r] as I forgive them that have sinned against me. Lord, 910.3 thou art ever ཚསཱ་་་ gracious to them that do put their trust in thee. I call upon my God for mercy; and thou art always more ready to hear than we to pray. But all that I can do, and all that I am, and all that I know of myself, is nothing but sin, and infirmity, and misery; therefore I go forth of myself, and throw myself wholly into the arms of thy mercy through Jesus Christ, and beg of thee, for his death and passion's sake, by his resurrec fion and ascension, by all the parts of our redemption, and thy infinite mercy, in which thou pleasest thyself above all the works of the creation, to be pitiful and compassionate to thy servant in the abolition of all my sins: so shall I praise thy glories with a tongue not defiled with evil language, and a heart purged by thy grace, quitted by thy mercy, and absolved by thy sentence, from generation to generation. Amen. ? An Act of Holy Resolution of Amendment of Life, in Case of Recovery. ་་ ་་་% O MOST just and most merciful Lord God, who hast sent evil diseases, sorrow and fear, trouble and uneasiness, briars and thorns into the world, and planted them in our houses, and round about our dwellings, to keep sin from our souls, or to drive it thence; I humbly beg of thee that this my sickness may serve the ends of the spirit, and be a messenger of spiritual life, and an instrument of reducing me to more religious and sober courses. I know, O Lord, that I am unready and unprepar d in my accounts, having thrown away great portions of my time in vanity, and set myself hugely back in the accounts of eternity; and I had need live my life over again, and live it better: but thy counsels are in the great deep, and thy footsteps in the water; and I know not what thou wilt determine of me. If I die, I throw myself into the arms of the holy Jesus, whom I love above all things: and, if I perish, I know I have deserved it; but thou wilt not reject him that loves thee: But if I recover, I will live by thy grace, and help to do the work of God, and passionately pursue my interest of heaven, and serve thee in the labour of love, with the charities of a holy zeal, and the diligence of a firm and humble obedience. Lord, I will dwell in thy temple, and in thy service; religion shall be my employment, and alms shall be my recreation, and patience shall be my rest, and to do thy will shall be my meat and drink, and to live shall be Christ, and then to die shall be gain. O spare me a little, that I may recover my strength, before I go hence and be no more seen. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. SECT. VIII. An analysis or resolution of the decalogue, and the special precepts of the gospel, describing the duties enjoined, and the sins forbidden respectively, for the assistance of sick men in making their con fessions to God and his ministers, and the rendering their repentance more particular and perfect. 1. THOU shalt have none other Gods but me. ·Duties commanded are, 1. To love God above all things. 2. To obey him and fear him. 3. To worship him with prayers, vows, thanksgivings, presenting to him our souls and bodies, and all such actions and expressions which the consent of nations, or the laws or customs of the place where we live have appropriated to God. 4. To design all to God's glory. 5. To inquire after his will. 6. To believe all his word. 7. To submit to his providence. 8. To proS. ceed toward all our lawful ends by such means as himself hath appointed. 9. To speak and think honourably of God, and recite his praises, and confess his attributes and perfections. They sin against this commandment, 1. Who love themselves or any of the creatures inordinately and intemperately. 2. They that despise or neglect any of the Divine precepts. 3. They that pray to unknown or false gods. 4. They that disbelieve or deny there is a God. 5. They that make vows to creatures 6. or say prayers to the honour of men or women, or angels; as Paternosters to the honour of the Virgin Mary, or St. Peter, which is a taking a part of that honour which is due to God, and giving it to the creature: It is a religion paid to men and women out of God's proper portion, out of prayers directed to God immediately; and it is an act contrary to that religion which makes God the last end of all things: For this through our addresses to God passes something to the creatures, as if they stood beyond him; for by the intermedial worship paid to God, they ultimately do honour to the man, or angel. 7. They that make consumptive oblations to the creatures, as the Collyridians, who offered cakes, and those that burnt incense or candles to the Kirgin Mary. 8. They that give themselves to the devil, p make contracts with him, and use fantastic con versation with him. 9. They that consult witches and fortune-tellers. 10. They that rely upon dreams and superstitious observances. 11. That use charms, spells, superstitious words and characters, verses of Psalms, the consecrated elements to cure diseases, to be shot free, to recover stolen goods, or inquire into secrets. 12. That are wilfully ignorant of the laws of God, or love to be deceived in their persuasions, that they may sin with confidence. 13. They that neglect to pray to God 14. They that arrogate to themselves the glory of any action of power, and do not give the glory to God, as Herod. 15. They that doubt of, or disbelieve, any proposition of scripture, or put false glosses to serve, secular or vicious ends 赛 against their conscience, or with violence any way done to their reason. 16. They that violently or passionately pursue any temporal end with an eagerness greater than the thing is in prudent account. 17. They that make religion to serve ill ends, or do good to evil purpose, or evil to good purposes. 18. They that accuse God of injustice and unmercifulness, remissness or cruelty; such as are the presumptuous, and the desperate. 19. All hypecrites and pretenders to religion, walking in forms and shadows, but denying the power of Godli20. All impatient persons, all that repine or murmur against the prosperities of the wicked, or the calamities of the godly, or their own afflictions. 21. All that blaspheme God, or speak dishonourable things of so sacred a majesty. 22. They that tempt God, or rely upon his protection against his rules, and without his promise, and besides reason, entering into danger from which, without a miracle, they cannot be rescued. 23. They that are bold in the midst of judgment, and fearless in the midst of the Divine vengeance, and the accents of his anger. II. Comm. Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven image, nor worship it. No The moral duties of this commandment are, 1. To worship God with all bodily worship and external forms of address, according to the custom of the church we live in. 2. To believe God to be a spiritual and pure substance, without any visible form or |