The X Commandements (Exod. 20)

THe great Almighty spake; And thus said he;
I am the LORD thy GOD; And I alone
From cruell Aegypts thraldome set thee free:
And other GODS but Me thou shalt haue none.

Haue mercy LORD, and so our hearts encline,
That we may keepe this blessed Law of thine.

Thou shalt not make an Image, to adore,
Of ought on earth aboue it, or below:
A Carued Worke thou shalt not bow before;
Nor any worship on the same bestowe.

For, I thy GOD, a Iealous GOD am knowne;
And on their Seed the Fathers sinnes correct;
Untill the third, and fourth Descent be gone:
But them I alwaies loue, that me affect.

Haue mercy LORD, and so our hearts encline,
That we may keepe this blessed Law of thine.

The Name of GOD thou neuer shalt abuse,
By Swearing, or repeating it in vaine:
For, him that doth his Name prophanely vse,
The LORD will as a guiltie-one arraigne.

Haue mercy LORD, and so our hearts encline,
That we may keepe this blessed Law of thine.

To keepe the Sabbath holy, beare in minde.
Sixe dayes thine owne affaires apply thou to:
The Seau'nth is GODS owne day for rest assign'd,
And thou no kinde of worke therein shalt doe.

Thou, nor thy Childe, thy Seruants, nor thy Beast;
Nor he that Guest-wise with thee doth abide:
For, after sixe dayes labour GOD did rest:
And therefore he that day hath sanctifi'de.

Haue mercy LORD, and so our hearts encline,
That we may keepe this blessed Law of thine.

See, that vnto thy Parents thou doe giue
Such honour, as the Childe by dutie owes,
That thou a long and blessed life maist liue
Within the Land, the LORD thy GOD bestowes.

Haue mercy LORD, and so our hearts encline,
That we may keepe this blessed Law of thine.

Thou shalt be wary, that thou no man slay:
Thou shalt from all Adultery be cleare:
Thou shalt not Steale anothers good away:
Nor witnesse-false against thy Neighbour beare.

Haue mercie LORD, and so our hearts encline,
That we may keepe this blessed Law of thine.

With what is thine remaining well apaid:
Thou shalt not couer what thy Neighbours is,
His House, nor Wife, his Seruant, Man, nor Maid,
His Oxe, nor Asse, nor any thing of his.

Thy mercy Lord, thy mercy let vs haue,
And in our hearts these Lawes of thine engraue.