children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me and fhewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments; are, befide God's fovereignty over us, and propriety in us, his fervent zeal for his own worfhip, and his revengeful indignation against all false worfhip, as being a spiritual whoredom2; accounting the breakers of this commandment such as hate him, and threatening to punish them unto divers generations", and esteeming the observers

7, 13. Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar-Ye fay The table of the Lord is contempt ible-Ye faid alfo, Behold what a weariness is it! and ye have fnuffed at it, faith the Lord of Hofts; and ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the fick.

a Mat. 23. 13. But woe unto you fcribes and Pharifees, hypocrites; for ye fhut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourfelves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.

b Acts 13. 44, 45. But when the Jews faw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and fpake against thofe things which were fpoken by Paul, contradicting and blafpheming. I Theff. 2. 15, 16.

c Exod. 20. 5, 6.

d Pfa. 45. 11. He is thy Lord, and worship thou him. Rev. 15. 3, 4. And they fing the fong of Mofes the fervant of God, and the fong of the Lamb, faying, Great and mar

vellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty: just and true are thy ways, thou King of faints. Who fhall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy.

e Exod. 34. 13, 14. But ye fhall deftroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves. For thou fhalt worship no other God; for the Lord whofe name is jealous, is a jealous God.

f 1 Cor. 10. 20, 21, 22. But I fay, that the things which the Gentiles facrifice, they facrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye fhould have fellowship with devils. Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils. Do we provoke the Lord to jealoufy? Are we ftronger than he? Deut. 32. 16. 17, 18, 19. Jer, 7. 18, 19, 20. Ezek. 16. 26, 27.

g Hof. 2. 2, 3. 4. Plead with your mother, plead; for the is

of it fuch as love him and keep his commandments, and promifing mercy to them unto many generations".

Q. 111. Which is the third commandment? A. The third commandment,is, Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain: For the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his `name in vaini.

Q. 112. What is required in the third commandment?

A. The third commandment requires, that the name of God, his titles, attributes, ordinances, the word", facraments", facraments", prayer,

oaths", vows, lots", his works, and whatsoever else there is whereby he makes himself known, be holily and reverently used in thought', meditation', word" and writing; by an holy profeffion", and answerable conversation, to the glory of God, and the good of ourselves, and others.

that bread, and drink of When I confider thy heavens, that cup. For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh judgment to himself, not difcerning the Lord's body.

0 1 Tim. 2. 8. I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands without wrath and doubting.

P Jer. 4. 2. And thou fhalt fwear, the Lord liveth in truth, in judgment, and in righteouf

nefs.

the work of thy fingers, the moon and the ftars which thou haft ordained: What is man, that thou art mindful of him? O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!

w Pfal. 105. 2, 5. Talk ye of all his wondrous works. Col. 2. 17.

x Pfal. 102. 18. This fhall be written for the generation to come and the people which fhall be created, fhall praise the Lord.

y Pet. 3. 15. Be ready always to give an answer to every man that afketh you a reafon of the hope that is in you, with meeknefs and fear. Mich. 4. 5. We will walk in the name of the Lord our God for ever and ever.

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

a I Cor. 10. 31. Whether therefore ye eat or drink, or whatsoever 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.

c 1 Pet. 2. 12. Having your converfation honeft among the

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

commandment?

A. The fins forbidden in the third commandment are, the not using of God's name as is required; and the abuse of it in an ignorant, vain, irreverent, profanes, superstitious", or wicked mentioning or otherwise using his titles, attributes', ordinances, or works'; by blasphemy";

Gentiles: that whereas they fpeak against you as evil doers, they may by your good works which they fhall behold, glorify God in the day of vifita. tion.

d Mal. 2. 2. And if ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, faith the Lord of Hofts, I will even fend a curfe upon you, and I will curfe your bleffings.

e Acts 17. 23. Whom there fore ye ignorantly worship

f Prov. 30. 9. Left I be full, and deny thee, and fay, Who is the Lord? Or left I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.

Mal. 1. 6, 7, 12. If then I be a father, where is mine honour? And if I be a mafter, where is my fear? faith the Lord of Hofts unto you, O priefts, that defpife my name. 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.

h Jer. 7. 4, 9, 10, 14, 31. Truft ye not in lying words,

perjury"; all finful cursing", oaths", vows, and lots; violating of our oaths and vows, if lawful; and fulfilling them, if of things unlawful' ; murmuring and quarrelling, at", curious prying into", and mifapplying of God's decrees and providences'; mifinterpreting, mifapplying, or any

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