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

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Minist. 4. Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbathday. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all that thou haft to do; but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God. In it thou shalt do no manner of work, thou, and thy fon, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy maidfervant, thy cattle, and the stranger that is within thy gates. For in fix days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it.

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(Matt. v. 34. James v. 12.) nor talk of my attributes or my holy Word disrespectfully: 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. Ats v. 4.) but on the contrary thou shalt honour me, by swearing truly and reverently by iny name, (Deut. xvi. 13. and x. 12.) more particularly if it be to promote a charitable design 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 reason out of my revealed word, it must not be out of wantonness but for edification, (AAs xvii. 11. P/al. cxix. 172.) If thou art induced to make a vow by any good and praife-worthy motive, (Gen. xxviii. 20.) thou shalt perform it confcientioufly; (Pfal. cxxxii. 2.) now he who tranfgreffes in any of these particulars, is highly culpable in the fight of God, who will not fail to punish him feverely.

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

4. Be particularly careful to serve the fabbath day religiously, as I have fet apart that day for my worship, in commemoration of my creating the 'universe: that day thou shalt keep holy by abstaining thyself, and causing, all that belong to thee to abitain, from work and ordinary business: 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 provifions of food and looking after cattle, are not comprised in this prohibition; neither does it extend to fighting for the defence of our country, nor to works of charity, such as healing the fick and assisting women in labour; the labour of ministers in their calling and travelling to places of public worship are likewise excepted. But the chief part of the fanctification of this day confists in performing the spiritual exercises, to which all devout persons 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.

Minist. 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 subject 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 subjects; by visiting the poor and relieving the indigent; and by accommodating unhappy differences amongst neighbours.

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

5. Be careful to discharge thy duty, as well to thy political parent the prince, under whose government thou livest; to thy domestic parent, the mafter who feeds and clothes thee; to thy ecclesiastical parent, who instructs 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 set over thee, (1 Pet. ii. 17.) stand in awe of him, and obey him in all things that are not forbid by God and inconsistent with the national constitution and liberties; (Rom. xiii. 1. 1 Pet. ii. 13.) fubmit to his correction and punishment, (1 Pet. ii. 19, 20) and assist him with thy perfon or thy money in the wars which he undertakes for the defence of the ftate, or in support of his royal dignity, (Matt. xxii. 17. Ram. 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 shall do the utmost to promote the good of thee and all his people. (Rom. xiii. 4.) Secondly, If thou beeft a servant, reverence and honour thy master, (1 Tim. vi. 1.) fear to incur his difpleasure, (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 study to please him, (Tit. ii. 9.) as I will in thy favour require of thy master, that he should not behave himself in a cruel or oppressive manner towards thee, (1 Pet. ii. 18. Deut. xxiv. 14, 15.) but that he be indulgent and kind, as he shall expect to find favour from me, (Col. iv. r.) and provide for thee when grown old, if thou shouldst spend thy whole life in his service; (Prov. xvii. 2.) Thirdly, If thou art a layman, thou art in duty bound to love thy paflor, who takes care of thy spiritual welfare, (1 Thes. v. 13. Gal. iv. 19.) thou must pay him all due reverence and respect, (Phil. ii. 19. 1 Tim. 17.) thou art bound to follow his directions in spiritual matters, (Heb. xiii. 17) thou must contribute to support him in return for his diligence and care, (1 Tim. xvii. 18.) and I will require of him that he thall look upon thee, and all those committed to his care as his children, (Gal. iv. 19. Phil. 10.) that, by his exemplary life and religious conversation, he shall fet an example for thee to copy, (Tit. ii. 7. 2 Tim. iv. 12.) that he shall be assiduous 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.

Minist. 6. Thou shalt do no murder.

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

Minist. 7. Thou shalt not commit adultery.

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and lastly, that he shall be meek, peaceable and courteous. Fourthly, As thou art a fon or a daughter, reverence and respect 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.) support them when in an indigent condition, (Matt. xv. 4, 5. 1 Tim. v. 4.) fubmiffively receive their instructions, (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 side of thy parents, that they should nourish and bring thee up in thy childhood, (1 Tim. i- 10.) provide every thing necessary for thee in that state, clothes, &c. (Prov. xxxi. 15. 1 Tim. v.8.) instruct thee in the duties of religion, (Deut. vi. 6, 7. 2 Tim. iii. 15. fet thee a good example, (Job. i. 5. Fol. xxiv. 15.) keep thee in obedience, by a just 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 dost difcharge these duties, I will reward thy obedience both with temporal and spiritual blefsings.

