
           Instructer
           ,
           and
           directing
           him
           in
           a
           faithful
           Discharge
           of
           his
           Ministry
           .
           And
           particularly
           he
           admonisheth
           him
           to
           apply
           himself
           and
           his
           Instructions
           to
           the
           People
           with
           respect
           unto
           their
           Age.
           To
           those
           that
           were
           well
           grown
           in
           years
           :
           Aged
           
           Men
           ,
           Ver.
           2.
           
           That
           he
           should
           exhort
           those
           to
           be
           
             Sober
             ,
             Grave
             ,
             Temperate
          
           ,
           &c.
           Aged
           Women
           ,
           Ver.
           3.
           that
           he
           should
           remind
           them
           
             to
             be
             in
             Behaviour
             as
             became
             Holiness
             ,
             not
             false
             Accusers
             ,
          
           &c.
           And
           then
           Ver.
           6.
           the
           Apostle
           directs
           him
           also
           to
           suit
           his
           Instructions
           to
           the
           Young
           as
           well
           as
           to
           the
           Old
           :
           
             Young
             Men
             likewise
             exhort
             to
             be
             Sober-minded
             .
          
        
         
           There
           be
           various
           Vices
           incident
           to
           Persons
           according
           to
           their
           several
           Ages
           .
           The
           Elder
           Sort
           is
           addicted
           to
           such
           and
           such
           evil
           Ways
           and
           evil
           Qualities
           :
           And
           the
           Younger
           and
           more
           Gay
           ,
           to
           many
           other
           sorts
           of
           Folly.
           And
           particularly
           as
           their
           Spirits
           are
           more
           hot
           and
           vigorous
           ,
           so
           they
           are
           more
           violently
           
           carried
           out
           towards
           external
           Objects
           ,
           that
           promise
           them
           Pleasure
           in
           the
           Enjoyment
           .
           And
           they
           cannot
           bear
           any
           Restraint
           .
           They
           must
           have
           their
           Desires
           ,
           however
           inconvenient
           or
           unlawful
           they
           be
           .
           Their
           Lusts
           ,
           and
           their
           Appetites
           and
           Passions
           ,
           must
           be
           satisfied
           .
           And
           they
           will
           break
           through
           all
           Bars
           and
           Impediments
           whatsoever
           for
           the
           Gratification
           thereof
           .
           The
           Pleasures
           and
           Vanities
           of
           the
           World
           impetuously
           assault
           them
           ;
           and
           they
           cannot
           withstand
           .
           And
           they
           want
           an
           Ear
           to
           listen
           to
           Reason
           and
           good
           Counsel
           ,
           whensoever
           these
           would
           stop
           them
           in
           their
           Careers
           .
           Their
           Humours
           must
           be
           gratified
           ,
           whatever
           come
           
           of
           it
           .
           And
           it
           is
           not
           Counsel
           and
           Consideration
           ,
           nothing
           but
           Force
           ,
           can
           keep
           them
           in
           .
           And
           therefore
           it
           is
           so
           necessary
           for
           such
           to
           be
           under
           Tutors
           and
           Governours
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           is
           the
           proper
           Weakness
           and
           Frailty
           of
           Young
           Men
           ;
           Great
           Addictedness
           to
           Pleasure
           ,
           and
           Violent
           Pursuits
           of
           it
           .
           Now
           the
           contrary
           to
           this
           is
           Modesty
           or
           Sobriety
           .
           Which
           therefore
           Titus
           is
           bid
           here
           to
           take
           care
           to
           exhort
           them
           to
           .
           To
           be
           Sober-minded
           ,
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           .
           It
           signifies
           to
           use
           a
           Bridle
           ,
           to
           be
           Modest
           ,
           and
           to
           keep
           in
           our
           Lusts
           and
           our
           Passions
           within
           their
           due
           Bounds
           and
           Limits
           .
           That
           we
           gratify
           them
           not
           at
           any
           time
           ,
           or
           in
           any
           thing
           ,
           whatever
           
           Cravings
           they
           make
           ,
           if
           God
           forbid
           it
           ,
           if
           Reason
           disallow
           it
           ,
           if
           it
           draw
           Sin
           or
           Inconveniency
           after
           it
           ;
           if
           God
           should
           be
           thereby
           disobeyed
           ,
           or
           Religion
           dishonoured
           ,
           or
           if
           it
           bring
           a
           Guilt
           upon
           Conscience
           .
        
         
           And
           thus
           you
           have
           seen
           what
           it
           is
           to
           be
           Sober-minded
           ,
           and
           what
           Reason
           the
           Apostle
           had
           to
           advise
           Titus
           to
           exhort
           Young
           Men
           so
           to
           be
           .
           My
           Business
           now
           shall
           be
           only
           
             
               I.
               To
               do
               that
               which
               the
               Apostle
               here
               exhorts
               Titus
               ,
               and
               in
               him
               all
               Gospel
               Ministers
               to
               do
               ,
               namely
               ,
               To
               instruct
               Young
               Men
               to
               be
               Sober-minded
               .
            
             
               II.
               That
               my
               Exhortation
               may
               take
               the
               better
               Effect
               ,
               I
               
               shall
               propound
               to
               them
               divers
               Motives
               and
               Considerations
               .
               And
            
             
               III.
               I
               shall
               Conclude
               all
               with
               some
               short
               Address
               to
               them
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             I.
             
          
           
             To
             Exhort
             Young
             Men
             to
             be
             Sober-minded
             .
             And
             they
             have
             certainly
             great
             need
             of
             it
             ,
             because
             there
             are
             so
             few
             that
             are
             so
             .
             The
             younger
             sort
             is
             sadly
             corrupted
             ,
             and
             vitiated
             ever
             from
             their
             tender
             Age.
             They
             have
             imbibed
             loose
             Principles
             ,
             that
             may
             best
             comport
             with
             loose
             Inclinations
             ,
             and
             suit
             to
             their
             Lusts.
             And
             as
             they
             grow
             up
             in
             Years
             ,
             they
             grow
             up
             as
             fast
             in
             Folly
             and
             Rashness
             .
             They
             do
             not
             love
             
             Advice
             ,
             and
             Detest
             sober
             Counsel
             ,
             and
             hate
             to
             be
             checked
             in
             their
             Pursuits
             and
             Appetites
             :
             and
             are
             apt
             to
             despise
             and
             scoff
             at
             their
             Elders
             ,
             and
             to
             think
             themselves
             far
             wiser
             than
             they
             :
             That
             they
             may
             the
             more
             securely
             and
             uncontrollably
             follow
             their
             Vanities
             .
             And
             so
             they
             commonly
             stain
             their
             Souls
             with
             grievous
             Blots
             of
             Sin
             and
             Wickedness
             .
             It
             is
             a
             sad
             Consideration
             indeed
             to
             observe
             how
             viciously
             disposed
             the
             Youth
             of
             our
             Age
             for
             the
             most
             part
             is
             .
             And
             it
             is
             a
             rare
             thing
             to
             see
             a
             Man
             young
             in
             Years
             ,
             Sober
             ,
             and
             Modest
             in
             his
             Manners
             ,
             Ingenuous
             in
             his
             Behaviour
             ,
             choosing
             good
             Courses
             ,
             and
             treading
             in
             the
             Steps
             of
             Virtue
             .
             This
             I
             say
             
             is
             somewhat
             rare
             to
             see
             ;
             scarce
             one
             in
             a
             Thousand
             .
             And
             this
             I
             speak
             ,
             not
             only
             of
             the
             Youth
             of
             the
             common
             sort
             ,
             but
             of
             the
             Superiour
             Ranks
             and
             Degrees
             among
             us
             :
             the
             Children
             of
             Worshipful
             and
             Honourable
             Families
             :
             Who
             ,
             if
             they
             live
             ,
             must
             have
             a
             great
             Influence
             upon
             many
             their
             Dependents
             ,
             their
             Servants
             ,
             Tenants
             ,
             and
             Inferiours
             ,
             that
             will
             follow
             their
             Example
             .
             So
             that
             whole
             Towns
             ,
             whole
             Counties
             ,
             the
             whole
             Kingdom
             is
             in
             danger
             to
             be
             corrupted
             and
             spoiled
             by
             their
             Means
             .
          
           
             And
             therefore
             surely
             there
             is
             high
             Reason
             most
             earnestly
             to
             deal
             with
             Youth
             by
             all
             the
             Ways
             and
             Means
             possible
             ,
             to
             Season
             their
             early
             Years
             with
             
             Sobriety
             ,
             to
             excite
             them
             to
             be
             Wise
             ,
             and
             to
             lay
             Restraint
             upon
             themselves
             ,
             and
             to
             prevail
             upon
             them
             not
             to
             run
             out
             into
             those
             Excesses
             of
             Riot
             and
             Wantonness
             that
             others
             do
             .
             To
             all
             Young
             Men
             therefore
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             as
             St.
             Paul
             did
             to
             young
             
               Timothy
               ;
               Flee
               also
               youthful
               Lusts.
               But
               follow
               Righteousness
               ,
               Faith
               ,
               Charity
               ,
               Peace
               with
               them
               that
               call
               on
               the
               Lord
               out
               of
               a
               pure
               Heart
               ,
            
             2
             Tim.
             II.
             22
             .
             Flee
             these
             Lusts
             ,
             as
             ye
             would
             flee
             from
             a
             Serpent
             .
             For
             they
             have
             as
             much
             deadly
             Venom
             .
             But
             that
             my
             Exhortation
             may
             take
             the
             better
             Effect
             ,
          
        
         
           
           
             II.
             
          
           
             I
             shall
             in
             the
             next
             place
             propound
             divers
             Motives
             and
             Considerations
             for
             this
             Purpose
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Let
             young
             Men
             consider
             Seriously
             what
             Obligations
             lye
             upon
             them
             from
             God.
             Oh!
             let
             them
             remember
             how
             peculiarly
             good
             and
             gracious
             he
             hath
             been
             to
             them
             .
             And
             will
             not
             they
             express
             their
             Sense
             of
             Gratitude
             to
             this
             their
             good
             God
             ,
             by
             being
             Sober
             ,
             and
             keeping
             his
             Commandments
             ?
             It
             was
             his
             Goodness
             that
             brought
             them
             into
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             provided
             them
             kind
             and
             indulgent
             Parents
             ,
             that
             cherished
             them
             ,
             and
             most
             tenderly
             
             brought
             them
             up
             in
             their
             helpless
             Infancy
             .
             
               Their
               helpless
               Infancy
            
             I
             say
             .
             For
             a
             Humane
             Creature
             of
             all
             others
             ,
             when
             it
             is
             first
             born
             ,
             is
             most
             unable
             to
             help
             it self
             ,
             and
             must
             inevitably
             perish
             from
             the
             very
             Womb
             ,
             without
             the
             mere
             Mercy
             of
             God
             encline
             others
             to
             interpose
             their
             tender
             Care
             of
             it
             ,
             to
             feed
             ,
             and
             cloath
             ,
             and
             keep
             it
             warm
             ,
             and
             defend
             it
             from
             Injury
             .
             This
             is
             God's
             Goodness
             ,
             thus
             to
             incline
             the
             Hearts
             of
             others
             to
             us
             in
             this
             poor
             forlorn
             State
             wherein
             we
             are
             cast
             ,
             when
             we
             first
             come
             into
             the
             World.
             
          
           
             And
             it
             is
             God's
             Goodness
             still
             to
             us
             ,
             that
             under
             all
             the
             Troubles
             and
             Sorrows
             we
             create
             our
             Parents
             and
             Friends
             ,
             
             and
             our
             many
             unhansome
             and
             disobliging
             Carriages
             towards
             them
             ,
             while
             we
             are
             thus
             young
             ,
             their
             Tenderness
             and
             Patience
             towards
             us
             still
             perseveres
             and
             holds
             out
             .
             And
             as
             we
             grow
             up
             in
             Days
             and
             Months
             ,
             and
             Years
             ,
             they
             take
             care
             of
             our
             Youth
             ,
             to
             Educate
             and
             Instruct
             us
             ,
             and
             to
             Supply
             us
             with
             whatsoever
             we
             need
             ,
             Streightning
             themselves
             for
             our
             Accommodation
             ;
             and
             procure
             to
             have
             us
             informed
             in
             such
             Knowledge
             ,
             Arts
             and
             Sciences
             ,
             as
             may
             enable
             us
             to
             provide
             for
             our Selves
             ,
             and
             to
             live
             comfortably
             when
             they
             are
             dead
             and
             gone
             ,
             and
             can
             take
             no
             more
             Care
             of
             us
             .
          
           
             These
             Instincts
             of
             Love
             ,
             Tenderness
             and
             Kindness
             ,
             are
             
             all
             owing
             to
             God
             ,
             that
             inspired
             our
             Friends
             and
             Relations
             with
             these
             Indulgences
             towards
             us
             .
          
           
             Moreover
             ,
             't
             is
             his
             Goodness
             to
             thee
             ,
             O
             Young
             Man
             ,
             that
             he
             hath
             made
             thee
             a
             Rational
             Creature
             ;
             given
             thee
             Reason
             and
             Understanding
             ,
             and
             advanced
             thee
             above
             the
             Rank
             of
             inferiour
             Creatures
             ;
             That
             
               teacheth
               thee
               more
               than
               the
               Beasts
               of
               the
               Earth
               ,
               and
               maketh
               thee
               Wiser
               than
               the
               Fouls
               of
               Heaven
               ,
            
             Job
             xxxv
             .
             11
             .
             It
             is
             Elihu's
             Contemplation
             .
          
           
             Again
             ,
             It
             is
             his
             Goodness
             to
             thee
             ,
             O
             young
             Man
             ,
             that
             when
             thou
             hast
             not
             remembred
             thy
             Creator
             ,
             but
             hast
             so
             often
             ,
             and
             so
             sadly
             forgotten
             him
             ,
             he
             hath
             spared
             thee
             ,
             and
             
             not
             punished
             thee
             with
             some
             grievous
             Judgment
             in
             the
             Act
             and
             Commission
             of
             thy
             Sin.
             Thou
             hast
             broken
             his
             holy
             and
             awful
             Commandments
             (
             it
             may
             be
             from
             the
             first
             Commandment
             to
             the
             last
             )
             notwlthstanding
             thou
             hast
             known
             them
             ,
             and
             been
             taught
             them
             by
             thy
             Parents
             ,
             and
             by
             thy
             Instructers
             .
             Nay
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             mean
             while
             thou
             hast
             been
             so
             far
             from
             Repentance
             ,
             that
             thou
             hast
             hardly
             been
             sensible
             what
             a
             young
             Rebel
             thou
             hast
             been
             to
             thy
             great
             and
             good
             God.
             And
             yet
             he
             hath
             forbore
             to
             strike
             thee
             ,
             as
             he
             justly
             might
             .
          
           
             This
             ,
             and
             a
             great
             deal
             more
             might
             be
             added
             to
             shew
             ,
             what
             mighty
             Obligations
             young
             Men
             lye
             under
             to
             their
             Maker
             .
             And
             
             should
             not
             this
             stir
             them
             up
             to
             love
             and
             fear
             him
             ,
             and
             to
             restrain
             themselves
             from
             doing
             any
             thing
             to
             offend
             and
             anger
             him
             ;
             but
             rather
             to
             lead
             their
             future
             Lives
             in
             that
             Sobriety
             ,
             Care
             and
             Watchfulness
             ,
             that
             would
             be
             so
             acceptable
             to
             him
             ?
          
           
             2.
             
