Ouranos kai tartaros= heaven and hell epitomized. The true Christian characterized. As also an…

Where our Saviour doth not indeed absolutely forbid labour for the body, but comparatively; thy labour for thy soul should be so much, so great, that thy labour for thy body should be no labour at all, not deserve the name of labour in comparison of it. Now consider, what answer thou wilt make to the great God, when he shall plead with thee for the breach of these commands; besides, hast not thou many spare hours in many evenings, and on wet days, wherein thou mightst go to God in secret, and with thy family, and humble thy soul in a mournful confession of thy sins, and sensible apprehension of the wrath which is due to thee, and wherein thou mightst be importunate for pardon and grace, without which thou art lost for ever? Nay, the Lord knoweth how many Lords days thou hast enjoyed, which days he hath set apart, as well out of mercy as out of sovereignty, not only for the glory of his Name, but also for the good of thy soul, wherein thou mightst both publicly, privately and secretly have furthered thy spiritual and eternal good; but how dost thou squander away those precious hours, sometime in corporal labour; always in spiritual ⟨p. 189⟩idleness, in sleeping, or walking, or sitting at thy door, or talking with thy neighbours, and yet thou hast no time for thy soul.

Where our Saviour doth not indeed absolutely forbid labour for the body, but comparatively; thy labour for thy soul should be so much, so great, that thy labour for thy body should be no labour at all, not deserve the name of labour in comparison of it. Now consider, what answer thou wilt make to the great God, when he shall plead with thee for the breach of these commands; besides, hast not thou many spare hours in many evenings, and on wet dayes, wherein thou mightst go to God in secret, and with thy family, and humble thy soul in a mournful confession of thy sins, and sensible apprehension of the wrath which is due to thee, and wherein thou mightst be importunate for pardon and grace, without which thou art lost for ever? Nay, the Lord knoweth how many Lords dayes thou hast enjoyed, which dayes he hath set apart, as well out of mercy as out of soveraignity, not only for the glory of his Name, but also for the good of thy soul, wherein thou mightst both publickly, privately and secretly have furthered thy spiritual and eternal good; but how dost thou squander away those precious hours, sometime in corporal labour; alwayes in spiritual ⟨p. 189⟩