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

12. Young men, take heed of a frothy spirit. Some young ones are full of froth and vanity, very toyish and foolish, without any solidity or seriousness. It is time for you now to put away childish things; get the vanity of your minds emptied; let the frothiness and levity of your spirits be curbed by the fear of God, an awful apprehension of his omnipresence, and all-seeing eye; put your spirits under the Government of the Lord Jesus Christ.

13. Young men, take heed of Scoffing. If you have wit, let it not vent it self in scurrility, in jesting and jeering at others, which the Apostle eau•oneth against as inconvenient and unbecoming the Gospel, Ephes. 5. 4. Do not mock at others infirmities, but pity them; let nothing be the object of your scorn, except it be sin, neither should you scoff at others for their sins, but labour to reduce them by your friendly admonitions. Above all, take heed of scoffing at any for their holiness and strict walking, which is an undoubted character of a profane and carnal heart; and such persons as do so, are scorned by God, and most contemptible in his eyes.

13. Young men, take heed of Scoffing. If you have wit, let it not vent it self in scurrility, in jesting and jeering at others, which the Apostle eau•oneth against as inconvenient and unbecoming the Gospel, Ephes. 5. 4. Do not mock at others infirmities, but pity them; let nothing be the object of your scorn, except it be sin, neither should you scoff at others for their sins, but labour to reduce them by your friendly admonitions. Above all, take heed of fcoffing at any for their holiness and strict walking, which is an undoubted character of a prophane and carnal heart; and such persons as do so, are scorned by God, and most contemptible in his eyes.