A sermon preach'd before the King and Queen, upon Ephes. 5.16. Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. By the Reverend Father Philip Ellis monk of the H. Order of St. Benedict, and of the English Congr. chaplain and preacher in ordinary to their Majesties. Published by His Majesties command
and is delivered by Him as a Compendium of Morality, is ever in Season, and ever in the Crisis: The management of our Time, being like the Dictates of our Conscience, in no circumstance to be neglected, being in the number of those Precepts which admit of no dispensation.
and is Delivered by Him as a Compendium of Morality, is ever in Season, and ever in the Crisis: The management of our Time, being like the Dictates of our Conscience, in no circumstance to be neglected, being in the number of those Precepts which admit of no Dispensation.
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For Time being in a continual Flux and Motion, every particle of it which is not improv'd is lost; but, blessed be God, not lost beyond Redemption, for what is impossible to Nature is possible to Grace;
For Time being in a continual Flux and Motion, every particle of it which is not improved is lost; but, blessed be God, not lost beyond Redemption, for what is impossible to Nature is possible to Grace;
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what all the industry of Man cannot retrieve, nor the Wealth of both the Indies recover, the poorest and weakest Christian is taught how to Redeem: Redeem the Time.
what all the industry of Man cannot retrieve, nor the Wealth of both the Indies recover, the Poorest and Weakest Christian is taught how to redeem: redeem the Time.
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and almost all his Wealth, where he had treasur'd up the labors of his past life, the comforts of his present, and the unknown joys of his future happiness;
and almost all his Wealth, where he had treasured up the labors of his passed life, the comforts of his present, and the unknown Joys of his future happiness;
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how greedily would he embrace the offer, and hearken to the expedient? Should an Eminent Lawyer whisper a young Spend-thrift in the ear, that he will put him into a method how to redeem a morgag'd and imbesled Estate,
how greedily would he embrace the offer, and harken to the expedient? Should an Eminent Lawyer whisper a young Spendthrift in the ear, that he will put him into a method how to Redeem a mortgaged and imbesled Estate,
but also the most friendly Person in the World, and follow his counsel in despite of all their reasonings and dissuasives, who encourage his profuseness,
but also the most friendly Person in the World, and follow his counsel in despite of all their reasonings and dissuasives, who encourage his profuseness,
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and lend a helping hand to his ruin? Should the Captive be taught how to recover his Liberty, the Conquered his Honor, the Stigmatiz'd and Scandalous his Reputation, or the Malefactor how to gain his Judge, and compound for the greatest Crimes with the smallest Punishment; I presume much Rhetoric would not be necessary to win their attention.
and lend a helping hand to his ruin? Should the Captive be taught how to recover his Liberty, the Conquered his Honour, the Stigmatized and Scandalous his Reputation, or the Malefactor how to gain his Judge, and compound for the greatest Crimes with the Smallest Punishment; I presume much Rhetoric would not be necessary to win their attention.
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and I should have nothing to do, but to shew you the practical Part, were all Men agreed in the Thesis. But most People know not the true price of Time, know not how to spend it when they have it,
and I should have nothing to do, but to show you the practical Part, were all Men agreed in the Thesis. But most People know not the true price of Time, know not how to spend it when they have it,
St. Aug. in his 24th Sermon upon the words of the Apostle, observes there are two things which render our days evil, the misery and the wickedness of Men.
Saint Aug. in his 24th Sermon upon the words of the Apostle, observes there Are two things which render our days evil, the misery and the wickedness of Men.
But since misery is only the punishment of wickedness, and wickedness the cause of misery, it is the mis-spending and not redeeming our Time, which denominate the days evil:
But since misery is only the punishment of wickedness, and wickedness the cause of misery, it is the misspending and not redeeming our Time, which denominate the days evil:
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that the same parcels of Time we dedicate to Vice, ought to be consecrated to the exercise of Vertue; that the contrary practice, besides its proper and specifick wickedness, is guilty of Injustice and Robbery.
that the same parcels of Time we dedicate to Vice, ought to be consecrated to the exercise of Virtue; that the contrary practice, beside its proper and specific wickedness, is guilty of Injustice and Robbery.
and is already declar'd by our Blessed Lord, Mat. 25. where every Article of the Inditement is Negative, You did not feed me, you did not cloath me, you did not visit me, and the rest.
and is already declared by our Blessed Lord, Mathew 25. where every Article of the Indictment is Negative, You did not feed me, you did not cloth me, you did not visit me, and the rest.
