·\Yhetber we mavfwearc: by i:hc:cre~· tu res. 1:tnti:n.co:t. cord.lluan:;. C'-P•40· Manualc: lconfclf. Mutmi:ab ACpilcucta.. .. n.num4• Rcafons s· gainflf,vu. rin;;bythe crc:auue~. z allc0.6.r6. b v.q. tAn Expojition ofChrifis fcare ofGod in his heart ought not to fweare. A And thus much ofChriils gcncrall anfwcr, w their falfe interpretation. Neith~rb; h~aucn,for tt Uth~ throne of God: T. 35. Nor7•t ~1 thc.arth ,,fur it u huf••tft•ole: ,~ilh:r by luuf11.lem, for it~~ the citrc of thegreat King, &c. Here our Sauiour Chrifi cOmmerh~ p~rticularly ro forbid [wearing in fOprc fcucr~llkmds ofoathcs vfcd among-the Iewes, VIid'c.f' which he includeth all indirea oathcs'.by rhe· creature~:and witi1all obfduc',lrhat he-addcth• feucrall reafans in prcrhil5i~iilg rh'cfc 1 fcoctaU– kinds ofit1direCt oathcs ~-iS thai a mttt~' muftn()t flvem·cby hr:.mm, 6er:,lufo•i;.{JJ't'be rhroneof God,; &·c. Now :IS-I take it, Ghtiltdoth-:not dj(.cetly' B forbid f... vearin'gby·thCcrt~tur~.i il,;thi~pla'tc : tOr his intent is to forbid orc.lrt\at'iC·fwc~lit~ffih' fOmmon fpi:cch, whet~cr'lt be byGod,.orl>y · the creature~; ,.,,hiehhereha 11.a1ticth·, bec:ruf~ the le-'.Vts ·coum~d sh~m but~ light oatbcs. Yet} flerc thiSpoint mu'H>nctd~bee·skanned j Wht– tlJe.r it·be !awfuli4t ~en_7 tWki6fwdrc /;]·'the ere~ titres~ Sundrlf! Pap'ifl:s,andthdll:-of=thcbe(l ac...• t'oum·both-fdr lcarnln.g .aiid·dCuOtion_; ·makc' two kinds of oathcs, in fv'lca'ri'nj;. by ·t,he~ ~~eaturcs: Firft.,:wl\en a ma11 fwf>':ilCS by the:: CrC:a– turc, and pni's iC in thf.: pbC'~of.God,ma.Uin~g·i-t ·a Iudgc aud1 witncffe~ fo his (onfciencc of the– truth ofthe thin'g wher<-of_hoc fw<.>r<>h<_-'ali~ . this doe -311 condcmnc as wiCked arid~ vniilWfUI;'• both Protelhnts and Papifi>< SC:c.,ndly,whei'f the creature is named, but yet-the ~th tsdi-re..; cred tO Godrn !lie min&of.t-hJ'1\~~>r~l '~il<kr' c. the name ofthe creature ,:2s.>th('reatur.C-151 iD rdation to Goda fignc ofhis pthcntc!affd-thl§ k_ind of f\vca;ing is ukmfor!A,vf~IJ,llbr'b1flj' of aU Papi£l:s , }b£1t of m2fif Prot~fl:~uw rJDt.J uittes whi<:h bccof'good,acto·unrio ouragC'., Yet with reuctenccto'them 3.11,·1 fee no reafon inthcwordof"Cod, to Wjlrrant•this kin._d' of fvVcaring by t!lc creature ,:~th diteCHon td God in the mind ofhim tlm fwcarcth. Indeed a man may name the cre:nlll:c ih' his' oatii (a~ Pd':l! did, f call Godro rccoreho mj c!mfcttnc'e)}&. yecJvvcarc by God: for it i~ (')nc.lthill}; toP .. me the creature in fwcaring,·and~n·Othet;tking·~~ fwcarc by the creature. ' t'·;, : .... ;t Rcafons :1gainfl this forme of:f.,.·;aaring by D the t::rc~mrcs, arc theft ~ Firfi, 4n oath is' part c.. ofGodsworiHip;os hath before been !hewed: now cucricpart of Gods worfli:ip -mufl bcr r-e– ferred to God directly-; fo wee pc>y lnd giuc thiks to God dircCHy,:md not'i'n the cteatur'c; and fowccought to fwcarc; buc·;n imHr.c~ [wearing by the creatures ,-the·o~nh is di1:cCHy referred to the creature, and indireCtly vnto Cod, n:-.mdy in the creaturC·W~lich is not b.w.. full. Secondly, a m:mmufl[weare l kr him that ti greater then IJimfllfe , a1\tl thc!cforc b God fivare kr himjd{t hccaufl•thn-e: Wti! ·mgrMfCJ' ft1 {weare ~r : wher~ it .f<.:cmeth the holy Ghofl: takes it for g:rauntcd, that there is no lawfull [wearingbythe crcaturc.s;bccaUfc thc.y arc not greater then man , and fo there mu{l: bee but one oncly dire&kindeoffwcaring, byGod hnnfclfe. Th~rdly, Dcuteron.6. IJThuu//;Ait jiPtnrc bJ m; name: there it fecmcth he prCfCri– bcth fuch a fonnc of f..vcaring, wherein the name bf God in fomc plainc m::t:nncr is·exprcf– frd ; ·but in indirc~ oathes, ;:m other beiidcs hlnl that i~vcarcth· ; ·nmlot tell Whct1ler bee l;vearcby God or h01bocaufc the <>arh >• by the crca1~\trc, and directed td1GOd ondy i-n the ,...n1tnde ofhim thatf\•vca..rllth. 'Pou~thly., Matth.· •l·• r. -He t/;atfw~ar.th-lij. the 'f'•mp!,,f,.•awJ!, bJ qod' whcnc<! I<goihet, 'lhat aHin·dirccl: oarhe : is fltpcrfluo'Us,bcca.uk itJis.fuffkicnt th'at!a man· , fwcare by Godondy",bnd-ll<>t·by 'tll'c:<'leinitcc 1 alfo. ~ · ~.,,~.-.·.~-;:._;._,<_,_·:.- I By•thcfe-reafons Ih~ue bl:me' lll"obue-<l-t6 ' diOikct'of .indirca oarhcs; now ICe v·s (cc·y,·hat is faid in the bch>lfc ofthem.Fir& it is faid that" 'lofeph a 11Y.ln con>endeJ fo, his ~ilh,fo:r< bJ thetifi~fPbaraDh: thcr.c:fore men m~y"fwcare ~0t"·+'·16' by thc1crcaturC"S. A~l[It may wd bt cxpoUJc~; not to lx: an oath,but an..a-ffc.:utra;-ion..t\'i tliis d.- feet,"' furH; at PhAr'!oh liuerh: budily i tis an oath,:yc:t th1s.fabf:ptcucah 06t t-he.b.wfu.Jncs of th.is:~i~d 9ffwtar.i1)g: forn11:rmH$fo g0od-,but het:t...ftaay·bcc taintc4 with rhe· impieric-s ofthe place wherein hc-!i~-<th·, efp·ecially bedng foVflC·kcd-a plac;oc as P.O~a·ohs court v.tas. 1 'I -•-sl,·ondr•'![on:2?Kin!<. •·t·.theProp·bct Eli-· {ba fwr>mh bJ E!Mhs[o_~l•. , Anfw, Tf>at place prd'«Ucth·rlot•th; polt>om hand :for .be oodli– on i·s ~ofindircC't<iathts, where the r.a:ne. of ~od is c6nccaled:but 1 in th:apl:1.ce God~ name IS prefixed, tU th-e. Lord'IJII.trb , and1'M th;.foH!efi– r<eth. Againe, that phrafc may be tokqri for 'a' folc~nn~ AtTcucr.arion oncly , as itis\-V~Il cran .... !lated; "'the £;rd•i!Mth,'•V11i~ thJ{onfdiuet~, l#'sllnotlmnrt.u~.. . • . . . ·: .. R•:tfrm·I I/, Camid~ J.5,. Tlrcre (fay they) Chrifr!>imf<lfc f\vear<<h by ~hecreatures:; the Rm&-th<Himus ofthe'jit!d, An.llhofc'Wtirds arc rio~ an oath, but anadmffati® t· for ChrHl eharacth the enemies of his Chur.ch<ttb'r to trouble her; and he confirmcth hiS'cb..irgc-bv·a tdtimonie from the b'ruit bc.~Hs, ·which rDay be done whhnut anoa'th; for it is alldnc u if he hadf•id, Ifyou doe trouble my.Chureh,the Roes and Hindes oftht field !hall be l'itneifes againlt y,;u , becaufe you doe that whth they would not doe, 1fthey had reafon as·you haue:– now the creatures may be made witndfc.s Vnto an Admiration: as Dtut. ~"· t. MOforCallcth beaum and ~arth to wimefJC : and fo dorh the the: Lord, If<'. I .2. but when a man fwc3.n!th by a rhing,thc fame is mad.c a \\'imdfc to his con– fciencc, which no creature can be; R•afon IV. Paul (fay they)fiParc6r <rh.,. red•• eo,., 1 , r~cing, which iS' gifr ofGcd. Ar.{w. Thofe 1'– wordcs; arc not an oth;but an obtel.1ation, to tdHfic rhi: confbncie V.'hich ht !hewed in hii minificric, and r.hcy declared in 1 he confciftoa oftheir f.1.irh:now a rdHomie may bee dr:.wr,c fi·om a·crearurc, :.ts we fhewcd before. But (fay they) th'c word there vfcd, is :.t note ofan oath. _ _ h<f-w.Not___ _._,
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