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A84930 A friendly letter to all young men who are desirous to live Godly lives, and are true members of the Church of England. Imprimatur Octob. the 5th. 1688. R.M. 1688 (1688) Wing F2222; ESTC R226182 5,037 8

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Converse according to St. Pauls Advice Thess 5. 14 15. Warning them that are unruly Comforting the Feeble minded supporting the Weak patient towards all Men seeing that none render Evil for Evil to any man but ever follow that which is Good both among your selves and to all Men and if you are Laugh'd at for your pains Consider that Blesled are they who shall be Reviled for Christs sake you may possibly cast your Pearl before Swine but let them know that mock at Piety what a sad after reckoning they shall have when the judgment shall be set and the Book opened 5th of Wisdom Then says Solomon shall the Righteous Man stand in great boldness before the Face of such as have afflicted him and made no account of his Labours when they see it they shall be troubled with a terrible Fear and shall be amazed at the strangness of this Salvation so far beyond all that they looked for then they Repenting and Groaning for anguish shall say within themselves This is he whom we have had sometimes in Derision and a Proverb of Reproach we Fools counted his Life madness and his End to be without honour how is he Numbred among the Children of God and his Lot is among the Saints Then in Sorrow and Grief of Heart shall they Cry out upon themselves What hath Pride profited us Or what good hath Riches with our vaunting brought us All these things are vanish'd like a shadow and as a Post that passeth by but the Righteous live for evermore their reward also is with the most Highest Intreat them therefore that they stand in aw and Sin not that they Die unto Sin and live unto Righteousness beseeching them to Consecrate the Morning and the youth of their Age to God making them sensible of the Benefit of Reigning over their sinful Desires and Passions beg of them to curb their Anger and Refrain their Lusts Moderate their Joys and watch over their sensual Delights to keep themselves within bounds to Conquer their hatred towards their fellow Christians to grow Eminent in the love of God and to advance in Charity to their Neighbours to kill their Covetousness and surmount the Hills of Pride to keep Holy God's Sabbath and to obey his Laws Tell them that without doing these things they serve not God but themselves and are so far from being Subjects to him that they make themselves professed Servants of the Devil Lay open to them what a Glorious Benefit it is to be a Subject to the King of Heaven and what a Gracious Priviledge to submit to his Laws and become his Servant that this will make them Govern their inordinate Passions and Lusts for all these fleshly Enemies by God's Grace and Assistance shall be put in Subjection under their Feet That he who can do this is a King indeed for it hath been acknowledg'd by all Wife Men in all Ages that he that Conquers these Rebels is a greater Commander than he that lays whole Cities and Countries waste for in subduing these he Acts but according to his Brutish Appetite But in Conquering these inordinate desires he overcomes himself and in that consists the highest perfection of Virtue O tell them therefore that desire either to be happy in this World or in the World to come that they First seek the Kingdom of God and his Righteousness and then all other things shall be added unto them Exhorting that they think it not enough to give him the sleepiest hours of the Day while they bestow the lively upon the World for to sin as long as they can and then to turn to God is to play with Religion First to secure our Temporal Interest and then to think of making sure of Everlasting Life is to imagine that God and Death will forbear us till our Old Age although we have given our Youth and tender Years unto the Devil O desire them not to flatter themselves with a fancy that they may go on in Wickedness as well as their Neighbours or the rest of their Companions and yet live to Repent at last for how many alas have been cut off in this Childish stupidity and they know not with how small a Thread the Sword of Justice hangs over their own Heads for though God is Merciful yet he is just and hath a Trumpet of War to affright the sinner from his Wickedness as well as a Scepter of Love to encourage and allure the Good He hath Magazines of Vengeance Store-houses of Curses and can ruin a sinful Creature a Thousand ways and yet how Merry notwithstanding all this is the Drunkard over his Cups and how boldly doth the Swearer send up his dreadful Oaths to Heaven and all this because God is merciful and long suffering But O let them know what a terrible abuse it is to let God's Mercy provoke them to Wantonness and his Patience to cause Sin to live in their Souls that his Goodness should tempt them to be foolish and his Compassion tempt them to affront his Glory that his kindness should prove their Bane and that the Meat he gives them should increase their Corruption that his Corn and Wine should be turn'd into Contempt of his Majesty and that they should make use of the Ease he gives them to fight against his Laws that the Plenty they enjoy by his Providence should Encourage them to make War with him from whence all their Plenty flows O! What monstrous Abuses are here if their Children should serve them so what Plagues would they think too big for them Or ask them if their fellow Servants should recompence their kindnesses thus would they not hate the very sight of them and yet must God put up Affronts which they will not Must he be contented under Scorns and Abuses which they will not take Bid them consider how he waits for their Repentance and perswades them to it Turn ye turn ye saith the Lord your God why will ye dye And yet they frustrate his Clemency he is patient and would have them prevent the blow and yet they are ready to pluck it down on their own Heads O ask them how they dare turn Grace into Wantonness and yet expect to be Applauded at last with a well done thou Good and Faithful Servant Have they not heard of that unprofitable Servant that was delivered to the Tormentors till he should pay even the uttermost Farthing and is not this their Case who make light of God's Anger because he doth not pour it out upon them so soon as their Sins deserve To such the Apostle speaks thus Rom. 2. 1. Therefore art thou inexcusable O Man whosoever thou art that despisest the Richness of his Goodness and forbearance and long suffering not knowing that the Goodness of God leads to Repentance Therefore my beloved Brethren be ye Stedfast Vnmoveable always abounding in the Work of the Lord forasmuch as ye know that your Labour is not in vain in the Lord 1 Cor. 15. 58. I shall Conclude all with the Words of St. Chrysostome To know the Art of Almes is Greater than to be Crowned with the Diadem of Kings and yet to Convert one Soul is greater than to pour out ten thousand Talents into the Basket of the Poor FINIS LONDON Printed for Dan. Brown at the Black Swan and Bible without Temple-Bar 1688.