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spirit_n	leave_v	young_a	youth_n	29	3	7.6317	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03695	Life and death Foure sermons. The first two, of our preparation to death; and expectation of death. The last two, of place, and the iudgement after death. Also points of instruction for the ignorant, with an examination before our comming to the Lords table, and a short direction for spending of time well. By Robert Horne. Auspice Christo.	Horne, Robert, 1565-1640.; Horne, Robert, 1565-1640. Points of instruction for the ignorant. aut	1613 (1613)	STC 13822.5; ESTC S118515	156,767	464

nor looketh for precisenesse and exactnesse in matters of religion at the hands of Gentlemen and Noblemen and that such drudgeries are to be imposed vpon vile and abiect persons for so they speake of the poore that receaue the Gospell but what say such men to Dauid who set himselfe with his whole heart to seeke the Lord and what will they thinke of Salomon who in this booke of his repentance calleth himselfe Ecclesias●es or Preacher Are they better then Dauid and wiser then Salomon or doe they thinke because they liue better that is in better estate then poore men that therefore they shal liue longer and what difference concerning death betweene a Nobleman and a Beggar Eccles 3.20 when both goe to one place when in these Acts and Scenes of seeming life as at a game at chesse the highest now vpon boord may presently be the lowest vnder boord when the breath in the nostrels of the Rich may assoone be stopped and they assoone turne to their dust as other Men A fourth impediment is taken from the pleasures or lusts of youth things that bring repentance and sorrow like sweet meates of hard digestion for what are they when they come to the shot and reckoning are they not deare penniworths to all such guests as will needes be Merchants of them Salomon in this booke tels vs that though they be pleasant to the eie eare mouth and senses of a young man yet in the mind they leaue behind them an vnsauorie after-taste or loathsome disdaine For like an vncleane spirit in him they cast him now into the water and now into the fire Mark 9.22 And these are the lusts of youth by children so earnestly desired and by old folkes so much lamented A fift impediment of godlinesse is that beautie in youth which is too delicate and tender to weare the rough garment of repentance and a strict life but how soone is it blighted and strucken as the faire flower of glasse blasted with an eastwind for beauty is but a flower which if some sicknesse strike not suddenly yet the autumne of ripe yeeres impaireth and the winter of old age killeth and what careth death which is indifferent to all for a faire and goodly complexion And is not a beautifull face as mortall as a foule hue The like may be spoken of health strength and stature of body for what are they and of what time In their owne nature they are fickle things and without good vse crosses for concerning health the deuowring vulture of sicknesse doth after some short time waste it to nothing strength is common to vs with Beasts and there are many beasts stronger then we and for our comely stature it may as soone be brought downe to death and as deepely be buried in the coffin of the Earth as a meaner cize shall Further if men haue not vsed these to Gods glory but to pride and vaine glorie nor haue made them helpes to godlinesse but haue giuen them their head at sinne it will be said after death of such that a beautifull person a strong young man a goodly tall fellow and one that neuer knew what sicknesse meant is gone to Hell Therefore of beauty and h●● attendants as health and strength and a goodly stature that may be spoken which is spoken vsually of fire and water that they are good seruants but ill Masters where they are ruled they doe good seruice where they ouer-rule they make foule worke A sixt impediment of godlinesse is the bad fellowship and example of those who being themselues drunken with the pleasures of youth seeke to drowne others in the same perdition and destruction and therefore offer to them the full cup that they likewise may stagger and fall from God by the like error and disobedience But Christian young men must turne away their eyes from very seeing the inchanted cuppe of such carnall Counselours And though they beate their eares euery day with such foolish sounds as these are that it is too soone and vnkindly in youth to be religious that such yeeres are for the lap of the world not for Ezras Pulpit that youth must haue a time c. yet euery day they should set Iosephs locke vpon them of not hearkning vnto them nor of being in their company Gen. 39.10 for it is a true saying he that toucheth pitch shall be defiled with it So hee that will touch the pitch of such must looke to be defiled with the companie If a man that had wallowed in the mire tumbled in the filthy chanel should offer to companie with vs would we not loat● and shun him and why would wee so auoid him but because quickly he would make his filth to cleaue vnto vs And doe not bad wicked persons set their markes and sinnes vpon those with whom they company Doe they not where they come leaue of their filth that is some print or badge of their prophanenesse behinde them And shall wee sit so close to them who haue so plunged themselues in the mire of sin who should either labour to drawe them out of filthinesse or withdraw our selues that we proue not as loathsome filthy as they are Should we not rather say if any will bee filthy let him be filthy by himselfe and if any will be beastly let him be beastly alone the filthy person and beastly man shall not haue me for a companion my soule shall haue no pleasure in him Heb. 10.38 Pro. 1.10.15 4.14.15 Now where these corrupt perswaders wil tell a yong man that makes conscience of his waies That other yong men doe not so that young man if he will be Christs yong man in the Gospell must answere him say That yong men should consider not what the most doe but what the best doe that shall bee saued whose way is narrow and walkers in it not many Math. 7.14 Also that it is to be regarded not what the world doth to which we must not bee fashioned Rom. 12.2 but what Christ did and the Saints whom wee haue for leaders who yong kept the path of vertue and walked not in the common rode of sinners These and such like impediments of sanctification in young men and they who meane to giue their yong time to God must striue to ouercome yong by fighting that fight of faith and a good conscience to which their Baptisme hath sealed them 1. Tim. 1.18.19 Then Vse 3 they are here reproued who suffer sinne to grow in them by custome and vse till it bee helplesse and who suffer it so long to breede in the bone that it will not out of the flesh For we should deale with sinne as with a thorne which we will plucke vp yong and in the tender spray and not tarry till it be growne and haue daggers prickes but some suffer it till it be as an old man so deafe and froward that either it will not heare or it cannot In all their life they finde no