A Continuation of morning-exercise questions and cases of conscience practically resolvedA Continuation of morning-exercise questions and cases of conscience practicaly resolved

1. In respect of Gods Command, for that he hath to allege for the reason of what he doth in pursuance of the glory he expects in the other World: So long as he doth nothing in Religion but what God commands him, he cannot justly be taxed with folly or unreasonableness, it being the greatest reason to obey God in all things. If indeed a man should add to Gods Word, devise Worship out of his own Head, contrive new means for his Salvation which God hath not appointed, and so be strict, and punctual in things not enjoined; or should he be very exact in Ceremonials, insist upon the Minutes of the Law, and be more negligent of Morals, the more weighty things of it, he might be well charged with Folly for making himself wiser than God, and thinking he better knew how to please him than he doth himself? But let a man walk never so strictly, if it be but according to the strictness of the Rule God hath given him, it is no Folly in him: If God commands us to walk Circumspectly^a, to keep our Hearts^b, to deny our selves, and take up our Cross^c, &c. it is reason we should do so, though we had no other reason besides the Command: If in Civil things the Command of Superiors in their Laws be counted a sufficient Warrant for the Obedience of Subjects, though perhaps it may seem strange to Foreigners who have other Laws and Customs; why should not the Law of the Governor of the World be Warrant good enough for the greatest Holiness, and most strict walking, though perhaps carnal men may think it strange ^†or unreasonable?

1. In respect of Gods Command, for that he hath to alledge for the reason of what he doth in pursuance of the glory he expects in the other World: So long as he doth nothing in Religion but what God commands him, he cannot justly be taxed with folly or unreasonableness, it being the greatest reason to obey God in all things. If indeed a man should add to Gods Word, devise Worship out of his own Head, contrive new means for his Salvation which God hath not appointed, and so be strict, and punctual in things not enjoyned; or should he be very exact in Ceremonials, insist upon the Minutes of the Law, and be more negligent of Morals, the more weighty things of it, he might be well charged with Folly for making himself wiser than God, and thinking he better knew how to please him than he doth himself? But let a man walk never so strictly, if it be but according to the strictness of the Rule God hath given him, it is no Folly in him: If God commands us to walk Circumspectly