On the contrary side, taking glory from God, It is truly said,1 If thou sinnest, what d•st thou against God? But the sinner, especially the wilful sinner, whose sins are committed directly against the divine Majesty, hath a mind, will and desire, if it were in his power, to rob God of his glory, and to take it from him, and God doth so account of him, as if by him he were indeed actually and properly deprived of glory. To such he saith,h ye have robbed me In these respects Glory is taken from God, wheni he is denied to be, ork not glorified as God: or whenl that which is due to God is given to others, orm assumed to ones self. In these and other like respects God is said to be nblasphemed. To blaspheme, according to the notation of the original word, is* to hurt ones fame: and in the Law a blasphemer is said to strike through the Name of the Lord. Not that any hurt is properly done to God, or to his glorious Name, but that, if it could be hurt, they do what they can to hurt it: or that they hinder the brightness of Gods glory from shining forth to others: as a man, that cannot take away any whit of light from the Sun, may notwithstanding by sundry means hinder the Sun-shine from others.
On the contrary side, taking glory from God, It is truely said,1 If thou siunest, what d•st thou against God? But the sinner, especially the wilfull sinner, whose sinnes are committed directly against the deuine Maiesty, hath a minde, will and desire, if it were in his power, to rob God of his glory, and to take it from him, and God doth so account of him, as if by him hee were indeede actually and properly depriued of glory. To such he saith,h ye haue rob•ed me In these respects Glory is taken from God, wheni he is denied to be, ork not glorified as God: or whenl that which is due to God is giuen to others, orm assumed to ones selfe. In these and other like respects God is said to bee nblasphemed. To blaspheme, according to the notation of the originall word, is* to hurt ones fame: and in the Law a blasphemer is said to strike thorow the Name of the Lord. Not that any hurt is properly done to God, or to his glorious Name, but that, if it could bee hurt, they doe what they can to hurt it: or that they hinder the brightnesse of Gods glory from shining forth to others: as a man, that cannot take away any whit of light from the Sun, may notwithstanding by sundry meanes hinder the Sun-shine from others.