             Young
             Men
             have
             a
             Prospect
             of
             a
             longer
             Tract
             of
             Time
             to
             live
             ,
             than
             the
             more
             Elderly
             .
             And
             therefore
             Sobriety
             is
             necessary
             for
             them
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             order
             and
             dispose
             themselves
             ,
             that
             the
             Series
             and
             Course
             of
             their
             Lives
             may
             be
             comfortable
             and
             happy
             to
             them
             .
             Which
             it
             cannot
             be
             ,
             if
             Men
             begin
             with
             Vice
             and
             Licentiousness
             .
             Man's
             Life
             is
             a
             Race
             .
             Now
             if
             a
             Man
             were
             
             to
             run
             a
             Race
             ,
             and
             should
             set
             out
             with
             all
             the
             Violence
             and
             Irregularity
             that
             ever
             he
             could
             ,
             he
             were
             like
             to
             Tire
             before
             he
             were
             got
             half
             way
             :
             And
             so
             should
             render
             all
             the
             rest
             of
             his
             Way
             very
             wearisome
             and
             irksome
             to
             him
             .
             But
             if
             he
             began
             with
             more
             Deliberation
             ,
             and
             set
             out
             with
             more
             Sobriety
             ,
             he
             would
             with
             more
             Ease
             and
             Comfort
             hold
             out
             all
             along
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Way
             he
             was
             to
             go
             .
             And
             just
             so
             it
             is
             with
             our
             Lives
             .
             Most
             Men
             set
             out
             this
             Race
             of
             humane
             Life
             with
             a
             violent
             Propension
             to
             Evil
             ,
             and
             a
             continual
             Gratification
             of
             the
             Lusts
             and
             Desires
             of
             the
             Flesh
             ;
             Spend
             their
             Health
             ,
             and
             their
             Credit
             ,
             and
             their
             Estates
             oftentimes
             too
             ,
             in
             Debauchery
             and
             
             Disorder
             .
             And
             so
             the
             Thred
             of
             their
             Lives
             is
             either
             cut
             off
             in
             the
             midst
             ,
             or
             if
             it
             be
             not
             ,
             all
             the
             rest
             is
             spent
             in
             Vexation
             and
             Trouble
             ,
             in
             Sickness
             &
             Sorrow
             ,
             in
             Poverty
             ,
             and
             a
             Thousand
             Miseries
             ,
             that
             our
             first
             and
             early
             Follies
             have
             drawn
             upon
             us
             .
          
           
             And
             therefore
             ,
             O
             young
             Man
             ,
             as
             thou
             wouldst
             pass
             that
             Life
             that
             God
             hath
             allotted
             thee
             in
             this
             World
             ,
             (
             how
             long
             or
             how
             short
             soever
             it
             be
             )
             with
             Peace
             and
             Comfort
             ,
             the
             best
             way
             is
             to
             begin
             it
             well
             ,
             and
             to
             avoid
             those
             Follies
             and
             Errors
             that
             are
             so
             apt
             to
             defile
             that
             Age.
             For
          
           
             3.
             
             Consider
             further
             ,
             how
             the
             Sins
             of
             our
             Youth
             will
             create
             much
             Uneasiness
             and
             Sorrow
             afterward
             ,
             when
             we
             grow
             
             further
             into
             years
             .
             And
             this
             will
             appear
             in
             these
             two
             respects
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             God
             sometimes
             punisheth
             a
             Man
             many
             years
             after
             for
             the
             Iniquities
             of
             his
             Youth
             .
             There
             be
             many
             Afflictions
             and
             Calamities
             that
             befall
             us
             from
             the
             Hand
             of
             God
             ,
             which
             make
             our
             Lives
             not
             seldom
             very
             grievous
             unto
             us
             .
             And
             in
             our
             Search
             into
             the
             Causes
             of
             them
             ,
             one
             Rank
             of
             them
             must
             be
             the
             Sins
             of
             our
             Youth
             .
             To
             this
             it
             was
             that
             Iob
             attributed
             his
             present
             Extremities
             ,
             Iob
             xiii
             .
             26
             .
             
               Thou
               makest
               me
               to
               possess
               the
               Iniquities
               of
               my
               Youth
               .
               Iob
            
             was
             a
             good
             Man.
             He
             set
             God's
             Fear
             before
             his
             Eyes
             ,
             and
             particularly
             he
             was
             a
             Man
             of
             great
             Charity
             and
             large
             Compassion
             
             to
             all
             poor
             ,
             necessitous
             People
             .
             And
             that
             made
             him
             speak
             so
             largely
             in
             his
             own
             Justification
             .
             But
             yet
             he
             was
             it
             seems
             ,
             in
             his
             early
             Age
             carried
             away
             as
             well
             as
             others
             with
             youthful
             Lusts
             and
             Pleasures
             ,
             and
             did
             not
             remember
             his
             Creatour
             as
             he
             should
             have
             done
             in
             those
             days
             .
             And
             this
             he
             concludes
             was
             a
             Reason
             why
             God
             laid
             his
             Hand
             so
             heavy
             upon
             him
             :
             
               Thou
               makest
               me
               to
               possess
               the
               Iniquities
               of
               my
               Youth
               .
            
             And
             that
             is
             the
             Observation
             that
             Zophar
             one
             of
             
             Iob's
             Friends
             ,
             makes
             of
             those
             that
             begin
             early
             in
             Sin
             ,
             
               That
               their
               Bones
               are
               full
               of
               the
               Sins
               of
               their
               Youth
               ,
            
             Job
             xx
             .
             11
             .
             It
             seems
             to
             mean
             ,
             those
             Diseases
             that
             the
             Sins
             of
             Men's
             Youth
             oftentimes
             leave
             behind
             them
             
             in
             their
             Bodies
             .
             It
             sticks
             to
             their
             very
             Bones
             ;
             and
             is
             appointed
             by
             God
             to
             be
             a
             severe
             Remembrancer
             ,
             as
             long
             as
             they
             live
             ,
             of
             the
             vile
             and
             wretched
             Courses
             that
             they
             took
             when
             they
             were
             young
             .
          
           
             Why
             did
             David
             pray
             to
             God
             not
             to
             remember
             the
             Sins
             of
             his
             Youth
             ?
             
               Remember
               not
               ,
               Lord
               ,
               the
               Sins
               of
               my
               Youth
               ,
            
             Psal.
             xxv
             .
             7
             .
             Remember
             them
             not
             now
             ,
             O
             Lord
             ,
             in
             mine
             elder
             Age
             to
             punish
             me
             for
             them
             .
             David
             had
             left
             the
             Vanities
             of
             his
             Youth
             ,
             and
             was
             become
             a
             Man
             after
             God's
             own
             Heart
             ;
             and
             yet
             David
             met
             with
             very
             great
             Afflictions
             and
             Sufferings
             ;
             and
             God
             seemed
             ●n
             them
             to
             have
             remembred
             the
             Sins
             and
             Follies
             of
             his
             
             Youth
             .
             For
             God
             ,
             tho
             he
             Pardoneth
             Sins
             ,
             and
             imputeth
             not
             unto
             us
             our
             former
             Iniquities
             ,
             where
             he
             sees
             a
             penitent
             and
             reformed
             Heart
             and
             Life
             ,
             yet
             it
             is
             seldom
             but
             he
             takes
             some
             temporary
             Punishments
             upon
             Man
             for
             them
             first
             or
             last
             .
             As
             he
             pardoned
             the
             Sin
             of
             the
             Golden
             Calf
             ,
             yet
             when
             he
             Visited
             ,
             he
             would
             visit
             upon
             the
             Israelites
             that
             Sin.
             And
             therefore
             a
             good
             Man
             as
             long
             as
             he
             lives
             in
             his
             Prayers
             and
             Devotions
             ,
             among
             the
             rest
             of
             his
             Sins
             ,
             prays
             for
             the
             Pardon
             of
             his
             Youthful
             Sins
             ,
             and
             that
             God
             would
             be
             merciful
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             not
             punish
             him
             for
             them
             ;
             which
             he
             very
             often
             doth
             ,
             to
             the
             rendring
             the
             Christian's
             Life
             bitter
             unto
             him
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             as
             long
             as
             he
             lives
             .
          
           
           
             Secondly
             ,
             The
             Sins
             of
             your
             Youth
             will
             create
             much
             Uneasiness
             and
             Sorrow
             to
             you
             ,
             in
             respect
             of
             the
             Reflexions
             that
             your
             Consciences
             will
             make
             against
             you
             many
             years
             after
             .
             The
             Remembrance
             of
             your
             former
             Sins
             will
             be
             like
             a
             heavy
             Burden
             upon
             your
             Conscience
             .
             Conscience
             will
             put
             you
             in
             mind
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             twenty
             ,
             or
             thirty
             ,
             or
             forty
             years
             after
             ,
             of
             the
             Wickedness
             of
             your
             Youth
             ;
             of
             your
             Lyes
             and
             Shifts
             to
             conceal
             your
             Extravagances
             ,
             of
             your
             Disobedience
             and
             Obstinacy
             to
             your
             indulgent
             Parents
             ,
             of
             your
             Scoffing
             at
             their
             good
             Counsels
             ,
             of
             your
             Stealing
             from
             them
             to
             spend
             upon
             your
             Lusts
             ,
             of
             the
             Griefs
             and
             Afflictions
             you
             have
             caused
             to
             their
             gray
             
             Heads
             ;
             and
             of
             all
             the
             rest
             of
             your
             Uncleanness
             ,
             of
             your
             Debaucheries
             and
             Excesses
             .
             And
             if
             you
             have
             any
             Grace
             in
             you
             ,
             and
             have
             not
             utterly
             sinned
             away
             Conscience
             ,
             these
             things
             will
             now
             and
             then
             fly
             in
             your
             Face
             ,
             and
             be
             like
             so
             many
             Worms
             ,
             to
             bite
             and
             sting
             your
             very
             Hearts
             .
          
           
             I
             dare
             appeal
             for
             the
             Truth
             of
             this
             unto
             your Selves
             ,
             (
             as
             many
             as
             God
             hath
             given
             Grace
             unto
             afterward
             to
             grow
             wiser
             and
             better
             )
             how
             your
             youthful
             Lusts
             and
             Sins
             do
             rise
             up
             sometimes
             and
             reproach
             and
             upbraid
             you
             ;
             and
             the
             thoughts
             that
             you
             have
             been
             so
             bad
             ,
             and
             committed
             so
             much
             Sin
             in
             secret
             ,
             do
             still
             by
             Fits
             molest
             and
             trouble
             you
             .
             I
             have
             known
             a
             
             Person
             that
             hath
             condoled
             to
             me
             some
             particular
             Follies
             and
             Errors
             of
             his
             Youth
             thirty
             or
             forty
             years
             after
             ,
             with
             excessive
             Bitterness
             and
             Anguish
             of
             Mind
             .
             And
             tho
             ,
             as
             he
             told
             me
             ,
             he
             had
             most
             heartily
             repented
             of
             those
             Rashnesses
             and
             Sins
             ,
             yet
             the
             Conscience
             thereof
             made
             his
             whole
             Life
             uncomfortable
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             so
             interrupted
             his
             Devotions
             and
             Services
             of
             God
             ,
             that
             he
             could
             not
             look
             up
             to
             him
             with
             any
             Comfort
             ,
             but
             was
             so
             Self-condemned
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             afraid
             that
             God
             would
             throw
             all
             his
             Service
             like
             Dung
             back
             into
             his
             Face
             ,
             because
             they
             proceeded
             from
             so
             unworthy
             a
             Wretch
             as
             he
             had
             been
             .
          
           
           
             And
             therefore
             let
             that
             be
             another
             Motive
             to
             young
             People
             to
             take
             heed
             now
             to
             themselves
             ,
             that
             they
             preserve
             themselves
             in
             Sobriety
             and
             Virtue
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             not
             afterward
             have
             such
             severe
             Reckonings
             ,
             and
             lay
             a
             Foundation
             of
             so
             much
             Trouble
             and
             Sorrow
             to
             imbitter
             their
             future
             Days
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             On
             the
             other
             hand
             ,
             consider
             the
             Comforts
             that
             will
             arise
             to
             Age
             from
             an
             innocent
             well-spent-Youth
             .
             When
             we
             come
             to
             Years
             ,
             and
             begin
             to
             grow
             Gray
             ,
             and
             our
             Age
             puts
             us
             in
             mind
             of
             our
             Mortality
             ,
             and
             that
             we
             must
             not
             ,
             can
             not
             tarry
             much
             longer
             in
             this
             World
             then
             we
             begin
             ,
             I
             trust
             ,
             to
             think
             seriously
             what
             sort
             of
             Entertainment
             we
             are
             like
             to
             meet
             
             with
             in
             the
             other
             World
             ,
             and
             how
             God
             will
             look
             upon
             us
             when
             we
             come
             to
             dye
             ;
             and
             how
             it
             is
             like
             to
             fare
             with
             us
             to
             all
             Eternity
             .
             And
             this
             will
             put
             us
             upon
             thinking
             on
             our
             past
             Lives
             .
             And
             our
             Thoughts
             will
             run
             back
             to
             our
             early
             years
             ;
             how
             we
             led
             our
             Lives
             then
             ;
             how
             God
             was
             sought
             and
             served
             by
             us
             from
             our
             Youth
             .
             And
             if
             after
             this
             Search
             we
             find
             ,
             that
             God's
             Grace
             restrained
             us
             from
             youthful
             Follies
             ,
             and
             that
             we
             remembred
             our
             Creator
             in
             the
             Days
             of
             our
             Youth
             ;
             that
             we
             were
             just
             and
             honest
             ,
             sober
             and
             clean
             ,
             then
             there
             cannot
             happen
             a
             greater
             comfort
             to
             us
             :
             It
             will
             mightily
             strengthen
             our
             hopes
             ,
             that
             we
             are
             among
             the
             Number
             of
             
             God's
             Elect
             ,
             and
             that
             our
             Lot
             is
             among
             the
             Just.
             
          
           
             Besides
             ,
             the
             Comfort
             of
             our
             Youth
             spent
             soberly
             and
             well
             ,
             appears
             in
             this
             ,
             that
             a
             Man
             hath
             kept
             up
             his
             Credit
             and
             Reputation
             throughout
             his
             whole
             Life
             ;
             that
             from
             his
             Youth
             to
             his
             Old
             Age
             he
             hath
             constantly
             walked
             as
             became
             a
             good
             Man
             ;
             that
             he
             hath
             never
             stained
             nor
             bespotted
             his
             Life
             with
             deliberate
             and
             habitual
             Sins
             and
             Evils
             :
             that
             his
             Life
             hath
             been
             all
             of
             a
             piece
             ,
             and
             his
             Youth
             hath
             not
             shamed
             his
             Old
             Age.
             What
             a
             Comfort
             and
             a
             Rejoycing
             will
             this
             be
             ?
             There
             were
             two
             Sorts
             of
             Old
             Men
             among
             the
             Jews
             :
             One
             Sort
             were
             such
             as
             had
             lived
             loosly
             in
             their
             younger
             days
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             
             took
             up
             ,
             and
             grew
             Sober
             and
             Wise.
             But
             there
             was
             another
             sort
             among
             them
             ,
             whose
             Youth
             and
             Old
             Age
             both
             were
             well
             spent
             .
             They
             began
             well
             ,
             and
             so
             they
             continued
             .
             These
             two
             Sorts
             of
             Old
             Men
             in
             one
             of
             the
             great
             Feasts
             at
             the
             Temple
             ,
             used
             to
             stand
             in
             one
             of
             the
             Courts
             ,
             and
             pronounce
             these
             Words
             :
             The
             former
             sort
             said
             thus
             ,
             
               Blessed
               be
               our
               Old
               Age
               ,
               that
               hath
               made
               amends
               for
               the
               Sins
               of
               our
               Youth
               .
            
             But
             the
             latter
             said
             with
             more
             Comfort
             ,
             
               Blessed
               be
               our
               Youth
               ,
               that
               hath
               not
               shamed
               our
               Old
               Age.
            
