tt8 ThethirdCimmandemtnt. ~ide. Now then, if it were not fit for Mofo.r to bee called to the ending, and making vp ofeuery light and idle contro. uerfie ; much lelfe is •t for vs to debafe God fo much,as to • bring him in vpon eucry trifle. Weewo.uld count it a very , vnfeemelythi~g, to trouble high Office-rs and Magiflrates with caufes, which themeandl nejghbout· could arbitrate. And ific be too much difgracingofaNoble mans dignitie, to call him foorth about euery fuch thing of no waight; much more prophaneneHe is it towards God, and lheweth aheart nothing touched with the greatneffeofhis Maiellie, tovrge him to come out of his place, todeale in fuch trifles. Therefore, vnleffe it bee matter that tends to theglorie of _God, or fome great goodof man, .to end contentions that . wo·uld bee dangerous, and eo fet vnitie and good order a· mongmen; we mufi not bebold to meddle with the name ofG·od,and folemnely to call hitn as a witne£fe of the thing inhand. 3 La!Uy, we mull doe it with great feare and reuerence: as ' Oathes in Ecdef:9. 2.itis noted as themarkofa good man, tofeartt k;~Ll:w~~~a· ttn'oath. And thoughone be thechilde of.God, and anoath reaerenc:e. be ~;equired ofhim, and heeknow the thing to becertainly Dotl.. true,and the matter alfo ofwaightJw.orth anoath: yet,ifhe come lighdy,without any regardof God, and reuerence of that his excellent name, beehath failed in his fwearing, and bath takenGods name in vaine, and is tobe humbled for ir. For, in the fecond Pfalme, and theeleuenthverfe,hce faith, Ser11e the Lord'*ithfeare. No~,ifaman tnull not vndertake . any feruiceofGod without feare; much ldfe may hee call God to be a fpeciall witndfe,and after afpedall ma1~:1er fct . himfclfe before him, without trembling, and great aweof his MaidHe. And thus much for the Commandcment.Now f<?llow the reafons ofit. For the~ord"Wi[! ~Dt h,/Jhim gsiltlejfo thlll tll~ . k.§ih hu ,Am' ;, t~Ai"'· . ~ EJEreGod,from the greatneffeofthe perill,goethabout ·· .£:. to terrifie men from the finne. Nowwhere hefaith,the_ Lord
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