Sam. How may we get rid of S pirituall Sloth ? 501 his prefence ; fo does every believer with his fpeeches. David who delires quicknings, picks out quickning company. Iama companion of all them. (rich or poot) that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts, Pfal. 119.63. Paul is preff d cn fpirit by the company and conference of Silas and Timctheus, As 18. 5. the two Difciples hearts burn'd within them in their journy to Einaus, by that fweet difcourfe they had with Chrifl, Luke 4.32. 9. Confider quickning confiderations.They that are apt to faint and tire in a journey, carry about their bottles of water to quicken their fpirits ; let thefe ten conuderations be fuch bottles to you when you tire in the journey of a duty. I. Confider how odious and abominable Sloth is to man or God; the Romans judg .fd floth and idlenefs worthy of the gretelf con-Zon Annal. tempt. Ajmnus ad lyram, fillings ad tibiara , are Proverbs of the great-1.2n. -1.2 ell derifion and difgrace : how contemptibly does 7acob fpeak of Ifa- Peir.87.d.1.g. char, a flrong Afs couching down between two burthens, Gen.49. 14, 15. cap. 16. yea God him felf refufes the firft- born of an Afs in Sacrifice, Exod. 13. Enervos ani- 13. Bellarmin gives this reafon, becaufe it was animal tardigradum, t loth e 1 r- a flow paced and fluggifh creature, which God hates; God being a Max. lib.2. pure ate loves pure ac`ivity. Oh what thunder -claps and cracks ofcap.7. threatnings may you hear from the Mount Ebal of his Word, able to tardis menti- make the molt fluggifh Caligula to creep under his bed for fhelter. bus virtus non, Curled be he that doth the workof the Lord ncgligently,Jer. 48.1 o.Curf- zi ureTuf}.it- ed be the deceiver that bath in his flock,a male, and facrificeth unto the iiasu,t, lib, 5to. Lord a corrupt thing, M::l.1.14. God threatens to remove the candle_ flick from the Church of Ephefns, becaufe fhe was grown remifs in her firl} love,Rcv. 2. 5, 6. he terrifies the Church of Laodicea t; ich the menace of fpuing her out of his mouth for her lukewarmnefs; the fervant who had not returned Cent per Cent for his talent, is called wicked and flothful fervant, and call into the darkefl dungeon, Matth. 25, 26, 3o. how would this confideration well conlîdered on, caufe all flothful fervants ears to tingle, and their hearts to tremble. II. Confider floth expofes you to all manner of fin, efpecialiy thefe twö defperate and dangerous ones. 1. Sordid Apollacy, 2 Spiritual Adultery. T. Sordid Ap'ftacy. Sloth in the Soul is like Green Sicku:fs in the body, of a Virgin, which makes her not only fall from her colour, ftrength; flomach to wholfom food, but alto to long and tuft after trafh & trumpery,coales,foot, afhes : the Galathians becaufe they were S f f 2. avotrrot,
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