II. The name of God only is that by which men

ought to swear, and therein it is to be used with all holy fear and reverence " : tlierefore to swear vainly or rashly by that glorious and dreadful name, or to swear
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and did not our God bring all this ev^I upon us, and upon this city ? yet ye bring more v/rath upon Israel, by profaning the sabbath. Ver. 19. And it came to pass, that, when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath : and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath-day. Ver. 21. Then I tes- tifiei Hgaij.'st them, and said unto thyni. Why lodge ye about the wall ? If ye do so again ^ I will lay hands on you. From that time forth came thr^y no more on the sabbath. Ver. 22 And I commanded the Levites, that they should cleanse themselves, and rhitt they should come ii'.d keep the gates, to sanctify the 'j.ibbdth-day. Remrmber me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according, to the greatness of thy mercy.
Pisa. Iviii. 13. [Ste In Idier °. Matth. xii. 1. to the VMh Ferse.]