94 [afes of Conjcience. 2. Booke. . Tbeanf•;erto rhisQ!Jefiion i•large, and A doth v{c well the iniquirie ofrhc \•Curer: So I therefore for order fakcl d1lhngu•lh 11 into \tisinan oath: A godly man may wellvfe, rwo pares, and firil I '"lllhew when an oa1h and take benefire by the wicked oathes of i. binds;fecondly,when itbindctb not. Jolarers,(o fatro forth asthey (hall ferue for I Forthc firtl; an Oath rakenofthings certhe '-tifymg,and confirmwg oflawfull couetainc, lawfull,and pollible,11 robe kept, yea nanu. I and bindes al~a.ic~,t11ough u b~rend1cd cuen ll. CA{•. Ifa man rake on oarh,and af'r~rro ourenemies.Tothi• purpof~Gc.d hatn giward endure hurr or damm~gcby it, whether u~u fps:cial commandcmcnt mfundry places, is.hethen bound ro keepe hJS oath or no I Numb. 30. 3. 1fhoforurr fw~~trt~tlum oath, to .dn(w. If the lolfe be but temporarlc and 6indbis{ofllc 6ra '/,ond. he f!J•fi not brM~t hU pnuate,(theoath bccmg made ofa a· lung law· , 1vord, but /hall dot ~tccordJ, g ttl 4/lthat procud~s full)it mull be endured. ·For DaUIJ re<ko- \ Ol{tefhtt mollth : 1 Math. 5.33.T1"u fb•lt n91for· nerh irap10ngtheprop~rttcs of a goodm~n, ff'e-are.-1 f?J [elf. but p,a[£pe,.fomurhineo..tt/gsvnThat hefweAreth, ttnd,httmreth n~t,thounh it beto totb; Lord:Exod.zo 7• T/,qJI.fottltnotM~the bubnrt,Pfal.r5.4 " " '~t!'t·uoftheL-1~drhy G~d~n vaine;that is, lightly B And here a dilfctence is io be made heI and raihly. But Gods name is. raken in vaine, twceneApromifforiqMth.and 11 finglepromi(c. A .~henan OJthJnadeof tfungsl.twfuland poffi· fingleprom1fcmay be rcuerfed by the w1ll, I ~lm.n:ot kept..,D.aUid,ar the humble requcll andconfenrofhim,to whomctt ismade,but a I 'ofShemei, ( whi'!Jadbcforecur(cd him)parpromife made by an oath,is to be kept,thogh ilr>.lls-lm.fau}t fQ"he time, and' fwearcs to lolfcs and hinderance1 enfue thereupon. For I tumth!thc!lJOuldnordic_, z. Sam. 19. •3· the reuercnce we beare ro the name of G~d ! p _auid •11adecon[ ... ienceof this oath, know. vfcdin thcoarh, oughr ro·be ofgrcarcr(orce I 1 ing bim(clfc to be boundrhercby,and therewathvs, then anypriuarehindcrancc or inI fore till his death he kept it;oncly he charged conuenience,which may befall vs, vpon rhc I Saloruoo not to count him.innocenr,J .Kmg. performnnceofthefame.- . I :" l.~owforrbob~tterclcaringof the anfwer, ll I. C •f•. Whcrher dorh an oarh binde I confcicmce, whereunto a1~an is dr~wfle, by wcaretoconGder fourc particular cafes toufraud and fubtih1e c · I cbing rhis point. .Anfw. Ifrhe oath be ofthings lawfull and I I I. C•J•. vVbatif aman r•ke an oathby pollible,irbindeth,and is to be kept, !hough faife.Gqds, whether is he bound to keepc lt, c wewereinduccdtoir by deccipr. Iolhua deyea or no~ cciued by the Gibeonircs, was brought to .dh[.Hcis,andfhe rcafomare thefe. FirU, make couenant of peace with them, and to · fro ,nrhelike. There was aqueilion among bind it byano~th:Now.percciumgafter three the Scribes and PtiaraQcs,Marrh.z. 3.16,whe~ daies, thatthey had wrought it by craft, he ' rhera man fwcanrg by the cre~ture were a wouldnotroucbrhcm, in rcuerence of the ' slcbrcr or no I The Phanliesraughr,thatifa oath,rhat he had taken.Io!l).?.r8,r 9.1o.And i man f\vorc by creatures, the oarh did not abour 3oo. yearesa(rer,when Saul had flaine bindc: But Chrill,verf.zo.atlirmeth,thot he cercaine Ofthe Gibeomtes, the lfraditcs fer that Gvcares by theT emplc, orby the Altar, that fact, were pumlhcd wirh threeyearcs faj :or by heauen, (wcarcs by God indirectly,and mine, which could notbc!laied, till feauen 1 fo takes an oath, thOugh nOta lawft~ll oath, petfons ofSauls houfe were h.anged vp}nGi· and thereupon rernaincs bou.nd,and is a dcb~ beah.z.Sam.:r. i ter,: now by proportion he thatfweares by I P. l 4•. What if a man takean oath by I falfe Gods, fwcares by Godindircdly, befcarc and compuHion, is hero k<epeir,ycaor I c~ufe 1hcfalfo God is, in the opinionofhim noI For example; A man fa!hng into rhe I ti1Jl!fwcarcs,atrucGod,andfohisoathbm- D hands ofrhecues,for thefaftie ofhiS life,is vrdeth,and is to be kepr. Secondly, Abraham ged to takcafolemneoath, that hew11lfctch accepts the oath that Abimelech rcndreth and deliuer them fome portion of money, I YIJtohlminthcnameof afalle God, Gen. and withall nci~er difclofe the parries. The I 21• z3. So cloth Iacob accept of the oath oath beemg rhu• raken, theQgellior.is,~the· mad,c vnro him,by Laban,Gcn.31.53· whiCh ther he be bound to keepeirl ,, I J they would not haue done,ifrheir oathes had An{.Some Diujnes are o(opinion,that the not bcenefufficient bonds, to bindc them to oath is to bekepr, and fomefay no: butgenel op(crpation,and pcr(orm:mce. rally it isan(wcred, that itmuO be kept, 1/c· ,: It will be laid, He rhar admits ofan oai11 caufc this (care d1d not abolifh the con(enro( by a1,1 Idol, doth communicate rn rhe Hnnc his wdi.But 1f 11 be 2llcadged,that in fo doing, i ofhimthat f\veare!rb.A'nt.In cafe ofneceffity, he fltall hurtthecommon-wealrh: Anfwer is a man may aJm1t offi1ch an oath without !in. made, thar ifhe doe not fweare fccrccie, he A p<Joreman, bccing in cxtreamewant, bar~. may in probabihtiebringgreater damage to roweth ofanvCurervpoo inrercfi: iris Cinnc the \\'<ale publike, indcpriuingitofa memro the vCurcr to take tt, but 1t is not fo in ber,bythe lolfe of his ownclife. But ir will be !I rhl! poorc man, who is compelled by the faid,by this meanes he mainraines a theefe, vfu~siuc int~reH: Thus rhe pooreman A"{"· Be it [o:yer hcrcmaines excufable,beciiufe
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