             For
             indeed
             there
             is
             a
             Shame
             belongs
             to
             a
             Man
             as
             long
             as
             he
             lives
             ,
             for
             the
             Intemperance
             and
             Vices
             of
             his
             younger
             Years
             .
             But
             when
             any
             of
             us
             
             have
             had
             the
             Grace
             to
             spend
             our
             young
             days
             well
             ,
             it
             will
             be
             a
             Reputation
             and
             Honour
             unto
             our
             Old
             Age.
             And
             the
             Consideration
             of
             it
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             matter
             of
             Thankfulness
             to
             God
             ,
             that
             hath
             given
             us
             such
             Grace
             in
             our
             Youth
             ,
             so
             it
             is
             matter
             of
             Peace
             and
             Comfort
             unto
             us
             ,
             that
             we
             have
             kept
             up
             a
             fair
             Name
             in
             the
             World
             all
             our
             Days
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             Young
             Men
             are
             subject
             to
             Death
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Elder
             .
             Nay
             ,
             sometimes
             the
             younger
             are
             taken
             off
             ,
             when
             those
             that
             are
             gone
             further
             into
             Age
             and
             Years
             remain
             behind
             .
             And
             therefore
             ought
             not
             they
             to
             be
             Sober
             ,
             that
             whensoever
             they
             dye
             ,
             they
             may
             not
             be
             taken
             unprovided
             ?
             It
             is
             a
             foolish
             
             thing
             to
             put
             off
             the
             Purposes
             of
             a
             good
             Life
             on
             this
             Score
             ,
             that
             Men
             are
             young
             ,
             and
             may
             have
             many
             years
             more
             to
             live
             ,
             because
             nothing
             is
             so
             uncertain
             as
             the
             Life
             of
             Man.
             And
             we
             see
             Thousands
             of
             Instances
             of
             Men
             ,
             young
             in
             Years
             ,
             strong
             in
             Body
             ,
             vigorous
             in
             Health
             ,
             cut
             down
             suddenly
             by
             Fevers
             ,
             or
             some
             Accident
             or
             other
             :
             And
             they
             dye
             and
             go
             to
             their
             long
             home
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             such
             who
             have
             lived
             to
             Gray
             Hairs
             .
             And
             what
             a
             sad
             thing
             would
             it
             be
             for
             a
             young
             Man
             to
             suffer
             himself
             to
             be
             so
             cheated
             out
             of
             Heaven
             and
             Happiness
             ,
             because
             of
             the
             Conceit
             that
             he
             was
             young
             ,
             and
             might
             have
             lived
             many
             years
             more
             ?
             Oh!
             it
             ought
             to
             be
             every
             Man's
             
             Care
             above
             all
             his
             other
             Cares
             ,
             to
             think
             of
             Death
             ,
             and
             to
             prepare
             for
             the
             main
             Chance
             ;
             that
             when
             he
             goes
             out
             of
             this
             World
             ,
             he
             may
             pass
             into
             a
             better
             ,
             and
             leave
             a
             good
             Name
             behind
             them
             .
             And
             of
             all
             the
             Madnesses
             of
             Youth
             ,
             certainly
             this
             is
             one
             of
             the
             greatest
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             so
             apt
             to
             put
             away
             the
             Day
             of
             their
             Death
             from
             them
             ;
             and
             to
             indulge
             to
             all
             Sensuality
             ,
             as
             tho
             they
             were
             sure
             of
             many
             future
             years
             ;
             and
             to
             cry
             ,
             that
             it
             will
             be
             time
             enough
             hereafter
             to
             grow
             Sober
             .
             And
             then
             (
             Alas
             !
             )
             Death
             comes
             on
             a
             sudden
             ,
             and
             surprises
             them
             with
             all
             their
             Sins
             and
             Faults
             ,
             and
             Follies
             about
             them
             .
             And
             so
             they
             are
             undone
             to
             all
             Eternity
             .
          
           
           
             And
             therefore
             it
             is
             the
             only
             wise
             Course
             for
             young
             Men
             to
             take
             ,
             Viz.
             To
             Fear
             God
             in
             their
             Youth
             ,
             and
             to
             Depart
             from
             Evil
             at
             this
             present
             Time
             ,
             that
             in
             case
             Death
             should
             overtake
             them
             ,
             as
             it
             hath
             done
             others
             as
             young
             and
             flourishing
             as
             they
             ,
             it
             may
             not
             endanger
             their
             Everlasting
             Well-being
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             To
             name
             no
             more
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             a
             sober
             Conversation
             ,
             let
             young
             Men
             consider
             some
             notable
             Instances
             ,
             of
             Persons
             that
             have
             been
             exemplarily
             good
             from
             their
             Youth
             .
             For
             ,
             thanks
             be
             to
             God
             ,
             however
             corrupt
             the
             Generality
             of
             Youth
             are
             and
             have
             been
             ,
             yet
             there
             have
             been
             some
             admirable
             Instances
             ,
             of
             young
             Men
             that
             have
             begun
             ,
             and
             held
             out
             well
             
             in
             a
             holy
             ,
             chast
             ,
             wise
             and
             Godly
             Conversation
             .
             And
             methinks
             these
             Examples
             should
             inflame
             Youth
             to
             labour
             to
             imitate
             them
             ,
             and
             to
             live
             and
             to
             do
             as
             they
             have
             done
             .
             Youth
             is
             apt
             to
             Aspire
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             Ambitious
             ,
             and
             to
             reach
             after
             high
             things
             .
             Certainly
             there
             is
             no
             Ambition
             ,
             no
             Aspiring
             ,
             like
             that
             of
             endeavouring
             to
             come
             up
             to
             that
             Perfection
             and
             Glory
             ,
             that
             some
             young
             Men
             like
             themselves
             ,
             have
             done
             .
          
           
             What
             a
             brave
             young
             Person
             was
             Obadiah
             ,
             one
             of
             
             Ahab's
             Courtiers
             .
             A
             wicked
             Prince
             ,
             and
             a
             wicked
             Court
             ;
             but
             yet
             Obadiah
             was
             not
             infected
             by
             either
             ;
             but
             feared
             the
             Lord
             from
             his
             Youth
             ,
             when
             almost
             all
             the
             rest
             had
             cast
             him
             behind
             
             their
             Backs
             .
             He
             would
             not
             turn
             Idolater
             ,
             when
             the
             King
             and
             every
             one
             else
             did
             .
             No
             ,
             he
             feared
             the
             Lord
             from
             his
             Youth
             .
             So
             he
             tells
             
               Elijah
               ;
               But
               I
               thy
               Servant
               fear
               the
               Lord
               from
               my
               Youth
               ,
            
             1
             Kin.
             xviii
             .
             11
             .
             And
             that
             made
             him
             do
             such
             an
             adventurous
             Act
             ,
             to
             hide
             God's
             Prophets
             by
             Fifty
             in
             a
             Cave
             ,
             and
             feed
             them
             with
             Bread
             and
             Water
             ,
             when
             Iezabel
             had
             slain
             so
             many
             as
             she
             could
             find
             ;
             and
             probably
             had
             made
             it
             Death
             to
             conceal
             them
             .
             And
             what
             a
             World
             of
             Good
             did
             that
             single
             good
             Man
             in
             those
             wicked
             Times
             ?
             And
             that
             chiefly
             ,
             because
             of
             that
             Fear
             of
             God
             which
             possessed
             his
             Mind
             from
             his
             Youth
             ;
             and
             so
             influenced
             all
             his
             after-Age
             .
          
           
           
             Again
             ,
             What
             an
             incomparable
             Person
             was
             young
             King
             Iosiah
             ;
             and
             what
             admirable
             Service
             did
             he
             do
             for
             God
             and
             his
             Honour
             ,
             when
             his
             Kingdom
             had
             been
             by
             the
             Default
             of
             former
             Kings
             ,
             so
             polluted
             with
             Idolatry
             ?
             What
             a
             Reformation
             did
             he
             make
             in
             Iudah
             ,
             when
             he
             was
             very
             Young
             ?
             What
             Zeal
             for
             God
             was
             he
             endued
             withall
             ;
             and
             how
             sweet
             is
             the
             Remembrance
             of
             him
             unto
             this
             Day
             ,
             through
             so
             many
             successive
             Generations
             of
             the
             World
             ?
             That
             a
             Man
             so
             young
             in
             years
             should
             have
             such
             a
             great
             Sense
             of
             God
             upon
             his
             Soul
             ,
             and
             have
             the
             Courage
             to
             do
             so
             much
             for
             him
             .
             Of
             him
             thus
             doth
             Iesus
             
             the
             Son
             of
             Syrach
             speak
             ,
             Ecclus.
             xlix
             .
             1
             ,
             2.
             
             
               The
               Remembrance
               of
            
             Josias
             
               is
               like
               the
               Composition
               of
               the
               Perfume
               that
               is
               made
               by
               the
               Art
               of
               the
               Apothecary
               .
               It
               is
               sweet
               as
               Hony
               in
               all
               Mouths
               ,
               and
               as
               Musick
               at
               a
               Banquet
               of
               Wine
               .
               He
               behaved
               himself
               uprightly
               in
               the
               Conversion
               of
               his
               People
            
             (
             he
             means
             from
             their
             Idolatry
             )
             
               and
               took
               away
               the
               Abominations
               of
               Iniquity
               .
               He
               directed
               his
               Heart
               unto
               the
               Lord
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               Time
               of
               the
               Vngodly
               he
               established
               the
               Worship
               of
               God.
            
             And
             that
             which
             was
             the
             Glory
             of
             all
             the
             rest
             ,
             this
             he
             did
             even
             in
             his
             young
             and
             tender
             Age.
             
               In
               the
               Eighth
               Year
               of
               his
               Reign
            
             (
             that
             is
             when
             he
             was
             but
             Sixteen
             years
             old
             )
             
               while
               he
               was
               yet
               young
               ,
               he
               began
               to
               seek
               after
               the
               God
               of
            
             
             David
             
               his
               Father
            
             ,
             2
             Chron.
             xxxiv
             .
             3
             .
             
               And
               in
               the
               Twelfth
               Year
            
             (
             that
             is
             ,
             being
             but
             Twenty
             years
             of
             Age
             )
             
               he
               began
               to
               purge
            
             Judah
             and
             Jerusalem
             
               from
               the
               high
               Places
               and
               the
               Groves
               ,
            
             &c.
             
          
           
             Iob
             also
             from
             his
             tenderest
             Age
             was
             disposed
             and
             addicted
             to
             Piety
             .
             He
             loved
             ,
             and
             was
             tender
             of
             the
             Poor
             even
             from
             his
             Childhood
             ;
             as
             he
             tells
             us
             himself
             :
             
               If
               I
               have
               with-held
               the
               Poor
               from
               their
               Desire
               ,
               or
               have
               caused
               the
               Eyes
               of
               the
               Widow
               to
               fail
               :
               Or
               have
               eaten
               my
               Morsel
               my self
               alone
               ,
               and
               the
               Fatherless
               hath
               not
               eaten
               thereof
               ,
            
             Job
             xxxi
             .
             16
             ,
             17
             ,
             18.
             
             And
             then
             observe
             what
             followeth
             ,
             
               For
               from
               my
            
             YOUTH
             ,
             he
             (
             that
             is
             ,
             the
             Fatherless
             )
             
               was
               brought
               up
               
               with
               me
               as
               with
               a
               Father
               .
            
             (
             From
             his
             Youth
             he
             was
             as
             a
             Father
             to
             the
             Fatherless
             .
             )
             
               And
               I
               have
               guided
               her
            
             (
             that
             is
             ,
             the
             Widow
             before
             spoken
             of
             )
             
               from
               my
               Mother
               's
               Womb.
            
             From
             my
             Mother's
             Womb
             ;
             he
             means
             ,
             from
             his
             very
             first
             Age
             ,
             when
             he
             was
             very
             young
             ,
             he
             had
             a
             Love
             and
             a
             Compassion
             for
             poor
             Widows
             ;
             and
             when
             he
             was
             but
             a
             Child
             ,
             he
             shewed
             himself
             a
             Father
             to
             Orphans
             .
             And
             as
             he
             grew
             on
             in
             years
             ,
             still
             he
             persevered
             in
             the
             same
             charitable
             ,
             compassionate
             Sense
             of
             their
             Wants
             ;
             and
             according
             to
             his
             large
             Ability
             and
             Authority
             ,
             relieved
             them
             .
          
           
             Such
             another
             early
             good
             Man
             was
             Iesus
             the
             Son
             of
             Syrach
             ,
             who
             was
             the
             Compiler
             of
             that
             
             excellent
             Book
             of
             Ecclesiasticus
             ,
             so
             replenisht
             with
             Sentences
             of
             great
             Wisdom
             ,
             and
             Rules
             of
             Admirable
             Morality
             and
             good
             Life
             .
             This
             Man
             from
             his
             Youth
             thirsted
             after
             Wisdom
             ,
             (
             that
             is
             ,
             the
             Fear
             of
             God
             )
             and
             prayed
             to
             God
             to
             bestow
             it
             on
             him
             ;
             and
             added
             his
             own
             Endeavour
             ,
             and
             obtain'd
             it
             .
             Which
             he
             thus
             relateth
             to
             us
             himself
             ,
             Ecclus.
             Li.
             13
             ,
             &c.
             
             
               When
               I
               was
               yet
               young
               ,
               or
               ever
               I
               went
               abroad
               ,
               I
               desired
               Wisdom
               openly
               in
               my
               Prayer
               .
               I
               prayed
               for
               her
               before
               the
               Temple
               ,
               and
               will
               seek
               her
               out
               even
               to
               the
               End.
               Even
               from
               the
               Flower
               till
               the
               Grape
               was
               ripe
               ,
            
             (
             that
             is
             ,
             from
             the
             Spring
             of
             his
             Years
             till
             the
             Autumn
             of
             his
             Age
             )
             
               my
               Heart
               delighted
               in
               her
               ;
               my
               Foot
               went
               the
               
               right
               way
               .
               From
               my
               Youth
               up
               I
               sought
               after
               her
               .
            
             And
             so
             he
             goes
             on
             relating
             his
             Youth
             spent
             in
             the
             Pursuit
             of
             Virtue
             .
             
               I
               purposed
               to
               do
               after
               her
               ,
               and
               earnestly
               I
               followed
               that
               which
               was
               good
               .
               My
               Soul
               hath
               wrestled
               with
               her
               ,
               and
               in
               my
               Doing
               I
               was
               exact
               .
               I
               stretched
               forth
               my
               hands
               to
               the
               Heavens
               above
               ,
               and
               bewailed
               mine
               Ignorances
               of
               her
               .
               I
               directed
               my
               Soul
               unto
               her
               ,
               and
               I
               found
               her
               in
               Pureness
            
             ;
             (
             that
             is
             ,
             in
             my
             Pure
             Age
             ,
             before
             the
             Defilements
             of
             Age
             corrupted
             it
             )
             
               I
               have
               had
               my
               Heart
               joyned
               with
               her
               from
               the
               Beginning
               .
            
             And
             this
             excellent
             young
             Man
             was
             Iesus
             the
             Son
             of
             Syrach
             .
          
           
             But
             there
             was
             another
             young
             Iesus
             ,
             greater
             than
             this
             Iesus
             ,
             even
             our
             ever
             blessed
             Lord
             
             and
             Master
             CHRIST
             JESUS
             .
             We
             have
             not
             much
             recorded
             to
             us
             of
             his
             young
             years
             ,
             till
             he
             came
             to
             display
             himself
             for
             the
             Messiah
             about
             the
             Age
             of
             Thirty
             .
             But
             what
             is
             set
             down
             in
             Holy
             Writ
             before
             that
             time
             concerning
             him
             ,
             sheweth
             ,
             how
             early
             his
             Piety
             appeared
             .
             It
             is
             said
             of
             the
             Days
             next
             after
             his
             Infancy
             ,
             That
             
               the
               Child
               grew
               ,
               and
               waxed
               strong
               in
               Spirit
               ,
               filled
               with
               Wisdom
               ,
               and
               the
               Grace
               of
               God
               was
               upon
               him
               ,
            
             Luk.
             ii
             .
             40
             .
             However
             weak
             in
             Body
             ,
             young
             in
             years
             he
             was
             ,
             yet
             he
             was
             Strong
             in
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             filled
             with
             Wisdom
             .
             And
             the
             next
             News
             you
             have
             of
             him
             was
             ,
             that
             being
             but
             Twelve
             Years
             Old
             ,
             when
             he
             and
             his
             Parents
             came
             to
             Ierusalem
             to
             Worship
             
             God
             ,
             he
             goes
             into
             the
             Temple
             ,
             and
             sits
             among
             the
             Doctors
             to
             confer
             with
             them
             upon
             Points
             of
             Religion
             ;
             and
             thought
             himself
             obliged
             so
             early
             to
             be
             occupied
             about
             his
             Father's
             Business
             .
             As
             he
             tells
             his
             Parents
             that
             had
             lost
             him
             ,
             and
             found
             him
             at
             last
             in
             the
             Temple
             ;
             
               Wist
               ye
               not
               that
               I
               must
               be
               about
               my
               Father's
               Business
               ?
            
