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ful for Mercies received? Or, have I not ascribed the Glory and Honour of what I now enjoy to my felf, more than to God? (Say) God be merciful to me a Sinner, and lay not this (or thefe) Sinsto C my Charge. Repeat the fame at the End · of every Commandment.

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"Tho' I have not worshipped God by Images, yet have I not entertained grofs and falfeConceptions of him? Or,have I not wilfully omitted coming to Church,or to the publick Prayers, when C I had no juft Occafion to hinder me? Or, have I not rudely, irreverently, or wantonly behaved my felf during the Time of Divine Service? Or, have I not wilfully refused to come to the Lord's Supper,when I have been called to it? Or, have I not rafhly and unadvifedly received the Sacrament without a Preparation? Or, have I not 'broken my Vows and Refolutionswhich • I then made? III.

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"If I have not openly blafphemed the Name of God,yet have I not lightly, or irreverently spoken of him? Or, have "I not prophanely jefted upon, or abufed his Holy Places or Perfons, or any thing else dedicated to hisService? Or, have I not taken God's Name in vain,

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by common Swearing and Curfing? or have I not broken my own Vows and Refolutions, efpecially my Baptif• mal? IV.

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"Have I not neglected the Worship of 'God on his Sabbaths? Have I not spent part thereof in vain Sports, idle Difcourfes, Vifits, and many other unneC ceffary Bufineffes? Or, have I not suffered others to prophane the Sabbath, C when it was in my Power to restrain them from fo doing?

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'Have I not been stubborn,irreverent, and undutiful towards my Parents, rejecting their Counfels, defpifing their Government, and coveting theirEftates before their Death? Or, have I not 'contributed toward their Neceffities when they were in Want, and I had it to help them? Or, have I not been difloyal to my Prince, ftubborn and unfaithful to my Mafter, refractory and unthankful to my Minifter, peevish and unkind to my Friend and Companion? VI.

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If I have not actually taken away the Life of any Perfon, yet have I not made my Neighbour's Life grievous by Oppreflion,Rage and Violence against him? Or, have I not by Fighting or Quar

Quarreling wounded his Perfon? Or, have not I tempted him by any other • Vice or Intemperance, to destroy his Health, and fo fhorten his Days? Or, have I not, by falfe and contumelious. Speeches wounded his goodName and Reputation? Or, have I not, by my own Luxury and Intemperance in Eating and Drinking,been acceffary to my 6 own Death? VII.

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"If I have escaped the groffer Acts of Adultery and Fornication, yet have I not conceived Luft in my Heart, and neglected the Means to preferve my own and others Chastity? Or, have I not by Gluttony and Drunkenness, or any other impure Thoughts defiled my C Soul? Or, have I not accustomed my felf to filthy Talking, Jefting and immodest Garbs, and unchaft Behaviour C in common Conversation?

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'If I have not been guilty of common and publick Stealing, yet have I been true and juft in all my Dealings? Or, have I not contracted Debts, when I was conscious to my felf that I was not able to pay, or make Reftitution? Or, C have I not wafted my own, or others Eftates by riotous living? Or, have I not by Violence andOppreffion,exact

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If I have not before the Magistrate fworn falfly against anyMan,yet have "I not accustomed my felf toLying and Slandering? Or,have I not accufed my Neighbour unjustly? Or, have I not concealed the Truth of another, when Juftice andCharity obliged me to give Evidence of it? Or,have I not unjustly fought to uphold, or to blast my own C or others Credit?

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Have I not fecretly complained against C the Providence of God,as if others had too much, and I too little? Or,have I not by unlawful Means endeavoured to deprive others of their Goods and Profperity? Or, have I laboured truly and faithfully to get my own Living,and to be content with that State "of Life unto which it hath pleafed God to call me ?

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A PenitentialConfeffion of Sins,with an humble Supplication for Mercy and Forgiveness. LMIGHTY and Everlasting God, who hateft nothing that thou haft made, and doft forgive the Sins of all them that are penitent, create and make in me a new and contrite Heart, that 1,

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worthily lamenting my Here call to mind Sins, and acknowledging all your most griemy Wretchednefs, may

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obtain of thee, the God of all Mercy, perfect Remiffion and Forgiveness, through Jefus Christ our Lord. Amen. See Pfal. 51, 6, 32, 38.

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An Act of Contrition.

ATHER, I have finned against Heaven, and before thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy Son; Wo is me, O Lord, who was conceived and born in Sin; the Thoughts of my Heart are inclined unto Evil from my Youth; wo is me, that have finned against thee my Creator and kind Benefactor! Lord, I have done Evil continually in thy Sight, and my Life hath been little elfe than one continual Courfe of Impiety,Unthankfulness, and of unworthy Returns for all thy Goodness and loving Kindness to me! Wo is me, that I fhould thus require the Lord! O that my Head were Waters, and mine Eyes à Fountain of Tears, that I might weep Day and Night for my Sin! O gracious Lord, look on me as thou didst on the Apostle St. Peter, and let thy compaffionate Look fo pierce my ftony Heart, that I may weep bitterly for my Sins, and produce in me that Godly Sorrow which worketh upto Salvation not to be repented of,for Jefus's fake. Amen. See Pfal.25.

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