Concerning Actions.
1. SEe that what yee doe be lawfull: see that your actions have a good foundation, a word of God to war∣rant them, else they are evill: to doe things not required of God, is the error of the wic∣ked, 2 Pet. 3. 17. that when God shall say, Who required this at your hands, Isa. 1. 12. (Deut. 12. 32.) we may say, thou, O Lord.
2. Look what yee doe be expedient, the circumstance of time, place, and person, must be wisely con••idered: to a good action is re∣quired that all the circumstances be good.
3. Look to your end, why yee doe what yee doe; the end and scope of an action con∣duceth to the being of it: if two duties come together, doe the chiefest first, unlesse works of mercy, and necessity hinder.
4. Look yee doe what is required, because it is required, and as it is required, and when it is required: to doe one dutie and neglect another, is uncomely, give each dutie it's due respect.
5. Look with what affection yee doe what yee doe; serve the Lord with the best, and