ThethirdComm4ndemtnt. 12 I haue threatned to brtngdamnation vpon vaine fwearers, then where 01all mad and frantique fwearers·appeare?Thcfe bitrer r~\ earers, how great a damnation mu!l they Jooke for, vnleffc rhcirrepemance be exceedinggrcat?Forthough men let thempaffe, yet before the great Il1dgeofheauen, they be liable to an aCtionof etern3ll death. Wherefore, in a cafe of fi1ch danger, men muflbe content to be admonHhed,and to behclpedout ofthe fin ne : and not chafeand rage againfl him, that byawholefome rebuke, defires to preferuc thctn from the wrath ofGod, and todraw their foules out ofper– dition. But this is their defence, Thatthey fweare not frotn an e- Cttlloaae '11 . d . b d . b J b r f tofwearc ut mm , nor many a meanmg, ut on y y rea1ono a cxcufeth longcuOome, whkh they cannot now leaue. But this de. no;,buuc~ r: · h r. h h fr~ F · · 11 CUleth 1eoce 1s now muc wor1c t ant eo ence. or lt 1s a one, more. as1facommon robber fl1ould pleadeNot guiltie, before the Judge, confeffing that he had indeed robbed, and murthe- · red, yet he thought himfelfe an hone(}man, bccaufe he did it not ofan ill intent, but only for that hee had accuf,omed himfelfe to theeuing and fpoiling euer from his childhood: .· ·; and therefore he muflneeds continue that courfe oflife !lill; . hce neither could,·n·orwould alter his cuHome. Would an earthly Iudge acquit fuch a lhameleffe malefaCtor, though j the wrong concerned only other men, and not hitnfelfe? And tball God, themotl righteous Iudge,let fuch efcape,as · make it their ordinary cullome to robhimof his ewne gto... , rie, and to pollute his motl holy name ? Orher malefaCtors :vfuallydoenot kill before they be prouoked, neither will ! they llea1e, but inhope ofgain,e to themfeJues : but thefe wicked fwearers flie vponGod, who neuer did them hurt, land they are needleffc, and fenfeleffe theeues; fort hey fpoile \and rob, without any hope or poffibilityofgaine: yea,with fuident hurt to their owne foules, hinderance ofGods glo– rie, and griefe ofheart to theirChriAian hearers. · L'aAly, this may fert.Je for the comfort of them that haue Cnmf11rt receiucdwrong by falfe oathesJ and haue falfe matters car-:~~:~~~~~ ·ried out agaioH them, by the heJpe of periurie. Though uedwron: l d fc h · · r · d. h. b by falfc . u ges o~~ euowne game1,omct~me regar not t · ts,or, y fwearin;•. · ·- l"Cafon
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