Prov. xiv. 3. The lips of the wise shall preserve them.

Prov. xxi. 23. Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue, keepeth his soul from trouble.

Matt. xii. 37. By thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

1 Pet. iii. 10. He that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil; and his lips that they speak no guile.

XVI. To Watchfulness.

Luke, xii. 37. Blessed are those servants whom the Lord when he cometh shall find watching: Verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them. Ver. 38. And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.

Rev. xvi. 15. Behold, I come as a thief: blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.

Prov. xxii. 5. Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward; He that doth keep his soul, shall be far from them.

Prov. xxviii. 14. Happy is the man that feareth always; but he that hardeneth his heart, shall fall into mischief.

XVII. To them that keep Good Company.

Prov. xiii. 20. He that walketh with wise men, shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

Prov. xviii. 17. Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

Avoid evil company.-Ps. i. 1. Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

Prov. ix. 6. Forsake the foolish, and live: and go in the way of understanding.

2 Cor. vi. 17. Come ye out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing, and I will receive you.

XVIII. To them that perform their Oaths.

Ps. xvi. 1. Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? Who shall dwell in thy holy hill? Ver. 4. He that sweareth to his own burt, and changeth not.

Ps. xxiv. 4. He who hath not lifted up his soul to vanity, nor sworn deceitfully; Ver. 5. He shall receive the blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation

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XIX. To the Keeping of the Sabbath.

Exod. xx. 11. The Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it.

Is. lvi. 2. Blessed is the man that doth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it: that keepeth the Sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil. Ver. 6. The sons of the stranger that join themselves to the Lord, to serve him, and to love the name of the Lord, to be his servants; every one that keepeth the Sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant. Ver. 7. Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer; their burnt-offerings, and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar: For mine house shall be called a house of prayer unto all people.

Is. Iviii. 13. If thou turn away thy foot from the Sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day, and call the Sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honourable, and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words; Ver. 14. Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord, and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: For the mouth of the Lord hath spo ken it.

Ezek. xx. 20. Hallow my Sabbaths, and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the Lord your God.

CHAPTER II.

PROMISES TO DUTIES OF THE SECOND TABLE.

I. To obedience to Parents.

EPHESIANS, vi. 1. Children, obey your parents in the Lord; for this is right. Ver. 2. Honour thy father and thy mother (which is the first commandment with promise.) Ver. 3. That it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest live long on the earth.

Col. iii. 20. Children, obey your parents in all things; for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.

1 Tim. v. 4. But if any widow have children, or nephews, [grand children] let them learn to show piety at home, and to requite their parents; for that is good and acceptable before God.

Prov. i. 8. My son, hear the instruction of thy father; and forsake not the law of thy mother. Ver. 9. For they shall be an orna

ment of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.

Prov. vi. 20. My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother. Ver. 21. Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. Ver. 22. When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou wakest, it shall talk with thee.

Jer. xxxv. 18. Thus saith the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, because ye have obeyed the command of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according to all that he hath commanded you; Ver. 19. Therefore thus saith the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, Jonadab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever.

II. To Good Education.

Deut. xi. 19. And ye shall teach them, your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way; when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. Ver. 20. And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates; Ver. 21. That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven, upon the earth.

Gen. xviii. 19. For I know him, [Abraham] that he will command his children and his