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Rh that belongs to thoe high and glorious Beings, and by Degrees brings the mot acred Things into Contempt. For it is in vain to hope, that the Mind will preerve a erious Regard to the Beings, if the Tongue be allowed a common and unerious Ue of the Names.

3. Next to the profane Ue of uch Names as ignify Beings that are Divine, is a like profane Ue of Words which ignify Things of a Divine and Holy Nature, uch 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 Expreions which are peculiar to the Holy Scriptures. Thee are weighty and erious Things; and as the Things immediately concern Religion, o the Names and Expreions are only proper to Religious Exercies and Dicoures. And it is by no Means conitent with a Chritian Converation to ue them otherwie than eriouly, much les to a Habit of uing them lightly, and leat of all to frame them into Jets (to which the Language of Holy Scripture