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5. Doft thou think thy felf obliged to Obey God, as well as to Believe in him; to Love him as thy Father, to Fear him as thy Judge, to Praife him as thy Maker, with daily and most humble Thanks, for all his Mercies to thee? Haft thou done this, or wherein haft thou failed

6. Haft thou really in thy Thoughts no other Gods but Him? Haft thou fet up Nothing in Competition with him; no Pride, no Pleafure, no Profit, no Self-Love, no Self-Interest of thine own?

7. Haft thou in Profperity forgot thy God; or in thy Adversity, haft thou put thy Confidence more in Worldly Helps than in him e

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2. Doft thou Worship God in or by an Image, or any other Way which either he hath forbid den, or not commanded ?

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3. Haft thou been Perjured, by violating any Publick Oath made to thy lawful Superiors; or failed in any private Engagement, which hath been in thy power to perform ?

4. Haft thou broken any vo'luntary, religious, deliberate Vow; made purposely to God, and to his Glory ?

5. How far haft thou kept that great and folemn Vow, which was made for thee in 'Baptifm? Or, haft thou feriously confidered thy frequent and dangerous Violations of it?

6. Haft thou given God, upon all Occafions offered, the Honour due unto his Name; or haft thou any ways fpoken of him, without Fear or Reve

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7. Haft thou abused either God's Name, or any of his Creatures, in Curses, or bitter Execrations ?

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Aft thou kept the Lord'sDay holy; or hath it been as a common Day unto thee?

2. Haft thou conftantly Sanctified this Day; cither by being prefent

present at the Publick Service of the Church; or (being hindred of this) by Private Prayer, and Reading of holy Books?

3. Doft thou fhew forth thy Charity this Day, in Works of to them that standin

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The Examination upon the Fifth Commandment.

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rents; thy Queen and Sovereign, and all that have a lawful Authority over thee?

2. Haft thou upon all Occafions affifted them to thy Power, and offered up daily Prayers to God for them?

3. Haft thou refpected thy Spiritual Guides, fuch as Labour for thy Soul; or haft thou grieved or defpifed any of thofe whom thou art bound to honour?

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