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Show • 8 A 'fr!atife of• 'Oaths." VbL. i. 6t267 5 ' . Iii f Hwbedlfo Bookt and Cu{lomt I 'alfd"111n- as Scbool-l>la{le" by R;;•u• o•u!i f hndLymi. hot r&Jp"'k rf !WfwM- ~ • c/Jantt orfrnffick"' of , v"!T- ~S 'A'OT L.tilfF[JL' .>0 JllL't:N AS TO • zng, fallh he, S_EE l\G d he OJOuld furely be the Semnt of £ SWEAR, wlilch tf any (hould a" lawful PraEhce ~oT Ga~n,r'l:s he fayS . c Covetoufnefs, in undenakifu~u~~ : 1}0 forfwea.t~ fo addmg Swcarmg to ' Lymg was; but tf they 1 S r nts to Covttoufnrf.r, that'" IS Idola' Lying, thatfoou/d bfiaScrt-h~ oo{l'l~t~fed indce<fit is unll.kdy that~T'er .... c UY. Which tf Chn UlfU a 'n l\t a a •flwr~ fret~rit.ion ~tt\1 a Sen ... (ulil(1>t Wo":l<l have r·Jl~A~'1u~th~~ obf~tve, th~t .~o,rh Tmull18n n"~ thq tencc of E1ght War s ft UoiverfaJ Prqof. \0 make tbeH Te tmony A1artyn make ufe of tht mo A, d thougb th~ir Enemies 'In:l\ of them for Gnd full and comp E:'!t. n'f/ 1 dd'ft1n•u,l!)lhg tl\em fti:ln ],~, were lh9~t of, proving t~em ~~!\/a~sJt\:er ~nd .,.1\rgunien! beffiig General yee in t~e ·w·t!dom of" ~odS ec~al and ]ewifl, 1Ji¢ves them not only true aqd Cbrifttnn, 'nch~d'&l!dd ~ ~y God 19 !orfweat, br ~~ fwear1 ~Y Idols \ Jetcs, who were or 1 J e 1 bcciUi.fe rr vUts U~lanJ'ul; f ot Cbrifr bad nut tn.1e Cbri.fluutt, no~.to {weru,ent irlihe Apolog~ a!orefald, wa-:, It rl forbzdden it· And as 15 rgum ~ f . fo Here · Chn!l (1)urh be\ v Unlar»fJJ! to S'lfClll, mscb tnor~ tOfi ~n~v;a;o'sweara;d iul-fcritleGhrli/t F" barb prefc,.ibCd not td wca~'r. t ;n ur Chr flian t{ ts not !a:vfkl . {or mt rb Oaths. So Bafihdt.r, ~ca~J·t Th~s~s 4 tile juft Senfe and Confequi(nce of it. ·' ft&.l •• " .-, •' I . -. Jwtar; then not your , at · b lenow rflrzt 1 tt11l a Ch1rjtum, and the And ~aid Po1tycare. ~;corfd hOV,~ 14;;~~t a irme, JjhalJ teach thee (tb3t ts, · Dollnnt t Jtreoj, 1J 1 ().u. ~ ·n . for'thee to bid me fwE."lr~ and defie ' Dot to twear) therefored 11 ts t vain rged to Swear (by w'hlt ..Jt is not . Chrift: So Blandma aA "Onttf!J$ w~re ufor ithe Were,l'(hnftuns. We do faid, and it matterS< not) but l.n v:.un; ment tte' old t!omm~ndmcnr, Tb~J . not read that any ufed ~hh Jevn~ ~rriftian, Argument,, the "Ne.w Commar.lJhalt not Swear by Ido!t, ut t Cb i{f.r. h d 1 Jam a'Chn(han, f.'/ c. 1 menr, It ;s no_t" laro}!ilTo Swtar, L/P,./e=r ao/ ;iris Pbce of Termlhan, in • And to t~\S Po(tp~·'\ lp~akPublifhers defire~ becaufe of h\S Obfcunry ~ his Annotattons w JC t e f: h th Chnftians Jzd be/trot that fee their Preface)' .Alth()ugb, ays e, h~f T1 Oat.bt. r.urt waryofSwenr· *It Js confeft: ' JiU Swcarmg wM forhzddcn them, tbl~ vo' e H h confe!fes tbev were -~~~etC'Ch;t. ' mg by t1Je Genms, or Fort~ne of 'lh:h~~~~~ich ~~s · ~ever llwful, to Wlr, thansd1d: wary of .AU Sweannt, moe more h b. gs the .Exa'mple of Po!yu.Jftls · -~:~~~- i~~·:rn~~t~!:~~-. t:~~ ~l·s~J;~:::;:;~~~·sHf:~:~.