. 3O2 ¡tip 13oo? anz JFamatíip 7 ook. nor yet donot force them to what they loath ; But ufe them toRand to your choice ; And let them have that in temperance which is wholfome, and not loathfome, and rather of the courier thanof the finer or the fweeter fort. A corrupted Appetite, ftrengthen'd by cuftom, is hardly overcome by all the reaching and Counfel in the world. Specially ufe them not to firong drink: For it is one of the greaten fnares to youth ; I know that fome wile parents (wife to further the everlafling ruine of their Childrens fouls) do Rill fay, that the more they are reftrained, the more greedily they will feek it when they are at liberty. Unhappy Children that have fuch parents ! As if the experience of all the world had not told us long ago, that Caftans encreafeth the rage ofappetite, and Temperance by Cullom turn- eth to a Habit: And in thofe years of youth while they are reftrained, we have Time to tell them the Reafonof 11, and fo fettle their minds in a right Go- vernment of themfelves ; fo that Cuftom and Teaching till they come toage, is the means on our part to fave them fromfenfuality and damnation. When they that will teach themfobrietywith the Cup at their nofes, or Temperance at a contantfeaft or full table of delicious food, and this in their injudiciow youth, deferve rather to benumbred with the Devils Teachers than Gods. So if their fancies be eagerly fet upon any vanity,deny it them, and tell them why. Ufe them not to have their wills . And let them know that it is the chief thing that the Devil himfelfdefireth for them, that they may . have all theirown carnal will fulfilled. But they mull pray to God, Thy will be donne, and deny their own. VIII. As you love their fouls, keep them as far fromTemptations as you can. Children are unfit per- lone
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