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Compassionate counsel to all young men especially I. London apprentices, II. students of divinity,…
Compassionate counsel to all young men especially I. London apprentices, II. students of divinity, physic, and law, III. the sons of magistrates and rich men / by Richard Baxter.Compassionate counsel to all young men especially I. London apprentices, II. students of divinity, physick, and law, III. the sons of magistrates and rich men / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed by T.S., 1681
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
III. My third Counsel is, If your Consciences tell you that you have foolishly sinned against God and your Salvation, make not light of it; but presently, and openly, go to your Parents or Masters, and penitently confess your sinful Life in general, and your known or open sins particularly: But such secret sins which wronged not them, and will blast your Reputation, you are not bound to confess openly, unless the Ease or future Direction of your doubtful and troubled Consciences require it: But when your vicious fleshly life is known, excuse it not, hide not the evil by Lies or extenuation, when you have wronged your Parents or Masters by disobedience, and by robbing them of part of your Time and Service, ⟨p. 90⟩if not also of their Money or goods, go to them with sorrow and shame, and confess how foolishly you have served the Flesh, to the injury of them, to the offending of God, and to the unspeakable hurt of your own Souls: Lament your sin, and ask them forgiveness, and entreat their Prayers, and their careful Government of you for the time to come, and sincerely promise them Reformation and Obedience.
III. My third Counsel is, If your Consciences tell you that you have foolishly sinned against God and your Salvation, make not light of it; but presently, and openly, go to your Parents or Masters, and penitently confess your sinful Life in general, and your known or open sins particularly: But such secret sins which wronged not them, and will blast your Reputation, you are not bound to confess openly, unless the Ease or future Direction of your doubtful and troubled Consciences require it: But when your vicious fleshly life is known, excuse it not, hide not the evil by Lies or extenuation, when you have wronged your Parents or Masters by disobedience, and by robbing them of part of your Time and Service, ⟨p. 90⟩if not also of their Money or goods, go to them with sorrow and shame, and confess how foolishly you have served the Flesh, to the injury of them, to the offending of God, and to the unspeakable hurt of your own Souls: Lament your sin, and ask them forgiveness, and intreat their Prayers, and their careful Government of you for the time to come, and sincerely promise them Reformation and Obedience.