-" W1lfnllintpenitency then thou turn,eft thy very Abt"lities into C4f'Jnot!~ not onely all difficulties , but alfo thine Abi– lities into cannots. Lik~ ~Drone that is lazy, he lofe~ his Abilities t·h~tt he bath. .By mHch - Ecclef. to.Slothfulnef[e the Building decayeth. Alas, I am I8.-verydead-hearted,fayfl: thon; nay, hut 0 Man, .·t:he time \vas when God quickened thee at a Serm~n, why did{l: thou let it decay ? the time · was when thou were a little well affected, why didil: thou let jt decay ? time was when thou wert foberet, ,and leffe given to Wr~~h and ;paffions, and why ~idft thou let thefe good Conditions decay ? the Lord gave thee them bererpfore ; and thou hail: played the Sluggard VJith them, and therefore now they are decay– ed. Thy · ~qu!ckn1ng is decayed, thy forrowes for fin dec'a)re&, ·thy meltings decayed, through m~ch flothfulneffe the Building does Pro. 1.8,6. decay. .··{-it" ~pat is Slothful in hu Work_, is 71tother to·a g~eat Wafter: So . thou art aB.ro· · ther to a great Wailer~ becaufe thou art Sloth... ful. . 4· D::mon. 4· Demonfirarion. If t,hou.beell Slothful, then thou ~oe£1: Vo!ulttar!.Jj ~, n~£/.thy [elf unto cannotJ. - ·-Tilere·is many 'a _f:n that now thou ar~ aflav~ too , that ,thou.,h}i~htfl: have trod_en under thy foot, but now t~@P.. canfi not; thou mightfl: have gone furthe~ and further on in Reformation , if thou hadit held on .when tho1;1 wert going; like a C.oach, its· eafter to ~a~e-. i~· run,n on. when o~ce its going, than ffir 1r, when once tt frands O:ill ; .and now thou canfl: not-'· no~ thou art nayled to it, lik§ ~he Door to hu Hz-nges.- Now thou canfi prayand :'·~ *~o . c~~ ··., . .- pra~ ·.
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