CONCERNING MY AFFECTIONS — CONCERNING MY WORDS.

Resolution I.--Page 139.

I am resolved, by the grace of God, always to make my affections subservient to the dictates of my understanding, that my reason may not follow, but guide my affections.

Resolution II.--Page 141.

I am resolved, by the grace of God, to love God, as the best of goods, and to hate sin, as the worst of evils.

Resolution III.--Page 145.

I am resolved, by the assistance of divine grace, to make God the principal object of my joy, and sin the principal object of my grief and sorrow; so as to grieve for sin more than suffering, and for suffering only for sin's sake.

Resolution IV.--Page 147.

I am resolved, by the grace of God, to desire spiritual mercies more than temporal; and temporal mercies only in reference to spiritual.

Resolution V.--Page 149.

I am resolved, by the grace of God, to hope for nothing so much as the promises, and to fear nothing so much as the threatening, of God.

Resolution VI.--Page 153.

I am resolved, by the grace of God, to arm myself with that spiritual courage and magnanimity, as to press through all duties and difficulties whatsoever, for the advancement of God's glory and my own happiness.

Resolution VII.--Page 155.

I am resolved, by the grace of God, so to be angry, as not to sin; and, therefore, to be angry at nothing but sin.

Resolution I.--Page 159.

I am resolved, by the grace of God, never to speak much, lest 1 often speak too much; and not to speak at all, rather than to no purpose.

Resolution II.--Page 161.

I am resolved, by the grace of God, not only to avoid the wickedness of swearing falsely, but likewise the very appearance of swearing at all.

Resolution III.--Page 163.

I am resolved, by the grace of God, always to make my tongue and heart go together, so as never to speak with the one, what I do not think in the other.

Resolution IV.--Page 166.

I am resolved, by the grace of God, to speak of other men's sins only before their faces, and of their virtues only behind their backs.

Resolution V.--Page 168.

I am resolved, by the grace of God, always to speak reverently to my superiors, humbly to my inferiors, and civilly to all.