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 Almighty morning and evening at least; and see you be not formal or lazy in your devotions; and, besides secret closet prayer, also make conscience of family duties; set up, and keep up the worship of God in your families, by reading in the Bible, and by prayer and praises to God, who only can bless you and yours in all your actions and interests prayerless persons, are surely to be looked on as Godless persons. Ps, Iv. 17. Mat. vi 6,7.

Exh. 8. Exercise yourselves also sometimes to spiritual meditations; think often of the joys of heaven, of the torments of hell, of the sweetuesssweetness [sic] of God's promises, of terribleness, of his threatnings, of the hatefulness of sin, of the beauty of holiness, of the vanity of the world, of the advantages of real godliness, of your hazards through manifold temptations, and of the readiness and ability of Jesus Christ to help and comfort you in all cases, &c. When ye rise up or lye down when you walk in the streets, or in the fields, when you are employed in any part of your lawful calling, even at all times and every place,by night or by day.