A37046:626
The law unsealed
The law unsealed: or, A practical exposition of the Ten Commandments With a resolution of several momentous questions and cases of conscience. By the learned, laborious, faithful servant of Jesus Christ, Mr. James Durham, late minister of the Gospel at Glasgow.
Glasgow: printed by Robert Sanders, 1676
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.
That our Conviction may be the clearer, let us see what belongeth to the right going about of duty, or to the suitable mentioning of the Lords Name, the want whereof, or any part thereof maketh us more or less guilty of taking it in vain 1. Then there is a necessity that we propose a good and right end, and al•• singly at it; for if all things should be done to Gods glory, this of the Naming of the Lord should be in a special manner so: this is a mans call to Pray, Preach▪ Hear, &c. to wit, the concernment of Gods Name, that is, 1. That God may be honoured. 2. That we our selves, or others may be edified. 3. That a command may be obeyed in the Conscience of Duty; Those then who adventure to profess or name God, or to go about any ordinance, seeking themselves and not the Lord, as is supposed men may do, 2 Cor. 4. 5. 2. out of envy▪ as they did of whom Paul speaketh, Phil. 1. 15, 16. 3, To be honoured of men, as the Pharisees designed by their long prayers. 4. For the fashion, or out of mere custom. 5. For making peace with God, by mentioning his name so often in Ordinances, mis-regarding and taking no notice of the Mediator in the mean time: these I say and such like will meet with that sad word, In vain do ye worship me.
That our Conviction may be the clearer, let us see what belongeth to the righ• going about of duty, or to the suitable mentioning of the Lords Name, the want whereof, or any part thereof maketh us more or less guilty of taking it in vain 1. Then there is a necessity that we propose a good and right end, and al•• singly at it; for if all things should be done to Gods glory, this of the Naming of the Lord should be in a special manner so: this is a mans call to Pray, Preach▪ Hear, &c. to wit, the concernment of Gods Name, that is, 1. That God may be honoured. 2. That we our selves, or others may be edified. 3. That a command may be obeyed in the Conscience of Duty; Those then who adventure to profess or name God, or to go about any ordinance, seeking themselves and not the Lord, as is supposed men may do,