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the_o country-curate_n advice_n to_o his_o parishioner_n in_o four_o part_n i._o direct_v we_o how_o to_o serve_v god_n on_o the_o lord_n day_n ii_o on_o the_o week_n day_n iii_o how_o to_o discharge_v our_o duty_n in_o our_o several_a relation_n as_o husband_n and_o wife_n parent_n and_o child_n master_n and_o servant_n iu._n how_o to_o prepare_v for_o death_n by_o h._n c._n london_n print_v by_o t._n w._n for_o j._n robinson_n at_o the_o golden_a lion_n in_o st._n paul_n churchyard_n 1693._o to_o the_o reader_n religion_n be_v the_o grand_a employment_n of_o our_o life_n the_o main_a design_n and_o bias_n of_o our_o rational_a nature_n the_o important_a work_n and_o task_n that_o heaven_n have_v set_v we_o and_o call_v for_o our_o great_a vigour_n and_o vivacity_n to_o attend_v it_o and_o though_o perhaps_o it_o may_v suffer_v some_o diminution_n from_o the_o meanness_n of_o the_o person_n who_o treat_v of_o it_o yet_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v deny_v that_o its_o own_o intrinsic_a 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according_o i_o here_o offer_v they_o such_o rule_n as_o will_v be_v a_o certain_a conduct_n to_o they_o and_o full_o instruct_v they_o how_o to_o behave_v themselves_o in_o all_o the_o portion_n of_o that_o sacred_a day_n if_o this_o attempt_n be_v favour_v and_o encourage_v by_o the_o religious_a reader_n i_o shall_v be_v animate_v then_o to_o aspire_v to_o a_o further_a degree_n of_o consult_v his_o spiritual_a advantage_n by_o commit_v to_o the_o press_n those_o other_o direction_n which_o i_o have_v prepare_v for_o the_o guidance_n of_o pious_a mind_n in_o the_o grand_a business_n of_o religion_n in_o the_o interim_n i_o bid_v such_o adieu_o and_o incessant_o implore_v the_o tri-une_a deity_n that_o these_o my_o weak_a endeavour_n may_v prove_v auspicious_a h._n c._n the_o content_n of_o this_o book_n chap._n i._n the_o preparation_n for_o the_o lord_n day_n upon_o saturday_n eve_n chap._n ii_o of_o awake_v with_o god_n upon_o the_o sunday_n morning_n chap._n iii_o closet-prayer_n and_o the_o preparation_n to_o it_o chap._n iu._n of_o family-duty_n ere_o we_o go_v to_o god_n house_n chap._n v._o of_o the_o great_a obligation_n that_o lie_v upon_o every_o one_o of_o we_o to_o worship_n god_n in_o public_a chap._n vi_o of_o go_v to_o our_o parish-church_n chap._n vii_o the_o soul_n soliloquy_n as_o it_o walk_v to_o god_n house_n and_o behaviour_n there_o chap._n viii_o of_o our_o behaviour_n at_o church_n when_o the_o minister_n be_v come_v unto_o it_o chap._n ix_o of_o our_o due_a behaviour_n between_o morning_n and_o evening_n service_n chap._n x._o of_o resort_v to_o the_o evening_n sacrifice_n chap._n i._o of_o saturday's_n eve_n devotion_n i_o shall_v wave_v all_o the_o opinion_n i_o have_v read_v concern_v the_o beginning_n of_o the_o sabbath_n because_o i_o will_v not_o here_o enter_v into_o a_o controversy_n with_o any_o man._n the_o sentiment_n of_o man_n be_v various_a yet_o how_o different_a soever_o they_o may_v be_v otherwise_o sure_o i_o be_o all_o 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