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SATAN’S DECOY.
Ye vicious youths a while I pray draw near,
A pious pattern I have for you here,
If you will but observe what I have penn’d,
You’ll gain a crown of glory in the end.
’Tis of a youth eleven years of age,
A merchant’s Son of Bristol, as ’tis said,
Who hi his learning did take great delight,
And made it all his study day and night.
lie was a comfort to his parents dear,
Who brought him the Lord of life to fear,
A youth he was so comely meek and mild,
His parents they were blest with such a child.
As he to school one morning took his way,
Over a field, wThere flowers grew so gay,.
All of a sudden he a man did meet,
Dress’d all in black who did him kindly greet.
He said, my loving youth, where now so soon,
The child said, sir, I’m going straight to school,
To fit myself my maker for to serve,
For from his strict commands J ne’er will swerve.!
V V ft, - 7
SATAN’S DECOY.
Ye vicious youths a while I pray draw near,
A pious pattern I have for you here,
If you will but observe what I have penn’d,
You’ll gain a crown of glory in the end.
’Tis of a youth eleven years of age,
A merchant’s Son of Bristol, as ’tis said,
Who hi his learning did take great delight,
And made it all his study day and night.
lie was a comfort to his parents dear,
Who brought him the Lord of life to fear,
A youth he was so comely meek and mild,
His parents they were blest with such a child.
As he to school one morning took his way,
Over a field, wThere flowers grew so gay,.
All of a sudden he a man did meet,
Dress’d all in black who did him kindly greet.
He said, my loving youth, where now so soon,
The child said, sir, I’m going straight to school,
To fit myself my maker for to serve,
For from his strict commands J ne’er will swerve.!
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Chapbooks printed in Scotland > Religion & morality > Satan's decoy, or, The youth's faith in Christ > (2) |
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Description | Over 3,000 chapbooks published in Scotland in the 18th and 19th centuries. Subjects include courtship, humour, occupations, fairs, apparitions, war, politics, crime, executions, Jacobites, transvestites, and freemasonry. Chapbooks are small booklets of 8, 12, 16 and 24 pages, often illustrated with crude woodcuts. Produced cheaply and sold by peddlars on the streets, they formed the staple reading material of the common people, along with broadsides. |
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