Words of advice to young men delivered in two sermons at two conventions of…

2. Labour to keep the Word of God; let the Word of God abide in you; do as David, Psal. 119. 11. Thy Word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against thee. And take Solomons advice and encouragement, Prov. 4. 20, 21, 22. My Son attend unto my words, and incline thine ear unto my sayings; Let them not depart from thine eyes, keep them in the midst of thine heart; for they are life to those that find them, and health to all their flesh. There are three things in the Word which you should especially keep:

2. Labour to keep the Word of God; let the Word of God abide in you; do as David, Psal. 119. 11. Thy Word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against thee. And take Solomons advice and encouragement, Prov. 4. 20, 21, 22. My Son attend unto my words, and encline thine ear unto my sayings; Let them not depart from thine eyes, keep them in the midst of thine heart; for they are life to those that find them, and health to all their flesh. There are three things in the Word which you should especially keep:

1. The Truths of the Word. 2. The Commandments of the Word. 3. The Promises of the Word.

1. Keep the Truths of the Word; buy the Truth whatever pains it cost you; but never sell the Truth, whatever you may get by it: Seek for the Truth as for silver, and dig for it as for hidden treasures: And having found it, keep it as a treasure; do not part with it upon any terms. If you make shipwreck of faith and a good conscience, you will make shipwreck of your souls upon the rocks of perdition and destruction, and be drowned in the Ocean of Gods wrath: Therefore you must earnestly contend for the Faith, that is the Doctrine of Faith, the Truths of the Word once delivered unto the Saints,