A09376:1546
A cloud of faithful witnesses, leading to the heavenly Canaan, or, A commentary upon…A cloud of faithfull witnesses, leading to the heauenly Canaan, or, A commentarie vpon…
A cloud of faithful witnesses, leading to the heavenly Canaan, or, A commentary upon the 11 chapter to the Hebrews preached in Cambridge by that godly, and judicious divine, M. William Perkins ; long expected and desired, and therefore published at the request of his executors, by Will. Crashawe and Tho. Pierson, preachers of Gods Word, who heard him preach it, and wrote it from his mouth.A cloud of faithfull witnesses, leading to the heauenly Canaan, or, A commentarie vpon the 11 chapter to the Hebrewes preached in Cambridge by that godly, and iudicious divine, M. William Perkins ; long expected and desired, and therefore published at the request of his executours, by Will. Crashawe and Tho. Pierson, preachers of Gods Word, who heard him preach it, and wrote it from his mouth.
London: printed by Humphrey Lownes for Leo. Greene, 1607London: printed by Humfrey Lownes for Leo. Greene, 1607
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Quest. 2. What if a man take an oath, and yet afterward in conscience doubts of the lawfulness of that which he hath sworn to do: what must be don in this case? Ans. So long as he doubteth, he must defer the performance of it. For, he ⟨p. 485⟩that doth a thing doubtingly, condemns himself in the thing he doth, because he doth it not of faith: and whatsoever is not of faith, is sin, Rom. 14.23.
Quest. 2. What if a man take an oath, and yet afterward in consciēce doubts of the lawfulnes of that which he hath sworne to do: what must be don in this case? Ans. So long as he doubteth, hee must defer the performāce of it. For, he ⟨p. 485⟩that doth a thing doubtingly, condemnes himselfe in the thing he doth, because he doth it not of faith: and whatsoeuer is not of faith, is sinne, Rom. 14.23.
Quest. 3. What if a man be urged by fear to take an oath, must he afterward keep it? As for example: a man is taken of thieves; now, wanting money, they charge him on pain of death, to fetch them money, and they bind him hereto by an oath: what must be done in this case, considering there must such great care be had in keeping of an oath? Answ. So long as the thing which he is bound by oath to do, respecteth his private damage only, he must keep his oath; yet so, as he declare his case to the Magistrate, because their course is against the common good: now the Magistrate hearing of it, is according to equity, to provide for his defence, & for the safety of his goods.
Quest. 3. What if a man be vrged by feare to take an oath, must hee afterward keepe it? As for example: a man is taken of theeues; now, wanting money, they charge him on paine of death, to fetch them money, and they binde him hereto by an oath: what must bee done in this case, considering there must such great care bee had in keeping of an oath? Answ. So long as the thing which hee is bound by oath to doe, respecteth his priuate dammage onely, he must keep his oath; yet so, as he declare his case to the Magistrate, because their course is against the common good: now the Magistrate hearing of it, is according to equity, to prouide for his defence, & for the safety of his goods.