Take ye good heed unto yourselves; The similitude of any figure. Rom. i. 22; Deut. iv. 15. 240. Worship neither Saints nor Angels. AND when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel Which had shewed me these things. Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: For I am thy fellow-servant, And of thy brethren the prophets, And of them which keep the sayings of this book: Worship God.-Rev. xxii. 8. 241. THE THIRD COMMANDMENT. Swear not at all. (S.M.) O NEVER, never swear, Nor use a wicked word; O why should words profane How can you take his name in vain, At church you sing and pray, It ought not to be so : O, watch your hearts within! 242. Keep thy Tongue from evil. I SAY unto you, Swear not at all; But let your communication be Yea, yea; Nay, nay : For whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil. Above all things, my brethren, swear not; Neither by heaven, neither by the earth, Neither by any other oath : But let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; Lest ye fall into condemnation. Matt. v. 34; James v. 12. THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT. 243. How to keep the Sabbath. IF thou turn away thy foot from the Sabbath, From doing thy pleasure on my holy day; The holy of the Lord, honourable; Not doing thine own ways, Nor finding thine own pleasure, Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord; Isa. lviii. 13.. 244. Bear no Burdens on Sunday. THUS saith the Lord; Take heed to yourselves, And bear no burden on the Sabbath-day, Out of your houses on the Sabbath-day, But hallow ye the Sabbath-day, As I commanded your fathers. Jer. xvii. 21. (7's.) SUNDAY is the holy day, Which belongs to God alone; Such as we shall have in heaven, Food and raiment we must earn; For the things which will not last; 246. The First Sabbath. THUS the heavens and the earth were finished, And all the host of them. And on the seventh day God ended his work which He had made; And He rested on the seventh day From all his work which He had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it; Because that in it He had rested From all his work which God created and made.-Gen. ii. 1. 247. The Preparation. THE Sunday is at hand, The hours of work are done; (s. M.) "Tis time for me to close To cease from earthly thoughts and play, I'll finish ere I sleep, All that I have to do; So when I wake my mind may have When death shall be at hand, A Sabbath evermore. THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT. 248. Children, Obey your Parents. (7's.) CHILDREN, Would you know the way, Both your parents readily. Think not 'tis enough to love, What they bid you, always do; |