An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of…

Thirdly, We find in Scripture, that some kind of sinning is blaspheming. The Apostle tells the Jews (Rom. 2.24.) The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles, through you: That is, his name is evil spoken of, a bad report is brought upon his name, he hears ill among evil men, among the Gentile•, through you, that is, through the unanswerableness of your doings, to your sayings, or through the unlikeness of your practises, to your profession. To blaspheme the name of God is to strike through, to wound the name of God; it is somewhat to a man to have his name struck through with the poisoned Arrows and Darts of reproach. An ill tongue falls heavy, and cuts deep. A blasphemed name is a ⟨p. 35⟩tongue-beaten name: And is this nothing to God?

Thirdly, We find in Scripture, that some kind of sinning is blaspheming. The Apostle tels the Jews (Rom. 2.24.) The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles, through you: That is, his name is evil spoken of, a bad report is brought upon his name, he hears ill among evil men, among the Gentile•, through you, that is, through the unanswerablenesse of your doings, to your sayings, or through the unlikenesse of your practises, to your profession. To blaspheme the name of God is to strike through, to wound the name of God; it is somewhat to a man to have his name struck through with the poysoned Arrows and Darts of reproach. An ill tongue falls heavy, and cuts deep. A blasphemed name is a ⟨p. 35⟩tongue-beaten name: And is this nothing to God?

Fourthly, Some sins are not only in themselves a contempt of God, but they are committed in contempt of God. When men sin presumptuously, and with a high hand; when they sin with a command shining in their eye, with a threat sounding in their ear, they even send a defiance to Heaven, and bid God do his worst: And is this nothing against God? nothing unto God? One of the Ancients writing at large of two Cities,