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meditation v, word w and writing x; by an holy pro feffion y, and answerable converfation z, to the glory of God a, and the good of ourselves, and others c.

Q. 113. What are the fins forbidden in the third commandment?

A. The fins forbidden in the third commandment are, the not ufing of God's name as is required d; and the abufe of it in an ignorant e, vain f, irreverent, profane g, fuperfti

them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.

y Plal, 8. throughout. v. 1.0 Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who haft fet thyglory abovetheheavens 7.3.When I confiderthy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the ftars which thou haft ordained; 4. What is man, that thou art mindful of him?. 9. O Lord our Lord,how excellent is thy name in all the earth!

w Col. 3 17.And whatfoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jefus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him. Plal. 195. 2 Sing unto him, fing pfalms unto him; talk ye of all his wondrous works. v. s. Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, his wonders and the Judgments of his mouth.

x Pfal. 102, 18. This fhall be written for thegeneration to come; and the people which fhall be creaied,fhall praise the Lord.

y Pet. 3. 15. But fanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an apfwer to every man that afketh you a reafon of the hope that is in you, with meeknefs and fear. Micah 4. 5. For all people will walk every one in the name of his god,and wewill walk in the name of the Lord our God for ever and ever.

z Phil.1. 27. Only let your converfation be fuch as becometh the gofpel of Chrift:

a 1 Cor. 10. 31.Whether therefore ye eat or drink,or whatfoever

ye do, do all to the glory of God.

b Jer. 32. 39. And I will give them one heart,and one way, that they may fear me for ever,for the good of them, and of their children after them.

c1 Pet. 2.12,Having your converfation honeft among the Gentiles: that whereas they speak against you as evil doers, they may by your good works which they fhall behold, glorify God inthe day of vilitation.

113. d Mal. 2.2. If you will not hear, and if you will not lay it to heart,to giveglory unto my name, faith the Lord of hofts, I will even fend a curfe upon you, and I will curfe your bleffing: yea, I have curfed them already, because you do not lay it to heart.

e Acts 17. 23.For as I paffed by, and beheldyour devotions, Ifound an altar with this infcription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD, whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.

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f Prov. 20. 9. Left I be full, and deny thee,& fay, Who is the Lord? or left I be poor,and fteal,and take the name of my God in vain.

g Mal. 1. 6.A fon honoureth his father,and a fervant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour and if I be a master, where is my fear? faith the Lord of hofts unto you, O priefts, that defpife my name and ye fay, wherein have we defpifed thy name? v. 7. Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye fay, Wherein have we polluted thee? in that ye fay,

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ftitious h, or wicked mentioning or otherwife ufing his titles attributes i, ordinances k, or works 1, by blafphemy.m,

The table of the Lord is contemptible. v. 12. But ye have profaned it, in that ye fay, the table of the Lord is polluted, and the fruit thereof, even his meat is contemptible, Mal. 3.14. Ye have faid, it is vain to ferve God; and what profit isit,thatwehavekept his ordinance, and that we have walked mourn fully before the Lord of hofts? h1 Sam,4.3. And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Ifrael faid, whereforehath the Lord fmitten us to-day before the Philiftines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of Shiloh unto us,that when it cometh among us, it may fave us out of the hand of our enemy. v. 4. So the people fent to Shiloh,that they might bringfrom thence the ark of the covenant of the Lord of hosts, which dwelleth between the cherubims: and the two fons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God. v. 5. And when the ark of the covenant of the Lord came in to the camp,all Ifrael fhouted with a great fhout,fo that the earth rang again. Jer. 7. 4. Trult ye not in lying words, faying, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, are thele. 7. 9. Will ye fteal, murder, and commit adultery,and Iwear falfly; and burn incenfe unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not; v. 10. And come and ftand before me in thishoufe, which is called by my name, and fay, we are delivered to do all these abominations?. 14. Therefore will I do unto this houfe which is called by my name, wherein ye traft,and unto the place which I gave to you, and to your fathers,as I have done to Shiloh, v. 31. And they have built the high places of Topher which is in the valley of the fon of

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Hinnom, to burn their fons and daughters in the fire, which I com manded them not, neither came it, into my heart. Col. 2. 20. Wherefore if ye be dead with Chrift from the rudiments of the world: why as though living in the world; are ye fubject to ordinances? v. 21. (Touch not, talte not, handle not: V. 22. Which all are to perifh with the ufing)after the commandments and doctrines of men,

12 Kings 18. 30. Neither let He, zekiah make you truft in the Lord, faying, the Lord will furely deliver us, & this city fhall not be deliver ed into the hand of the king of Aífyria, v. 35. Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of mine hand, that the Lord thould deliver Jerufalem out of mineland? Exod. 5.2. And Pharaoh, faid, who is the Lord, that I fhould obey his voice,to let Ifrael go? I know not the Lord, neither will I let Ifrael go. Pfal. 139. 20. For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.

k Pfal, 50.16.But unto thewicked God faith, what halt thou to do to declare my ftatutes? or that thou fhouldít take my covenant in thy mouth? v. 17. Seeing thou hateft inftruction, and caftelt my words behind thee.

