Pat it is lawfall to take anoth infame cafes. 5 which,as occafion ferueth , he will mot haue omitted : and ' 14 'fa tieb therefore he not only commandeth it but alfo hath fworne Ü apmrt; of y 'God: wvIf oft that thole whoworship him fhall fweare byhis name : Efa. 45 Z 3 I hauefworne by myfelfe , &c. that emeryknee/hakbow Efa 45.23, 'untome,andeuery tongue8íallfweare6/ me.Whickdutie that they may be incouraged to performe , he hath promifed to reward it in this life : Ierenr.I2.i6.Iftheywil`learne the waies ¡eresmo. ofmypeople,tofweareby myname, the Lord lineth &c.thenJ'4l they de built in themiddeft ofmypeople: and in the life to come with eternalbhappineile : for he that fweareth and changeth not , though it be to his ovine hindrance, he ihall.dwell in Gods holieuiountaine.Pfal. I'fal.rs.4. Secondly ,a lawful' othis commendable, becaufe ir ten- § Sec`l3 -deth; to the aduancernent of Gods glorie,andthe good of°;,'',.;;;;d3 pwuü mankinde. God in a.lawfull oth is glorified : firft,becaufe . therein we acknowledge his omniprefence ; for in vainedo wecal God to:witnefhe,vnleffe he were-prefent euerywhere and readie to heave vs.. Secondly,hisomnifaence : for when we cal God to wit - neffe of our fecret a6 ions, thoughtsand intentions , which can by. noother meanes bedemonflrated, we acknowledge that lie is ofinfinite knowledge , and that nothing is hid fob4Zz from htrn,that he is the fearrher.of the heart and reines,and t fal.i39;2' that all things -lie naked in his view. Ierc.i7.Io Hcb.4.1 3, Thirdly,his truth is acknowledged when as men appeale vnto him as vnto avvitneffe who cannot deceiucnor bede- ceiued , andwho (peaking the truth himfelfeBoth alsode- fend it inothers,andpunifh the contrary falfhood. Laflly, his iuflice andpower is ina lawfull oth confeffed and acknowledged , whenas we appeale veto him as a wit neffe of infallible truth,and vrapartiial.l iuflice,whowill giue a 41(1 t,eftinronie without refpcel ofperfons ; and as vnto an vpright and molipowerfall Iudge, who is able topatronize and reward truth,and to punifh falihoodand vntrutha. Secondly, it is profitable for men, becaufe it is the chicfc confirmation of our affurance in any truth, and more to be"! 1::f a oth. profitable credited, and, refpeaed.,then the, molt manife( arguments f11f yea, and tzucft witneffes that can be produced: 4ndítherefore the B ipof{l
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