Sloth Expounded.
Q. WHAT is sloth?
A. Laziness of mind, neglecting to begin, or prosecute good things.
A. Laziness of mind, neglecting to begin, or prosecute good things.
Q. How prove you sloth to be a deadly sin?
A. Out of Apoc. iii. 15. "Because thou art neither cold nor hot, but lukewarm, I will begin to cast thee out of my mouth."
A. Out of Apoc. iii. 15. "Because thou art neither cold nor hot, but lukewarm, I will begin to cast thee out of my mouth."
Q. What other proof have you?
A. Out of Matt. xxv. 30. "And the unprofitable servant cast ye forth into exterior darkness."
A. Out of Matt. xxv. 30. "And the unprofitable servant cast ye forth into exterior darkness."
Q. When is sloth mortal?
A. As often as by it we break any commandment of God or his church.
A. As often as by it we break any commandment of God or his church.
Q. What are daughters of sloth?
A. Tepidity, pusillanimity, indevotion, weariness of life, aversion from spiritual things, and distrust of God's mercy.
A. Tepidity, pusillanimity, indevotion, weariness of life, aversion from spiritual things, and distrust of God's mercy.
Q. What are the remedies of sloth?
A. To remember that of Jeremiah xlvii. 10. "Cursed be he that doth the work of the Lord negligently." And to consider with what diligence men do worldly business.
A. To remember that of Jeremiah xlvii. 10. "Cursed be he that doth the work of the Lord negligently." And to consider with what diligence men do worldly business.
Q. What is the virtue opposite to sloth?
A. Diligence, which makes us careful and zealous to performing our duty both to God and men. "Take heed, watch and pray, for you know not when the time is," Matt. xiii. 33. "Strive to enter by the narrow gate, for many I say to you, shall seek to enter, and shall not be able." Luke xiii. 24.
A. Diligence, which makes us careful and zealous to performing our duty both to God and men. "Take heed, watch and pray, for you know not when the time is," Matt. xiii. 33. "Strive to enter by the narrow gate, for many I say to you, shall seek to enter, and shall not be able." Luke xiii. 24.
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