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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
water_n	year_n	young_a	youth_n	37	3	8.2041	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03419	A Christian caueat for al estates. Or A sermon, preached by that religious seruant of God, Master George Hockin, Bachelor of Diuinitie, Fellow of Excester Colledge, and preacher to the towne of Totnes in Deuon	Hockin, George, b. 1569 or 70.; I. C., fl. 1622.	1622 (1622)	STC 13542; ESTC S116598	26,164	49

a countenance neuer waite on him Many that eate his meate that neuer acknowledge the Giuer Many protected by him see it not Many afflicted yet seeke him not diligently Hos 5.15 Hee strikes them but they sorrow not hee consumes them but they refuse his correction Iere. 5.3 He giues to such as are vnthankfull clotheth such as are proud helpeth such as are vnworthy and prouideth for such as are wicked He that giueth all good things hath little or nought giuen him againe Where hee should bee loued hee is hated and of whom hee should bee honoured he is dishonoured Gods loue towards vs hath beene from all eternitie Some as wine doth receiue the greater praise by the age of it old wine is the best and ancient loue is the most approued How much doe wee esteeme of such a friend as hath borne vs good wil for some twentie or fortie yeeres together The more reckoning wee should make of Gods loue which hath beene eternall Before Christ wee were enemies to God there was nothing to be seene in vs but sinne and miserie nor any thing to draw Gods affection toward vs but his owne free and good pleasure now that loue wee haue deserued wee the lesse esteeme but such loue as is freely conferred on vs we doe make more store of Vse 2 The second Vse not onely the Creation bindeth Man to remember God but all other his benefits wherewith Man is compassed about Many are the works of mercy which God hath bestowed on Man besides the Creation all of them binding Man to remember God First Mans Redemption by Christ Of all the works of mercy this chiefly ought to be remembred for it is the chiefest worke the freedome of Sinners both from the guilt and power of sinne By whom wee haue Redemption through his Bloud euen the forgiuenesse of sinnes Ephes 1.7 To haue sinne forgiuen is to bee redeemed or set free from all euill That which Paul calleth in the former words Redemption is afterward called Remission of sinne What is forgiuenesse of sinne but an act of Grace acquitting vs from all the guilt and the whole punishment of all our sinne and as men speake of Redemption so they may speake of Remission Secondly the worke of Preseruation is another great benefit of God which is a keeping men free and safe from dangers and from hurt by enemies Preserue me O Lord for I trust in thee Psal 16.1 What shall I doe vnto thee O thou Keeper of men Iob 7.20 Hee preserueth both Man and Beast Psal 36.6 Thou preseruedst them all Nehe. 9.6 Thirdly the worke of Sustentation bindeth Man to remember God for God vp-holdeth his Children that they take not a fall by sinne and calamitie or that they take no hurt by such fals The Lord sustayned me Psal 3.5 Hee maketh mee to rest in greene pastures and leadeth me by the still waters Hee restoreth my soule and leadeth mee in the pathes of Righteousnes for his Names sake Ps 23.2 3. Many other benefits are men compassed withall to binde them to remember God In the dayes of thy youth It is good for children to learne to know God euen in youth Text. whiles they are young for so much Solomon teacheth here saying In the dayes of thy youth Doct. That because youth is most prone to forget God it is needfull they should be exhorted to remember God Youth is most prone to forget God for they are in the flower of their age in the roofe of pride and in the heate of lust hauing by nature corrupt hearts and carnall desires liuing in pleasures passing their time in mirth all which makes them forget God Though young men doe not alwaies breake out into notorious wickednesse yet they are subiect to youthfull wantonnesse and vnstaiednesse of affection which if it breake not out yet it makes them forgetfull of God and lesse carefull of good things This loosenesse is the way to lewdnesse this weaknesse is the high way to wickednes this Gods children being regenerate see which before they saw not Hence is it that Dauid prayeth Lord remember not the sinnes of my youth Psal 25.7 Of all mans life Youth cōmonly is most vaine The imaginations of mans heart is euill from his youth Ier. 8.21 We are all transgressors from the wombe Esa 48.8 In sinne hath my Mother conceiued me Psal 51.5 Euen from the Belly haue they erred Ps 58.3 For the sinnes of youth God often punisheth men in their age so making them to inherit the iniquities of their youth Iob 13.26 The Prophet saith We and our Father haue sinned from our youth Ier. 3.25 Shal we thinke they in their youth committed grosse sins as Adulterie Drunkennesse Murther and such like which were so holy men as Iob and Ieremie surely no but they confessed the sinnes of their youth their wantonnesse and forgetfulnesse of God their too much loue of pleasure their youthfulnesse Solomon saith Foolishnesse is bound in the heart of a child Pro. 22.15 therefore child-hood and youth are vanitie not in themselues but because they are often spent in vanitie Suruey those which are more then ordinarie young men which haue the best wits and are thought to bee of the best disposition and their youth will hardly be found without vanitie nay not onely those young men that are best in ciuill gifts but in spirituall graces as Timothy find child-hood and youth to be vanitie Eccl. 11.10 Timothy did tame his body and bring it into subiection so that Paul was faine to bid him to drinke wine 1. Tim. 5.23 yet he had this memento giuen him flie the lusts of youth 2. Tim. 2.22 Young men see not vanitie when they are yong but they may perceiue it when they are old for now their consciences are like water in a bason if the water be troubled the face cannot be seene but when it is setled it may so all is troubled in youth but when maturitie of yeeres come then it will stand still and they may see their faces Dauid being old praied against sinnes of youth Because it is so hard for a young man to remember God and to be holy Dauid breaketh off his meditation abruptly into this wherewithall shall a young man cleanse his waies Psal 119.9 And Dauid vsing the word cleansing compareth the young man to a glasse which though it be very cleane yet will gather filth in the Sunne beames As a ricke of Hay put vp wet set it selfe on fire so haue the hearts of young men enough in them to inflame them Young men should remember their Creator in Reas 1 their youth lest accustoming to forget God in youth they doe not remember him in old age Customes is another nature and can hardly be altered Can the Black-More change his skinne or the Leopard his spots then may yee also doe good that are accustomed to doe euill Ier. 13.23 This young men get by continuing in sinne they cannot leaue it many cannot leaue swearing lying stealing when they