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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41668	The young man's guide through the wilderness of this world to the heavenly Canaan shewing him how to carry himself Christian-like in the whole course of his life / by Tho. Gouge ...	Gouge, Thomas, 1605-1681.	1676 (1676)	Wing G1387; ESTC R32454	122,357	176

and by tumbles down and the Wheel runs over him How often do rich men break and poor men get up in their rooms and then tumble down after them and give place to him that comes next To day thou hast an Estate but who can tell what thou mayst have to morrow Such an uncertain World this is and at such uncertainties are the things thereof and there 's no preventing it It 's good to be sure of something Since Earth can never be made sure thou art the more concerned to make sure of Heaven To have all at uncertainties both here and hereafter this is such a misery as every one that is wise will do what he can to prevent 2. If things Eternal be made sure it 's no great matter though things Temporal be at the greatest uncertainties This world is uncertain a world of changes of disappointments vexations and all kinds of troubles Why let it be so so Heaven be sure no matter for all these lower uncertainties Young Man thou art going forth into the world how thou mayst prosper in it notwithstanding all thy skill and care God only knows who can tell what crosses thou mayst meet with in thy very entrance that may dash all thy hopes And if thou hast never so fair and hopeful a beginning yet who knows what may be thy lot before the end of thy day Why now wouldst thou get above all casualties and crosses and at once be a Conquerour of all the World Wouldst thou have thy quiet and contentment out of the reach of Winds and Storms and be able to live chearfully in every condition make Heaven sure and 't is done Thou mayst then hoise up thy Sails commit thy self to the Wind and Seas make on thy Voyage and never be appall'd at the Storms on the way whilest thou hast this assurance thou shalt come safe to Harbour and not an hair of thy head perish Thus have you dear Youths the desires and breathings of my Soul after your happiness here and blessedness hereafter expressed in some useful directions suitable to your present state and condition shewing you how to deport and carry your selves both in your General and Particular Calling so that you may please God in all things here and live with him in everlasting blessedness Now my hearty request to you is that you will not content your selves with a bare reading of them but resolve with the assistance of Gods Grace to enter upon the real practice of them And oh that the Lord who alone teacheth to profit would please so to set them home upon your hearts that they may tend to your spiritual good here and eternal salvation hereafter O Young Men you are now Flowers in the Bloom you are those First-fruits which should be offered to the Lord Oh that now you would consecrate your selves unto God and his service Oh that while you are Young you would with Isaac give your selves to Prayer and Meditation and with Samuel serve the Lord from your Youths and with young Solomon study to know and serve the God of your Fathers and with Obadiah fear the Lord from your Youths and with young Iosiah do that which is right in the sight of the Lord And to these ends with Timothy from your Youth addict your selves to the reading of the Scriptures which are able to make you wise unto Salvation Oh that you would set these mens lives as Copies for your imitation giving up your selves intirely and unfeignedly to the Lord in a truly gracious life O Young Men you are now in your preparations for Eternity and therefore had need to be very watchful over your selves to see that you walk circumspectly not as fools but as wise redeeming the time because the days are evil Ephes. 5. 15. Little do you consider how much dependeth upon this moment of time which God for the present is pleased to vouchsafe unto you even no less than the whole weight of Eternity Upon your well or ill improving of your time and Talents here depends your everlasting condition that Estate which is to be for ever and ever Oh what folly and madness then must it needs be in you to suffer your Lusts or wicked Companions to steal away this Jewel your precious time which is more worth than all the world Oh that for the future you would so live every day as those that live for Eternity It is sadly evident that too too many losing their first and tender years in conclusion lose their Souls also O Dear Youths Behold the Arms of Free Grace are yet open to imbrace you if now you will abandon your Youthful Lusts and cordially turn unto God who is willing to forgive yea willing to forget all former mis●…arriages upon the reforming your lives Turn ye turn ye therefore from your evil ways for why will ye die Ezek. 33. 11. In this small Treatise I have set before you Life and Death Heaven and Hell Happiness and Misery Know assuredly that as you chuse now so shall you speed hereafter Oh then for the Lord Christ's sake and for the sake of your poor Souls chuse that good part which shall never be taken from you walk in the path which leadeth to life and happiness that you may not perish and be tormented with the Devils in hell fire to all Eternity And now my Friend I bid thee farewel Take these words along with thee let them ever be before thine eyes and upon thine heart and then go on thy way Good Counsel be with thee that thou mayst guide thine affairs with discretion and good success be upon thee that thou mayst eat the fruit of thy good doings I wish first that thy Soul may prosper and then I also wish that thy Body may prosper and thy Family may prosper and thy Estate may prosper as thy Soul prospereth The Lord be with thee in all that thou settest thine hand unto The Almighty bless thee let his blessing be upon thy labours let his blessing be upon all thy substance let him help thee in thy work and increase thy store let his Sun shine upon thy Tabernacle and let the light of his Countenance make glad thine heart let him guide thee with his eye hold thee in his hands carry thee in his bosom till he hath lodged thee safe in the Everlasting Rest. Amen FINIS

