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 mentioned thefe things for the illuilration Of the fubjeei before us, I cannot help Obferving', that if a fuperfiitious veneration for the letters or the found Of a name is blame-worthy, a rafh profa 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 refirained their children from tak ing the name of God in vain? This is a fin little thought of among men, but highly criminal in the fight Of God, and he hath taken to himfelf the work of avenging it For the Lord will not hold him g'uiltlefs who taketh his name in vain. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.