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BERM.
XXVIII.,
A
LOVELY
CARRIAGE,
&C.
461
ing
state
with an
air
of
modesty,
nor
is
there
any
need
to
put
on
haughty and scornful
airs,
in
order
to
secure
the.
honours
of
a tribunal, or
the highest
offices
of
magis-
tracy.
I
have
known
a
man
who
acted
in an
exalted
station
with
so
much condescension
and candour, that
all men
agreed to love
and honour
him so
far,
that
it
was
hard to
say,
whether
he
was
most honoured, or most
beloved.
How amiable
a behaviour
is
it
in
younger persons,
when
respect
is
paid
to
age,
and the
honour
is
given
to
the
hoary
head
that nature
and
scripture
join
to
require
!
Lev.
xix.
32.
Thou
shalt
rise
up before the
hoary
head,
and honour
the
face
of
the
old man
:
and
fear
thy God
:
.I
am
the Lord.
Though
the
character of
the aged
per
-
son, in
respect
of
riches, quality,
and
learning,
may be
much
inferior, yet the
wisdom
that
is
naturally supposed
to be
derived from long experience,
lays
a
foundation for
this
superior honour.
And
I
look upon
it
as a
part of
the
shame and
just
reproach
of
our
day,
that
there
is
such
á licentious
insolence
assumed
by
youth
to
treat
their elders
with
contempt.
But
_so
much the more lovely
is
the carriage
of
those
who, in
spite
of
evil
custom,
treat
old age
with reverence,
and abhor
the.,
pert
and.
petulant indignites
that
some
of their
companions
cast:
upon
the
writings
and
counsels
of
their ancestors.
And here
I
beg
leave
also-
humbly
to
admonish
my
fathers,
that
they
practise
the
lovely
grace
of
condescen-
sion,
when they
converse
with
those
that
are
young.
I
entreat them
to
permit
a,
youth
of
an inquisitive genius,
to
propose
an
argument
for
some
farther improvement
of
knowledge,
or
to
raise an
objection against an
estab
-.
blished
doctriné, and
not
to
answer
him with
an
imperi-
ous frown,
or
with
the reproaches
of
heresy or
imperti-
nence.
I
beseech them to indulge the rising
generation
in
some
degrees
of
freedom
of
sentiment, and to
offer.
some
demonstration for
their
own,opinions,
besides
their
authority, and the multitude
of their
years.
The apostle Peter's
advice may
be
addressed
to
persons
of
all ages
and characters
; 1
Pet.,
v.
5. Ye
younger,
sub
mit
yourselves
to
the elder
Yea,
all
of
you
be
subject
one
to
another, and
be
clothed
with
humility ;
for
Godd
resisteth
the
proud,
and,giveth grace
to
the
humble.
If
we
have more knowledge
than others,
how lovely
is;