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The life of faith in three parts, the first is a sermon on Heb.…
The life of faith in three parts, the first is a sermon on Heb. 11, 1, formerly preached before His Majesty, and published by his command, with another added for the fuller application : the second is instructions for confirming believers in the Christian faith : the third is directions how to live by faith, or how to exercise it upon all occasions / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed by R.W. for Nevil Simmons, 1670
Part 3 › Chapter 17: How to conquer sloth and idleness by the Life of Faith.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
So also it is a great sin in a Physician, because he doth neglect mens lives; and in a Lawyer, when by sloth he destroyeth mens estates: The greatness of the trust, must greaten mens care.
13. He that hath hired his labour to another (as a Servant, a Lawyer, a Physician) is guilty of a thievish fraud, if he give him not that which he hath paid for: Owe nothing to any man, but love, Rom. 13. Hired labour is a debt that must be paid.
14. Religious duties will not excuse idleness, nor negligence in our callings: (but oblige us to it the more:) nor will any bodily calling excuse us from Religious duties; but both must take their place in their seasons and due proportions.
Quest. 1. But what if a man can live without labour; may not be forbear who needeth it not? Answ. No, because he is nevertheless a subject of God, who doth command it: and a member of the Common-wealth which needeth it.