Addresses to old men, and young men, and little children. In three discourses ...…

Secondly, Religious young men there are, who overcome the devil, in respect of the particular Trials that are made upon them. The devil makes these and those particular Batteries upon young men; he says, I'll now trip up the heels of this young man, and immediately applies all his Engines to draw the poor young man into some abominable thing. The devil is conquered in such Encounters, when he can't proceed and prevail in them; 'tis said in Jam. 4. 7. Resist the Devil, and he will flee from you. The Devil is merely overcome, when a tempted Soul, silences his Banters, with saying like our Lord, Get thee behind me Satan, or as Job answered a Fool, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. As on the other side, when David sends for a Mistress, when Peter denie•• his Master, when Confessors come to Recant th•• Cause of God, then the Devil gets the day, and goes with flying colours out of the Field. But it is the privilege of some young men, that they ⟨p. 62⟩come off well in their spiritual Combats. We read of such a young man in Gen 39. 9. who being solicited unto sin, vanquished and extinguished the solicitation, by answering. How shall I do this wickedness, and sin against God? There are young men that won't be gulled by the proposals of the Devil; but know how to flight them and scorn them all, and with an holy bravery, make him weary of tendering them. Some young men are before all the Devils of Hell, as young Jeremiah was before those of Earth; Defenced Cities, Iron Pillars, Brazen Walls; the devils fight against them, but cannot prevail against them.

Secondly, Religious young men there are, who overcome the devil, in respect of the particular Trials that are made upon them. The devil makes these and those particular Batteries upon young men; he says, I'le now trip up the heels of this young man, and immediately applies all his Engines to draw the poor young man into some abominable thing. The devil is conquered in such Encounters, when he can't proceed and prevail in them; 'tis said in Jam. 4. 7. Resist the Devil, and he will flee from you. The Devil is meerly overcome, when a tempted Soul, silences his Banters, with saying like our Lord, Get thee behind me Satan, or as Job answered a Fool, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. As on the other side, when David sends for a Mistriss, when Peter denie his Master, when Confessors come to Recant th Cause of God, then the Devil gets the day, and goes with flying colours out of the Field. But it is the priviledge of some young men, that they