off r gtionanddamnation: 75 Heb.6. t 6. Messfieare byhimthat isgreater then themfelues: and anothfor confirmation, is among them an endafallfirife. Icall that a neccffarie trueth, when ferne doubt,whichmutt neceffarilybe decided, can none other waybee determined thenbyan oth:aswhyGodsglory,our neighbours bodyorgoods, or thecredit ofthe partie forwhom the oth is ininiflred, are neceffarily called into queflion. Rotn. t .g.Godismywitnes (whom l/owe inmyfpiritintheGof- Pello f his Sonne)that without ceafang Intake, mentionofyoas. 2.Cor, i .23 . Icall Godfor a recordintomy foule,that tofareyoat,Icame not asyet veto Corinth. I V. The diners kindsor fortsofothes. An oth ispublike,or private. Publike,when the Magiflrate,without anyperil! tohim that fweareth,doth upon inn caufeexa61:a teflimonie together withan oth. Aprivateoth is,whichtwo or more takeprivately.This,f'o that it be fparing- ly,and warilyvfed, is lawfull. For if in ferious affaires, and matters ofgreat irnportance,it bee lawfull inprivate toadmit God asa lodge, why fhould Ilee not aswell be called towitneffe ? Againe,the examplesof hohe men fhew the pra6tife ofprivate othes,as not vnlavvfull. Jacob and Laban confirmed their couenant one Svith an other by aprivate oth : the likedid Booz inhis contra withRuth. To this placemay bee addedanaffeucration, thewhich albeit itbec like an eth,yet indeedeis none : and is nothing els, but a conflant af3ertionof our mind,interfetting fometimes the nameofa creature. Such was Chrifls alfer-. tion,Verely, verelr, lfay vntoyou. And Pauls. Icall godtorecordinmyfpirit. Where is both anoth &anaífeueration. a ,Cor.x 5.3 t.Byyourreioycisgwhich I ha.ge in lefus Chrift, Idie daily, i.Sam.2o. 3. Indeed,as the Lordlinth,andas myfinalelineth,there id butaJeep between me e death. And furely in fuch akind ofaffeuerationthere is greatequitie: for albeit it bee vnlawfullto fweareby creatures,leafl Gods honourandpowershould bee attributed vnto them : yet thus farremay wevie them in anoth,as to makepledges,andas it werecogni- fancesofGods glorie. Theperformanceofanoth, is onthis manner. lithe othmade beeofa Jaw. full thing,it muti beperformed, bee it ofmuchdifiicultie, greatdarnmage,and extorted by forceop h m that made it. Pfal..t 5.4. He thatfirezreth to his°rent binderanceandchangeth RotheAalldwellingods tabernacle. Yet may theMap gifrate,as it (hail feetrte right andconuenien; either annihilate ormoderate . fuchothes. Contrarily,ifa man fweare to performe thingsvnlavvfull,and that by igno- rance,error,or infirn.itie,or anyother way,his oth isto be recalled.Forwemay not adde (inne veto finne. r.Sam.25.2a. endDaaid raid, dizdeede 1hone kept allin, vaine,that thisfellowhadin the re ldernefe, &,c. verC22. So andmore iliad4eGod unto theenemiesofDamid:forfurely Iwill act leatteofall that he hatb,6y the dawningofthe day,ay that piffethagainfl the wall, yeti;3.Dauid f id,Bleffdbethy coranfell ,avdbleffedbee thou,whichofkept me this dayfrom aminnta_ (he'dblorsd, dthat Mime bandbathnotfattedrne, :Sarti,.1,9.23 .Da. nid..
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