Look to your health; and if you have it, praise God, and value it next to a good conscience; for health is the second blessing that we mortals are capable of; a blessing that money cannot buy.

Walton ranks human goods by moral and spiritual priority: a “good conscience” (inner integrity before God) comes first, and bodily health comes next. The counsel “look to your health” is not hedonistic but devotional—health is to be received with gratitude (“praise God”) and guarded because it enables a well-lived life. By stressing that health is “a blessing that money cannot buy,” he undercuts material wealth as a guarantor of well-being and points to the fragility and giftedness of physical vitality. The passage reflects a Christian moral economy in which virtue and gratitude outrank possessions, and where the body’s condition is both precious and ultimately beyond full human control.