J(ule 6. J(Hit 7• Sudtrf.f.Jf,, jOI]Io R..l,s. St11dn[.p.3t, JJ,J4, ;;-, .td if I. Rxle9. rJ{f1les about tiJe Obligation of a Vow or Oath. worjhip •t all, doth not worChip him dtctntry. If aPhyficiqn Vow that he will <dminiflcr a cqtain tffcdua.l Anttdote to all h1s Pauents that have the Plague, and that he Will not admini.jler a certain Jefs-effeClual preparation,_V.:hich Come Apothecaries through Covcroufnefs or CardefndS had brou"ht imo common ufe, to the mJury of the fick : His Vow is to be intcrprerrd with thcfc rxcepri~:1s [ Iwi'l tju it if I can, without dijhomjly or a. greattr mifchitf : I wiD nOI adminij/er the J •phijlicaud. t1ntukte rv~en I can h~v~ bttter:. I Vo~ thu for my PatitniJ benefit, and HOI for thrir dejlru[ii.l}n. J Th~refore tf the. Sophlfhciilt~d antJdote JS much beuer than nrmt, and may fave mens lives, and the ~att~nts grow Wilful, and Will .take n.o other, or Authority forbid the ufc of any other, the Phyficion IS nenher bound to forfake h1s Calhng rather than ufe ir, nor to negkct the life of his pJrients: (If their lives indeed lye upon hi! care, and they may not be in fame good hopes without him and the good of many require him not to neglect a few) : But he mufl do what he can, when h~ cannot do what he would, and only ih:w thlt he confenteth not to the{OphiHicacior.. §. 17· Rulc6. 1'ho1sg,h he th.Jt V!Weth a ltJwful thhtg, mufi be underftuud to me;1,n, If it CJJHtin~te p1Jible and l.Jrvful; ytl if he him[clf be the culp<Jb/e catife thJI afterrr:3r:h·it becometb unpnf!ible _qr u;z... lan-fHl, be violutetb hM Vvrv. He thJt vowcth to give fa much to the poor, and afrcr prodigally waflc:th it, and hath it not to give, dorh break his Vow; which he doth not if fire or tbievu de.. prive him of it againfi: his: will. He that Voweth to Preach the Gofpel, if he cut our his own tongue, or culp1bly procure another ro imprifon, filence or hinder him, doth bn:ak his Vow; which he did nor if the hindcrance were involuntary. (and infupcrable;) Confem dorh make the impedition his own act. jlo18. Rule 7• In thetai;Jng and k!t?ing of Oatbt •nd Vowt we mujl dtalfimply ad openly witb– Mtt eqttivacations and deceit. Pfal. 84. 3, 4· Who flull. afiend intotbe IJjQ of tbe L9rd ? and n·b.1jhaU jland in hi! holy place I He that bath ~lean bands and a pure brart, who bath nnt lift :fp hU foul tt1 V<Zniry, nor {worn decciifuUy : He fh:~Jl receive tbt blrffing from the Lord, and rigiJttOttforfi from the God of hil (alvation. 9• 19. Rule:: 8. Hr Wlat juglttb or ftretclmb bh Con{cimce by fr::ud:clent jhiju a11d int~rprttflt-ions after'n'ard, Mas bd ar bt that diffemblttb in the taking ef tbt oath. To breall it by deceit, is as bad as to ta~e it in deceit. PCal. 15 r, 4· Lard who flJaU sbide iu thy 1.Jbernaclt - He tb.J.t {we;treth to hH onm hurt andcb:mg,ah nl't. S.iich Dr. S;zndcrfo;l [~la mifJi auuun c()gi:arc, &c. [' 1 It [wmthto "me tb.lt the greater p.Jrt 9J the mm of thrfl timn either think,. nat of thtfo tbin.z/) or at leajl not "ferioujly: wha f(ar not, al latgt aJtd in expre{t words, r.rilhoH:. goi~tg, about, IQ {wear to aY th;Jt, u wb.stevcr it be, which Wpropofed to tbem by tbo[e that have parDer to hurt tbem : yea and they t.zJt~ " themfilves for the only wife men, and not with01ft fome difdain deride the jimpliciry and medliji fear " of thofo, th:zt left tluy hurt their Confciencu Jor[ol)tb, do frek,_ a Jtnot in a rttjh, and oppo[e