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But here is not alledg'd so much as the breach of a Commandment; then Irreligion, Luxury, Detraction and Extortion are smaller Crimes, which will bear no Action.
But Here is not alleged so much as the breach of a Commandment; then Irreligion, Luxury, Detraction and Extortion Are smaller Crimes, which will bear no Actium.
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unless such gross offenders shall be ranged with Infidels, who are already judg'd, and carry their Sentence in their Faces, jam judicati sunt. But for the rest of Christians, who think themselves innocent because they abstain from these blacker Crimes, it is necessary another Inditement should be prepar'd, setting forth the Omission of good Works,
unless such gross offenders shall be ranged with Infidels, who Are already judged, and carry their Sentence in their Faces, jam judicati sunt. But for the rest of Christians, who think themselves innocent Because they abstain from these blacker Crimes, it is necessary Another Indictment should be prepared, setting forth the Omission of good Works,
and convicting them of mispending their Time, which, as appears from our Saviours words, is alone sufficient to plunge them into everlasting Flames, Quia non fecistis. Therefore, because you did not, for no other reason, go you cursed into everlasting Fire.
and convicting them of misspending their Time, which, as appears from our Saviors words, is alone sufficient to plunge them into everlasting Flames, Quia non Fecistis. Therefore, Because you did not, for no other reason, go you cursed into everlasting Fire.
but all of them upon different Motives. The Philosopher prizes it in order to Science, the Lawyer manages it to improve his Fortune, the Trades-man to procure a Subsistence, the Libertine to indulge his Appetites,
but all of them upon different Motives. The Philosopher prizes it in order to Science, the Lawyer manages it to improve his Fortune, the Tradesman to procure a Subsistence, the Libertine to indulge his Appetites,
whether the revolution of the Heavens, or the measure of the motion and rest of Bodies, or a particle of Eternity which we now use, as the Orator calls it? Let us leave this disquisition to Philosophers.
whither the revolution of the Heavens, or the measure of the motion and rest of Bodies, or a particle of Eternity which we now use, as the Orator calls it? Let us leave this disquisition to Philosophers.
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There is a certain Definition which every Christian carries in his Breast, that it is a Term assign'd us by Providence, to work out our Salvation in it.
There is a certain Definition which every Christian carries in his Breast, that it is a Term assigned us by Providence, to work out our Salvation in it.
as the Moon and other Planets compleat their Revolution and fulfil their Motion, as well as the Sun and Superior Heavens, which are much longer in performing theirs.
as the Moon and other Planets complete their Revolution and fulfil their Motion, as well as the Sun and Superior Heavens, which Are much longer in performing theirs.
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or was cut off in the Flower or middle of his Age, when that very Person so lamented as unripe for the Sythe, had liv'd out his whole time as well as Mathusalem; and so has the Infant who is taken in the Womb,
or was Cut off in the Flower or middle of his Age, when that very Person so lamented as unripe for the Sith, had lived out his Whole time as well as Methuselah; and so has the Infant who is taken in the Womb,
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or having but one day upon the Earth, as much as the Child of an hundred years, as the Scripture most properly stiles those who end their days in such Puerilities as they began them, with as little consideration why they came into the World, what they are to do in it, what Account will be demanded after it;
or having but one day upon the Earth, as much as the Child of an hundred Years, as the Scripture most properly stile those who end their days in such Puerilities as they began them, with as little consideration why they Come into the World, what they Are to do in it, what Account will be demanded After it;
so greedy of what is not our own, and so negligent of the thing which only belongs to us? For as Seneca and St. Bernard admirably observe, all other things are Foreign, nothing is properly ours, but Time:
so greedy of what is not our own, and so negligent of the thing which only belongs to us? For as Senecca and Saint Bernard admirably observe, all other things Are Foreign, nothing is properly ours, but Time:
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Or supposing other things to be never so much our own, yet the value of Time ought in reason to be greater than the estimation of what we only owe to Time;
Or supposing other things to be never so much our own, yet the valve of Time ought in reason to be greater than the estimation of what we only owe to Time;
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For setting aside the Years of our undiscerning Childhood, and inconsiderate Youth, and unweldy Old Age, only the middle part of our Lives, which hardly make up a fourth, we think worth improving;
