79.6 Rule q. $A!Jd,p.t9J• <4 4S. Rule 14· R~lez6. R•l< •7· Rule zS. Sa<td,p. ut. •dP"H· Cafes refoiwd qbout tl1e .Obligation of 17ows. Indeed if it were apromife that obliged me 011/y to tlu King, thrn I am obliged no further and Ion~er th>n be n•iU : for he can J<mit his o.wn right : But if by a Vow 1 .become obi 1 ged di;tCI:ly no God J~imfi/f as a p~rty, then no man can remit hi1 right, and I mull perform my Vow as ma~~ •ohim. ·~· 27· Ru.le 13. Jf any imp{ean amhjguom oath, and rrfufe to expl:in it, and rtquire youn~zly 10 [wear in tb.{e worM, an~ leuvt yore toyour own [tnfe, Dr. Sa.nder[on thinkcth tha.r an bm(jf m.m jhfl#ld fic{pcU fome fro~ufo t~ fuch an oa;h a11d not ta~ zt lit all, ttU all partie 1 are agreed of the flnjf,. pzg. 193, '94• And I thmk ht: rhot!ld not take lt at all, unlefs the,rc be fome other t;aU[t,: chJt makeo1 it h1!1 qu!y. l,3ur if a Lawful Mlgillrate command ic, or the inrerell of the Church or Stare nquire 1 it, I fee not but he may rak.c ir, on condition that in the pl.Jin and proper ((:nfe of tht: wor~s the ~.:trh be lawful, and that he openly proftfs to rake it only in thar fcnfe. §. 28. Rule '4• If any pJwer {hould impo[e ;mOatb or V.nv or promife rvhicb in the proper ujit.Jl [en[e mere diJwm•ij.(/)1 i{npi,,JH or bltJjpbc.JmoJu or firful, and ;·et bid me take it inwbt fn4l 1plr.1[td, tb 011 ,1J I cottld t.ak..e it iu {itch afenfo aJ mi~ht malz~ it 110 rtal eo~font totl:e impiety, yet it n:ould be impirnu i 11 :he fctrfe flf the '(tfvrld, anti t~/ fuciJ beyn1oti ~on}ti]uencc oJ will mwke zt to be unlawful. As if I mufi fub– {Crib~.: or fJ.y or {wear thlfe words [There is no Gt'd ; or Scripture iJu~ttrut J though it's t:afie ro tlfe rh<:fc nr any words in a good fenft, if I may put whac fenfc I will upon rhtm, yet the publick,finfe of them is Bl.Jjfbeamy; and I may nor pub/ickJy blafpbe.tm, on pretence of a private right kncl!and io,temion. 9. 29. Rule 15· If Jht·0Jth impo[<d bt trut in tht (/,i[i and pnptr ftn{t, ytl if th.lt [tnft be not Vftl;{arly .k,ttow-t, nor fofficimH~ mtmifeft to be the impo[trJ {e~t[e, t~nd if tbt 'n'ardJ aref.;lfe orblafpheamo:/6 iJJ :be vulgwr fo11fe of thofe 1h1t I have to do with, and tb!lt mttft obflrvt and ma~e u[e of my example, I mujl not tp/:s fi,cb an oath, without ltttve to mak.,t my finfe sH pujJ;ck,_ ar my oJth. As if 1 were: cor,nmanded w [wear chat [God b:Jtb 1to{ore-k,_nDI'f'ltdge,no k._norvledf,t, 1ru wiU, &c.] Ir were eati~ to prove that thcfc terms arc fpokcn primarily of man, and that they arc attributed w God but analogically . or mctapboric1lly, and that God hath no fuch hum::me aCts form~liter, but tminemer and thii.t form<~ dat 110men, Jnd fo that llritlly it .is not k_nowledge and r;pjU in the prima1y proper notion, that God hath at a\1, but fomcrhingintinitcly higher, for which man hath no other name. But rhough thus r.he words are rrue ·aod jufiitlable in the flrictefl proper fcnfc, yet an: they u; 1 lawfuJ, becayfe they are blafpheamy in the vulgar {tnfi : And h< that fpcaks 10 the Vulgar is fuppofed to [peak with the Vulgar: Unlefs he as publickly explain thell). . 