i. Booke. Cafes of[onji'ience. fdp2s wirh p~rience,vnro the v,riiuficorreCli- -~ ons pfrheirmalfcrs!r.Per.z.I?.A~d r!HS rea– !bltls giuen; For 1t" th•,Zwortbse, if a mdn..f"' 1 crmfcicnco tdJi'Ard God, tnduregr,ife, (njfonng l wlong[ully.TheApoflles, beeing in prifon, vfed no meanc• to dcliuer rhcmfcloes; bur when the Angel ofrhe Lord bad open'ed the , prifon doorer, then they came forth, and not before, A~.5. 19.And that which Peter and the other Aoomes drd, mu(! Pallours and o– ther men aiCo doe,in the like cafe,for religion fake. The third !igne, When aman is bound by his callingand mini!lerie,fo as in ic, he may gll'rifie God, and doe good rorhechurch by preaching;then he mull nor Aic, For,thcdu- B ties ofamanscallmg, mnil be preferredbe· foreanyworld!yrhing what(oeuer, whether bodJe,goods.friends,or lifc,&c. The fourth !igne. When God in his pro· uidence, cutsolf alllawfull meanes and waie• ofAyiog,he derh then (as it were) bidde that man flay and abide.I (ay,lawfull meancs; be– caufe we may nor vfc rhofe that arc v:tlawfull; but rarher' reCl coptcntcd, and tefigne our felues wholly to Gods will and plea(ure, We mu(! nor dele any cuill, that good may come thereof; and of rwo euils, nor only not rile Jetfc, burneither of both istOpechofen. So much of Confcllion. cdlitie. Fot whenall other humatle prooPes doe faile,t~<n i,tis lawfull, to fetch reilimonie from heapeo, and to make God himfelfe-ciir IVirnetfc.Inrhio cafe alone, and neuer elf~,lr is l•wfull rovfean Oath. •· Fourthly, Hay, inwbicb God &enDed vpon, ttJ 4 Jl'itn~JT~ qf th~ trnth, ~Jnd 'a f8)fci1ger DJ {RI. /hood. This isadded in the la(! place, becaufe· herein alone, ilandstheformcandlife ofan Oarh,rharin rhingsdoubrfull,wccall God as awirnetfe of rrurh, and aiuil rcuenger of the contrane. There be fundty kinds of confir· rnation, as the affirmation, thealfeucration, and the obtdlallon. And by rhis Claufe, an Oath is d1 ffinguilhed from them ali: bccalJfe mlt,wecall vpon God togiuc witnelfe ro the thing auouched,bur in rhcorher three we cioe not. Now touching this Jail point, ofthe forme and life ofan Oarh,threeQt!ellionsarero be anfwered, for the better cleartng ofrhc whole doClrme. I. ~ej/ion. Whether an Oath takenby crcaturc~,bc atrue oarh,and to be k('pt? CHAP. XIIJ. An{. Au Oath by creatures', is an Oath, though vulawfull. For though there be nor in it,adireClinue>cationof Ged for witnclfc, yet when we call the creature to giuc teili– monie,we doerhen indirectlycall vpon God, becau(ehe is feenein them, andlooke how many creatures there bein rheworld,fo many (ignes arc they of Gods prefence. ThisanC fwer Chriil himfclfe maketh, Mar. z3.zJ.H. Ofan Oath. THefixtHeadofGods worlhippe, is an Oarh:concerning which, three ~eAions :ue robe t.odled. I. vVharanoathi!? II. Howanoarhisroberakenl I I I. How farre-forth it binderh,and is to be kept! · Se!J, 1, I. ~ellion. Whatis an Oath? H.thatfwureth ~J heauen, fweareth ~J the rhroneofGod,•nd6] himthat[itteth thmon, th4t is,by God himfelfe. JI. ~ej}. Whetheran oath by falfe godo, be arrue oarh or nolfor example: the oath of the Turke by Mahomer,rheoarh of Laban, by rhe godsofNachor, rharis,by his Idols: when as in them,thcre is no inuocation ofthe rrue God ofheauen and earth. lan(wer as before, though it be nota law– full oath, yet·it is in value and effect an oath. For though tharrhing be a falfe god indeede, by which 11 be taken,yet it isrherrue God, in the opinion ofhim rharfwearerh. Thu1MaD homer isro the Turke, in 1lead of the true God, and is honoured ofhim as God: and The nature AtJf. AnOath,is areiigiom and neceffary therfore his Oathby Mahomet,is atrue oarh. ofonO..h. con6rmarionofthtngsdoubtfull, by calling Thus when Iacob in the couenanr rhar he on God,to be awitnelfeoftruth,and arcuen~ ma~cwith Laban,fwcaresby the Fearc or his ger offallhood. farher lf•ac, and Laban by the Idols ofNaFirfi,I callit a Confirmati.nJor fo the holy chor;lacob •ccepted rhe<;>ath whichwasteQG)lo(lfpeakerh,AnOathforcD>prm•tionisadered to him in the name of a fal(e god; mong mcnanmdofa0j}rifc,Heb,6. t6. which be would nor haue done, ifJC had nor Secondly, ltermcltareligiouuonfirmAtion 1 beencan oath at aiL A'nd hence the Cafeis b~caufean O.rh is a parr of Gods religion plaine,rharfl,·earing by afalfegod isan oath, and worOtip. Yea, iris fomcrimespur forrhe and therefore bindcrh tbe(ivearer in confci· whole worlhip ofGod:Efa.19.18. lnth•• d-.y, encc,though irbe vnlawtully taken, /b•llthcy fiv'"" "J''" Lordofhofls: that is,they I li.Jecf/.lfio eueryoath,God oughrto Otall worlhiprhe true God. be cited as awlroes,howrhen can God fweare ThirdlyI adde, ancceff'aricconfirm•tic•, be. by ltimfelfe, feeing none can wirnelfe vnro caufcanoarh is nCucr tf) bevfed, in way of him? coofin11~on,bur ".'~:!Y :n_c __a_r_c_o_f_m_ee_r_e_n_•·_:__ _::A.:.•:..{.c.T.:..c::h.::is..:dc:e:.f:c:ription ofan oarh,w.hereby H 4 ---- --,he
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=