andforme of ~WEAR r NG; wife Non jurabis; and yet being (as wee terme it) '1Jeftitum debitir cir– cumflantiir) Laudabuntur onines qui jurant per_Eum) as l\._ing Va-vid f<t~th, P[a/.63. ult. ' . .. . . . . _ . Lallly, there is ~!to a ban;:e in the word lurare. For, God in HisLmv,' ever putting it pa!Iive!y (that is) rather, thoujhalt be fwonie, or called t9 a 1 i oath, than, .tboujhalt [weare, aCtively: ourSa1Jiour Chrift here utterlycdn– demneth cheiaEliw; '1Jolu1itarie Juiearing of men, of their owne heads: which was in deed nev:er permitted : howfoever thePharifees gloffed the matter; If the matter were true,and fo it were by lehQ'Vah. So that, anoath is lawfull : but with this condition limited; that the Partie doe therein IJabere fe pafti-ve, cori1e to it not of his owne accord,but preffed (as Sairit Auguftinewell faith) '1Jelautoritate defereritir, '1lel duritie lzon mdentir, as to the lifting of aburden; as to the entring of a bond. Num.3o.3. · Thou (halt jiveare, TI!e Lord iiwth; or (as Mofes faith 'Deut. 6.i3.) by I l.imiw~;;; G~d·s Name. Which claufe firfl: doth limit, by what weare to fweare: '!;!i,~ordls: · and d9clr--exclude 1 Swearing by thdfe which are nogods, Ieremie. 5• - 7· Either Idolls, forbidden in the Law, Exod.13; q. lof.13. f. Eii:hertd fweare by them alone, Amos 8. ult. Or to joyne Godand them together, Zeph.t. '5· • Or creatures,whichour SAv 1 ouR CHRIsT forbiddeth Matth. 5·34· . . . . · And fure, as to fweare By therri is derogacorieto our felves, feeing thereby wee make them our betters; for that every one that [weareth, fiveareth by a greater than himfelft, Heb.6. 16. So it is highly injurious td the Majefty of God; feeing to fweare by acreature, is to afcribe unto it power to fee and know all things, and to doe vengeance onperjurie :, .Which inOivinitie,to thinke or fa.y, is manifefl: blafphemie: Howbeit yet, the Fathers (well weighing that fpeech of Saint Paul .' 1 [orinthians 15· jl· where hee fpeaketh on this wife, 'By our rejeycing rvbich "llJe 1Ja1Je in C H R 1 s T I B sus Gur LoR i>, &c; wherein his oath,is not immediady by the 'Mime of God, but by a fecondarie thing, iffuing from it : ) have thought it n_ot abfolutely neceffarie, that in everyOatb, the JV..ame ofGOV fhould be c:1prelly mentioned; butfuffi~ient, if re-. ·, duEli11e. It is ruled in Divinitie, that fuch things as prefendy are re~ '• duced to GO'D, will beareanOath; Inwhichrc:fpeet,rofwearebythe Holy GoJPell (cortfidering our rejoycing will bean: anOatb; and that, in the GoJPell, our matter of rejoycing is principally contained) hath in the Primitive Church beene holden lawfull. As in the Colincell of Conftanti-, nople 6 AEls 13. Elpecially, feeing there is no direCt contdhtionu~d, but rather by way of oppignoration, EngaginguntoGodour Sal'Vatton, Fait!J, !J?Jjoycing, part in His GoJPell andpr~mifes, t~! ~~n~~nts, &c; if WC: Utter an untruth. · D ddd d 1 ~cc~ndlyJ
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