Wesley Corpus

a single and an evil eye ! That his inspired apostle exclaims with such vehemence of affec tion, " Purify your hearts, ye double-minded ;" that his beloved disciple, after " This is the true God," immediately subjoins, "Little chil dren, keep yourselves from idols." From what idols and what idolatry we are to keep ourselves, he elsewhere explicitly declares in those well known words, " Love not the world, neither the things of the world : if any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him." Were any further proof from the Holy Scrip tures required, let us hear St. Paul : " Whe ther ye eat or drink, or whatever ye do, do all to the glory of God." It is here required that, whatever use we make of any power which God hath bestowed on us, whatever act of any fa culty we exert, all should tend to the glory the love of God ; and it is enjoined expressly. We need not argue from a parity of reason, " whether ye eat or drink," therefore, whether ye rejoice or love : we need not argue from the less to the greater ; if every bodily action, which at best profiteth but little, how much more is every movement of our soul to be