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The redemption of time, or, A sermon containing very good remedies for them that…
The redemption of time, or, A sermon containing very good remedies for them that have mis-spent their time showing how they should redeem it comfortably / by William Whately ... ; now published for general good by Richard Baxter.The redemption of time, or, A sermon containing very good remedies for them that have mis-spent their time shewing how they should redeem it comfortably / by William Whately ... ; now published for general good by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for Francis Tyton, 1673
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Quest. 4. What maketh you so loth to dye, if Time be no more worth than to cast away unprofitably? The worth of Time, is for the work that is to be done in Time? To a man in a palsy, an Apoplexy, a madness, that cannot make use of it, it is little worth; If you were sick and like to die this night, would you not pray that you might live a little longer? I beseech you cheat not your souls by wilful self-deceit. Tell me, or tell your consciences, How would you form such a prayer to God for your recovery if you were now sick? Would you say, Lord give me a little more Time to play at cards and dice ⟨image 15⟩in? Let me see a few more Masks and plays! Let me have a little Time more to please my flesh, in idleness, feastings and the pleasures of worldliness and pride! Did you ever find such a prayer in any Prayer book? Would you not rather say, Lord vouchsafe me a little more time to repent of all my loss of time, and to redeem it in preparation for eternal life, and to make my calling and election sure? And will you yet live so contrary to your prayers, to your consciences, and to reason it self?
Quest. 4. What maketh you so loth to dye, if Time be no more worth than to cast away unprofitably? The worth of Time, is for the work that is to be done in Time? To a man in a palsie, an Apoplexie, a madness, that cannot make use of it, it is little worth; If you were sick and like to die this night, would you not pray that you might live a little longer? I beseech you cheat not your souls by willful self-deceit. Tell me, or tell your consciences, How would you form such a prayer to God for your recovery if you were now sick? Would you say, Lord give me a little more Time to play at cards and dice ⟨image 15⟩in? Let me see a few more Maskes and playes! Let me have a little Time more to please my flesh, in idleness, feastings and the pleasures of worldliness and pride! Did you ever find such a prayer in any Prayer book? Would you not rather say, Lord vouchsafe me a little more time to repent of all my loss of time, and to redeem it in preparation for eternal life, and to make my calling and election sure? And will you yet live so contrary to your prayers, to your consciences, and to reason it self?