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Peop. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law.

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Minift. 4. Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbathday. Six days fhalt thou labour, and do all that thou haft to do; but the feventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God. In it thou fhalt do no manner of work, thou, and thy fon, and thy daughter, thy man-fervant, and thy maidfervant, thy cattle, and the ftranger that is within thy gates. For in fix days the Lord made heaven and earth, the fea, and all that in them is, and refted the seventh day wherefore the Lord bleffed the feventh day, and hallowed it.

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(Matt. v. 34. James v. 12.) nor talk of my attributes or my holy Word difrefpectfully thou shalt not even make a vow, which is an oath of an inferior kind, rafhly, infincerely, or without fufficient authority, (Numb. XXX. 5.) nor upon any but a very important occafion, (Gen. xxviii. 20. Numb. xxx. 14.) and when made thou shalt perform it with exactness and promptitude, (Numb. xxx. 3. A&ts v. 4.) but on the contrary thou fhalt honour me, by fwearing truly and reverently by my name, (Deut. xvi. 13. and x. 12.) more particularly if it be to promote a charitable defign in deciding differences, (Gen. xxxvii, 28. Heb. vi. 16.) if thou at any time mention my name, it shall be with reverence, and an awful admiration of my being. (Rom. ix. 5. 2 Cor. xi. 13.) And if thou reafon out of my revealed word, it must not be out of wantonnefs but for edification, (A&s xvii. 11. Pfal. cxix. 172.) If thou art induced to make a vow by any good and praife-worthy motive, (Gen. xxviii. 20.) thou fhalt perform it confcientioufly; (Pfal. cxxxii. 2.) now he who tranfgreffes in any of thefe particulars, is highly culpable in the fight of God, who will not fail to punish him feverely.

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4. Be particularly careful to ferve the fabbath day religiously, as I have fet apart that day for my worship, in commemoration of my creating the univerfe: that day thou shalt keep holy by abstaining thyfelf, and caufing, all that belong to thee to abitain, from work and ordinary bufinefs: from buying and telling, (Neb. xiii. 15.) from carrying burdens, (Jer. xvii. 22.) or going journies: (Exod. xvii. 29.) works of neceffity however, fuch as provisions of food and looking after cattle, are not comprifed in this prohibition; neither does it extend to fighting for the defence of our country, nor to works of charity, fuch as healing the fick and affifting women in labour; the labour of ministers in their calling and travelling to places of public worship are likewife excepted. But the chief part of the fanctification of this day confifts in performing the fpiritual exercises, to which all devout perfons dedicate that day, joining in the public devotion, and hearing the word preached (Lev. xxiii. 2. 1 Cor. xvi. 2.) and mak

Peop. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law.

Minift. 5. Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

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ing it afterwards the fubject of their meditations at home: in private devotions with their families, and in a more retired one by themselves in their own clofets, by reading the holy fcripture, and books that treat of religious fubjects; by visiting the poor and relieving the indigent; and by accommodating unhappy differences amongst neighbours.

People. O Lord fhew thy mercy to us, &c.

5. Be careful to difcharge thy duty, as well to thy political parent the prince, under whofe government thou liveft; to thy domeftic parent, the mafter who feeds and clothes thee; to thy ecclefiaftical parent, who inftructs thee; as to thy natural father and mother, who begat thee. First, if thou art a subject, thou art in duty bound to honour the prince whom God has fet over thee, (1 Pet. ii. 17.) ftand in awe of him, and obey him in all things that are not forbid by God and inconfistent with the national conftitution and liberties; (Rom. xiii. 1. 1 Pet. ii. 13.) fubmit to his correction and punishment, (1 Pet. ii. 19, 20) and affift him with thy perfon or thy money in the wars which he undertakes for the defence of the ftate, or in fupport of his royal dignity, (Matt. xxii. 17. Rem. xiii. 6, 7.) and him I will require to govern thee according to the rules of justice and piety, (1 Tim. ii. 2.) that he fhall do the utmost to promote the good of thee and all his people. (Rom. xiii. 4.) Secondly, If thou beeft a fervant, reverence and honour thy master, (1 Tim. vi. 1.) fear to incur his difpleafure, (Mal. i. 6.) obey his commands, (Eph. vì. 5.) be patient under his corrections, (1 Pet. ii. 18.) and be diligent in thy fervice, (Col. iii. 22, 23. making it thy chief ftudy to pleafe him, (Tit. ii. 9.) as I will in thy favour require of thy master, that he should not behave himself in a cruel or oppreflive manner towards thee, (1 Pet. ii. 18. Deut. xxiv. 14, 15.) but that he be indulgent and kind, as he fhall expect to find favour from me, (Col. iv. 1.) and provide for thee when grown old, if thou shouldft fpend thy whole life in his fervice; (Prov. xvii. 2.) Thirdly, If thou art a layman, thou art in duty bound to love thy paflor, who takes care of thy fpiritual welfare, (1 Thef. v. 13. Gal. iv. 19.) thou must pay him all due reverence and refpect, (Phil. ii. 19. 1 Tim. 17.) thou art bound to follow his directions in fpiritual matters, (Heb. xiii. 17) thou must contribute to fupport him in return for his diligence and care, (1 Tim. xvii. 18.) and I will require of him that he shall look upon thee, and all thofe committed to his care as his children, (Gal. iv. 19. Phil. 10.) that, by his exemplary life and religious converfation, he fhall fet an example for thee to copy, (Tit. ii. 7. 2 Tim. iv. 12.) that he shall be affiduous in preaching the word in due feafon ;

