Having seen the slothful man in fear of his work, here we find him in
love with his ease; he lies in his bed on one side till he is weary of
that, and then turns to the other, but still in his bed, when it is far
in the day and work is to be done, as the door is moved, but not
removed; and so his business is neglected and his opportunities are let
slip. See the sluggard's character. 1. He is one that does not care to
get out of his bed, but seems to be hung upon it, as the door upon the
hinges. Bodily ease, too much consulted, is the sad occasion of many a
spiritual disease. Those that love sleep will prove in the end to have
loved death. 2. He does not care to get forward with his business; in
that he stirs to and fro a little, but to no purpose; he is where he
was. Slothful professors turn, in profession, like the door upon the
hinges. The world and the flesh are the two hinges on which they are
hung, and though they move in a course of external services, have got
into road of duties, and tread around in them like the horse in the
mill, yet they get no good, they get no ground, they are never the
nearer heaven--sinners unchanged, saints unimproved.