The young man's guide through the wilderness of this world to the heavenly Canaan…

2. Keep a narrow watch over thy tongue, that thou mayst not offend in this kind any more. And if thou hast been so long accustomed to it, that thou even despairest of leaving it off at once, labour to leave it by degrees. Resolve whatsoever occasion is offered, to keep such a narrow watch over thy tongue, that (with the assistance of Gods Grace) thou wilt not swear for the space of an whole day. And when thou hast got so far the Victory over thy former evil custom, then take a longer, and a longer time: and so at length, by the assistance of Gods Grace, thou wilt quite forget thine old and wicked custom.

2. Keep a narrow warch over thy tongue, that thou mayst not offend in this kind any more. And if thou hast been so long accustomed to it, that thou even despairest of leaving it off at once, labour to leave it by degrees. Resolve whatsoever occasion is offered, to keep such a narrow watch over thy tongue, that (with the assistance of Gods Grace) thou wilt not swear for the space of an whole day. And when thou hast got so far the Victory over thy former evil custom, then take a longer, and a longer time: and so at length, by the assistance of Gods Grace, thou wilt quite forget thine old and wicked custom.

3. Break this old and wicked custom, by taking up a new, and better: Accustom thy self to serious and savoury discourse: let thy Speech be full of Grace, and then it will be empty of Oaths.

4. Seriously lay to heart those Judgments that from time to time have been executed on Swearer, which have been many, and grievous. Some dying with flaming heat in their mouths, as though the Fire of Hell were there already kindled: Othe•• ••ing with swoln tongues, and distorted mouths. […] the foulness of their sin by the strangeness of […] ▪