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- Doe no euill, so shall no harme come vnto thee.
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- Depart from the vniust, and iniquitie shall turne away from thee.
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- My sonne, sow not vpon the furrowes of vnrighteousnesse, and thou shalt not reape them seuen folde.
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- Seeke not of the Lord preheminence, neither of the King the seate of honour.
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- Iustifie not thy selfe before the Lord, and boast not of thy wisedome before the king.
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- Seeke not to be iudge, being not able to take away iniquitie, lest at any time thou feare the person of the mightie, and lay a stumbling blocke in the way of thy vprightnesse.
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- Offend not against the multitude of a city, and then thou shalt not cast thy selfe downe among the people.
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- Bind not one sinne vpon another, for in one thou shalt not be vnpunished.
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- Say not, God wil looke vpon the multitude of my oblations, and when I offer to the most High God, he will accept it.
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- Be not faint hearted when thou makest thy prayer, and neglect not to giue almes.
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- Laugh no man to scorne in the bitternesse of his soule: for there is one which humbleth and exalteth.
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- Deuise not a lie against thy brother: neither doe the like to thy friend.
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- Use not to make any maner of lie: for the custome thereof is not good.
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- Use not many words in a multitude of Elders, and make not much babling when thou prayest.
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- Hate not laborious worke, neither husbandrie, which the most High hath ordeined.
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- Number not thy selfe among the multitude of sinners, but remember that wrath will not tary long.
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- Humble thy soule greatly: for the vengeance of the vngodly is fire and wormes.
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- Change not a friend for any good by no meanes: neither a faithfull brother for the gold of Ophir.
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- Forgoe not a wise and good woman: for her grace is aboue gold.
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- Whereas thy seruant worketh truely, entreate him not euill, nor the hireling that bestoweth himselfe wholly for thee.
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- Let thy soule loue a good seruant, and defraud him not of liberty.
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- Hast thou cattell?
haue an eye to them, and if they be for thy profit, keepe them with thee.
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- Hast thou children?
instruct them, and bow downe their necke from their youth.
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- Hast thou daughters?
haue care of their body, and shewe not thy selfe cheerefull toward them.
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- Marrie thy daughter, and so shalt thou haue performed a weightie matter: but giue her to a man of vnderstanding.
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- Hast thou a wife after thy minde?
forsake her not, but giue not thy selfe ouer to a light woman.
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- Honour thy father with thy whole heart, and forget not the sorrowes of thy mother.
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- Remember that thou wast begot of them, and how canst thou recompense them the things that they haue done for thee?
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- Feare the Lord with all thy soule, and reuerence his priests.
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- Loue him that made thee with all thy strength, and forsake not his ministers.
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- Feare the Lord, and honour the priest: and giue him his portion, as it is commanded thee, the first fruits, and the trespasse offering, & the gift of the shoulders, and the sacrifice of sanctification, and the first fruits of the holy things.
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- And stretch thine hand vnto the poore, that thy blessing may be perfected
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- A gift hath grace in the sight of euery man liuing, and for the dead deteine it not.
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- Faile not to bee with them that weepe, and mourne with them that mourne.
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- Be not slow to visit the sicke: for that shall make thee to be beloued.
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- Whatsoeuer thou takest in hand, remember the end, and thou shalt neuer doe amisse.
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