Deliver me from the hands of mine enemies, and from them that perfecute me. Forfake me not, O Lord, my God: but hafte thee to help me, O Lord, God of my falvation. Acts of Adoration and Thanksgiving. Raife the Lord, O my foul, and all that is within me Ppraife his holy name. Thy righteousness, O God, is very bigh: great things, O Lord, are they that thou haft done: O God, who is like unto thee? Be thou exalted, Lord, in thine own ftrength: fo will we fing and praise thy power. Bleffing and honour, glory and power, thanksgiving and praife, be upon him that fitteth upon the throne, and to the Lamb for ever and ever. To the only wife God, our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen. Especially Before Receiving the LORD'S SUPPER; AND Very needful at all times to be perufed with Diligence by those who would fully know, rightly confefs, and fincerely repent of their Sins With References to the Page where each of thefe Heads are treated of in the New Whole Duty of Man. mercy? 26 Haft thou been prefumptuous, or 27 LOVE. Haft thou feared man more than | Page God, by committing fin to avoid 34 the difpleasure or punishment of man? TRUST. HAST thou put thy whole truft 35 Haft thou fought to deliver thyself 37 Haft thou brought thy fins upon thee 39 lers of fortune? 40 Haft thou gone to witches or cun- Haft thou ufed charms, or fuper- 40 vours? HUMILITY. See Sunday 7. Sect. vi. 40 HUMILITY. Page God? 40 Haft thou with all fubmiffion re figned thyself to the will of God 41 Haft thou confidered thine own corrupt ftate, and the unworthinefs of all thy works ? 41 Haft thou patiently borne all afflictions, which God permits to. come upon thee? Haft thou read and heard the Page fcriptures with respect and re- 55 verence, humility and modefty, 56 and with earnest prayers for the understanding thy duty? Haft thou believed the fcriptures 55 Haft thou thought, or procured that 58 41 Art thou thankful for his fatherlying to church, and attending on corrections? 41 Haft thou amended thy life under the chaftifement of the Lord? 42 Haft thou obeyed his commands, and with chearfulness done thy duty in that fate of life, which God hath placed thee in? 42 Haft thou been contented in every ftate and condition of life? 43 Haft thou preferred God and eternal happiness to all the enjoy ments of this world? HONOUR. 44 HAST thou honoured Ged in all the appointed ways of his worship, and reverently ufed thofe things that bear any relation to him? 45-By doing your duty to, and in, his houfe? 47-By honouring his minifters? nance? 49 Haft thou committed facrilege by tricks or fhifts; or by open violence kept back or refujed to pay tithes in whole or in part; or defrauded the clergy of their maintenance? 49, 50 52, 53 Haft thou profaned the Lord's-Day prayers and hearing Sermons, without endeavouring after what you pray for, or minding to practife what you hear? Haft thou endeavoured to leffen the 59 esteem of the preacher, or of his difcourfe? Haft thou honoured God in his fa- 60 craments? Haft thou kept thy vows made for 61 Haft thou renounced the devil and 62, Haft thou renounced the pomps and 63 Haft thou renounced all the finful 64 Haft thou believed all the articles 64 Haft thou believed that thou art 66 The ARTICLES of BELIEF. apart for God's honour and jer--That he is the father of all man- 72 vice? kind? 50 Hf thou doubted of the chriftian-That he is Almighty? 73 That he made the world and all 73 things therein out of nothing? -That his providence continually directs 113 Page-By obeying all his godly com- | Haft thou neglected or refused to | Page 188 mands? To and Of a Magistrate, &c. 189 HAST thou honoured, reverenced, and obeyed the civil magiftrate? 190 Haft thou faithfully discharged thy truft between the prince and the fubject? 190 Haft thou made it thy endeavour to be a terror to evil-doers, and a praise to them that do well? 190 Haft thou not been more intent upon thy own private intereft, than advancing the common good? 190 Haft thou endeavoured to inform thyfelf of thy duty, in order to the doing of it, when thou baft been called to the office of constable, church-warden, or any other parish-office? 190 Haft thou confidered how to avoid and fhun whatever might occafton ftrife and diffenfion, and endeavoured what in thee lies, to become useful and ferviceable in thy place and flation? help them in time of need, when 204 thou wert able? To Children. IF a mother: Haft thou neg- 205 lected to fuckle thy child without juft and neceffary caufe, that would have been prejudicial to Haft thou been careful to bring tby 205 thy health? children to baptifm? -To educate them, teach them 205, their duty, and to give them good 208 examples? Haft thou ever perfuaded thy child 209, to fide with thee against its other 210 parent? Haft thou endeavoured to provide 210 for the fubfiftence of thy children in fome honeft calling agreeable Haft thou endeavoured to keep them 212 to thy ftate and condition of life? from idleness? Haft thou difinherited thy child 213, without a juft caufe? 214 236 To Masters. HAST ou cbeyed thy mafter's lawful commands? 236 Haft thou faithfully discharged thy duty in refpect of thy time, and care of thy mafter's goods, &e.? 237 Haft thou purloined, or kept any part of thy master's goods, without his confent, to thine own ufe? Or, Haft thou fuffered others to defraud thy mafter? 239 Haft thou meekly and patiently fubmitted to thy mafter's just rebukes. 239 Haft thou avoided idleness, floth, gaming,company-keeping, and whatever elfe tends to the prejudice of thy mafter's business? 240 Haft thou repined or murmured against God for placing thee in a ftate of fervitude? well-doing, and given him that | Page which is equal and just ? Negative Juftice. HAST thou drawn any one to 246 fin,either by command,counfel, enticement, or example? Haft thou affrighted any one from 246 godlinefs, by deriding him for the profeffion of it? Haft thou endeavoured to reform 247 or bring those to repentancewhom thou haft drawn to fin? Murder. 248 248 HAST thou openly or fecretly, 247 contrived the death, or taken 248 away the life of another? Haft thou made women mifcarry? Haft thou enticed to, or accompanied others in fuch excefs of eating or drinking, as to be the caufe of their death? Haft thou ftirred up men to quar-248 relling and fighting, or been the caufe or inftrument of fuch diffenfion between others, as hath ended in murder ? Haft thou by falfe accufation, poi- 248 fon, or otherwife, taken away thy neighbour's life? If a woman: Haft thou taken any 247 thing to prevent conception, or to caufe mifcarriage? or haft thou taken away the life of thy child, either before or after birth, to cover thy fhame ? |