Heaven taken

—Neque mola, neque farina—

Men could be content to have the Kingdom of Heaven; but they are loth to fight for it. They choose rather to go in a feather-bed to Hell, than to be carried to Heaven in a fiery Chariot of zeal and violence. How many sleep ⟨p. 95⟩away, and play away their time; as if they were made like the Leviathan, to play in the Sea! Psal. 104. 26. It is a speech of Seneca, No man is made wise by chance^*. Sure it is, no man is sav•d by chance, but he must know how he came by it, namely, by offering violence. Such as have accustomed themselves to and idle lazy temper, will find it hard to shake it off, Cant. 5. 3. I have put off my Coat, how shall I put it on? The Spouse had laid her self upon the bed of sloth, an though Christ knocked at the door, •he was loth to rise and let him in. Some pretend to be Believers, but are idle in the Vineyard. They pretend to make use of faith for seeing, but not for working: this Faith is fancy. O that Christians had a spirit of activity in them, 1 Chron. 22. 16. Arise and be doing, and the Lord be with thee. We may sometimes learn of our enemy^*. The Devil is never idle; he walketh about, 1 Pet. 5. 8. The world is his Diocese, and he is every day going his visitation. Is Satan active? is the enemy upon his march coming against us? and are we asleep upon our guard? As Satan himself is not idle; •o h will not endure