other kind; let him first pray to God to enlighten and establish his mind,and then have recourse to the minister whom the providence of God hath appointed for his spiritual guide.

6. And lastly, that the work may be performed aright, let them remember that it is a work between God and their own consciences, and that it is in vain to hope to hide any thought, action, or design, from his all-seeing eye; and as a consequence of these, let them, at the beginning adjure their hearts to be honest and impartial, as they will answer it before. the great searcher and judge of them at the last day.

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DUTY TO GOD.

DO I believe and consider, that God, by his providence governs the world and all things in it?

Do I remember that God beholds the most secret thoughts and actions of my heart and life?

Am I warned by the sense of God's all-seeing providence, to take heed to my ways?

Do I ascribe the success of my undertakings, chiefly to the good providence of God over me?

Do I pray daily for the protection of God, and his blessings upon my honest endeavours?

Hath the goodness and mercy of God in creating, preserving, and redeeming me, that effect upon my heart, as to make me love him and desire to please him? Do I love God for his own excellencies?

Have the many testimonies which I have received of God's mercy and good. ness, bred in me a comfortable hope in him?

Have I never so far presumed upon his mercy, as to encourage me to sin a gainst him?

Am I duly thankful to God for his mercies and benefits?

Hath the consideration of God's majesty and greatness imprinted upon my heart awful and reverend thoughts concerning him?

Hath it bred in me modest and humble thoughts concerning myself ?

Have I such a sense of the power and Justice of God, as makes me afraid to provoke him?

Doth the consideration of God's power and justice make me afraid of offending him more than men ?

Do I steadfastly rely upon the truth. and promises of God under all distresses and calamities?

Have I never tried to deliver myself out of calamity by sinful means?

Have I patiently waited for a deliverance in God's good time?

Do I resign myself to the wisdom of

God, to choose for me such a condition as he shall see most convenient?

Have I patiently submitted to his will, under all conditions whatsoever ?

Am I not immoderately careful and anxious about outward things? Have I not been eager in my desires, and impatient under disappointments ? Have I not murmured and repined at the dispensations of God?

Have I turned my thoughts upon God, and surrendered myself to him, as oft as any crosses or calamities have come upon me ?

Have the crosses and disappointments of this world made me more serious and careful about the things of the next life?

Have I shewed due honour to the name of God, by abstaining from all profaneness, perjury, cursing, and vain swearing?

Am I not guilty of using the sacred names of God, or his son Jesus Christ, lightly, and in my ordinary conversation?

Do I take care to admonish and reprove others for these sins, so far as I may with prudence and decency?

Do I reverence the word of God, as contained in the holy Scriptures?

Do I read and observe it, in order to make it the rule of life?

Do I consider the Lord's Day, as set apart by God for the care of my soul, and the preparation of myself for the next life?

Do I employ the Lord's Day in reading, praying and such other godly exercises?

Do I repair to church for the worship of God, as oft as I may, by reason of sickness or other unavoidable hindrances?

Do I go to church with a hearty intention to serve God, and, to be instructed in my duty, or reminded of it; and not only for fashion's sake?

Do I shew my zeal and sincerity in repairing to church, by endeavouring to be always present at the beginning of divine service ?

Do I behave myself in the church reverently, as in the house of God?

Do I devoutly lift up my heart to God in the prayers and praises of the church, and avoid as much as in me lies, all wandering of eyes and thoughts?