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

1. As rude and illiterate. 2. As foolish and unwise. 3. As proud and singular. 4. As factious and rebellious. 5. As hypocritical and wicked.

1. The wicked one doth represent the Professors of the Gospel to young ones, as rude and illiterate that it was first preached by ignorant and unlearned Fisher-men, and since entertained by none but such; that the greatest Scholars, and most learned Doctors in the world, reject and slight it: If the Gospel were so eligible, would it not be more entertained by the learned? Who can judge so well of the worth thereof as they? That you may overcome this prejudice, know,

1. The wicked one doth represent the Professours of the Gospel to young ones, as rude and illiterate that it was first preached by ignorant and unlearned Fisher-men, and since entertained by none but such; that the greatest Scholars, and most learned Doctors in the world, reject and slight it: If the Gospel were so elegible, would it not be more entertained by the learned? Who can judge so well of the worth thereof as they? That you may overcome this prejudice, know,

1. That the Gospel began to be preached by the Lord Jesus Christ, the wisdom of the Father, who had more knowledge, than all the Doctors and learned men in the world, who came down from Heaven to reveal the Gospel unto men, and was the greatest Prophet that ever lived upon the face of the earth.