A26903:348
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.
II. How very much their welfare is entrusted to your care, you have the Teaching of them before the Ministers, and have them always nearer with you, and have greater power over them. O! that you ⟨p. 178⟩knew what holy instructions, and heavenly excitations and good example God requireth of you for their good: And how much of the hopes of the Church and World lie on the Holy skill and fidelity of Parents, in the right education of youth.
II. How very much their welfare is entrusted to your care, you have the Teaching of them before the Ministers, and have them alwaies nearer with you, and have greater power over them. O! that you ⟨p. 178⟩knew what holy instructions, and heavenly excitations and good example God requireth of you for their good: And how much of the hopes of the Church and World lie on the Holy skill and fidelity of Parents, in the right education of youth.
III. O feed not their sinful desires and lusts; use them not to pride, to idleness, to too much fullness or pleasing of the appetite; but teach them the reasons of Temperance, and Mortification, and the sin and mischief of all sensuality.
III. O feed not their sinful desires and lusts; use them not to pride, to idleness, to too much fulness or pleasing of the appetite; but teach them the reasons of Temperance, and Mortification, and the sin and mischief of all sensuality.
IV. Yet use them with tender fatherly Love, and make them perceive that it is for their own good, and cherish their profitable delights; study how to make all good delightful to them, encourage and reward them. Tell them of the wisdom and goodness of Gods word, and let them read the Lives of Holy men.