IUS. ThethiraCimm4ndement. Math.1-.18 an euiU tree (faith Chrill) cannot bring foonh good fruite. And though others may haur good by that that hee fr 1 all doe, yet it can bring no good or comfort to hirnfelfe. Nay it is an euill worke in him, as was the preaching ofJud,u: and calling out of Diuels, and other workes, which hfe throughChrifls comrniffion was able to doe: which (not– withflanding) were fo fanc fi·om doing him good,oryed– tHng him any comfort againH the terrou r of his confcience, that they rather ·w~re torments, and fire in his bofome to vexe him,that had maJe fo faire a!hew, \I\• hen in truth hee had fo foule a heart. So) if an vn rcgenerare man take an oath,although it be very true, yet bee finncs and di01onou ... rcth God in thus fwearing; becaufe wharfoeuer is not of faith is finne: now, hce hath no faith,ne irher looke.s hee to Gods Commandcments, or refpe&s his glorie in the oathi Therefore, whofe>euc~ -h3.th taken an ·oath before his cal– ling, howfoeuer in it folfe lawfuH,y~t, hce muAbe hum– bled for the-doing of ir, becaufe it was a fin ne in him, }?eing voide of faith) and wanting a good confcience, and · all true rcuerence of(iods MaidHe. For thde things can nc– uer be wrought, but by the wor ke of the Spirit, which doth conuert men,that they may be fit for his feruice: whereas,in the £late ofvnregeneracie, they tooke Gods Name in their 1nouches, when there was no feare of him in their hearrs: and to the impure all things are vnpure. This n1ufl be ob– ferued in the partie that is fworne. Now, in him ~o whom tbc oath is made, this is requifite, (without which, an oath cannot be lawfull) that he require . it,andbe readie to :tccept it.For ifthe partie, Vnto whom one f wearet~,be vnwillingofit,then is it a linneoffenfiue to the Lord. ,. , . ·1 . . And therefore many men are to bee reprooued, that, in ~~!~~;n. common buying,and .fell ing, are fo forward to fweate, as c~sn~;£~~~ that,tboughno~anbe willing they fho.uld fwcare (yea,.ra– . ~ardfwea- "her rnanyare gneued and troubled at H): yet,euerte rhmg ·ring. of lighteHmoqient,muAhal1eCQnfirmation of anoath an– nexedvnto.i r. JJ.u~what get lhey,thatwill n1ake a trade of fwe.ar~ng? .~rely tbis., that theygro~- ~!> ~~~ [ufp~a:~ hof YDJ3lt •
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