and forme of SwEAR t N P• by Him w~ole,diG.nemberHima~d plucke Him inpe~~es;that they may have oaths enough. And that per!on of the Holy Trzmtze, to whom and to his name, for caking our flefh up~n Hi~1,andperforming our redemp· tion, even by Go o's owne charge, a fpwall regard !'s due: and that acti· on of His,which amonglhhe relt ismoll venerable ofall others,which is His Death, PajSion, and fhedding His 'Bloud. _· , For the Matter : 'fhe very wordS'of the Commandement teachus, iForttc! it is to beweighty; \Vhich fpeake of Goo's J{atne, as a thing, to be !if~ <MAtt<ro tedupvyiehJtr~ngth,as ifit were heavy: and we ufe not to remove things heavy but ul\'on good oc.:a~on. [ . . , .. · . : The nature of an Oath, IS as of abond; which none that IS wJfe wJ!l eaGiy enter·tit is tb pe draWrie from, dr prelfed dut of ama-n upon necef– farie caure. Yea, it iU)O further good, than icis necelfarie. For fols omrule,Necejfarium,extra terminos neceftitatu, non eft bonum : As,purging, hloud-letting; which are no longer good than needfull. The J{ame Of Go o is as a jfrong (aftle, which men flye not to, but vyhen they have need. The!e lhew, that for every frivolous matter, and of no impor" tance, wee <He .not vaipely to take up Go o's J{ame. Go o's Name jg faid to beehory, fPjal.m.9. andholy things may not be puuoCqmpzon ancl -:vulgar ufes, Numbers 18. dt. And in plaine words, Le11it~~U5;1;2.32· Yee jhall not pollute my Name. !J?olltJting, by Go o's owne word; being no~ thing eife, but to make common,ABno.l). Thereforethey,tobeecon– demned, that no man urging them, upon no fufli~<:iem ground, make it CQtumon• . ~ For the31"anner, with great regard, Ecc/e;8·.i, Wee mufi fw~are to the ~For the L oRo, 'lllith all our heart. They are highly praifed that did fo,1 Q;rO.l).l5.· .11f•nntt; that is, When they areto take an Oath, they are to call together the poWers of their foule,and with fad and ferious del1beration to undertake it; that is, to doe it in Judicio. Therefore in theLarv, Go o ma\<eth it the emrie Thou [halt feare the Lord thy Goo, and _{halt jiveare by Hif Name: that is, with Jue feare and re"Verence thou fhalt {tpeare. FoT, as Goo's Name is holy; not for every oomrrton matter : fo is it alfo re1Jetend; not with an unregarding affeCtion to be taken in our moucf1es. . To this end is it, that the Church of Go D excludcth fuch perfons from oaths, as are prefumed, that in judgement they cannot, or will rake them : as perf<;msalreadyC01111i8 of perjttrie, that they will not : Thofe that are under yeares, that they can not. To this end alfo, there have ever beene ufedCeremonies,that by that me,mes,there might be a reverend regard ll:ri<:ken into the minde of the fwearer. Therefore the very .Ailgelr, when they [weare, doe it not wirhom ceremonie, but with lifting ttp their ha11ds to hedllm, Danielu. 7· Apoc,JO.). ThePJtriarchs 1 under the Lam of Nature, not without ceremonie, but laying t/,eir'_hand on tl7e thig/,, therein have reference to the incarnation of theq]le!]ed Seed, Gen: :14-3- and 47· 29. The People of Go o under the Law," came intO' · the
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