4. Let us also remember who demands this account. It is he who so highly recommends restraint, sobriety, frugality, and modesty. It is he who abhors excess, pride, showiness, and vain display. It is he who will not approve our management of his blessings unless we are urged on by love. It is he who with his own mouth condemns all pleasures which lead us away from chastity and purity, and which make us foolish and stupid (Phil. 4:12; Luke 6:2).
