The Life of Faith. 489 Juflice.) To do good in Magitiracy for the piety, peace and lifety of the people ; to dogood as Minitiers, for the lavingof fouls ; to do good as Parents, to educate a holy feed; to du good as Phyficians, to lave mens lives, &c. It is a plcafureex- ceeding all voluptuoufnefs. And this the idle wilfullynice. r 9. Tou lofe all the reward ofwell doing at the laf?, and fall under tbe doom of the unprofitable fervant, Mat. 25. who mutt be cati into outer darknefs. Youmuff anfwer for all the talents of time, and health, and firength, and pans, tohim who will judge all according to what they have done in thebody: And where (hall the idle then appear ? so. Idlenefr Trilldefiroy your health and lives : Nothing but fulnefs (which is its companion) doth bring fo many thou- fands unfeafonably to the grave. And do youneither loveyour fouls, nor your lives ? Are you only for your prcfent cafe ? 21. Idlenefs breedeth melancholy, and corruptetb thefantafte andmind, andfo unfittetbyou for all that is good. Therefore the Idle that will do nogood,are fain todevifc fome vanity todo ; fome game, or play, or drefs, or complement, &c. orelfe they would grow addle-brained, anda Chame and burden to thcm- felves. The confiant labours of a lawful calling is one ofthe boil cures of melancholy in the world, if it be done with wil- lingacfs, fucccfs and pleafure. 22.Lafily,ldlenefs is theNurfery of a worldof vices.It is the field of temptation, where Satan fowcth his tares while men are f coping. When they are idle, they arc at lcifure for lufiful thoughts; for wanton dalliance; for idle talk; for needlefs fports, and playes, and vifits ; for gaming, and riotous feafl- ing, drinking and excefs ; for pride, and an hundred vain cu- riofities e Yea for contentions and mifchicvous dcfigns a Need- lefs and fìnfui things mull bedonc, when neceffary duties arc laid by. And if they are poor, idlenefs preparcth them to murmur: andbe difcontent, and fall out, and contend with one another; todefraudothers, and tofled. Thefe and more are the natu- ral fruits of Idlenefs. But here I mull annex two Cautions. r. That inonc make this a pretence for a worldly mind and life ; nor think that Religion is a fruit of!Mends ; not fay Q,29 as
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