Swearing: And, reflecting at the ſame Time how long you have lived in this Courſe, and what a dreadful Number of Oaths you have already to account for, humble yourſelf in the Sight of God, and earneſtly bewail the Profaneneſs of your Life. Attone for what is paſt, by a hearty Sorrow and Repentance, and ſatisfy yourſelf, that your Repentance is ſincere, by entring into the firmeſt Reſolution, that from henceforth your Converſation ſhall be ſuch as becomes the Goſpel of Chriſt. And remembering how difficult a Thing it is to govern a Tongue that is accuſtomed to Swearing, from which Oaths ſlide unawares; firſt, pray to God that he will enable you to ſet a Watch before your Mouth, and keep the Door of your Lips; and then requeſt of thoſe with whom you moſt frequently converſe, that they will be your Monitors, if at any Time you happen to forget yourſelf.
By theſe Means you will be happily delivered out of a Courſe of great Sin and Folly, and of infinite Danger to Body and Soul. And if this Admonition prove the firſt Occaſion of your
