3. Command. upon the Commandements. 35 For all which you fee a great liberty graunttdto mans infirmity, leaf} by any meanes his mouth might caufe hts flcfh to f nne,and how it neuer pleafed the Lord, thatdrew Gnne with it in the other hand, as the vnchaf} vowes doe of challity in the Church of Rome, with fuch like. But in deedeifthey vowed a thing law full and warranted, and Leitit,27. in their powers without inconuenience to performe,then were the /ewes very ftraight- ly bound to performe theirvowes, and not othrwife. ,Quell. What fay you th.:n to the ar etnent ofthe Papifis, the [ewes vowedand the Lord accepted them. Therefore we may doe the 1'ke. Anf 1 anfwere it is a fenceleffe conclufion : For they had warrant, we haue none fo to doe :the things they vowed were warranted; we vowe pilgrimages to this Saint and that, to this Idoll and that, we vows to be Monkes,Friers,Nunnes, to weare this apparell and that, to liuefinnle, to abf}aine from this meate and that , with a num- ber filch iuuentions of our owne no where warranted. Laftly, theywere releafed if any inconuenie!ce grewe, our vowes muff ftandthough body and foule perifh for ir. Therefore to reafon from the Lewes vowe curry way warranted, to the allowance of Popifh And rafhvowes no way warranted, is abfurd. Quell. Howyet f i:rtheris Gods nameahvfed ?' Anfw. Gods name is yet further abufed whenfoeuer it is prefixed before any wic- ked inf}ruments,as the Popes Bulls andpardons, which commonly begin thus, In the name of God Amen. So did the fentenees of condemnation again(} Gods Children in,Queene Af riesdaies,pronouneedby thefe bloudyBifhops beginne alfo,with filth other inftruments, before which to fet the name of God as though hee were author and approuer of fuch a &s, cannot bebut a fearefull pollution of the name of God, and a breach of this l ommaúndemeht. Againé, to fpeake ofthe name of God lightly and without any due regard thereof in fortes, playes, and pallitnes, when my confcience telleth me 1 not once thinke ofGod neither is that a right vfe of prayer. Alto tovfethe phrafes and lentencesó - erilìture in iel }, in dirifion, in mirth vnreue- rently, as a nutiaber doe moll fearefulty, Sure it is a gri euous breach of this coin- tnandcment,. ,Quef}. eÁedwhat fay you of banning and curfrg which the book: heere nameth, and yetisitvfuallwith Dauid ash feemeth. e/Infw. Euen this alto in fomeeircumftance is a Qreat euill and forbidden by this Lawe. For thus wee are to weigh this quei-lion : the matter eyther is the Lordt ot mine owne. If it be mine owne, in ho.cafe euer (hould I curie and with any euill, but patiently abide the Lords good time to fee to it. If it be the Lords, then is the party either corrigible or incorrigible, and pall all hope of amendment in mans eyes. Vitt be corrigible not eueo in the Lords caufe fhould I curie my Brother, but if he be pal} hope in mans iudgement,then conditionally may we pray the Lord either to turn him or to remooue him, that no longer he may refill his glory. And to this head are Dauids fpeaches moll of them to be reduced. Others are pleafed with this anfwere al- fo, that David had theguilt of Prophcue,whereby he might fee and fay more then we May fafely follow, having not the like guift in vs. weft. What ifl hears amsn Commit any of all theft ?- e/Infm. Certainely they that in zeate of heart and loue to the offender doe not re- buke the abufe of Gods name ,as their calling alloweth them, doe alfo finite aga -nt} this Commandement. So doe they again that being vtterlyvnworthy take upon them randy or couetouflythe calling of theMiniftery, as they alto w ho admit fuch into the fame. The Prophet is plain if we marke hum in this cafe. And to fpeake much in a Malach r word, that we mayfooner end, by acarelefe and a wicked lifeis the name of God greatly prophaned. For the Lord faith, yon (hall k epe my Commaundements and Leuit, zu. ;r. doe them,neither (hall youpollute my ho!y name. Where we ptaintPv fee that who - foeuerdoth otherwife then God commattndeth polluteth his name. And let feruants count theirmaifter worthy Of double honour faith the Apoif le, that the name of God 1.Tim.6. r. and his doarinebe not milli fpoleen of: And mo, e neeee goe other places, when it is Paid, Thorfbalt obferue and doe -al things &c. That is,thou (halt bend all thy thought pm 211.58. and & 15, &c,
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