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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of the book of Job being the substance of thirty-five lectures / by Joseph Caryl ...
London: printed by M. Simmons, 1664
AN EXPOSITION WITH Practical Observations UPON The Thirty-fifth, Th… › Chapter 35 › Verses 4-8
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First, When a People, especially when a professing People, sin, The name of God is profaned; and is that nothing to God? Is it not against God, to have his name profaned? We find the Lord charging this upon his People (Ezek. 36.20, 21.) They profaned my name among the Heathen, &c. To profane the name of God, is to make it as an unholy, as a common, yea, as a corrupt thing; and is this nothing to God?
First, When a People, especially when a professing People, sin, The name of God is prophaned; and is that nothing to God? Is it not against God, to have his name p•ophaned? We find the Lord charging this upon his People (Ezek. 36.20, 21.) They prophaned my name among the Heathen, &c. To prophane the name of God, is to make it as an unholy, as a common, yea, as a corrupt thing; and is this nothing to God?
Secondly, To sin is to dishonour God, 'tis called, A despising of God, (1 Sam. 2.30.) Them that honour me, I will honour; and they that despise me, shall be lightly esteemed. Is it nothing to be despised, to be dishonoured? If a man be despised, he thinks himself wronged; loss of honour is a great loss.
Secondly, To sin is to dishonour God, 'tis called, A despising of God, (1 Sam. 2.30.) Them that honour me, I will honour; and they that despise me, shall be lightly esteemed. Is it nothing to be despised, to be dishonoured? If a man be despised, he thinks himself wronged; losse of honour is a great losse.