          
           
             To
             all
             these
             admirable
             Examples
             of
             excellent
             Young
             men
             in
             former
             Times
             ,
             I
             will
             add
             one
             modern
             one
             ;
             And
             that
             is
             of
             K.
             Edward
             VI.
             our
             English
             Iosiah
             .
             Of
             his
             rare
             Parts
             ,
             and
             extraordinary
             Learning
             even
             in
             his
             Childhood
             ,
             I
             shall
             not
             speak
             :
             But
             of
             his
             good
             Disposition
             and
             Religious
             Mind
             ,
             I
             shall
             make
             a
             little
             mention
             ,
             for
             
             the
             enflaming
             of
             Youth
             ,
             (
             especially
             Youth
             of
             Nobility
             and
             Blood
             )
             to
             labour
             as
             much
             as
             they
             can
             to
             be
             such
             as
             he
             was
             .
             He
             was
             addicted
             to
             a
             Fear
             of
             God
             from
             his
             youngest
             years
             .
             And
             that
             appeared
             in
             the
             mighty
             Reverence
             he
             bore
             to
             the
             Holy
             Scriptures
             .
             When
             something
             he
             was
             minded
             to
             have
             was
             somewhat
             higher
             than
             he
             could
             well
             reach
             ,
             and
             one
             of
             his
             Play-fellows
             brought
             him
             a
             great
             Bible
             to
             stand
             upon
             ,
             he
             refused
             it
             with
             Indignation
             ,
             abhorrring
             to
             shew
             any
             such
             Irreverence
             towards
             that
             Holy
             Book
             ,
             as
             he
             conceived
             it
             would
             be
             ,
             if
             he
             should
             have
             trod
             upon
             it
             .
          
           
             He
             came
             to
             the
             Crown
             at
             the
             Age
             of
             Nine
             Years
             ,
             and
             
             Two
             or
             Three
             Months
             ;
             and
             there
             is
             an
             Author
             ,
             that
             lived
             in
             those
             Times
             ,
             
             and
             knew
             that
             young
             King
             well
             ,
             that
             at
             his
             Coronation
             ,
             when
             Three
             Swords
             were
             presented
             to
             him
             ,
             in
             token
             of
             the
             Three
             Kingdoms
             to
             which
             he
             was
             advanc'd
             ,
             the
             Royal
             Youth
             said
             to
             the
             Nobles
             about
             him
             ,
             that
             there
             was
             one
             Sword
             yet
             wanting
             .
             And
             when
             they
             asked
             him
             what
             that
             was
             ,
             he
             answered
             ,
             
               The
               Bible
            
             .
             
               That
               Book
               ,
               added
               he
               ,
               is
               the
               Sword
               of
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               and
               much
               to
               be
               preferred
               before
               these
               other
               Swords
               .
               He
               that
               Rules
               without
               it
               ,
               is
               not
               to
               be
               called
               God's
               Minister
               ,
               nor
               ought
               to
               bear
               the
               Name
               of
               King.
               
               Under
               that
               we
               ought
               to
               Live
               ,
               to
               Fight
               ,
               to
               Govern.
               
            
             And
             when
             he
             had
             said
             these
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             Words
             ,
             he
             commanded
             the
             Bible
             to
             be
             brought
             and
             with
             the
             greatest
             Reverence
             to
             be
             carried
             before
             him
             .
          
           
             When
             he
             was
             between
             Eleven
             and
             Twelve
             Years
             of
             Age
             ,
             he
             wrote
             ,
             without
             the
             Help
             of
             any
             Instructor
             ,
             an
             ingenious
             Tract
             in
             French
             ,
             against
             the
             Abuses
             put
             upon
             the
             World
             by
             Popery
             .
             Wherein
             by
             Reason
             and
             Variety
             of
             Places
             of
             Scripture
             ,
             he
             confuted
             most
             of
             the
             Popish
             Errors
             .
          
           
             Throughout
             his
             Short
             Reign
             ,
             he
             had
             a
             peculiar
             Care
             of
             Religion
             ,
             and
             gave
             all
             Encouragement
             to
             the
             right
             Reforming
             and
             Settling
             of
             it
             on
             Scripture
             Foundations
             .
          
           
           
             He
             gave
             free
             Invitation
             and
             gracious
             Reception
             to
             all
             Forreign
             Professors
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             persecuted
             at
             home
             for
             their
             Religion
             .
             So
             that
             tho
             he
             were
             but
             a
             Child
             ,
             he
             was
             a
             Father
             ,
             a
             true
             Nursing
             Father
             ,
             to
             God's
             Church
             and
             People
             .
             And
             truly
             it
             was
             not
             without
             a
             notable
             Providence
             of
             God
             ,
             not
             to
             be
             forgotten
             ,
             and
             which
             under
             God
             was
             the
             great
             Cause
             of
             the
             Preservation
             of
             the
             Reformed
             Religion
             ,
             that
             while
             the
             Gospel
             at
             that
             Time
             was
             miserably
             opprest
             ,
             almost
             in
             all
             Parts
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             in
             Flanders
             ,
             in
             Germany
             ,
             in
             France
             ,
             in
             Spain
             ,
             in
             Italy
             ,
             in
             Poland
             (
             for
             in
             all
             these
             Countries
             the
             Religion
             had
             already
             taken
             sooting
             )
             and
             Combinations
             were
             entred
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             into
             by
             the
             Rulers
             of
             the
             World
             to
             extirpate
             it
             every
             where
             ;
             England
             was
             in
             this
             King's
             Reign
             the
             common
             Asylum
             for
             Religious
             and
             Learned
             Men
             to
             fly
             unto
             .
             And
             hither
             they
             flocked
             daily
             both
             for
             Shelter
             and
             Subsistence
             .
             And
             Abundance
             of
             Annuities
             and
             Pensions
             did
             the
             young
             Godly
             King
             grant
             unto
             them
             out
             of
             his
             own
             Treasures
             ;
             and
             bestowed
             many
             of
             these
             Exiles
             in
             Places
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             in
             both
             the
             Universities
             .
          
           
             And
             such
             was
             his
             Care
             for
             the
             Education
             of
             Youth
             in
             good
             and
             Christian
             Manners
             ,
             that
             during
             his
             Short
             Reign
             ,
             which
             was
             not
             Seven
             Years
             ,
             he
             founded
             more
             Schools
             throughout
             all
             Places
             of
             the
             
             Nation
             ,
             than
             I
             believe
             did
             all
             the
             Norman
             Kings
             that
             Reigned
             before
             him
             put
             together
             .
             And
             I
             find
             that
             in
             little
             less
             then
             the
             space
             of
             twelve
             months
             he
             founded
             at
             least
             twelve
             Free-Schools
             .
             And
             his
             Care
             of
             the
             Education
             of
             Youth
             ,
             further
             appeared
             in
             the
             Order
             he
             took
             in
             his
             own
             Family
             for
             his
             Henchmen
             ,
             that
             is
             his
             Pages
             ,
             and
             other
             Youths
             attending
             him
             .
             For
             whom
             he
             appointed
             a
             School
             on
             purpose
             ,
             and
             retained
             a
             Schoolmaster
             .
             And
             for
             his
             Encouragement
             assigned
             him
             a
             Salary
             for
             Life
             .
          
           
             And
             as
             for
             his
             Charitable
             Mind
             ,
             it
             was
             scarce
             to
             be
             paralell'd
             .
             And
             this
             City
             feels
             the
             good
             effect
             of
             it
             to
             this
             day
             ,
             and
             will
             do
             I
             hope
             to
             the
             
             World's
             End.
             For
             excited
             by
             a
             Sermon
             ,
             which
             was
             preached
             before
             him
             by
             Ridley
             the
             Martyr
             ,
             then
             Bishop
             of
             London
             ,
             he
             settled
             upon
             your
             City
             for
             the
             Relief
             of
             your
             Poor
             ,
             the
             Hospital
             of
             St.
             Bartholomew
             ,
             the
             Gray-Friars
             Church
             near
             Newgate
             ,
             now
             called
             Christ's
             Hospital
             ,
             and
             Bridewell
             the
             Antient
             Mansion
             of
             the
             English
             Kings
             ,
             and
             the
             Savoy
             too
             ,
             with
             the
             Lands
             thereof
             .
             But
             this
             last
             Gift
             he
             lived
             not
             to
             finish
             .
             Yet
             he
             had
             such
             a
             real
             Intention
             to
             pass
             it
             to
             the
             City
             ,
             that
             he
             left
             it
             in
             his
             Will
             ,
             That
             the
             Grant
             made
             to
             the
             Mayor
             and
             City
             of
             London
             touching
             the
             Savoy
             and
             the
             Lands
             thereof
             ,
             should
             be
             performed
             .
          
           
           
             And
             as
             he
             lived
             so
             he
             dyed
             ,
             most
             piously
             and
             devoutly
             ,
             recommending
             most
             heartily
             himself
             and
             his
             Kingdoms
             to
             God.
             He
             had
             a
             grave
             and
             manly
             Mind
             in
             a
             Young
             Body
             .
             All
             Foreigners
             that
             saw
             or
             heard
             of
             him
             ,
             admired
             him
             ,
             and
             wrote
             vast
             Characters
             of
             him
             .
             Cardanus
             the
             great
             Philosopher
             ,
             who
             saw
             and
             talked
             with
             him
             ,
             reported
             in
             a
             printed
             Book
             ,
             
               That
               all
               the
               Graces
               were
               in
               him
               ,
            
             and
             that
             
               he
               lookt
               like
               the
               Miracle
               of
               a
               Man.
               Caelius
               Secundus
               Curio
               ,
            
             another
             great
             learned
             Foreigner
             of
             Basil
             ,
             called
             him
             a
             
               Prince
               of
               Divine
               Hopes
            
             ,
             and
             a
             
               Godlike
               Youth
            
             ,
             adding
             ,
             
               That
               had
               he
               lived
               to
               adult
               years
               ,
               and
               had
               come
               to
               the
               Government
               of
               the
               
               Kingdom
               ,
               freed
               from
               the
               Tuition
               of
               his
               Courtiers
               ,
               (
               which
               were
               none
               of
               the
               best
               )
               what
               Realm
               on
               Earth
               had
               been
               happier
               ,
               what
               Nation
               ever
               more
               blessed
               ?
               But
               God
               was
               minded
               only
               to
               shew
               him
               to
               the
               World
               ,
               and
               suffer
               him
               no
               longer
               to
               abide
               in
               it
               .
            
             But
             I
             must
             refrain
             ,
             begging
             your
             Pardons
             for
             saying
             so
             much
             ,
             it
             being
             hard
             in
             such
             a
             pleasant
             Subject
             to
             contain
             my self
             .
          
           
             To
             hasten
             to
             a
             Conclusion
             .
             Are
             not
             young
             Men
             stirred
             up
             by
             these
             brave
             Examples
             that
             I
             have
             set
             before
             them
             ?
             Can
             they
             consider
             these
             Men
             ,
             how
             well
             they
             began
             their
             Lives
             ,
             how
             Serviceable
             and
             Zealous
             they
             were
             for
             God
             and
             his
             Glory
             ,
             
             and
             what
             Attainments
             they
             made
             in
             Virtue
             and
             Goodness
             ,
             even
             in
             their
             tender
             Years
             ;
             and
             are
             they
             not
             inflamed
             to
             follow
             such
             notable
             Patterns
             ?
             Is
             it
             not
             more
             for
             their
             Reputation
             and
             Honour
             ,
             for
             their
             Comfort
             and
             the
             Satisfaction
             of
             their
             Consciences
             ,
             than
             to
             run
             with
             the
             Heard
             of
             Youth
             in
             this
             our
             evil
             Age
             towards
             all
             Loosness
             and
             Licentiousness
             ,
             Filthiness
             and
             Uncleanness
             in
             their
             Words
             and
             Deeds
             ,
             to
             the
             Pollution
             of
             their
             Souls
             ,
             and
             the
             drawing
             down
             the
             Anger
             of
             God
             upon
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             III.
             
          
           
             And
             now
             to
             make
             an
             end
             ,
             I
             cannot
             think
             but
             that
             all
             ingenuous
             Youth
             ,
             after
             all
             that
             I
             have
             said
             ,
             will
             feel
             strong
             Inclinations
             in
             themselves
             to
             take
             the
             Apostles
             Counsel
             ,
             to
             be
             Sober-minded
             :
             To
             Watch
             their
             Affections
             ,
             to
             lay
             upon
             themselves
             the
             Bridle
             of
             Continency
             and
             Modesty
             ,
             to
             curb
             and
             rein
             up
             their
             Passions
             and
             their
             unruly
             Desires
             ;
             to
             chuse
             the
             Fear
             of
             God
             rather
             than
             the
             Pleasures
             of
             Sin
             for
             a
             Season
             .
             If
             you
             want
             direction
             in
             this
             Work
             ;
             if
             you
             would
             know
             how
             you
             should
             keep
             your selves
             clean
             ,
             David
             will
             teach
             you
             :
             Who
             asketh
             this
             needful
             
             Question
             ,
             and
             answereth
             it
             full
             well
             :
             
               Wherewithal
               shall
               a
               Young
               Man
               cleanse
               his
               Way
               ?
               By
               taking
               heed
               thereto
               according
               to
               thy
               Word
               ,
            
             Psal.
             cxix
             .
             9
             .
             Or
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Old
             Translation
             ,
             
               By
               ruling
               himself
               after
               thy
               Word
               .
            
             Oh!
             Let
             God's
             Word
             be
             thy
             Guide
             and
             thy
             Rule
             .
             And
             then
             thou
             hast
             God
             himself
             and
             his
             Holy
             Spirit
             to
             be
             thy
             Directer
             :
             Who
             is
             best
             able
             to
             instruct
             thee
             ,
             and
             shew
             thee
             the
             Courses
             thou
             oughtest
             to
             take
             ,
             and
             which
             will
             prove
             most
             advantagious
             to
             thee
             .
             Stir
             not
             an
             Inch
             from
             the
             Prescriptions
             of
             God's
             Word
             .
             Let
             that
             be
             thy
             Maxim
             and
             thy
             Principle
             .
          
           
             'T
             is
             a
             dangerous
             World
             we
             live
             in
             ,
             and
             we
             ought
             to
             have
             
             our
             Wits
             about
             us
             ,
             how
             to
             behave
             our selves
             in
             all
             the
             various
             Circumstances
             of
             humane
             Life
             :
             lest
             by
             some
             Slip
             or
             Error
             ,
             or
             Inadvertency
             in
             the
             Beginning
             of
             our
             setting
             out
             ,
             we
             draw
             misery
             and
             trouble
             upon
             our selves
             ever
             after
             .
             And
             we
             ought
             to
             have
             some
             Wise
             Person
             to
             be
             our
             Counsellor
             for
             this
             Purpose
             .
             But
             there
             is
             no
             Counsellor
             so
             safe
             as
             God
             himself
             .
             And
             then
             we
             have
             him
             for
             our
             Counsellor
             ,
             when
             we
             take
             his
             Word
             for
             our
             Rule
             ,
             and
             ask
             Counsel
             there
             .
             Oh!
             therefore
             let
             all
             young
             Men
             diligently
             read
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             and
             make
             them
             their
             Study
             and
             their
             Practice
             .
             And
             let
             them
             never
             doubt
             to
             follow
             most
             strictly
             the
             Counsels
             
             and
             Admonitions
             thereof
             ,
             however
             at
             first
             Sight
             they
             may
             seem
             inconvenient
             or
             dangerous
             to
             take
             .
             For
             be
             assured
             Integrity
             and
             Righteousness
             ,
             Truth
             and
             Innocency
             ,
             and
             an
             Awe
             of
             God
             ,
             upon
             which
             all
             the
             Precepts
             of
             Holy
             Scripture
             are
             founded
             ,
             will
             bear
             a
             Man
             out
             best
             at
             the
             last
             ,
             and
             give
             our
             Lives
             the
             best
             Conclusion
             .
          
           
             I
             conclude
             all
             therefore
             with
             the
             Son
             of
             
             Syrach's
             Exhortation
             to
             young
             Folks
             to
             get
             the
             true
             Wisdom
             ;
             
               Draw
               near
               unto
               me
               ye
               unlearned
               ,
               and
               dwell
               in
               the
               House
               of
               Learning
               .
               Buy
               her
               for
               your selves
               without
               Mony.
               Put
               your
               Neck
               under
               the
               yoke
               ,
               and
               let
               your
               Soul
               receive
               Instruction
               .
               She
               is
               hard
               at
               hand
               to
               
               find
               —
               Work
               your
               Work
               betimes
            
             (
             that
             is
             ,
             while
             you
             are
             Young
             )
             
               and
               in
               his
               time
               he
               will
               give
               the
               your
               Reward
               ,
            
             Ecclus.
             Li.
             23
             ,
             25
             ,
             26
             ,
             30.
             
             Unto
             which
             Reward
             God
             Almighty
             bring
             us
             all
             ,
             Amen
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           Admonitions
           TO
           THE
           AGED
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 TIT.
                 II.
                 2
              
               .
            
