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A treatise of self-denial. By Richard Baxter, pastor of the church at KidderminsterA treatise of self-denial. By Richard Baxter, pastor of the church at Kederminster
London: printed by Robert White for Nevil Simmons, 1675
Treatise › Chapter 27: Ease, Quietness and worldly Peace to be denied.
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8. And consider, That the Idle forfeit the protection and provision of God; even their daily bread. For must he support and feed you to do nothing? His own rule is that if any man will not work neither should he eat, 2 Thes. 3. 10. And if he may not eat, we may not relieve him.
9. And if idleness had not been an heinous sin, the Apostle would never have commanded us to avoid the company of such, as if they were unfit to converse with Christians, 2 Thes. 3.
9. And if idleness had not been an hainous sin, the Apostle would never have commanded us to avoid the company of such, as if they were unfit to converse with Christians, 2 Thes. 3.
10. Consider what abundance of work we have to do, and of how great importance! O what a deal have we to do for our poor souls, and for many about us, besides all our bodily employment in the world! Methinks, every man that knows why he is a man, and what it is, in an inch of time to work for everlasting, should never find an hour for idleness in his life, but still cry out, How short and swift is time, and how great and long is the work! A man that had all the Town on fire about his ears, or a man that were fighting for his life, or a man that were in a leaking vessel ready to sink under him, might better be lazy, than a man that is at work for an endless life.
10. Consider what abundance of work we have to do, and of how great importance! O what a deal have we to do for our poor souls, and for many about us, besides all our bodily employment in the world! Methinks, every man that knows why he is a man, and what it is, in an inch of time to work for everlasting, should never find an hour for idleness in his life, but still cryout, How short and swift is time, and how great and long is the work! A man that had all the Town on fire about his ears, or a man that were fighting for his life, or a man that were in a leaking vessel ready to sink under him, might better be lazy, than a man that is at work for an endless life.