When 1111ay Gentlemms Sons trawl? Sinft~l trawUin,g. An[w. The many difiind:ions which were laid down for anfwer of the firfi qudlion mufi be here fuppofcd, and the anfwer will be mofily the fame as to that, and therefore need not be repeated. • 1 • It is lawful for them to travel th_at arc necdfarily drivenout of their own Countrey, by perfecution, po\'crty, or any other ncceffitatmg cau[e. ' 2 • 1t is lawful to rhcm that arc commanded by their Parents ( unlefs in fame excepted cafes, which 1 will not fiay to name ). 3 • It is_ the more lawful when they travel into Countreys as good or better than thdr own, where they are hke to get more good than they could have done at home. 4 •lt is more: lawful to one that is prudent and firmly fctlcd both in Religion, and in Sobriety, and temperance, againfi all tnnptation_s which be is like to me~t with, than to one that is un[urnifhcd for a due refiilance of the t<mptauons of the place to whiCh he goeth. 5 • It is more lawful to one that goeth in fobcr, wife and godly company, or is fent with a wife and faithful Tutor and Ovcrfcer, th•n to leave young unfctlcd pcrfons to themfelves. 6. In a word, lt is lawful when there is a rational probability, thar they will not only get more good than burl ( for that will_ not make it lawful, ) but alfo more Good than they could probably ,have other wayes auained. 11. But the too ordinary courfc of young Gentlemens travels out of England now prad:ifed, I take to be but a mo{\ dangerous hazarding, if not a pla.in betraying them to utter undoing, and to make them afterwards the plagues of their Countrey, and the infiruments of the 'ommon C:!lamity. For, l• They are ordinarily fent into Countreys far worfe and more dangerous than thtir own; where the temptations are lhonger than they arc tit todeal with :Into fomc Countreys where they are tempted to fcnfuality, and into fome where they are tempted to Popery or lntiddity. In fome Counheys they learn to dri.nk Wine in{lead ofBeer; and arifing from the fmaller fort to the firo' ger, 1 if they turn not drunkards, they contract that appetite to Wine and firong drink, which fuall prove (as Clemens AlexandrinU< calleth gluttony and tipling,) a 1hroal·madnt[s, and a Etlly-deoil, and keep them in the !in of gulofity all their.dayeo. And in fome Countr<ys they iliall leorn the an of Glut· lony, to pamper thtir guts in curious, cofi1y, uncouth hlhions, and to drefs themfelves in novd fanta· fiical garbs, and to make a bufinefs of ado~ning themfelves, and fetting themfdves torth with proud and procacious fancies and aAtCbons, te be lookt upoe as comely perfons, to the eyes of othc:rs. In fome Countrcys they £hall learn tQ wafie their precious hours in Stage·playc::s, and vain fpcc~h.des, and ceremonious attendances and vitirs, and to equalize their life wirh death, and to live ro lefs ufe and benefit to the world, than the Horfc that canycth them. In mofi Countreys they thall learn either to prate againfi Godlinefs, as the humour of a few melancholy fools, and be wifer than to be.. lieve God, or obey him, or be: faved; or at lcafi to grow indifferent and cold in holy affu5tions and practices : For when they £hall fee Popifis and Protefiants, Luthcrans and Calvinifis ofcon•rary minds, and hear them reproaching and condemning one another, this coolefh their zed to all Religion, as feeming but a matter of una:nainty and contention : And when alfo they fee, how the wife and ho– ly are made a {corn in one Countrey, as Bit.ots and Hugonots, and how the Proteftants are drunkards and worldlings in anothtr Countrey, and how few in tht world have any ttue fmfc and favour of found and prall:ical Religion, and of a truly holy and heavenly life, (as rhofc few they are le!dome fo happy as to convcrfe with) this.hrfi accufiometh themfclve; to a negkll: ofholincfs, and th'n draweth their minds to a more low indifferent opinion of it; and to think i' unnccdTary to falvation. For they will not believe that fo few iliall be faved as they find to be holy in the world : And then they grow to think it but a fancy and a troubler of the world. And it addeth to their temptation, that they are obliged by the carnal ends which drew them out R• d B.lh P to be in the worfi and moft dangerous company and places ; that is, at Princes Courts, and among H~~s ·~!/ the fplendid gallantry of the world : For it is the fdhions of the Great ones which they mufi fte, and Vadir on th.is of which when they come home they mufi be able to difcourfe: So that they m"fi travel to the fubjcl!. Pefihoufcs of pomp and lufi, of idlenefs, gluttony, drunkennefs and pride, of Atheifm, irre!igioufnefs and impiety, that they may be a!)le to glory, what acquaintance they have got of th< grandeur and gallantry of the Suburbs of Hell, th>t they may reprefent the way to damnation deled:•ble and honourable to others, as wdl as to themfdves. But tlie greatcfi danger is of corrupting their lntellc:d:uals, by convcrfe with deceivers where they come; either btfidelsor juglingJefuits and Fryars: For when thefe are purpofcly trained up to deceive, how eafic is it for them to filence raw unfumi(hed Novices ( yea~ even where all their fiv.,·fenfes mull be captivated, in the doctrine of Tranfubfiantiation ). Afld when they are fi!enccd they mufi yidd : or at lea!\ they have deluding fiories enough of the Antiquity, Univerfaliry, lnfa!hbiliry, Umty of their Church, with a multitude of lyc:s of Lutber, C,;~lvin, ZuingliU!, and orher Reformers> to turn their hearts, and make them yield. But yet that thc:y may be capable of doing them the more fervi~e, they arc inftrudcd for a time to d~ffemble their perverfion, and to ferve the Roman Pride and t·a~ ction in a Protefiant garb and name. Efpecially when they come to R8mt, and fee ifs glory, and the monuments of antiquity, and arc allur;ed with their fplendour and civilities, and made believe that all the rcpotts of their lnquifili· ons and cruelties are falfe, this fmthcrerh the fafcination of uncxpcrienccd youths. . 2. And ufually all this while, the mofi of them lay by all fcrious fiudies, and all confiant em– ployment, and make ld!cnefs,and Convcrfe with the Idle or with Tempters to be their daily wod<.And Sfff[ff what
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