9. Thou who sayest thou hast time enough before thee and thereupon yet a while longer wilt venture after the Devil suppose thou shouldst at the latter end of thy life turn from thy sins unto God which as I shewed before is not ordinary yet must it needs be matter of grief and sorrow to thee then to call to mind how thou hast spent the strength of thy Youth the best of thy days in the service of sin and Satan and now hast little time and less strength remaining for God and his service Surely this will be matter of great shame and sorrow unto thy Soul And therefore as thou tenderest the honour of God and thine own eternal happiness now stir up in thy self a longing desire after the work of Grace in thy Soul and put thy self upon a present and serious use of the means delay not a day longer lest that delay be unto death 10. Thou who still goest on impenitently in thy wicked course of life consider how sad and dreadful thy condition is so long as thou continuest therein 1. Thou art under the guilt of sin All the sins that ever thou committedst are yet on thy score none of them are blotted out Surely if one sin laid to the charge of a sinner is enough to sink him irrecoverably into Perdition Oh then how sad is thy condition who liest under the guilt of many millions of sins cloathed with many aggravating circumstances 2. Thou art under the power and dominion of sin yielding up thy self to the command of every lust Yea such a Slave art thou to every filthy and unclean motion that though thou knowest very well that the fire of Lust will end in the fire of Hell without speedy repentance yet wilt thou gratifie thy self therein The truth is there is no such Tyrant in the World as SIN and therefore there can be no greater folly and madness than to serve such a Master whose work is drudgery whose wages is death and that eternal Rom. 6. 23. Oh that the eyes of poor sinners were opened to see the miserable slavery and bondage in which they are surely then they would flee unto Jesus Christ for freedom and redemption I deny not but sin and corruption doth remain yea work and stir in the very best after they are renewed and sanctified by the Spirit of God but they hate and loath their sins yea pray and strive against them and are never satisfied till they are utterly subdued and vanquished But in the unconverted sin doth Reign and play the Rex so that they are under the power and dominion thereof yielding a willing subjection thereunto Their lusts no sooner bid them go but they go and run again they yield up themselves to be the servants of unrighteousness and sometimes are content to be at a great deal of cost and pains for the satisfying their filthy lusts 3. Thou art under the damnation of sin Though thou art nor actually roaring in Hell-flames with the Devils and damned yet art thou liable thereunto and if by some unexpected Providence thou shouldst be taken hence in thine unconverted state which for ought thou knowest may be●…al thee this night thou hast no hope of escaping the damnation of Hell but wilt most assuredly be cast into that Lake of Fire and Brimstone where is nothing but weeping and wailing and gnash●…ng of teeth and that to all Eternity Eccl. 11. 9. Solomon speaking unto the Young Man who was much addicted to his sensual lusts and pleasures saith by way of scorn and derision Rejoyce in thy youth and let thine heart chear thee in the days of thy youth and walk in the ways of thine heart and in the sight of thine eyes As if he had said Do what thou pleasedst deny not thy self any thing which thine heart can desire take thy fill of pleasure But know thou that for all these things God will bring thee into Iudgment that is for thy mis-spent Youth and all those sensual pleasures wherein thou takest so much content and delight thou shalt perforce be brought before Christs Judgment-Seat at the last and great day and there receive the dreadful sentence of Condemnation and then be hurried by the Devils out of Christs Presence and dragged into Hell never never to return again Ah sinner might thy torments there have an end after so many millions of years as there are Stars in the Firmament hairs on thy head or sands on the Sea-shore the consideration thereof would administer some comfort to thee but the thought of Everlasting torment is the very Hell of Hell O the folly and madness of many men who from day to day and from year to year do put off their reformation and amendment yea spend their days in mirth and jollity as if they were in no danger though they walk upon the very brink of Hell Know O young man that so long as thou livest and continuest impenitently in thy wicked and ungodly course of life there is but a step betwixt thee and eternal destruction for thou hangest over the very Mouth of Hell by the rotten Thred of thy life which may soon be snapt asunder and then what can be expected but an irrevocable downfal into Hell Thus much for the setting forth the miserable condition of such as continue impenitently in their sinful courses upon a conceit that they have time enough before them to repent in Wherein I have somewhat the longer insisted thereby to startle and awaken all unconverted sinners out of their carnal security into a lively sense and apprehension of the dreadful danger they are in so long as they live and lye in their sins unrepented of I shall close this last Objection by removing those incouragements which many plead for the delaying their amendment and reformation 1. Taken from that noted place in Ezek. 18. 21. But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed and keep all my Statutes and do that which is lawful and right he shall surely live he shall not die Whence some have inferred that at what time soever a sinner doth repent him of his sins he shall be received to mercy and thereupon have deferred their repentance till it hath been too late Ans. 1. The Text affirmeth no such thing but only that whosoever truly turneth from all his sins and sincerely endeavoureth to walk in all the ways of Gods Commandments he shall surely live and not die So that the place truly understood giveth no incouragement to any to put off their repentance to their old age or death-bed for what time have they then to express the sincerity of their repentance by their godly lives and conversations If the conditions of the Text be well weighed and considered they would fright men from that folly and madness 2. Although it be true that whensoever a wicked man truly repenteth he shall be pardoned yet he cannot truly repent whensoever he will Repentance not being in his own power but the