2.Booke. Cafes of Confcience. 95 caufethat wos nothis inr<nt,butonely ro pre- A To thefefi,e, thePapiCls addetwoothcr.f feruehiSO\vnclife, cochegoodof!he Corn· ThefirCI, when the oath is made vponcumor.-0/ealch. Clome.And they put rh" example 1 Iftwo men Thusr!le molf and be (I Diuines doe hold. going out ofadore, or ouera brtdg~,rheone But for my part,lleaue it in fufpenfe; though fweares by God that he will notgoe tirCI, hke· it fecmes in likelihood chat the parrie which w1fe fweares theother:yetat the lafl aftercon, lwcares filence, doth after a fort O)aintaine renuon, one ofthem goes firll. In this cafe, rhelr,and communicate with the finne of the faies the Pap•Cl,the oath bindes not. A•[. Cur<>bber: and further giues occaGon, that o· Clome cannot make that wh1eb ufinne, tobe thers may fall into the like hazard and ieono linne,or periu~ie,tobe noper~urie:bur capardie oftheirliues.Andfomuchofthefir(l therdotJbles thelmne, and makes 1t aboue part ofthe Anfwer. mca(ure more vileand abhominable; & they Thefccon.J part ofthe Anfwet to this third that giue thernCdues to this vCuaJJ and cullomamcQydbon followeo: n~mely, tofhew mablefwearing, cannot but ofientimcs be• when an oath bindesnot. An oath doth not comegudueof Hat penum. binde mfixecaCes. The fecond Cafeis, when the Superiour J. When 1tisagainUthe word ofGod,and B power, char is, the Pope,ororher inferiour tends torhe maintenance of (i,me. The rta· B1010ps,giueord~r to the contrar.ie,by relaxCon.,, becaufe when God will not haue ao ation or d•Cpenfation. Anf.ltisfalfe-For in eoath to bmde,it mu(\ nor bin:!e. Foe an oath uery lawfulloath rhere is adouble bond,one muCl not be a bond of m•quitie. H<reupon ofman.to man, the other of man to God. Da"id hau1ogCworoca ralh oath, ro de(\roy Now1hn rhe oath raken,man were onely obNabal and h" houfe ,and beeing !laJed from hged roman, the oath might be d1fpenC•ble itbytheLordinthc meancsof Abigail; he_ byman:Butfeeingman, whenhefwcarethto prallcth God in thiS manner: Blejfod o<the man,fweaccth alfo to God,and thereby IS imLard G•dof /(r•d, wh~eh (mt thee thu d•; to mediately bound to God himCelfe, hence it mm em<,<ndbf,JJ,dbeth) cuunfell,•ndble!frdbe followeth,that an o.rh taken,cannothaue retbor~;whlf:h h;~{l k;pt me thisd.IJ, [rt~mc9mmmg to Icafe fro~ any creature. Thercrfore our Saui.. (!,ed6/ood.t.Sam.15.3l,33· ourChrdhcommandcmentis, Thoufb<ltnut 11. If 1.t be made agamCI the wholeCome for(w-.re thJ/tfJ,,butfh<ltpnformerhyoathu,to l>~ves ofthe Common-wealth; becauCe euery whomel101heLord,M11h.5.33· And the oath foule mull be fubieClto the higher powers, that palfed berweeneD, md and Iouathan, is Rom.IJ.r. C calledtheLordtoath,>. Sam.%1 7.and r.Sam. 11I. Ifitbe taken ofCuch petfons,aswant zo.S.God will haue the oath tobindc,aslong rcaCon;as ofchi!Jren, mad-men, or fooles; as lecmeth good vnto hlm,yeaand ceaCe bin· becauferhey know not .-hat theyliveare: and ding,when 1t pleaCeth him. And that whic.h therecanbeno bindingofconCcience, when h•mfelfebindeth, or will haue robe bound, he that liveareth wanteth reafont:>diCceroe no creature c•nloofe: The thingt .,huh God whathedoth. hathco"pled,letnom•n(ip.,.•t•, Marh.tjl. tS. IV. WtbemodebythoCe whoarevnder Andhercinrhe Popefhewes h1mfelfe robe thetultlonoftheir fuperiours, and haue no AnuchriU, in that he challengeth power ro power to binde themfelues 1 as bychilJren d1fpenf:with alawfull oath,madewithout erwhich are vnder the gouernement of their rorordeceit,ofchmgshonefland pot1ible, Parents: For rhefe are pattoftheirparents Out ofthisanfwer,an oth•Qlle!lion may goods; and therefore not fitto vndertake an be refolucd, namely,when doth a man comoath,withourthcirconCenr.,Neither are they ulit Periuric. ' tochoofeacalling, ormakeanyconttaetof D An(. I. vVhenaman fweares that which therufelues, butonely by the d~reetionand heknowesto befalfe. II. Whenheliveares adlllfe ofthelt parents, though Come of the that which he m<aneuwtto do, Il I. When Pop•fi,forrdoerronioutlyteach,thatachild be fweamh to doe a thing, which he alfo may bmde hul'fclfe by oath, to become a meanes to doe,yet afterwacds doth it not, In Monke ofthis orthat order withoutconfem thefe three, the not performing. ofan oath ofearc:nts. made,is flar periurie. V. I fit be madeofthings impo(!ibJe: for That we may yet be Informed concerning thenitlsavaineoat~. thclinneefPeriurie, one ~elHcn ofmo· V I. Ifauhe firfllt were la~Vfiill,and afterment" to be skanned.In Societiesand Cor• ward become •mpo(!ible and vnlawfull. For porations,therebeLawesand Orders, ro the fuchoathes God himlCife maybe faid to rekeepingwhereof, euery one admitted roan uerfe. Thusifamanbindehtm(elfe by oath office takes a corporalloath: Afterward it to hue in Gngle life wirhour marriage, and af. f•lls our vpon occafion,rhat he breakes fome ' rer 6ndesrharGoc! bath not gmen him rhe oftbefaid Statutes: TheQ,!Jellionis, wheg•ftofconune~cle, 10 rh IS caCe,hiS oath bether he be not inthisc~feper1ured? • comes impoiltblc robe kepr,and therforebeAnfw. Statutesare oftwoforts, Some are ingrcuerfedby God,and becommingvnlawprincipall or fundamental!, which ferue to full,it may be broken withour •mpietie. maintain the!lateofthatbodyor corporatit>. Others
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