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truth of his being, and of his word, denying his providence, power, or some other of his divine attributes? Have I not been ignorant of God, and of his will, and erroneous and misbelieving, if not heretical in my conceptions concerning God the Father, Son, or Holy Ghost?

Have I not been over curious in prying into the nature and secret counsels of God, beyond the rule of the revealed will of God? Have I not put myself, or any other creature in the place of God, through pride preferring, and resting upon my own way and will before God's, or by making myself mine utmost end, professing God and his religion, only to serve my own designs, or by seeking to the creature, (as to angel, saint, devil, or witch,) instead of the Creator?

Have I not been forgetful of God, and of his will? Is not my conscience impure, blind, deluded, or seared; and my will perverse, obstinate, impatient, and murmuring against God, and full of dissimulation?

Have I not set my affections upon the world, rather than upon God, loving that which is evil, hating that which is good, yea, God himself, if not directly, yet in his holiness, shining in his ordinances and in his children, or as he is a severe inflicter of punishment? fearing man more than God, trusting in the creature, making something besides God my chief joy? Have I not presumed when I had cause to despair, and despaired after that I had cause to hope? Have I not tempted God many ways? And have I not in the matters of God been either cold, lukewarm, or blindly or presumptuously zealous?

Has there not been a proneness in my whole outward man, to rebel against God?

2d. The second commandment concerns all such worship of God, which he only has appointed; whereby he communicates himself to man, and man again makes profession of him: forbidding, under one kind, all such as are not by him ordained, Exod. xx. 4 - 6.

Think thus: have I worshipped God in spirit and