• r Ofthc LAWFUL N :ss sx It. _ Secondly, the forme and manner of .fivearing. Which is of three ~'ore ; Themanntr, E' h b' . C1. • h ..,..7: L dl' h "'.!', G I< S. orfccond 1. It 'er y contenattonas ere, .we or t'Vet . :ve 1 ore od, Gal.t.l. 0 limitation, Godk.notvetllitisfo,zCor.ti.ll. GodismyToitnejfe,tThif.z.5• 2 • Orbr amoreearneit.ajfe-veration : As Jure M God liveth, lud. 8.19. 1· Or ,Z I lvtruth. ·l Ot'J'ro; m!fo: deteftation and execration, as in other places : and that againe is of tw~ forts : 1. By imprecation of e11ill : God be my Iudge, Gen. 31.53. God be!Jo/d it and rebuk.e it, 1 ~hro.u.t;;l. God doe {o, and fo unto mee, 1. Sam.1 4 . 44 . 1eaU G_od a record agamft my [11ule, 2 Cor.4.23. 2. Or by opptgn~ratfon or enga~ gmg of fome good whtchwee would not lofe : asOur rejoymw in Chrijl 1 Cor.I)-3· Our Salvation, God's !Jelpe, &c.i o ' · Both are oft, and may be joyned together, if it be thought meet. God ;. myToitnejfe,that thusitis,andG oobe my lttdge, if thus it benot. Where. in,as in prayer; when all meanes faile,wee acknowledoe, that G 0 o can help,as well without, as with fecond ciufes: Sowe co~feffe,that Hecan difcover ourtruth and falfhood, and can punifh the famebywayes and meanes to Him knowen, though no creature in theworld befide, know the thing or can take hold of us. ' Thou fhalt fweare :·In Truih,ludgement,lriflice. The three Enclofures and companions of aChrilt.ian oath,are · - · - ~Trut/, ~ §Faljhood ~ (matter~ In Judgement again'fl--/ightnejfe . thesmatterand m~nn~t both:. Iuflice r_Vnlatvfulnejfe tend.. In trttth: Yee fhall not fweare bymy name faljly, LeJJit.r9.12." Which vice forbidden we call perjurie. Each atl:ion, we fay, is to lightJuper debitam materiam. The due and owne matter of (lve~ring,is aTruth. If it fall or light fuper indehitammateriam (as, faljhood) it proyeth a finne. At all times areWee bound toJPeak.e Truth to our neighbour, Eph-4-5·' Bur becaufemen are naturally given to have their mouthfraught Toitb '1/a– nitie,Pfal. 144.8: in folemne matters, to bee fure, to bring the tnith, from us, Go o is fet before us. If then, whenwee confeffe the truth,'lPegiveglo– ry to Goo, Ioj.7.21. So if, when Go o beingfet before us, werefiifiean untruth,it is exceeding contumelious to Him : it is tomakeHimone, that knowerh not all things; or that canbedeceived; or that, ifHeknow,can– not doe any harme; or (which is worfl:) which will willinglybe~fedm boulfl:er out our !yes. Pejerare,efl dicere Veo, Vefcende de Ca:lo, & aj]mme: cum mendacium hoc. In anoath of Promife, wee are to fweare in Truth; Hee tiJatfwearetf> an oath, and by it bindethhis fouie Toitb abond,jhall not rviolate his 'lPord, bJtt doe according to all that proceedetlJ ottt of bis mottt!J, Num..3o-3- rJ<!ddes autem, Domino Juramenta, Matthew 5· 3;. Yea, by the very light of naturePl)ll· ~~~ ~ill~h Iofepb, Q~: ~~~ ~~ry ~b) ~~£~~r, je~ing ~e_e_ '!!_a~e_ tj_e_e fwe_~re Jo:
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