Wesley Corpus

whether it doth not hold equally true, that no action or business we can undertake is too de spicable to have a reference to religion, or to be made an offering holy and acceptable to the Most High r Indeed, if we consider human actions simply in themselves, they are all infinitely too mean for the great Majesty of Heaven to regard. What are our best services to the Almighty God ? Is he honoured by the bowing of our knee, or lifting up of our hands ? Oh no ! the High and Lofty One who inhabiteth eternity need not be worshipped with man's worship, the worm of yesterday ! Neither hath he respect to the out ward actions of his creature, but to the temper and spirit with which they are performed. He, therefore, who is faithful in that which is least, is esteemed, in his sight, as faithful in much ; and he that is conscientious, and fearful of doing a little thing which may offend God, will be blessed with a reward exceeding all comprehension of mortals. We know that the two mites of the widow . were accepted before the abundance which the rich cast into the treasury, because of that sim.