Riches of mercy to men in misery, or, Certain excellent treatises concerning the dignity…

The Second reason why you should desire to be strong ¹in the Inward man is this, because it brings most comfort and cheerfulness into the soul.

The Second reason why you should desire to be strong ¹in the Inward man is this, because it brings most comfort and chearfulnes into the soul.

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First, because it makes us do all that we do with facility and easiness, that which we do is easy unto us. As for example, a man that is weak in judgement and understanding, any high point of Religion is weariness unto him, because he wanteth a capacity to conceive, now that which is not rightly conceived or understood, he hath no comfort nor delight in it, but it is with irksomeness & much weariness unto nature, where as the same things unto ⟨p. 44⟩a man of larger capacity; they are easy unto him and he delights in them.

First, because it makes us do all that we do with facility and easiness, that which we do is easie unto us. As for example, a man that is weak in judgement and understanding, any high point of Religion is weariness unto him, because he wanteth a capacity to conceive, now that which is not rightly conceived or understood, he hath no comfort nor delight in it, but it is with irksomness & much weariness unto nature, where as the same things unto ⟨p. 44⟩a man of larger capacity; they are easie unto him and he delights in them.