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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35189	The young mans monitor, or, A modest offer toward the pious, and vertuous composure of life from youth to riper years by Samuel Crossman.	Crossman, Samuel, 1624?-1684.; Crossman, Samuel, 1624?-1684. Young mans meditation.	1664 (1664)	Wing C7276; ESTC R24109	112,999	295

it Which made the Prophet cry out so earnestly to some insolent and over-daring spirits in his time Now therefore be ye not mockers lest your bonds be made strong He that hath not so much Reverence as to spare Religion from reproaching that not Humanity as to forbear godly persons from deriding them let him yet have so much Wisdom so much Pity as to spare himself It was the setled and unalterable description which David long ago gave of a godly man a man likely to dwell in the Tabernacle of the Lord In whose eyes a vile person is contemned but he honoureth them that fear the Lord. The Image of God should be exceeding lovely his grace highly honourable wherever we find it though but in the meanest of his people What we discern of weakness not yet removed not yet healed may be pitied but must not be scorned Where Religion is wantonly scoffed at without doors in others It is to be feared and more than feared it is neglected enough and wretchedly trodden under foot at home 2. Not one given to foolish gaming Oh! no It is not for him that comes into the world a Child of wrath born in sin it is not for him whose very Condition and Religion if he seriously bethinks himself of either call aloud unto him for tears and dayly repentance It is not for him who hath no more but these few and frail daies wherein to provide for that solemn thing Eternity or else lie down with everlasting burnings It is not for such an one to become a vain gamester He hath other things matters of greater weight and moment which will call for his time and utmost care he is scarce at leisure to trifle with unmanly games Ingenuous divertions where they are wisely chosen harmlesly and seldom used timely and willingly parted with might possibly be winked at Both body and mind may sometimes modestly beg their remedy And let them have it so they take it but as a remedy and make it not worse than the disease Generous actions Religion is not so Stoical as to condemn them They are commanded they shall be commended Whatsoever things are honest whatsoever things are just whatsoever things are lovely if there be any vertue if there be any praise we have free leave and are invited to address our selves unto them And happy is that young man whose hopeful disposition presseth early as David into the Camp and even longeth to employ it self in such noble undertakings He that passeth by shall bless him in the name of the Lord and say Go on and prosper But effeminate games can claim no kindred neither can they expect that they should ever be recorded in Letters of Gold or mentioned in the Congregation of the Lord like Mordecay's good services unto honour No no They are as Alexander wittily said in Plutarch neither true Iest nor good Earnest Neither fair Play nor sober Work But of a far sadder nature when such serious things as Estates and the welfare of whole Families are unnaturally thrown away upon idle and foolish Dice They are too commonly seeming sports real vexations Actaeons hounds kept for pleasure but in a short space devour their M●ster the deflouring of the mind the gratifying of Satan the unhinging of the whole man from things of nobler worth toward God or toward our Country Experience hath too often stood with tears in her eyes and even wept in the sight of all men over these things complaining what you account the pastime of particular persons I must lament as the danger of thousands as that sore evil which unworthily softens and corrupts the Spirit of Nations into degeneracy and sloath opening the gates to any enemies inviting and letting in the Trojan horse of all calamity Thus with the Roman Emperour we greedily take the Cup because it is pleasant but it proves poyson and in conclusion our death These things please not so much one way but they wound as much another Whosoever seems here to win all are sure to go away great losers The Gamester alwaies rashly stakes and too commonly plaies away his dear immortal soul in his games 3. Not a Sabbath breaker Oh no He that dares be so bold on the Lords day will not stick to be f●● worse upon another Where a Sabbath of so few hours becomes wearisome to us on Earth Good Lord what would that man do with an everlasting Sabbath in Heaven It becomes the true Disciple to awake and arise early that morning To awake as the Apostle saies out of sin unto righteousness and to put himselfe in remembrance that this is the day of his Saviours Resurrection the flower of time a Princess amongst all other daies the day for his solemn avouching of his Religion in the sight of God Angels and Men that this is the day