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A12087	Vindiciæ senectutis, or, A plea for old-age which is senis cujusdam Cygnea cantio. And the severall points on parts of it, are laid downe at the end of the follovving introduction. By T.S. D.D.	Sheafe, Thomas, ca. 1559-1639.; Gouge, William, 1578-1653.	1639 (1639)	STC 22391.8; ESTC S114120	74,342	246

is not disabled for ACTION The Second answers the objections touching its uncapablenesse of pleasures The Third shewes that it is not so weake an age as is thought The Fourth and last Chapter makes answer to the imputation of its beeing neere to death Secondly I offer to consideration the dignity of this age in respect of sundry priviledges in the second Booke The First Priviledge is its being the store-house or treasury to receive and keepe whatsoever good in the afore-going ages hath beene brought in Chap. 1. The Second is opportunities and helps by a long time afforded for a greater measure of grace Chap. 2. The Third Honour above other ages Chap. 3. The Fourth Vacancy for private devotion Chap. 4. And Lastly you have the conclusion contayning an exhortation or admonition to the foure capable ages Chap 5. I trouble not my selfe nor my Reader with any further minsings or subdivisions because it is but a Discourse A Preface to the first Booke conteyning accusations and complaints against OLD-AGE TO complaine grudgingly or dis contentedly of the affl●…ctions and miseries o●… this life or to frame accusations against the time in which they befall us is the property of ignorant and wicked men of such as have no true knowledge either of God or of themselves and their owne condition When any querimonies of this kinde sound in our eares we may seeme to beare the voice of Cain repining against God and his just proceedings My punishment saith he is greater then I am able to beare Or of the Israelites murmuring in the wildernesse by acc●…sion of every want or distresse Cain should have complained of the sinne he had committed that is of himselfe who had so unnaturally so treacherously so wickedly slaine his righteous brother Abel And the Israelites should have knowne and considered that their wants and afflictions in the desart were from the hand of their gratious and loving God of whose love and care of them they had not long before so joyfull experience in their miraculous both deliverance out of Egypt and preservation at the red Sea all which had they not beene more then unthankfull would have beene fresh in their remembrance They should have considered likewise that those afflictions were not punishments so much as fatherly corrections by which they were to be schooled and nurtured being as yet a rebellious people unfit and unworthy to become inhabitants in that happy land of Canaan Both Cain I say and that people should have turned their complaints and accusations against themselves And so all men of what age soever when the infirmities of this miserable life lye heavy upon them should looke backe to the first punishment of the first transgression In the sweat of thy face thou shalt eat thy bread c. And againe Dust thou art c. And also to their inbred corruption and manifold actuall sins they should have had an eye because they had deserved the afflictions of which they complained as they are punishments and did necessarily require them as fatherly chastisements And this one consideration might stop the mouthes of those complayners whether they be such as before they come to this age having studied for some exceptions against it fall into a base account of it or Old Men themselves unworthily so called which are ever whining and complaining of their onus Aetna gravius so they tearme it a burden forsooth tha lyes heavier then the hill Aetna upon their shoulders as if the multitude of yeares were the cause of al●… miseries But let them goe on both the one sort and th●… other and not spare any one of the imputation●… wherewith commonly they load this age which i●… the end or period o●… mans pilgrimage that 〈◊〉 we may see whether there be any soundness 〈◊〉 truth or reason in them Vindiciae Senectutis OR A PLEA FOR OLD-AGE BOOK I. CHAPTER I. Which conteynes the first imputation and the answer thereunto THey disable this age first for imployment in the necessary affaires of this life as if men farre growne in yeeres were altogether unprofitable both in respect of God and men And is it so are wee in Old-age quite worne out and good for nothing certainly when any fall into such a debaushnesse they may thanke their younger yeares