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 chiefeſt Care to ſerve and glorifie God; it was for this End, that God both made and redeemed you; do but conſider, how welcome a young Perfon is to God, it was to young Samuel that God revealed himſelf, and that, at ſuch a Time when the Word of God was precious and very rare, and you know, that St. John the youngest of all the Diſciples, was the only perſon of all the Twelve who was ſuffered to lean on our Saviour's Boſom. Pray, think if you can, how unconceivable a Joy it will be to you, when, in your elder Years, you can think of your Youth; how great a Conſolation will it be to you on your Death-bed, how eaſie will it render your Acounts at the great Day of Judgment? And how much a whole Life ſpent in God's Service, will increaſe your Glory in Heaven? I can but Counſel you, and I ſhould; therefore be wiſe in Time, that you may not be miſerable to All Eternity, pray unto the Lord, and he will anſwer: I will guide you coutinually, and ſatisfy your Souls, and make for your Bones, and you fall be like a water'd Garden, and God will make the Habitation of your Righteouſneſs proſperous; if ye know theſe Things, happy are ye if ye do them; and the Glory of the Lord ſhall be your Reward. I would (under God) be a Means to help you to find your Feet, and walk in the Ways of God's Cammandments,