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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
Chapter 4: How the Case standeth with our Youth in matter of Fact.
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3. And these beastly, fleshly sins, do usually make them weary of their callings, and of any honest labour: The Devil hath by this time got possession of their thoughts, by the bias of Delight and sinful Lust; and they are thinking of Meat, or Drink, or Play, or merry Company, when they should be diligently at work: And so Idleness becomes the nursery of Temptation, and of ⟨p. 30⟩all their other vice, as well as a constant sin of Omission, and loss of hasty precious time. And custom increaseth the habits, and maketh them good for nothing, and like dead men to all that life is given them for, and only alive to prepare by sin for endless misery.
3. And these beastly, fleshly sins, do usually make them weary of their callings, and of any honest labour: The Devil hath by this time got possession of their thoughts, by the byass of Delight and sinful Lust; and they are thinking of Meat, or Drink, or Play, or merry Company, when they should be diligently at work: And so Idleness becomes the nursery of Temptation, and of ⟨p. 30⟩all their other vice, as well as a constant sin of Omission, and loss of hasty precious time. And custom increaseth the habits, and maketh them good for nothing, and like dead men to all that life is given them for, and only alive to prepare by sin for endless misery.
4. And usually Pride also takes its part, to make the sin of Sodom in them complete, Ezek. 16.49. Pride, Fullness, and Idleness. They that must be in their jovial Company, must not seem despicable among them, but must be in the mode and fashion, what ever it cost. When they make themselves odious in the sight of God, and the pity of all wise men, and a terror to themselves, yet they must be some body to their sottish Companions, especially of the Female Sex: Lest the Image of the Devil, and his victory over them should not be perfect, if Pride were left out, how unreasonable soever.