-,~ . 90 The Neceffity and Ad7Jantage Thefe and many more advantages do · fancrified and well-in1proved affii:tl:ions bring to a Chriftian; on . the account of which it is good fir him that he hath borne theyoke. But I haften to that which is men– tioned in the text. Only by the way (that I may not need to return) let n1e take no– tice of the feafon which is here n1cntioncd as the fittefl: for a n1a~ to bear affliction: It 'is goad fir a man that he bear the yo*e it-1 his youtb. · · · ' · We are all willing to put off the evil day; and, if we n1ufl: needs bear the yoke, · _· we would chu.fe to have it delayed till we grow old. We think it fad to have--our· n1orning overcafl: with clouds, to n1eet with a fiorm before \ve have well launched forth from the fhore. We are wont ~o indulge and applaud children and young folks .in their frolicks an~ jovial humours; and tell them, they will have titne enough_ for c~res and troubles when they gro\v older: we_. turn that irony of Salomon's into a ferious advice, Rejoice, ·0 youJtg man, in thy youth, and walk in the wqys of thy heart, and the fight of thine tJ::es. But the divine wifdom, which knoweth v1hat is fit for us, doth many tin1.es· make choice of our younge.r years, as the mofl: proper 'to accufl:on1 us to · ilic J
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