go The thirdC~mmttndcm~nt. · he begreatl~ difi1onoure~, yet they~~y !t nott~)l~~art,nei. ther care for It.. Therefore,lett men lhoulqmake:tJO ·account ofthis.fo great a finne,(becaufe it is a t:hitlg that mans Jawes .takes little or nonoticeof) he fets do\\'.Oe the punilbment: that though thepofitiue !awes oftnen iliould take no hold on fuch perfons, yc.t the God of heauen and earth will take fuch in laand,an.ddeale ~ith therrt himfelfe:hewill not corn· mit them ouer to the hands of inferieur officers, but himfclf will fe~ their execution done. Now the commandement. .doth partly forbid, partly command. le forbids ingenerall te take the name ofGod in vaine, as i~ lliewed in the Table. 'Doelr. The doctrinehr,re t·aught, is, that great care is to be had · Speciall that the holy name of the Lord bee not difhonoured by vs: tare to be badofvs, As it is in dignitie abouc euery other ~ame, fo ought ic to that wee hatreeflimation aboue all other names. As hee himfdfe re.. ~:d~:;me quireth,Dcut.28•s 8. Thou fhahjeare th·u gloriom aildftart– in vainc. full name)the Lord thy God.Ifhe be fo gratious to :tdfi11it.vs to that,which we bafe creatures are alt6gether vnwortl1ie of,as todeale with his MaidHe, te be fpoken of, and fpoken to, and himfelfe to fpeake tovs: Iec no~vs be fo vnthankfuH as to defile his holy things, which hee committeth to vs, with polluted Iips,atld' vnfun~ified hearts.'And this.fhoul~ c~ufc vs to be [o_ much the more carefull hereof, by ho~ much the benefit will be greater to~ur felues,ifwe can make the rigbt vfe ofthis reuerend andbldledname. ~· · The bene~ · It yeeldeth fafetie to them that are i~ petill, and is,as it ~ts of ~hef wereac~!He or tower for proteCtion, for all righteous m.en ~~h:e:,:.0 that will runne vnto it, Prou.t8.I o. It conferreth all com– ~f~od~me fortable de.lights, toth~m that feele the venue ofit in their heart :and fs compared 111 the fongs ofS~tloman,chap.x. 2. to a moH pretious andodoriferous 1intment, and that not lhut - vp in aboxe, -huepowredoHt, whichdoth the1noreaugmeat the fwcete fauour ofit : as in that which was bellowedvpon Chrifl. And this doth much a1lurefound hearted ChrHlians, (whofe.affe8.ions goenot awhoringafter·earth1y vanitie)co embrace and loue him• . 1 . Firll, Gods name is t~ken in va~ne, in ,life,byanvngoalie, and vnholieconuerfation,ofth9fe that profcffe the religion of
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