The best way to mend the world, and to prevent the growth of popery by perswading the rising generation to an early and serious practice of piety: with answers to the principal cavils of Satan and his agents against it, &c. By Samuel Peck, minister of the word at Poplar.

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The best way to mend the world, and to prevent the growth of popery by perswading the rising generation to an early and serious practice of piety: with answers to the principal cavils of Satan and his agents against it, &c. By Samuel Peck, minister of the word at Poplar.

Author

Peck, Samuel.

Publication

London :: printed by J.A. for Thomas Parkhurst, at the Bible and three Crowns at the lower end of Cheapside, near Mercers-Chappel,

1680.

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Youth -- Conduct of life -- Early works to 1800.

Youth -- Religious life -- Early works to 1800.

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Contents

• title page
• TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFUL THE Governour, Deputy and COMMITTEES Of the Honourable EAST-INDIA COMPANY: S. P. Wisheth Temporal and Eternal Felicity.
• TO THE YOUTH OF THE PARISH of STEPNEY, especially those of the Hamblet of Popler and Blackwall, which are under my more particular Charge: S. P. wisheth Early Piety and Endless Glory.
• IN LAUDEM OPERIS.
• Books lately Printed for Tho. Parkhurst at the Bible and Three Crowns in Cheapside.
• A Cordial Endeavour TO Prevail with YOUTH to be Pious.
  • CHAP. I.
  • CHAP II. Containing some Arguments to prove the Equity, and Necessity, and Safety of this Duty, and to enforce the Practice of it.
  • CHAP. III. Shewing the many Prejudices Satan raiseth in the minds of men against the Way of Religion.
  • CHAP. IV. Several Temptations of Satan whereby he seeks to draw young persons to his own service, the service of sin.
  • CHAP. V. Wicked men joyn with Satan in this evil design to discourage young per∣sons from being Religious.
  • CHAP. VI. The general corruption of the Times, together with the natural corruption of our Hearts, are great Impediments to Religion in Youth.
  • CHAP. VII. Shewing that Religion is Rational; and the ways of Religion, take them at the worst, are better than the wayes of sin, take them at the best: that is, considered with their present Con∣comitants and future Consequents; or present Delights and future Re∣wards.
  • CHAP. VIII. Wherein is briefly set forth the excellen∣cy of the wayes of Religion above the wayes of Sin.
  • The Conclusion.
• THE Young Man's Monitor: OR, A POETICAL PARAPHRASE Upon the XIIth Chapter of ECCLESIASTES.
  • section
    • The PREFACE.
    • VERSE II.
    • PARAPHRASE.
  • Remember thy Creatour.
    • VERSE III.
    • PARAPHRSE.
    • VERSE IV.
    • PARAPHRASE.
  • Remember thy Creator, &c.
    • VERSE V.
    • PARAPHRASE.
  • Remember thy Creator, &c.
    • VERSE VI.
    • PARAPHRASE.
    • VERSE VII.
  • The Conclusion.
    • VERSE VIII.
• part
  • illustration
  • A Plain and profitable Dialogue between a Sinner and Time.
• Books printed for, and are to be sold by Tho. Parkhurst, at the Bible and Three Crowns in Cheapside.
  • Books 4to.
  • Large Octavo.