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respect , that though they perhaps have not yet thought so , they have in reality entered into the paths of sin * - —that they shave in the criminality of licentiousness-, '
- —in ortjer'that before they have run those lengths which there is reason to apprehend , before they Jiave given fuil scope to enslaving passions , they may be induced
to stop , and to reflect , and to impose a check upon unholy feel * ings , ami , perhaps , by the blessing of God upon their exertions , enabled to change altogether the
current of imagination and desire ^ afctid to yield " their hearts to the constant influence of pure arvd worthy affections * I know I do not urge the \ oung
to a gene-rally easy task , when I urjje them' to watch over and regwfeite their thoughts and feelings . Those who have enjoyed the inestimable advantage of parents loorc attentive to the future w <]
-ihre «;> f their © fispring than to their present gratification and their own j ) Fese « t enjoyment , a » d who by she wise direction of parental care havf * been early taught the }>;* l > it of self-restraint , *—who in * mail thmss have learnt to
subsi tie their inclinations , —who can cFieerfutty-give up an immediate pleasure in obedience to the di ~ regions of the beloved quanliatis # > f their early years , — -they have * he rudiments prepared tor that
Cf > mrol over their passions which trill make tiieir voice , if not un-!>« ird at least not obeyed , — tor tlxnt noble , Ai ^ nifked $ clf-curajm » ncl which will make the
sacrifice of inclination comparatively csisyncid cer-ta > J > whenever duty deinixmte the sacrifice .- —AS this prudent self-control ( which one vho was elroadfqUy dtiicieut in it
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pronounced t 6 be tvisdorn ^ s . fobf , ) have not been cultivated , the tiff . : frculty will be much greater ; but a strong sense of duty Will some .
times well supply the deficiency . At any rate the work must be attempted , for the happiness of life , the happiness of eternity , m a great measure depends upon it .
To those who happily have not yet felt the power of licentious inclinations ^ as well as to- those who perceive wrong tendencies in their minds and are desirous of
correcting and restraining them , it may not be useless to suggest some obvious directions , which will assist them to submit their
hearts to that regulation- whose end is peace and everlasting hap . pirvess . 1 . Shun , as much as practicable , the company . of those whose words or actions are
inconsistent with that purity of mind which the gospel inculcates , and which it is yoor highest wisdom to cultivate . In choosing your situations for life , let it he your object to keep clear of those which w >) I inevitably lead you into temptation . If with all your care and caution , you are exposed
to the influence of evil example , if you are obliged * 'Sometimes to hear or sec what has a tendency to call up wrong feelings in the mind , c arnestly endeavour to con- * nect with it feelings of
disapprobatioh * —never suffer yourselves to approve whnt you know that Pod forbi <) s «—and strive lo divert fthe current of ibought and feeling froan that channel into which they haive nnintrntiumilly becii led . For this purpose * then
2 . Kmleavonr to find full and useful or at least innocent employment for your time and thought **
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5 > BS Pfitetica ' Z Remarks on Mai Mew , v . 27 , 28 ,
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1808, page 268, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2392/page/40/
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