             
               That
               the
               Aged
               Men
               be
               Sober
               ,
               Grave
               ,
               Temperate
               ,
               Sound
               in
               Faith
               ,
               in
               Charity
               ,
               in
               Patience
               .
            
          
        
         
           THe
           last
           time
           I
           was
           called
           to
           speak
           in
           this
           Audience
           ,
           
           I
           took
           upon
           me
           to
           be
           a
           Remembrancer
           to
           Young
           Men
           ,
           and
           exhorted
           them
           with
           many
           Arguments
           to
           Virtue
           and
           Goodness
           ,
           from
           the
           sixth
           verse
           of
           this
           Chapter
           ,
           where
           the
           Apostle
           bids
           Timothy
           exhort
           
             Young
             Men
             to
             be
             Sober-minded
          
           .
           Now
           I
           shall
           carry
           over
           my
           Discourse
           from
           the
           Young
           unto
           the
           Old
           ,
           and
           speak
           ,
           if
           I
           can
           ,
           something
           in
           season
           to
           you
           that
           are
           the
           grave
           Magistrates
           and
           Citizens
           ;
           on
           whom
           lyes
           the
           Government
           of
           this
           great
           City
           ,
           and
           the
           present
           good
           Estate
           of
           it
           so
           much
           depends
           :
           You
           that
           have
           lived
           in
           former
           Days
           ,
           and
           are
           able
           to
           tell
           of
           the
           times
           that
           are
           past
           ;
           You
           ,
           to
           whom
           God
           hath
           shewn
           many
           Noble
           Acts
           of
           his
           Power
           
           and
           Providence
           .
           Give
           me
           leave
           now
           to
           be
           your
           Monitor
           also
           ,
           that
           joyning
           with
           your
           Experience
           a
           prudent
           ,
           a
           sober
           and
           a
           godly
           Conversation
           ,
           you
           may
           in
           your
           Places
           and
           Callings
           ,
           contribute
           to
           the
           bringing
           down
           God's
           Blessing
           upon
           your selves
           ,
           and
           upon
           us
           all
           .
        
         
           And
           truly
           it
           is
           sad
           to
           consider
           ,
           what
           very
           Slaves
           to
           Vice
           and
           Sin
           many
           Aged
           Men
           are
           .
           Their
           Passions
           and
           their
           Follies
           are
           grown
           up
           with
           them
           .
           The
           sinful
           Frailties
           of
           their
           Youth
           are
           turned
           into
           the
           very
           Habits
           of
           their
           Old
           Age
           :
           and
           the
           longer
           they
           have
           lived
           the
           worse
           they
           have
           been
           ,
           instead
           of
           growing
           better
           and
           wiser
           .
           They
           have
           smarted
           many
           times
           past
           of
           their
           Lives
           for
           their
           
           Vices
           and
           Iniquities
           ,
           and
           yet
           have
           not
           had
           the
           Grace
           to
           mend
           them
           ,
           nor
           to
           forsake
           those
           things
           that
           have
           cost
           them
           dear
           .
           Their
           bought
           Experience
           hath
           not
           made
           them
           wiser
           .
           They
           have
           felt
           God's
           Hand
           many
           a
           time
           upon
           them
           for
           their
           Sins
           ,
           and
           yet
           they
           remain
           as
           bad
           as
           they
           were
           before
           .
           And
           so
           they
           grow
           Old
           and
           Gray-headed
           in
           their
           Evil
           Courses
           ,
           as
           tho
           they
           resolved
           to
           live
           and
           dye
           in
           them
           .
           
             Days
             should
             teach
             Wisdom
          
           ,
           saith
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           somewhere
           ;
           but
           neither
           Days
           nor
           Years
           have
           taught
           them
           Wisdom
           .
           Vanity
           and
           Folly
           hath
           been
           bound
           up
           in
           their
           Hearts
           from
           their
           Childhood
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           so
           fast
           bound
           up
           there
           ,
           that
           it
           remains
           
           with
           them
           even
           to
           their
           Old
           Age
           ;
           and
           none
           of
           God's
           Rods
           of
           Correction
           have
           driven
           it
           out
           .
           How
           many
           Men
           and
           Women
           have
           we
           known
           ,
           nay
           perhaps
           do
           know
           ,
           far
           gone
           in
           Years
           ,
           that
           have
           spent
           Forty
           or
           Fifty
           ,
           or
           Threescore
           Winters
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           are
           passionate
           and
           hasty
           ,
           Covetous
           and
           Worldly
           minded
           ,
           unclean
           in
           their
           Desires
           ,
           Blasphemous
           and
           Vain
           in
           their
           Speeches
           ,
           wofully
           negligent
           of
           God
           and
           their
           Souls
           to
           this
           Day
           .
           They
           draw
           near
           to
           Eternity
           ,
           and
           yet
           little
           think
           of
           it
           .
           They
           are
           going
           to
           their
           long
           Homes
           ,
           and
           have
           one
           Foot
           in
           their
           Graves
           ,
           and
           yet
           take
           no
           care
           to
           make
           themselves
           fit
           for
           that
           other
           World
           :
           And
           have
           
           little
           regard
           of
           putting
           their
           Souls
           in
           such
           a
           Posture
           as
           they
           may
           be
           able
           with
           Comfort
           to
           stand
           before
           God.
           Gray
           Hairs
           are
           here
           and
           there
           upon
           them
           ,
           and
           they
           consider
           it
           not
           .
        
         
           Well
           then
           ,
           be
           you
           Judges
           ,
           whether
           even
           Aged
           Men
           have
           not
           need
           to
           be
           called
           upon
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           a
           Monitor
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Younger
           .
           St.
           Paul
           knew
           this
           well
           enough
           ;
           and
           therefore
           he
           instructs
           Titus
           to
           exhort
           the
           Aged
           to
           be
           
             Sober
             ,
             Grave
             ,
             Temperate
             ,
             Sound
             in
             Faith
             ,
             in
             Charity
             ,
             in
             Patience
             .
          
           In
           all
           which
           respects
           the
           Aged
           in
           his
           Time
           were
           oftentimes
           too
           defective
           ,
           and
           perhaps
           were
           neither
           Sober
           ,
           Grave
           nor
           Temperate
           ,
           however
           Old
           they
           were
           ,
           nor
           Sound
           in
           Faith
           ,
           in
           
           Charity
           nor
           Patience
           .
           But
           sure
           it
           is
           ,
           these
           things
           are
           mighty
           becoming
           Years
           ,
           and
           are
           proper
           Lessons
           and
           Practices
           for
           Elder
           Age
           ;
           Namely
           ,
           Sobriety
           ,
           Gravity
           ,
           Temperance
           ,
           Soundness
           in
           Faith
           ,
           in
           Charity
           and
           in
           Patience
           .
           These
           ,
           O
           Fathers
           and
           Brethren
           ,
           will
           be
           very
           great
           Ornaments
           of
           your
           Age
           ;
           and
           not
           only
           Ornaments
           of
           your
           Age
           ,
           but
           of
           your
           holy
           Profession
           too
           .
        
         
           Now
           that
           I
           may
           discourse
           suitably
           and
           profitably
           upon
           this
           Argument
           ,
           I
           shall
           do
           these
           two
           or
           three
           Things
           .
        
         
           
             I.
             I
             shall
             shew
             you
             what
             that
             Behaviour
             is
             that
             is
             suitable
             unto
             Aged
             Men.
             
          
           
             
             II.
             Unto
             this
             holy
             Behaviour
             I
             shall
             excite
             and
             stir
             them
             up
             by
             some
             Considerations
             .
          
           
             III.
             I
             shall
             make
             a
             Practical
             Conclusion
             of
             my
             Discourse
             .
          
        
         
           
             I.
             
          
           
             I
             shall
             shew
             Elderly
             Men
             what
             that
             Good
             Behaviour
             is
             that
             they
             should
             follow
             after
             ,
             and
             make
             their
             Practice
             :
             And
             for
             that
             I
             shall
             refer
             my self
             unto
             the
             Apostle
             in
             the
             Text.
             I
             shall
             not
             offer
             mine
             own
             Conceptions
             here
             to
             the
             Aged
             ,
             but
             what
             Paul
             the
             Aged
             ,
             nay
             Paul
             the
             Saint
             ,
             the
             Inspired
             ,
             offers
             to
             them
             .
             He
             it
             is
             that
             would
             have
             them
             instructed
             to
             be
             1.
             
             Sober
             ,
             2.
             
             Grave
             ,
             
             3.
             
             Temperate
             ,
             4.
             
             Sound
             in
             Faith
             ,
             5.
             
             Sound
             in
             Charity
             ,
             6.
             
             Sound
             in
             Patience
             .
             And
             that
             you
             may
             know
             the
             full
             Import
             and
             Meaning
             of
             each
             of
             these
             ,
             which
             will
             make
             a
             very
             accomplisht
             Old
             Age
             ,
             I
             shall
             speak
             of
             them
             distinctly
             .
          
           
             I.
             Aged
             Men
             must
             be
             Sober
             .
             This
             Word
             our
             Translaters
             do
             interpret
             sometimes
             ,
             To
             be
             Watchful
             ,
             and
             sometimes
             ,
             To
             be
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             Sober
             .
             And
             therefore
             Bullinger
             in
             his
             Exposition
             of
             this
             Place
             useth
             both
             words
             ,
             
               Vigilantes
               ac
               Sobrios
            
             .
             Which
             two
             Expressions
             may
             inform
             us
             of
             the
             full
             Sense
             and
             Meaning
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             They
             must
             be
             Sober
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             Abstemious
             in
             Drink
             ;
             avoiding
             all
             Excess
             in
             that
             .
             
             That
             it
             may
             not
             impair
             their
             Health
             ,
             nor
             their
             Understanding
             :
             Both
             which
             Age
             renders
             so
             infirm
             ,
             and
             places
             in
             so
             uncertain
             and
             ticklish
             a
             Condition
             .
             And
             therefore
             especially
             Men
             in
             Years
             should
             not
             be
             Drunkards
             or
             Sots
             ,
             but
             use
             Wine
             or
             Strong
             Drink
             moderately
             .
             Which
             if
             they
             (
             especially
             )
             take
             in
             too
             great
             Quantity
             ,
             it
             will
             soon
             wear
             their
             Bodies
             out
             ,
             and
             weaken
             their
             Minds
             ,
             Memories
             ,
             Judgments
             and
             Understandings
             .
             Which
             Age
             of
             it self
             will
             do
             at
             last
             ,
             and
             needs
             not
             to
             be
             helped
             and
             furthered
             by
             our
             own
             Vices
             .
             And
             indeed
             to
             see
             an
             Old
             Man
             a
             Drunkard
             ,
             to
             see
             him
             intoxicating
             himself
             ,
             and
             falling
             into
             all
             the
             frantick
             and
             foolish
             
             Frolicks
             that
             that
             Sin
             draws
             with
             it
             ,
             how
             odious
             is
             it
             ;
             how
             unbecoming
             that
             Gravity
             that
             Years
             call
             for
             ?
             And
             what
             an
             abominable
             ill
             Example
             will
             this
             give
             unto
             Children
             ,
             and
             the
             younger
             sort
             ?
             And
             what
             a
             Sport
             and
             Pastime
             will
             an
             old
             Drunkard
             render
             himself
             unto
             such
             ,
             who
             are
             called
             upon
             to
             reverence
             the
             Aged
             ,
             and
             to
             respect
             Gray-Hairs
             ?
             And
             what
             an
             Aggravation
             and
             weight
             of
             Guilt
             will
             it
             add
             unto
             the
             old
             Man's
             Drunkenness
             ,
             that
             he
             who
             by
             his
             Age
             ought
             to
             excel
             others
             ,
             and
             to
             go
             before
             them
             in
             a
             vertuous
             and
             sober
             Demeanour
             ,
             should
             hereby
             invite
             them
             to
             Sin
             ,
             and
             tempt
             them
             to
             follow
             him
             in
             these
             Excesses
             ?
             A
             thing
             which
             
             Young
             People
             are
             very
             apt
             to
             do
             ,
             viz.
             to
             follow
             such
             Examples
             ;
             especially
             if
             they
             have
             a
             Dependence
             upon
             the
             Elder
             :
             If
             they
             be
             their
             Masters
             ,
             or
             Fathers
             ,
             their
             Landlords
             ,
             or
             Superiors
             .
          
           
             This
             then
             is
             one
             Sense
             of
             the
             word
             Sober
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             Not
             addicted
             to
             too
             much
             Wine
             ,
             and
             to
             use
             no
             more
             than
             may
             tend
             to
             the
             supportation
             of
             Nature
             ,
             and
             preserving
             the
             Body
             in
             Health
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             They
             must
             be
             sober
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             they
             must
             be
             watchful
             .
             For
             so
             the
             word
             also
             signifies
             .
             And
             therefore
             Watch
             ,
             and
             
               be
               sober
            
             ,
             are
             the
             Phrases
             that
             the
             Scripture
             puts
             together
             ,
             as
             being
             very
             near
             of
             kin
             ,
             or
             all
             one
             .
             
               Therefore
               let
               
               us
               not
               sleep
               ,
               as
               do
               others
               ;
               but
               let
               us
               WATCH
               ,
               and
               be
               SOBER
               :
            
             So
             St.
             Paul.
             
             And
             so
             the
             Apostle
             St.
             Peter
             ,
             
             
               Be
               SOBER
               ,
               be
               VIGILANT
            
             ,
             or
             Watchful
             .
             But
             in
             other
             places
             ,
             this
             very
             Word
             ,
             
               Be
               Sober
            
             ,
             is
             translated
             
               Be
               watchful
            
             .
             So
             St.
             Paul
             exhorts
             Timothy
             ,
             
             
               Watch
               thou
               in
               all
               things
            
             .
             And
             so
             St.
             Peter
             ,
             
             
               Watch
               unto
               Prayer
            
             .
             Where
             the
             word
             Watch
             is
             of
             the
             same
             Original
             ,
             with
             the
             word
             Sober
             ,
             in
             the
             Text.
             Hence
             we
             may
             infer
             ,
             That
             the
             Meaning
             of
             this
             word
             ,
             and
             perhaps
             the
             chief
             Meaning
             and
             Sense
             of
             it
             ,
             relates
             to
             Watchfulness
             .
          
           
             A
             great
             and
             a
             proper
             Duty
             
             and
             Exercise
             for
             Aged
             Men
             above
             all
             others
             ,
             To
             watch
             for
             their
             Lord
             's
             Coming
             ,
             whose
             Time
             is
             so
             near
             spent
             in
             the
             course
             of
             Nature
             .
             To
             watch
             ,
             and
             be
             in
             Expectation
             of
             their
             Departure
             into
             another
             World.
             To
             
               Watch
               unto
               Prayer
            
             ,
             in
             the
             place
             before
             mentioned
             ,
             
             or
             
               In
               Prayers
            
             ,
             as
             the
             Words
             may
             be
             rendred
             .
             That
             is
             ,
             to
             be
             always
             praying
             unto
             God
             ;
             lifting
             up
             their
             Hearts
             to
             him
             in
             holy
             and
             devout
             Ejaculations
             ,
             spending
             much
             of
             their
             Time
             in
             converse
             with
             their
             Maker
             ,
             and
             in
             earnest
             Addresses
             to
             Him
             ,
             to
             forgive
             unto
             them
             all
             their
             past
             Errors
             ;
             to
             beg
             and
             implore
             his
             Grace
             to
             be
             their
             Comfort
             in
             their
             
             old
             Age
             ,
             and
             that
             He
             would
             not
             leave
             them
             in
             the
             needful
             time
             of
             their
             Trouble
             ,
             their
             Sickness
             ,
             their
             Pain
             ,
             their
             Dying
             Hour
             .
          
           
             Again
             ,
             They
             must
             be
             watchful
             ,
             to
             keep
             themselves
             clear
             and
             free
             of
             Sin
             ,
             to
             preserve
             themselves
             in
             a
             holy
             ,
             blameless
             Behaviour
             ;
             that
             they
             may
             be
             fit
             to
             meet
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             to
             make
             their
             personal
             Appearrance
             before
             their
             Judge
             ,
             which
             they
             are
             so
             suddenly
             to
             do
             .
             And
             therefore
             
               Let
               not
               them
               sleep
               as
               do
               others
               ,
               but
               let
            
             THEM
             (
             especially
             )
             
               Watch
               ,
               and
               be
               Sober
            
             ,
             as
             the
             Apostle
             advises
             all
             Christians
             ,
             1
             Thess.
             v.
             6
             .
          
