I .2.2. The thirdCc!mmandement. reafon ofthd~ ignorance,or_error,cannot find out t.hc rigbt, and counterfett matters pa£1, for currant: yet the Iudge of Judges will make a be-tter inquirie, and let downe a more true and vpright fentence, andwill lay open their innocen.. cy,and the damnable hypocrifie.~and impudency oftheirad– uerfades: and not only difcouer it,but plague and:confound them forit,ifthey -perfiH impenitent. And this was the cafe ofNabeth, :tnd his children. He was by fuch wretched dea– ling (urprifed and brought to death, as a malefactor, .and traytor againll the King,and blafphemer ofGod: but hath not God f11ewed inhis Word, howhe brought ddhuetion vpon the aCtors, and rooted them out, and fwept them ~nd their fecde away from the face of the earth ? atld 1\lahothJ rrar.ne is now cleared, and euery one that heareth ·of hiin, knoweth him to haue been bc.'ttcr than Aha6 or fefo6el. So that,God brought their fin nevpon their hcads>and hath not fuffered his innocencie to be flain~d. God would not beare with it : howeuer, for fcare ofA ha/; the King, no man durfi go abeut to redrdle it. Therefore albeit fomctimes wicked finners will impudently outface, and by fwearing and for.. fwearing,ouerfway good caufes ofGods children>and carrie away matters for a time, that are altogether falfe: yet be pa.. tient, God will not let the vprightnesofhis children beeal. wayopprdfed: he will not flill fuffer his facred name thus wickedly to be abufed, and made alhelcer for lies and flaun. tJers, but when thegood time comes, he will let theworld· fee how fhamefully they dealt.•And though now,whileGad holdceth his peace,they Batter themfelues, and be not afraid to prophane his name, fo theymay eftea their malicious purpofes, formatters to.go on their fide: yet God will caufe theirwkkednes to returne, and fall vpon their owne heads, and theirowne lhame .tbaH couenheir faces; and the wrong doneJ both to his name~ and tohis feruants, fha ll bee fully · ,difcoucred and rcuenged. Thus much concerning the third · Commandement, for theglorifying of Gods name. Now followeth the fourth, in thefe words.
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