Will they be wiser than God?
He knows our natures, and what to prescribe to us in our intercourse with him.

I would as soon meddle with a law of nature, as with God's ordinances.

I might as well neglect a law of nature, and think to be safe and well, as to neglect one of God's ordinances, and expect his blessing.
People, moreover, may as well object to family prayer, and say that they try to live in a spirit of prayer all day.

Why do they have special seasons for retirement, if they walk with God?
Why do they hardly feel that they have prayed if company, or a bedfellow, on a journey, keeps them from using oral prayer?
It is a bitter grief, also, when no funeral solemnities lead the way to the grave with a beloved object; yet, where in the word of God are they commanded?
As Mr.Benson said, "Who is willing to dispense with the wedding ceremony, except in cases where sadness and trouble seek concealment ?" People cannot give full evidence that they are Christians unless they make a public profession of religion.

They cannot properly remember Jesus without partaking of his body and blood.