- 98 Cafes ofConjcience. l.Booke. rhar irmay be fo, three d1ings arc necellarily A eorumon Englifh ttanllarion,lhat the daughrcqu~red. FirCl, that it be made in iudgement, _ re" oflfrael wentyeareby yearcl•l.,nent the that as, with realOnand deliberation. Next> daughterofiephte: butI takeit,it may bee as that 1t bedonewith confent ofwii.And thirdwell, er better rranllated out of the Hebrew, ly,with liberty ofconfcicnce. they wmtto +c 14/k!orcotiferreJPith her, and fa to •Le-thanHence it appeares,thatthe Vowes ofchilcomforther:andthat thiSinterpretation may noth.Soit dren,mad-mcn, and foolcs, orfucb as arctanot fcemc Urange,rhe very fame word is ob- istxpoulloo ken vpon rafhnes,or conllrainr; alfo the vow ferued in tillS fenfe,lud.s.tt.there llJallthey• dcd by>hc Hebrew ofperpcruall abflincnce from things JimpiJ tp/~<ar co•J.rof the righteoufnes oftheLord. DoCtors; mdJifetent,arc all vtterly vnlawfull. For the Now1f they .,entyearc by ycare to comfort Kimchijn fir(! fort are not donevpon iudgemcnc, the he~,then !hccwa'notput to death. Iud.xt.4o. next wuhour due confideration, and the la(! fhirdly, lcphte is commended by the "'Jerhannu are greatly preiudiciall toChri(lianliberty. holyGho!t, for the excellcncieof his faith, Heb.1q:., The fourth concernes theEnde; which is and that out of thefame h1florie. Now the notto bee a part of Gods wotlhip, but oncly commendation of hia faith, and the vnn~tu~ a Clay andproppc rofurtherandhclpevsin B rail murtherof his daughter,cannot Cland to· rhc fame. Nowt here be three particular end1 gethcr. But it wdl be faid,that Iephte vowed, ofavow. F"(l, eo !hew our fcluesthankefull that whatfoeuer came out of h1a doores to to God for blc!lings receiUcd: fecondly, to meete him,OJOuidbe the Lords,andhe would prcuent C!nne to come, bykccptngfobnetie off•r it for a burnt offering, v,3 1. A•f. The and moderation .thirdly, to prc[erucand in .. words may more truly beeread thus; orI >Pill creafc our f.tirh, prayer, repentance,and obc~ offirit i11ft~crifice.And the meaning ofrhevow dience. wasrhu:That thmg which fir(! mcetcth tnee, This Ground being laid,the Anfiver to the 1f it be athingto bccfacrificed, I will facrifice ~ell10n propounded, is this: VVhen in it: ifnor,! will dedicate it to to theLord.For vowmg, wecob[cruerhe condition; pr:e·re· it feemes toconlill of two parts, whereof the quired, the vow is l~wlull, and confequendy latter is coupled to the former, by a d1fcrebmdes the par!ICVOwing, fo as if he kecpCit tiue coniuuct:ion,:ils the Grammarians fpc:ak. nor,he diOwnoureth God. But when thefaid In tbJS manner the word is elfewheretakcn, conditions, doenot concurre in the action of fo as it mayeither way becxpounded. In the vowing, it becomes vnlawfull,and the partie fourth commaundement,Exod.zo.Io.in our remaines (rec,& not bound to performance. common rranflation it i' read,.thon tZnd thy H~rebytheway,aQ)!cCiionoffomemo· C fonne, 4nd thy daughter; buroutofthcHci mem IS made; VVhethcr Iephtcvponhis brew itmay betranflaced either~~~.or(ly. Vowe, did olfer his Daughter in facrificeor Irwillbeefaidagaine, tbatlephtcrent his no I conudering that it is plarne, euen by the cloathes, becaufchis daughter mer him,whm hgbr of nature, as alfo by the doctrine bebee returned from the viC!orie. Anfw. That foretaught, that aman is bound by the vow was in regard ofher vowed virginitie: which which he makcth. was acurfeamong the!ewes. And befides,he This ~dlion admitteth fundry anfwers, had butone daughter,and by this mean<s of a.:cordingco thediuers opinions andiudge· facrificing her,all hope ofpoUerity after him ments of men, vpon the place \Vritten,ludg. ' wascutoff. 11·39· And my purpofe is not to examine Butit feemcs, that MonaRicall vowes of that whichothers hauc brought in way of revirginitic, by this example arc lawfull. An[. folution, bur briefly to deliuet thatwh1ch I Indecdethe cullome of vowing virginitiebetaketo be the tturh. I anfwerthercfore, that ganne in thofe daies, but they thought it not Iepbte did not offer his daughter in facrifice a (lateofperfection, but rather an eaate of vpon his vowc;but onely dedicated her vnto mifery, as may appeare, in that bee rent his God,after the maner of theNazarites,to the D cloathes, ~·hen ll1ee met him;and the daughend ofher daies;to leade herlife apart in a fincers of-Ilrael went to comfort her, as becing gle eUarc. The ttuth of this an!werwill apnow in awofull and mifecable eUate. pcareby thefe reafnns: Vpon thefe reafons I conclude, tharleph· Firll, in the 37· vcrfe of the chapter, the re did not offer vp his daughter in facrifice, daughter of lephte craues leaue ot her fabut onelyfer her apart, tolmeafinglc life, to ther, to goe apart into the mounuincs, for thehonourand fcruice ofGod. And Iephte two mooethsfpace, tobcwailc her virginitJc. might knmv,euen by the light of nature, that VVhereit may bee ob(etued, that fl,ce went it was aHone rovow his daugtueri death, and not to deplore the lotle of her llfe, bur her adouble finne to kiJJ her. f ul ureeGate anc.J condnioo, becaufc {bee was (vpon her lathers vowcj to liue a perpetuall IV. ~ellion. linglc hfe. And why I [urely becaufe (as the text !aitb,v·3 9.) lhee had not koownca man: Whether Monajlicall or and a was accounted a curfe in ludca, foP a woman alwaics to liuc vnmarried. Monk.!/h 11o~es binde or no? Secondly, in the la (I verfe iris faid in our To
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