that the name of God is interiorly
profaned by a life contrary to the commandments of the Decalogue. For
there can be a profanation that is inner and not outer, and there can be
a profanation that is inner and at the same time outer, and there can be
also a kind of profanation that is outer and not at the same time inner.
Inner profanation is wrought by the life, outer by the speech. Inner
profanation, which is wrought by the life, becomes outer also, or of the
speech, after death. For then everyone thinks and wills, and so far as
it can be permitted, speaks and acts, according to his life; thus not as
he did in the world. In the world man is wont [accustomed], for the
world's sake and to gain reputation, to speak and act otherwise than as
he thinks and wills from his life. This is why it has been said that
there can be a profanation that is inner and not at the same time outer.
That there can be also a kind of profanation that is outer and not at
the same time inner is possible from the style of the Word, which is not
at all the style of the world, and for this reason it may be to some
extent despised from an ignorance of its interior sanctity. (A.E., n.
962.)

He who abstains from profaning the name of God, that is, the holiness of
the Word, by contempt, rejection, or any blasphemy, has religion; and
such as his abstinence is such is his religion. For no one has religion
except from revelation, and with us revelation is the Word. Abstinence
from profaning the holiness of the Word must be from the heart, and not
merely from the mouth. Those who abstain from the heart live from
religion; but those who abstain merely from the mouth do not live from
religion, for they abstain either for the sake of self or for the sake
of the world, in that the Word can be made to serve them as a means of
acquiring honor and gain; or they abstain from some fear. But of these
many are hypocrites who have no religion. (A.E., n. 963.)

III. The Third Commandment

The third commandment is, to keep the Sabbath holy.

The third and fourth commandments of the Decalogue contain things that
must be done, namely, that the Sabbath must be kept holy, and that
parents must be honored. The other commandments contain things that are
not to be done, namely, that other gods must not be worshipped; that the
name of God must not be profaned; that one must not steal, must not
commit adultery, must not bear false witness, must not covet the goods