them: Self-will and stubbornness; an un∣moveable
Stiffness in their own groundless
opinions, and unwarrantable purposes, with
other fruits of Pride; they do even deface the
good daies of Youth, and make them evil.4. Idleness is another sin which marreth
these good daies, which bringeth not only a
rust upon them, but letteth loose the lusts
of Youth, and maketh it exceeding sinful.
If any should flee this sin (as all should)
then especially the younger sort ought to
observe it above others. It is not a misery of
miseries, that those golden daies should be
worn out in sluggishness? that those abilities
of body and mind, which are at their best,
should want employment? and want they
cannot, work they must; they are made of
such a temper, that they cannot be without
motion. If the Heavens cannot stand still,
nor the Air fix it self in one place, and abide
without stirring, no more can the minds of
young men, nor the thoughts of their hearts
abide without inward workings of spirit. O
young man! thou canst not keep thine eye-lids
from stirring; thy Lungs from moving; thy
Heart and Pulse from beating; and canst thou
keep thy Soul and the affections of thy Heart
from stirring, which are more active than
any part of thy body? No, they will have
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