A37049:545

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…

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3. As for mentioning the Devil in such Imprecations, as Devil a bit or Fiend a Body, or such like, it is most Abominable: For thereby the Devil is employed in Gods Room, and God is forsaken; because there is no ground to expect a hearing of such a Suit from Him, & so you betake you to the Devil, praying him, employing him, rever ••cing and worshipping him; as if he were just, to Execute you. Judgement, when God doth it ⟨p. 131⟩not: And sometimes by such Imprecations; you call on the Devil who is the Father of Lies, to witness a Truth. Ah! How Abominable to be heard amongst Christians! Men need not go to the Wild-Indians, nor to Witches, to seek Worshippers of the Devil! Alas! There are many such to be found amongst Christians! How sound these Words? What Devil now! The Mickle Devil, &c.! It is Horrible to mention, that which goeth out of some Mens mouths without any fear! Ah! What can be the Reason that Christians thus Worship the Devil, and swear by him, as Israel did by Baal?

3. As for mentioning the Divel in such Imprecations, as Divel a bit or Fiend a Body, or such like, it is most Abominable: For thereby the Devil is employed in Gods Room, and God is forsaken; because there is no ground to exspect a hearing of such a Suit from Him, & so you betake you to the Devil, praying him, employing him, rever ••cing and worshipping him; as if he were just, to Execute you. Judgement, when God doth it ⟨p. 131⟩not: And sometimes by such Imprecations; you call on the Devil who is the Father of Lyes, to witnesse a Truth. Ah! How Abominable to be heard amongst Christians! Men need not go to the Wild-Indians, nor to Witches, to seek Worshippers of the Devil! Alas! There are many such to be found amongst Christians! How sound these Words? What Devil now! The Meckle Devil, &c.! It is Horrible to mention, that which goeth out of some Mens mouths without any fear! Ah! What can be the Reason that Christians thus Worship the Devil, and swear by him, as Israel did by Baal?

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The book

Title as printed

Author

James Durham 1622–1658

Place

London

Bookseller

Dorman Newman

Year

1675

Size

[64], 465 p.

Words

203,939

Catalogue

Wing D2822 · ESTC R19881

Text

EEBO-TCP A37049

Passages

1,429

Sections

Title page

Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36