For setting aside the years of our undiscerning Childhood, and inconsiderate Youth, and unwieldy Old Age, only the middle part of our Lives, which hardly make up a fourth, we think worth improving;
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But of this riper and more digested part of our Lives, how much is taken up in necessary attendance on our Bodies and Fortunes, how much consum'd in rest and repasts, how much in refreshing the Spirits and unbending the Mind? And of the remainder, which amounts not to above a fifteenth proportion,
But of this riper and more digested part of our Lives, how much is taken up in necessary attendance on our Bodies and Fortune's, how much consumed in rest and repasts, how much in refreshing the Spirits and unbending the Mind? And of the remainder, which amounts not to above a fifteenth proportion,
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how much is wasted in Disquisition and Error, and mistaking our business, in idle expectation, fond hopes and unactive fears? And after all this subduction, have we time to spend in useless Discourses, impertinent News, tedious Visits or unprofitable Studies? But it seems we have so much plenty still, that every Sense and Appetite puts in for a share,
how much is wasted in Disquisition and Error, and mistaking our business, in idle expectation, found hope's and unactive fears? And After all this subduction, have we time to spend in useless Discourses, impertinent News, tedious Visits or unprofitable Studies? But it seems we have so much plenty still, that every Sense and Appetite puts in for a share,
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and wantons away the select and more pretious hours. We have time for Drunkenness, Cheating and Circumventing, Slander and Detraction, Luxury and Murder, and,
and wantons away the select and more precious hours. We have time for drunkenness, Cheating and Circumventing, Slander and Detraction, Luxury and Murder, and,
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To spend an hour, which the mercy of your Creator has indulg'd you to do Penance, to obtain Pardon, to acquire Grace and purchase Glory? O donec pertranseat tempus!
To spend an hour, which the mercy of your Creator has indulged you to do Penance, to obtain Pardon, to acquire Grace and purchase Glory? O donec pertranseat Tempus!
Let us once in our lives tell true, and ingenuously confess what we are driving at, what we hope to gain by so prodigious and irrecoverable an Expence? I dare not tell you St. Bernards opinion of your Proceedings, That all the time you have not God before your eyes, is to be reckon'd as lost:
Let us once in our lives tell true, and ingenuously confess what we Are driving At, what we hope to gain by so prodigious and irrecoverable an Expense? I Dare not tell you Saint Bernards opinion of your Proceedings, That all the time you have not God before your eyes, is to be reckoned as lost:
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I need not speak of Time spent in those things, which even the corruption of this Age, with all its glosses cannot Varnish over, which appear in their own Colours, do what we can,
I need not speak of Time spent in those things, which even the corruption of this Age, with all its Glosses cannot Varnish over, which appear in their own Colours, do what we can,
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I need not speak of Time spent in santring up and down, hearing or relating News, Dancing, Gaming, which have not any other end than a short refreshment of the Spirits, beyond which, they are amusements, which we tolerate in Children,
I need not speak of Time spent in sauntering up and down, hearing or relating News, Dancing, Gaming, which have not any other end than a short refreshment of the Spirits, beyond which, they Are amusements, which we tolerate in Children,
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I am sure, every one is the Artificer of his own Happiness, who by co-operating with the Grace and Time which is given him, may improve the most ordinary Actions into vertuous and meritorious,
I am sure, every one is the Artificer of his own Happiness, who by cooperating with the Grace and Time which is given him, may improve the most ordinary Actions into virtuous and meritorious,
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That Direction of the Apostle, Whether you eat or drink, or whatsoever you do, do all to the Glory of God, is a Precept (for so the Fathers stile it,) of a vast extent,
That Direction of the Apostle, Whither you eat or drink, or whatsoever you do, do all to the Glory of God, is a Precept (for so the Father's style it,) of a vast extent,
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If you are satisfy'd in the value of it, you cannot but be griev'd to the very heart, that you have parted with it so easily, pass'd it over so slightly,
If you Are satisfied in the valve of it, you cannot but be grieved to the very heart, that you have parted with it so Easily, passed it over so slightly,
to rectifie the Errors and Miscarriages of it when it is no more, is one of those Arcanums of Religion, which are hid from the Wise and reveal'd to Babes.
to rectify the Errors and Miscarriages of it when it is no more, is one of those Arcanums of Religion, which Are hid from the Wise and revealed to Babes.