           
             This
             Watchfulness
             also
             consists
             in
             their
             diligent
             Attendance
             upon
             all
             God's
             holy
             Ordinances
             .
             
             As
             for
             Example
             ,
             in
             a
             conscientious
             celebrating
             of
             God's
             Sabbaths
             ,
             resorting
             unto
             the
             Places
             where
             his
             Honour
             dwelleth
             ,
             with
             all
             Devotion
             and
             Seriousness
             of
             Soul
             ;
             and
             and
             there
             hearing
             God's
             Word
             read
             and
             explained
             by
             his
             Ministers
             ,
             with
             an
             humble
             ,
             obedient
             Ear
             ;
             joyning
             their
             Hearts
             and
             their
             Mouths
             in
             the
             Prayers
             and
             Supplications
             that
             are
             put
             up
             there
             ,
             for
             our selves
             ,
             and
             for
             all
             the
             Wants
             and
             Necessicities
             of
             our
             Fellow-Christians
             ;
             in
             an
             universal
             spreading
             Charity
             :
             And
             as
             often
             as
             the
             holy
             Communion
             is
             administred
             ,
             repairing
             unto
             God's
             Table
             ,
             with
             Earnest
             Minds
             ,
             and
             holy
             Affections
             ,
             to
             partake
             of
             that
             comfortable
             Commemoration
             
             of
             Christ's
             Death
             ,
             and
             Passion
             ;
             whereby
             he
             hath
             procured
             of
             his
             Father
             the
             Pardon
             and
             Remission
             of
             our
             Sins
             ,
             to
             our
             endless
             Comfort
             and
             Benefit
             .
             And
             by
             these
             Ordinances
             ,
             we
             draw
             near
             to
             God
             ,
             and
             acquaint
             our selves
             with
             Him
             against
             the
             Time
             we
             hope
             for
             ever
             to
             dwell
             with
             Him
             ,
             and
             to
             enjoy
             His
             Blessed
             Face
             .
             In
             these
             Ordinances
             we
             hold
             a
             Communion
             with
             God
             ,
             and
             God
             with
             us
             ;
             and
             we
             do
             accustom
             our selves
             to
             those
             very
             Exercises
             ,
             that
             ,
             if
             ever
             God
             vouchsafe
             to
             bring
             us
             to
             Glory
             ,
             shall
             be
             in
             effect
             our
             great
             Employment
             there
             .
          
           
             Thus
             the
             Aged
             Men
             should
             Watch.
             And
             what
             a
             happy
             thing
             would
             it
             be
             for
             them
             ,
             if
             Death
             should
             find
             them
             thus
             
             Watching
             .
             They
             should
             (
             and
             I
             hope
             they
             do
             )
             consider
             ,
             that
             God
             will
             e're
             long
             send
             for
             them
             .
             And
             therefore
             it
             should
             be
             their
             Endeavour
             ,
             that
             whensoever
             He
             doth
             send
             ,
             He
             may
             find
             them
             upon
             their
             Knees
             ,
             or
             at
             their
             Devotion
             ,
             or
             busied
             in
             some
             holy
             ,
             good
             ,
             charitable
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             warrantable
             ,
             Exercise
             .
             And
             this
             is
             the
             first
             great
             Point
             of
             that
             Behaviour
             ,
             that
             is
             so
             sutable
             to
             the
             Aged
             ,
             
               That
               the
               Aged
               Men
               be
               SOBER
               ,
            
             or
             Watchful
             .
          
           
             II.
             The
             Aged
             Man
             must
             be
             Grave
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             his
             Carriage
             and
             outward
             Deportment
             must
             be
             managed
             in
             that
             Decency
             and
             Reverence
             ,
             as
             may
             bespeak
             the
             inward
             Goodness
             of
             his
             Mind
             .
             He
             must
             so
             demean
             
             himself
             ,
             that
             it
             may
             appear
             ,
             That
             there
             is
             within
             him
             a
             true
             Sense
             of
             God
             and
             Goodness
             ,
             and
             an
             Aversion
             to
             every
             thing
             that
             is
             foul
             ,
             unjust
             and
             dishonest
             .
             All
             Lightness
             ,
             Idleness
             ,
             Vanity
             of
             Behaviour
             ,
             Frothiness
             of
             Speech
             ,
             Playing
             ,
             Toying
             ,
             Sporting
             ,
             Chamberring
             and
             Wantonness
             in
             Words
             and
             Actions
             ,
             and
             such
             like
             ,
             so
             contrary
             to
             the
             Decorum
             of
             their
             Age
             ;
             these
             things
             are
             by
             all
             means
             to
             be
             avoided
             by
             Men
             of
             Age
             and
             Years
             ,
             so
             dissonant
             to
             Gravity
             .
             There
             must
             be
             a
             Severity
             in
             their
             Behaviour
             :
             They
             must
             not
             endure
             to
             see
             or
             to
             hear
             any
             thing
             that
             is
             immodest
             ,
             or
             unseemly
             ,
             much
             more
             that
             is
             vile
             and
             wicked
             .
             And
             if
             they
             are
             Magistrates
             ,
             
             they
             must
             shew
             their
             Dislike
             of
             it
             ,
             by
             punishing
             and
             correcting
             it
             :
             If
             of
             more
             ordinary
             Rank
             and
             Quality
             ,
             they
             must
             reprove
             it
             ,
             or
             withdraw
             themselves
             from
             it
             ,
             or
             give
             some
             plain
             Evidence
             of
             their
             Disallowance
             and
             Disapprovement
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             a
             Lightness
             ,
             and
             Frothiness
             of
             Conversation
             ,
             which
             this
             present
             Generation
             of
             Ours
             is
             too
             much
             addicted
             to
             .
             And
             it
             is
             this
             in
             a
             great
             measure
             ,
             (
             more
             than
             most
             are
             aware
             of
             )
             that
             doth
             so
             indispose
             and
             prejudice
             Men
             against
             Religion
             ;
             which
             indeed
             will
             not
             away
             with
             it
             .
             For
             that
             is
             a
             Serious
             and
             Solid
             thing
             .
             It
             will
             not
             allow
             of
             that
             Airiness
             of
             Behaviour
             ,
             that
             Vanity
             and
             
             Idleness
             of
             Speech
             ,
             and
             Trivial
             Conversation
             ,
             that
             is
             in
             too
             great
             Fashion
             and
             Vogue
             among
             us
             .
             It
             was
             a
             Saying
             of
             one
             of
             the
             Fathers
             ,
             
             
               Even
               the
               Sportings
               of
               Christians
               ought
               to
               have
               a
               kind
               of
               Seriousness
               in
               them
               .
            
             Every
             Man
             should
             do
             that
             which
             becomes
             him
             .
             And
             there
             is
             nothing
             becomes
             a
             Christian
             ,
             but
             what
             is
             virtuous
             ,
             what
             is
             just
             ,
             what
             is
             innocent
             ,
             and
             what
             is
             modest
             ,
             and
             what
             hath
             the
             stamp
             of
             Truth
             and
             Goodness
             on
             it
             .
             A
             Heathen
             gave
             us
             this
             Advice
             :
             
             
               Reckon
               that
               nothing
               becomes
               you
               ,
               but
               what
               is
               good
               .
            
             And
             it
             is
             the
             Apostle's
             admirable
             Councel
             to
             his
             Philippians
             ,
             in
             
             the
             Conclusion
             of
             his
             Epistle
             to
             them
             ;
             
               Whatsoever
               things
               are
               true
            
             ,
             
             
               whatsoever
               things
               are
               HONEST
            
             ,
             (
             The
             word
             in
             the
             Text
             )
             
               i.
               e.
            
             Whatsoever
             things
             are
             Grave
             ,
             or
             Decent
             ,
             or
             Agreeable
             to
             your
             most
             holy
             Profession
             )
             
               Think
               on
               these
               things
            
             ,
          
           
             This
             then
             ought
             to
             be
             the
             Deportment
             of
             all
             Christians
             ,
             all
             that
             have
             taken
             on
             them
             
             Christ's
             holy
             Name
             ;
             but
             chiefly
             all
             Elderly
             People
             .
             Their
             Years
             call
             upon
             them
             to
             be
             Grave
             ;
             countenancing
             what
             is
             Good
             ,
             discountenancing
             what
             ever
             is
             Evil.
             Which
             will
             shew
             the
             inward
             Good
             ,
             and
             Godly
             Temper
             of
             their
             Minds
             and
             Spirits
             .
             The
             aged
             Men
             must
             be
             Grave
             ,
             
             or
             Serious
             :
             that
             is
             their
             second
             Qualification
             .
          
           
             III.
             They
             must
             be
             Temperate
             .
             An
             Aged
             Man
             must
             be
             a
             Man
             of
             Temper
             .
             Temper
             in
             his
             Passions
             .
             He
             must
             not
             be
             testy
             ,
             morose
             ,
             and
             froward
             :
             a
             Vice
             to
             which
             Old
             Men
             are
             wont
             to
             be
             addicted
             .
             He
             must
             not
             be
             a
             Demea
             ,
             as
             he
             in
             Terence
             ,
             a
             peevish
             ,
             fretful
             ,
             captious
             Man.
             He
             must
             not
             be
             a
             Nabal
             ,
             as
             he
             in
             the
             Book
             of
             Samuel
             ,
             such
             a
             Son
             of
             Belial
             ,
             that
             a
             Man
             cannot
             speak
             to
             him
             .
             There
             must
             be
             a
             Temper
             also
             in
             his
             Wrath.
             He
             must
             not
             let
             that
             impotent
             Passion
             rule
             him
             ,
             and
             carry
             him
             beyond
             all
             the
             bounds
             of
             Reason
             and
             Decency
             ,
             and
             hurry
             him
             away
             into
             Transports
             .
             Which
             commonly
             
             make
             a
             Man
             utter
             many
             blasphemous
             Oaths
             and
             Curses
             ,
             take
             up
             wicked
             and
             ungodly
             Resolutions
             ,
             and
             put
             him
             forward
             to
             unchristian
             Revenges
             ,
             and
             implacable
             Animosities
             .
             This
             also
             an
             Aged
             Man
             must
             take
             heed
             of
             .
          
           
             There
             must
             also
             be
             a
             Temper
             in
             his
             Desires
             of
             Earthly
             things
             .
             It
             is
             highly
             disbecoming
             a
             Man
             that
             is
             going
             into
             another
             World
             ,
             to
             be
             griping
             and
             scraping
             for
             the
             Things
             of
             this
             .
             To
             oppress
             and
             vex
             his
             Creditors
             ,
             his
             Tenants
             ,
             his
             Underlings
             ;
             to
             prog
             and
             cark
             for
             Wealth
             ,
             and
             to
             fill
             his
             Bags
             ,
             and
             to
             labour
             night
             and
             day
             for
             more
             and
             more
             of
             these
             fading
             Riches
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             mean
             
             time
             to
             neglect
             the
             true
             Riches
             ,
             that
             will
             make
             a
             Man
             rich
             to
             God
             ,
             and
             furnish
             him
             with
             Treasures
             that
             will
             do
             him
             good
             in
             another
             World.
             
          
           
             Thus
             the
             Aged
             must
             be
             Temperate
             .
             
             The
             Word
             indeed
             signifies
             ,
             and
             is
             often
             translated
             Sober
             ;
             and
             is
             the
             same
             Word
             with
             that
             in
             the
             sixth
             Verse
             ,
             where
             Young
             Men
             are
             exhorted
             to
             be
             Sober-minded
             .
             It
             seems
             Sobriety
             is
             a
             Duty
             necessary
             to
             be
             urged
             both
             upon
             Old
             and
             Young
             :
             That
             is
             ,
             both
             ought
             to
             lay
             Restraint
             upon
             their
             Lusts
             and
             Passions
             ,
             to
             govern
             their
             Appetites
             ,
             to
             keep
             themselves
             within
             due
             Bounds
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             temperate
             in
             all
             
             things
             :
             Which
             is
             the
             true
             Notion
             of
             Sobriety
             .
             For
             the
             Old
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Young
             are
             apt
             to
             fly
             out
             ,
             and
             to
             go
             beyond
             their
             due
             limits
             ,
             that
             God
             and
             Nature
             hath
             set
             them
             :
             And
             so
             to
             draw
             Misery
             ,
             Trouble
             ,
             Guilt
             and
             Destruction
             in
             the
             end
             ,
             upon
             themselves
             .
             That
             is
             the
             Third
             :
             The
             Aged
             must
             be
             Temperate
             ,
             or
             Sober
             .
          
           
             The
             three
             other
             Directions
             for
             Aged
             Men
             that
             remain
             ,
             do
             more
             particularly
             respect
             them
             as
             they
             are
             Professors
             of
             Christian
             Religion
             :
             Which
             mainly
             consists
             in
             Faith
             ,
             in
             Charity
             ,
             in
             Patience
             .
             And
             therefore
             Aged
             Christians
             should
             be
             sound
             in
             all
             these
             Graces
             .
             Age
             hath
             rendred
             them
             frail
             ,
             and
             weak
             in
             their
             Bodily
             Strength
             ;
             but
             
             they
             must
             not
             be
             so
             in
             their
             Graces
             ,
             but
             SOUND
             in
             them
             .
             And
             the
             longer
             they
             live
             ,
             to
             the
             more
             Healthfulness
             in
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             Soundness
             in
             all
             Christian
             Vertues
             they
             must
             aspire
             :
             And
             especially
             they
             must
             be
             sound
             in
             these
             three
             .
          
           
             I.
             In
             Faith
             :
             That
             is
             ,
             in
             the
             Christian
             Doctrine
             .
             They
             must
             hold
             fast
             
             Christ's
             Truth
             ;
             that
             which
             is
             call'd
             Sound
             Doctrin
             ,
             in
             the
             first
             Verse
             of
             this
             Chapter
             .
             This
             they
             must
             
               Hold
               fast
            
             ,
             and
             maintain
             in
             their
             old
             Age
             ,
             and
             not
             let
             go
             those
             holy
             Doctrines
             ,
             that
             they
             have
             been
             taught
             ,
             that
             
               Form
               of
               sound
               Words
            
             ,
             wherein
             they
             have
             been
             instructed
             .
             And
             not
             as
             some
             are
             wont
             to
             do
             in
             their
             elder
             Years
             ,
             to
             Apostatize
             
             and
             Backslide
             ,
             and
             to
             forsake
             the
             ancient
             Truth
             for
             new
             Doctrines
             ,
             and
             be
             carried
             away
             with
             errors
             ,
             by
             the
             subtile
             Invention
             of
             Deceivers
             and
             false
             Prophets
             ,
             that
             come
             in
             Sheeps
             Cloathing
             .
             But
             the
             Aged
             who
             are
             come
             to
             Maturity
             of
             Years
             ,
             should
             be
             of
             Mature
             Judgment
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             too
             well
             grounded
             and
             principled
             in
             the
             Truth
             ,
             to
             be
             inticed
             away
             by
             such
             as
             lay
             in
             wait
             to
             deceive
             unstable
             Souls
             .
             Thus
             the
             Aged
             must
             be
             sound
             in
             Faith.
             
          
           
             Or
             else
             he
             must
             be
             sound
             in
             Faith
             ,
             taking
             Faith
             to
             signify
             more
             particularly
             Faith
             and
             Trust
             in
             God.
             When
             Age
             comes
             upon
             us
             ,
             and
             various
             Infirmities
             ,
             Pains
             and
             Sicknesses
             attend
             it
             ,
             and
             Troubles
             and
             
             Cares
             do
             now
             more
             than
             ever
             oppress
             our
             Minds
             ;
             and
             the
             Reflexions
             it
             may
             be
             upon
             the
             infinite
             Miscarriages
             of
             our
             past
             Lives
             deject
             us
             ,
             what
             need
             have
             we
             then
             of
             this
             Faith
             in
             God
             ,
             to
             enable
             us
             to
             rely
             upon
             him
             ,
             and
             his
             Goodness
             ,
             and
             his
             Promises
             ?
             What
             need
             to
             put
             a
             firm
             Trust
             and
             Confidence
             in
             him
             ?
             To
             have
             an
             Eye
             of
             Faith
             to
             see
             him
             that
             is
             invisible
             ,
             and
             a
             Hand
             of
             Faith
             ,
             to
             take
             fast
             hold
             of
             him
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             let
             him
             go
             ?
             I
             mean
             to
             be
             possest
             with
             a
             good
             and
             well
             grounded
             Assurance
             ,
             that
             he
             will
             not
             leave
             us
             in
             our
             Old
             Age
             ,
             nor
             lay
             to
             our
             charge
             the
             Sins
             and
             Follies
             of
             our
             past
             Life
             ,
             since
             we
             have
             repented
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             forsaken
             
             them
             .
             And
             this
             is
             to
             sound
             be
             in
             Faith.
             
