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Religion teaches us to present to God our bodies as well as our souls; for God is the Lord of both; and if the body serves the soul in actions natural and civil, and intellectual, It must not be eased in the only offices of
Religion, unlesse the body shall expect no portion of the rewards of Religion, such as are resurrection,* 1.1 reunion, and glorification. Our bodys are to God a living sacrifice, and to present them to God is holy and accept∣able.
The actions of the body as it serves to Re∣ligion, and as it is distinguished from Sobrie∣ty and Justice; either relate to the word of God, or to prayer, or to repentance, and make these kindes of external actions of Re∣ligion. 1 Reading and hearing the Word of God; 2. Fasting and corporal austerities, called by S Paul, bodily exercise; 3. Feast∣ing or keeping daies of publick joy and thanksgiving.
Rom. 12.1.