"I do always those things that please Him." John, viii. 29.
2. He regards the intention, which gives their value to actions.
"The Lord looketh on the heart." 1 Sam. xvi. 7.
"The king's daughter is all glorious within." Ps. xlv.
3. Among the different motives proposed by faith he prefers that of charity.
"Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren." 1 Pet. i. 22.
"Love is the keeping of her laws; and the giving heed unto her laws is the assurance of incorruption." Wisd. vi. 18.
4. He is especially exact in rising in the morning; in the preparation for, and resolutions made in, prayer; in the holy employ of his time; and in silence: and he fails not to examine himself every day on these capital points.
"A heave offering of the Lord." Numb. xxxi. 29.
"Rise up betimes, and be not the last." Eccles. xxxii. 11.