J N 326 An Expofition upon Chap.q, Our neighbour, that fome doubtfull' T a M. But why dots he call this forrow thing fhould bee confirmed with an [Continuall ?] oath:Thus was the cafe here: it was ne- S a L. Tofhew, that howfoever the ceffary the Jewes fhould know and be- paines ofa woman end at the birth ofa leeve, that Paul had true and great for- childe,or fhortly after ; yet he in his , row for them , left upon fufpicion of forrow could finde neither remedy, his hatred toward them , they fnould mean, nor end. have defpifed the (latrine of falvation T a M. What inflruelionrmaywe gather brought to them by his writing to from theft words thusopened ? their owne deftru &ion and Gods dif- S r L. Firft,they teach us,that Gods honour : therefore he gave an oath as a children be not docks, blockifh, and pledge of his truth.° fenfeleffe. Seeondly,that we ought to T I M. What rife of this point? bee touched with a feeling one of ano- S t L. It reproves fuch as take rafh thers mifery. Thirdly, that above all Oaths,as prophane perlons do. Alfo other miferies wee are bound excee- fach as refufe lawfull Oaths private or dingly to grieve for the unbeleefe and publike, as the Anabaptiftsdoe. deftrufkion of others,becaufe that is the T t M. May not one refufe to fwear,rather greateft evill , and therefore it fhould then to lay ones hand on a Bock ? moll affe& us.Fourthly,it is belt known S i L. No : for that is nothing to what love we bear unto others, by our the forme and fubftance of an Oath , grieffor their harenes. For thus Paul which is one among all Gods people ; feekes to confirm his great love to- but a circumftance & ceremony which wards the Jewes , by witnefíing his is divers in divers countreys. The -J'ews great griefe which bee conceived for laid their hands under the Thigh, Gen. them. 24.3. Alfo,they lift up their hinds to T t M. What ufe is to be made of this heaven. lafiinfiruelion? T t M. How is the greatneffe of hisforrow S t L. It convið filch to be void fet forth? of Chriffian charity, as are not affe &ed S a L. Fill, by the meafure of it,it at the hurts and harms of others, efpe- was great.Secondly,by the length of it, cially at their fpirituall dangers and it was continuall. Thirdly,by the fub- miferies; no grief, no love. je& of it,it was in the heart. T i M. What was the feat of his heávi- T i M. What is meant by beavinefre? nefre ? 'Debt eft S I L. It is a griefarihng either from S i L. His [Heart] which is I the feat merbus r- fear of force evil! at hand,or the feeling both of life andaffe &ions : which may nutima ,,,;.,.e, 6 of fame prefent evill upon our (elves put us in minde,that the forrow which exm.t. vet or others: as joy is a tweet motion of Paul had for the Jews, was molt bitter 0>»..tn.att vet prelate the heart from hope of fame future, or and dangerous.The reafon hereof is, e- vaY fenfe of force prefent good. And caufe there is no forrow like unto that Cicero. whereas he faith that his heavineffe was which preffeth the heart, for it doth by [Great] he meaneth that his griefe was little & little quench the vitall fpirits, not fmall or ordinary,flight or mean o and oftentimes bringeth death with it,if but very vehement and grievous , fuch it be immoderate : many have fuddenly asdiet fore vex him. dyed of hearts forrotr,beingextream. T i M. What manner of forrow is that he T i M. But what might be the caufe of fpcaketh of? this extream forrow of the Apofile? S it L. It lignifies fuch a greife and S it L. The damnation ofthe Jewes Paine as women in travell fede, for their unbeliefe fake, becaufe they which of all bodily forrowes is molt rejefted the Gofpel,and refuted Chrift, (harp and bitter ; fuch was the tor- is appeareth in that he witheth himfelf ment that Paid had in his minde for the to be feparated from Chrififor them, it Jewes. argues that they were feparated f from
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