neration that belongs to thoſe high and glorious Beings, and by Degrees brings the moſt ſacred Things into Contempt. For it is in vain to hope, that the Mind will preſerve a ſerious Regard to the Beings, if the Tongue be allowed a common and unſerious Uſe of the Names.
3. Next to the profane Uſe of ſuch Names as ſignify Beings that are Divine, is a like profane Uſe of Words which ſignify Things of a Divine and Holy Nature, ſuch as are proper only to Religion, and the Concern of our Souls and another World; as our Faith, our Redemption, our Salvation, or in general, any Expreſſions which are peculiar to the Holy Scriptures. Theſe are weighty and ſerious Things; and as the Things immediately concern Religion, ſo the Names and Expreſſions are only proper to Religious Exerciſes and Diſcourſes. And it is by no Means conſiſtent with a Chriſtian Converſation to uſe them otherwiſe than ſeriouſly, much leſs to a Habit of uſing them lightly, and leaſt of all to frame them into Jeſts (to which the Language of Holy
