But if through a loathing of mind, or negligence, it be lightly let alone, it is no small fault, and will prove hurtful.
Let us endeavour what we can, we shall still be apt to fail in many things.
But yet we must always resolve on something certain, and in particular against those things which hinder us most.
We must examine and order well both our exterior and interior! because both conduce to our advancement.
4. If thou canst not continually recollect thyself, do it sometimes, and at least once a day, that is, at morning or evening.
In the morning resolve, in the evening examine thy performances: how thou hast behaved this day in word, work, or thought: because in these perhaps thou hast often offended God and thy neighbour.
Prepare thyself like a man to resist the wicked attacks of the devil; bridle gluttony, and thou shalt the easier restrain all carnal inclinations.
Be never altogether idle: but either reading, or writing, or praying, or meditating, or labouring in something that may be for the common good.