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

First Overcome the Devil, when he Tempts you to the youthful sin of Evil-company keeping. Where may you look to see a Carnal young man? The wise men has told us, in Prov. 7. 7. I behold among the simple o••s, I discerned among the youths, a young man. The Devil would fa•• de••cy young men, into the Knots, and Bo••s of what they call, Good Fellowship; he would persuade them to Merry-Meetings, and link them with such Associates as will Drink and Drab and Game, and be infinitely wicked, and help to drown one another in perdition. But when you are thus tempted, by the Devil, forget not the caution of your Saviour, My ⟨p. 71⟩Son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. If you have been seduced into a Society and Intimacy with ungodly persons, imagine that you hear that Counsel from on High unto you, Depart from the Tents of those wicked ones, […] you perish in all their sins! and that you hear that Thunder of Heaven over you, A Companion of Fools shall be destroyed I Think with your selves, whether you would be willing to spend your Eternity with such Companions; and whether it be not convenient for you […] to say, Depart from me, ye evil-doers, for I will […] the Commandments of my God! unto those wild Creatures, unto whom the Lord Jesus will one day say, Depart, ye cursed, into everlasting Fire? O let not the Devil cause you now to be Familiar with the Robbers and the Cut-throats of your Souls; and with hose of whom your Death-bed Groans will be, Lord, gather not my soul with such unhappy sinners.

First Overcome the Devil, when he Tempts you to the youthful sin of Evil-company keeping. Where may you look to see a Carnal young man? The wise men has told us, in Prov. 7. 7. I behold among the simple o••s, I discerned among the youths, a young man. The Devil would fa•• de••cy young men, into the Knots, and Bo••s of what they call, Good Fellowship; he would perswade them to Merry-Meetings, and link them with such Associates as will Drink and Drab and Game, and be infinitely wicked, and help to drown one another in perdition. But when you are thus tempted, by the Devil, forget not the caution of your Saviour, My