The young would be dissatisfied, if forced to cultivate particularities, for which they see no just or substantial reason.

Dissentions would arise among them.

Their morality too would be confounded, if they were to see these minutiae idolized at home, but disregarded by persons of known religious character in the world.

Add to which, that they might adopt erroneous notions of religion.

For they might be induced to lay too much stress upon the payment of the anise and cummin, and too little upon the observance of the weightier matters of the law.
As the charge therefore is unquestionably a serious one, I shall not allow it to pass without some comments.