that have been given to judges, officers, and others in authority, on fuch occafions, by Prophets and men of God, as recorded in the Holy Scriptures.

"I CHARGED your JUDGES" (faid Mofes to the Children of Ifrael) "at "that time" [speaking of the time when they first elected captains over thousands, and hundreds, and fifties, and tens, and officers among their tribes, (Deut. i. 13. 15.] faying-hear the causes be"tween your brethren, and judge righte

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ously between every man and his "brother, and the ftranger (that is) "with him. Ye fhall not refpe&t per"fons in judgment; but ye fhall hear

the fmall as well as the great: ye shall "not be afraid of the face of man ; for

the judgement is God's." (Deut. i. 16. 17.) And in the 16th chapter of the fame book, he repeats the command to elect magiftrates, faying, " judges and officers

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officers fhalt thou give to thyself in all thy gates, which the Lord thy God "giveth thee, throughout thy tribes and they fhall judge the people with juf judgement. Thou shalt not wrest judgement, thou shalt not refpect, "neither take a gift: for a gift doth "blind the eyes of the wife, and per

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vert the words of the righteous. That "which is altogether juft" (or rather

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right, or perfect right,) shalt thou fol"low that thou mayeft live, and in"herit the land which the Lord thy "God giveth thee." (Deut. xvi. 18. 20.) And again-" Ye fhall do no unrighteoufnefs in judgement. Thou "fhalt not refpect the perfon of the

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poor, nor honour the perfon of the mighty; but in righteousness shalt "thou judge thy neighbour." (Levit. xix. 15.) The charge also of K. Jehoshaphat to the judges in the cities of Judah, muft always be had in remembrance.

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"Take heed" (faid he) "what ye "for ye judge not for man, but for the "Lord, who is with you in the matter "of judgement. Wherefore now let "the fear of the Lord be upon you; "take heed and do, for there is no ini

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quity with the Lord our God, nor re

fpect of perfons, nor taking of gifts.". (2 Chron. xix. 6. 7.)

Dear Friends and Brethren,

If fuch strictness in judgement was required of the Ifraelites under the old law, how inexcufable muft we Christians be, if we are remifs on fuch folemn occafions, feeing that we have obtained (by much additional revelation) not only a most valuable increase of knowledge, but also an abfolute promife of the Divine affistance, if we ask it as we ought; and the more especially as we are alfo affured that "the Saints fhall judge the world;" that

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that we "fball judge Angels" and therefore" how much more" (moft certainly) "the things that pertain to this life?" (1 Cor. vi. 2. 3.)

(The prayers to be the fame as the first form of prayer, previous to a Common Council or Folkmote.)

A short

A fhort form of MORNING PRAYER for a COMMUNITY of FREE LABOURERS and HUSBANDMEN, or for a PRIVATE FAMILY.

As a means of preparing and properly difpofing the minds of a congregation for prayer, the minifter may previously defire their attention to a short exhortation or instruction, drawn up as nearly in the words of Scripture, as the subject he shall fix upon will permit, and with as much brevity as poffible. The following exhortation will take up about four minutes, which is too long, perhaps, for a DAILY exhortation; and, indeed, the fame exhortation DAILY ufed, would not be at all efficacious; and therefore this is only defigned to be occafionally read at the minister's difcretion, when he thinks time can be spared, and when the people may feem to ftand in need of being reminded of the most effential objects of prayer, and the true means of obtaining

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(EXHORTATION.)

"No man can come unto me" (said our LORD JESUS)" unless the FATHER which "" bath