The reasons annexed to the third commandment, in these words, The Lord thy God, and, For the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain,¹ are, because he is the Lord and our God, therefore his name is not to be profaned, or any way abused by us;² especially because he will be so far from acquitting and sparing the transgressors of this commandment, as that he will not suffer them to escape his righteous judgment,³ albeit many such escape the censures and punishments of men.⁴