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It was the Saying of Pittacus, celebrated so much by Antiquity, and which entitled him to a place among the wisest of Men, NONLATINALPHABET, Learn to value your Time, but to redeem it was a Lesson that great Master never learn'd himself,
It was the Saying of Pittacus, celebrated so much by Antiquity, and which entitled him to a place among the Wisest of Men,, Learn to valve your Time, but to Redeem it was a lesson that great Master never learned himself,
To redeem the Time therefore, saith St. Anselm, is to redeem the Offences of a Mis-spent Life, with Tears and penitential Works, Est anteactae vitae peccata, flendo, & poenitendo redimere.
To Redeem the Time Therefore, Says Saint Anselm, is to Redeem the Offences of a Misspent Life, with Tears and penitential Works, Est anteactae vitae Peccata, flendo, & poenitendo redimere.
and do our Hearts remain still without sense, and our Eyes without moisture? Will amendment for the future cross the Book? Will an humble acknowledgment of the Debt compound with our Adversary in the way? Will a present diligence, in performing what is otherwise our Duty, attone for so much negligence in managing the Talent deposited in our hands? And is the Price thought too dear with us? Or do we stand with our Hands in our Pockets, demurring upon the Bargain? Do's not Reason as well as Religion prompt us to lay hold of it immediately? And since the Mercy of our God is so liberal, to take him at his word, (as I may say,) and enter the Vineyard this very moment,
and do our Hearts remain still without sense, and our Eyes without moisture? Will amendment for the future cross the Book? Will an humble acknowledgment of the Debt compound with our Adversary in the Way? Will a present diligence, in performing what is otherwise our Duty, atone for so much negligence in managing the Talon deposited in our hands? And is the Price Thought too dear with us? Or do we stand with our Hands in our Pockets, demurring upon the Bargain? Do's not Reason as well as Religion prompt us to lay hold of it immediately? And since the Mercy of our God is so liberal, to take him At his word, (as I may say,) and enter the Vineyard this very moment,
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which stands unmov'd at such large Invitations, such a general Amnesty, such unexpected Promises, as transcend not only a reasonable Hope, but even the boldest Presumption!
which Stands unmoved At such large Invitations, such a general Amnesty, such unexpected Promises, as transcend not only a reasonable Hope, but even the Boldest Presumption!
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The Morning comes, (says the Prophet,) and also the Night; tho your Day be far spent, there is still Time enough to enquire after the means of your Salvation;
The Morning comes, (Says the Prophet,) and also the Night; though your Day be Far spent, there is still Time enough to inquire After the means of your Salvation;
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Upon which consideration St. Basil doubts not to brand this Vice of so great reputation in the World, with the infamous Character of a sin against Nature; because there is nothing in the whole Frame of Nature idle or unactive.
Upon which consideration Saint Basil doubts not to brand this Vice of so great reputation in the World, with the infamous Character of a since against Nature; Because there is nothing in the Whole Frame of Nature idle or unactive.
