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14 juſt, upright, and honeſt in your dealings; cheating no man, defrauding no man, by lying, equivocating, or over-reaching. Prov. xxii. 10.

Exh. 28. Be content with your lot, whatever be the circumſtances and ingredients thereof; be not your own carvers, leſt you cut your fingers in the carving; whatever God gives to you, whatever he takes from you, acquieſce in his will, which ſhould never be quarrelled; own your needy dependence on his providence, and in all the changes of your condition, ſay, Good is the will of the Lord. Heb. xiii. 5. Job i. 21, 22.

Exh. 29. Bear afflictions patiently and ſubmiſſively, and be more concerned to get the ſanctified uſe of your troubles, than how to be freed from them: look to the hand of God, in all the pains, ſickneſs, croſſes, loſſes, diſappointments, reproaches and vexations ye meet with; in faith and hope, caſt your cares and burdens upon the Lord. Heb. xii. 5, 9, 11. Pſal. lv. 22. 1 Pet. v. 7.

Exh. 30. Thank God heartily for all the mercies you receive; whether with reſpect to your bodies or your ſouls; freely acknowledge you get