;86 Chrills riellhoodconfirmed a4 VE R S E 4. f2tcodDeus tan- topere column- dat, quod etiam human°more Tab dejeratione teflatur,fummei utique gravita- te &aggredi& coftodire debt- nuts, ut in afe- veratione Divi- nogratix per- manentes, in frullee pope ejus & emotes- rnento proinele perfeverarepof Teruel, de pcenitent. A1P.4. ranee unto it, namely the finne o man) e then y that oath leaks andaffutes the immutability thereof,to thole that relyupon it. Secondly, it is to commend the excellencie andpree- minencie of that above other things, which hath this great fealeofHeaven, theOathofGod to confirme and eflablifh it. intofmucb, faith the Apoille, as not without anoathbee mumadePrieft, b fo much WAS bee madea firm ofa better Tefiament1 Heb. 640,22. and this is a confcquent of the former for by howmuch the more abiding, by fo much the More glorious is the Miniftery ofthe Gorpell. Ifthat which is done away wereglorious, much more that which remaineth isgloriou Cor.3. I I. The more folemne and facred the inflitution was, the more excellent is the Priefihood. Now this Oathwas that ScaleofGod, by which hee defigned and letapart his Sonne for that great Office, in a more folemneman- ner ofordination than was to others dual Him bath God theFather fealed ; John 6.27. It was but flee hath laid, untootherl,ye arc Gods,but it is,He bathfanaifled, to his Sonne. Tobn o.34,36. Thirdly, Ir is to commend Gods great compailion and goodwill, for the eflablifhing of the hearts of men in comfort and affurance. He therefbre confirmed his pro_ mileby an oath, Thatby two immutable things wherein it is impoffiblefor God to lie,wemight havefireingeonfola. tion, who haveliedforrefuge to lay holden the hopewhich it fat beforeus .Heb.6.17 ,18.anoath even atnongfi men is theend!fallcontroverfie, the determination and com- polingofall differences; howmuch more whenhee lets his Seale uponhis mercy and covenant fhould the hearts of men bee fecure , and lay fail hold thereon without doubt or fctuple ? Therefore wee fi ode the Saints in the Scripture make mentionofthe OathofGod, for eflabli- fhing their hearts againf feares or dangers. rbott wilt perform the truth to laako_b, and themercy to Abraham, which
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