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

1. Spiritual in its Principle. The goodness of your outward actions proceeds especially from within, and you cannot judge rightly of them, but by the Principles from which they proceed, those Principles are Faith and Love: Your work must be the work of Faith^d, your Obedience the Obedience of Faith; Faith both in the Command and Promise must put you upon it, and if your believing both, makes you Act conformably to them, the Faith of the Command presseth you to Obedience, and the Faith of the Promise encourages you in it, you therefore Serve the Lord because you believe him, and trust in him, that Service cannot be unreasonable. And so likewise for Love: Love to God must set you at work for God, Exod. 20.6. those that love me, and keep my Commandments: If love within Command all without, if that make you Labour in his Service, fear to offend him, strive to please him; if you can not only see your own Obedience but feel your Love to God working your hearts to it, you may be sure that Obedience is reasonable, because its Principle is so real; Love felt in your Hearts, and breaking out in your Lives cannot be a Fancy; and what more Reasonable than for him that loves God to do all he can for God?

1. Spiritual in its Principle. The goodness of your outward actions proceeds especially from within, and you cannot judge rightly of them, but by the Principles from which they proceed, those Principles are Faith and Love: Your work must be the work of Faith^d, your Obedience the Obedience of Faith; Faith both in the Command and Promise must put you upon it, and if your believing both, makes you Act conformably to them, the Faith of the Command presseth you to Obedience, and the Faith of the Promise encourages you in it, you therefore Serve the Lord because you believe him, and trust in him, that Service cannot be unreasonable. And so likewise for Love: Love to God must set you at work for God, Exod. 20.6. those that love me, and keep my Commandments: If love within Command all without, if that make you Labour in his Service, fear to offend him, strive to please him; if you can not only see your own Obedience but feel your Love to God working your hearts to it, you may be sure that Obdience is reasonable, because its Principle is so reall; Love felt in your Hearts, and breaking out in your Lives cannot be a Fancy; and what more Reasonable than for him that loves God to do all he can for God?