wherein the Lord hath appointed to speak with him and hear from him wherein to give him ● meeting about the great affairs of his Soul He dares not neglect so blessed an opportunity he knows not whether he shall ever live till another Sabbath comes about He saies within himself as in the Primitive times I am a Christian and dare not omit the due observing of this day Oh the sad ruins of thousands for the controversie of violated Sabbaths● Persons Families Countries have died under it For Gods sake even for Gods sake let the terrour of the Lord in the remembrance of such sad Judgements perswade you And charge your selves afresh every Sabbath morning with what solemness you possibly can not to speak your own words not to think your own thoughts but thoughts meet for a Sabbath and settle your selves heartily to sanctifie this day of the Lord. Where the religious care of these choice Seasons dies it is too too commonly and sadly seen little goodness little loveliness little of the true fear of God there lives 4. Not one given to vain speech Oh! no The sober Young Man finds a field large enough to walk in to refresh himself and others with harmless discourse he desires not to break the hedge or run over to speak with sin He understand those words which are but Cyphers as to sense may be Figures of too great number as to sin He hears there may be and often are whole slouds of words in bulk where there are scarce the least drops of good reason or wisdom to be found in them And it makes him still the more cautious that he opens not his lips at any time foolishly He judges speech should be a Lecture of wisdome to the hearers The matter alwaies weighty the manner of expression ingenuous and comely without which he concludes with the great Philosopher Speech about vain things when all is done will be but vain and worthless He chooseth to have his discourse rather of things than of persons Sometimes of Vertue and the amiableness of that Sometimes of the great Works and Providence of

and destruction from the Almighty upon the Children of Men. A day that all are enough warned of a day that few duly provide for This is that day that shall decide that great Case which hath so long depended that shall resolve that Question of all Questions which to this hour hovers and passes to and ●ro so thoughtfully in all mens minds Then shall the Lord shew who is holy and who are his This is that day wherein the World to its utter astonishment as Iosephs Brethren troubled at the unexpected ●ight of one so little looked for so little delighted in shall yet once again hear and see more of Christ That the residue o● the great work of Redemption might be finished and the Kingdom delivered up according to the earnest longing of the whole Creation in the fulness of its glory to the Father This is once more that day wherein grace and grace alone shall find favour in the eyes of God Hypocrisie shall then shelter none Estates shall then buy off none It is the just Judge of the whole Earth who sitteth then upon our trials and a righteous judgement according as every mans Case shall then be sound he will impartially pass None can here plead ignorance o● say they heard not of it Enoch the seventh from Adam so long ago prophesied of this so openly that who would might understand it Behold he cometh with ten thousand of his Saints We cannot make our selves strangers to it The blind and the deaf both heard and saw it The poor Heathen awaked as amazed men and said one to another This World will one day have a tragick end and we shall all be certainly judged for what we now do Their Philosophers they freely yielded it Their Sybils and Poets dayly sung of it And all flesh may now without further thought or doubt sit down and confess with the Apostle 〈◊〉 We know we must all none excep●ted appear before the judgement seat of Christ in the solemnest case that ever was tried to receive of him according to the things done in the body whether they be good or whether they be evil 2 Cor. 5.10 Oh Young Man Young Man how often hast thou seriously thought of this day A day wherein these eyes of thine shall see Christ himself coming in the clouds with great power and glory from the brightness of whose presence Heaven and Earth shall be ready to flee away Then shalt thou see th●se Royal Officers of State the Angels of Heaven so numerously up and down amongst us attending their Masters business summoning the Graves of the Earth calling to the Waters of the Sea to deliver up their dead almost now forgotten that have been so long since committed to them Then shalt thou hear the shrill voice of the last Trumpet sounding that solemn Call to all Flesh Arise ye dead and come unto judgement Oh how loth will the Sinner be to rise at the ringing of this Watch-bell How little heart will he have to put on his old cloaths of sinful Flesh and appear in them before the Lord How loth to meet with his body in so sad a place upon so sad an occasion that they