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A30623 Good instrvctions for all youngmen and maids being the substance of an excellent sermon preached at St. Stevens Colmanstreet the 8 day of March 1641 : at the earnest request of divers youngmen and apprentices at a solemne thanksgiving and celebration of a fast / by Samuel Burrowes. Burrowes, Samuel, 17th cent. 1642 (1642) Wing B6135; ESTC R14376 6,225 16

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GOOD INSTRVCTIONS For all Youngmen and Maids Being the substance of an excellent Sermon preached at St. Stevens Colmanstreet the 8. day of March 1642. At the earnest request of divers Young-men and Apprentices at a solemne Thanksgiving and celebration of a Fast By that most worthy DIVINE Mr. Samuel Burrowes The Text being Psal. 148. 12. 13. Young men and maids old men and children praise ye the name of the Lord Published for the generall good by me R. H. Printed at London for T. B. and are to be sold at his shop in the Old Baily 1642. Good Instructions for all Young-men and Maids Psal. 148. 12. 13. Young men and maids old men and children praise ye the name of the Lord HEre is a Psalme fully made up of praise and it being a day of praise I frame my meditations onely to praise this day It is not long since I knew of it and then being asked by these godly young men for this Oration I had no power to deny them And besides I conceive that it is matter of great prayse to see so many yong ones to desire a day of praise and to set it apart to God alone This mercy doth deserve a day of prayse And besides I would not be willing to quench the least sparke that is kindled in any one that is here And besides this I do heare they are very well given and that they doe much frequent the Fasts and our Humiliations and doe not give themselves to prophanenesse as others And these were the reasons that I could not deny their requests and the reasons that made me chuse this Text Well then this Psalme is a song of praise From hence learne this choice point Doct. 1. That in the consorts of all Creatures praysing God young men praising him doe make sweet melody in his eares and God taketh most delight in it Reason 1. The first reason of this point is this The prayses of the young ones are joyned to the joyes of heaven for out of the mouthes of babes and sucklings God hath ordained praise See Matth. 21. 15. 16. that place is very remarkable For first see there how the children cryed Hosannah when Christ came to whip out the buyers and sellers out of the Temple Marke so it was with us For wee had buyers and sellers in our Temples that bought and sold mens consciences at their will They were earthly buyers but they are whipped out and now the children are crying Hosannah and I verily beleeve that this day was partly kept for the whipping out of those our buyers Many worthy Divines have observed that it was a great miracle that Christ did to whip out those sellers seeing they knew him to be a poore man son the sonne of Ioseph But you may see there they were sore displeased even as our Scribes are at this present Reason 2. The second reason is this God hath purchased their praise When the young men shall praise God what a shame will it be to our old men but no marvell for God hath purchased their praise There was a young man that came to Christ and he loved him and that may encourage you to come to Christ For I say all you that are here this day with an upright heart Christ doth come and looke on you and love you dearly Oh he loveth your first fruits And that you may see hee loveth your first fruits see in the 7. of Micah vers. 1. that place doth allude to our purpose God doth love the first fruits of young men even as our Ladies doe love the first fruit of the earth as Cherries and such like God is much delighted in your first fruits See Hosea 9. 10. God doth delight in budding fruits See for proofe in Levit. 2. 15. and in Deut. 26. 6 7. and in Deut. 19. 14. and in Nehemiah 10. 35. and in Exod. 15. 13. and in Deut. 8. 4. and Levit. 2. 4. These are the severall places that may be seene that God will have the first fruits God will not have young men to stay and say they are not able to serve him no he will be are with them and theire weaknesses you must come in God will not have you stay till you be full ripe but will have you come in in green care But some may say what should yong men goe to God yet for let them stay till they haue more wit but I say God he doth call them and not only that but he stands much upon it because it pleaseth him well and besides God doth not only call for our first fruits but for the first of our first fruits as in 23 of Exod. and 19. Some may say God shall have yong dayes and I will serve him but it shal be when I am out of my time or when I am free but I say it must be whilst thou art a prentice whilst thou art 78 or 10 years old do not deferte it Againe as you must come to God in your young years see then how you must come You must come soberly be sure of that as in the 13 of Exod. and soe in the 18 of Numb. and 26 and againe there must be a day set apart to doe it in as in the last place you may see it plaine It is not a thing to be slighted but to be much regarded You must set a time apart to meete the Lord as this day you haue a great time and opportunitie and when you goe home goe to God and say as in the 26. of Deut. and 4. goe and tell God that you haue beene seeking his promises that he made to your forefathers and that you have found that they are fulfilled and you have beene praysing his name this day and goe and tell God thou hast a poore father and mother in the country that is in the Egyptian darknesse and in blindnesse and blesse God that thou art otherwise this day but let this be by thy selfe all alone againe when you doe offer up your first fruits do it cheerfully willingly and reverently Reason 3. The third reason is this that when grace doth fully meet with a sweet nature when the sweetnesse of grace doth meet with the sweetnesse of nature then doth arise a deale of glory to God for grace is most sweet to a soule that is not full of bitternesse truely there is a great deale of pitty to bee had of one that hath a sweet nature and no grace added to it but I have greater hopes of you Reason 4. But for the fourth reason and that is this that the time of youth is the fittest and most choisest time for to give God your hearts in and to that purpose see Eccl. 12. 1. Christ doth come a wooing to you this day to come to him because it is the fitest time for him for now you are strong and quick and full fed remember thy Creator in the daies of thy youth Reason 5. There doth a great deale of honour rise to