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172 soul, which all those actions that have a remote or direct tendency to the perpetuation of this great sin, & on the other hand it demands the cherish.g all those friendly & benevolent affections & dispositions towards our fellow men & others, that are proper & necessary to make life desirable & happy.

   This comprehensive precept respects then the regulation of our thoughts, our words & actions in all our intercourse & connections with men. It is a law given by the omnificent searcher of hearts who demands rectitude & goodness of thought, as well as propriety of conversation & behaviour.  That this law is thus spiritual & extensive is evident from the nature of things & from the Scriptures.  1 John 3.15.  Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer that is angry with his brother without cause is in ? &c.   For the malignant passions of hatred, anger, envy & revenge, unrestrained lead on to the perpetuation of this crime. This precept therefore respects the due & regular government of our passions & appetites as well as words & conduct.  If then this precept restrains the sinful all wrathful & angry expressions or actions, - all contentions, striking, wound.g, duelling & the like.
 In a word all sinful dispositions & actions tend.g to destroy life are forbidden, & the practice of the contrary virtues tend.g to preserve the life & comfort of our fellow men, commanded.   From this precept by divine assisitance, I shall speak to two or three things