Ifa,5.12, And the harp and the viol, the tabret and pipe, and wine are in their fealts; but they regard not the work of the Lord, neither confider the operation of hishands,

m2 Kings 19.22. Whomhaffthou reproached and blafphemed? and against whom halt thou exaltedthy voice, & lift up thine eyes on high? even against the holy One of Ifrael. Lev. 24.11. And the Ifraelitish wo mans fon blafphemed the name of the Lord, and curfed and they brought him unto Moles. n Zech

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perjury n; all finful curfings o, oaths p, vows 9, and Lots r violating of our oaths and vows, if lawful f, and fulfilling them, if of things unlawfult, murmuring and quarrelling

n Zech.5.4.I will bring it forth, faith the Lord of hofts,and it fhall enter into the houfe of the thief, and into the house of him that fweareth falfly by my name:and it fhall remain in the midft of his houfe, and fhall confume it, with the timber thereof, and the ftones thereof. Zech 8. 17. And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against your neighbour, and love no falfe oath for all thefe are things that I hate, faith the Lord. o1 Sam. 17. 43. And the Philiftine faid unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comeft tome with ftaves? and the Philiftine curfed David by his gods. 2 Sam. 16. s. And when king David came to Bahurim, behold,thence came out a man of the family of the houfe of Saul, whofe name was Shimei the fon of Gerar, he came forth, and curfed (till

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p Jer. 5. 7. How fhall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forfaken me, and fworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full,they then commit. ted adultery, and affembled themfelves by troops in the harlots houfes. Jer. 23. 10. For the land is full of adulterers, for becaufe of fwearing the land mourneth; the plea fant places of the wildernefs are dried up, and their courfe is evil, and their force is not right,

q Deut. 23. 18. Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog into the houfe of the Lord thy God for any vow: for even boththefe are abomination unto the Lord thy God. Acts 23.12. And when it was day, certain of Jews banded together, and bound themselvesunderacurfefaying, that they would neithereatnordrink till they had killed paul. v, 14 And

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they came to the chief priests and elders, and faid, We have bound ourselves under a great curfe,that we will eat nothing until we have flain Paul.

r Efth. 3..7. In the first month (that is, the month Nilan) in the twelfth year of king Ahafuerus, theycaft Pur,that is, the lot, before Hainan, from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth. month, that is, the month Adar. Efth.9.24.Because Haman the fon of Hamedatha the Agagite, the e nemy ofall the Jews,had devifedagainst the Jews to deftroy them, and had call Pur, (that is, the lot) to confume them, and to deftroy them, Pfal. 22. 18. They part my garments among them, and calt lots upon my velture.

fPfal. 24. 4.He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lift up his foul unto vanity,nor fworn deceitfully. Ezek, 17.16.As I live,faith the Lord God, furely in the place where the king dwelleth, that made him king,whole oath he defpifed, and whofe covenant he brake, even with him,in the midst of Babylon he fhall die, v. 18.Seeinghe defpifeththe oath,by breaking the covenant,(when lo, he had given his hand) and hath done all these things, he fhall not efcape, v.9, Therefore thus faith the Lord God, As I live, furely mine oath that he hath despised,and my covenant that hehathbroken,evenitwill I recompenfe upon his own head.

t Mark 6. 26. And the king was exceeding forry, yet for his oaths fake, and for their fakes which fat with him, he would not reject her. 1 Sam. 25. 22. So and more alfo do God unto the enemies of David,if Ileave of all that pertain to him,by he morning light, any that piffeth

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at v, curious prying into w; and mifapplying of God's de crees x and providence y; mifinterpreting z, mifapplying a, or any way perverting the word, or any part of itb, to profane jests c, curious and unprofitable questions, vain jang

against the wall. v. 32, And Davaid faid to Abigal, Bleffed be the Lord Godof Ifrael, whichsent thee this day to meet me: v. 33. And bleffed be thy advice,andbleffedbe thou, which haft kept me this day from coming to fhed blood, and from avenging myself, with mine own hand. v.34. For in very deed, as the Lord God of Ifrael, liveth whichhathkept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hafted and come to meet me, furely there had not been left unto Nabal, by the morning light,any that piffeth against the wall,

v. Rom.9. 14. What shall we fay then? Isthereunrighteousness with God? God forbid. v. 19. Thou wiltfay thenuntome, Why dothhe yet find fault? for who hathrefifted his will? v. 20. Nay,but, O man, who art thou that replieft against God? fhallthe thing formedfay to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus ?

w Deut. 29.29 The fecret things belong unto the Lord our God:but, thofe things whichare revealed belonguntousandto our children for ever,that we may do all the words of this law.

