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Judgements.
I. (Hosea 4. vers. 2.3.) on a land,
For oaths the land mourneth.
II. On a family, Dan. 3.29. He that blasphemed God, his house shall be destroyed, and himself cut in pieces.
Zech. 5.4. The flying roul entred into the house of him that sweareth falsly by my name, and it shall remaine in the midst of his house, and it shall consume it, with the timber thereof, and the stones thereof. Jezabel swore by her gods, and is eaten by dogs, and her familly cut off, 1 Kin. 19. 2 Kin. 9.
III. On a person.
Levit. 24.15. Whoever curseth his God, and he blasphemeth the name of God, shall surely dye, as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land: all the Congregation shall stone him.
Levit. 24.11. The son of an Israelitish woman blasphemed the name of God, and cursed; and they brought him to Moses, and put him in ward, until the minde of the Lord were known.
Verse 14. He is brought out of the Camp, and stoned.
Illustr. Davids child dyed, because he made the enemy blaspheme, 2 Sam. 12.