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

4. He joineth in with the lusts of their hearts, with which he hath a secret correspondence, and proposeth such objects unto them as are most suitable and desirable. It is by the pleasure and delight of sin that most young men are bewitched and persuaded to the commission of it. It was by the pleasantness of the forbidden fruit that this Old Serpent enticed our first Parents to eat thereof, and hereby it is that he doth entice their posterity.

4. He joyneth in with the lusts of their hearts, with which he hath a secret correspondence, and proposeth such objects unto them as are most suitable and desireable. It is by the pleasure and delight of sin that most young men are bewitched and perswaded to the commission of it. It was by the pleasantness of the forbidden fruit that this Old Serpent enticed our first Parents to eat thereof, and hereby it is that he doth entice their posterity.

Dear young men, labour to overcome this temptation of the wicked one, by the delight and pleasure of sin, by taking into your most serious thoughts these few Considerations.

1. Consider, that all the pleasures of sin are low, mean, empty, thin, unsatisfying pleasures; they are sensual and br•itish: A beast can find […] pleasure in the most of them than you can do, who are capable of higher pleasures; these delights may please your sensual appest, but they cannot satisfy your rational souls, they may satiate and glut the senses, but they cannot content the heart: The Devil and lust may promise full satisfaction and contentment, if you will commit such and such sins, but they always fall short in the performance. I would ask these three questions of the most luxurious persons. 1. Whether ⟨p. 80⟩