Wesley Corpus

sermon nr. concern himself respecting these trifles, or has given any precept on such unimportant sub jects f In short, they have so far carried their cause, that religion is almost wholly excluded from common life, and confined to solemn times and places, to forms and modes of worship. The practice of Christianity is restricted within the bounds of the church ; and he that would regulate all his behaviour and conversation by the rules of the gospel will be inevitably branded with the names of superstitious, scru pulous, and pharisaical. It is this error which I design to combat in my present discourse, and show, First, that no action is too trifling and insig nificant to be made a part of our religion, or regulated by the rule of the gospel : Secondly, that by neglecting to take care of what we call our little actions, we are led into great transgressions : Thirdly, that the advantage of thus regulat ing the little common actions of our lives by the rule of the Divine command will be greater than Christians at first may imagine. We know there is but one rule for the Chris tian's behaviour in the world ; and that is, that