Scripture is ſo frequently abuſed by profane Men; or, what is our preſent Caſe, to frame them into Oaths and Curſes. And yet how common it is with many Chriſtians, in their ordinary Diſcourſe, to deſire this, or that to be done for the Love of God, or the Sake of God, or of Chriſt: And ſo declare the moſt trifling Things to be true, with a ſolemn Vow, upon their Faith, or upon their Salvation, or, as God ſhall ſave them, or judge them; and to vent their Rage and Paſſion in horrible Oaths, by the Blood and the Wounds of the Son of God and the Redeemer of Men; the hearing of which is enough to make any ſerious Chriſtian to tremble. All ſuch Oaths (as well as thoſe others by the Names of God and Chriſt, and of our Maker and Redeemer) do carry in them a double Guilt. 1. The profaneing of Things by common Uſe, which are ſanctified to a Religious Uſe; and which, as they immediately relate to the great Buſineſs of another Life, do require our moſt ſerious Thoughts and Meditations, and ought never to be uttered in an idle or trifling Way. 2. The
