2 r a Of Liability to do Good S E R M. the name of God, which is the evil of rafh VIII. fwearing, is naturally (hocking to the mind ---Y-- of man, till cuftom wears off the horror of it. I believe it is fo with the generality of men, except thofe whofe education bath been fo wretchedly unhappy, that ill example pre- vented all reflettion and good fentiments in them, and they were taught prophanenefs as f }on as they were taught to fpeak. But ma- ny who have been bred up in the fear of God, and afterwards turned to this irreligi- ous prattice, know that their firft effays in it were uneafy to them; and when they firft took God's name in vain, it was with fecret reproaches of their own heart, and a dread of his difpleafure, though perhaps they have Pnce got the hardinefs to laugh at this as a childifh prejudice. In this inftance we may obferve two things which will help us to underftand the influence of evil habits. Firft, a great pro - penfity to attion. An hungry man is not more prone to eating, nor a thirfty man to drinking, than the perfon who hath been long fo accuftomed is to profane fwearing. There is not the fame uneafy fenfation to de- termine him as accompanieth appetites, which is the cafe likewife of other natural fprings which fet our attive powers a work; but the like
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