for it For the proverb is true Erigere durum est qui cadit juvenis senem A hard thing it is to make him stand firme in Old-age that fell in youth Quis ullam spem ullius boni habebit in eo cujus primum tempus aetatis fuerit ad omnes libidines divulgatum Who saith one can have hope of any good in him whose first yeeres have beene spent in all manner of lusts and luxury Senes in melius mutari ab inolita vitiorum consuetudine difficilimum est sayes S. Bernard Hard it is Old-men after a long continued custome in viciousnesse to be reformed The young-mans intemperance must beare the blame of his deficiency when he is in yeeres His idlenesse in youth and wast of imployment then in honest and profitable courses is the cause of his inability for action when hee is aged I except here the deficiency that comes by sicknesse or any other accident which may and doth enfeeble the youngest and ablest body as we see by dayly experience But if it stand thus why is Old-age blamed for that which younger yeares bring upon it Howbeit wee here stand upon our deniall and doubt not to say that elder yeares are best fitted for the greatest and most important employments and that when the former ages are brought into comparison with this it may bee truly said 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 An Eagles old-age is better then the youth of a Lark And to this purpose one saith more plainely multis juvenibus antestat senex cui mens adest generosa An Old-man of a generous disposition is to bee preferred before many young-men If wee should deny this experience in sundry examples would confute us The examples I say of not a few worthies who in extreame age either by their naturall constitution or by their sobriety and temperance in the former part of their life or by Gods hand and speciall working in them have beene fit and able to mannage great matters Moses lived to 120. and then his eye was not dimme nor his naturall strength abated and how wise valiant and industrious a captaine was he ●…o that people how faithfull also to God in a service so difficult that when he considered the weight of it and cast his eye from it to himselfe he drew back as wee know Who am I that I should goe to Pharoah c. Behold him in the 31 and 32. Chapters of Deutrenomie how hee carryes himselfe towards Ioshua in putting courage into him chap. ●…1 verse 7 8. and towards the Priests and Elders Ibid. v. 9 c. towards the whole people also throughout both

not the body page 131. Death opens heaven gates page 132. Death brings happinesse page 134. Death is suiting to a mans life p. 137. Death why unwelcome p 137. Death imbittered by an ill life p. 138. Death imbittered by love of this world p. 140 Death how abhorr●…d and how desired p 141 Death a pulling downe of a tabernacle p. 143 Death as the corruption of seed page 144. Deaths curse removed p. 146. Death of infants causes of it p. 142. Death causes of it in child-hood p. 154. Death causes of i●… in Man-age p 154. Diseases befall all p. 1●…0 Distemper of former ages makes Old-Age the neerer to death p. 151. Discontentednesse at ones estate page 7. Discomforts are no disparagement to Old-Age page●…7 ●…7 Drunkennesse and uncleanenesse seldome severed p 79. E Experience a good teacher page 24. Evill of former ages followes Old-Age page 155. F Fabius Maximus Augur 6●… yeares p 16. To order Families Old-Age the fittest p 42 Families Old-men worthy governours of them ●… 45. G Gadera a City in Spaine dedicated to Old-Age p 18●… Georgius Leontinus had nothing to accuse Old-Age p●… ●… Glory of man wherein it consisteth p. 11. Good the object of pleasure p. 59. The Kingdome of Grace brings joy p. 135. Grace by growth gets strength p. 175. The Grave as a Gold-smiths forge p. 145. Good things must be communicated p. 205. H Health dangerous p. 12●… Health common to beasts p. 1●… House how best built up p. 122. I Imployment Old-Age makes not unfit for it page 10. Greatest Imployments elder yeares best fitted for page 12. Infirmity what it is page 86. Infirmity of child hood page 99. Infirmity of young-men page 95. Infants infirmities page 86. Infants come into the world crying p. 89. Infants how first handled p. 90. Infants deatli causes of it p. 152. L Lawfull things in danger let go p. 77. Learning increaseth by age p 26. True Learning what it is p 40. Liberty abused by youth p. 96. An ill Life imbitters death p. 138. Life uncertaine p. 151. M. Man age when it begins p. 103. Man-age in evill irremoveable p 103. Man age aspires high p 104. Man age prone to wrong p 