• , J. .'rhoufo•fl (we~re. .J That it is lawfull to fweire, it ·a_pyeareth by the La~ D 6 13. By the Prophets : Ieremie heere. Ejay, (Cha~ter 45,Verfe ~l-) ~~r~ earndlly ; I ha-ve fworne by My s. elfe, tl>e "Word u 11011e out of Mv 1 jh TI <> ;; mout, and all' not returne; >at e-very knee {hall bo1v to Mee 3 and e)!ery t foall fiveare by Me. Vavid, Pfalme 63•.ult. 'Laudabuntur omnes qa~gue E B h .n: f h . 1 Ul JU· rant per u~. , y t e _pra-..tce,.o, t ~ Sa,t s, not.onelyunder Mofes; but, under_the Law rf Nature. .Jfbraham fwearet/5, Ge1fejiS2t.l 4 . lfaac fwearetll, Gmefis z6y. Iacob fweareth;Gen . 31~f3 · Now, ours AV I 0 u R C H R ~ s T cah1e not t?~de]troy the Law and the Prophen,Tih rhofe things where!!) they agree wtth theLa1v of Nawre: Therefore;not totake away anoath. c~ ; -t- .. . - . !- r Whereas,theyobjfct Fr!l: : That it fl:andeth not withChriftianprofefti– 'on, but was tOlerated) as an unperfell: thing,under the La 111 , 1 We anfwer : It cann,?t bee reckoned an lmperfeaion, to fweare. For that, not only .Abraham, the patterne of humane perfeEtion both (ware himfelfe, Gm.11.24. and put his fervant to anoath,Gm.24-3- Bur even the .Angels, neerer than wee to perfection, [ware both under rheLa;(Van,tz. 71) and under theGojfeli(Apoc.to. 6.) And, not only rhey, bur even Go o Himfelfe (in whom are all perfectipns) Gen.2"-.16.andP)al.tto+So that, it cannot be imagined~n imperfeEtian. .~ . _ Befides, the holy 4p_aftks, the q1o!l: perfect Cbrijtiarrs;'haye inurgent caufes done the like, 2 Carintb.1.23- I call Gad for artcard t!gainR mine oJvne [oule, and 1 Car. 15. 31. !By our rejoycing Tvbich lba-ve in Q>riftlejtu our Lord: Which plac'eCannot be aVoided,having in the t{reeke,theWOrd (N>i) never ufed, but in an oatl1only. · ' ·: Whereasfecondly,they object our Sa-viour's faying,Ifay untoyouJiveare ·:not at all: The ancient Writersanfwere,that ourSa-viotiY Cbrift in the very fame place, not reproving the other part, r.R!ddes autem :Dominajurame1it1t tua, meant not totak_eall oatbes away : But mull: beeunderll:ood accor– dipg to thePbarifees erroneous gloffe of this Commandement, which Hee entendeth to overthrow; by oppofingtodiEtum eftantiquis,Ega auum dico: Which was of two forts. x For firfl:,itfeemeth, theyunderll:oodico( perjuriealone : So that, ifamanfoijivare not himfelfe,he might fiveare.any oatl1. And [o Chrift reproveth not only falfe, but all raili and unadvrfi:d fivearing. · · z. -Secondly,itfeemethjthey had thisconceipt: So ama:n fivare not by the great Name 'of GoD, all waswell; He might [weare byany crea. ture at his pleafitre : and fo Cbrift willeth, not to fweare at all, by any [reature. · . . Though indeed, w~ehold in Divinitie, that Jurare, of and by It f~l~e confidered is an act forbidden, no leffe thanOcc2dere. And chat, as It IS an abfolut~ countermand, 1\(on occlJes, and yet the Magifhace, bydue courfe of Iull:ice executincr a malefactor is commended : So IS It h~e- - ' .... . 0 - -- -· W1fe
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