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

(2.) The second Temptation whereby the wicked one draweth young men unto the commission of sin, is, by the glory and repute of it. Not long after our Saviour was baptized, he was led into the wilderness, and tempted by the wicked one, and amongst other temptations, this was one, the discovery and proffer which he made unto him of the glory of the world, if he would fall down and worship him, Luk. 4. 5, 6, 7. And with the proposals of glory and repute in a way of sin he doth persuade young men to the practice thereof; in the management of which Temptation,

(2.) The second Temptation whereby the wicked one draweth young men unto the commission of sin, is, by the glory and repute of it. Not long after our Saviour was baptized, he was led into the wilderness, and tempted by the wicked one, and amongst other temptations, this was one, the discovery and proffer which he made unto him of the glory of the world, if he would fall down and worship him, Luk. 4. 5, 6, 7. And with the proposals of glory and repute in a way of sin he doth perswade young men to the practice thereof; in the management of which Temptation,

1. He doth represent unto them the ways of God as reproachful, the service of God as ridiculous, the people of God as the most contemptible persons under the Sun, as base, ignoble, and mean-spirited people; hiding the high dignity and honour the Lord hath conferred upon them.

1. He doth represent unto them the waies of God as reproachful, the service of God as ridiculous, the people of God as the most contemptible persons under the Sun, as base, ignoble, and mean-spirited people; hiding the high dignity and honour the Lord hath conferred upon them.