C H AP.4.. Epifále to the 7'keffalogians. V a R. 11.12 . 309 that little or more we enjoy, truly our owne ; th at, as the Idler cannot fay he Bates his a crone bread, fo may the La- aiThefJ.3.iz bourer call it his owne, whether little or much, that hee enioyeth. Secondly, It bath a fpirituall vfe, forrellraining drill Concupifcence. An idle mans braine is a limp for the Deuill, fir to forge fancies moll phanta(hcall. Hierome thought labour a dis- hearrning to the Tempter ; whence was his aduice, Semperalignid age, vt to DiaooI:esinueniat occupatuna. Thirdly, Ir is a bleited meanes to fúrnilr vs to the b cvorkesofLiberality and Mercy and by our Sauiours fen- bEph 4,21. fence, It is c more bleiJ°ed to gene then to rcceiue. c ,4fts zo. 3 S. Fourthly, Many a fweer promife it bath in the Word of God ; d Abundance and plenty, at leafl fñfficicncy follows d Pro.ro 4. & it. It makes e fleeaecomfortable. 13.4 The Curie of Slouth is Beggery ; f Hee is brother toa e Lccler..ç.rz. io,rc. waft er,that is f1outhfull in his bufine ff e.And is is noted as oc- Prou.ó f Prou.1E.9. cation ofSodnmites brutifhlufl, that there was amongfT them filch g abundance of ldlene fe. Eech. r 6, .}r Our age abounds with the fìnncs of Sodome ; abun- v fe. dance of Idlenetfe, we may well fay, is fountains of other Sodomy. Oh that we had fume good lofiah, to breake downe the hhoufesof Sodomites among flvs; I mean ethofè hzKing.z.7 Nurseries of all Riot, Excellè, and Idlenetfe, that make our Land another Sodome; our tipling Alehoúfes !I am perfwaded , our greateft furniture for Gaoles and Gal- !owes, comes from there Nurferies. Neither 'ayes the fame amongiT debolhed Rogues; but is, I know not how, become the Gentlemens Gnne: Their Birth and Riches feemes to them exemption, not onely from manuali, but from mental] labour: fo fpend they their time, as Seneca complained, ant áliud, ant nihil, ant male' agendo. Cain and Abel were heyres apparant to the whole Earth ; yet had their i imployments in fpeciall i Gen.4. s. Vocations : And who may dare to exempt himfelfe from X 3 this
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