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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

frequent the means of grace I mean the Ministry of the word that being the ordinary instrument whereby the Spirit of God who is the principal Author of grace doth convey grace into the hearts of sinners Whereupon the Apostle Peter affirmeth 1 Pet. 1. 23 That we are born a new not of corruptible seed but of incorruptible by the word of God Where by being born a new is meant such a thorow change in us whereby we are brought out of the state of nature into the state of grace and so are made new Creatures having an infusion of new and holy habits or supernatural graces put into our hearts which blessing is ordinarily wrought in us through the Ministry of the Word Acts 2. 41. We read of three thousand sinners who had grace wrought in their souls by one Sermon Yea Acts 10. 44. It is said Whilest Peter was preaching the Holy Ghoss fell on all them that heard the Word And therefore O Young man as thou desirest true saving grace frequent the Ministry of the word take all occasions of hearing the same hoth in season and out of season And for thine incouragement know that as graceless and prophane hearts as thine have been sanctified by the Spirit of God as they have been attending upon the Ministry of the Word And who knoweth but thou maist find the same effect of the Word upon thy soul whilst thou art waiting upon it 3. Beware thou neglect not the day of grace There are certain seasons of Grace when the Lord makes tenders and offers of grace to the Souls of poor sinners Yea there is no man that lives in the bosome of the Church but probably he hath his critical day a certain time for grace which if he neglect it is a question whether ever it will be offered to him again Happy therefore and thrice happy are they who observe those seasons of grace and know in their day the things that concern their everlasting peace Now it may he God speaks home to thy Conscience now he warms thine heart and puts thereinto good purposes and resolutions It will be therefore thy wisedome carefully to observe and improve the same to thy Souls advantage not suffering them carelesly to pass away lest if thou lose the benefit of those blessed motions thou lose life and salvation for ever Luke 19. 41 42. Our Saviour tells the Jews they had a day of grace which because they slighted and neglected they should never enjoy it again the means of grace and salvation should be no more offered unto them God being a just God is it not just that he should reject them for ever who have for a long time rejected him that he should turn a deaf ear unto them crying unto him on their death beds for grace and mercy who would not hearken unto him calling upon them in the day of his merciful visitation Whilest therefore the day of grace lasteth whilest God stands knocking at the door of thine heart by the motions of his Spirit and admonitions of his Ministers speedily open to him embrace his motions be willing to follow the dictates of his Spirit in ways of obedience Thou knowest not when thy day of graee will end Though some mens day continueth to their old age some to the day of their death yet some mens day of grace may end in their youth and younger years Thy first day may be thine only day for Heaven loyter out that and thence forth it may be night with thee for ever Therefore O young man how doth it concern thee to take the first and present season Now hearken now accept and submit to mercy now give thy self unto God be his faithful servant to obey and serve him with all thy heart and strength or the day may be lost and thy soul lost for ever Behold now is the accepted time now is the day of salvation Thou knowest not what a day may bring forth thou maist suddenly be taken from the means of grace or the means of grace may be suddenly taken from thee The Sun of heavenly light which now shineth may set and thou be left in darkness The gate of mercy now opened to thee may be shut against thee The things belonging to thy peace may be hid from thee There is a time coming and we know not how near it is in which as Christ saith many shall seek to enter in and shall not be able Luke 13. 24. Oh what woful yelling what pitiful crying and earnest knocking will there be then at the gate with Lord Lord open to us But all in vain having slighted and neglected their day of grace when they should have got Oyle into their Lamps and grace into their hearts 4. Be earnest with God in prayer who is the God of all grace that be would be pleased to vouchsafe unto thee his holy sanctifying Spirit which may quicken thy dead soul infuse the grace of life and make thee partaker of his holiness whereby thou maist become a new Creature Beg of God that he would not put thee off with the things of this world but together with his outward blessings or whether thou have them or not that he would bless thee with spiritual blessings in Christ Jesus and that he would inrich thee in the Inner man with his saving and sanctifying graces What the Apostle Iames saith of Wisdom is true of all grace If any one lack it let him as●… of God that giveth to all men liberally and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 not and it shall be given him Jam. 1. 5. O young man may grace be had for asking Ask and ask again never keep silence nor let fall thy suit till thou hast obtained And in thy Prayers plead that gracious promise Isa. 44. 3. I will pour Water upon him that is thirsty and flouds upon the dry ground That is where there is no sap of grace nor moisture of goodness upon such saith the Lord will I pour out my water my living water my grace shall flow down upon him and his soul shall be as a well watered garden Go therefore thou poor sinful soul who never yet to this day hadst one drop of grace within thee go thou to the Throne of Grace go to the Fountain of Grace lament thy sinful barren heart before God and plead his promise of pouring the spiritual water of grace upon the barren thirsty soul say unto him Lord make good this good promise unto me behold the dry and barren heart upon which no dew or rain from above hath ever fallen pity this hard and parched soul a drop Lord a drop from the fountain of living water God of grace give grace unto me and effectually work it in me And know for thy comfort that if God hath given thee a sense of the want of grace and an heart to pray for it it is an hopeful sign that he intends to bestow it on thee 5. Stir up in thy soul an earnest longing desire after grace To that

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