488 Chap. 2o. An Expofition upon the Bookof J o B. Vert, I t, toafiliâboth foule and body. So that, this phrafe, His bones arefull of thefn of hisyouth, intimates him both finfull and mile- cable all over; 'Hence obferve Firft, That Youth is veryfubjefl to, and ufuálly veryfull offin. Every young man commits fin enough to fill his bones when he is old young men are fo prone to fin, that Solomon tells us (Eccl. t o.1 t .) Childhoodandyouth arevanity, and Purely youth is morevaine then childhood. Children arc vaine, becaufe lit- tle and fo unable todoe good, youth is vaine,becaute fo able and Cereut in vitia aaive to doe evill. The ancient Poet laid of youth, it is like ßelfi, monitmi- wax to evill, you. may work it into the thape of any monfter, óus after. o and put what (tam you will upon it as upon wax yet this rat. to Arte P P P ; poet. Text and the poynt now iff ed from it are fpecially intended Raba pneritia of thole youngmen, whole wayes have been fouleft, and whole innocentiam, fe. lives molt vicious fuch as ad- not onely"vainel but re roach- f neítur Pruden ull. Yi or fo as deferve reproach. What Ephraim (fer. 3 I. 19 ) tiara Adolefcen tia ¡eta ell in- being upon his repentance, fpake of himfelfe nationally taken, valida vtribar, manyhavecaufe to fay of themfelves perfonally, I am afhamcd infrrtetæconfrliir, becaufe Ihave borne the reproachofmyyouth that is, now I feel vitio calenr,&c. and am fenfible of chofe fins of my youth which ex ote me Ambrof. Y , p to reproach : 'Tis our duty to repent of our old-age fins, but repentantance infifteth ufually molt upon the fins of youth ; which argueth that chofe fins preffe molt. D zvid in fpeciall prayeth (pfal. 25. 7.) Remenbrr not againfi n;e thefins of my youth, thereby implying the finfulneffe and flipperineffeof that age. The.A.poftles exhortation to Timothy and"Tittu (t Tim. 4- az. Tit. 2. 15.) both youngmen, Let nomandesfife thyyouth, warned them and reached: us, that as unconverted young men ufually run filch courfes, fo converted youngmen are apt ro fall into filch ads offin, as render them delpicable ; And the fame Apoftle fattensTome fins in fpeciall uponyouth, as haunting that age and fiate, z Tim. 2. 22..Flyyouthful!lugs ; old age hath its proper lofts, and fo bath youth. There are eleven fo-ts of !pedal! fins : Firft, Such as apper- taine to, and molt commonly thew themfelves .in this or that age of mans life. Secondly, There are fins more proper to Tome Countries and places. Thirdly, To the feafons or times wherein we. live. Fourthly, There are fpeciall fins of mens fpeciall
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