Q55: What is forbidden in the third commandment?

Q: What is forbidden in the third commandment?

A: The third commandment forbiddeth all profaning or abusing of any thing whereby God maketh himself known. (1)

  1. Malachi 2:2. If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.
    Isaiah 5:12. And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.

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