105. Causes of death in Man-age p. 154. Mans glory wherein it consisteth p 21. Massarissa went bare-head and bare-foot at 90 yeares age p. 16. Matter of Meditation p 187. Meditation on Gods mercies a sinners cordiall p 194. Meditation Old-age fittest for it p. 195. Middle-age must redeeme the time p. 204. Minds abilities the best p 19. Most good done by the Mind p. 23. Ornaments of the Mind p. 162. Ministers work a weighty task p. 34. Ministers compared to Shepheards Builders Husband-men Watch-men Stewards Embassadours p 3●… c. Monks of old p 190. Mothers care over children p. 94. N In what cases children may bee put out to Nurse p. 152. O Old-age what it is p 2. Old-age hath the best opportunities for wisdome p. 24. Old-ages defects most in the body p. 27. Old-age fittest for writing p. 40. Old-age fittest for ordering of Families p. 42 Spirituall pleasure most proper to Old-age p. 69. It is a glory to Old age that it takes off from pleasures p. 80. Old-age works joy in the want of pleasure p. 80 Old-age not to bee blamed with personall vices p. 109. Old-age hath experience p 124 172. Other ages as liable to death as Old-age p. 147. Every age hath a more certaine period then Old-age p 150. Distemper of former ages makes Old-age the neerer to death p 151. Evill of former ages followes Old-age p. 155 All priviledges meet in Old-age 162. Old-ages externall priviledges p. 164. Discomforts are no disparagements to Old-age p 167. Old-age an helpe to grace p. 169. Old-age hath best meanes for grace p. 170. The Old age of the World had great mysteries p 173. Old-age honourable p. 179. Great things done by Old-men p 13. Old age hath least disturbance p 194. Old age fittest for meditation p. 195. Old age most calls for repentance p. ●…09 Old-men must thinke of their former failings p. 208. Old-mens abilities in the graces of the mind p. 19. Old men of best use in peace p. 29. Old-men best Generalls in warre page 31. Old-men best counsellors for warre p. 32. Old men not so fit for the Pulpit as young page 37. Old men worthy Governors of families p 45 Old-men best furnished for writing p 41. Old-men fittest to cast up their accounts p 48 Old-men best apprehend Gods promises p. 49 Old mens motion to heaven the strongest p. ●…0 Old-mens care for others good p. 106. Old-men best use wealth p. 108. Old-men not covetous p. 110. The ground of Old-mens parsimony p. 111. Old-men warre p. 112. Old-men long for better times p. 112. Old-men why hard to please p. 113. Old-men praisers of former times p. 113. Old-men just reprovers p. 113. Old-men most think of their former failings page 208. Old men see how former yeares might have beene better imployed p. 203. Old-men must looke backe to their former passages p. 206. Old servant not cast of by God p. 49. Old servants respected by God p. 178. P Parents must well season children p. 198. In Peace old men of best use p. 29. Times of Peace fittest for Gods house p. 193 The old Patriarks advantage p. 175. Physick wherein usefull p. 118. Plato died with his pen in his hand at 81. yeares of age p. 16. Pleasure what it is p. 59. Pleasure the object of it is good p. 59. False Pleasure p. 60. Worldly Pleasures p 62. Worldly Pleasures how good p. 62. Pleasures are good only to the faithfull p 64 Pleasures corporall and spirituall how differenced p. 64 c. Pleasures spirituall most proper to Old-age page 69. Pleasure corporall want of it no great disadvantage p. 70. Pleasure corporall the vanity of it p. 70 c. Pleasures corporall dangerous p 74. Pleasures corporall can hardly be well used pag. 75. Pleasures make brutish p. 7●… Pleasures are dangerous guests p. 81 c. Pleasures bodily lost recompensed with spirituall joyes p. 83. Prayer excellencies of it p. 184. Preaching the chiefest Ministeriall function page 38. Preaching by pen p. 38. The Pen goes further then the voice p. 39. Promises of God best apprehended by old men p 43. Q Quiet acceptable to old age p. 56. R Retirednesse a priviledge p. 184. S Old Servants not cast off by God p 49. Old Servants respected by God p. 178. Sicknesse whence it came p. 115. Sicknesse by sin p. 119. Sicknesse the benefits of it p. 120. Sicknesse no disgrace p 122. Solitarinesse sweetnesse of it p. 191. Sophocles wrote Tragedies in his dotage page 16. Soules excellency p. 19. Spirituall Pleasures See Pleasures Bodily Strength dangerous p 99. In bodily Strength nor all nor the best actions p. 23. T Testimonies humane how to be used p. 2. Time commonly too much mispent p. 55. Time losse of it worse in younger than in elder yeares