WE whom the Lord hath made ſenſible of his Everlaſting Day, and given a ſight of the Glory thereof unto, cannot but be ſenſible of a Great Care upon our ſpirits for the Preſerving the Honour and Glory of that Bleſſed Day of God, from being again any wayes Vailed or Darkned by any thing on our parts, that is contrary thereunto: And this Care and Tenderneſs doth not only extend to keep us Watchful and Diligent in our own Particulars, but to have a Watchful Eye over Others, who do profeſs the ſame Name and Truth with us; deſiring from our very Hearts, That as it hath pleaſed God to Viſit us with his Everlaſting Love, and to make his Power ſhine forth in this our Generation, ſo the Generations to come may know the ſpreading and Encreaſe of the ſame, as we have done; which cannot be, but by a True, Diligent, Watchful Abiding in the Light of the Lord Jeſus, which was unto us, and will be unto God's People in all Ages, the Morning-Star, which leads unto the Day of Salvation: And while our Minds are exerciſed concerning theſe things, To our great Grief we ſee many Youths and Young Men (who are Children of Friends, & Apprentices, or have been Apprentices to Friends) who are Convinced in their Judgments of the Way of Truth, and are called to be the Plants of the next-coming Generation, to witneſs forth the Brightneſs of the Day of the Lord, and to Honour him in a Holy Converſation: Who, notwithſtanding the great Love of God ſhewed to them, in making known his Love and Way of Truth to them, in their Tender Years, yet do not Anſwer the Love of God to them, as they ought to do, nor Walk Cloſely with the Lord in his Way of Holineſs, nor have had regard unto the Agreements and Covenants unto which they in their Indentures have Conſented, which Truth would have taught to have performed with a diligent Reſpect and Care unto the Equity thereof: But on the contrary, many hold a Profeſſion of the Bleſſed Truth in a Traditional Belief and Notion of the Good Teſtimonies which the Lord's People have born, and do not ſink down into Lowlineſs of mind, as becomes the Goſpel; but grow Heady and Stubborn, and are puffed up in Knowledge, and are Exalted above the Croſs, and ſo let that Nature at Liberty unto which the Croſs was and is appointed; and then that Nature leads into Looſneſs and Wantonneſs, and into Pride and Headineſs, and Covenant-breaking both with God and Man, as well under a Profeſſion of Truth, as under any other Profeſſion, from which they ſeem to ſtand ſeparated; and this hath brought Diſhonour to the Name of our God; and by thus Walking, many good Parents have been Diſhonoured, and Maſters Wronged, and Truth Reproached, and the Holy Spirit of God in his People Grieved many a time.

Therefore we do in the Name and Power of God, in which we ſtand Witneſſes for God, exhort and admoniſh all Young Men, who do profeſs the precious Truth of God, that they be Careful and Diligent in their Places, as becomes the Truth; and that they be Obedient unto their Parents and Maſters, as God hath commanded; and that they take heed of breaking thoſe Good and Wholſom Rules and Orders, unto which themſelves have Subſcribed; for, Covenant-breakers the Lord will Judge. And we do exhort all Young Men, That they Honour the Truth in their Places, as becomes their Profeſſions, that ſo they may Anſwer the Power of God, & live in it, by which they may come to be ſenſible of the Life and Unity that is in the Church of Chriſt. And we do truly deſire, That the Power may be brought over the Rebellious Stubborn Nature, and a Stop thereby may be put to the Extravagant Courſes taken by ſome profeſſing the Truth: And therefore, if any Young Men, who do hear this our Exhortation, doth not ſubmit thereunto, but do hereafter walk Looſly and Diſorderly, either in Diſobeying their Parents who walk in the Truth, or in Wronging, or being Unfaithful to their Maſters, or in Spending their Time in Idleneſs or in Evil Company, and bringing Diſhonour upon the Truth of God, and will not hear the Wholſom Counſel of their Parents and Maſters, & reform their Evil Courſes; then we deſire that ſuch Fathers and Maſters may acquaint a few Staid Sound Friends with the Matter in time, who may deal with ſuch Young Men in the Counſel and Wiſdom of God; and if they will not hear their Admonition, that then they may acquaint the Monethly Meeting therewith, that ſo ſuch may be proceeded againſt; and if they will not yet Hear and Reform, that Truth may be cleared of ſuch Diſorderly Walkers, and Teſtimony may be given out againſt them, that their Profeſſing the pure Truth may be no Cloak to their Unrighteous Actions, nor no Stumbling-Block may be laid by them in the way of them who believe not: But that the Teſtimony of God may be kept Pure, as we received it in the Beginning, and may be committed Pure unto the Generations to come.