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the_o street_n prov._n 26.13_o when_o he_o be_v quicken_v to_o his_o work_n cry_v out_o will_v you_o have_v i_o run_v into_o the_o lion_n mouth_n will_v you_o have_v i_o undo_v myself_o and_o family_n and_o be_v swallow_v up_o with_o poverty_n by_o neglect_v my_o shop_n to_o run_v to_o church_n and_o my_o own_o call_v to_o mind_n god_n work_n the_o way_n of_o the_o slothful_a be_v a_o hedge_n of_o thorn_n prov._n 15.19_o he_o will_v go_v if_o he_o can_v if_o he_o dare_v but_o he_o dare_v not_o stir_v for_o prick_v his_o leg_n he_o shall_v be_v call_v fool_n or_o fanatic_a be_v jeer_v and_o laugh_v at_o by_o his_o old_a companion_n and_o make_v the_o drunkard_n song_n and_o talk_v of_o all_o the_o town_n it_o be_v safe_a to_o take_v time_n and_o leisure_n fair_a and_o soft_o go_v far_o in_o a_o day_n that_o be_v soon_o enough_o that_o be_v safe_a thus_o idle_a man_n will_v frame_v excuse_n as_o idle_a as_o themselves_o but_o the_o diligent_a do_v not_o so_o nay_o he_o will_v remove_v 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retire_v to_o spend_v in_o devotion_n in_o prayer_n and_o fast_v in_o examine_v his_o heart_n and_o way_n and_o try_v his_o estate_n towards_o god_n if_o some_o occasion_n intervene_v to_o hinder_v he_o some_o company_n surprise_v and_o unreasonable_o interrupt_v he_o it_o sadden_v and_o make_v he_o melancholy_a all_o the_o day_n and_o he_o send_v his_o heart_n into_o his_o closet_n where_o he_o will_v be_v himself_o and_o stay_v where_o he_o be_v hold_v against_o his_o will_n dumpish_a and_o without_o a_o heart_n and_o secret_o cry_v out_o against_o the_o violence_n he_o suffer_v o_o wretched_a man_n that_o i_o be_o who_o shall_v deliver_v i_o from_o it_o and_o look_n and_o belong_v and_o sigh_n secret_o when_o
our_o all._n and_o if_o it_o honour_v he_o so_o much_o it_o can_v please_v he_o a_o little_a and_o therefore_o shall_v not_o fail_v of_o a_o sure_a a_o exceed_a great_a and_o a_o everlasting_a reward_n for_o that_o he_o be_v a_o rewarder_n of_o they_o that_o diligent_o seek_v he_o be_v the_o first_o principle_n and_o the_o very_a cornerstone_n on_o which_o religion_n be_v build_v heb._n 11.6_o the_o next_o head_n from_o whence_o we_o may_v draw_v motive_n to_o diligence_n be_v the_o evil_a of_o sloth_n for_o contrary_n expel_v each_o other_o now_o sloathfulness_n be_v out_o of_o measure_n evil._n the_o greek_a word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d malus_n wicked_a as_o we_o common_o render_v it_o in_o its_o primary_n signification_n be_v ignavus_fw-la slothful_a to_o intimate_v to_o we_o that_o sloth_n be_v the_o root_n and_o mother_n of_o all_o evil._n matth._n 25.26_o thou_o wicked_a and_o slothful_a servant_n the_o slothful_a servant_n be_v the_o wicked_a servant_n sloth_n be_v the_o devil_n anvil_n he_o forge_v and_o fashion_n all_o his_o temptation_n on_o it_o and_o thence_o produce_v and_o by_o it_o induce_v man_n into_o the_o great_a sin_n and_o danger_n as_o of_o idleness_n come_v no_o goodness_n so_o all_o evil_a issue_n from_o it_o when_o the_o devil_n have_v be_v cast_v out_o yet_o upon_o return_n find_v the_o house_n empty_a he_o reentered_n with_o seven_o worse_a than_o himself_o matth._n 12.44_o and_o the_o last_o end_n of_o that_o man_n be_v worse_a than_o the_o first_o if_o thou_o have_v be_v convince_v and_o begin_v to_o leave_v thy_o wicked_a way_n and_o set_v thyself_o to_o be_v religious_a but_o be_v cold_a remiss_a formal_a slothful_a in_o it_o the_o devil_n will_v return_v upon_o thou_o with_o a_o kind_n of_o revenge_n for_o quit_v his_o work_n and_o make_v a_o escape_n and_o will_v clap_v more_o bolâ—s_n and_o strong_a iron_n on_o thou_o if_o a_o prisoner_n shall_v break_v the_o goal_n and_o as_o soon_o as_o he_o be_v out_o stand_v beg_v at_o 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