Now how can all these evils, which arise from the use of these things indifferent and lawful in themselves be avoided, but by making every thing in our _common_ and _ordinary_ life to be matter of conscience, which is to have its _rule_ and _measure_ and _end_ from the spirit of religion? And indeed what other end is there in religion, but to govern every motion, and desire of our hearts? To make all the actions of our common life pure and holy, by being done in strict conformity to the will of God, and under the light and guidance of his Holy Spirit? So that the very outward _form_ of our lives, and the _whole manner_ of our living in the world, whether in estate, shops, or farms, whether in eating, drinking, or dressing, may make it known to all the world, that we do every thing in the name of Jesus Christ, suitably to that high vocation wherewith we are called. 20. No folly of life whatever can be rightly removed but by being thus wholly cut up by the roots, by making every thing subject to the spirit of religion. That which is to direct our _prayers_, and govern us at church, must with the same strictness direct our conversation, and govern our dealings in common life. We must dress with the same spirit that we give _alms_, or go to _prayers_; that is, we must no more dress to be seen and admired by others, than we must give alms, or make prayers for the same reasons. And when religion has its seat in our hearts, and is the work of God’s spirit in us, this acting according to its direction in _all things_, will be so far from seeming to be a hard lesson, that it would be a pain to act otherwise. It is no hardship to a _miser_ to do _every_ thing suitably to the greedy desires of his heart. The ambitious man is not troubled with acting always agreeable to his ambition. If these persons are in trouble or distress, or under any dejection, you can only comfort the one with honour and power, and the other with filthy lucre and gain. 21. Yet the Doctor complains of the _Treatise upon Christian Perfection_, because Christians in _sickness, distress, and dejection_ of _spirit_, are there directed to seek for comfort and refreshment in God alone! Our blessed Lord is very short and yet very full upon this article. He only says, _Be of good comfort, I have overcome the world._ And the Doctor might as well be angry at the gospel for having made no mention of worldly amusements proper for sick and distressed Christians, as at the treatise of Christian Perfection, for not having done the same. If I should see a sick man smelling a rose, I should not reprove him. But if he wanted comfort in his state, I would no more direct him to _any thing_, but the great and solid comforts that are to be found in the love, and goodness of God, than I would direct him to another Saviour, than Jesus Christ.