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THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, by                    
First Line: Have thou no other gods but me
Last Line: "bless god for christ, that kept them all"
Subject(s): Mnemonics;ten Commandments


Have thou no other gods but me.
Unto no image bow thy knee.
Take not the name of God in vain.
Do not the Sabbath-day profane.
Honour thy father, mother too.
Take heed that thou no murder do.
From whoredom keep thy body clean.
Steal not, although thy state be mean.
Bear not false witness, shun that blot.
What is thy neighbour's covet not.
These sacred words, in these ten lines,
Are strings of pearls and golden mines:
Or heaven transcrib'd, wherein, no doubt,
God's mind to man was copied out.
Bless God, my soul, that thus hath given,
In this thy pilgrimage to heaven,
Such light and guidance: but withal,
Bless God for Christ, that kept them all.








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