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The bright star which leadeth wise men to our Lord Jesus Christ, or, A…
The bright star which leadeth wise men to our Lord Jesus Christ, or, A familiar and learned exposition on the ten commandments gathered from the mouth of a faithful pastor by a gracious young man, sometime scholar in Cambridge.The bright star which leadeth wise men to our Lord Jesus Christ, or, A familiar and learned exposition on the ten commandements gathered from the mouth of a faithfull pastor by a gracious young man, sometime scholler in Cambridge.
London: printed by John Harison for Thomas Man, 1603London: printed by Iohn Harison for Thomas Man, 1603
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Secondly, Gods name is taken in vain by swearing wickedly, that is, by swearing to do evil, as David in a passion, & in an heat, sware to kill Naball. Indeed Naball had deserved death, and God did meet with him after, but David had no warrant to seek so sudden a revenge, & to swear to do that too which as yet he had no calling. This kind of swearing takes Gods name in vain, which way so-ever one do not keep his oath, nor commit the evil he sware too; yet he sinned in that he made no greater reckoning of Gods name, but to take it up lightly, and pawn it afore he had considered, whether he had lawfully so done or not; and if he do keep his wicked oath, that is most of all sinful, for then he makes God an author & patron, and calls him for a witness and allower of his evil. So ⟨p. 53⟩that for one to swear he will be meet with such an one that hath done him wrong, that he will be revenged of him, or such like, this is a grievous profaning of Gods holy name, for Gods name should fear us from evil, not bind us to evil.
Secondly, Gods name is taken in vaine by swearing wickedly, that is, by swearing to doe euill, as Dauid in a passion, & in an heate, sware to kill Naball. Indeede Naball had deserued death, and God did meet with him after, but Dauid had no warrant to seeke so sudden a reuenge, & to sweare to doe that too which as yet he had no calling. This kinde of swearing takes Gods name in vaine, which way so-euer one doe not keepe his oath, nor commit the euill he sware too; yet he sinned in that he made no greater reckoning of Gods name, but to take it vp lightly, and pawne it afore he had considered, whether he had lawfully so done or not; and if he doe keepe his wicked oath, that is most of all sinfull, for then he makes God an author & patrone, and calls him for a witnesse and allower of his euill. So ⟨p. 53⟩that for one to sweare he will be meet with such an one that hath done him wrong, that he will be reuenged of him, or such like, this is a grieuous profaning of Gods holy name, for Gods name should feare vs from euill, not binde vs to euill.