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Piety, and Poesy

Contracted, In a Poetick Miscellanie of Sacred Poems. By Tho: Jordan
Jordan, Thomas (1612?-1685?)
 
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An Acrostick conteining the Ten COMMANDMENTS.

EXOD. XX.

T hy God of Gods I am, whose hand
H ath Ransom'd thee from Egypt's Land,
O h! then no other Gods implore.

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M ake no carv'd Statues to adore.

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A lmighty God speak not in vain.

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S ee that his Sabbaoth thou maintain.

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J n honor let thy Parents be.

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O ppose thy Wrath, from Murther flie.

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R eject Adulteries, faint pleasure.

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D o not steal in any Measure.

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A bandon all false Witnesse, never love it.

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N or let thy Soul thy Neighbors Riches covet.

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