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All the Hierarches of Angels (as one assures us, who had been in the third Heaven,) are Administring Spirits: The Prophet declares, they have no rest day nor night;
All the Hierarchs of Angels (as one assures us, who had been in the third Heaven,) Are Administering Spirits: The Prophet declares, they have no rest day nor night;
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all things below are in a continual Tide, a regular Succession of Causes and Effects; Every Creature groans, and brings forth even till now, saith the Apostle:
all things below Are in a continual Tide, a regular Succession of Causes and Effects; Every Creature groans, and brings forth even till now, Says the Apostle:
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And if the invisible things of God are understood by those things which are made, The Operations of Nature are so many Emblems of the Diligence he requires at our hands towards the working out our Salvation;
And if the invisible things of God Are understood by those things which Are made, The Operations of Nature Are so many Emblems of the Diligence he requires At our hands towards the working out our Salvation;
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Nay, if Man would but take the measure of his Moral Actions from the observation of his Natural, the continual working of the Heart, circulation of the Blood, respiration of the Lungs, pulse of the Arteries and activity of the Fancy, will teach him Assiduity in the exercise of those nobler Faculties, whose Actions depend upon the liberty of his Will;
Nay, if Man would but take the measure of his Moral Actions from the observation of his Natural, the continual working of the Heart, circulation of the Blood, respiration of the Lungs, pulse of the Arteries and activity of the Fancy, will teach him Assiduity in the exercise of those Nobler Faculties, whose Actions depend upon the liberty of his Will;
and being not in the labors of Men, the subtilest Logician can scarce explain in what formality, their Happiness, i. e. the advantage of their Condition consists? Their priviledge seems to lie in an exemption from the general Malediction inflicted upon the rest of Mankind;
and being not in the labors of Men, the subtlest Logician can scarce explain in what formality, their Happiness, i. e. the advantage of their Condition consists? Their privilege seems to lie in an exemption from the general Malediction inflicted upon the rest of Mankind;
And our Blessed Saviour revives and inforces this Doctrin, in the Parable of the Master entrusting his Servants with so many Talents, with a Negotiamini, Manage and improve them;
And our Blessed Saviour revives and enforces this Doctrine, in the Parable of the Master entrusting his Servants with so many Talents, with a Negotiate, Manage and improve them;
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When he should behold some warmly disputing at a Table, others walking musing and solitary, some Reading, others discoursing with abundance of Gravity, others sitting in crowds, in recollection and silence;
When he should behold Some warmly disputing At a Table, Others walking musing and solitary, Some Reading, Others discoursing with abundance of Gravity, Others sitting in crowds, in recollection and silence;
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That Lady at her Glass, and in a profound contemplation of her self, whom he thought at her Oratory; that Gallant reading a Romance or a Novel, which he mistook for a Prayer-Book: When he should hear others talking profanely in the very Church, blaspheming the Divinity they pretend to worship, pretending to Reason, and yet practising Debauchery.
That Lady At her Glass, and in a profound contemplation of her self, whom he Thought At her Oratory; that Gallant reading a Romance or a Novel, which he mistook for a Prayer-Book: When he should hear Others talking profanely in the very Church, blaspheming the Divinity they pretend to worship, pretending to Reason, and yet practising Debauchery.
In fine, most Men acting and talking after such a manner, that what is counted the most innocent Discourse, is Murther, I mean, censuring their Neighbors Actions,
In fine, most Men acting and talking After such a manner, that what is counted the most innocent Discourse, is Murder, I mean, censuring their Neighbours Actions,
as the avaricious Man sacrificing his Soul to a little Gain, the voluptuous Man to his sensual Appetite, the Vindictive to a brutal Revenge, the Ambitious to the shadow of Honor, the Luxurious to the most infamous of Passion, the Flatterer burning Incense to his Prince,
as the avaricious Man sacrificing his Soul to a little Gain, the voluptuous Man to his sensual Appetite, the Vindictive to a brutal Revenge, the Ambitious to the shadow of Honour, the Luxurious to the most infamous of Passion, the Flatterer burning Incense to his Prince,
he must needs conclude that true, what the Jews said in their Conventicle of Vice, The Lord hath forsaken the Earth, and the Fear of him is wholly extinguish'd.
he must needs conclude that true, what the jews said in their Conventicle of Vice, The Lord hath forsaken the Earth, and the fear of him is wholly extinguished.
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for these are Christians, Men who make a Conscience of their Actions, People of Credit and Honor, who would not do an ill thing for the World, who believe they shall account severely for every idle word, and every moment spent unprofitably.
for these Are Christians, Men who make a Conscience of their Actions, People of Credit and Honour, who would not do an ill thing for the World, who believe they shall account severely for every idle word, and every moment spent unprofitably.
