148 Este, QuietneIs andworldlyPuce to be denied. ting fome good all the time that we are idle ; or doubly pa- vantage our felves, if loath did not keep us company in our work. The flosahliol is brother to him that is agreat wafter, Prov. 18. 9. Sloathfulnefs is felf-murdering ; men die while they lye ftill and wifh. Its a fin that farnifheth foul and body, Pray. 21. 25. The defire of the flowbfal killeth him, becaule his hands refnfe to labour. Its the common caufe oebeggery and want : and what comfort can'you have under fuch affliciions whichyoubring upon your felves ? Ifyou want food or ray- ment ifyour wives and children are in want, how can you think that God fhould take care of you and afford you relief, when you bring this on your felves by pleafing your flefh which is his enemy ? If a Souldier get hurt by trucking with the, enemy, he may rather look that his General fhould hang him than relieve him. And- how fhould goodmen be moved to compaffionate you ? If God do impoverifh you, and you come to want by innocency or a righteous tatife, they- Inuit needs be ready to relieve you : But if Sloatb, 61- Pride, or Gluttony, or Drunkennefs bring you to it, till you repent I feenot how they fhould relieveyou, at leall any further than to keep you alive. For ifyou are fet to pleafe your felves by idlenefs muff I joyn with you to pleafe it by fuch fupplies as (hall cherifh you in yourfin?No,one flefh-pleafer is enough for one man ! If youwill pleafe it either by Idlenefs or by Luxury your felves, expednot that others fhouldpleafe it by your re- lief, andmake provifion for your fin. If I may not make pro- vifion for my own flefh to fatisfie its lufts, neither muff Ido it for another. But ghats not the worfl floattopsinelt the common catife of mons damnation ; when they fee a temptation and danger be- fore them, fioathfulnefs hindereth them from refilling it When Heaven is offered them, floathfulnefsmakes them lit !till and lofe. it. Theymull limn, and Strive, andFight, and Con- quer; and tbefeare not works for a floathfini perfon ; efpecial- ly when theymit be continued to the death. So that its ma- nifeft, that mot men in theworld are Undone foul and body, by_the fin offloath. 5. And -by thisyen robothers eft well a your[civet z You owe the
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