The practice of Christian graces, or, The whole duty of man laid down in a plaine and familiar way for the use of all, but especially the meanest reader : divided into XVII chapters, one whereof being read every Lords Day, the whole may be read over thrice in the year : with Private devotions for several occasions...

To GOD.

• NOt believing there is a God.
• Not believing his Word.
• Not believing it Practically, so as to live according to our belief.
• Despairing of Gods mercy, so as to neglect duty.

• Presuming groundlesly on it, whilest we go on in wilful sin.
• Not loving God for his own excellencies.
• Not loving him for his goodness to us.
• Not labouring to please him.
• Not desiring to draw neer to him in his Or∣dinances.
• Not longing to enjoy him in Heaven.
• Not fearing God so as to keep from of∣fending him.
• Fearing man above him, by committing sin,

• to shun some outward suffering.
• Not trusting on God in dangers and di∣stresses.
• Using unlawful means to bring us out of them.
• Not depending on God for supply of our wants.
• Immoderate care for outward things.
• Neglecting to labour, and expecting God should support us in our idleness.
• Not looking up to God for a blessing on our honest endeavours.
• Not having a high esteem of God.
• Not submitting obediently to act his will.
• Not patiently suffering it, but murmuring at his corrections.
• Not amending by them.
• Not being thankful to him.
• Not acknowledging his wisdom in choosing for us, but having eager and impatient desires of our own.
• Not honouring God by a reverend usage of the things that relate to him.
• Behaving our selvs irreverently in his House
• Robbing God, by taking things that are consecrated to him.
• Profaning Holy times, the Lords Day, and the Feasts, and Fasts of the Church.
• Neglecting to read the Holy Scriptures, not marking when we do read.
• Being careless to get knowledg of our duty.
• Chusing rather to continue ignorant, then put our selves to the pains or shame of learning.

• Placing Religion in hearing of Sermons, without practising them.
• Breaking our vow made at Baptism.
• By resorting to witches, and conjurers; i. e. to the Devil.
• By loving the pomps and vanities of the world, and following its sinful customes.
• By fulfilling the lusts of the flesh.
• Profaning the Lords Supper.
• By coming to it ignorantly, without exa∣mination, contrition, and purposes of new life.
• By behaving our selves irreverently at it, without devotion, and spiritual affection.
• By neglecting to keep the promises made at it.
• Profaning Gods Name, by blasphemous thoughts, or discourse.
• Giving others occasion to blaspheme him, by our vile and wicked lives.
• Taking unlawful oaths.
• Perjury.
• Swearing in ordinary communication.
• Not worshipping God.
• Omitting prayers, publick or private, and being glad of a pretence to do so.
• Asking unlawful things, or to unlawful ends.
• Not purifying our hearts from sin, before we pray.
• Not praying with Faith and Humility.
• Coldness and deadness in prayer.
• Wandring thoughts in it.
• Irreverent gestures of body in prayer.
• Neglecting the duty of Repentance.

• Not calling our selves to daily account for our sins.
• Not assigning any set or solemn times, for humiliation, and confession, or too sel∣dom.
• Not deeply considering our sins, to beget, contrition for them.
• Not acting revenges on our selves, by fasting, and other acts of Mortification.
• Outward Idolatry in worshipping of crea∣tures.
• Inward Idolatry, in placing our love, joy, and other affections more on creatures, then the Creator.