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Excerpt from The Works of John Witherspoon, D. D, Vol. 3: Containing Essays, Sermons, &C. On Important Subjects; Intended to Illustrate and Establish the Doctrine of Salvation by Grace, and to Point Out Its Influence on Holiness of Life
Having mentione'd thefe things for the illu?'ration Of the fubjeét before us, I cannot' help dbferving'; that if a fuper?itious veneration for the letters or the found of a name is blame-worthy, a rafh profai. Nation of the name of God is unfpeakably more'cri minal. My heart bleeds to think of the common nefs of this {in among all ranks, and all ages. What have thofe parents to anfwer for, who have taught, or who have not ref'trained their children from takn ing the name of God in vain? This is a fin little thought of among men, but highly criminal in the light of God, and he hath taken to himfelf the work of avenging it 'i For the Lord will not hold him. Guiltlefs who taket'h his nam'e'in Vain.
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