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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
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Quest. 12. Do you consider what you lose in the loss of Time; That time which you are gaming or idling away, you might have spent in entertaining grace, in heavenly converse, in holy pleasures, in making your salvation sure. And all this you lose in your lose of Time: which all your sports will never compensate.
Quest. 13. Is the Devil idle while you are idle? Night and day he is seeking to devour you: And will you, like the silly bird, sit chirping and singing in your wanton pleasures, when the Devils gun is ready to give fire at you? If you saw but how busy he is about you, and for what, you would be busier your selves for your own preservation, and less bu•ie in doing nothing than you are.
Quest. 13. Is the Devil idle while you are idle? Night and day he is seeking to devour you: And will you, like the silly bird, sit chirping and singing in your wanton pleasures, when the Devils gun is ready to give fire at you? If you saw but how busie he is about you, and for what, you would be busier your selves for your own preservation, and less bu•ie in doing nothing than you are.
Quest. 14. Do you really take Christ, and his Apostles and Saints, to be the fittest pattern for the spending of your time? If you do not, why do you usurp the name of Christians: Is he a Christian who would not live like Christians? or that taketh not Christ for his Master and Example? But if you say, Yea; I pray you then tell us how much Time Christ or any of his Apostles, did spend at cards, or dice, or stage-plays? how much •n curiosity about dressing and superfluous ornaments, about unnecessary pomp and courtship; how much in sluggishness, idleness and vain discourse? or how much in furnishing ⟨image 17⟩