Wesley Corpus

Are you guilty of no degree of self - murder Do you never eat or drink any thing because you like it, although you have reason to believe, it is prejudicial to your health Have you constantly done whatever you had reason to believe was conducive to it Have you not hated your neighbour in your heart Have you reproved him that committed sin in your sight If not, you have in God's account hated him, seeing you suffered sin upon him. Have you loved all men as your own soul As Christ loved us Have you done unto all men, as in like circumstances, you would they should do to you Have you done all in your power to help your neighbours, enemies as well as friends Have you laboured to deliver every soul you could from sin and misery Have you shewed that you loved all men as yourself, by a constant, earnest endeavour, to fill all places with holiness and happiness, with the knowledge and love of God Neither shalt thou commit adultery - If thou hast not been guilty of any act of uncleanness, hath thy heart conceived no unclean thought Hast thou not looked on a woman so as to lust after her Hast thou not betrayed thy own soul to temptation, by eating and drinking to the full, by needless familiarities, by foolish talking, by levity of dress or behaviour Hast thou used all the means which scripture and reason suggest, to prevent every kind and degree of unchastity Hast thou laboured, by watching, fasting, and prayer, to possess thy vessel in sanctification and honour Neither shalt thou steal - Have you seriously considered, that these houses, lands, money, or goods, which you are used to call your own, are not your own, but belong to another, even God Have you ever considered, that God is the sole proprietor of heaven and earth The true owner of every thing therein Have you considered, that he has only lent them to you That you are but a steward of your Lord's goods And that he has told you expressly the uses and purposes for which he intrusts you with them Namely, for the furnishing first yourselves, and then as many others as you can, with the things needful for life and godliness Have you considered, that you have no right at all, to apply any part of them to any other purpose And that if you do, you are as much a robber of God, as any can be a robber of you Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour - Have you not been guilty of evil - speaking Of needlessly repeating the real fault of your neighbour If I see a man do an evil thing, and tell it to another, unless from a full and clear conviction, that it is necessary to mention it just then, for the glory of God, the safety or good of some other person, or for the benefit of him that hath done amiss; and unless I then do it only so far, as is necessary to these ends, that is evil - speaking.