more; so he who sporteth that he may sport, is brutish and sensual. It is very Epicurism: God has threatened that he who loves sport, shall be a poor man, Prov. xxi. 17; and he that loves wine and oil, shall not be rich.

5. Whatsoever your diversions be, you must so recreate the outward man, that you be no worse, but rather better in the inward man. For God hath set such a blessed order in all lawful things, that the meanest being, lawfully used, shall not hinder, but assist us in the best things.

6. In all recreations you must propose the right end; the nearest and immediate end is to revive your weary body, and to quicken your dull mind; but your highest and principal end is, that with this refreshed body and quickened spirit, you may the better serve, and glorify God, 1 Cor. x. 31; that whether you eat or drink, or whatsoever you do else, all may be done to the glory of God.

This may serve for direction how you should walk with God upon any of the six days, except there be special cause of setting a day apart for holy use, as, for fasting and prayer.

CHAPTER IV. OF RELIGIOUS FASTING.

SECT. 1. THE NATURE OF, AND REASONS FOR, RELIGIOUS FASTING.

The fast which I mentioned in the former chapter, of which I am now to treat, is a religious fast; which is, sanctifying a day to the Lord by a willing abstinence from meat and drink, from delights and worldly labours, that the whole man may be more thoroughly humbled before God, and more fervent in prayer.