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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.
Qu. 3. But what if I find that it hurteth my body to labour; may I not forbear? Answ. If it so hurt you, that you are unable to ⟨p. 476⟩[…] ⟨p. 477⟩[…] ⟨p. 478⟩do it, there is no remedy: Necessity hath no Law: Or if one sort of labour hurt you, when you can take up another, in which you may be as serviceable to the Common-wealth, you may choose that to which your strength is suitable: But if you think that every sudden pain or weariness is a sufficient excuse; or that some real hurt will warrant you in an idle life, you may as well think that your servant, and your Horse or Ox may cease all their labour for you, when they are weary: or that your candle should not burn, nor your knife be used in cutting, because that use consumeth them.
Qu. 3. But what if I find that it hurteth my body to labour; may I not forbear? Answ. If it so hurt you, that you are unable to ⟨p. 476⟩〈…〉 ⟨p. 477⟩〈…〉 ⟨p. 478⟩do it, there is no remedy: Necessity hath no Law: Or if one sort of labour hurt you, when you can take up another, in which you may be as serviceable to the Common-wealth, you may chuse that to which your strength is suitable: But if you think that every sudden pain or weariness is a sufficient excuse; or that some real hurt will warrant you in an idle life, you may as well think that your servant, and your Horse or Oxe may cease all their labour for you, when they are weary: or that your candle should not burn, nor your knife be used in cutting, because that use consumeth them.