9· 30. Rule 16. If the. [up~tam power jhould i~pofl an oatb _or promife n;hicb in the ordinary ob1.1iouJ [tnfe 1t1cre finful, anti an tn{trJour officer WJrtld bzd me tak,e Jt tn ~bat fenfi I pleafed, I might not thertf~Jre tak,e it : btc3u{t tlut fuch an officer b.Jtb no powtr to interpret it bimfelf; much lefi to aUo:» me to ta~e it in aprivate fen[e. But if the L11w giv:r that Impofc:th it bid me take it in what tcnfe I will, and give me leave to make my fenfe as publick as my o.arh, I may rake it, if the words be bLU: Jubiour, and not apparently falfe or finful: (fo there be 110 reafon againfi ir, aliunde, as from ill conflquen!s, &c. ) 9 3 1. Rule •7· If any man ..,;ofay in fucb a ca{t, (wbtn bttbinkpb th!t tiJ< impafm fen[<;, bad) I uk_! not the [ttme Oath ur. EHj,tJ.gtmtnt.whi.cb ~ impofid,.but another in the f.Jmt rvorJJ, and I {Kppo[c not inferiour ufficert authorzx.ed to adtml any tnterpretatzon, bm I look 41 tbem only M mtn that can alluaUy execute or n ll execute the Lart~J •pon me l and fo It z~e a V"w of my ow~t acc11rdhtg tonry or:rn · fi¥fi, though iH their JrJordJ, 1U a meant of nry avoiding theit fevcrititJ : At thH M' a coliufion in a very high and under bufineji; fo that perf,n ( if tbt public~ finfe of tlwoath l·e finful ) m•ft ma~e hi< pro– Jtffed [<n{t a! plfbliclr,. a< hi! Oath or pr.mife ; It being no fmaU thing to do tiM which in the pxbliclr,. fen[t U impiouJ, and JO to be an cx-smple 1Jfperfidiou[J1fflto many. 9· 32· Ruk 18. 1'hougb an O:Jtb impo[td hy an V furper or by vialenct iJ not to be ta~tit in formal ~he.. dicnce, nor at aU, uulrfr the greatnejl of the bemfit require it, yet being t11l:_en it it mvcrthelr{s- obligatory ( fuppoling notljing elfi: do make it void ). Mm is a free Agent and cannot be forced though he may be frightned: If he [wear to a tbicf for the faving of his life, he vol•marily doth choo!c the inconveniences of the oath, as a means to faTe hts hfc. Therefore beang a vo/nntary an 1t IS ob– ligatotY• Elfc tbm (hould be no obli~ation on us to !i11fer for Chrifi, but any thing might be [worn or done to efcap' fuRenng: See of rillS Dr. Sa11der[on largtly Pr~/r[i 4· fiU. 14, 1·5, z6. The ImPofitionand the Oath are ditfc:rcnt things. In. the I~pofition, a thief or 1>·rant is the pany commanding, and I am the party commandul : And ~ts havmg no .authomy w com_m~nd me, do~h nullifie only biJ comm~nd, and maketh me not obJ,ged ro obey h!in, nor to take a m any obedi– ence to him: Bur yet if 1do t..Jte it \•ichout any authority obliging me (as privateoarhes are take~) it isllillanOatborVow, in which chePartieJareGodandman: M,;n Vorvi11gomd making himfdt a. Delnor to God: And God hath Authority to require me to Keep my VvwJ, when me11 have no au– thority to ttquirc me ro make them. All men confefs that private: Vows bind : And the nullity of rh~ Impof<:rs authority, maketh them but privrJtt VowJ. This cafe is eafie and commonly agreed on. · §. 33· Rule rp. If i11 acomplex Vow or promife there be many thins I which prove mJttri3Uy rmlawful, a»d one or mort that are lawful, the conjunllion of tbe tbingr unlawjitl dotb not difoblige me from the P:owof doing the Lawful p.srt. Otherwife a man might make void all his Vows to G~d, and Oa.ths and Covenants with men, by putting in fomerhing that is Evil with the good : And fo God and the King and our Ndj$hbours would all luvc· their debts paid by our fin and injury done th'm on rhe ·by.
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