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Show 24.6 ·C'f their oaths. - L.I B. VI. confefs ·unto God, -compare Ift·Ar~ .23. with Rom·l 4· t r. And the ancient form of impofiog an Oath was. this, Give glorJ to God, Joh. 7, 19· John 9· '4· Now God was glorified by an Oath, becaufe thereby there was A! ,. a fol tmn confeffion and acknowledgement ot ·Gods g 1turn, por.. ,r;, th h . r . l . rJtm & cepa1 Omni· pre;ence, at e 1s pre tent In every p ace: ofhrs ~nrer deoJ j ure omnifi·ienee-: that he knoweth all fecreu t of his truth, JIUitndo ba· h h · . . if .-:. ,_ d b 1 urun Eop· t at e ts a mauztatner 1 trNIN., an an avtnger of rii,Plin.lih,I9·faljhood: of his juflice,that he is willing; and his om~ ~:;S.e~;,!."; '!ip~tertcJ, t.hat he is a~le to punifh thofe that by fwcarh · 1 v 0 7, EJ-~1" tng £hall dtfhonour htm, And as the objefJ of a la'Wful 'Tit6JV 1.M .. uv tJath was onely Goa : fo it is implied, that it was not ~~ 11.d."-'r4·ov rafhly ot an~dv\fcdly to be undertaken, but by a ~fiGOJI K •t~d.v kind of neceflity imp·ofed; for the HebrefJ' word Yl1Dl Jx."'1"~9t~-;'· is a Paffive, and fignifieth.to Ge [lf'orn, rather thul to nter qw£ ,a.. fi cramenrtt, cum .J:Pear. _. 1"'bHftl~tm. Ali· In corrupter times they were wont to fwear by the j~~ !~~;,;;[;J (g l ere a lures, but the Jew J chiefly by Jerufa It m, bJ I be Corban anel- Temple, by the gold ofthe Timple, hJ the Altar, a1ulrRI larur,eumerat gift on the AltAr. This gift in Hebrew was termed CDr· Jofepb.eontra b d . f t" h . . · AJpion. 1_ 1 • ,.n, an lt was one o tho1e oat s whtch tn our 8 afJi· l!·.(.j'· d ,,. o11r chrifls time the SCribes and lharifees accounted ~JJfolJ":,i,.~,;~: prin~1pally obligatory.Ifany fwore bJ the .Altar,it was Je votiJC~tp.to nothtng: but if any fwore by the oblation of the Altar, k:Of"lf' 'XI- he was bound to perform it, Matt h.~ 3. 18- Yea, al~!",.,,- rrJ , though Gods law c:njoyncd honour, and relief toward EH'' f~?r"t'· parents; yet if they bad bound thcmfelvei ·by this ~::i'v~~H- oath Corbaw~that they would not help or relieve their 1urtjHrartclo fe p~rent~, !heY taught they were difcharged. Whence~ ~bjfrtn~u~t hu-: fatth thetr (i) Talmud Ever'} one ~uoht to hon'6r hh -~'a• .,, vel rllr homt- h ' b J• 11i nihil fe com- t er and mother,except he h~th vowed the cotdrArJ.And mod/ .P'.~ftitu- it is evident that the Jews did often by fokmn vows 'J:j,;.t~~:!.:J· and ( ~) oaths bi•d t lw mfe lves ,t ha 1 they wo ~tid ntver do !e,ib.r-.s9:~ good·tofoe-h, .or [~tch ~man. W ~ mufl: furthermore know , that Of their Oaths. · 2 .that ufually to their oaths tl 47 or conditional curr;,e a lere ~as an execrtttion. •) AZe;v, o i~v fi expre e. d as tifidJ ~ ndn exe,_ d ' wh1ch 1r. 0metJ· mes was ~•~ e i·p .v"' c., ~,,_ dofoto me=> a, ndm onot!l otrun an d t hI H',t he n the Lord~nv'N"~' , ' . ore aJo_, I Sam 14 Alr . PerCorham, fi '20. to. Sometimes it is 11 d ~n. • • 44· 10 I K111. qNicquam ttbt It 111{e from a t hrerh Jh 11 rJ·hod, as, 1 have fwom, if p10dm : inter· let the Lerd do ro to o a ood· tJtc et, Gen. T 4· 2 2. then p~eto: ci E.er, · . d Jt 1111!, an more 4 [f(J. th · h .1 St q1ucquam lS u~ erflood, and maketh th fc ~" ' Is, or t ejt% quemadmoclum to found negativei . .f e ormer part oft he oaril o~ s:t''• fwornJiwiU not ta·Leyfir., as I .Ahhr~ham had f.aid, 1 h~ve si qr,iJqllam, l .k ~ 01114 t read to jl , _ h M.n.te. 14• & 1 e manner pr.t 9~ I h f 11 'JOO•J,..4tc et. In Mat 2 , 18 ( - ' J"' • ~· ave wo if r.. ,. • inti-my refl; that is Th jl rn, ' trJe} fo .iU enter Er tx e~ratian'i lJeb., 18 Th' h ] ' eJ 'JtJU 1'111 enter into 11J11 r ~f.l. fuhaudtta feR· ;,• • Is epeththeexpofi· f / C;•{~tJemergat, place, Jllat. 1). 5 • which W ltlOn 0 that dJfficu ft Per ~o~bam ni. offired /;11 me th ;n. h e read, (lJ By the gift that is htl rtbrprode- • h .., ou 1»4t.J• "ve proGt·L b ·r . r .... , C£terum,fo Itt us"' accordiog to the form J'[• ut 1 We conceive q;,;, !~e.d, Corhan i-Fthourecez· 'fi 0 the oath Corban B11 q~tod tnfonte . ':1 , ve at~ypr~ t h d ' ./ fit "' ' the execration imply d 1 'Y me, ;Jn underftand xof~:t.v, h e :. TtJen let G d d h nonper muc 111Dre. to m1 ; the fenfe w11I b 0 • o t tn, ancl ;orhan, 1vel thoufhall receive no pror;t b e ~bus , By_ Corban~~ x.orfl:t.v1 agreeable to the f< :J•' t1 me. This expofitton is asf~ze~~um~ qr~ctr! c: . • cope o the place · - h . fim~l11 ellrpji1 \ 1orm of fweartng and plai l fh ' as It IS tot e1r in 1,ran:Ji for· rifeeJ by their tr;ditio n yf eweth ·how the Ph a. f!?~tliJ non efi ment of Ood F .,G ns tran greffed the Command- tniCfitara, bin~ • or 10d commanded fi . Ml:-t nu"tO 1 JNJ fathu aNcl Molhtr. But th '.aying, Hono11r v.altt nt;, fee1 faid ; Whofoeve 1b e Scr1beJ and rhari:. 1l:lY:l fecking r r f. r ould fiy to father or mother per domir.l_li-e Ie , BJ Corlutn thou n l . urn hoc Vtdr from. m~, he .was difcbarg e d • . .t'J" t receive 110 profit tJT)i~lunfui u(em [J/.e( r'> l 4.cnt,l!J• ~ CH·AP. |
