The practice of piety directing a Christian how to walk, that he may please…

V. When the unregenerate man hears that God ^ldelights more in the inward mind, than in the outward man: then he feigneth with himself, that all outward reverence and profession is but either superstitious, or superfluous. Hence it is that he seldom kneeleth in the Church; that he puts on his Hat at singing of Psalms, and the ⟨p. 115⟩public Prayers; which the profane Varlet would not offer to do in the presence of a Prince or Noble man. And so that he keep his mind unto God, he thinks he may fashion himself (in other things) to the world. He divides his thoughts, and gives so much to God, and so much to his own lusts; yea, he will divide with God the Sabbath, and will give him almost the one half, and spend the other wholly in his own pleasures. But know, O carnal Man, that Almighty God will not be served by halves, because he hath created and redeemed the whole Man. And as God detests the service of the outward man without the inward heart, as hypocrisy? so he counts the inward service without all external reverence, to be mere profaneness: he requireth both in his worship. In prayer therefore bow thy knees in witness of thy humiliation: lift up thine eyes and thy hand, in testimony of thy confidence, hang dow• thy head, and smite thy breast, in token of thy contrition; but especially call upon God with a sincere heart, serve him holily, serve him wholly, serve him only; for God and the Prince of this world, are two contrary ^†masters, and therefore no man can possibly serve both.

V. When the unregenerate man hears that God ^ldelights more in the inward mind, than in the outward man: then he feigneth with himself, that all outward reverence and profession is but either superstitious, or superfluous. Hence it is that he seldom kneeleth in the Church; that he puts on his Hat at singing of Psalms, and the ⟨p. 115⟩publick Prayers; which the prophane Varlet would not offer to do in the presence of a Prince or Noble man. And so that he keep his mind unto God, he thinks he may fashion himself (in other things) to the world. He divides his thoughts, and gives so much to God, and so much to his own lusts; yea, he will divide with God the Sabbath, and will give him almost the one half, and spend the other wholly in his own pleasures. But know, O carnal Man, that Almighty God will not be served by halfs, because he hath created and redeemed the whole Man. And as God detests the service of the outward man without the inward heart, as hypocrisie? so he counts the inward service without all external reverence, to be meer prophaneness: he requireth both in his worship. In prayer therefore bow thy knees in witness of thy humiliation: lift up thine eyes and thy hand, in testimony of thy confidence, hang dow thy head, and smite thy brest, in token of thy contrition; but especially call upon God with a sincere heart, serve him holily, serve him wholly, serve him only; for God and the Prince of this world, are two contrary