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Peop. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law.

Minift. 6. Thou shalt do no murder.

Peop. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law.

Minift. 7. Thou shalt not commit adultery.

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and laftly, that he thall be meek, peaceable and courteous. Fourthly, As thou art a fon or a daughter, reverence and refpect thy parents, however mean their condition may be, (Mal. i. 6. Matt. xxi. 31.) obey all their lawful commands, (Eph. vi. 1. Col. iii. 20.) fupport them when in an indigent condition, (Matt. xv. 4, 5. 1 Tim. v. 4) fubmiffively receive their inftructions, (Prov. i, 8.) and their corrections when thou art young, (Heb. xii. 7.) and when thou art grown up take their advice in every important affair of life, (Gen. xviii. 1, 2.) Now, in return for this, I expect on the fide of thy parents, that they fhould nourish and bring thee up in thy childhood, (1 Tim. i- 10.) provide every thing neceffary for thee in that state, clothes, &c. (Prov. xxxi. 15. 1 Tim. v .8.) inftruct thee in the duties of religion, (Deut. vi. 6, 7. 2 Tim. iii, 15. fet thee a good example, (Job. i. 5. Jo. xxiv. 15.) keep thee in obedience, by a juft awe, equally avoiding the extremes of indulgence and severity, (1 Tim. Hi. 4.) and providing thee wherewithal to put thee into the world according to thy birth and quality. (2 Cor. xii. 19.) If thou doft difcharge thefe duties, I will reward thy obedience both with temporal and fpiritual blefings.

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6. Thou shalt not only avoid the heinous fin of murder upon the body of thy neighbour, (Gen. ix. 5,6. Numb. xxxv. 16.) but the laying violent hands upon thyfelf, as fome impious and difcontented men have done, (1 Sam. xxxi. 4. Acts i. 18.) as alfo the careless handling of fuch weapons as may destroy them that are near us, especially the ftriking with them in a rage, (Numb. xxxv. 16, 17, &c. thou shalt likewife ftudy to avoid whatever gives occafion to murder, as immoderate anger, (Matt. xxi. 22.) hatred, (John iii. 15.) malice and bitterness of fpeech. (Epb. iv. 31.) But on the contrary, thou fhalt practife the virtues of peaceableness, meeknefs, and charity.

People. O Lord, fhew thy mercy to us, &c.

7. Thou shalt not pollute thy felf, by the foul fin of adultery, by a criminal correfpondence with the husband or wife of another, (Lev, xx. 10. Heb. xiii. 4. Ezek xxii. 2.) or, which is worse, to conceal it under the pretext of marriage, which is called polygamy; (Lev. xviii. 18. Mal. ii. 15. 1 Cor, vii, 2.) and, which is ftill more criminal, have an unlav ful commerce with thofe of the fame blood, (Lev. xviii. 6. 1 Cor.) or with thofe of the fame fex, (Rom. i. 26, 27. Lev. xvii. 22.) or with those of a different kind, (Zev, xviii. 23 and 20.) theu thalt likewife avoid fornication

Peop. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts. to keep this law.

Minift. 8. Thou shalt not steal.

Peop. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law.

Minft. 9. Thou shalt not bear falfe witness against thy neighbour.

Peop. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law.

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nication and uncleannefs committed between fingle perfons, (1 Cor. vi. 9.) and whatever contributes to excite us thereto, as drunkenness, wanton behaviour, rich habits, an idle and unactive life, &c. all thofe foul vices thou must avoid and be chafte even in thy thoughts, (Matt. xv. xix.) words, (1 Cor. vi. Col. iii.) and behaviour, (Tir. ii. 3.)

