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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44186	The father's new-years-gift to his son containing divers useful and necessary directions how to order himself both in respect to this life and that which is to come / written by the Right Honourable Sir Matthew Hale ; whereunto is added, divine poems upon Christmas-day.	Hale, Matthew, Sir, 1609-1676.	1685 (1685)	Wing H246; ESTC R40538	14,741	70

THE Father's New-Years-Gift TO HIS SON CONTAINING Divers Useful and Necessary DIRECTIONS how to Order himself both in respect to this Life and that which is to come Written by the Right Honourable Sir MATTHEW HALES Kt. and late Lord Chief Justice of England Whereunto is added Divine Poems upon Christmas-Day London Printed for William Booker near the King's-head in the Old Change 1685. The Right Hon. ble Scroop Egerton Earl of Bridgwater Viscount Brackley Baron of Elsmere 1703 SIC DONEC The PREFACE ALtho' Piety and Religion be the glory of Youth as well as the Crown of Old Age And Solomon to incourage Young Men to imbrace and practice it tells them That Wisdom hath length of days in her right-hand and in her left-hand riches and honour and that she will promote those who do exalt her and bring them to honour that do embrace her Yet ●here is nothing more common than for those of your Age to neglect and cast off the practice of Piety and Religion as things too mean and trivial for them to be concerned about and imploy themselves wholly in pursuing the sensual pleasures and delights of sin and wickedness as tho' they were resolved to spend all their present time in doing that which will be bitterness to them in time to come and thought that their Youth were to be imployed only in treasuring up matter for repentance and sorrow in Old Age Which renders the Advice contained in the following Sheets very needful and necessary especially at this Season when too many especially Young Men under pretence of rejoycing for the Birth of their Saviour do all they can to dishonour Christ and gratifie their own sensual and luxurious Inclinations I do not pretend like some that have shamm'd several Tracts upon the World under pretence of their being written by the Reverend Author of the whole Duty of Man that the ensuing Sheets were written by the Lord Chief Justice Hales in the Method and with the same Title wherewith I present them to thee But yet thou may'st assure thy self that they are all the true and genuine Works of that venerable Author and are the same Advice which he gave whil'st living to his own Children And finding upon my perusal of them that they had something more of weight and excellency in them than I had ever yet observed in any thing of that kind I thought them very well worthy and deserving of a more general reading than they were capable of whil'st scattered up and down in several larger Volumes Abanishing the thoughts of Death and Eternity An obscene licentious and extravagant liberty of the Tongue An unthankful receiving and an ungrateful forgetting the greatest Favours and Deliverances And a violating and prophaning the Sabbath are most natural and common sins of Youth and are for the most part the cause of all other Vices in regard they viciate and debauch the mind and dispose it for the ingaging in and perpetrating the worst of Crimes as appears by the frequent Confessions of those whose Wickedness and Debauchery brings them to an untimely Death And therefore this wise and prudent as well as holy and religious Judge took a more than ordinary care to prevail with his Children to forsake and guard themselves against those leading and foundation Sins And I assure my self that if thou wilt seriously read and conscientiously practice the Directions which he gave them in order thereunto thou wilt then acknowledge this to be the best New-Years Gift thou ever yet received'st THE Father's New-Years-Gift TO HIS SON SOlomon who was inspired by the Almighty with a Spirit of wisdom above all that ever went before him or have followed after him tells us That it is the indispensible Duty of all Young Men to Remember their Creator in the daies of their Youth before the evil day come or the years draw nigh wherein they will say they have no pleasure in them Notwithstanding which it is lamentable to see the Wickedness and Debauchery Irreligion and Atheism that generally abounds in the Youth of our Age But that thou maist secure thy self from being reckoned among their number do thou seriously make it thy business to furnish thy mind richly with the Knowledge Nature and Design of the true Religion which thou wilt find to be the greatest improvement advantage and priveledge of the humane nature and that which gives it the most noble and highest pre-eminence above all other visible creatures whatsoever And when thou hast informed thy self let not that alone content thee but do thou seriously set thy self to the Practice of it and particularly make Conscience of a due ordering thy Speech making Preparation for thy Death returning sutable Praise for Mercies received and Sanctifying the Lords Day for the better performing whereof observe the ensuing Directions And First of the Ordering of your Speech which consist of two branches First how to entertain the speech of others when they speak to you and Secondly how to order your own As to the former of these observe well what is the Temper and Disposition of those Persons whose Speeches you hear whether they be wise grave sober and discreet Persons for if they be such their speech will be commonly like themselves and well deserves your serious attention and strict observation But if they are light vain impertinent or passionate Persons their speech is for the most part according to their Temper and therefore the greatest advantage you can reap thereby is to learn their dispositions and discern their failings whereby you will make your self the more cautious both in your conversation with them and your own speech and deportment towards them Secondly If persons whom you do not very well know to be men of Truth and Sobriety relate strange stories be not over ready to be Believe or Report them Thirdly If you hear a man report any thing to the disadvantage or reproach of one that is absent be not ready to believe it only observe it and remember it till you have heard what the accused person has to say for himself for it may be the thing is not true or not all true Or it may be some circumstance which the relater conceals may justifie or at least allay and extenuate it Fourthly If any man acquaints you with an injury that is done you by another either in words or actions do not presently give credit to it nor entertain angry thoughts of the accused person for possibly it may be only the malice or mistake of the accuser and how unseemly would it be if your credulity and passion should carry you upon a supposed injury to do wrong to one who hath done none to you Fifthly If any man whose integrity you do not very well know makes you exrtaordinary promises and professions give him as kind thanks as may be but give not much credit to his words for it is to be presumed he hath somewhat besides kindness to you in his intention and when he hath served