~~ s~~r;(:,~~: rS~~ that was an Oath. J\.n t ts 11 .1 • m the other Jll alOng myllica-l • •1ilher's Tetms arv iu~ r.eeds }~_ffc;h~s&~~ce ( or:uion~) bv Pra;er; fo gild Eruno••r and as htf:lys a 1tt e 1 ore, . s i Jllrt oJd1tltR· fcir {0 Bruno an -camodoJO.I ing aton,'he.,f~ys, Whie ;cd, JJur~~~ dr{h;m eft, quaff }uj1C (lflfiT, hoc eft, ., Pf•l• ,.._ ¢nffiodaf!n, denve t e or • II ~' &Pfolm6r. fufl~ loqut. 1i . G d or to God who PromiiC an mvtv· Thiscc.Uio, Again, Pf 6t. ' They wear ~~m o jurare to f~ear (falrh he) ' is ;w e JOI'u&was ~ 'lableObedtcnceEof.M'tndh to :1 ~ill not declme td another Pattv, from c ~om.nSena- • ()rart, to fpeak qmty, t :rt 7 , He Swelting 13 firmly 1n mmd to tor & Ccun· ' whar he bath prom tied. Agam, re ft h TcrtullraR'S ~~~~,r,:~:~~t • rcfolve to fulfil the good P~r~~~·h tened S~~:,~,:!1~n ti~e pJ~ce) but hts the 'Year 490 Senfe, not only .the Scop~ (fo h t God wrOs and that to he to them for ~ ExplanlttOn of tt, by rot tJJg to a . R d d fuch Tt:rtuUum s great Oath ; plainly .declares ;o ~:gaclf~s of h~~s\V~nings, whtch h3:ve LJ.frrcan Speech requues, as Iga tus h d them But ls tt likely * r;,,re ~trs 'been ¥Maltere~ bl th~m t~:: ~~~~~~~;dc~~p~er~n fubfcnbtng of a w0mfng <~~kur:z~ that 3 an O ever' . d d [i his Rea£on becaufc Cbn ;~r~ comllHJ•s, '" wherein an 0Jth was con tame ' a_n o~l f fi eak • of Perjury, brct~!tjc J:::~lhan, r bad to Srocar at aY; ::ndt:Jhofugo~lcr ;:: alfo~tott ~n bimfelf and others to 4. i~ totU ndt lawf~a:~~kh ~as not God) Belides, Snmr:. reckons .him a· Sj uu.rtratm{-. cd. e:z . imwoeanrgft e1Ct h0 n1r.e b .\'F:t trhers who were mor~ efpccially ::~g:unfi SweJung Thus VoL. I. A Tte:rtife of Oaths. Thus :ue the Gonfpirators againft this Part of the Dofbine of Chrifr. 167..._. and his Apo(t:les, Primitive Fathers and Martyrs, forc'd our of th:n Sane: ~ tuary they betook therufelves to, in the Sentence of this intricate Doaor. ' ' C/mr. J!Jex. Strom. l. 7· ~XXVI. CleJJttn.r A!eJMnJrinur, his Contemporary, fafnous for Learning :1nd Stria Livihg, to help him in hi-, MyRica! Meaning of an Oath, fays · ; He who is once 3- Believer why fhall he make himfelf an 'f- Unbelic\rer: * InfiJ!li~ as that he hatlrnlfo ne~Q to Swear, and doth not fo lead his Life . that keeps Com.: I the fame (ro wit, his Life)' be a firm and Pe.finirc Oath, and jhew the Faith~ pany with. ' [ulnefs of Confe.ffion ;n a co'!fltrnt and jlah!t Speech- Far be it, that he ~1'1\'f.ittg: ' who is approved and difcerned in fuch Piety, Oi6uld be propenfe" to l..ye d,;// ~to~ ' or to Swear-- He _who liveth juftly, tranfgreffing in nothing of thefe swe_.r,~witb ' Thin~s that OioUld be done, the fa!fle fwearer~ trnly an~ holily by his Clem. Alex. ' Deeds and 1~orks {Mark how this agrees wnh TerruUNm•s· improyer to turn~";, ,., Swearing) ·the Teftirnony of tlie Tongue is fuperfluous to him~- 1t fldtlap 10" ' fufficeth to add unto ftis Affirrnlng or DenYing, this, vit. I S PEA :k 1 TRULY, that he beget Faith in them who :percei"f"e riot the ScabiiftY Of ' ' his Anfwer' For it behoveth him, as I judge (faith he) to havd a ~ife '"worthy of Credit (or Faith) among thofe that are wirhout,rh;:rr .an parh ' be not fought from him--Neither d9th he Swear, as being on~,.