may now together as joyless Companions receive the bitter wages of all their former sins Then shall you see the Prophets Vision dry bones live indeed then shall the dead awake from their Long sleep the Father with the Son the Poor with the Rich and go to receive every one their several Sentence from the Lord. Then must the Sun be content to be darkned and the Moon to the amazement of all beholders shall become as bloud Then must the Stars like withered leaves fall from their places The Flouds roaring the Earth flaming the Elements melting the Heavens like a Scrowl of Parchment passing away and almost all Flesh shreeking and crying out In vain have we flattered our selves in vain have we put far from us the evil day Notwithstanding all our lothness it is come even the day of his wrath and who can stand before him Then comes forth the definitive Sentence from the Judge's own lips to the godly on the right hand Come ye blessed of my Father inherit the Kingdom prepared so long by me desired so affectionately by you Enter ye now at length once for ever into the joy of your Lord. Then also comes forth that heart-wounding Condemnation on the left hand Depart from me ye Cursed go go cursed ye are and shall now to your own everlasting smart feel it far from any rayes of blessedness shining upon you shall your place henceforth be and your condition as far from rest or ease Depart from me ye Cursed into everlasting fire prepared for the Devil and his Angels Then shall that slighted word Eternity trampled so much under foot now be found and felt a ponderous thing indeed This oh this shall make the night of Sinners sorrow so doleful to him there shall never never never more arise or shine any day upon him Never so many aking hearts never so many pale faces seen together since the World began Then shall the stout hearted be spoiled and he that knew not how to brook the fe●r of the Almighty here on earth his spirits shall then fail him apace his heart shall thenceforth meditate terrour and his own tongue confess his punishment is now become greater than he knows either how to avoid or how possibly to bear This great day is to the pious young man the Memorial of all Memorials a cogent and constraining argument to bring him into Gods Vineyard As the Apostle calls it the terrour of the Lord and he is willing it should perswade him He goes up to his Watch-tower he concludes with himself what ever lies neglected this day must be timely provided for and he prepareth unfainedly as he is able for it 1. He first spreadeth his hands toward heaven and draweth with much humility toward God Having been so exceeding sinful hitherto he is loth to be false or further dilingenuous now He freely confesses guilty And what could easily enough be proved against him if he should go about to deny it he filially acknowledgeth passing sentence upon himself as one whom God for his manifold and hainous sins most righteously might condemn Yet still hoping the Lord will give him the benefit of his reading and the blessed favour of that sweet Scripture He that judgeth himself shall not be judged of the Lord. 2. He then beforehand entreats the Judge himself for the Lord in his stupendious mercy allows it to become his Advocate He dares not indeed trust his Case in any meaner hands He now putteth the very hopes of his life in his Saviours righteousness saying That and that alone is the righteousness that can answer for him in times to come 3. He lastly resolves to set the straightest steps to take the greatest heed to his whole Conversation doing those things

pray know It is no less than Life or Death that now stands before you waiting for your Yea or Nay It is so small or inferiour matter of little moment of light consequence that you are now to give your answer in It is Heaven it is Eternal life I need say no more it is your own happiness for ever and ever how can you turn your backs upon it Yea further know there have been those among the poor Heathens that never durst think thus lightly of sin as you do They alwaies held it the greatest evil and the sorrows of it the heaviest sorrows in the whole world There have been tender hearted Ninevites that have come to God at one call and gladly closed with their own mercy And there yet are at this day how backward soever you may be thousands filially returning as the Prodigal with tears of joy to their Fathers house longing for him and welcome to him going where there is what they and you likewise want Bread of life and change of Rayment that you might be cloathed Oh why should you stand out against such sweet mercy and harden your selves so unnaturally to your own destruction You might yet further know though it will be sad enough to know it there is never a Companion of yours with whom you have now sinned but shall be ready to witness against you Never a leaf in all your Bible but shall be enough to condemn you Ministers Parents Friends and Foes shall all come forth against