xRom.3.5. But if our unrighteoufnefscommend the righteonfnefs of God, what fhall we lay? is God unrighteous whotakethvengeance? I fpeak as a man v. 7. For if the truth of God hath more abounded throughmy lie unto his glory why, yet am I allo judged as a finner? Rom. 6. 1. What fhall we fay then? fhall we continue in fin, that grace may abound? God forbid.

y Eccl. 8. 11. Becaufe fentence against an evil work isnotexecuted fpeedily; therefore the heart of the fons of men is fully let in them to

lings, do evil. Eccl. 9. 3. This is an evil among all things that are done under the fun, that there is one event unto all: Yea, alfo the heart of the fons of men is full of evil, and madness isin their heart while they live, and after that, they go to the dead, Pfal. 39. throughout. I faid, I will take heed to my ways, that I fin not with my tongue:

z Mat. 5. 21. to the end. (See Queft. 99. letter o.)

a Ezek. 13.22. Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous fad, whom I have not made fad; and ftrengthned the hands of the wicked, that he fhould not return from his wicked way, by promifing him life.

b 2 Pet. 3. 16. As alfo in all his epiftles, fpeaking in them of these things: in which are fome things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wreft,as they do alfo the other fcriptures,unto their own deftruction. Mat. 22. 24. to the 31.Saying,Mafter, Mofes faid, if a man die, having no children, his brother fhall marry his wife, and raise up feed unto his brother. v. 25. Now there were with us feven brethren, and the firft-v. 28. Therefore in the refurrection,whofe wife fhall the be of the feven? for they all had her. v.29. Jefus anfwered and faid unto them, ye do err, not knowing the fcriptures, nor the power of God. v. 20. For in the refurrection--

c Ifa. 22. 13. And behold, joy and gladness,flaying oxen,and killing theep, cating flesh, and drinking wine; let us eat and drink,for to morrow we fhall die. Jer.43.34. And as for the prophet, and the priest,and the people that fhall fay, the burden of the Lord,I will even

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lings, or the maintaining of false doctrined; abusing it, the creatures, or any thing contained under the name of God, to charms e, or finful luft and practices f; the maligning g, fcorn

punifhthat manandhishoufe.v.36. And the burden of the Lord fhall ye mention no more: for every mans word fhall be his burden; for ye have perverted the words of the living God, of the Lord of hofts our God. v. 38. But fith ye fay, The burden of the Lord; therefore thus faith the Lord, becaufe you fay this word, The broken of the Lord, and I have fent unto you, faying, Ye fhall not fay, The burden of the Lord.

d1 Tim.1.4. Neither give heed to fables, and endless genealogies, which minifter queftions, rather than godly edifying, which is in faith fo do.v.6.From which(faith) fome having fwerved, have turned afide unto vain jangling; v. 7. De firing to be teachers of the law,understanding neither what they fay, nor whereforetheyaffirm.1 Tim.6. 4.He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and ftrifes of words, whereof cometh envy, ftrife, railings, evil furmi fings. v. 5. Pervefe difputings of men of corrupt minds, and deftitute of the truth, fuppofing that gain is godlinefs; from fuch withdraw thyfelf. v. 20. O Timothy, keep that which iscommittedtothy truft, a voiding profane and vain bablings, & oppofitionsoffcience, falfly fo called. 2 Tim. 2. 14. Of thele things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord, that they ftrive not about words,to no profit, but to the fubverting of the hearers. Tit. 3. 9. But avoid foolish queftions, and genealogies, and contentions and itrivings about the law, fortheyare unprofitable and vain.

e Deut. 18. 1O, 11, 12, 13, 14: There thall not be found among you any one that maketh his fonor

his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an obferverof times,or an inchanter, or a witch. v,11. Ora charmer,or a confulter with familiar fpirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer, v. 12 For all that do these things are an abomination unto the Lord, &c, Acts.19.13. Then certain ofthevagabond Jews,exorcifts,took upon them to call over them which had evil fpirits, the name of the Lord Jefus, faying, We adjure you by Jefus whom Paul preacheth.

f 2 Tim. 4. 3. For the time will come when they will not endure found doctrine; but after their own lufts fhall they heap to themfelvesteachers,havingitchingears. v. 4. And they hallturn away their ears from the truth, and fhall be turned unto fables. Rom. 13. 13. Let us walkhoneftly asin the day; not in rioting & drunkennefs, not in chamberingandwanton nefs,not in ftrifeand envying. v, 14.Butput ye on the Lord Jefus Chrift, and make not provifion for the flesh, to fulfil the lufts thereof. 1 Kings 21. 9. And fhe wrote in the letters faying proclaim a feast,and set Naboth on high a mong the people: v. 10. And fet two men, fons of Belial, before him, to bear witnefs againft him, faying, Thou didst blafphame God and the king and then carry him out, and ftone him that he may die. Jude v. 4. For there are certain men creep in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodl y men, turning the grace of our God into lafcivioufnefs, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jefus Chrift.

gActs 13,44, But when the Jews faw themultitudes,they were filled with envy, and fpake against thofe

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