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:'The m
ij)zng
oftime bringethmifer.;'.
y
uu,faith he,
without care; for he tf;ttt is
unmari
'–
edcares
for
the things
ofthe
Lord,
and
I
~
ou!d
have
you
cleave trithe
Lord
without
fepttration:The
meaning is this: The reafon why men mitfetheir
times that
God
hatl{ appointed them,is, becaufe
men are too intent upon
irnperinent things,
which interrupts their care to
[erve
the
Lord.
And therefore we are to palfe by them.) and
not to put our full'intention to every world–
ly buftnelfe, but referue the maine intention
, of our thoughts for
the things ofthe
Jji~it,
for
not to take over-much care for them, ts that
which will make us carefull to do things
in
their time.
(
The next irripedimentis
f~lf..con~dence,
when
4
.cau[e.
aman trufis htmfelfe,
&
will Be h1s own Coun..
selfe-con8' ...
fellour:
And
therefore,theway
to
hit of
a
right
dence.
time is,to take counfell with-others;INthe
multi. :
tude
ofCounfetlors
there ispeace.
Lafl:ly, the caufe ofthemiffing ofthe time, is,
>·
c
~ufo.
negligence;when men are idle, flacke,
&
indiH-
~glJgence.
gent in doingthofethings that belong to them,
thatis thecaufeofmiffingtheirtime. And ther- '
fore you have that counfe
I
in the words next
be- :
~
fore
my
text(fince thetime is fhort,there is
but
a·
day for you to worke in, and the night comes, : /
when no man canwork)thatis,Inthe
grAve,thtre
·
is
neither-work ntJr invention,&c
.Andtherfore do ·
with all thy
might that
which thou
haft
to
do.
The
doingwhat we have to doewith all our
might,
&
with
all
our diligence>
is
that
~hich
quickens\
.
us~\
'
;.