The Antidote against Youthful Lusts

Youthful lusts are a pernicious evil under the sun; they are such also in the church of Jesus Christ. That these lusts are not to be token in a limited sense of sexual impurities is evident, we saw the former time, from the very wording itself. However, that these lusts take in the entire scope of the vanity which is peculiar to youth ought to be evident from what the great apostle enjoins Timothy further in this passage from his pen. Writes he, “. . . and follow after righteousness, faith,...