Note 96 — Chapter V · THREE QUIET, SUCCESSFUL YEARS. 1762–1765.
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He also drew up the following rules of daily self-examination for himself:—
“1. Did I awake spiritual, and was I watchful in keeping my mind from wandering this morning when I was rising?
“2. Have I this day got nearer to God in times of prayer, or have I given way to a lazy, idle spirit?
“3. Has my faith been weakened by unwatchfulness, or quickened by diligence this day?
“4. Have I this day walked by faith and eyed God in all things?
“5. Have I denied myself in all unkind words and thoughts; have I delighted in seeing others preferred before me?
“6. Have I made the most of my precious time, as far as I had light, strength, and opportunity?
“7. Have I kept the issues of my heart in the means of grace, so as to profit by them?
“8. What have I done this day for the souls and bodies of God’s dear saints?
“9. Have I laid out anything to please myself when I might have saved the money for the cause of God?
“10. Have I governed well my tongue this day, remembering that ‘in a multitude of words there wanteth not sin’?
“11. In how many instances have I denied myself this day?
“12. Do my life and conversation adorn the Gospel of Jesus Christ?”[97]