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tyeatif
e
of
Conic2ence,
16;
1
the
time
of
performance,
we
are
not
bound
in conr'cience
to
perform
them
c
as
if
a
man upon the
receit
of
fóine
m
ercie
(honk'
in teftinion
e
of
his
thanktulne
e
vow a hundred
pounds
to good
uiês,
in
the
mean
time
his
eftate
fo
decayeth
as
that
he
fl-,all
undo
hir,felf
and
his
famine
if
he
perform
it
;' this
is
fo
Great
a
conlequence,
and
'6ontingently hapned,
that
it
freeth
his
confcience
from performing
what
he had
vowed
:
Or
if
a
man
fhould
prornife
marnage to
a
woman,
and before
the time
of
nuptials
the
be
found
unchaft
; this
is
a
farre
greater con
-
fequence,
and
he
is
not
bound
it';
confcienceto
marry
her.
There
kinds-
of-vows
do not
bind
in
confeieiice
Bit
all
other
do
bind
us.
n
I
Vfe
;
We
may learn from
hence never
to
vow
bat
with
good
%
udgement
and counlél. For
either
we
mutt
keep our
U
b
promife, or
not
:.If
we muff
that
is
a
fignetit
is
good, and
therefore
had
need
of
deliberation
:
If
we`rhtrft not keep
it
then
it
is
a
ligne
of
ra{hneffe
and
incontiderateneffe ;
and
be-
tides it
may prove fcandalous and offenfiveto them
to
whom
we make
it,
and
s.ifo
to
them
that
(hall
heare
of
it
:
And there:
fore
it
requireth good judgement and
advifeto vow:
What
a
rafts
vow
was
that of
good Jephrhah
?
If
thou
wilt deliver
trudges
xi
Ammon
into
myktnd,
what
foe
wer
nseeteth
me
J
will
offer
it
30.
for
a burnt
-
offering.
How
if
a
dog
had
ñrft
met
him
?
what
a
Gnne
had
it
been
?
How
if
his
daughter
?
what
a
thing
had
that been?
And
indeed.
it proved
to
be his
daughter.
Vows
without
judgement
do
bu3
inereafe
our
firms
and
aggravate
our
tranfgrefliòns
againf+
God.
2.
¡7e
;.
This teacheth us
to
keep
our good
vows
whatfoever
they be
that
we
make.
Indeed
it
is
hard to
keep
,a good,
yea
it
is
hard
to
make
a
good vow
in
that
manner
as<we
fhould
:
It
requireth
a
greatdeal
of
faith and
felf
-denia
a
nd'-fiiamiility
and
ftrength
oftefolution-: But
when
wehave`tna.d
4
,
:öur
fin'
is
.the.
greater
if
we do not
then
keep
it
Better
it
it
not
to
yew
then
`clef
S
,tbAgthou
f
heuld
fl
vciv
and
not
pay.
Haft
thou
vowed
a
vow
?
then deferre
not
to
pay
it
: God
bath
no
pleaí?
re in
foots.
As
if
the
holy
Ghoft
had laid,
It
rs
the
part
of
a
fool
to
grow
before he
!
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