I fletp. fpirituall fleep, than conver6ng with fpirituall S :& :a.III.– fluggards,that coontitahighpoint ofwifedomo not to be forward in Religion. Thefe formall proud pcr{ons~ as they are cold them,felves, fo they labour to cafi water upon the heat,ofothers. · Naythofe that are otherwife good, ifdeclining in theirfidll()ve, will cnclisleotherstoafellowChipin thefame fecure temper, left they thoald beupbraidedby thevigilancyofothers. They are alike in thedfeds. Men difpofed t0be a'flee~ defire to -be alone. Thofe likew:ife that are difpofed to take a fpirituall nap, wilJ avoid company, efpecially of filch as would awake them. They will hardlyendure rowzing meanes. - I. · Menwill draw thecurtains and lbut out light, when they meao to compofe themfdvesto rell:. So when men favour tht'mfelves in {omewayes not allowable, they are afraid to be difquieted by the light ; light both difcovereth, awaketh, andftirs up to working:And men when they are loth todoe what they know, are loth to know what they fhould doe. Thty th11t jleep, Jleep in the 1 Thef.r·7· night. c..Afo,otherwife agood King, fimt up the Prophet in prifon for doing his duty : MuchQf the anger that men beare againlt: theword layd open to them, is becaufe it will not fuffer them · to fi~p quietly in thetrfins. Such as will fuffer them to live quietly in their ftnnes,they are the quietandhofleft men. There cannot be aworfe ftgoe than when'men will not endure wholfome words, it _isa fignethey are in an iU league with -~ G 4 that '' ,, •
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