Christian directions, showing how to walk with God all the day long drawn up…Christian directions, shewing how to walk with God all the day long drawn up…

An impious oath in respect of the form of it, is, when we swear by other things besides Gods holy name, as by any Creature, as Joseph by the life of Pharaoh.

An impious oath in respect of the form of it, is, when we swear by other things besides Gods holy name, as by any Creature, as Ioseph by the life of Pharaoh.

3 To swear rashly is to swear lightly, and frequently, in our familiar talk and discourse; this, though it be a common and ordinary sin, indeed too too common and ordinary, yet it is a most grievous Sin, and a sin that crieth loud in the ears of God for vengeance. ⟨p. 19⟩The heinousness of this sin appeareth,

3 To swear ra•hly is to swear lightly, and frequently, in our familiar talk and discourse; this, though it be a common and ordinary sin, indeed too too common and ordinary, yet it is a most grievous Sin, and a sin that crieth loud in the ears of God for vengeance. ⟨p. 19⟩The hainousness of this sin appeareth,

1 In that Gods name is thereby taken in vain, which is a direct breach of the third Commandment, for that forbiddeth us to take the name of God in vain. ¹Now then is Gods name taken in vain, when needlessly, without any just cause, it is used by any, against which there is a judgement threatened in the next words, The Lord will not hold him guiltless; i. e. he shall not go unpunished.