:z..Booke.· C~jes o{Confcience. _ 93 firmatioo offomc league, coueOanr, or con- A tdti: made bthvecnc p.u[ies , vpon g:lod gr~uod aod for good and necelfme pur. pofcs; j I I, Wheh "it1eructh, to rdceuc a mans Owne pnu.uc noceffirie, as when one {\vearc,; eo m:.imain~ his owne g.oo:.i name, · goods,orlife; t6cto'nfirme his ownc fitith and rruth in conttads. 'Au cxam~le hereof we haueln'Paul; who to c'Jnfirme the Romanes, in the perfwaaon ofhiS loueamldre of their faluation,faith,q•d i& my ""tn,ffi(wha!h, I[erH< iwmy(piJ;it,inrh!'Of}pdofhUSomi~;/h4t without ctA/i1111,lmAk..ementiDn-rifJoll, Rorn.'i.9. Anda 8 g:t-iili,to kccpe his owne cred1t& gOocJ name amo 0 g the!ewes, I[ay th< troth inC!lrifl, I li< nof,'1iJ'Cinjcienclbea~itg mewitn~Jfc; i,>Jthe h()fJ Cha1);Rom.9.1, IV. WhentheMagtllrate B dothexact it,byorder ofiullice.Thisthough it be.a-iutl Gccarion, and warrant oF'ao oath, yetthree Caueats arein it to be obferued. Firll, thattheoath be minillredla~>fully, not ~g~inll pietie or charitie. Secondly, he which'takesanoarh, tenjered by the.M<gl· ' llrate,mulliiv·eare according to the mind and meamngof the .MagHlrare, who exaCts the oath 1 "'nd not according tbhis ownepriuace intoni:Thirdlyj he mufl notfweart'ambi!;u· : ouOy~btitin aiimple fenfe, fo asthe,words o( his mputh, may bcagrceablctVith thatwhich heconceiueth in his hcar·t, Pfal.r5.>. And ~~h·arfoeueroath is tak'en without obferuation ofthefe Callears, the f•me is not taken in truth,but in fraud ami decm.Pop1fh teachers C affirmc,that in feme cafes,they may f1veare in ,. douotfull meaning. Andthisrhey praf!ife in'time ofdanger,WHcn bceing-conuenccd be– fore the Magrihatc, anJ ~xamined,·theyan~ fwel"TfA In w'Otd, and'conCeiueanegation, or No in their mindcs. A pratlifcmo!limpious, and Hat againll this'~xtcllent Rule of the Prophet ,"rhat a~pan fl10uld fweare in truth, JUdgcm cnt,and iuflicc. · · Thefecond Rule is,That the formeiowhich the oath ispropounaed,mufl.b,eap1aine,Gm– ple,and d~red tonne, w11ereiri God·is direct– ly called to witnetfe. For his wor01ip 'is direct– lytobe giuen to him:tnd therefore the oath affo,becmg an-rnuoCatlon of his·name;and a ('ortofhis'w<irfhip,is directly to'be made. D That the mca'niiig-of thfs Rule, ;·may the bctlcrappeare, oneQ.lleflion is rb be anf,vc. red;vVherher in the forme ofan oath, a man may not fweare,di'rcJ!l:ly by creatures, and in– aircctly by God 1 Moll of thePopi01 fort , and fome Prote. llol<1ts hold rhathem•y. But'the truth is o– therwifc. I(a1 """ J"' ( fairh our Salliour) fiv8are nor "' all, tteirher lJ htdutn-'-·-nor 6y the Mrth--··»DrV]Ihy head, &c. Math. ;. 34· In which words, he torbids all indirect oathes whereby men liveare directly by creatures, ntl<lindlfedly by God: for fo did the Phari– ties. Againe, ifa nlan mighr fwcarc bycrea– tures,and conc"calerhe n~meofGod,IC would dimini01 his Maicllie and aur~ority,& much deceit a1ighr be·vfed: for the fwearer might fay, that he fware'nor, but only vfed an obte– llarion. Againfl this it isobiected.l Thatlofepb livare by thelifeofPharaoh, Gen. 41. 15, rhereforeir may feeme, thar dathes by crea. turesarenotvnlawfull. Anf.' Full,irmay be faid, that lofeph linned info [wearing: for therein heimlrated the Egyptians, who fware by thelifeoftheir King. Secondly,itmay be anfwored, thar tofepb dot'h ··<lnely make an' alfeucration,and not anoath. - Obiect. u : The cliurch-in the Canticles takes an oath, by·the creatures, Cant. z.-7. Ich~trgeyoll, d4f1.(httrsof leru[nte"m,6y·the'roes •nd byth<hinduif th' field, &c. An[. Iris no oarh,but art'o&tdlation, whereby the church cal:j: rhecrcatui"es,ro withCtl~her earnefl affe– dlon toChrirl: The likeis-ma<l,e byM)[e•, Dcur.3o.)2. ivhen he faith, 1 en//h<•umanJ earrli tor~c8~'d1ag4inflyouthUdtty.An,dbyPatJJ 111 hischargetoTunothie, 1. Tim. S· %J • •) , cllorrgnhu, hiforethul!f! A11gtl1, In whfdH, and rhehkofpeeches,thereis nof.vearing but akind ofcitarion,orfumm oningofthe C'rea: turos as wlmetfes. And there'" great diffe– rence bctwcene aH Qa•hand An obttfi.,rion. In the Obrelladon; there is no mbre, but acal– ilng of the·creatore to giu~ r~(l·imonic, the matter beemg alrcadie appardrif and maoi.; feG.But in an Oatb,wl{ere th.e m·atter is nor fo rnanifell, God is made not oncly a witnelfc, but alfo aiudge and rcuengcr. Obiect. Ill. Saint Paulfwearesbyhi&re– iDytingin Chn[l,t'.Cor.IS.3 r.whlch reioycing was aCrcarcd paffionlor acfe:aturc. An[. That was alfo an obteflation, or a word ofauuuch– nlent,an::l attcucration;and notan oath. For tiisall one;as' ifhe had faid thus;My[orrowes andafl11tl10ns, wh1ch' Iendure for Chrill, wouldreG1fie (1frheycould fpeake) thatal cecrenly" I reioyce 111 Chrifl ,Jo certenly I dteclaily, ' · ·i Obiect. I V. Abigail [ware ro Dau/d by the cfeacure; !1:r theLord!iulth,itnd M thy[O!ite b11<1h, I.Sario'.z5.26.An(. The former parr of her fpeech,d>aybe called an oath,bm.thc lat– ter is oncly anobtetbtion,orearndlauouchment,ioyncd withan oith. · ... Now, althbughirbemnoforr, bwfull to fwearc bycreatures, yet whch aman fweaieth directly byGoa, he may namethecreatllres in way and forme ofan oath ; fpecially if ht make them a~ hhpawncs,andpJedge,, fer be– fore God,rhatliemaym iu(lice, bercuenged vpon him 111 rhem, if helieth and fwearoth nota trurh. .. ' SeE/, 3· II I. Q.llellion. How {arre~j"orth doth an Oath binde,anJ ir to be f<.!pt? The I
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