34Quef t ions and An fwe r s 3. Commandthe charmer, for fai th Icanethvpon promi f e , and promi fe annexed t o a t h i ngmake t h i t l awf u l l , but charming hath neither ptomi fe i n wo r d , nor is a l l owed , but by name exprefly forbidden and condemned. ^ u e ß . Tetwc fie many thingt arc done bj it, and experience daily confirmeth a contrary ajfertiontojott. Anf. True i t i s , and I graunt i t that b y charmes diners are healed &c . But therefore Dmtm out l ^a t w c r c v e r y w o r c ' s t n a t d i d i t , I t is no cofequence. For other meanes mi gh t olAugußmc, doe i t , and yet no th i ng apparant t o v s b u t t h e charme. A s aw i t c hma y h i i r t mc w i t h . (peaking to me , not that her words doe i t , but fome pcfti lent t h i ng o f an infe<ftiue o - perat ionhc ld i nhe r t c c t h dcl iueredhcr o f h e r d c u i l l to fuchv f e , as fome o f them at death haue confeffed. ttoi.7.12. Deut . 12 . ätod. j f . Num. 30 . Num. 6 . Örat.i 3. i n g o ^ . . . , - -j a l l t o fuch an end, I may l awfu l l y vie the benefit of the know! edge giuen them o f G o d andfecke their hclpe. Bu t where I (hal l know the want o f thefe meanes, or but irt mine owne heart fufpeft i t , furelythere 1 may no t , t h e r e l cannot w i t h a g o od c on - f c i enc c v f e t hcmo r f e c k e vn t o t hem, f o r t h c L aw c that w i l k t h a wi t ch f hou l ddy e , be ing broken o f me by v fmg fuch a meanes, (ha l l b r i ng greater death t o me w i t hou t repentance. Que f t . Howy it further is Codsname taktn i» Haine ? Anf. By rafh and vngodl y vowes either made or kept. j£ueft . Whether might the /ewes vowe what they wottldor no ? A"f. N o in deed. But Urft they had a warrant t o vowe , and then al foeuen the t h i ng t ha t t he y d i d vowewas warranted. And i f they went further then their c ommi f f i on , were their intent neue r f ogood , i t was' fcieétcd. Sometimes they v ow e d i n aducr f i ty , t o the end that i f i t pleafcd the L o r d t o dc l i u t r t hem, they mi g h t no t onely i n general i , but euen in fpeciall (hewe their grateful l heart t o the L o r d for the fame. Thu s vowed laacoh at his go i ng t o Padm Haran, and many moe i n thei r feueral l d i - (treffes. And this they d i d t o preuent and ftay i n fome manner the mut ab i l i t y o f the i r w i l l , andfrai l ty of their nature wh i ch i n any gricfe eafily pr omi f c t h t o the L o r d , but beeing once freed and fet at l i b e r t y , footle forget teth t h a t l w e c t feeling and a l l fpeaches that proceeded f rom the fame. Sometime i npr o f pe r i t y they vfed to vowe for feuerall endes. As for ampl i f icat ion o f that outward fcruice o f facrificts wh i c h then t h e L o t d requi red, and this was warranted vn t o them t o doe. Fi r f t frui tes andtythes warranted al fo, go l d and f i l ue r t o the bu i l d i ng o f the Temple warranted al fo. Sometimes they vowed abftinency for the fubduing o f the body , warranted al fo. Sometimes men vowed themfeiucs vn t o the L o r d , as Ham* her fonne Samucll,anA this her and their deed was a l lowed o f the Lo r d . But i f once they came w i t hou t a wa r - rant , we fee their fcruice reiedted were their heart and meaning neuet fo good . Example is Z)<««i^promifing to bu i l d the L o r d an houfe, w i t h many others. So euer hath the L o r d kept manvndcrhi s hand and di rect ion touching Re l i g i on , hat ing the b o l d - nef feof manp r c f umi ng t o inuent any fcruice o f himfcl fe. I anfwere you therefore I fay, and you fee i t , that the Iewes mi ght no t vowe what they l i f ted, and wha t they meant we l l i n , but what the wo r d o f the L o r d gaue them leaue t o vowe . Jj jucft . Were they boundeuer to keepe their -vowe if once they had faffed it out of their mouth ? Anf. N o in deed. But i t is meru-ailous wo r t h y no t i ng the exceeding care t ha t t he L o r d had, leaft their vowes fliould become fnarcs t o their confcienccs. There fore he wou l d not the wiues vowe t o (land vnleffe her husband heard and al lowed i t , nor the daughters wi t hou t the fathers confent. A n d i f they vowed awi cked t h i ng he wo u l d not hauei tper formed.as we fee. I f anvnclcane t h i ng were vowed i t mi ght be redeemed. And whi ch is efpecially t o b c n o t e d , i f apoo r cman vowed a vowe aboue his ab i l i t y , he i ng decayed be twi x t the t ime o f his vowe and the performance, at thePriefts di fcret ion he wasrcleafed, and no t fnarcd w i t h thevvord thathadpaf fed h i m once. for * Quef t . whattberiisymrcomlrftontot{cWmgChArmers,So«thfy^ A* fa. True l y thi s , m fuch things as I can be allured by mine own true vndeftand- • . . . L i . . , „ , ,nA; 1< . r t im> r l r . i . r , vn - i i r naturall cauleand meanes i n reafon ef feftu-
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