you And oh how cutting will it be to be made a spectacle of scorn to God to Angels and to Men How wounding to thy astonished heart to become an everlasting By word upbraided of all pitied of none It is the condition will they say that he hath long ago deserved and let him bear it This as an holy man rightly observed will make thy load and burden heavy indeed Yea God himself who here hath wooed and so often so long even waited to be gracious shall then set every sin in order before you and make your guilty Consciences with everlasting blushings to own them Then saies the Father shall it be said in the audience of Heaven and Earth Behold the man and all that ever he did let it be had in everlasting remembrance whether it be good or whether it be evil Then shall your selves also look back upon that dear Salvation that you have negligently lost that wretched misery that you have wilfully brought upon your selves and sinke down with heart-breaking sighs and horrour at the Bar of Christ. Then may you be ready to take your last leave of all comfort and say Farewell my day of Grace which is now gone and never more to shine upon such a wretch as I am Come in all ye my hainous sins and the bitter remembrance of you The Lord hath sent you to stand as adversaries of terrour round about me Sting as so many fiery Serpents in this bosome of mine and spare not Oh! that you might have leave to make an utter end and rid me out of all my pain Oh how will the tears trickle down to see the Lord so gracious so loving to others and yet so justly severe and full of indignation towards you To see those that prayed while you slept that so willingly kept the Lords Sabbaths while you as constantly profaned them to see those that ●●isely redeemed that time which you so lavishly wasted to see those very persons so well known to you it may be your near acquaintance in the Kingdom of God and your selves shut out Then though never till then will the heart that hath held out as long as ever it could begin to falter and fail Then shall the lips break forth with that righteous acknowledgment I am undone undone for ever and my destruction is of my self Oh my dear Friends my bowels even yearn for you Hast thou but one blessing oh my Father bless our Young People even them also that they may turn to thee and live But I cannot thus leave you My Errand I confess is now even done but your duty henceforth to be taken up and still carefully carried on I may justly say of this whole Letter as once the Roman Oratour well said to his Son It will be of more or less service to you as you make it truly practicable in the sequel of your life Counsel stored by us in Books and neglected in life it is like the co● vetous mans bags of Gold which lie wholly dead and no good use made of them Suffer me then once more for greater sureness sake to rehearse my Message again unto you It is you Dear Youths to whom I am as the Father affectionately said in this Paper to apply my self It is you who have yet seen but the third hour of the day with whom the Message whether it lives or whether it dies must now be finally left You are desired in the higest Name that can be used in the Name of the great and most glorious God who made the Heavens and the Earth and gave you that breath you breathe between your Nostrils You are desired in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ who freely shed his precious bloud in a readiness to redeem and cleanse you from all your sins You are desired in this great and dreadful Name and by all the respect you bear unto it to remember your Creator in the daies of your Youth You are desired to strive to enter in at the straight Gate You ●●e desired to accept the richest the gre●●est gift that God himself ever b●stows upon any his own dear Son You are desired to be kind to your own Souls and to lay up a good foundation ag●inst times to come You are desired to come and live with God for ever Dear Youths what do you purpose to do in this great matter These are not Requests to be slighted these are not Requests to be denied Such a capacity for mercy how would the damned prize it oh let not the living set light by i● This short moment how meanly soever you may think of it once wretchedly lost and an Age will not recover Eternity it self as long as it is will never restore the like advantages to your souls again And now are you oh are you at length willing to go about this blessed work and become happy for ever if there may be yet any hope in Israel concerning your case Behold the arms of Mercy are open ready to imbrace you whatever is past how unkind how hainous soever God is ready to forgive willing to forget it He calls Heaven and Earth to record if you miscarry let the blame lie where it ought it shall not be his As I live saith the Lord I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked but that he turn from his wicked way and live Turn ye oh now unweariedly doth the Lord renew his call turn ye from