Casuistical morning-exercises the fourth volume /

2. The second hinderance is love of Ease. Persons don't love to meddle with that which they apprehend will be a troublesome business. What? To be always upon our watch? To be always examining, why, and to what end, we so much as hear a Sermon? This is wearisome and intolerable. For Remedy; Rouse up thy Soul, as thou wouldst do thy Body in a Lethargy; thou wouldst then be jogged and pulled, and shook; there's more need in thy Soul-Lethargy: 'Tis the voice of him that deserves to be thy Beloved that calls thee; do not give an answer directly contrary to Christs Spouse;^(h) I am awake, but my heart is asleep.

2. The second hinderance is love of Ease. Persons don't love to meddle with that which they apprehend will be a troublesome business. What? To be always upon our watch? To be always examining, why, and to what end, we so much as hear a Sermon? This is wearisome and intolerable. For Remedy; Rouze up thy Soul, as thou would'st do thy Body in a Lethargy; thou wouldst then be jogg'd and pull'd, and shook; there's more need in thy Soul-Lethargy: 'Tis the voice of him that deserves to be thy Beloved that calls thee; do not give an answer directly contrary to Christs Spouse;^(h) I am awake, but my heart is asleep.

1. (h)Cant. 5.2.

3. A third hinderance is Unbelief. (As to this) I speak not now of the state of Unbelief, but they do not believe this to be so needful as 'tis represented. The truth is, if we run up sins into their causes, we shall find Unbelief to be the most teeming Mother of most omissions, and of more than omissions: e. g. Why do you omit such a Duty? I do not believe it to be necessary. Why do you not reflect upon the Duties which you do not omit? I do not believe God requires it. For cure,