Hawkins vii. 43.  Let thy speeches be seriously reverent when thou speakest of God or his Attributes, for to jest or utter thy selfe lightly in matters divine, is an unhappy impiety, provoking heaven to justice, and urging all men to suspect thy beliefe.—­vii. (unnumbered) Honour and obey thy natural parents although they be poor; for if thy earthly Parents cannot give thee riches and honour, yet thy heavenly Father hath promised thee length of days.

(There is nothing in the French Maxims corresponding to the second sentence of Rule 108.  The Maxim nearest to the first sentence is the 9th of Chapter i.:—­“Il se faut bien garder de prononcer aucuns nouueaux mots, quand l’on parle de Dieu ou des Saincts, & d’en faire de sots contes, soit tout bon, ou par raillerie.”  “Avoid irreverent words in speaking of God, or of the Saints, and of telling foolish stories about them, either in jest or earnest.”  Compare also the last sentence of Maxim vii, 11, ante, under Rule 72.)

109th.  Let your Recreations be Manfull not Sinfull.

Hawkins vii. (unnumbered). Let thy recreations be manful not sinful; there is a great vanity in the baiting of Beasts, the Bears and Bulls lived quietly enough before the fall; it was our sin that set them together by the ears, rejoyce not therefore to see them fight, for that would be to glory in thy shame.

110th.  Labour to keep alive in your Breast that Little Spark of Celestial fire called Conscience.

Hawkins vii. (unnumbered). Labour to keep alive in thy breast, that little sparke of Celestial fire called Conscience, for Conscience to an evil man is a never dying worm, but unto a good man its a perpetual feast.