The gallants burden A sermon preached at Pauls Cross, the twenty nine of March,…The gallants burden A sermon preached at Paules Crosse, the twentie nine of March,…

You hear how the Day slips from us, and the Night steals on; what remains, but in the Day to prepare for the Night. No marvel, if men sleep in the Night; but in the broad day, to shut our eyes (with the Dormouse) is unnatural. There is a Night, when thou shalt rest,¹ even on thy bed of Peace: only walk, work; loiter not in thy Day. Christ taught and observed the Rule himself, to travel his Day and all his Day; For the Night comes, wherein no man can work. There are things, which if the Night finds undone, we are undone, because we have not done them: if we defer to provide lodging, sustenance, safety, the ⟨p. 23⟩Night finds and leaves us destitute. How mad is he, that bound to some special designment, confined to his day, and then furthered with light, aid, company, and conveniency of all things, spends one hour in catching Flies, another after Feathers, and all the rest in several toys and leasings, that on a sudden the Sun sets, and his chief work is not done, nay not begun.

You heare how the Day slippes from vs, and the Night steales on; what remaines, but in the Day to prepare for the Night. No maruell, if men sleepe in the Night; but in the broad day, to shut our eyes (with the Dormouse) is vnnaturall. There is a Night, when thou shalt rest,¹ euen on thy bed of Peace: onely walke, worke; loyter not in thy Day. Christ taught and obserued the Rule himselfe, to trauell his Day and all his Day; For the Night comes, wherein no man can worke. There are thinges, which if the Night findes vndone, we are vndone, because we haue not done them: if we deferre to prouide lodging, sustenaunce, safetie, the ⟨p. 23⟩Night findes and leaues vs destitute. How madde is hee, that bound to some speciall designement, confined to his day, and then furthered with light, ayde, companie, and conueniencie of all thinges, spendes one houre in catching Flyes, another after Feathers, and all the rest in seuerall toyes and leasinges, that on a sodaine the Sunne settes, and his chiefe worke is not done, nay not begunne.

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