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Rh, and a higher Contempt of the Authority which has forbidden it; and ince there is no Temptation at all to Vain-Swearing, it is in this Repect more inexcuable, and a greater Degree of Perverenes, and a more obtinate Contempt of God and his Laws, than any other Sin.

Another Aggravation of the Guilt of Common Swearing, is the Frequency of it; that it is repeated every Day, and every Hour, nay, almot every Minute, after it is grown into a Habit. Oaths flow from uch Men without Thinking, and are a contant and almot neceary Part of their Mirth, Paion, and Dicoure. Now, if every ingle Act of Sin renders us guilty in the Sight of God; what a dreadful Degree of Guilt mut ret upon the Soul of the Common Swearer, who is perpetually adding to the Account, and heaping up Wrath againt the Day of Wrath. The Tongue is a nimble Member which moves wiftly, and, if ill employed, multiplies Sin a-pace: And as the noblet Work that belongs to it, is, to et forth the Praies of God on Earth