Two sermons, of Jonahs punishmentTwo sermons, of Ionahs punishment

Eschew therefore idleness, I beseech you, and by the want ye find in other, learn instructions for your selves. Be not forgetful how busy your enemy is, if he find you idle: first, he putteth you in mind of some vanity: then offereth opportunity to practise: then he craveth consent, and if ye grant him that, he triumpheth by adding practise: he leaveth no means unattempted, whereby he may subvert and bring you to perdition. To one (as to Eve) he promiseth the knowledge of good and evil. Another ¹he seduceth with lying speeches, as he did Pharaoh the King, whom he deceived by false Prophets. To the Jews he pretended the temple of the Lord. To the heathen he showeth universalities and antiquities. And to other particulars, he leaveth no more unattempted, whereby he may entangle the soul of the simple, and wrap them in the snares of death. Fly idleness therefore, and seek virtue, and the way thereof: seek learning, as for a Jewell, make diligent search and inquisition after her: seek early, and seek late, in the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening let not thy hand rest: seek him in the day of trouble, and he will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify him.

Eschue therefore idlenesse, I beseech you, and by the want ye find in other, learne instructions for your selues. Be not forgetfull how busie your enemie is, if hee find you idle: first, hee putteth you in minde of some vanitie: then offereth opportunitie to practise: then hee craueth consent, and if ye grant him that, hee triumpheth by adding practise: he leaueth no meanes vnattempted, whereby he may subuert and bring you to perdition. To one (as to Euah) he promiseth the knowledge of good and euil. Another ¹he seduceth with lying speeches, as he did Pharao the King, whom hee deceiued by false Prophets. To the Iewes he pretended the temple of the Lord. To the heathen hee sheweth vniuersalities and antiquities. And to other particulers, hee leaueth no more vnattempted, whereby hee may entangle the soule of the simple, and wrappe them in the snares of death. Flye idlenesse therefore, and seeke vertue, and the way thereof: seeke learning, as for a Iewell, make diligent search and inquisition after her: seeke early, and seeke late, in the morning sow thy seede, and in the euening let not thy hand rest: seeke him in the day of trouble, and hee will deliuer thee, and thou shalt glorifie him.