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 tions; under which name are comprehended all manner of divinations or  pretensions  to  fortune-telling;  all  witchcraft, charms, spells,  observations  of  omens,  dreams,  &amp;c. All these things are  heathenish,  and  contrary  to  the  worship  of  the  true and living  God,  and  to  that  dependence  a  Christian  soul  ought to have  on  him.

3. We  must  reverence  the  name  of  God  and  his  truth  by  a religious  observance  of  all  lawful  oaths  and  vows,  and  by  carefully avoiding  all  false,  rash,  unjust,  or  blasphemous  oaths and curses.

4. We  must  dedicate  some  notable  part  of  our  time  to  his divine service;  and,  more  especially,  consecrate  to  him  those days that  he  has  ordered  to  be  sanctified  or  kept  holy.

5. Under  God,  we  must  love,  reverence,  and  obey  our  parents and  other  lawful  superiors,  spiritual  and  temporal,  and observe the  laws  of  the  Church  and  State;  as  also,  we  must have a  due  care  of  our  children,  and  of  others  that  are  under ear charge,  both  as  to  their  souls  and  bodies.

6. We  must  abstain  from  all  injuries  to  our  neighbour's person,  by  murder  or  any  other  violence;  and  from  all  hatred, envy, and  desire  of  revenge;  as  also  from  spiritual  murder, which is  committed  by  drawing  him  into  sin,  by  words,  actions, or  ill  example.

7. We  must  abstain  from  adultery,  and  from  all  uncleanness  of  thoughts,  words,  and  actions,  and  from  every  thing which may  lead  to  such.

8. We  must  not  steal,  cheat,  or  any  other  way  wrong  our neighbour in  his  goods  and  possessions;  we  must  give  every one his  own,  pay  our  debts,  and  make  restitution  for  all  unjust damages  which  we  have  caused.

9. We  must  not  wrong  our  neighbour  in  his  character  or good  name,  by  detraction  or  rash  judgment;  or  in  his  honour, by reproaches  and  affronts;  or  rob  him  of  the  peace  of  his mind, by  scoffs  and  contempt;  or  of  his  friends,  by  carrying stories backwards  and  forwards. In all  which  cases,  whosoever wrongs  his  neighbour  is  obliged  to  make  restitution  or satisfaction.

10. As  we  are  commanded  to  abstain  from  all  deeds  of  lust and injustice,  so  are  we  also  strictly  obliged  to  restrain  all  desires  in  these  kinds,  and  to  resist  the  irregular  motions  of  concupiscence. So far  the  Ten  Commandments;  which  are  a short  abridgment  of  the  whole  eternal  and  natural  law,  which admits of  no  dispensation.