People. O Lord, fhew thy mercy to us, &c.

8. Thou felt not have recourfe to violence, in order to deprive thy neighbour of his property, (Lev. xix. 11, 13.) nor be guilty of private ftealing, (Epb. iv. 28.) nor of extortion or unjuft gain, (Prov. xxviii. 8. Heb. . 9. 1 Cor. xi.) nor of fraudulent practices in your dealings, (Prov. xx. 10. and xxix. 5.) nor of gripingness and opprefive behaviour to the poor, (Prov. xxii. 16. Įja. iii. 15.) but thou fhit on the contrary obferve a ftrict integrity in all thy dealings; (Prov. xvi. 11.) if thou haft done any wrong, thou fhalt make reftitution for it, (Ezek. xxxiii. 15. Exod. xxii. 1.) thou shalt fhew mercy unto the poor, and relieve them by frequent acts of charity, (Lev. xix. 9. Prov. xv.) and thou that exercife the duties of thy calling with diligence and industry, (2 Tzej. iii. 11, 12. Matt. xxv. 30. Prou. xviii. 9.)

People. O Lord, fhew thy mercy to us, &c.

9. Take particular care not to be guilty of that blackeft of crimes, the giving a falle teftimony in a judicial matter, to the prejudice of thy neigh bour, (1 Kings xxi. 13.) or by difgulfing a true one with artificial words or circumstances, (Matt. xxvi. 60, 61.) or suborn wicked men to give a falfe te.timony, (1 Kings xxi. 10.) thou shalt not injure thy neighbour, by ettering falfhoods and calumnies hurtful to his reputation or interchi, (James i. 26. Eph. iv. 25.) nor publish to the world his fecret faults anlefs he be become altogether incorrigible, (Prov. x. 18.) nor willingly give car to, or repeat ill ftories of thy neighbour, (Prov. xvii. 4. Exod. xxxi. 1. Gen. xxix. 19. 2 Sam. xvi. 3. 4.) nor rafhly cenfure his actions, (1 Sam. i. 13. A&ts ii. 13. Luke vii. 39.) but on the contrary it is thy daty to vindicate him whenever he is wronged, (John vii. 50, 51 ) and to put as charitable a conftruction as poffible upon his whole conduct, 1 Cor. xiii. 5.)

People. O Lord, fhew thy mercy to us, &c.

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Mini. 10. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his fervant, nor his maid, nor his ox, nor his afs, nor any thing that is his.

Prop. Lord, have mercy upon us, and write all these thy ławs in our hearts, we beseech thee.

Then fall follow one of these two Collects for the King, the Prisf ɲanding as before, and jaying,

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power infinite; Have mercy upon the whole Church, and fo rule the heart of thy chofen fervant GEORGE, our King and Governor, that he (knowing whofe minister he is) may above all things feek thy honour and glory; and that we and all his fubjects (duly confidering whofe authority he hath) may faithfully ferve, honour, and humbly obey him, in thee and for thee, according to thy bleffed word and ordinance, through Jefus Chrift our Lord, who with thee, and the Holy Ghoft, liveth and reigneth ever one God, world without end. Amen.

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10. Thou shalt not indulge any unlawful hankering after thy neighbour's estate, (Deut. xxi. 1 Kings xxi.) or wife, (2 Sam. xi.) or any thing else that belongs to him, (Sam. xii. 3.)' or in any vicious fancies or thoughts which may incline thee to evil, (Prov. xxiv. 9. Zecb. i. 8, 17. Deut. xv. 9. Ifa. Iv. 7. Aās viii. 22.) but shalt be content with thy prefent fituation, (Heb. xiii. 5.) and be diligent in thy own calling, (1 The xi. 12. 1. Cor. vii. 20.) and fhalt mortify the lufts of the fleft, (Gal. v. 24.)

People. O Lord, fhew thy mercy to us, &c.

Paraphrafe on the COLLECTS for the King.

Almighty God, whofe kingdom is an everlafting kingdom, (Pfal. cxiv. 13) and "whofe power and understanding is infinite, (Pfal. cxlvii. 5.) we intreat thee to exert this thy power and wisdom for the defence and prefervation of thy church; and, as a means to promote its welfare, rule, according to thy heavenly direction, the heart of GEORGE our king, whom thou haft, by thy fpecia! Providence and appointment, raised to the royal dignity that he confidering that he is the vicegerent of thee by whom kings reign, (Prov. viii. 15.) and thy minister, (Rom. xiii. 4.)

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