          
           
             II.
             In
             Charity
             .
             Aged
             Men
             above
             all
             ,
             who
             are
             going
             into
             another
             World
             ,
             must
             not
             harbour
             Malice
             in
             their
             Hearts
             against
             any
             ;
             but
             reduce
             themselves
             to
             an
             hearty
             Love
             ,
             and
             Good-will
             to
             every
             Man
             universally
             .
             The
             Man
             of
             Years
             must
             be
             endued
             with
             that
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             that
             
               Well-pleasedness
               of
               Mind
            
             to
             others
             ,
             that
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             that
             
               Friendly
               Affection
               to
               Mankind
            
             ,
             that
             God
             hath
             declared
             himself
             to
             have
             towards
             us
             all
             .
             For
             he
             is
             going
             ,
             as
             he
             hopes
             ,
             to
             that
             God.
             And
             if
             he
             be
             not
             of
             that
             gracious
             ,
             kind
             Temper
             that
             he
             is
             of
             ,
             he
             must
             never
             expect
             to
             see
             his
             Face
             ,
             nor
             to
             dwell
             in
             his
             Presence
             .
             
             For
             we
             must
             be
             like
             him
             ,
             if
             ever
             we
             intend
             to
             live
             with
             him
             .
          
           
             III.
             Lastly
             ,
             he
             must
             be
             sound
             in
             Patience
             .
             In
             Faith
             ,
             in
             Charity
             ,
             and
             in
             Patience
             .
             Patience
             in
             the
             New
             Testament
             often
             signifies
             Perseverance
             in
             the
             Faith
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             Persistance
             in
             well-doing
             ,
             notwithstanding
             all
             the
             Discouragements
             and
             Persecutions
             of
             an
             evil
             World
             :
             Upholding
             a
             Man's
             self
             by
             the
             strong
             and
             vigorous
             Expectation
             of
             the
             infinite
             Rewards
             to
             be
             bestowed
             in
             God's
             good
             Time.
             And
             this
             Patience
             ,
             or
             patient
             Expectation
             ,
             the
             Aged
             should
             be
             sound
             in
             :
             Waiting
             for
             the
             Time
             when
             his
             God
             shall
             call
             him
             to
             himself
             to
             bestow
             upon
             him
             a
             
             Crown
             of
             Life
             ,
             and
             say
             to
             him
             ,
             
               Well
               done
               ,
               Good
               ,
               and
               Faithful
               Servant
               ,
               enter
               into
               the
               Ioy
               of
               thy
               Lord.
            
             He
             must
             be
             sound
             and
             strong
             in
             this
             Patience
             .
          
           
             Or
             else
             ,
             he
             must
             be
             sound
             in
             Patience
             ,
             as
             it
             importeth
             a
             quiet
             bearing
             of
             Sufferings
             and
             Pains
             ,
             and
             Afflictions
             :
             Which
             in
             Old
             Age
             are
             wont
             to
             be
             more
             and
             greater
             than
             at
             any
             other
             Time.
             He
             must
             not
             be
             fretful
             and
             peevish
             under
             the
             Weakness
             and
             Infirmities
             of
             Old
             Age.
             He
             must
             not
             be
             angry
             ,
             and
             displeased
             ,
             and
             froward
             under
             the
             Calamities
             that
             lye
             upon
             him
             :
             but
             bear
             them
             with
             an
             even
             and
             constant
             Spirit
             ,
             with
             Equanimity
             and
             Silence
             ,
             not
             opening
             his
             Mouth
             in
             Impatience
             :
             As
             remembring
             
             that
             it
             is
             but
             the
             condition
             of
             Humane
             Nature
             ;
             and
             that
             it
             is
             what
             comes
             from
             God
             ,
             for
             the
             Correction
             of
             our
             Faults
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             Exercise
             of
             our
             Patience
             ,
             and
             the
             Tryal
             of
             our
             Graces
             .
             And
             after
             this
             manner
             should
             the
             Aged
             be
             sound
             in
             Patience
             .
          
           
             And
             thus
             I
             have
             ,
             under
             the
             Direction
             of
             this
             excellent
             Text
             ,
             shewn
             what
             that
             becoming
             and
             truly
             Christian
             Behaviour
             is
             ,
             that
             Men
             should
             exercise
             ,
             when
             Age
             and
             Years
             are
             come
             upon
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             II.
             
          
           
             I
             am
             now
             to
             endeavour
             by
             Arguments
             and
             Considerations
             to
             excite
             the
             Aged
             to
             this
             wise
             
             and
             good
             Demeanour
             .
             And
             for
             this
             purpose
             I
             shall
             lay
             before
             them
             these
             five
             or
             six
             Things
             .
          
           
             I.
             Age
             expects
             Honour
             and
             Reverence
             to
             be
             pay'd
             it
             .
             And
             that
             deservedly
             ;
             and
             the
             Scripture
             requires
             it
             :
             
               Thou
               shalt
               rise
               up
               before
               the
               hoary
               Head
               ,
               and
               honour
               the
               Person
               of
               the
               Aged
               .
            
             And
             God
             did
             most
             signally
             once
             punish
             a
             parcel
             of
             loose
             Youths
             ,
             for
             despising
             an
             aged
             ,
             holy
             Man
             ,
             and
             crying
             to
             him
             in
             Derision
             ,
             
               Go
               up
               ,
               thou
               bald
               Pate
               ,
               Go
               up
               ,
               thou
               bald
               Pate
               ,
            
             2
             King.
             ii
             .
             23
             .
             They
             were
             torn
             in
             pieces
             ,
             Forty
             Two
             of
             them
             at
             once
             by
             Bears
             out
             of
             the
             Wood
             :
             A
             Warning
             to
             all
             succeeding
             Generations
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             that
             the
             younger
             are
             to
             respect
             and
             reverence
             the
             
             Aged
             .
             There
             is
             in
             truth
             a
             Deference
             to
             be
             given
             to
             Years
             :
             and
             we
             do
             with
             good
             Reason
             require
             it
             from
             the
             younger
             Sort.
             
          
           
             But
             Alas
             !
             mere
             Age
             without
             some
             other
             Qualifications
             ,
             will
             reconcile
             to
             us
             little
             Honour
             .
             An
             old
             Drunkard
             ,
             an
             old
             Sot
             ,
             an
             old
             Humorist
             ,
             an
             old
             Sinner
             ;
             who
             can
             honour
             such
             ,
             who
             have
             in
             that
             manner
             dishonoured
             themselves
             ,
             and
             treasured
             up
             Shame
             to
             their
             Old
             Age
             ?
             But
             when
             Age
             is
             accompanied
             with
             Gravity
             and
             Wisdom
             ,
             and
             the
             Fear
             of
             God
             ,
             that
             makes
             Age
             to
             be
             truly
             Honourable
             ;
             and
             all
             Men
             will
             rise
             up
             to
             such
             an
             Hoary
             Head.
             His
             Hairs
             are
             a
             Crown
             of
             Glory
             to
             him
             .
             
               The
               Hoary
               Head
               is
               
               a
               Crown
               of
               Glory
               ,
               if
               it
               be
               found
               in
               the
               way
               of
               Righteousness
               ,
               Prov.
            
             xvi
             .
             31
             .
             When
             a
             Man
             walks
             in
             the
             way
             of
             Righteousness
             ,
             and
             holds
             out
             therein
             unto
             old
             Age
             ,
             that
             is
             the
             way
             to
             make
             Men
             revere
             and
             honour
             him
             :
             and
             that
             not
             only
             in
             the
             Body
             and
             the
             outward
             Deportment
             to
             give
             them
             Respect
             ,
             but
             inwardly
             ,
             to
             Love
             and
             Affect
             them
             .
          
           
             II.
             We
             expect
             to
             find
             Wisdom
             and
             Counsel
             with
             the
             Aged
             .
             Years
             teach
             Wisdom
             ;
             and
             Men
             that
             have
             lived
             a
             great
             while
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             seen
             Changes
             and
             Vicissitudes
             in
             Towns
             ,
             in
             Cities
             ,
             in
             Families
             ,
             in
             Kingdoms
             ,
             make
             Observations
             hence
             ,
             and
             learn
             much
             Experience
             ,
             and
             treasure
             
             up
             to
             themselves
             Understanding
             ,
             and
             are
             able
             to
             give
             Advice
             ,
             Counsel
             and
             Instruction
             .
             And
             therefore
             Princes
             usually
             make
             use
             of
             the
             Aged
             for
             their
             Counsellors
             ,
             to
             consult
             with
             them
             about
             their
             weighty
             Matters
             ,
             as
             they
             do
             of
             the
             younger
             Sort
             for
             Action
             .
             And
             surely
             that
             Man
             hath
             spent
             his
             Years
             to
             little
             purpose
             ,
             that
             is
             a
             Child
             in
             his
             Old
             Age
             ;
             and
             tho
             he
             wears
             a
             Gray
             Head
             ,
             hath
             still
             but
             a
             Boys
             Understanding
             ;
             that
             is
             rash
             and
             foolish
             ,
             vain
             and
             frothy
             still
             ,
             after
             he
             hath
             lived
             it
             may
             be
             Fifty
             or
             Sixty
             Years
             .
             What
             will
             ye
             never
             be
             Wise
             ?
             Never
             know
             how
             to
             govern
             your
             Tongues
             ,
             and
             your
             Appetites
             ?
             Never
             be
             Men
             ,
             capable
             to
             
             Counsel
             and
             Avise
             your selves
             as
             long
             as
             ye
             live
             ?
             To
             what
             purpose
             have
             ye
             spent
             so
             many
             a
             fair
             year
             ,
             and
             seen
             so
             much
             ?
             To
             be
             Fools
             at
             last
             ,
             and
             to
             dye
             as
             Fools
             dye
             ,
             in
             their
             Sins
             and
             Follies
             ?
          
           
             We
             use
             to
             say
             ,
             every
             Man
             at
             Thirty
             Years
             of
             Age
             is
             either
             a
             Fool
             or
             a
             Physitian
             :
             That
             is
             ,
             by
             living
             so
             long
             he
             hath
             learned
             by
             Experience
             the
             State
             and
             Condition
             of
             his
             own
             Body
             ;
             so
             that
             he
             is
             become
             in
             a
             tolerable
             sort
             able
             to
             be
             his
             own
             Physitian
             ,
             to
             know
             what
             is
             good
             and
             what
             is
             bad
             for
             him
             ;
             Or
             else
             he
             is
             a
             Fool.
             But
             how
             many
             are
             there
             that
             have
             lived
             to
             Thirty
             Years
             of
             Age
             twice
             told
             ,
             that
             are
             very
             sorry
             Physitians
             to
             their
             Souls
             ,
             
             and
             but
             mere
             Fools
             still
             ;
             void
             of
             all
             Understanding
             to
             take
             the
             proper
             Courses
             for
             their
             Souls
             Welfare
             ?
             To
             such
             elderly
             Fools
             I
             may
             ,
             I
             think
             ,
             cry
             out
             as
             Wisdom
             doth
             ,
             
               O
               ye
               simple
               Ones
               !
               how
               long
               will
               ye
               love
               Simplicity
               ?
               Prov.
            
             i.
             22
             .
             How
             long
             ?
             What
             ?
             to
             Old
             Age
             ?
             What
             ?
             to
             the
             Day
             of
             your
             Death
             ?
             This
             ye
             see
             ,
             O
             ye
             Aged
             Men
             ,
             reflects
             closely
             upon
             your
             Understanding
             at
             this
             Time
             of
             Day
             .
             For
             with
             the
             Aged
             we
             all
             look
             for
             Wisdom
             and
             Counsel
             .
             But
          
           
             III.
             To
             pursue
             this
             Argument
             a
             little
             further
             .
             Aged
             Men
             and
             Women
             have
             lived
             long
             enough
             to
             be
             thorowly
             convinced
             of
             the
             Vanity
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             miserable
             
             Issues
             of
             Sin.
             And
             will
             they
             not
             yet
             be
             Sober
             ,
             Grave
             ,
             Temperate
             ?
          
           
             First
             ,
             They
             have
             seen
             by
             long
             Experience
             the
             Vanity
             of
             this
             World.
             So
             that
             methinks
             they
             should
             be
             able
             to
             say
             as
             David
             did
             ,
             
               I
               have
               seen
               an
               end
               of
               all
               Perfection
               ,
            
             Psal.
             cxix
             .
             96
             .
             And
             as
             
               Solomon
               ,
               I
               have
               seen
               all
               the
               Works
               that
               are
               done
               under
               the
               Sun
               ,
               and
               behold
               all
               is
               Vanity
               and
               Vexation
               of
               Spirit
               ,
            
             Eccl.
             i.
             14
             .
             All
             these
             Things
             that
             Men
             are
             apt
             to
             set
             their
             Hearts
             upon
             ,
             to
             mind
             too
             much
             ,
             to
             the
             neglect
             of
             their
             Duty
             to
             God
             and
             to
             their
             Neighbours
             ,
             and
             to
             themselves
             :
             to
             pursue
             Night
             and
             Day
             by
             Right
             and
             by
             Wrong
             :
             Imagining
             Honour
             &
             Wealth
             ,
             and
             these
             fading
             Pleasures
             of
             
             the
             World
             to
             be
             brave
             things
             .
             And
             alas
             !
             in
             the
             End
             they
             are
             but
             mere
             Vanity
             ,
             and
             Vexation
             of
             Spirit
             .
          
           
             They
             are
             Vanity
             .
             They
             are
             vain
             ,
             they
             are
             false
             ,
             they
             are
             lying
             .
             They
             deceive
             us
             :
             they
             promise
             us
             more
             than
             they
             can
             perform
             .
             Or
             else
             they
             are
             Vain
             ,
             they
             fly
             away
             from
             us
             ,
             and
             leave
             us
             in
             a
             Fools
             Paradise
             .
          
           
             And
             they
             are
             
               Vexation
               of
               Spirit
            
             .
             They
             Vex
             and
             Disturb
             us
             ;
             they
             gall
             and
             chafe
             us
             a
             Thousand
             Ways
             ;
             and
             our
             Spirits
             find
             no
             Rest
             ,
             no
             Satisfaction
             in
             them
             .
             Doth
             not
             every
             Aged
             Person
             ,
             that
             hath
             lived
             any
             considerable
             time
             in
             this
             World
             ,
             perceive
             and
             learn
             this
             by
             the
             Observations
             he
             
             hath
             made
             in
             himself
             and
             in
             others
             ?
          
           
             And
             therefore
             is
             it
             not
             time
             now
             for
             him
             ,
             (
             if
             he
             hath
             not
             hitherto
             been
             so
             )
             to
             be
             Sober
             ,
             Grave
             and
             Wise
             ,
             considering
             the
             long
             Experience
             he
             hath
             had
             of
             these
             Vanities
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             how
             it
             hath
             frustrated
             his
             Expectations
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             Aged
             Men
             have
             also
             seen
             by
             long
             Experience
             ,
             the
             miserable
             Issues
             of
             Sin
             :
             and
             will
             they
             still
             continue
             in
             it
             ,
             and
             never
             forsake
             it
             ?
             Have
             they
             in
             their
             Time
             seen
             Hundreds
             and
             Hundreds
             undone
             and
             ruined
             by
             it
             ,
             and
             yet
             will
             they
             follow
             them
             ,
             and
             take
             no
             Warning
             still
             ?
             Have
             they
             in
             their
             Days
             seen
             Thousands
             of
             Sinners
             fall
             on
             their
             Right
             
             Hand
             ,
             and
             Ten
             Thousands
             on
             their
             Left
             ,
             by
             their
             own
             Follies
             and
             vicious
             Practices
             ?
             Have
             they
             beheld
             ,
             how
             God
             hath
             met
             with
             those
             that
             have
             set
             themselves
             against
             him
             by
             wicked
             Works
             ,
             and
             hath
             struck
             them
             down
             with
             his
             Mighty
             Hand
             ?
             And
             this
             done
             sometimes
             in
             such
             a
             manner
             ,
             as
             if
             God
             had
             intended
             that
             all
             might
             see
             it
             and
             take
             Warning
             .
             Have
             they
             not
             seen
             ,
             how
             God
             hath
             cut
             off
             the
             Posterity
             of
             the
             Wicked
             ;
             and
             how
             Riches
             got
             by
             Wrong
             ,
             Knavery
             and
             Oppression
             ,
             have
             not
             continued
             ?
             Have
             they
             not
             had
             abundance
             of
             Experience
             of
             these
             and
             the
             like
             remarkable
             Conclusions
             of
             Sin
             and
             Violation
             of
             God's
             most
             holy
             Laws
             and
             
             Precepts
             ?
             What
             Advantages
             are
             these
             administred
             to
             the
             Aged
             to
             make
             them
             Sober
             and
             Wise
             ,
             to
             leave
             those
             Follies
             that
             to
             their
             Knowledge
             others
             have
             so
             smarted
             for
             ?
          
