THE Apprentice's faithful Monitor.  
AS ever you hope to have that Favour of God, which is better than Life, in your Apprenticeship, and his Blessing on your Labours, when you come into the World for yourself; be very careful to discharge those Duties which you own to your Master or Mistress.  
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Let this great Truth be impressed upon your Mind, That you are continually uner the Allseeing Eye of God, who is the Searcher of Hearts, and Trier of Reins, and knows your very Thoughts afar off; and than you will obey your Master, not with Eye-Service, but in Singleness of Heart, fearing God.  
Be careful to observe those Directions which you may receive from your Master for the Learning of your Trade; be diligent to improve them, faithful in the Discharge of any Trust reposed in you, that you may justly obtain that valuable Title of a Profitable Servant.  
Absent not yourself at any Time, upon any Pretence whatsoever, from the Service of your Master or Mistress, without their Leave.  
Whenever you are sent upon any Errand, stay no longer than the Business does require, remembering that the Time is not your own, but his to whom you are Bound. Carefully avoid all wicked Company, (that Snare of the Devil) whereby young Men are often drawn to the Commission of expensive Sins; to maintain which, they defraud their Masters, and take such Courses that they are cut off by the Hand of Public Justice.  
Whenever you are guilty of a Fault, let not the Devil prevail on you to conceal it, by telling a Lie; which will pave the way to the greatest Faults you can be guilty of: But much rather choose, by ingenuous Confession, and sincere Promise of Amendment, to obtain Pardon. A Caution against this Sin is well expressed by Mr. Herbert, 
Dare to be true, nothing can need a Lie,  
The Fault which needs it most, grows two thereby.   
Still keep up a dutiful Regard to your Parents, if alive, remembering the Danger of forfeiting their Blessing, and what you own them for their Endeavours to help you out into the World. Your doing well will be their Comfort as well as your own. If they are gone, forget not what you own to those that take Care of you in their stead, and let them have the Comfort of seeing that their Concern for you, for your Parent's Sake, has a good Effect.  
Above all, neglect not the Duties you own to God. Begin and end every Day with him by Prayer; and if at any Time you want the Conveniency of a private Retirement, yet omit not to lift up your Heart to God, begging the Pardon of your Sins, and the Sanctification of your Nature.  
In the Morning, pray that you may be kept that Day from all Evil, especially from the Evil of Sin. Be in the Fear of the Lord all the Day long; and before you lie down at Night, be thankful for the Mercies of the Day past, and beg of your heavenly Father that He would watch over you for good, etc. You may easily purchase various Helps to assist you in this Duty.  
Endeavour every Day to read some Portion of God's Word, always remembering to beg a Blessing on what you shall read; when you are alone, meditate upon what you have at any Time heard, or read, and beg of God, that he would by his Spirit so impress those Truths upon your Heart, that the Fruit and the Power of them may appear in your Life and Conversation.  
When you have faithfully served your Master Six Days in the Week, remember to keep holy the Seventh Day, which, both by divine and humane Authority, is set apart for the Service of God. Before you go to attend upon the public Worship of God, beg a prepared Heart, with whatever else is needful for the saving and profitable Hearing of his Word. Presume not to misspend any part of that Day, which so many have complained of as the Foundation of their Ruin, when they have come to an untimely End; but make Conscience of spending the Evening in recollecting of what you have heard, in Prayer, Meditation, etc. You have the greater Reason to take Care how you behave yourselves in your Apprenticeship, because 'tis an Age of Life wherein many have miscarried, and laid the Foundation of their future Ruin.  
Your Prospect of many Advantages in the World, if you come to set up for yourselves, must depend much upon Reputation; endeavour therefore to deserve the Character of a Good and Faithful Servant, and you will reap the Fruit thereof.  
Religion and Virtue will promote rather than hinder your well-being in the World; it will fortify you against those Vices that will soon reduce you to a Morsel of Bread. By being faithful to your Master, and to your own Soul, you will become a Blessing to the Family where the Providence of God has placed you, and the Blessing of God will abide upon you here, and you will be eternally happy hereafter; these things having not only the Promise of this Life, but of that which is to come.