Youth liable to manymiteries. the fourth Sunday inLent. Ser.zg. experienced & ignorant yongman,Comealeng vith vs,andletvs laywattfor UCoad They arc like thofehighway robbers which perfuade men to rcb,& I,x i, äzing; Wewil make our felu_s rich, &c.Or like tholecarnall men wïti c %'. 'i'ie vntóvs, Come,letvs takeourylcafure.Of his People the Prophet Efayc rmplained,faying, This is a People robbed & fpoyled,they are all of them ina:ed inholes,they .ire hid inprifonhoufes, rhey areforaprey ,& none deliucreth, forafpoylc,&none faith,Reftere.TheDeuill andhis Minifters lead your wilful] young men away capriue,clap±em into Hels Dungeon,and there is none that deliucreth them, or w fay fo much as,Alas poore man,whithcr wilt thou run on to thydeftruc`tionr T.::;igman,"f..yvi; o thee, t4rife . He calledhimby the name of his age or youth , becaufe that hadbrought him ro his graue ; for ir is finne that fifes out our 1if, and cuts it (lion. Youth isa kind of broken Ship which leaks &draws in .eater at athoufandplaces, fo that of force itmuff quickely finke. Ehhu fayd, That if a young manwill be obedientand be ruled, he (hall enioyhis dayes in peace ; but if he will be head-ftrong;&vngouerned,Morieturintempeflate anima eitos,ávita inter efæminatos.The Seueritie render it, Inadolefcent;a ; for, aTent pelt at fea,andYouth,that is tolled too & frowith it's vnruly appetites,isal o e. Et vita inter E f f aminatos : Another Letter bath it , Scortatores. The con- nexion isgood, torYouth runnesit felf e quickely vpon the kockes c f dea : ; throughit's fenfteilities and lewdneffeoflife. There are twodaughter'softheHorfe- leech, whichfull crie,Giue,giue : And the Wifeman pointing them forth vnto vs, Nth, Theone is, Infernus; The other, O Yulue TheGraue theone; an? Luft the other.And the Wifemandid linke thefe two together withagreat 'dea!e of conueniencie and fittingneffe ; for ifLuft bee neuer fatisfied , the Graueleflc. Thistruth is likewife madegood, forafinucb as the Scripture ftileth "Sinn, Death, IfI doe this Imuf# d.e the death ; SO 'Paid Sufanna to the Iudges that made vniawfull and difhoneft loué vntoher. And Cain feeing himfelfee charged with fratricide,at that verie inftant he gauehimfelfe for adead man , Whofoeuer fhall meet me, will killme. Youth then beeingahoule whereinto the raine loth drip fo fall, and at fo many places, it is no meruaile, that life fhouldceafe' and foonedecay. It is prouerbially Paid, Lowe is as Flrong as Death : And as Loue dothvfually let vpon Youngmen, fo Both Death ; and where Loue ffri- keth Youth, Deathmay fpare his Dart. The Antients painted a Youngman flarkenaked,his eyes witha Vadeor Bendbefore them his right hand bound behind him, and his left, left at Bettie, andTime following him clofe at the heeles, andeuer and anon pulling a thrcd out of the Vaile : Hee was drawne naked, to Phewwith what little fecrecie hee had vfèd his delights and plea- fures ;with his right handbound behindhim, to expreffe that hedid nordoe any thing aright; his left free and at libertie,fignifying that hedid all things auk- wardly and vntowardly ; hewas portrayed blind, bccaufe he doth not fee his owne follies ; but Timegoes openinghis eyes by littleand little, &dayby day brings himto the true knowledge of his errors. t..flnd be that was dead fate vp and began to fpeake. The Dead prefently obeyed the voyce of the Liuing. vind herfate vp. God cryeth out aloud to thole that are dead in their Soules, yet doe they not obey his voyce; vdrife thou that leepefì, ác. Hee began to giue thankes vnto him that had done him this fo great a fauour ; Thou haft deliuered mee, ô Lord , from the elopes ofdeath , and therefore I will celebrate thyprayfes, andmagnifie thy name in the Gates amiddefl the Daughters ofSyon. It is Saint Chryfoflomes note,That the word Doores is put herein the plurals number, besaufemany are the dan- T t ; gets 4%7 yeok 3t. Sin is death it feite. The char, ßn of yong rían
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