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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B08964	A serious exhortation to the necessary duties of [brace] family and personal instruction made (formerly) to the inhabitants of the parish of Tredington in the county of Wercester, and now upon request published for their use / by William Durham.	Durham, William, d. 1686.	1659 (1659)	Wing D2832A; ESTC R229159	38,436	108

the multitude of years should teach wisdom and it is a reproach when the aged do not understand Deut. 32.7 1 Cor. 14.20 At your mouths the younger sort should enquire for instruction and if you be ignorant what do they but enquire of an Idol that hath a mouth and speaks not St. 1 Epist 2.13 John presumes that those who are of riper years understand the mysteries of Religion I have written to you Fathers because ye have knewn him that was from the beginning You look for reverence because of your age Prov. 16.31 but gray hairs are an honor only in the way of righteousness otherwise they are a reproach to you Eccles 4.13 for a poor and wise child is better then an old and foolish King that will not be admonished The Son of Syrach hath an excellent saying to this purpose though the Book be Apocriphal Eccles 25.4 5 6. the words are Canonical If thou hast gathered nothing in thy youth how canst thou find any thing in thine age Oh! how comely a thing is judgement for gray hairs and for antient men to know counsel Oh! how comely is the wisdom of old men and understanding and counsel to men of honor Much experience is the crown of old men and the fear of God is their glory What a shame is it for men to have spent the greatest part of their time and not know the end for which they were made nor but by roat who made them What an incongruous thing it is to profess an expectation of salvation by Christ at your approaching death when you can give no account who that Christ is or what he hath done for you more then any other hath done To profess your selves Christians and resolved to die in the Christian Faith and yet to live and die in an utter ignorance of him and of the saving benefits of his death What a shame would it be to see your selves out-done by your children who in a little time will be able through Gods blessing to give a better account of their Faith and Hope then you can unless you who are yet ignorant will be willing to be taught Wisdom crieth after you and upbraids you with your aged ignorance Prov. 1.21 How long yee simple ones will ye love simplicity and the scorners delight in their scorning and fools hate knowledge Sect. 2. You have reason to expect but little time more before you are called to your great account you have but a little time more to learn in Young men may die old men must You have one foot in the grave already much of your sand is run your day is far spent your sun draws low and is near to setting You must not expect your shadow to go back 2 Kings 20.11 as once it did on the Dial of Ahaz nor your sun to stand still as that in the firmament did in the days of Joshua Josh 10.12 13. He who hath trifled out the morning had need to mend his pace in the afternoon if he would compass his journey with security and comfort Walk apace while your light lasteth work hard while you have day Joh. 19.4 Eccles 9.10 for the night comes when no man can work Whatsoever thine hand findeth to do do it with all thy might for there is no work nor knowledge nor aevice in the grave whether thou art going Now is the season of getting the oyl of saving knowledge into thy vessel if thou wouldst have thy lamp shine when the Bridegroom cometh Mat. 25. Job 36.12 v. Merc. in loc He that openeth his ears to discipline shall spend his years in prosperity but he that will not hear and obey shall fall by the sword i.e. miserably and shall dye without knowledge Those who affect ignorance ignorance shall be their ruine It 's a heavy curse when God gives up them who refuse instruction to dye without knowledge Above all take heed of putting off this business to a further time Parce tempori Stoicorum praecept Gods time is the present time To day if you will hear my voyce It s good doing Gods work in Gods time Procrastination and putting off our duties to another day Procrastinatio semper luctatur cum damnis is the great bane of souls Many resolve to learn what 's needful for salvation and to do what 's needful to be done but hereafter at present they have some other smal occasions to morrow is a new day Cras hoc fiet Idem cras fiet jam cras hesternum heu confumpsimus ecce aliud cras egerit hos annos Persius they have time enough before them O but deceive not thy soul with a false account to day is thine to morrow is not Wilt thou mispend that time which thou hast and dispose of that which thou mayst never live to see Thou mayst be dead before to morrow or if thou live yet thou wilt be putting off the work till to morrow still to morrow hath no end every day hath a morrow behinde it whither when we have caught the trick on 't we shall cast all our business He that puts off his business till to morrow will ever come a day behinde his work Frustra sectabere canthum Cum rota superior curras inane secundo id at 5. as the hinder wheel of the Coach though it moves as fast as the former yet it never catches him it is behinde still There is no greater impediment to a good life then neglecting the present seasons to resolve what we will do to morrow Delays do not onely lose time but render us more unfit every day then other for our work If to morrow be a convenient time how much more to day that thou mayst go on to morrow and not while it off to the third day 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. Arrian Epict. l. 4 c. 1.2 in fine Sect. 3. The best Christians are capable of improvement I am well assured that there are divers amongst you who are in your proportions well instructed to the Kingdom of heaven who are grown men in Christ and able to render a good account of the hope that is in you yet such ought not to withdraw themselves from this necessary work 1. Because your withdrawing would be a pretence for those to refuse who have most need of instruction Others will pretend to that knowledge which they have not when they see that your knowledge is an excuse for not submitting your selves to Gods ways 2. Of all men you have least reason to refuse it of all Schollars they should be ready to stand forth to trial who are best able to give an account of the spending of their time It is the Banckrupt onely who is afraid of having his estate looked into 3. He that hath most knowledge hath yet many things to learn There is a growth 2 Pet. 3.18 as in Grace so in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus