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A practical exposition of the X. Commandments with a resolution of several momentous questions…A practical exposition of the X. Commandements with a resolution of several momentous questions…

Name: A practical exposition of the X. Commandments with a resolution of several momentous questions…
Author: James Durham

A practical exposition of the X. Commandments with a resolution of several momentous questions and cases of conscience.A practical exposition of the X. Commandements with a resolution of several momentous questions and cases of conscience.

James Durham 1622–1658London: printed for Dorman Newman, 1675

[64], 465 p. · 204k words · Wing D2822 · ESTC R19881

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AN EXPOSITION OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, Delivered in several LECTURES. › The Third Commandment. Exod. 20. v. 7. Thou shalt not take the Name…: The Third Commandment. Exod. 20. v. 7. Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God…

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.

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We would in the entry distinguish betwixt these four 1. Oaths. 2. Asseverations. 3. Simple affirmations or Assertions. 4. Imprecations or Curses.

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1. Oaths are such as directly invocate God by such like expressions, as Be, or By, as By my holiness I have sworn, Psal. 89. I swear by the Lord.

1. Oaths are such as directly invocate God by such like expressions, as Be, or By, as By my holiness I have sworne, Psal. 89. I swear by the Lord.

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2. Asseverations (called vehement Assertions) are expressed thus, As the Lord liveth, As that Light shineth, in Conscience, Faith, &c.

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3. Simple assertions are such as in truth, truly, indeed, which but speak the thing simply, and affirm that to be true or false that is asserted, and so belongeth to the 9th. Command only, as such.

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