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patient bearing of the hand of God k, quietness of mind, chearfulness of spirit m; a fober use of meat n, drink o,, phyfick p, fleep q, labourr, and recreations: by charitable thoughts,

with God this day. So the people refcued Jonathan, that he died not. k Jam. v. 7. Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the carly and latter rain. v. 8. Ee ye alfo patient; ftablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh. v. 9. Grudge not one against another, brethren, left ye be condemned: behold, the judge ftandeth before the door. v. 10. Take, my brethren, the prophets who have fpoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of fuffering affliction, and of patience. v. 11. Behold, we count them happy who endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have feen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful and of tender mercy. Heb. xii. 9. Furthermore, we have had fathers of our fleth, who corrected us, and we gave them reverence: fhall we not much rather be in fubjection unto the Father of fpirits, and live?

12 Theff. iv. 11. And that ye fludy to be quiet, and to do your own bufinefs, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you. 1 Pet. iii.3. Whofe adorning, let it not be that outward adorning,-v. 4. But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet fpirit, which is in the fight of God of great price. Pfal. xxxvii. 8. Ceafe from anger, and forfake wrath; fret not thyself in any wife to do evil. v. 9. For evil doers shall be cut off: but

they that wait upon the Lord, they fhall inherit the earth. v. 10. For yet a little while and the wicked fhall not be: yea, thou fhalt diligently confider his place, and it shall not be. v. 11. But the meek fhall inherit the earth and fhall delight themfelves in the abundance of peace.

m Prov. xvii. 22. A merry heart doth good like a medicine: but a broken fpirit drieth the bones.

# Prov. xxv. 16. Haft thou found honey? eat fo much as is fufficient for thee, left thou be filled therewith, and vomit it. v. 27. It is not good to eat much honey:

• 1 Tim. v. 23. Drink no longer water, but ufe a little wine for thy ftomach's fake, and thine often infirmities.

p Ifa. xxxviii, 21. For Ifaiah had faid, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaifter upon the. boil, and he thall recover.

g Pfal. cxxvii. 2. It is vain for you to rife up early, to fit up late, to eat the bread of forrows: for fo he giyeth his beloved fleep.

r Eccl. v. 12. The fleep of a labouring man is fweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not fuffer him to fleep. 2 Theff. iii. 10. For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, That if any would not work, neither should he eat. v. 12. Now them that are fuch, we command, and exhort by our Lord Jefus Chrift, that with quietnefs they work, and eat their own bread. Prov. xvi. 26. He that laboureth, laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.

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thoughts t, lovev, compaffion w, meekness, gentleness, kindnefs; peaceabley, mild and courteous fpeeches and behaviour z; forbearing, readiness to be reconciled, patient bearing

fEccl. iii. 4. A time to weep, and a time to laugh, a time to mourn, and a time to dance. v. 11. He hath made every thing beautiful in his time; also he hath fet the world in their heart,

1 Sam. xix. 4. And Jonathan fpake good of David unto Saul his father, and faid unto him, Let not the king fin against his fervant,-v. 5. For he did put his life in his hand, and flew the Philistine, and the Lord wrought a great falvation for all If rael: thou faweft it, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou fin against innocent blood, to flay David without a caufe? 1 Sam. xxii. 13. And Saul faid unto him, Why have ye confpired against me, thou and the fon of Jeffe, in that thou haft given him bread, and a sword,-v. 14. And Ahimelech anfwered the king, and faid, And who is fo faithful among all thy fervants, as David, who is the king's fon in law, and goeth at thy biding, and is honourable in thine houfe?

Rom. xiii. 10. Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

Luke x. 33. But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was; and when he faw him, he had compaffion on him, v. 34. And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and fet him on his own beat, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.

* Col. iii. 13. Put on therefore (as the elect of God, holy and beloved) bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meeknefs, long

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fuffering: v. 13. Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any; even as Christ forgave you, fo alfo do ye.

y James iii. 17. But the wifdom that is from above, is firft pure, then peaceable, gentle and eafy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrify.

z 1 Pet. iii. 8. Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compaffion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: v. 9. Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing; but contrarywife, blefling; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye fhould inherit a bleffing. v. 10. For he that will love life, and fee good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile. v. 11. Let him efchew evil, and do good; let him feek peace and enfue it. Prov. xv. 1. A foft answer turneth away wrath, but grievous words ftir up anger. Judg. viii. 1. And the men of Ephraim faid unto him, Why haft thou ferved us thus, that thou called ft us not when thou wenteft to fight with the Midianites? and they did chide with him tharply. v.2. And he faid unto them, What have I done now in comparison of you? is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer v. 3. God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and what was I able to do in comparison of you? then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.

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and forgiving of injuries, and requiting good for evila; comforting and fuccouring the diftreffed, and protecting and defending the innocent b.

Q. 136. What are the fins forbidden in the fixth commandment?

A. The fins forbidden in the fixth commandment, are, all taking away the life of ourselves c, or of others d, ex'cept in cafe of publick jufticee, lawful warf, or necessary defenceg: the neglecting or withdrawing the lawful and

• Mat. v. 24. Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way, first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift. Eph. iv. 2. With all lowliness and meeknefs, with long-fuffering, forbearing one another in love. v. 32. And be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Chrift's fake hath forgiven you. Rom. xii. 17. Recompense to no man evil for evil.-v. 20. Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst give him drink; for in fo doing thou fhalt heap coals of fire upon his head. v. 21. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

b 1 Theff. v. 14. Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feeble-minded, fupport the weak, be patient toward all men. Job. xxxi. 19. If I have feen any perifh for want of clothing, or any poor without covering: v. 20. If his loins have not bleffed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep. Mat. xxv. 35. For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: v. 36. Naked, and ye clothed me: I was fick, and ye vifited me: I was in prifon, and ye came unto me. Prov. xxxi. 8. Open

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thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all fuch as are appointed to deftruction. v. 9. Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the caufe of the poor and needy.

