At her table she lives strictly by this rule of holy scripture, _Whether ye eat or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God_. This makes her begin and end every meal, as she begins and ends every day, with acts of devotion. She eats and drinks only for the sake of living, and with so _regular_ an abstinence, that every _meal_ is an exercise of _self-denial_. If _Miranda_ was to run a _race_ for her life, she would submit to a _diet_ that was proper for it; but as the race which is set before her, is a race of _holiness_ and _heavenly_ affection, which she is to finish in a disordered body of earthly passions; so her every day diet has this one end, to make her body fitter for this spiritual race. She does not weigh her meat in a pair of _scales_; but she weighs it in a much better ballance: so much as gives a proper strength to her body, and renders it able and willing to obey the soul, to join in psalms and prayers, and lift up eyes and hands towards heaven with greater readiness, so much is _Miranda’s meal_. So that _Miranda_ will never have her eyes swell with fatness, till she has _changed_ her religion. 5. The holy scriptures, especially of the New Testament, are her daily study; these she reads with a watchful attention, constantly casting an eye upon herself, and trying herself by every doctrine that is there. When she has the New Testament in her hand, she supposes herself at the feet of our Saviour and his apostles; and makes every thing that she learns of them so many laws of her life. She receives their words with as much attention and reverence, as if she saw their persons, and knew that they were just come from heaven, on purpose to teach her the way that leads to it. She thinks that the trying herself every day by the scripture, is the only way to be ready for her trial at the last day. Of all human writings, the lives of pious persons, and eminent saints, are her greatest delight. In these she searches as for hidden treasure, hoping to find some secret of holy living, some uncommon degree of piety, which she may make her own. By this means _Miranda_ has her head and heart stored with all the principles of wisdom and holiness. She is so full of the one business of life, that she finds it difficult to converse upon any other subject; and if you are in her company, you must be made wiser and better, whether you will or no.