How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard?\par\tab When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
Wherefore {\i he} saith, Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine upon thee.\par
O Jerusalem, wash thy heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thine evil thoughts lodge within thee?
Consider, ye brutish among the people;\par\tab And ye fools, when will ye be wise?
And this, knowing the season, that already it is time for you to awake out of sleep: for now is salvation nearer to us than when we {\i first} believed.
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity?\par\tab And scoffers delight them in scoffing,\par\tab And fools hate knowledge?
There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John.
Go to the ant, thou sluggard;\par\tab Consider her ways, and be wise:
Provideth her bread in the summer,\par\tab And gathereth her food in the harvest.
{\i Yet} a little sleep, a little slumber,\par\tab A little folding of the hands to sleep:
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep;\par\tab And the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Love not sleep, let thou come to poverty;\par\tab Open thine eyes, {\i and} thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
{\i As} the door turneth upon its hinges,\par\tab So doth the sluggard upon his bed.
The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.