           
             And
             it
             ought
             to
             be
             look'd
             upon
             by
             them
             as
             the
             wonderful
             Grace
             of
             God
             to
             them
             ,
             that
             he
             hath
             spared
             them
             so
             long
             ,
             to
             see
             and
             be
             convinced
             of
             these
             things
             ;
             that
             they
             may
             repent
             ,
             and
             dedicate
             their
             Old
             Age
             unto
             God
             and
             his
             Service
             .
          
           
             IV.
             How
             many
             remarkable
             Providences
             hath
             God
             exercised
             the
             Aged
             with
             through
             the
             long
             Course
             of
             Life
             they
             have
             lived
             ?
             And
             to
             what
             Purpose
             ,
             but
             to
             remind
             them
             of
             him
             ,
             to
             reclaim
             them
             from
             
             some
             evil
             Ways
             they
             have
             chosen
             ,
             to
             make
             them
             recollect
             themselves
             ,
             repent
             and
             amend
             ,
             to
             grow
             wise
             and
             good
             ?
             It
             is
             Religious
             ,
             to
             look
             upon
             all
             the
             Notable
             Accidents
             of
             our
             Lives
             as
             peculiarly
             coming
             from
             God
             for
             holy
             and
             good
             Ends
             towards
             us
             .
             And
             it
             is
             a
             great
             Fault
             in
             Men
             ,
             when
             they
             have
             escaped
             some
             imminent
             Danger
             ,
             or
             obtained
             some
             extraordinary
             Benefit
             ,
             or
             fallen
             into
             some
             sad
             Sickness
             ,
             or
             Calamity
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             it
             is
             a
             great
             fault
             in
             any
             ,
             when
             it
             thus
             happens
             to
             them
             ,
             not
             to
             acknowledge
             God
             in
             this
             ,
             nor
             to
             see
             his
             Hand
             ;
             but
             to
             pass
             it
             over
             stupidly
             ,
             without
             any
             particular
             Contemplation
             of
             God
             ,
             or
             Remembrance
             that
             
             this
             was
             his
             Doing
             ;
             This
             is
             highly
             blameworthy
             .
             As
             Iacob
             spake
             in
             another
             Case
             ,
             
               Surely
               God
               was
               in
               this
               Place
               ,
            
             so
             ought
             we
             to
             say
             upon
             any
             extraordinary
             Providence
             ,
             Surely
             God
             was
             here
             ;
             The
             Finger
             of
             God
             was
             in
             this
             Deliverance
             .
             In
             this
             Emergence
             God
             called
             me
             to
             remembrance
             .
             This
             severe
             Stroke
             was
             God's
             Rod
             :
             This
             Loss
             was
             God's
             Correction
             ,
             to
             bring
             me
             from
             such
             or
             such
             Sins
             ,
             to
             which
             I
             have
             been
             too
             much
             addicted
             .
          
           
             Of
             these
             remarkable
             Providences
             of
             God
             we
             have
             all
             partook
             ,
             but
             most
             of
             all
             they
             that
             have
             lived
             long
             in
             the
             World.
             If
             they
             would
             but
             bethink
             themselves
             ,
             what
             a
             vast
             Number
             of
             them
             hath
             happened
             in
             
             their
             Lives
             ?
             What
             long
             Stories
             may
             they
             tell
             of
             the
             Dealings
             of
             God
             with
             them
             ;
             what
             a
             Train
             of
             Mercies
             hath
             followed
             them
             ;
             What
             Straits
             he
             hath
             delivered
             them
             out
             of
             ;
             What
             Preservations
             he
             hath
             wrought
             for
             them
             even
             in
             the
             very
             Jaws
             of
             Destruction
             ?
             How
             hath
             he
             brought
             them
             up
             even
             from
             the
             Valley
             of
             the
             Shadow
             of
             Death
             ?
             How
             hath
             he
             sometimes
             given
             them
             that
             which
             they
             have
             most
             earnestly
             sought
             for
             and
             desired
             ,
             to
             the
             infinite
             Comfort
             and
             Satisfaction
             of
             their
             Lives
             ?
             And
             how
             hath
             he
             it
             may
             be
             sometimes
             not
             granted
             them
             that
             which
             they
             desired
             ,
             out
             of
             Mercy
             and
             Goodness
             .
             Which
             Desire
             if
             they
             had
             had
             fulfilled
             
             to
             them
             ,
             would
             have
             proved
             their
             Undoing
             ,
             or
             their
             perpetual
             Affliction
             .
             Such
             ill
             Choosers
             we
             oftentimes
             are
             for
             our selves
             .
             How
             many
             ,
             sundry
             and
             various
             have
             these
             Dispensations
             of
             God
             been
             to
             Aged
             Men
             ?
             And
             should
             not
             all
             this
             make
             them
             turn
             to
             God
             ,
             Love
             him
             ,
             and
             Fear
             him
             ,
             and
             adhere
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             frame
             the
             last
             Scene
             of
             their
             Lives
             to
             such
             Courses
             as
             may
             please
             him
             ?
          
           
             V.
             What
             a
             sad
             Sign
             will
             he
             give
             of
             desperate
             Stupidity
             and
             final
             Impenitency
             ,
             that
             still
             even
             in
             his
             Old
             Age
             lyes
             soaking
             in
             his
             Sins
             ,
             and
             wallowing
             in
             the
             Mire
             of
             his
             unclean
             Lusts
             and
             Passions
             ?
             
               I
               know
               that
               God
               hath
               determined
               to
               destroy
               
               thee
               ,
               because
               thou
               hast
               done
               this
               ,
               and
               hast
               not
               hearkened
               unto
               my
               Counsel
               ,
            
             said
             the
             Prophet
             to
             Amaziah
             ,
             2
             Chron.
             xxv
             .
             16
             .
             And
             we
             may
             say
             to
             the
             same
             effect
             ,
             We
             know
             too
             ,
             that
             God
             hath
             purposed
             to
             destroy
             a
             Man
             ,
             when
             his
             Wickedness
             continues
             with
             him
             in
             his
             Old
             Age
             ;
             and
             the
             last
             Days
             he
             hath
             to
             live
             in
             this
             World
             are
             even
             of
             the
             same
             Thred
             with
             the
             former
             :
             And
             negligently
             enough
             spent
             .
             One
             may
             conclude
             it
             some
             judicial
             Obduration
             sent
             from
             God
             upon
             a
             Sinner
             ,
             when
             his
             Old
             Days
             are
             his
             worst
             Days
             ,
             and
             the
             longer
             he
             lives
             the
             Worse
             he
             is
             .
             When
             under
             all
             the
             Means
             of
             Grace
             ,
             and
             the
             Calls
             of
             God
             by
             his
             Ministers
             for
             many
             hundred
             
             of
             Sabbaths
             that
             he
             hath
             lived
             ,
             he
             remains
             like
             a
             Stock
             or
             a
             Stone
             ,
             and
             hath
             not
             left
             a
             Sin
             ,
             nor
             parted
             with
             one
             Folly
             ,
             to
             which
             he
             was
             addicted
             before
             .
          
           
             Oh!
             lay
             this
             to
             heart
             ,
             and
             tremble
             all
             you
             Aged
             People
             ,
             that
             are
             Aged
             in
             Sin
             too
             .
             It
             looks
             I
             say
             like
             a
             desperate
             Stupidity
             ,
             or
             a
             Judgment
             of
             Impenitency
             sent
             upon
             you
             by
             God
             in
             terrible
             Justice
             .
          
           
             VI.
             Lastly
             ,
             Antient
             Folks
             are
             drawing
             near
             that
             solemn
             day
             ,
             when
             they
             must
             depart
             out
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             give
             up
             to
             their
             Judge
             an
             Account
             of
             the
             spending
             of
             their
             Lives
             .
             They
             are
             as
             St.
             Paul
             speaks
             of
             himself
             ,
             
               ready
               to
               be
               offered
               up
               ,
               and
               the
               Time
               of
               their
               Dissolution
               
               draweth
               nigh
               .
            
             Should
             it
             not
             therefore
             be
             their
             Care
             to
             bring
             themselves
             to
             such
             a
             Frame
             as
             to
             be
             able
             to
             say
             ,
             as
             he
             doth
             upon
             the
             same
             occasion
             ,
             
               I
               have
               fought
               the
               good
               Fight
               ,
               I
               have
               finished
               my
               Course
               ,
            
             (
             or
             my
             Race
             )
             
               I
               have
               kept
               the
               Faith
               ;
               Henceforth
               there
               is
               laid
               up
               for
               me
               a
               Crown
               of
               Righteousness
               ,
            
             2
             Tim.
             iv
             .
             7
             ,
             8.
             
             O
             happy
             that
             antient
             Man
             that
             can
             sustain
             his
             Soul
             in
             these
             Contemplations
             !
             that
             can
             look
             back
             upon
             his
             past
             Life
             with
             Comfort
             ,
             and
             that
             can
             look
             forward
             upon
             the
             Life
             he
             is
             entring
             into
             without
             Fear
             .
             Whose
             sincere
             Love
             to
             God
             casts
             out
             that
             Fear
             that
             hath
             torment
             in
             it
             ,
             that
             tormenting
             Fear
             of
             Hell
             ,
             and
             of
             going
             into
             everlasting
             
             Perdition
             ,
             the
             sure
             Reward
             of
             a
             loose
             exorbitant
             Life
             .
          
           
             The
             Aged
             are
             waiting
             till
             their
             Change
             cometh
             .
             The
             Sands
             of
             their
             Glass
             are
             wasted
             :
             their
             Strength
             and
             Vigour
             abated
             :
             Diseases
             and
             Infirmities
             creep
             upon
             them
             ;
             and
             they
             know
             their
             Time
             here
             cannot
             be
             long
             :
             and
             they
             have
             one
             Foot
             ,
             as
             we
             say
             ,
             in
             the
             Grave
             already
             .
             Doth
             it
             not
             infinitely
             concern
             them
             to
             be
             Sober
             ,
             Grave
             ,
             Temperate
             ,
             Sound
             in
             Faith
             ,
             in
             Charity
             ,
             in
             Patience
             ?
             That
             when
             God
             comes
             and
             calls
             for
             them
             ,
             they
             may
             be
             found
             in
             him
             ,
             and
             receive
             his
             
               Well
               done
               ,
               good
               and
               faithful
               Servant
               .
            
          
           
             And
             thus
             I
             have
             finished
             those
             Considerations
             that
             I
             
             had
             to
             recommend
             unto
             the
             Aged
             in
             order
             to
             the
             rendring
             them
             Sober
             and
             Virtuous
             .
          
        
         
           
             III.
             
          
           
             And
             nothing
             now
             remains
             ,
             but
             to
             make
             some
             Conclusion
             of
             this
             Discourse
             .
             Which
             must
             be
             by
             way
             of
             Address
             to
             those
             elderly
             Persons
             that
             hear
             me
             this
             Day
             .
          
           
             You
             O
             Fathers
             and
             Brethren
             !
             are
             by
             the
             great
             Patience
             and
             Favour
             of
             God
             ,
             arrived
             to
             Maturity
             of
             years
             ;
             You
             have
             seen
             Abundance
             of
             Chances
             and
             Changes
             in
             your
             Days
             .
             You
             have
             seen
             wonderful
             Revolutions
             in
             Kingdoms
             and
             States
             .
             You
             have
             seen
             the
             Policies
             of
             the
             World
             baffled
             ,
             and
             strange
             
             Disappointments
             happening
             to
             humane
             Affairs
             :
             And
             even
             there
             where
             Men
             have
             been
             most
             confident
             :
             And
             many
             other
             Things
             of
             such
             a
             Nature
             ,
             that
             you
             cannot
             but
             acknowledge
             an
             Almighty
             Hand
             and
             Wisdom
             therein
             .
             You
             must
             own
             that
             there
             is
             a
             great
             King
             that
             sits
             above
             ,
             and
             that
             controuls
             all
             Sublunary
             Things
             ,
             and
             exerciseth
             a
             notable
             Providence
             among
             us
             ;
             and
             takes
             particular
             Notice
             of
             Men
             and
             their
             Doings
             .
             And
             do
             not
             you
             fear
             and
             adore
             this
             great
             and
             mighty
             God
             ?
             And
             whatsoever
             others
             do
             ,
             those
             that
             have
             not
             seen
             so
             much
             of
             God's
             wondrous
             Works
             as
             you
             have
             ,
             yet
             for
             your
             Part
             ,
             you
             ,
             I
             hope
             ,
             Sanctify
             him
             in
             your
             hearts
             ,
             and
             
             make
             him
             your
             Fear
             and
             your
             Dread
             .
             
               I
               write
               unto
               you
               Fathers
            
             ,
             (
             or
             Antient
             Men
             )
             
               because
               ye
               have
               known
               him
               that
               is
               from
               the
               Beginning
               ,
            
             1
             Ioh.
             ii
             .
             13
             .
             St.
             Iohn
             takes
             it
             for
             granted
             ,
             that
             Fathers
             ,
             Men
             of
             Years
             and
             Experience
             ,
             know
             him
             ●hat
             is
             from
             the
             Beginning
             .
             
               They
               know
               him
            
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             they
             so
             know
             him
             and
             have
             Experience
             of
             his
             Doings
             ,
             as
             to
             fear
             ,
             serve
             and
             obey
             this
             God
             that
             is
             
               from
               the
               Beginning
            
             ,
             from
             all
             Eternity
             .
          
           
             O
             take
             you
             heed
             to
             your selves
             ;
             and
             you
             that
             are
             Gray
             in
             Hairs
             ,
             be
             not
             Gray
             in
             Sin.
             Carry
             not
             your
             Guilt
             with
             you
             to
             your
             Graves
             .
             But
             let
             your
             Years
             remind
             you
             of
             the
             years
             of
             Eternity
             .
             Make
             amends
             
             for
             the
             Vanities
             of
             your
             Youth
             ,
             by
             the
             Sobriety
             and
             Discretion
             ,
             and
             Godliness
             of
             your
             Old
             Age.
             Serve
             the
             Lord
             now
             at
             last
             with
             the
             most
             vigorous
             Affections
             ,
             and
             dedicate
             the
             remaining
             Sands
             of
             your
             Life
             t●
             his
             Glory
             .
             Let
             an
             aged
             Mi●●●
             be
             in
             an
             aged
             Body
             .
             And
             th●
             nearer
             you
             come
             to
             the
             end
             of
             your
             Days
             ,
             make
             your selves
             the
             fitter
             for
             God.
             Become
             more
             Devout
             ,
             more
             Serious
             ▪
             more
             frequent
             in
             Prayer
             and
             Meditation
             ,
             and
             the
             more
             willing
             to
             depart
             and
             to
             be
             with
             Christ.
             Which
             God
             of
             his
             Mercy
             grant
             that
             we
             may
             do
             through
             Jesus
             Christ
             our
             Lord
             ,
             Amen
             .
          
           
        
      
    
     
       
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             de
             Vir.
             Illustrib
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A61859-e2220
           
             1
             Thess.
             v.
             6
             .
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             v.
             8
             .
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             iv
             .
             5
             .
             
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             1
             Pet.
             iv
             .
             7
             .
             
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             .
          
           
             
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               〈◊〉
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               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             
               Ludicra
               Christianorum
               debent
               esse
               seria
            
             .
          
           
             
               Quod
               bonum
               est
               ,
               hoc
               tantum
               te
               decere
               puta
               .
            
          
           
             Phil.
             iv
             .
             8
             .
             
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             .
          
           
             
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             .