IO~ ThtlhirdC4mm4nJemcnt. as ,vetlJbeforeGodmany times; :picke apurfe;) the.n, in all the hatle.Qod·mufl be pra1fed for ·their tbe·cuerie. I thanke God; I haue fped wellJ hauc good lucke. What? is God 1 gamefiet'? is he a Diccr now ?mull he be at euery idle per– fons beck, whenhee is robbing his neighbour? Monftrous perfons that dare be fo impudent; they f11all feele and fee (ifeuer God waken their confcience, in tnis life; and ifhee do not,yet ia the life toco~e)t.hat it wa~ · afault bad enough to take away mens goods 111 thts manner: but farre greaterJ ·when they will dare to abufe God in it. 'Meanes tQ Now,thebell medicine to preferoe vs from all thefe fins, ~rC:!ea1:u- and abufes ofqo~s titles,is fet do\vne Deur.28 . 58 ~ Feare the ~n·g Gods glorioUI and{tarfHOnt~meoftlu Lordd~y God: feare it fo,that udes. · h' k f' b · h you name It not, n0r t tn e o tt, ut wu · g~eat reuerence. For,.ifone bee audacious to takeGodsDa.clie in his mouth, Abuhg without feare and due regard, God ~ill ·Jay plagues vpon G~sr~o- him,and thofe not lhort and flight.; but fore and grieuous, pekr~tes,has. oflong continuance and great durante.·And ifone tremble ta tng 11 . 11... . • . • . ra.:1me m and fearc before God thus,he u1al.I ncuer abufe h1s name. vaiRe. Thirdly,Godsname is taken in vainebyabufing hi.c; pro:. perties,andby ralh fpeaking ofthe~: As,ofhis power, wif .. . dome, merde, patience;iuGice.J&c. whkh are abufcd when we fpeak ofthem carnally,and careldly)or contemptuoufly. As z.King.7. when the Prince, on vvhofe h3nd the King lea– ned,heard the Prophet fay,th~ corne thould be fo che.ap, fo {uddenly after that extreame dearth, he faid,Though God · ilould make windows in heaucn,that co 1ldnot be fo. Now this was a feardi.dl impietie to fpcake fo bafely ofGods po· wer,and fo co()temptuoUfly, as though his firength ~ere re be meafuredbymans flrcngth, and Godcouldnot tell how to bring it to paHe, bccaufe thePrince could not tell how, nor faw any meane:r; ft·w there bee alludeth to NQah his flood, as ifht;e had·fa1d, lf·God fl1 culd fl1ould rain'e corne now,as faR as he rainrd water t.hen :.~ it could notJrefo :·but it was fo,and he faw it fo,b ut had no gr>od hy ir, ~~!1ce-was prefl to death .by the throirg .. as a iu fi reward ofhi~. con– temptuous fpecch ,ai~d vhb~ J ee fe ofGodspower. ... , So likew !fe~hjs ~rouidcricearidwifedoin iS abufed,wiJen ·one
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