A34242:454
The Confession of Faith, and the Larger and Shorter Catechism
The confession of faith ; and, The larger and shorter catechism first agreed upon by the Westminster Assembly of Divines at Westminster, and now approved by the General Assembly of the kirk of Scotland to be a part of uniformity in religion between the kirks of Christ in the three kingdoms.
Edinbourg: printed by George Swinton and Thomas Brown, 1671
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.
A. The reasons annexed to the third Commandment in these words [The Lord thy God] & [For the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his Name in vains,] are because he is the Lord & our God, and therefore his name is not to be profaned, or any way abused by ust, especially, because he is so far from acquitting and sparing the transgressors of this Commandment, as that he will not suffer them to escape his righteous judgmentu, albeit many such escape the Censure and punishment of menw.
A. The reasons annexed to the third Commandment in these words [The Lord thy God] & [For the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his Name in vains,] are because he is the Lord & our God, and therefore his name is not to be profaned, or any way abused by ust, especially, because he is so far from acquitting and sparing the transgressours of this Commandment, as that he will not suffer them to escape his righteous judgmentu, albeit many such escape the Censure and punishment of menw.