ged, however, on them personal holiness, in order that the reformation
of the Church might be more easily accomplished. The two legislative
enactments he wished them to pass were to confer a power upon the
Presbyterian clergy to exclude men from the Sacrament, and enforce a
better observance of the Sabbath-day. The sermon is scarce, but is bound
up with others in the Library at Cambridge, preached at the monthly fasts
before the House of Commons.

In the library of the Memorial Hall, Farringdon Street, where assuredly
the portrait of the Stowmarket Rector should find a place, there is a
copy of this sermon, which was preached at the last solemn fast.
February 28, 1643, with the notice that 'It is this day ordered by the
Commoners' House of Parliament that Sir John Trevor and Mr. Rous do from
this House give thanks to Mr. Young for the great paines hee tooke in the
sermon hee preached that day at the intreaty of the said House of Commons
at St. Margaret's, Westminster, it being the day of publike humiliation,
and to desire him to print this sermon;' which accordingly was done,
under the title of 'Hope's Encouragement.' The motto on the outside was:
'Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul both sure and steadfast, and
entereth into that which is within the veil.' The sermon was printed in
London for Ralph Smith, at the sign of the Bible, in Cornhill, near the
Royal Exchange. In his sermon the preacher took for his text: 'Be of
good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart, all ye that wait upon
the Lord.' The three propositions established are: First, that God's
people are taught by the Lord in all their troubles to wait patiently on
Him. The second is that such as wait patiently upon the Lord must rouse
themselves with strength and courage to further wait upon Him; and that,
thirdly, when God's people wait upon Him, He will increase their courage.
The preacher quotes the Hebrew and Augustine, and reasons in a most
undeniable manner in support of his propositions; but above all things he
is practical. 'The work you are now called on to do,' he says to the
M.P.'s, 'is a work of great concernment. It is the purging of the Lord's
floor. As it hath reference both to the Church and the Commonwealth, a
work sure enough to be encountered with great opposition. Yet I must say
it is a work with the managing whereof God hath not so honoured others
which have gone before you in your places, but hath reserved it to ma