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

I beseech you therefore in the name of Christ, to cast out this Worldliness, and cherish it no longer: know it will prove a Murderer of your souls; it will cheat you ⟨p. 130⟩of everlasting happiness, and entice you into Hell by pretences of profit and advantage. It is observable, that we […] not in all the Scripture that any Saint was guilty of this sin, of setting his heart upon the World, and seeking immoderately after earthly riches. We read of Aaron's Idolatry, Lots Incest, Noah's Drunkenness, Davids Adultery, Peters denial of his Master. But where do you read in Scripture of any Saint that was overcome with this sin? It is not to be denied, but that as the seeds of all sin are in the best of men, so likewise the seeds of this sin: but that any Saint was given up to the power thereof, we do not read. How should this consideration stir you up to a greater watchfulness against the same?

I beseech you therefore in the name of Christ, to cast out this Worldliness, and cherish it no longer: know it will prove a Murtherer of your souls; it will cheat you ⟨p. 130⟩of everlasting happiness, and entice you into Hell by pretences of profit and advantage. It is observable, that we 〈…〉 not in all the Scripture that any Saint was guilty of this sin, of setting his heart upon the World, and seeking immoderatly after earthly riches. We read of Aarons Idolatry, Lots Incest, Noahs Drunkenness, Davids Adultery, Peters denial of his Master. But where do you read in Scripture of any Saint that was overcome with this sin? It is not to be denyed, but that as the seeds of all sin are in the best of men, so likewise the seeds of this sin: but that any Saint was given up to the power thereof, we do not read. How should this consideration stir you up to a greater watchfulness against the same?

For the better taking you off from an immoderate seeking after worldly riches, weigh these few considerations.