Fourth Commandment. Thirdly, Labour to poffefs thy Heart, and ovcr~aw~ it with the mo~ ferio~JS confi...: · JI[. derations and apprehenfions of the Greatnefs and MaJefty ?f Gc~.i. ... 1 h1s_ w1ll be a good Prefcrvative to keep the<; frorn abufin& and prophanmg his N:1n1e 111 commotl and r:lfh Swc1ring: Is he the great and ternble G~d of Heaven a1~d Eal'th, and !hall I put that .lndignity upon him, to call him from Ius Throne to w1tncfs e~ery Vanity and Trifle that I utter? VVonld I ferve any Mortal Man f~, whom I rcfpea? or wonld not he accomlt it an Affi·ont and lnj nry done him ? How much more then will the great God be provoked, ':Vho i~ fo great and glorious, ~hat it tires the conceptions of Angels to apprehend h1s MaJefty; how much mot·c wlll he he provoked to have his Name, which he hath commanded to be facred and reverend, daily rubb'd and worn out between thofe lips that talk fo many light, fool i01, and impertinent Vanities? There are fcvcral other Violations of this Third Commandment?. as Blafphemy, r alh Vows, unneceffitry Lots, q-c. which being chiefly to be condemned upon the fame account as Swearing, and a vain irreverent Invoking the Name of God, I fhall not treat of them particularly, but leave the fins and gu ilt of them to be el1:imated, together with a due conrrdcration of the feveral circumftances that attend them. The great 11ofitive Duty required in this Comm:md, is the reverencing and fanltifying the Name of God, whenfoever v..-e. m::tke mention of him, or of any thing that relates unto him. But becaufe .I have m a former Trea ti[c fpoken concerning on the~· that SubjeCT, I fhall therefore wave It at prefent, and here put an end to the Expo.:. c~nd {T fition of this Third Commandment. ~~~~ ~;i The Fourth Commandment. lllcmtmbtt tUt ~abbatb ~ap, to ketp 1t '$Olp. ~tt ~aps fi)alt tbou tabour, ann no an ttJp D!)O~k. li5utt!)c: ~t" llmt!) IDap ts tbc: ~abuato of tbt 1£o~ll tbl:' <lOon: in it tbou ll),llt not tlo anp <Kio~k, 3r::bou, no: tb!' ~on, no: tfJp IDaugbter, noz tf)p ®an,ftrllant, no: tf)p ®mnfecbilnt, noz tbe ftrangtr t!)at is tllit!)in tl)!' <!f5,1ftS'. :ffot m ft~ ~ap.s t!Je l!.OlD mane Jl)taben anD enrt(}, tbt rea, anti all tbat tn tbtm ts, anti rtfttll t!Jc febentb 3Dap: ilillJmfo:e tbt 1!.-o~n bltlfen tbt fallbat!J ~ap, ann billlo\nen it. WE arc now arrived, in purfi.lance of ouT derigneci Method, to the Fcill·th :tnci. Laft Commanc_lmcnt_of the "Firft Tabl~; and_ with the Expofition of this> I fha\1 fhut up the Conlideratton of thofe Duttes whtch do immediatel y concern the \V or !hip and Service of God. We have already obferved, as a great deal ofWifdom <ind Excellency in the Matter of each Command, fo a great deal ofHeavenly Art in the Method and Digeftion of them. And nponfer~ous Reflcxions on both, we may v"cry well conclude that tryc:y~re as well the contrivance of the Divine tJnderftanding, as the ingravfng of h1s Fmger. . The ·Firft requires that which is firft and principally to be regarded; -viz... The mward Veneration of the true God, in the deareft Love, and highcft Efteetn and choiceft AffeC1ions of a pious Soul. ' The Second injoyns the cxter~al Expreffio~1s df this Reverence, in the proftration of the Body, and other ACls of v1fible Worlh1p. For although God chiefly r egards the Heart, and the Frame and Dtfpofiuon of the mward Man; yet he neglcC.h nor to obfervc the due Compofure of the Body, as a Te!limony of the Soul's fincerity. K k And Prayt"l'.
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