Homilist Ecclesiastes 11:9-10 Rejoice, O young man, in your youth; and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart… I. Their AUTHORIZATION. "Rejoice, O young man." God desires the happiness of youth, and has made abundant provision for it. Cheerful youth-hood is the condition of a healthy and vigorous manhood. II. Their MODERATION. "Know thou." Adam in his innocence had a limiting law. God gives vast scope for human action and enjoyment; but not unbounded. 1. He will judge you at the bar of your own experience. The young man who gives full play to his passions, yields himself up to intemperance and self-indulgence, will, by an immutable law, be made to endure, as years roll on, the penalties of his immoderation. God has brought him to judgment. 2. He will judge you at the bar of your own conscience. (Homilist.) Parallel Verses KJV: Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment. |
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