as young men to the priesthood.^ Now, call
thou into exercise '° thy thoughts through the
Spirit that God has given to thee by Christ, and
thou wilt remember " that Samuel, while yet a
little child, was called a seer, and was reckoned in
the company of the prophets, that he reproved the
aged Eli for transgression, since he had honoured
his infatuated sons above God the author of all
things, and had allowed them to go unpunished,
when they turned the office of the priesthood into
ridicule, and acted violently towards thy people.