136. c Acts xvi. 28. But Paul cried with a loud voice, faying, Do thy felf no harm; for we are all here.

d Gen. ix. 6. Whofo fheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be fhed: for in the image of God made he man.

. Num. xxxv. 31. Moreover, ye fhall take no fatisfaction for, the life of a murderer, who is guilty of death: but he fhall be furely put to death. V. 33. So ye fhall not pollute the land wherein ye are : for blood it defileth the land, and the land cannot be cleanfed of the blood that is fhed therein, but by the blood of him that fhed it.

f Jer. xlviii. 10. Curfed be he that doth the work of the Lord deceitfully, and curfed be he that keepeth back his fword from blood. Deut. chapter xx. throughout. v. 1.When thou goeft out to battle against thine enemies, and feeft horses and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the Lord thy God is with thee, who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, &c.

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neceffary means of prefervation of life h; finful angeri, hatredk, envy, defire of revengem: all exceffive paffions n, distracting careso; immoderate use of meat, drinkp, labour q, and

breaking up, and be fmitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him. v. 3. If the fun be rifen upon him, there fhall be blood fhed for him: for he fhould make full reftitution; if he have nothing, then he fhall be fold for his theft.

b Mat. xxv. 42. For I was an hun gred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: v. 43. I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: fick, and in prison, and ye vifited me not. James ii. 15. If a brother or fifter be naked, and deftitute of daily food; v. 16. and one of you fay unto them, Depart in peace, be you warmed, and filled: notwithstanding ye give them not thofe things which are necdful to the body; what doth it profit? Eccl. vi. 1. There is an evil which I have feen under the fun, and it is common among men: v. 2. A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his foul of all that he defireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it; this is vanity, and it is an evil difeafe. i Mat. v. 22. But I fay unto you, That whofoever is angry with his brother without a caufe, fhall be in danger of the judgment: and whofoever fhall fay to his brother, Raca, fhall be in danger of the council; but whosoever thall fay, Thou fool, fhall be in danger of hell-fire.

1 John . 15. Whoever hat eth his brother, is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. Lev. xix. 17. Thou fhalt not hate thy brother

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in thine heart: thou fhalt in any wife rebuke thy neighbour, and not fuffer fin upon him.

1 Prov. xiv. 30. A found heart is the life of the flefh: but envy the rottennefs of the bones.

m Rom. xii. 19. Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place into wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, faith the Lord.

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Eph. iv. 31. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil fpeaking be put away from you, with all malice.

. Mat. vi. 31. Therefore take no thought, faying, What shall we eat? or what fhall we drink? or wherewithal fhall we be clothed? v. ·34. Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow fhall take thought for the things of itself: fufficient unto the day is the evil there of.

p Luke xxi. 34. And take heed to yourfelves, left at any time your hearts be overcharged with furfeiting and drunkennefs, and the cares of this life, and fo that day came upon you unawares. Rom. xiii. 13. Let us walk honeftly as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in ftrife and envying.

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Eccl. xii. 12. And further, by thele, my fon, be admonished: of making many books there is no end, and much study is a'weariness of the flesh. Eccl. ii. 22. For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart wherein he hath laboured under the fun? v.23. For all his days are forrows, and his

and recréations, provoking words, oppreffiont, quarrellingv, ftriking, wounding w, and whatsoever else tends to the deftruction of the life of any x.

Q. 137. Which is the feventh commandment?

A. The feventh commandment is, Thou shalt not commit adulteryy.

Q. 138. What are the duties required in the seventh commandment?

A. The duties required in the seventh commandment are, chastity in body, mind, affections z, words a, and behavi

travel grief; yea, his heart taketh not reft in the night. This is also vanity.

r Iía. v. 12. And the harp and the viol, the tabret and the pipe, and wine are in their feafts: but they regard not the work of the Lord, neither confider the operation of his hands.

Prov. xv. 1. A soft answer turneth away wrath; but grievous words ftir up anger. Prov. xii. 18. There is that speaketh like the piercings of a fword: but the tongue of the wife is health.

t Ezek. xviii. 18. As for his father, because he cruelly oppreffed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, lo, even he fhall die in his iniquity. Exod. i. 14. And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their fervice wherein they made them ferve, was with rigour.

v Gal. v. 15. But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not confumed one of another. Prov. xxiii. 29. Who hath wo? who hath forrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without caufe?

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w Numb. xxxv. 16. And if he fmite him with an inftrument of iron (fo that he die) he is a murderer: the murderer fhall furely be put to death. v. 17. And if he fmite him with throwing a stone (wherewith he may die) and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer fhall furely be put to death. v. 18. Or if he smite him with an hand-weapon of wood (wherewith he may die) and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer fhall furely be put to death. v. 21. Or in enmity fmite him with his hand, that he die: he that fmote him fhall furely be put to death: for he is a murderer. The revenger of blood fhall flay the murderer, when he meeteth him.

x Exod. xxi. from verfe 18. to the end. (Containing laws for fmiters, for an hurt by chance, for an ox that goreth, and for him that is an occafion of harm.

137. y Exod. xx. 14.

138. z 1 Theff. iv. 4. That every one of you should know how to poffefs his vessel in fanctification and honour. Job. xxxi. 1. I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then fhould I think upon a maid? 1 Cor. vii. 34. There is a difference also between a wife and a virgin: the un

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