th-e form/ "prrfiTibed by tht[e that bave power to pre{cribe them. And in the m~an ti,.e tluy [tcurely free them– «{elvt1 ftom aiJ crimt and fear of perj~try, and thi11~ thty h:sve lao'<fd weU to themfelvts amJ tbtir (c Confciencts, if either whnz they {wear, lilll JejHits they can defend thtm{tlvrs by the hdp of {ome "tacite equivocazion, or ment~l reforv.Jti!Jn, ur fiibtile interpretation wbich U jlr.Jined and utter? aliene "from the word~ ; or elfo after thry have [ tPOrn can find [ome chinlt to flip thro11gh, [ame cumttng eva~ "fion, ar a rvifi remedy, by which tbey m.Jy fo elude thtir oath, as that k,!epinJ! the word.r, the fince "m.Jy ky form Sophi{rH bt eluded, and aU the force of it utterly enervated. 1he ancient Cbrijfians "k..,new not thU Divinity: nor the founder HeathmJ t!Ji.r moral Philofop!JJ'• Far othtrwift [aitb Au~ "guHine· [They are perjured, '¥1!'h3 k..,uping the w"rd.r, deceive the expeaation of tiJ,{e they jwe.Jr to :] ''And otbtrwife f.zitb Cicero, 6...c. He goeth on to confirm it at large by ;n·gument. ~· zo, Rule9• An Oatb U tobe tak.!n andinterprettd jlril1Jy. Sandcr[rm f:~ith, Juramcnti obligati~ eft jlriai jttr~ ; that is, 1fQn ttt exclud.u jurU interpretatimem .equieate temprratam ; fed ut cxcludat juri! interpretatiomm grati.t corrttptam: 1Nl as excluding an equitable interpretatim, but M excluding an inttrprttation eorrupted by p;1,rtiality: tha.t it be a ]Hji interpretation, between the extreams of Sa~td·. p. 4r, Rip,id, and j.Jvourable or partiJI; and in doubtful ca[c;s it j, fafer to follow the jlrW than the benig;t : 1 2 0 j ~~'i~~o or favourable fenCe. It is dangerous Hrctching and vc:nturing too far in matter&: of fa facrcd a nature, fcofu ambigi· and of fUch great importance as.Vows and Ouhs. tur,Jonce fatius eit & na.:urz rei accommodatiu~, flri"liorr qu1m h!nigniore, uti interprc"tatione. SaJd. p.s:,. 44· R.ult lOo SatJ. taz. 4S'· RMie 11. s.. d.,. .,;. jl. 21· Rule 10· In th< txpofieion of fochdor~biful.atbt •11d Vowt, I• We mujl [peciaUy watch agai11jl felf.intereft or cammodity that it corrupt not our Uitderftandint,~o 2· And we muft not tak..,t oztr oatbJ or any part of them in /ttcb a{enfe, ar a pioJW pr~tdvrt ji.Jntler-by that is imparlial and nowhit imercjled in the b~tjinc[r, camtot eafily find i11 the wofdJ tbcmfelveJ, Jl· 22. Rule 11. In doubtful cafit the gre.te!l dangtr mujl be. mojl tartfuUy av•ided, and the faf<' (ule preferred: But th< dan!(tr of the foul by ptrjury i1 the grcatejl, and thmforc nob,dily d•ngtr jheuld fo care[11lly be awided: And tbercfare an oath th.Jt in the common and obvioUf fenjt feemetb Hnl,Jwful fhould not be tak,f11, unlrfi there be very JuU evidmce that it bath another fence. SJnd. P· 46. Nititur auttm, &c. Thi.r reafon le.Jntth on tbt general and nroft uf'eful rule, tbat in dottbtfill cafe! we muff fid– low the {afir fide: But it i1 {afer 1tot to frre:Jr, where the word! of the oath propo[ed, do form accordin~ to the common and obvio;u fence ~f tht word1 to contain in them fomtlhing unlawful; th.m by a loufe interpretation {o to ltHifie tbem for our own endi, tbat we may the more [tcurcly [wear tbem. 'Fsr i-t i1 plain that focb "" tJath m01y be rrfu{cd without the peril of perjury; hilt ,rot tb~o~t it ca;J be tt~k.J1t with· qui fomt J-.ntger or fear. The fame Rule m.ufi guide us alfo in k_crping VcwJ. jl. 2J·
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