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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A55343	A directory for youth Through all the difficulties attending that state of life. Or a discouse of youthful lusts. In which the nature and dinds of them are described, and remedies against them laid down. First preached to young people, and now published at their request. By Samuel Pomfret, minister of the gospel.	Pomfret, Samuel, d. 1722.	1693 (1693)	Wing P2798; ESTC R224107	117,456	254

the Name of Christ might pass for true Christians the number would be great but if no more must be accounted true Christians than such as are born again and all old things are done away and all things become new being dead to sin who once were dead in sin c. O then the number is but small It 's amazing to me that strange blindness and heavy judgment that is fallen upon thousands of titular Christians at this day they will severely condemn a Man that he is no good Christian that doth not profess his Faith in Christ and come to Church and the like and yet will hug themselves with this that they are good Protestants and Christians althe ' they will make nothing of omission of Closet and Family-Prayer they will many of them swear and curse and live in Rioting and Drunkenness yet if they but come to Church c. all is well It were impossible to reckon up here the thousands of ways how Satan a●d Sin blind poor Sinners in the Christian World to their everlasting destruction Now ●en O young Man consult not with flesh ●●d blood it may be there are many about ●ee carnal Friends and Neighbors that ●●ve no fear of God and these are seeking to ●●w you off O remember this advice ●●t it 's infinitely better to be saved with a ●● than be damn'd with a multitude 2. Consider ill Company whereunto ●●uth is exceedingly prone is a Self-destroy●●● Evil nothing more emboldens Sinners ● wickedness A company of wanton loose ●●ths met together is like a Pest-house for ●ection they do a world of mischief in ●milies Churches Kingdoms here it is ●t so many of England's London's Youth ●train'd up for Hell they soon ascend the ●●t of the Scorner and so are quickly ripe ● a Descent down to Hell Here they sowe ●ows under one anothers Elbows and stu●usly argue one another to damnation ●● they let flie against Religion deriding ● Godliness jeering at others saying What ● grow precise You turn Fool Thus as ●●od sought the death of Christ and de●oyed the young Babes in Bethlehem so ●e seek the destruction of any hopeful ●●nings and good motions that are at any ●● found in persons of tender years And ●● to be lamented exceedingly the sad Suc●● this hath had in this City O the innumerable Tears and Groans of godly Parents that this hath cost And after all no recovery of their prodigal Children out of this Snare of the Devil 's ill Company The Lord be merciful to us and convince the Youth into whose hands this Book shall fall of this Nation of this City of the truth of this and cause them to keep at the utmost distance from this Pit of destruction It is upon this account that wise Solomon so frequently calls upon the young Man No● to come near the borders of this temptation not to pass on that side of the way or near the threshold of the house where this bait is laid O young Man be watchful of your Company the greatest danger is when you are among vain and carnal Friends and Acquaintance these are the great Impediment● in your way to Heaven In all probability many had been converted if they had associated with gracious persons The Man after God's own heart begins his first Psalm with Blessed is the Man that walketh not in the company of the ungodly O it 's an excellen● means to the saving of Souls to be there where there is continual helps to Conversion and Holiness as Prayers and heavenly Instructions and godly Examples whereas among the ungodly there are continual temptations to Sin wicked Society is the Devil's Boat wherein he ferrieth over multitudes to Hell O young Man as you would not be gathered with the ungodly at ●●st take heed of joining with them now It ●as the Prayer of a godly Person under ●ouble on a dying Bed O Lord let me not ●● to Hell where the wicked are for Lord ●●ou knowest I never loved their Company here O it 's a Soul-destroying Evil to keep com●any with those whose nearness will set me ●●ther off from God to be there where Worldliness Prophaneness and Wantonness ●nd Sensuality reign what is this but the ●ery Suburbs of Hell And then 3. Consider what an Honour and Commendation it is to resist Temptation while ●ou are Young and the sollicitations of vain ●ersons are strong O then to flee their en●●cements how excellent and laudable is it ●● was Lot's unhappiness to dwell in Sodom ●ut it was high honour to be righteous there ●● shewed saith an ingenious Writer that ●● holiness was of a strong complexion to retain ●● healthfulness in so corrupt an Air. It 's a ●reat Sin to be bad among the good but it is ●● high Honour to be good among the bad O remember Young Man how well God ●akes it when evil Company do strongly and ●iolently draw and entice thee to the service ●f the Devil the Flesh and the World then ●o break through all those hellish importuni●●es as Joseph did and cleave to the Lord with ●o invincible and holy resolution See the honour of this in that sacred and sweet portion of Scripture 2 Cor. 6. 14. to the end I will dwell in them and walk in them and I will be their God and they shall be my people wherefore come out from among them and be ye separate saith the Lord and touch not the unclean thing and I will receive you and I will be a Father to you and ye shall be my Sons and Daughters saith the Lord God Almighty If therefore you flee and withdraw from evil Company you shall be honoured with God's Company and Acquaintance and what can you desire more See how David triumpheth in this Priviledge Psal 23. 4. Tho' I walk through the valley of the shadow of death yet will I fear none ill why because thou art with me Hence Isa 43. 2. When thou passest through the water I will be with thee fear not drowning When flesh and heart faileth God will never 4. Consider That yielding to the enticements of the ungodly and joining with them is not only a foul Sin but a fearful sign of a graceless person for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness and what communion hath light with darkness and what concord hath Christ with Belial and what agreement hath the Temple of God with Idols Now this Argument should mightily move you to abhor and flee the company of the wicked as you would a house marked out for the Plague It was the saying of an Heathen That Company is of an assimulating na●ure Seest thou a Person choosing commu●ion with one that is carnal that liveth after the flesh c. You may be sure that that Man is so too for as Face answereth to Face so do Mens Hearts and Lives to one another after their kind They that are af●er the Spirit do all savour and chuse a spi●itual Conversation so they that are