I t4 The thirdCommandement. did /eh, whenGod had taken away his fonnes, his feruants~ his f11eepe, his oxen, his camels, and all his goods_,and that vpon the fudden: he falles not to murmuring and grudging againfl God,but breaks out into the praifcofGod;TheLord lob 1 , : 1 • h~tthgiutfz (faithhe) ti:Jc Lordhath.tak!n aw~ty.; blejfod he_· tht· name oftheLord. In all thefe miferies he could finde in his heart,and fee good C2Ufe, to bleffe the nameofGod: for he knew that it came from God. And though th·ediuell were a chiefe Hirrer, yet he couldno,t goe beyond his co~1miffion ; and though God had taken away all,nowrong was done to Jo/I.Gods it was,andGod had giuen it him,and might haue rakcn it away fooner,and therefore£Hll he was to be blef1ed.. :.King.2o So did H~z..ekj4h,fo did Eli: It iJ the Lord/et him doe what he IS ·m· ' 9 8 • will. So that euen in Gods cha!lifements, which are tedious , a ·3•1 • El: to the fldh, and goe agam!l the graine ofour aircttions~~ee mull praife .him.As Nthuchadnez..z..llr in the end ofhis feuen· Dan. 4 ·H· yeeres miferie,faith,He i& holy in ~tll hi& workf,a-nd iuft-m.allhu Swearing waic.r. And thus we mufl glorifie the name ofGod in fpcech :~t~1i!s without an oath. Now it followes to fpeake ofan oath. · feruiceJf And fidl: wee mufl know, that it is a fingular ferttice tO· (Wd. God,to take·an oath, when we hau~ aJawf~ll ca]Jirig th~re· . unto. As·raili fweating is awicked •fim:Je, fo right fwearing is an holie feruice: and one may fin as well in·omitting this,. when it is lawfully required,. as in cotnmitting the other whiCh is forbidden• .So Deut.6.t3.and I 0.2 o:ThoH foalt feare the Lord, tintl forHe him,tmd[weare /ly hun~me~ In both·whichplaces; God·· plain1y requireth this fwearing by himJ as a fpeciall honour· that belongs vnto him,whenwe haue·a warrantaBle and iuftcaufe·totake an · oath~ · I ·Therefore tlireir~ ertOUf m·u(l be·COfl-demnerf., ·that WOUld~ .r !!sc~fe~~- ~lt0gether roote out th~ ~fe o_foat~es·, h~-vnl{)wfull; ~ndbe– bid r~ vfc mg called therero·,refufe tt,becaufe,~hey fay;theywould ·not <l'foathes. take Gods Name in vaine. vVhereas, in refufing, t9 fwear~ by it reuerently, ·and vpon,good· ground' and allowance· they. tranfgreffe th·is -Comm·atldem-ent, and might' as-wel.l ·refufe to:heare, _~ea~e, and :eray, asto-t\veare ·b~ing . c~lled~ thereunto.... . ·· - . -l · -':. : ..., · Likewife
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