EXODlls XX. dec verfions. The Hebr. phrafe is,on the thirds ,& on the fourth,: fuch defe &s arc comnion,fee Exo 12.3. Gen.4 ao. & 24.22. So after in v.6. unto thoufznds, that is,the thoufand generation. ofthem that hate me] or my haters: whereunto the Chald.addeth, when the fans goe on to fn a Res tbeie fathers. For here- by they turn to be Gods enennes,Míc.2.8.asthey do love hins,that keep his comnndements, v.6. 6 Verf 6. love me, &c.] Lave is firft named as that from which the keeping of the commandements proceedcth, John 14. 15. for , the end of the Com- mandanent, is Love out of a pure heart, &c. 1 Tinsoth. n. 5. and towards fuch as love him, andkepe his cemmandements, God beeped, covenant and merge, Daniel 9.4. The Hebrew Do&ors write, Let not a man fay, loe I doe the Law , and exercife my fella in the wifdome thereof, to the end that I may receive all the ble /ngs that are written therein ; er that I may be worthy of life, in the world that istocome: and I will keepe mee from the tranfgrefons which the Law warn - eth mee of, that I may be delivered from the turfs, written in the Law , or that I be not cut o from the life of the world to come. It is not meet to ferve God after this manner. For hoe that ferveth thus, ferveth offlare , Çc. but bee that fervetb of love, exërcifeth himfe f in the Law, and walketh in the wale, of wife- dame; not becaufe of any thing in the world, nor, fir flare of evill or that be may inherit good things : but loth the truth, becaufeit is the truth, &e. And this to a very great eligmtie which no wife mania worthy of : and it was the dignitie of Abraham our father whom the holy blef'ed (God) called his Lover (or Friend, Efay 41. 8 ) beeaufe he feerved him not but tf Love. And this is the dignitie which God eommandeth us, by the hand ofMoCes, faying; And thou fhalt love the I Lord thy God, (Deut. 6. 5.) And at what time a man loveth the Lord, with love convenient, immediatly he will doe all the Commandements,out oflove,&e. Maim. treat. of Repentance, chap. 1 o. fe&.1,2. 7 Verf 7. not talteup] to wit, upon thy lippes, or mouth, (as this phrafe is opened in Pfal. 16.4. and 1g o. 16.) that is, not fpeake, Life, or mention. So to take upaproverbe,Eia. 14.4. to take up alameuc Cation, Ezek. 26.17. is to fpeake orutter the fame. The Chaldee reftraineth it to oneparticular, thou fhalt not fweare by the name, &c. and the Thargum called Jonathan, , thus , My people the hufe of Ma- e); Let not any of you fweare by the name of the Word of the LORD your God in vaine : but though fwea- ring be a principali thing here intended, Efa. 48. 1. yet the precept is more large, forbidding all unreverent & unholy ufe of Gods name, in heart, mo,th,or a&ion : and commanding the fan&ify- ing thereof, as it is Holy & Reverend,Mat.6,9. PCal. I. 9. and to fweare by the fame, Deut.6.13. Name] that whereby God hath made himfelfe knowne; as his titlesand attributes,Ex.34.5,6,7. his Word,Law, Gofpel,Deut.32.3. A&.9.15, (as the Law of thrill, Efa, 42.4. is expounded to be his Name.Mat.r 2.2 t.)alfo prayer,Gen.4.26.and Gods wholeworlhip,and all ordinances pertain- ing thereto, Den.12.5. Mal.1.t 1,12.Mic.4. yrhis Sacraments ,Mat.28.18,7 9.cenfures,t Cor.6.4,5 Mat.18.2 o.and whatfoeverbelongeth to Chrifti- an Religion , is consprifed in this Name of God. That as the ad. cómandenient teacheth us where- with to ferve the Lord ; fo this 34. direð us unto the holy ufe of all Religion,in heart,profef- lion & a&ion. invaine]or,to vanitie: which word implieth alto faftie, (as after in v.16.) and fo it is sited to denote falfe religion or idolatry , Jer. 18.15.Jon.2.9. folfe do&rine,errour,and herefie, Lana. z. i 4. Ezek.13.6,7. but commonly vaine arid fruitleffe (peaking or doing whereof no good commeth,Pfa.127.1,2.ECa.1.13. Jer.4.3 0:& 6.29. So two things chiefly are here forbiddë;the men- tioning or ufing of Gods name, in word or deed, when it fhould not be ufed, for that there is rio juf caufe fo to do: fecondly,t he ufing of it amiffe, when duty bindeth us to !Ai it with feare & ho- lineffe. As fwearing when there is no castle of an oath, Mat.6.34. and fwearing falflyyLevis [ 9.1 z . fwearing and not performing,2Ghr.36.13. vow- ing and not paying,Det1.23.21. vaine praying, in refpe& of matter or manner,Job 3 5.13. Mat.6.7. corruption in teaching, or hearing the Word of God , Ezek. z 1.29, 2 Cor. 2.7. Mat. 13.19. Ezek. 33.31. abufing the Word to unlawful] arts fit - perftition, jetting, profaneneffe, Dent.18. t 1.Efa. 66.5.abufe of the Sacraments and holy my fteries, Mah .t 1,12. 1 Gor.11.27,2 9. Jer.7,4, t o. abufe of Ecdefiafticall cenftires,Efa.66.5.abufe of Lots, Efth.3.7. Prov.16.33. hypocrifìe in any religious worke, Meta 5.7,8,9. and all unbeliefe, Rom. 4. 23. Jam. 1. 6. a finfull converftion, whereby the Name ofGod is blafphemed amongthe Gentiles, Rom. 2. 24. with whatfoever elfe is çonkrary to çhe fans & ifying of Gods name; whiéh on the other part is here commanded, Lev. 22.31,3 2. The Hebrew Doors fay; Whofiever eranfreffèth wittingly , and without conflraint, anyone of all the Commandemems ¡o- ken of in the Law, with a contemptuous foule, to provoke, (Godo) anger;loe this man pollutetb the Name (ofGod:)' and ifbe tranfgrefs in the prefince of ten men of Ifrael, he polluteth the Name publikely. A f, whofoever feparateth him[ Ifs font tranfgrefon , or cloth that which it comman- ded, not for any thing in the world, nor for flare or dreads nor for to feeke hanour ; but for our bleflid Creators faire -, as Jofeph the juif refrained himfefe from bir matters wife ,(Gen.39.9.) loe this man fandifeth the Name (of the Lord.) Maimony in I fudei hatorab , c. 5. f. 1 o. guiltle] oreleare,innocent: that ishe will not leave him unpunifhed: (fo the phrafe fignifietb, as is opened in t Ein.2.9.) but he [hall be plagued in this world, or in that which is to coni_,as7harg. Jonathan paraphrafeth, the Lord will not hold him jul-f I (or innocent) in the great day ,[judgement. Verf.8. Remember] Hebr.to remember : of 'which 8 phrafe, fee Exo. 13.3. God fpeaketh thus of this commandement,to note the importance ofir ;for he reckoneth the breach of this precept,as one of the greateft fins in Ifrael, Ezek. 20. 12. & 22. 8. & 23. 3 8, &c. Likewife tofìstniñe the antiquitie of it,as being from the creation of the world,Gen.2_ 2,3.and for that it was to be kept but one day in feven; that when the time conic, it be not forgot- ten or negle&ed In repeating this law,Mofes faith Obfehve (or keepe) the Sabbath, Deut.S. t a. In Efa. Gg 58.13.
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