25g Chap 5 The Conrn;ination agianfi the breaking thisCo.rn,Cc,no, 3; TheBlafphemer wasto be (toned by Gods appointment under theLaw, t"il.04 ". And inanother place, a curfe was laid upon the perjured woman, which would Numb. 5, a ;. make her thigh to rot, andher belly to(wed. In the Prophet, there is aflying bookagainft fatefwearers, and their houfes to con_ Zack: 5. 4.. fume, thepoftr, timber;, Jtonesandall.. Neither hath God punifhed only privateperfons, but whole Nations for this fin. r Sam n. t. He fent a famine in /fad, for breaking the Oathwith the G'ibeonites. Saul for not calling on thename of God, but confulting with Witches, was fuff- r Sam. 34.4. red to kilhhimfelf , having firii feen his people overcome, and his childrenRain. 2 King .19 ;y Sennàcherib for blafpheming tine name of the living God, after his Army was overcome, was Rain by his own sons. God fent defiruftion and captivity upon a jrrem.at. 7. wholeLand for this fin. Ahab, yezabel, Baals Prophets( Blafphemers under pretence of Religion ) Rain a King.9 & io by fehu. Lick. 17 I 6. When Zedekiah brakehis Oath, by rebelling again(t Nebuchadnezzar, though a Tyrant, an Ufurper, a Heathen, yet God threatens him; Shall he efcape ? (hall he pas. 4 & 5 profper that doh theft. things ? fhall hebreal¿,the Covenant and be delivered ? Ananias for lying to the holy Ghoil,and prophaning the name of God came to anuntimely end. Whole Volumes have been written of themanifeftjudgments of God upon Ka 5, 6. particular perfons, and whole Nations for this fin. Thou (halt deftroy them that fpaakfres, muchmore thofe that fwtar fa1Ry. And indeed amans own mouth that ly- Witd. r. u, etti, j ayeth his Soul : and that is the wont punifhment, the punifhment eternal. The temporal hatha time to end, but the punifhment of the life to come (hall be Eternal. And the reafon that God is fo fevere an Avenger of the breach of this Com- mandment, is the jealoufie of his name. For if a private man be careful to pre- ferve his goodName and Reputation; God is much more, becaufe his name is a more glorious name, than any mans canbe. We ufe to fay, what is a man, but his good name ? Crudelis eftfib: homo quifamannegligit, vel inultam finit, He is cruel to himfelf, that is negligent of hisgoodname, or will not vindicate it. Solon-s l o fafaros duellam eft permittendum, quia partpaffu ambular cam vita, duels may be permitted ( fay force Cafuifts) for the vindication of ones name, becaufe when a mans Re, putation is loft, he is as goodas dead. If it be fo with men, and that they will de- fend their goodname to the death ; yea, the name of a friend, or any that we re- ceive benefit by ; God is not then to be accufed, if he punifh thofe that abufe his Nance. So than to conclude, if Gods name be, (asmolt certainly it is ) molt glorious in Pfalm g. s. it felf ; Howglorious is thy name in allthe world ? And as it is glorious, fo isit holy and reverend too; Holy and reverend is his name, faith thePfalmift : Then it mull be r 4. r. fo in everyoneof us, it behooves every one to ufeit holily and reverently, and to glorifie it to their power. If we do itnot willingly it thall be glorified upon us,me- lentes, volentes, whether wewill or not, as it was upon Pharaoh, Iwill harden Pha- raohs heart,and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, andall his Heft. Exod. 14.4 God faith of Ifrael, Thouarta holypeople to theLord, Deut. 14. a. We mull be as Ifrael,or as Pharaoh ; if weglorifie himnot with Ifrael, he will glorifie it upon us with Pharaoh: forthe Lordwill not holdhimguiltlefr, that taketllo his name invain. THE
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