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that they are executing their Penances, and putting their morning Resolutions in practice, tho they seem to be at the Gaming-house, the Theater or Tavern;
that they Are executing their Penances, and putting their morning Resolutions in practice, though they seem to be At the Gaming-house, the Theater or Tavern;
Yet whether this be not the present State of this Nation, I mean, the case of most People, Judicate domus Israel, your Judgment, O House of Israel! If God should once again send the Prophet Jeremy to search every Street,
Yet whither this be not the present State of this nation, I mean, the case of most People, Judicate domus Israel, your Judgement, Oh House of Israel! If God should once again send the Prophet Jeremiah to search every Street,
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Vadam ergo ad Optimates, I will go therefore to the great, the most knowing and discerning Men, the advantage of whose Birth and Education has rais'd them above the Level,
Vadam ergo ad Optimates, I will go Therefore to the great, the most knowing and discerning Men, the advantage of whose Birth and Education has raised them above the Level,
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The first Tincture they receive from the World, is Vanity, which as Job observes, soon ripens into Pride, [ Vir vanus in superbiam erigitur, ] and then they think themselves born as free and lawless as a wild Ass-colt in the Desert.
The First Tincture they receive from the World, is Vanity, which as Job observes, soon ripens into Pride, [ Vir Vanus in Superbiam erigitur, ] and then they think themselves born as free and lawless as a wild Ass-colt in the Desert.
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Because they have no necessity of sweating for their Living, they think themselves Masters of their Time; because Divine Providence has provided so largely for them,
Because they have no necessity of sweating for their Living, they think themselves Masters of their Time; Because Divine Providence has provided so largely for them,
What a frightful Idea have these Men of Happiness, when their own Judgment places them in the State of corrupted and abandon'd Nature, endow'd only with a liberty to Sin, or rather in the State of Damnation, a Non-necessity of doing well?
What a frightful Idea have these Men of Happiness, when their own Judgement places them in the State of corrupted and abandoned Nature, endowed only with a liberty to since, or rather in the State of Damnation, a Nonnecessity of doing well?
as to fancy he has made a Law from which he exempts that sort of Mankind, which is the most able and best qualified to perform it? Or that he has singled out the best part of his Creation, Men and Women of most sense and reason,
as to fancy he has made a Law from which he exempts that sort of Mankind, which is the most able and best qualified to perform it? Or that he has singled out the best part of his Creation, Men and Women of most sense and reason,
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as the fattest Victims for Sacrifice, to spend their Time in silence and idleness, and not to be in the labors of Men, assigning them no Province, no Soil to cultivate, that they might have no means toward their Reprobation? If this be the end of your Creation, O ye Men of Greatness, of Riches and Honors!
as the Fattest Victims for Sacrifice, to spend their Time in silence and idleness, and not to be in the labors of Men, assigning them no Province, no Soil to cultivate, that they might have no means towards their Reprobation? If this be the end of your Creation, Oh you Men of Greatness, of Riches and Honours!
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as well through the great leisure you enjoy, as the plenty and power you have to do it with, your Time is so much more valuable, as it may be more beneficial; it is more easily redeemed, by the many Expedients which are before you,
as well through the great leisure you enjoy, as the plenty and power you have to do it with, your Time is so much more valuable, as it may be more beneficial; it is more Easily redeemed, by the many Expedients which Are before you,
If this be a Duty incumbent upon all Men, so that no State, no Circumstance or Condition can prescribe against it, in capite Libri scriptum est de vobis, you are the first in the Role,
If this be a Duty incumbent upon all Men, so that no State, no Circumstance or Condition can prescribe against it, in capite Libri Scriptum est de vobis, you Are the First in the Role,
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and borrowing Time from their Rest? If that complaint, which is so common in every bodies mouth, That they have not Time to say their Prayers, be injurious to God,
and borrowing Time from their Rest? If that complaint, which is so Common in every bodies Mouth, That they have not Time to say their Prayers, be injurious to God,
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and an implicite accusation of his Providence, as if it had not furnish'd us means to perform the Duty it enjoyns? What name shall we find for those false pretexts and fond excuses which you make,
and an implicit accusation of his Providence, as if it had not furnished us means to perform the Duty it enjoins? What name shall we find for those false pretexts and found excuses which you make,
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for whom that Precept seems to be more particularly calculated, sine intermissione orate, pray without ceasing? If a sick Man complain of want of health,
for whom that Precept seems to be more particularly calculated, sine intermission orate, pray without ceasing? If a sick Man complain of want of health,
or a poor Man of want of Necessaries, he becomes an object of Compassion, and it would be the highest Barbarity to revile him for what is not in his power to avoid.
or a poor Man of want of Necessaries, he becomes an Object of Compassion, and it would be the highest Barbarity to revile him for what is not in his power to avoid.
