Tbe 'Danger and Sjn o/ llliiiiJ ybUJlg Tral>ellers. what a mind is hke to come to, whtch is but one half year or twelvemonth accufiomed ru idime{J, and vain fpeChclcs, and to a pleafing converfe with idle and luxurious perfons, H IS eafie for a rna.n of any acquaintance with the world or wirh humane nature to conjed:ure. 3· And t~cy go fo~th in notable pe~il of their he~ltb or lives. Some ta\1 into Ftavor 1, and dye by ch1nge of a1r and dnnks: Some fall mro quarrel; 1n Taverns, or about their Whores, and are mur– dered. Some few prove fo fieadfaf\ againfi all the temptations of the Papifh, thar ic is rhouohr conducihle ro th~ h?lY ca~fe, that they iliould be killed in pretence o~ fo.me quarrel, or be p0yf6n– cd: Some by dnnkmg W1ne-, do contract fuch ficknefs, as makes thetr hvcs uncomfortable to the !all. And the brains of many arc fo healed by ir, that they fall mad. Pcrc.' rinario 4· A~d al.1 this .danger is principall~ founded in the quality of the per[on1 fo?t t? travel : which , leviag txdla are ordmanly empty L adJ, between e1ghtecn and twenty four years of age, wh1ch IS the tm1e of the qua:dam ani· D' vils chief advantage ; when naturally they are prone to thofc Vices which prove the ruinc of the mo.rmn & ve- moll, though you take the greatd\ care of them that you can. I. Their /:,Jf is then in th~ h;ghtf\ !~;~i~~uf;,;~n and. mo.H u~ta:r::u:d rage. 2· ThLir appet~teJ to pleafing meats and drinks.are then ftrongcH. 3. Their . 11 t m..l bos frohck tndmauons to [porfl and rureatzonJ are then greatefi. 4· And 1gnorant and proc.1cious Fridt :~u1 1:2!tius rpe- beginneth then to flir. S· All things that arc mo:t Vile and Vain, are then apt to fcem excellent to nm.lrunl, the~, by reafon of the novelty of the matter as to them, who never faw fuch things before, and by qu.1m u~ ex- rea{on of rhe falfe elh:tm of rhofe carnal perfons, to whofe pomp, aFld confcquently to whofe judge– :rd~c~~~:\uc rnent, they would be conf~rmed. 6. And they are a~ that age e~cer:dingly inc~ined to think all their p.rung.:r.r. Id. own apprehenfions to be: r1~ht, and to be very confident of theu own conceptions, and wife in their cb. own eyes : s~caufe thdr juvenile intr:llell: being then in the moll affecting aeliviry ) it feemcth fiill clear and Jure ro them, becaufe it fo much affects themfelvcs. 7· But above all, they are yet un– furnHhed of alrnofi all that folid wifiiome, and {etled holinefi, and large experience, which is moll ne– ceffuy to their improvement of their travels , and to their refiftancc of atl thcfe temptations. Alas, how few of them arc able to deal with a Jefuite, or hold fafi t'heir Religion againfi deceivers? If the very Vices, the Ambition, the Carnal Policies and Pomps, the filthinefs and worldlincfs of the 'Roman Clugy did not become a prefervative to mens minds, againfi the Temptations which would draw them to their way, and if the Atheifrn, Infidelity, Whoredoms and prophanencfs of Papifls did not become an Antidot~:, how few were like to rct~rn uninftd'ed. And bccaufc the JdUits know that they can never take this llurnbling block out of the way, therefore coo many of them have thought bell, to debauch thofe firll whom they would profelyte, and to reconcile them tirll to PIayes, and drunkenn(fs,,and whoredoms, that fo the d1il1ke of thcfe may not hinder their reconciliation with the Kingdom of Rome ; yea, that a fecming necdiiry of a Pricfis pardon , may make it feem neceffary to become their fubjeCI:s. And as unfurnilhed are thele young travellers ufually to refill the t<r.npta<ions to this fenfuality, lull and pomp, as rhofe ofPopery : So that they are perfidioully fcnt into a Pdihoufe, when they arc in the greatefi difpofition to be infeCted. And if they come not home drunkards, gluttons, gamc– fiers, idle, prodigal, proud, infidels, irreligious, or P.tpifis, its little thanks to thofe perfidious Parents, who thus perform their promife for them in Baptifin, by fending them to Satans Schools and Univerfity to be educated. Whereas if they were but kept to their due fiudies, and under a holy government a.t home, till they were furui01ed with found nligious knowledge, and till they were rooted in holinefs, and in a Love to a pious fobcr life , and till they had got a fet!ed hatred of intemperance ·and all fia, and till they had a Map of rhe places, perfons and affJirs of the world well im– printed on their minds by fiudy and due information, then necelfary travel would be more fafe: and then they would be in acapacity to learn wifdom from other mens folly, and virtue from orher mens vice, and piety from other mens impiety: which Novices are rather apt to imitate. . 5· And in the mean time the lofs of all the help I which they fhowld have at home, doth greatly tend to their ddlrud:ion. For they oft travel into Countreys, where they fhall have no publick wor~ !hip ofGod which is lawful, or which they underlland: or if rhcy hav<, it is ufually cold preach– ing, and dull praying, when they have need of the bell, and all too little. And they have feldome fuch piousfociety to edifie and quicken thertl by private converfe, as they have or might have here at home : And fddomc come into fuch well ordered religious families. And if humane nlture be prone to infection by temptations, and fo aver(e to holinefs, that all means is roo little, and even in the bell families, folly and fcnfuality and a difblle of Godlinefsoftcn tl\rivcs (as unfown Weeds ovcr– fpread the Garden, where wirh great cofi and Nbour only better thmgs were fowed,) Whu then but fin and mifery can be expected from thofe that by their ':)Wn P,uems are banilht:d from their native Countrey, ( not fo well as into a Wildernefs , but) into the pelliknt infected Cou'nrreys of the world? ' I would ask thofe Parents that plead for this .crime and cruelty as a kindnc:fs: Arc you no wifcr or better your felvcs, than the company into which you ffnd your children? Can you teach them and educate them no better, nor give them betrer-exarnplcs than they are like to have abroad? Can you fet them on no better work, for the improvement of their til'ne? If nor, Why do you not repent of Congreffus this your {hame and mifr.ry, and reform your felvcs? Ifyou can, ~hywill you the~ ?et ray Y?~r chilfapientum ·dren? Or if ·you cannot, Arc there no Schools, 110 Learned and PJOus men, no Rc:hgtous tamthes and confcn prucompany at home, in your own Land, where you rnighl place them to better advantage, than thus to :~~~: ~~~n expofe them to the Tempter ? Undoubtc~ly there are ; and fuch as may be had at Cbeaper 1 maria. Er6fm. rates. 6.And
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=