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A treatise of the fear of God showing what it is, and how distinguished…A treatise of the fear of God shewing what it is, and how distinguished…
A treatise of the fear of God showing what it is, and how distinguished from that what is not so : also whence it comes, who has it, what are the effects, and what the privileges of those that have it in their hearts / by John Bunyan.A treatise of the fear of God shewing what it is, and how distinguished from that what is not so : also whence it comes, who has it, what are the effects, and what the priviledges of those that have it in their hearts / by John Bunyan.
London: printed for N. Ponder, 1679
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Make mention then of the name of the Lord at all times with great dread of his Majesty upon your hearts, and in great soberness and truth. To do otherwise is to profane the name of the Lord, and to take his name in vain; And the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. Yea, God saith, that he will cut off the man that doth it; so jealous is he of the honour ⟨p. 16⟩due unto his name, Exod. 20.7. Levit. 20.3.
This therefore showeth you the dreadful state of those that lightly, vainly, lyingly, and profanely make use of the name, this fearful name of God; either by their blasphemous cursing and oaths, or by their fraudulent dealing with their neighbour; (for some men have no way to prevail with their neighbour to bow under a cheat, but by calling falsely upon the name of the Lord to be witness that the wickedness is good and honest:) but how these men will escape (when they shall be judged) devouring fire, and everlasting burnings, for their profaning and blaspheming of the name of the Lord, becomes them betimes to consider of, Jer. 14.14, 15. Ezek. 20.39. Exod. 20.7.
This therefore sheweth you the dreadful state of those that lightly, vainly, lyingly, and profanely make use of the name, this fearful name of God; either by their blasphemous cursing and oaths, or by their fraudulent dealing with their neighbour; (for some men have no way to prevail with their nighbour to bow under a cheat, but by calling falsly upon the name of the Lord to be witness that the wickedness is good and honest:) but how these men will escape (when they shall be judged) devouring fire, and everlasting burnings, for their profaning and blaspheming of the name of the Lord, becomes them betimes to consider of,