But if a Man in perfect Health should complain of a Distemper, or one sitting at a good Table, should cry he is almost famish'd, risum teneatis amici? Nobody would refrain from laughter:
But if a Man in perfect Health should complain of a Distemper, or one sitting At a good Table, should cry he is almost famished, Laughter teneatis Friends? Nobody would refrain from laughter:
For if you prefer any thing to your Prayers, it is an evident sign you judge it of greater importance, which is a Spiritual Idolatry, postponing the Creator to the Creature.
For if you prefer any thing to your Prayers, it is an evident Signen you judge it of greater importance, which is a Spiritual Idolatry, postponing the Creator to the Creature.
as Alms from the Miser, which are huddled over with as much precipitation, as if you were making an escape from God Almighty, which are accompanied with so many indignities, that you bid fair with Jacob for a Curse rather than a Blessing,
as Alms from the Miser, which Are huddled over with as much precipitation, as if you were making an escape from God Almighty, which Are accompanied with so many indignities, that you bid fair with Jacob for a Curse rather than a Blessing,
and fall upon your Knees, not to obtain pardon, but to receive sentence, or rather to increase your Judgment, such as the Royal Prophet wishes the counterfeit Repentant, Oratio ejus fiat in peccatum;
and fallen upon your Knees, not to obtain pardon, but to receive sentence, or rather to increase your Judgement, such as the Royal Prophet wishes the counterfeit Repentant, Oratio His fiat in peccatum;
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and certainly Piety, which is profitable to all things, is more than ordinarily necessary to them, who are surrounded with more than ordinary dangers, which renders Prayer more requisite in a Court than in a Convent;
and Certainly Piety, which is profitable to all things, is more than ordinarily necessary to them, who Are surrounded with more than ordinary dangers, which renders Prayer more requisite in a Court than in a Convent;
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Because, as St. Bernard observes, Temptations there, are more serpentine and wily, more rife and alluring, the Pavement more slippery where one stands, the Bruise greater when one falls,
Because, as Saint Bernard observes, Temptations there, Are more serpentine and wily, more rife and alluring, the Pavement more slippery where one Stands, the Bruise greater when one falls,
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We decide not matters of Right by matters of Fact, but the contrary; we judg of the Lawfulness of the Action by comparing it with the Law. To conclude.
We decide not matters of Right by matters of Fact, but the contrary; we judge of the Lawfulness of the Actium by comparing it with the Law. To conclude.
even they who have most to do in the World, are to be so intent upon the managing their Time, that the World should rather steal from them, than their Time.
even they who have most to do in the World, Are to be so intent upon the managing their Time, that the World should rather steal from them, than their Time.
Fili, conserva tempus: but it is swift, therefore let us work while we have it, dum habemus operemur; but it is evil, therefore let us sanctify it, operemur bonum; but much of it is already wasted, therefore let us redeem it, before our Glass be out:
Fili, conserva Tempus: but it is swift, Therefore let us work while we have it, dum habemus operemur; but it is evil, Therefore let us sanctify it, operemur bonum; but much of it is already wasted, Therefore let us Redeem it, before our Glass be out:
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It is impossible to debar our selves all Recreations and Pastimes, but very possible, and even necessary, to chuse those which are innocent: The Heathen Philosopher will not allow you others than such as are commendable and beneficial: No one for his recreation is to descend from good Actions to bad:
It is impossible to debar our selves all Recreations and Pastimes, but very possible, and even necessary, to choose those which Are innocent: The Heathen Philosopher will not allow you Others than such as Are commendable and beneficial: No one for his recreation is to descend from good Actions to bad:
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Let us sum up all that has been said, in the wise Mans advice directed to every state and condition, Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might, (Instanter, with diligence and speed ) for their is no work nor device,
Let us sum up all that has been said, in the wise men Advice directed to every state and condition, Whatsoever thy hand finds to do, do it with thy might, (Instanter, with diligence and speed) for their is no work nor device,
