:DireCtions for Trawllers, Merc/,ants mzd FaElors. Dircft. S· Direft. 5· Choofc thofe Countreys for your Children to travel in which are foundefi in doctrine ~nd of belt example, and where they may get more go.od than hurt: and v.enture them not ncedld1; Into the places and company of greatefi danger; efpeCially among the Jefuus and Fryars, or lubtile Hereticks, or enemies of Chrill. DireC. 6 • Direll. 6. ~rudy before yo~ go, wh~t particular Temptations yo~ :ne like t~ meet with, and fludy well for parncular Prcfervattves agatnfi them all : As you will not go mto a place infeCb:d with the Plagu.e, without an Antidote. It is no frnall task, to get a mind prepared for travel. Direli. 7 • Dircli. 7· Carry with you fuch Books as are fittell for your ufe, both for Prcfervllion and Edifi. cation: As to prcfervC you from Popery, DrelincourtJ, and Mr. Pools fmall Manual : For which ufe my K<y f;,. Catho/ickf, and Safe Ittligion, and Sbtct agoinjl Popery may not be ufclcf!. And Dr. Chat· 1 01 :cr 1 Credo Ecc/rfraxn Catholicam IS Chort and very Hrong. To prdt:rve you agamH lntidelit,y, Van· dcr Mculi;: in Latin, and Grolitt!, and in Englilb my RrafoitJ of the Chriftialt Religior., may nor be un· tit. I•'or your praCbcc, the Bible and the Pruaice of Pict)', and Mr.ScuddcrJ D~ily JYa.'k._, and Mr.Rey· 11tf! Direttium, and Dr. AmCI Cafer of Confcience. DircD. 8. Direl1. 8. Get acquaintance with the moll •ble Reformed Divines, in the places where )'OU !ravel and mak~ ufe of their frequent converfe, for your editicltion and dtfcnce. f·or it is rhe wifcft and brft men in all Countteys wh<r< you come, that mun be profitable to you, if any. Vircl!. g, Dirdi. 9• S::t your felves in a C;)urfe of regular fiudy if you are Travellers , as if you were ·at home, and on a courfc: of regular employment if you are Tradefrnen, and make not men wandering and gazing upon novelties, your Trade and Bufinefs; But redeem your time as laborioufiy as you wouldJo in the moft Ceded life. For time is precious, where ever you be: And it mufi be diligence every where that mull caufe your proficiency ; for Place and Ct~mpany will nor do ir, without your labour. Jr is not an Univeriity that will make a fluggilh perfon witf, nor a forreign Land that will furnilh a fenfi.tal fat wirh wifdom: Cerium non animummutaHt qui tram mate currunt. There is more ~do nccdT:ny to make you wife, or bring you to Heaven, than to go long journeys, or fee many people. Direr:. IO• Direll. ro. Avoid temptations: If you acquaint your felvcs wirh rhe humours and finful opinions and fafhinns of the rime and places where you are, let it be but as the LacfJd.tmoniam called our their children to fee a drunkard, ro hare the fin: Therefore foe tbtm, but tafte tfum not, as you would do by poyfon or lothefome things. Once or twice feeing a folly and fin is enough. If you do it frcque::nrly, cutlomc will abate your detetlation, and do much ro reconcile you to it. Direli. 9· Direli. 9· Set your fclves to do all the good you can to the miferable people in the places where you come. Furnilh your fc:lves with the fordaid Books and Arguments, not only to prcferve your fclves, but alfo to convince poor Infidels and Papifis. And pity their fouls, as thofe that believe, that there is indeed a life to come, where Happinds and Mifery, will Chew the difference between the godly and rhe wick,d. Efpccially, Merchants and Factors, who live confiantly among th< poor ig– norant Chrifiians, Armenians, Greeks, Po~pifis, who will hear them; and among Heathens (in Indoj!an and elfev. here) and Mahomerans ( efpecially the Pcrfians, who allow a liberty of difcourfe.) But above all, the Chaplcins of c:he feveral Ernbaffies and Factories. 0 what an opportunity have they to fow the feeds of Chrifiianity,among the Heathen Nuions? and to make known Chrift to the Infidel people whert they come? And how heavy a guilt will lyeon them that !hall neglect it ! Ana· how will the great indufiry of the ]efuites rife up in judgemrnr againll: them and condemn them? Dird1. lC· Direa. JO. The more you are deprived of the benefit ofGods publick Worfhip, the more indufirious mutt you be, in Reading Scripture and good Books, and in fecrer Prayer, and Meditation, and in the improvement of any one godly friend that doth accompany you, t<? make up your lofs, and to be inficad of publick means. lr will be a great comfort among Infidels, or Papifis, or ignorant Greeks, or prophane people, to read found and holy and fpirirual Books, and to conferr with fome one godly friend, and to meditate on the fwcet and F.lorious fubjec.'ls, which from Euth and Heaven are fet before us; and to folace our felves in the praifes of God,and to powre out our fuires before him. Dirtl1. 1I· Virdi. 1 1. And that your work may be well done, be fure that you have right ends ; and that it be PcrrJ?rinatio not to plcatC a ranging fancy, nor a proud vain mind, nor aCovetous defire of being Rich or higli, ~(.15do;fcufi~ that you go abroad : but that you do it pnrpoft:ly and principally to ferve God abroad, and to be able: jj, ;~o~:nr to fcrve him the better when you come home, with your wit, and experience, and e!btcs. Iffincercly indu!lri.1 in you go for this end, and not for the Love of money, you may expect thegreater comfort. patri.:t pot(.'!\: Virell. 12 ;Stay abraid no longer than your lawful ends and work require : And when you come ~fc~:llufiris. home, let ir be fcen that you have fccn fin, that you might hate it; and that by the obfe·rvarion of the DirclJ. 12 , errors and evils of the world, you love found doCtrine, fpiritual worChip, and holy, fober, and righte~ ous hviug,better rhan you did before; and that you are the better refolved and lurnilhed for a godly, exempl:ny fruitful life. Note. One thing more 1 will w rn fome Parents of; who fend their Sons to travel to keep them from untimely rnarrying,lcfl th<·y have parr of their efiates too foon: That there are other rne:~ns better than thi~, which prudence may rind out: If they would keep them low, fromfulmfl, and id/ene{1, and bad company (which a wife (elf·denying diligent man may do, but another cannot) and tngage them i1t as much jfudy tJ1td bujine[t ( cmju1Jli) as they ca11 weUperform, and when they mujl nreds marry, lc:c ic be·done with prudem careful choice; and learn thernfelves to live fomtwhat lower, that they nzay [pare thll which their Son mu a have, this courfe would be better than that hazudcus one in quenion. CHAP·
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