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

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.

Secondly, the more strength a man hath in the Inward ¹man, the more health in the soul, for as it is in the body so it is in the soul, the more Natural strength the more health. So it is in the soul, the more strength in the Inward man the more healthful in grace.

Secondly, the more strength a man hath in the Inward ¹màn, the more health in the soul, for as it is in the body so it is in the soul, the more Natural strength the more health. So it is in the soul, the more strength in the Inward man the more healthfull in grace.