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

But let young people now consider, that the God of Heaven is uttering over them such a wish as that in Deut. 32. 29. O that they were wise, that they would consider their latter end? We read about a young Isaac, that it was his manner, to walk in the Fields for Meditation. O that young persons were so wise, as to Retire and Consider upon the circumstances of their Souls! Retire and look upward; consider who made you, and what he has prepared for you, If you seek Him. Retire, and look downward; consider the Everlasting Fire and the Never-dying worm, which is reserved for the Torture of all impenitent Unbelievers. Retire, and look backward; consider the sin in which you were born, and the many Follies and Errors which you have lived in. Retire, and look forward; consider the death, and the Judgment, and the Eternity, into which you are ⟨p. 79⟩hastening apace every day. Retire, and look inward; consider, whether you have yet made your peace with God, and whether you are yet arrived unto a blessed Union and Communion with the Lord Jesus Christ. Let every young person become like that Ephraim, and that Prodigal, whom in the Bible we find considerately bemoaning of themselves. If the Devil offer you at any time a B••t, presently consider whether some cruel Hook be not covered with it; and be able to say like that young Saint, in Psal. 119. 59. O Lord, I thought on my ways, and I turned my feet unto thy Testimonies.

But let young people now consider, that the God of Heaven is uttering over them such a wish as that in Deut. 32. 29. O that they were wise, that they would consider their latter end? We read about a young Isaac, that it was his manner, to walk in the Fields for Meditation. O that young persons were so wise, as to Retire and Consider upon the circumstances of their Souls! Retire and look upward; consider who made you, and what he has prepared for you, If you seek Him. Retire, and look downward; consider the Everlasting Fire and the Never-dying worm, which is reserved for the Torture of all impenitent Unbelievers. Retire, and look backward; consider the sin in which you were born, and the many Follies and Errors which you have lived in. Retire, and look forward; consider the death, and the Judgment, and the Eternity, into which you are