3. Make God a good Allowance; resolve to be much in the practice of it. It is best to have set Times for our Religious Worship. For Persons, which are sui juris, at their own dispose, it is lawful, and very convenient to dedicate a certain part and portion of our Time to the Lord of Time. Lazy idle Servants must be tasked, and required to bring in their Tale of Brick: So it is good to task the Heart; to make God a fair, and reasonable, and convenient Allotment of some ⟨p. 36⟩part of our Time. David had his fixed Hours: Three times a day will I call upon thee. And Daniel had his set Times; he prayed three times a day. Tho we cannot charge you to observe these Hours, yet you should make a prudent Choice your selves, and consecrate such a part of Time, as will suit with your Occasions, your Course of Life, according to your Abilities and Opportunities. It is an Expression of Love to God, to give him somewhat that is your own; and it will be of exceeding Profit to you, and make your Communion with him more seasonable and orderly. This will make you careful and watchful how you spend your other Hours, that you may not be unfit when Times of Prayer come. 1 Pet. 3. 7. Husbands, dwell with your Wives according to knowledge, that your Prayers be not hindered. But do not propose a Task too great for your Strength, and perplex your selves with such an unreasonable Allowance, as will not suit with your Occasions. Men create a Trouble to themselves, and bind themselves with Chains of their own making, when they propose more Duty than they can well discharge.
3. Make God a good Allowance; resolve to be much in the practice of it. It is best to have set Times for our Religious Worship. For Persons, which are sui juris, at their own dispose, it is lawful, and very convenient to dedicate a certain part and portion of our Time to the Lord of Time. Lazy idle Servants must be tasked, and required to bring in their Tale of Brick: So it is good to task the Heart; to make God a fair, and reasonable, and convenient Allotment of some ⟨p. 36⟩part of our Time. David had his fixed Hours: Three times a day will I call upon thee. And Daniel had his set Times; he pray'd three times a day. Tho we cannot charge you to observe these Hours, yet you should make a prudent Choice your selves, and consecrate such a part of Time, as will suit with your Occasions, your Course of Life, according to your Abilities and Opportunities. It is an Expression of Love to God, to give him somewhat that is your own; and it will be of exceeding Profit to you, and make your Communion with him more seasonable and orderly. This will make you careful and watchful how you spend your other Hours, that you may not be unfit when Times of Prayer come. 1 Pet. 3. 7. Husbands, dwell with your Wives according to knowledg, that your Prayers be not hindred. But do not propose a Task too great for your Strength, and perplex your selves with such an unreasonable Allowance, as will not suit with your Occasions. Men create a Trouble to themselves, and bind themselves with Chains of their own making, when they propose more Duty than they can well discharge.
