A commentary or, exposition upon the divine second epistle general, writtenA commentary or, exposition vpon the diuine second epistle generall, written

Thus easily doth fullness degenerate into idleness: and where is no need of gains, there no vouchsafing of pains. To many a man will God say; I made thee an husbandman, who made thee a Gentleman?ⁿ I will make man a helper meet for him: this intends that neither should be idle. The man is compared to the Sun, the wife to the Moon; that borrows light of him, yet hath some of her own. M• liar fulget radiis mariti. But when the Sun shall shine only by the Moon light, th•• is preposterous. He is a Sodomite that will eat none but another's bread, and wea•• no coat of his own weaving.^o The slothful will not plough because of winter: th••• fore shall he beg in summer, and no man shall give him. He shall beg, that's bad: and no man shall give him, that's worse. But yet a man may be busy enough, and b•i•• labour on himself with a vengeance: when he shall labour in that he hath no tha••• for, and be idle in that should do him good: thus a man may go to hell for hi• pains. Sodom thus laboured in sin, and now labours in torment. Let us so work on our Eve, that we may rest on our Sabbath; work up our salvation on earth, an• reap our salvation in heaven.

Thus easily doth fulnesse degenerate into idlenesse: and where is no need of gaines, there no vouchsafing of paines. To many a man will God say; I made thee an husbandman, who made thee a Gentleman?ⁿ I will make man a helper meete for him: this intends that neither should be idle. The man is compared to the Sun, the wife to the Moone; that borrowes light of him, yet hath some of her owne. M• lier fulget radiis mariti. But when the Sun shall shine only by the Moone light, th•• is preposterous. He is a Sodomite that will eate none but anothers bread, and wea no coate of his owne weaving.