XX. 7. Thou shalt not take the namfc

of the Lord thy God in vain; for thfe Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name iji vain. Comparedwltk PsaL rv. L Lord, who bhall abide m thy tabernacle } who shall dwell in thy holy hili? Ver. 4. In whose eyes a vile person is contemned ; hut he honoureth them that fear thu I^«>rd: he that sweareth to his own hur^, and changeth not. Ver. 5. He that puttcth not out his money to usury, nor t..k'.il> reward against the in- nocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved. Aiid witk PsuL uiv. 4. He that b^th clean kaad%
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The Larger Catechism,
5. That what God forbids, is at no time to be done ^^"^ what he commands, is always our duty ^ ; and yet every particular duty is not to be done at all times ">',
6i That under one sin or duty, all of the same kind are forbidden or commanded ; together with all the causes, means, occasions, and appearances thereof) and provoca- tions thereunto ^
7. That what is forbidden or commanded to ourselves, we are bound, according to our places, to endeavoiu* that it
may
hands, and a pure heart : who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. Ver. 5. He shall feceive the blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of hb salvation.
^^ Job xiii. 7. Will ye speak wick- edly for God ? and talk deceitfully for him ? Ver. 8. Will ye accept his person ? will ye contend for God ? Rom. iii. 8. And not rather, (as we be slanderously leported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come ? whose damna- tion is just. Job xxxvi. 21. Take heed, regard not iniquity; for this bast thou chosen rather than afflic- tion. Heb. xi. 25. Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season.
^ Deut. iv. 8, And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous, as all this law, which I set before you this day ? Ver. 9. Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life ; but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons.
y Mat. xil. 7. But if ye had known j«rhat this meanetb, I will have mercy
and not sacHfice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless,
2 Mat. v. 21, 22, 27, 28. [See in Idter ^ before,'] Mat. XV. 4. For God commanded, saying, Honour thy fa- ther and mother ; and, He that cur- seth father or mother, let him die the death. Ver. 5. But ye say. Whoso- ever shall say to his father or his mo- ther, It is a gift, by v.'hatsoever thou mightest be profited by me ; Ver. Q. And honour not his father or his mother, he shall b^^ree. Thus have i ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition. Heb. X. 24. And let us consider one another, to provoke unto love and to good works ; Ver. 25. Not forsaking the assembUng of our- selves together, as the manner of some is ; but exhorting one ano- ther ; and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. 1 Thess,