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

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 thyself, as some impious and discontented men have done, (1 Sam. xxxi. 4. Alts i. 18.) as also the careless handling of such weapons as may destroy them that are near us, especially the striking with them in a rage, (Numb. xxxv. 16, 17, &c. thou shalt likewise study to avoid whatever gives occafion to murder, as immoderate anger, (Matt. xxi. 22.) hatred, (John iii. 15.) malice and bitterness of speech. (Eph. iv. 31.) But on the contrary, thou shalt practise the virtues of peaceableness, meeknefs, and charity.

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

7. Thou shalt not pollute thyself, 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 still more criminal, have an unlawful commerce with those of the fame blood, (Lev. xviii. 6. 1 Cor.) or with those of the fame fex, (Rom. i. 26, 27. Lev. xvii. 22.) or with those of a different kind, (Lev. 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.

Minst. 9. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

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

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

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

8. Thou shalt not have recourse to violence, in order to deprive thy neighbour of his property, (Lev. xix. 11, 13.) nor be guilty of private ftealing, (Eph. iv. 28.) nor of extortion or unjust gain, (Prov. xxviii. 8. Heb. i. 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. a. iii. 15.) but thou shalt on the contrary observe a strict integrity in all thy dealings; (Prov. xvi. 11.) if thou hast done any wrong, thou shalt make reftitution for it, (Ezek. xxxiii. 15. Exod. xxii. 1.) thou shalt shew mercy unto the poor, and relieve them by frequent acts of charity, (Lev. xix. 9. Prov. xv.) and thou shalt exercife the duties of thy calling with diligence and incultry, (2 Tof. iii. 11, 12. Matt. xxv. 30. Prov. xviii. 9.)

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

9. Take particular care not to be guilty of that blackest of crimes, the giving a falfe teftimony in a judicial matter, to the prejudice of thy neigh bour, (1 Kings xxi. 13.) or by disguising a true one with artificial words or circumstances, (Matt. xxvi. 60, 61.) or fuborn wicked men to give a false težimony, (1 Kings xxi. 10.) thou shalt not injure thy neighbour, by attering falfhoods and calumnies hurtful to his reputation or intereft, James i. 26. Eph. iv. 25.) nor publish to the world his fecret faults unlefs he be become altogether incorrigible, (Prov. x. 18.) nor willingly give ear to, or repeat ill stories of thy neighbour, (Prov. xvii. 4. Exod. xxxi. 1. Gen. xxix. 19. 2 Sam. xvi. 3. 4.) nor rafhly censure his actions, (1 Sam. 1. 13. Alts ii. 13. Luke vii. 39.) but on the contrary it is thy duty to vindicate him whenever he is wronged, (John vii. 50, §1) and to put as charitable a conftruction as possible upon his whole conduct,

Cor. xiii. 5.)

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

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Minist. 10. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his servant, nor his maid, nor his ox, nor his ass, 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 shall follow one of these two Colleas for the King, the Prieft flanding as before, and jaying,

Let us pray.

A Emighty God, whole kingdom

is everlasting, and

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

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10. Thou shalt nor 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. 1. 8, 17. Deut. xv. 9. Ha. Iv. 7. Aas viii. 22.) but shalt be content with thy present situation, (Heb. xiii. 5.) and be diligent in thy own calling, (1 Thef xi. 12. 1. Cor. vii. 20.) and shalt mortify the lufts of the flest, (Gal. v. 24.)

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

Paraphrafe on the COLLECTS for the King.

Almighty God, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, (Pfal. cxiν. 13) and whose power and understanding is infinite, (P/al. cxlvii. 5.) we intreat thee to exert this thy power and wisdom for the defence and preservation 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 special Providence and appointment, raised to the royal dignity that he confidering that he is the vicegerent of thee by whom kings reign, (Prov. vii. 15.) and thy minilter, (Rom. xiii. 4.) may

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