The life of faith in three parts, the first is a sermon on Heb.…

2. When men have time to spare: This is a most evident mark of Idleness: For God hath given us no time in vain; but hath given us full work, for all our time. They that have time to play away needlessly, to sleep away needlessly, to prate away needlessly, do tell the world that Sodom's Idleness is their sin. Especially poor souls, who are yet unsanctified, and are strangers to a renewed heart and life, and are utterly unfit to die, O what abundance of important work have these to do? And can they be idle, while all this lieth undone? Indeed if they are in despair of being saved, it is no wonder: And one would think by their lives that they did despair: For surely a man so near another world, that must be in Heaven or Hell for ever, would never live idly, if he had any good hope that his endeavours should not be all in vain. The poor in spirit have no time to spare: Labour is their life: Eternity is still before their eyes. Necessity is upon them; and they know the woe that followeth Idleness: Repentance for sin, and negligence past, is a constant spur to future diligence. And their work is sweet, and incomparably more pleasant to them than Idleness. If the Devil be so diligent, because he knoweth that his time is short, Rev. 12.12. it is a shame to them that are not so, who call themselves the servants of the Lord.

2. When men have time to spare: This is a most evident mark of Idleness: For God hath given us no time in vain; but hath given us full work, for all our time. They that have time to play away needlesly, to sleep away needlesly, to prate away needlesly, do tell the world that Sodom's Idleness is their sin. Especially poor souls, who are yet unsanctified, and are strangers to a renewed heart and life, and are utterly unfit to die, O what abundance of important work have these to do? And can they be idle, while all this lyeth undone? Indeed if they are in despair of being saved, it is no wonder: And one would think by their lives that they did despair: For surely a man so neer another world, that must be in Heaven or Hell for ever, would never live idly, if he had any good hope that his endeavours should not be all in vain. The poor in spirit have no time to spare: Labour is their life: Eternity is still before their eyes. Necessity is upon them; and they know the wo that followeth Idleness: Repentance for sin, and negligence past, is a constant spur to future diligence. And their work is sweet, and incomparably more pleasant to them than Idleness. If the Devil be so diligent, because he knoweth that his time is short,