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

O Young man, how doth it then concern thee to withstand every Lust, not to indulge thy self in any sin? but especially to keep thy self from thine own iniquity. I mean, thy natures darling sin, to which thou art most propense by thy complexion, and constitution, and of all thy Lusts are loathest to leave. Let not that bear rule in thee as formerly, but bend thy greatest force against it. As the King of Syria commanded his 32. Captains to fight principally against the King of Israel, for full well he knew, that the King being once slain, the whole Army would soon be discomfited. So if thy beloved sin that reigns and rules in thee were once subdued, thy other sins would soon be vanquished.

O Young man, how doth it then concern thee to withstand every Lust, not to indulge thy self in any sin? but especially to keep thy self from thine own iniquity. I mean, thy natures darling sin, to which thou art most propense by thy complexion, and constitution, and of all thy Lusts are lothest to leave. Let not that bear rule in thee as formerly, but bend thy greatest force against it. As the King of Syria commanded his 32. Captains to fight principally against the King of Israel, for full well he knew, that the King being once slain, the whole Army would soon be discomfited. So if thy beloved sin that reigns and rules in thee were once subdued, thy other sins would soon be vanquished.

What sayest thou now, O man, wilt thou hearken to this counsel, not to allow thy self in any one sin thou knowest to be so? Hast thou hearkened to it? Thou knowest it is a sin to lye, and yet dost thou not lye? Thou knowest that defrauding, over-reaching, defaming, backbiting, scoffing, quarrelling, thou knowest that these are all sins; are there none of them which thou allowest in thy self? Thou knowest 'tis a sin, unnecessarily to keep company with sinners, to be the companion of Drunkards, the companion of Swearers, and the vile ones of the earth; dost thou keep not only from the ways, but from the company of such? Are they no company for thee, who are no friends to Godliness? Dost thou know thine own iniquities, thy special sins, that have greatest power over thee, and thou hast greatest pleasure in, and dost thou keep thy self from these? Is there not one Lust that thou wouldst have spared to thee? God will not spare thee one sin, the Scripture will not allow thee one; and if thou wilt approve thy self to him, let not thy Conscience