.The thirJComm'dndenunt. _ r 17 vnfaithfidt1effe: and when they be fo laui1l1 ofGods n~me, both their ow.ne hearts grow Ielle to reuerencc it, and others the more fufpeCl: them; whereas they thinke to · remoue all fufp1tion from them_felues. For, agodly man, . and· one that hath any true fidelitie in him, feu more ~ by the nam.eofG0 D·, then topawnc it vpon euery fmall occafion : and therefore thofe may bee ittfllie thought moll deceitfull tow~rds men, that bee mo!l prophane to– wards God. And hee that careth not to ditbonour God, -will neuer make any great flay to illude his neighbour• ·Thcfe rules are for the perfons. Now for the thing ie felfe, FirA,.it mull bee true th.at isfworne: that ·· is, whatfoeuer r · fi b k . h N · fG d · · · h Rules ofa wee con rme,. y ta tng t e · ame o · o 1n our·mout es, relioious tnuft not onelybee true in it fclfe, but aknowne trueth·:-of e~rft.. h . hh h r. I h hr ·· · l · r · Fulbt w tc et at 1wearet 1, at 1ome ce.rtatnue, ns conictcnce mull be of rnufl not doubt ofit :·ifhce doe, hee fets too light byGods a knowne name. So leremit-,Chapter 4,verf~ z. he requireth that me-n truth. fweare in truth,.& in iudgement. Ifone will co·me to auerre and affirmea thing with an oath, he muHbee able to fay, l · fweare nothing but that, which (vpon found ground and, good proofe) I know to be rrue, I am furc ofit, and haue in· mine o· ..vn hart, iufl warrant for y which I fpeak: elfe,vpon– euery light coniecture and Genderopinion to bindea thing; by the Name ofGod,though it faH out to be fo, is to pro– phane Go.ds holic Name,a_nd take it vp with avaine and vn– reuererit affection; in that one is fo rafh,to aduenture fo ea– iily an.d fuddenly vpon a thing,of-fuch ·weight and impor•· t1lnce... Secondly,an oath mull not be tendred in light and fmair ,. . matters, but in things ofgreat moment. Though the mat-· Othes mt~A: b · d · k I d {i h be r:1ken Ht tcr eecertame,an ,m our now e ge, uc a~vvcc may ·matrersof fafely te!lifie the truth ofit: yet,if it bee but a trifle, it is not imporrace, worth an oath. Ii1 .fuch a cafe, man mu!l ratherbee-content . not to be credited,then to-caHGodsilame.to·witncffe. Whe · UJ!t()fol was the Iudge, hee appointed·inferiour Officers to Exod.x8" ·· he conue~fant i'nfm·aller mattcrs,ant.l'onely the greater and weig~tier matters were brought to him,to heare and de- . cide• .
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