Compassionate counsel to all young men especially I. London apprentices, II. students of divinity,…

§ 5. Among the Ancient Sages of the World, the Greeks and Romans, and much more among the Israelites, the care of posterity, and public welfare, was the great thing which differenced the virtuous and laudable, from those of a base, selfish, sensual disposition. He was the bravest Citizen of Rome, that did most love, and best serve his Country: And he was the Saint among the Jews, who most loved Zion, and the Security and Succession of its holy and peaceable posterity. And the Christian Faith, and Hope, and Interest, doth lead us herein to a much higher pitch, and to a greater zeal for public good, in following him that whipped out profaners from the Temple; even a zeal of God's House, which eateth us up: It teacheth us by the Cross most effectually to deny our ⟨p. 17⟩selves, and to think nothing too dear to part with, to edify the Church of God; nor any labour or suffering too great for common good. It teacheth us to pray for the Hallowing of God's Name, the Coming of his Kingdom, and the doing of his Will on Earth, as it is done in Heaven, before our daily Bread, and any other personal Interest of our own. Therefore the Families of Christians should be as so many Schools, or Churches, to train up a succession of persons meet for the great communicative works which God calleth all Believers to, in their several measures: It is eminently Teachers, but it is also all others in their several ranks, who must be the Salt of the Earth, and the Lights of the World. And indeed the Spirit of Holiness is so eminently the Spirit of Love to God and Man, that it inclineth every sanctified person to a Communicative Zeal, to make others wise, and good, and •appy.

§ 5. Among the Antient Sages of the World, the Greeks and Romans, and much more among the Israelites, the care of posterity, and publick welfare, was the great thing which differenced the virtuous and laudable, from those of a base, selfish, sensual disposition. He was the bravest Citizen of Rome, that did most love, and best serve his Country: And he was the Saint among the Jews, who most loved Sion, and the Security and Succession of its holy and peaceable posterity. And the Christian Faith, and Hope, and Interest, doth lead us herein to a much higher pitch, and to a greater zeal for publick good, in following him that whipt out prophaners from the Temple; even a zeal of God's House, which eateth us up: It teacheth us by the Cross most effectually to deny our