Wesley Corpus

Let our adorning be that which fadeth not away; cven righteousness and true holiness. If ye regard not weakening my hands, and grieving my spirit, yet grieve not the Holy Spirit of God. Do you ask, “But what shall I do with the gay or costly apparel, and with the ornaments, I have already? Must I suffer them to be lost? Ought I not to wear them, now I have them?” I answer, There is no loss like that of using them; wearing them is the greatest loss of all. But what then shalt thou do with them? Burn them, rather than wear them; throw them in the depth of the sea. Or, if thou canst with a clear con science, sell them, and give the money to them that want; but buy no more at the peril of thy soul. Now be a faithful steward: After providing for those of thinc own household, things needful for life and godliness, feed the hungry, clothe the naked, relieve the sick, the prisoner, the stranger, with all that thou hast: Then shall God clothe thee with glory and honour in the presence of men and angels; and thou shalt “shine as the brightness of the firmament,” yea, “as the stars for ever and cver.”