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The
feuath
rrociuc
taken
fions the
bene-
fits
which
ac-
ceinf a
?ieour
eetaueiJìou.
Prou,
ag.
if.
40
0
Mottoes
to
perfA
de Fs to
&Oen our repentance.
benefits
vvl-iich
willaccompanie our
fpeedie
conuerfion,
for
fiat
vertue and
goodnef
e
being
Towne
in
vs
in
the time
of
youth,will
take more deepe
roote
in vs,fo
as
it
cannot ea(lie
be left or
loll,
for
as
the
veflell cloth
longed
retaine the
finell
and tad
of
that liquor
which was
put into
it whiled
it
was
new
and
vnfeafoned,
fo
they will
longeft retaine
vertue and
goodneffe
who
haue
it
planted
in
them
in
their
y
outh,accor-
ding to that
Prou.2,z.6. Teach
a
child
in
the trade
ofhis
vt
ay,
and
when
he
is
old
he will
not
depart
from it.
Secondly,if
we
turne
to
God
betimes,
the
exercifes
ofreligion
and workes
.,offan&ification, will be
farre
more
pleafant and
eafie
then
if
we
deferre
them
till
our old age,
for
often
vfe
will
bring
vs
to
a
cuflome, and
long cudome will worke
in
vs
an
habite
-of
vertue, which
will
be
eafie
and familiar
:
if
children from
their
youth
be
brought
vp
in
trades
and
occupations
which
are exceeding
hard
and difficult,
they
do attaine
to
the
skill
and
praEtife
of
them with exceeding dexteritie
and
quick
-
neffe,
but
if
the
learning
ofthem
bee
deferred
till
old
age-,
they
can
neuer
attaine
veto them,or
at
leaf+
performe
them
flowlie and
with great
diffiicultie;
and
fo
if
from
our child-
hood
we
accuflome our
flues
to
the learning
and
praéhlè of
the
workes
of
holineffe
and righteoufneffe, they will
grow
:exceeding
eafie
and pleafant, whereas
being deferred they
will
be
difficult
and
tedious.If
the
oxe
whilefi he
is
young
be
accudomed to the yoke
hee
draweth
in
it
quietly
and with
no
great
paine,
but
if
he runne
long
in the
paf+ure
vnbroken
and vntamed,
when
-he
is
brought to
the yooke
he
firugleth
and
firiueth,and therewith galling
his
necke
draweth with
.exceeding paine
and
irkfomeneffe; and
fo
if
in our youth
we
accuflome our
felucs
to
beare the
yooke
of
obedience,it
will
be
eafie
and
pleafant,but
if
we
vfe
delaics we
fhaIl
grow
llubborne
and flifüecked like vntamed oxen, and the
bea-
ring ofChrids
yoke
through
our impatiencie, and the rebel-
lion
of
our
nature will
gall
and'vexevs. Thirdly,
the
Too
-
ner
wee
turne vnto
God,
the more ioy,
peace
and comfort
fhall
we
haue
in
thewhole
courfe
of
our
liues
;
for what ioy
may
bee
compared with
the ioy
in the holie
-Ghofl,
what
,peace.islike
the
peace
with
G.od,;and.the peace
of
confcience,
-wheys
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