~\oho ~ barb deul'im'ne~ to pur for hH .Affirmhrt T E .A, for hit De'J)'ing N. Ji!.Y. · - ' Where ir tbert any l\'eed of an Oath to him thor jiJ livu, ttl ont ' that is attai11'd to the Heitht of Trtilb? He therefore tlb~t· dorh n61:-5~e1r ' is far from .Forfweating: "He that tranfgreffe1h in nothing tha't is cov~ ' nanred and agteed, HE MAY NEV,ER SWEA&, · , . _..l.._' Seeing he is fuUy perf waded that Gbd is every where, and fs..afham= '. ed not to fpea~ Trqth, and profelfeth that it is a Thing unbefeeming, and ' unworthy for him to fpeak Falfc~ , be~ content with this-, that God. and ' his own Confcience know, it, and tlrerefore he doth not Lye, nor do any ' Thing beftdes or againfi~ .w.n;n is covenanted and 3greed : By/bar '1~anr I ~ be' ne!tber f~ef'retb, if be /i'c ajl:cd :., rior. dtntei, fo at to ./)ea f4fe, tho.~ ' he dyt upon tb,:. Rack for it. , . · .Likewife in his' Sth, 7th and 8th ;Books of Strom. alfo in his 3d BoE>k .. of· his Pl!dt!goguc with Gentianus lierverru's Notes on ir, ' wber( be 'forbids to fer Two Prices, mid com10ands bilt one jingle one. and tQfpeaA: ' Truth tvit/JoNI an Oath1 ]!ic. Origen in ]tfatrb. TraCE 2S: :XXXVII. Origcn, his Succeff'o.r, a Man of equal Fame for LeJrning· and Piety, fucceeds him alfo in this Teftimony concerhing ' Swearing: 'Be-- ' caufe, faith he, the Jews have a Cuftom to fam;r by Heaven; to the ' fore-going (l'rohibition) Chrift odded this'allo t6 reprove them, hccaufe ' they more eaflly flvore by Heaven than by Gnd·; llecaufe 'he deal~ alike ' unre:afonably, who fweat:eth by HEAVEN, as- he rhat fwears by the 'TEMPLE, or by the ALTAR, in that who fwtaretb by Heaven, flemetb 'fit make-s ' t() fwear by ]Jim that fittetb in tb•t Tbrlinc, and doth not efcape Danger, twoProhib!~ ' as bt thinks, btcaufe btJwe,rrttb not by God himftlf, but by tbt Tbr'olfe of tio?s, as we ' God: And thefe Things he fpeaks to the Jews. fotbidding them ro give !~ ·b.J'G!':."' heed to the Traditions Qf the Pbarife.es; ~ nthtrwife, bej?rt, HE Jl-1..-tN/ .. 2, bjno cr:._ ' FESTLY FORBAD TO SWEAR AT "'LL. "'""· • The Chief Prieft f:tid unto him, I adjurt tbtc by tbt Livinc GOd, rbat Ibid. Tra.lt.: ' thou rciJ us ;J thou he tQt CbJ"ifl the Spn of God. . H· ' In the JLaw we find the O~e of Adjuring; Tbc Priefl jhatl~tdj11re the Mat. 26• c Woman tvirb the .JJrlj11rationr of this Curfe. _. Numb.~." 1. . • ' i~ ~t~o]\1/':t~./:~ 1';,~~-Jll~t;~i:g•td'j;,~~':;:'p;~~h;;,'un;; ':; '{;;,;;: :.~ingm• ' mand of th"e Law, but by Jris own \oV1H. .&nd now the. Pn_eft adJures ' Jcfbs bv the Living God~ Btu I account, that a Man that w1~l hve lcco~d· ' ing ro ihe Gofpel, Muft 11ot adjure anor/ltr : For it H even bite t!llft wbub 'i.. .' ''" Lord. bi!11/t!J forbid, in rbe Gofp<J,. Bur/fqyunto ye~<, Swear no,< :: 1 |
