Chapa. according to SrMArrHivy. tg; defame, faith the Hiífory. Richard Long; fouldier at Calico, de_ i).!:4_144. poling fr falfly againfl William Smith, Curate of Calice , fhortly i1;741; v4 Mon. after upon a difpleafure of his wife, defperately drowned himfelf. i And within thememory of tnan,Feb. i I.I 57g, Anne Averies for- fwore her fell at a (bop in Wooditreet, London, and praying God fhe might finke where the flood, if fhe had not paid for the wares the took, fell down fpeechleffe, and with an horrible flinke died loon after. Thus God hangeth up evil-doers in gib- bets, as it were, that others may hear and fear, ` and doe rho Aflte;ius erdi more tre +ua.aupuo. Butßoalt per 1-11; unto the Lord thine oaths.] As David;.1 havefnorn, and I Will pert rara, &c. P,Ql. 119 ic6. Aiad-ÿ'ßt Davidwas not alwaies asgood as fiis oath, as in the cafe )6f Tool, hater vo. phiboA'th; &c. Nor t did lacobor a long, time perform his' vow, toru,nnus.u¡a Gene[. a8.ai. though once ( at leafy} adn,onifited, Gen. 31, 13. 'Ur arc u< till he was frightfully arroufed,by the (laughter ofthe Shechemites, We promire In Wand h s own apparent danger, to go u? to Bethel, and doe as he heft., p,rf,ó had promifed. The font inbaptifine is BeerJheba, tlet well ofan by eüure, as -oath, there we folemnly fwear our fllves to God, tvhicl: S. Pecèr Rob cea s friends, calleth the fipulation of a good confcience, This oa-th we reneW, , p r a T. when wecome to theother Sacrament: and ofceta bsfidCs, when the Lord laieth liege to us by Tome dtfeafe or ocher dtffreffe, what promifes and proteffations make tve, as Pharaoh and thole vota- ries, PP. 78 ? But fciapetto it mor.bo, fraudato it Dio, as the Pill! Italian Proverb path it : the dtfcale or danger once over, God is defrauded of his due. See it in thole, fer. 34. who forfeited their fidelity, though they had cut the calf in twain, and paffed TideV;rg1L1.8. thorow the parts thereof (amoil folemn wayof Pealing up Cove- dele beatem, hams) and are forely threatned for it, that God Would in like fo1ur ROT141i fort cut them in twain, and deftroy them, which wag the import of that Ceremotay. Verle 34, Swear not at all.] Not at all by the creatures ndo C ( which the Pharifees held no fault) nor yet by the name of God `reaturae, C"' in common talk, lightly, rafnl and irreverently for filch vain 'ra Lira,, (g., 5 Y= Y Y i dejurgmeirti oaths the land mourneth. Oaths- (alas) art now becámc vests uj: , <ozrra e: interjeftions ofipeech tothe Vulgar, and phrafes of gallantry's Lb the braver. He that cannot fwear with a grace, wanteth (his c'r`°'n in ra. tropesand his figures, befitting a Gentleman. Not to fpeak of ÿ°i ç.1 fa thole civilified complements of Faith and Troth ( which are counted light matters) Who hears nos how ordinarily and open- 4
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