9 For man doth propose but God
doth dispose, neither is the way of man
in his owne hands.
10 If usuall exercise be sometimes
omitted either for piety towards God,
or profit to my neighbour, it may easily
afterwards be recovered againe.
11 But if out of a sloathful mind or
carelesse negligence we for sake the same,
it is a great offence against God, and
very prejudiciall to our selves.
12 Let us doe the best we can, we
shall faile in many things, yet let us al∣waies
take some certaine course, and e∣specially
against those vices which doe
most of all molest us.
13 We must diligently search into
and set in order both the outward and
the inward man, because both of them
are very necessary to our comming for∣ward
in godlinesse.
14 If thou canst not continually
call thy selfe to an account, yet doe it
sometimes, at the least once a day, to
wit, at morning or at night.
17 In the morning consider what
thou intendest to doe, and at night ex∣amine
thy selfe what thou hast done.
16 How thou hast behav'd thy